Patents by Inventor Martin Sheeran

Martin Sheeran 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).

  • Thermally reflective substrate coating and method for making and applying same
    Patent number: 6391143
    Abstract: A film wrap coating used to coat both metallic and non-metallic profiles for architectural and/or automotive components including a PVC backing layer which is bonded and at least partially cross-linked to a polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) film layer, and a paint or pigment layer applied to the PVF layer, most preferably, the paint applied to thermally reflective latex paint. The film wrap is formed by aligning a sheet of PVF overtop of a flexible sheet of PVC. Following the alignment of the PVC and PVF sheets, a third layer of paint is then applied to the exposed surface of the PVF sheet and the three layers are heated so that the PVC and PVF sheets fuse to each other resulting in at least partial cross-linking therebetween, and the paint on the pigment layer cures and fuses to the PVF sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Grafe, Alan Grafe, Martin Sheeran
  • Carbonaceous deposit-resistant coating for fuel injectors
    Patent number: 6145763
    Abstract: An automotive fuel injector having a fluorine-coating amphorous hydronated carbon film coating to resist the formation of carbonaceous deposits thereon. The fluorine-coating amphorous hydronated carbon film is made in part form trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane. The coating helps the fuel injector resist coking or the growth of hard carbonaceous deposits. This reduction in coking and deposits improves the fuel economy and engine performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Fleming, Michael Howard Parsons, Robert Eugene Hetrick, William Martin Sheeran, Xia Zhang
  • Thermally reflective substrate wrap
    Patent number: 6120886
    Abstract: A film wrap coating used to coat both metallic and non-metallic profiles for architectural and/or automotive components including a PVC backing layer which is bonded and at least partially cross-linked to a polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) film layer, and a paint or pigment layer applied to the PVF layer, most preferably, the paint is a thermally reflective latex paint. The film wrap is formed by aligning a sheet of PVF overtop of a flexible sheet of PVC. Following the alignment of the PVC and PVF sheets, a third layer of paint is then applied to the exposed surface of the PVF sheet and the three layers are heated so that the PVC and PVF sheets fuse to each other resulting in at least partial cross-linking therebetween, and the paint on the pigment layer cures and fuses to the PVF sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: 1334495 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Grafe, Alan Grafe, Martin Sheeran