Patents by Inventor Mark R. Woodruff

Mark R. Woodruff 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).

  • Methods, systems and apparatuses for copper removal from aluminum desmutting solutions
    Patent number: 10745812
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses are disclosed for treating aluminum desmutting solutions by reacting, mixing and filtering an aluminum desmutting solution flow from an aluminum desmutting solution tank and controlling the amount of copper ions in an aluminum desmutting solution tank by directing a portion of the desmutting solution from a desmutting solution tank to a treatment line, reacting a portion of the desmutting solution in the treatment line and recirculating a filtered aluminum desmutting solution to the aluminum desmutting solution tank during active desmutting operation of the aluminum desmutting solution tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David L. Crump, Lance E. Succo, David Huebner, Mark R. Woodruff
  • Methods, Systems And Apparatuses For Copper Removal From Aluminum Desmutting Solutions
    Publication number: 20190062928
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for treating operating aluminum desmutting solutions by reacting, mixing and filtering a partial desmutting solution flow are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: David L. Crump, Lance E. Succo, David Huebner, Mark R. Woodruff