Patents by Inventor Anthony E. Dillard

Anthony E. Dillard 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).

  • Publication number: 20250389028
    Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to a method of coating a metallic surface. The method includes forming a solution including a corrosion inhibitor having one or more thiol moieties and a hydroxide. The metallic surface is coated with the solution to form a treated metallic surface. The treated metallic surface is further coated with an organosilane, an acid, and a metal alkoxide to form a coating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Anthony E. Dillard
  • Patent number: 12503776
    Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to a method of coating a metallic surface. The method includes forming a solution including a corrosion inhibitor having one or more thiol moieties and a hydroxide. The metallic surface is coated with the solution to form a treated metallic surface. The treated metallic surface is further coated with an organosilane, an acid, and a metal alkoxide to form a coating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Anthony E. Dillard
  • Publication number: 20250065363
    Abstract: A spray gun assembly for applying a coating with plural components includes a nozzle, a main pneumatic inlet, an atomizing air flow path, a fan air flow path, a colloidal feed inlet, an internal atomizing outlet, a pressurized feed inlet, and a catalyst outlet. The nozzle includes a main atomizing outlet and a fan air outlet. The main pneumatic inlet receives compressed air from a compressed air source. The colloidal feed inlet receives a colloidal suspension component of the coating via gravity feed from a gravity feed container. The pressurized feed inlet receives a catalyst component of the coating from a pressurized feed container. The catalyst outlet expels the catalyst component in the fan air flow path proximate the nozzle. A method for applying a coating with plural components is also provided. A system includes the gravity feed container, the pressurized feed container and the spray gun assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Waynie M. Schuette, Scott A. Adams, Anthony E. Dillard
  • Publication number: 20240218523
    Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to a method of coating a metallic surface. The method includes forming a solution including a corrosion inhibitor having one or more thiol moieties and a hydroxide. The metallic surface is coated with the solution to form a treated metallic surface. The treated metallic surface is further coated with an organosilane, an acid, and a metal alkoxide to form a coating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick J. KINLEN, Anthony E. DILLARD
  • Patent number: 11932949
    Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to a method of coating a metallic surface. The method includes forming a solution including a corrosion inhibitor having one or more thiol moieties and a hydroxide. The metallic surface is coated with the solution to form a treated metallic surface. The treated metallic surface is further coated with an organosilane, an acid, and a metal alkoxide to form a coating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Anthony E. Dillard
  • Publication number: 20230094396
    Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to a method of coating a metallic surface. The method includes forming a solution including a corrosion inhibitor having one or more thiol moieties and a hydroxide. The metallic surface is coated with the solution to form a treated metallic surface. The treated metallic surface is further coated with an organosilane, an acid, and a metal alkoxide to form a coating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Anthony E. Dillard