Patents by Inventor Julio Joseph Faria

Julio Joseph Faria 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).

  • Brake and clutch discs
    Publication number: 20100000831
    Abstract: Highly effective carbon fibre-reinforced ceramic automotive brake and clutch discs are manufactured by siliconising incompletely densified carbon-carbon fibre preforms produced by a single stage and relatively short duration (e.g. 7-14 day) chemical vapour infiltration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: SURFACE TRANSFORMS PLC
    Inventors: Julio Joseph Faria, Kevin Johnson, Geoffrey Gould
  • Carbon-carbon fiber composite materials
    Patent number: 6514562
    Abstract: Defective, e.g. worn or substandard, carbon-carbon fibre composite materials such as frictional materials in brakes or clutches may be restored and/or upgraded by impregnation with a molten reactive metal source comprising a carbide-forming metal or a derivative thereof such as an oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Surface Transforms Ltd.
    Inventors: David Thomas Clark, Julio Joseph Faria, Margaret Lillian Steel