Patents by Inventor Aubrey Stewart Gendron

Aubrey Stewart Gendron 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).

  • Electrowinning of nickel in diaphragm-free cells
    Patent number: 4087338
    Abstract: An electrolyte containing an organic buffering agent is used to electrowin nickel with a comparatively high bite in a diaphragm-free cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: The International Nickel Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Aubrey Stewart Gendron, John Ambrose, Victor Alexander Ettel
  • Non-contaminating anode suitable for electrowinning applications
    Patent number: 4051000
    Abstract: A non-contaminating electrode is provided suitable as an insoluble anode for the electrowinning of metals from an electrolyte solution, said electrode comprising a metal substrate formed of a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, tantalum and alloys thereof, said metal substrate having a flash metal coating of a platinum-group metal thereon, which coating in turn is covered by an intermediate adherent layer of lead dioxide, said lead dioxide layer in turn having an adherent overlayer of manganese dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignee: The International Nickel Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Aubrey Stewart Gendron, Shinichiro Abe, Victor Alexander Ettel, Charles Edward O'Neill