Patents by Inventor Jonathan Storer

Jonathan Storer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for depositing a coating on a tape carrier
    Patent number: 7736438
    Abstract: A system and method for depositing ceramic materials, such as nitrides and oxides, including high temperature superconducting oxides on a tape substrate. The system includes a tape support assembly that comprises a rotatable drum. The rotatable drum supports at least one tape substrate axially disposed on the surface of the drum during the deposition of metals on the tape and subsequent oxidation to form the ceramic materials. The drum is located within a stator having a slot that is axially aligned with the drum. A space exists between the drum and stator. The space is filled with a predetermined partial pressure of a reactive gas. The drum, stator, and space are heated to a predetermined temperature. To form the ceramic material on the tape substrate, the drum is first rotated to align the tape substrate with the slot, and at least one metal is deposited on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Storer, Vladimir Matias
  • Method and apparatus for depositing a coating on a tape carrier
    Publication number: 20060275548
    Abstract: A system and method for depositing ceramic materials, such as nitrides and oxides, including high temperature superconducting oxides on a tape substrate. The system includes a tape support assembly that comprises a rotatable drum. The rotatable drum supports at least one tape substrate axially disposed on the surface of the drum during the deposition of metals on the tape and subsequent oxidation to form the ceramic materials. The drum is located within a stator having a slot that is axially aligned with the drum. A space exists between the drum and stator. The space is filled with a predetermined partial pressure of a reactive gas. The drum, stator, and space are heated to a predetermined temperature. To form the ceramic material on the tape substrate, the drum is first rotated to align the tape substrate with the slot, and at least one metal is deposited on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Jonathan Storer, Vladimir Matias
  • Method of coating alumina particles with refractory material, abrasive particles made by the method and abrasive products containing the same
    Patent number: 5085671
    Abstract: Abrasive particles comprising a core of alumina-based mineral coated by cathodic arc deposition with a metal boride, carbide, or nitride refractory material are provided. The core can be fused alumina or an alumina-based ceramic. Improved abrasive products having at least a portion of their conventional abrasive particles replaced with the coated abrasive particles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Martin, Jonathan Storer, Michael W. Carpenter