Patents by Inventor Thomas Campbell Prentice

Thomas Campbell Prentice 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).

  • Article and a method of making an article
    Patent number: 11421313
    Abstract: An article, at least a surface of the article being made of or containing an organic material, and a thermally sprayed layer of coating material on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ZIRCOTECIP LIMITED
    Inventors: Terence Graham, Andrew Robert McCabe, Thomas Campbell Prentice
  • Article, an intermediate product, and a method of making an article
    Patent number: 10047427
    Abstract: An article for insulation comprises a flexible substrate (200) and a thermal sprayed working layer (206) on the flexible substrate (200). The working layer (206) comprises an array of insulating elements. The insulating elements are separated by gaps so that the article is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Zircotec Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Campbell Prentice
  • ARTICLE AND A METHOD OF MAKING AN ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20140072799
    Abstract: An article, such as a bicycle wheel (10), includes a substrate, at least a surface of the substrate being made of or containing a composite material comprising fibres dispersed in an organic matrix, for example a carbon fibre composite. A thermal sprayed first layer of coating material is provided on the surface, such as the braking area of the rim of the bicycle, the coating material of the first layer wholly comprising inorganic material and including at least one of the group comprising TiO2, titanate, Al2O3 and aluminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: ZIRCOTEC LIMITED
    Inventor: Thomas Campbell Prentice
  • ARTICLE, AN INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT, AND A METHOD OF MAKING AN ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20120114915
    Abstract: An article for insulation comprises a flexible substrate (200) and a thermal sprayed working layer (206) on the flexible substrate (200). The working layer (206) comprises an array of insulating elements. The insulating elements are separated by gaps so that the article is flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Zircotec Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Campbell Prentice
  • ARTICLE AND A METHOD OF MAKING AN ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20110039086
    Abstract: An article, at least a surface of the article being made of or containing an organic material, and a thermally sprayed layer of coating material on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Terence Graham, Andrew Robert McCabe, Thomas Campbell Prentice
  • Metal Implants
    Publication number: 20100136083
    Abstract: An implant with a metal structure for use in a surgical procedure, in which at least part of the metal structure is coated with a biocompatible metal such as titanium by plasma spraying of the metal powder. Biocidal metal cations are then absorbed by ion exchange into the coating, so that after being implanted the biocidal ions gradually leach out into the surrounding body fluids and suppress infection. The ion exchange properties of the coating may be modified by pretreatment with dilute phosphoric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: ACCENTUS PLC
    Inventors: Thomas Campbell Prentice, Martin Edward Lee Pickford, David Richard Lewis, Andrew Derek Turner
  • Metal Implants
    Publication number: 20090198344
    Abstract: An implant with a metal structure for use in a surgical procedure, in which at a region of the implant to be in contact with bone the metal structure is provided with a roughened surface. The roughened region is then provided with a ceramic coating comprising hydroxyapatite by a thermal spraying process. Biocidal ions of silver are absorbed into the ceramic coating, and gradually leach out into body fluids after implantation. The hydroxyapatite enhances bone regrowth into the implant, while the silver ions suppress infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Accentus PLC
    Inventors: Thomas Campbell Prentice, Martin Edward Lee Pickford, David Richard Lewis, Andrew Derek Turner