Patents by Inventor Ronald E. Fox

Ronald E. Fox 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).

  • Abrasive article including shaped abrasive particles comprising a particular toothed body
    Patent number: 11932802
    Abstract: Various shaped abrasive particles are disclosed. Each shaped abrasive particle includes a body having at least one major surface and a side surface extending from the major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Todd M. Cotter, Francois Wagner, Rene G. Demers, Richard J. Klok, Alexandra Marazano, Adam D. Lior, James A. Salvatore, Sujatha K. Iyengar, David F Louapre, Sidath S. Wijesooriya, Ronald Christopher Motta, Gary A. Guertin, Michael D. Kavanaugh, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Jun Jia, Frederic Josseaux, Ralph Bauer, Frank J. Csillag, Yang Zhong, James P. Stewart, Mark P. Dombrowski, Sandhya Jayaraman Rukmani, Amandine Martin, Stephen E. Fox, Nilanjan Sarangi, Dean S. Matsumoto
  • Dip coating method having intermediate bead drying step
    Patent number: 5667928
    Abstract: A method is disclosed including: (a) dip coating a batch of substrates, each substrate defining an end region, a center region, and a top region, with a first coating solution including a solvent to deposit a first layer on the end region, the center region, and optionally on a part of the top region of each substrate, wherein the first layer includes a wet coating solution bead formed at the end region of each substrate, thereby resulting in a plurality of wet coating solution beads; (b) directing a gas simultaneously at the entire plurality of the wet coating solution beads to remove a portion of the solvent in each bead, wherein the gas fails to disrupt the coating uniformity of the part of the first layer over the center region of each substrate; and (c) dip coating the batch of the substrates subsequent to (b) with a second coating solution to deposit a second layer over the first layer, wherein the portion of the solvent removed from each bead in (b) is sufficient to prevent contamination of the second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Thomas, Ronald E. Fox, Mark C. Petropoulos, Stanley J. Pietrzykowski, Jr.