Patents by Inventor Van Den Hock

Van Den Hock 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).

  • COATED CRUCIBLE AND METHOD OF MAKING A COATED CRUCIBLE
    Publication number: 20130239882
    Abstract: A crucible for forming a boule in a portion of an interior volume of the crucible. The crucible has a crucible base material forming the interior volume. The crucible base material is separated from the boule by a barrier coat disposed between the boule and the crucible base material. The barrier coat has a pin free conformal thickness conforming to a surface of the crucible base material regardless of a shape of a surface feature on the surface, the barrier coat having a melting point higher than that of the boule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Billings Bramhall, JR., Dane Fawkes, Van Den Hock