Patents by Inventor Edward Andrew Soltis

Edward Andrew Soltis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Coating cylinder bores with ultra thin solid lubricant phase
    Patent number: 6197370
    Abstract: An apparatus to coat cylinder bores with precise thickness and adhesion having a nozzle for effecting a hollow conical spray pattern of an emulsion about an axis, a highly pressurized supply of emulsion to the nozzle, the emulsion containing solid lubricant in fluid suspension and means for controllably moving the nozzle within the cylinder bore to deposit a coating of the emulsion in the thickness range of 8-13 microns. A method for coating cylinder bores includes preparing the cylinder bore surface to expose fresh metal free of contamination, generating a hollow conical spray consisting of fine mist droplets of a solid lubricant emulsion (the conical spray having an effective base with a diameter greater than the diameter of the cylinder bore), and moving the apex of the conical spray along the axis of the bore at a uniform speed to deposit a coating of the emulsion on the interior of such cylinder bore in a thickness no greater than 20 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: V. Durga Nageswar Rao, Edward Andrew Soltis, Harry Arthur Cikanek, Michael Schroder