Patents by Inventor Anthony Ewart Hughes

Anthony Ewart Hughes 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: 20230159765
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to agents, compositions, and methods for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example in metal substrates. The present disclosure also relates to compositions for inhibiting corrosion comprising at least one organic heterocyclic compound and at least one metal salt or mixed metal salt selected from rare earth, alkali earth and transition metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicants: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUCTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: James Ivan MARDEL, Ivan Stewart COLE, Paul Andrew WHITE, Anthony Ewart HUGHES, Tracey Anne MARKLEY, Timothy Graham HARVEY, Joseph OSBORNE, Erik SAPPER
  • Publication number: 20230094130
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to processes, compositions and agents for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example metal substrates. The present disclosure is also directed to corrosion inhibitors comprising organometallic polymers such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), including compositions and processes comprising MOFs for inhibiting corrosion in metal substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: James Ivan MARDEL, Ivan Stewart COLE, Paul Andrew WHITE, Anthony Ewart HUGHES, Tracey Anne MARKLEY, Timothy Graham HARVEY, Joseph OSBORNE, Erik SAPPER
  • Patent number: 11560483
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to agents, compositions, and methods for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example in metal substrates. The present disclosure also relates to compositions for inhibiting corrosion comprising at least one organic heterocyclic compound and at least one metal salt or mixed metal salt selected from rare earth, alkali earth and transition metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: James Ivan Mardel, Ivan Stuart Cole, Paul Andrew White, Anthony Ewart Hughes, Tracey Anne Markley, Timothy Graham Harvey, Joseph Osborne, Erik Sapper
  • Patent number: 11261336
    Abstract: Processes, compositions and agents are included for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example metal substrates. Corrosion inhibitors include organometallic polymers such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), including compositions and processes comprising MOFs for inhibiting corrosion in metal substrates. In some aspects, a method of protecting a substrate from corrosion includes applying a protective composition including a corrosion inhibitor to the surface of a substrate, where the corrosion inhibitor includes a metal organic framework (MOF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: James Ivan Mardel, Ivan Stewart Cole, Paul Andrew White, Anthony Ewart Hughes, Tracey Anne Markley, Timothy Graham Harvey, Joseph Osborne, Erik Sapper
  • Publication number: 20210095136
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to agents, compositions, and methods for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example in metal substrates. The present disclosure also relates to compositions for inhibiting corrosion comprising at least one organic heterocyclic compound and at least one metal salt or mixed metal salt selected from rare earth, alkali earth and transition metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: James Ivan MARDEL, Ivan Stuart Cole, Paul Andrew White, Anthony Ewart Hughes, Tracey Anne Markley, Timothy Graham Harvey, Joseph Osborne, Erik Sapper
  • Publication number: 20200339824
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to processes, compositions and agents for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example metal substrates. The present disclosure is also directed to corrosion inhibitors comprising organometallic polymers such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), including compositions and processes comprising MOFs for inhibiting corrosion in metal substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: The Boeing Company, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: James Ivan MARDEL, Ivan Stewart COLE, Paul Andrew WHITE, Anthony Ewart HUGHES, Tracey Anne MARKLEY, Timothy Graham HARVEY, Joseph OBSBORNE, Erik SAPPER
  • Patent number: 10800929
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to agents, compositions, and methods for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example in metal substrates. The present disclosure also relates to compositions for inhibiting corrosion comprising at least one organic heterocyclic compound and at least one metal salt or mixed metal salt selected from rare earth, alkali earth and transition metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: James Ivan Mardel, Ivan Stuart Cole, Anthony Ewart Hughes, Paul Andrew White, Tracey Anne Markley, Timothy Graham Harvey, Joseph Osborne, Erik Sapper
  • Publication number: 20180105702
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the agents, compositions, and methods for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example in metal substrates. The compositions for inhibiting corrosion comprise at least one organic heterocyclic compound and at least one metal salt or mixed metal salt selected from rare earth, alkali earth and transition metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: James Ivan MARDEL, Ivan Stuart COLE, Paul Andrew WHITE, Anthony Ewart HUGHES, Tracey Anne MARKLEY, Timothy Graham HARVEY, Joseph OSBORNE, Erik SAPPER
  • Patent number: 6773516
    Abstract: An aqueous acidic solution for forming a rare earth element containing conversion coating on the surface of a metal, said solution being chromate-free and including effective quantities of at least one rare earth element (as herein defined) containing species, an oxidant and at least one accelerator, comprising a metal selected from Groups VA and VIA of the Periodic Table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Simon Gerard Hardin, Klaus Werner Wittel, Anthony Ewart Hughes, Karen Joy Hammon Nelson
  • Patent number: 6755917
    Abstract: An aqueous acidic solution for forming a conversion coating on the surface of a metallic material, said solution containing at least one rare earth element (as herein defined) containing species, an accelerator additive selected from the group consisting of metals of Group IB, IIB, IVA, VA, VIA and VIII of the Periodic Table, a peroxidic species and at least one acid selected from the group of mineral acids, carboxylic acids, sulphonic acids and phosphonic acids, wherein said solution contains no more than 20 mg/liter each of fluoride and of phosphate, and the solution is essentially free of chromate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Simon Gerard Hardin, Klaus Werner Wittel, Anthony Ewart Hughes, Karen Joy Hammon Nelson
  • Patent number: 6503565
    Abstract: A metal surface which has been cleaned using an alkaline based solution is treated with an acidic solution which contains rear earth ions to remove any smut which may have been produced during the alkaline cleaning. A coating is formed on the cleaned surface using a different acidic solution containing rare earth cations which have multiple valence states. When the surface is reacted with coating solution, an increase in the pH at the metal surface indirectly results in precipitation of a rare earth metal such as cerium onto the surface. Alternatively, after the removal of the smut, the surface may be coated using a painting technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Anthony Ewart Hughes, Karen Joy Hammon Nelson, Russell James Taylor, Bruce Roy William Hinton, Mark Julian Henderson, Lance Wilson, Sally Ann Nugent
  • Publication number: 20020096230
    Abstract: An aqueous acidic solution for forming a conversion coating on the surface of a metallic material, said solution containing at least one rare earth element (as herein defined) containing species, an accelerator additive selected from the group consisting of metals of Group IB, IIB, IVA, VA, VIA and VIII of the Periodic Table, a peroxidic species and at least one acid selected from the group of mineral acids, carboxylic acids, sulphonic acids and phosphonic acids, wherein said solution contains no more than 20 mg/liter each of fluoride and of phosphate, and the solution is essentially free of chromate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Simon Gerard Hardin, Klaus Werner Wittel, Anthony Ewart Hughes, Karen Joy Hammon Nelson
  • Publication number: 20020084002
    Abstract: An aqueous acidic solution for forming a rare earth element containing conversion coating on the surface of a metal, said solution being chromate-free and including effective quantities of at least one rare earth element (as herein defined) containing species, an oxidant and at least one accelerator, comprising a metal selected from Groups VA and VIA of the Periodic Table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Simon Gerard Hardin, Klaus Werner Wittel, Anthony Ewart Hughes, Karen Joy Hammon Nelson
  • Patent number: 6206982
    Abstract: A process and an aqueous, acidic solution for forming a rare earth element containing coating on the surface of a metal, said solution including effective quantities of: (a) one or more rare earth element containing species including at least one rare earth element capable of having more than one higher valence state, as herein defined; and (b) one or more additives selected from the groups including: i) aqueous metal complexes including at least one peroxo ligand; and ii) metal salts or aqueous metal complexes of a conjugate base of an acid in which the metals are selected from Transition Elements and Group IVA elements of the Periodic Table as herein defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Anthony Ewart Hughes, Terence William Turney, Karen Joy Hammon Nelson
  • Patent number: 6022425
    Abstract: A process for forming a conversion coating on the surface of a metal, including: contacting the metal with an acidic solution containing an oxidant in order to initiate growth of a metal oxide cell structure on the metal surface; contacting the metal with water for a period of time sufficient to thicken the oxide and form a metal oxide containing layer of a desired thickness; and treating the metal with one or more rare earth elements in order to impregnate and substantially seal the metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Karen Joy Hammon Nelson, Russell James Taylor, Anthony Ewart Hughes, Bruce Roy William Hinton, Mark Julian Henderson, Lance Wilson, Sally Ann Nugent