Patents by Inventor Barry Edwin Shepley

Barry Edwin Shepley 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).

  • Masking for engine blocks for thermally sprayed coatings and method of masking same
    Patent number: 6589605
    Abstract: A masking for an engine block to be thermally sprayed with a coating includes a head deck mask portion adapted to engage a head deck of an engine block to prevent over-spray of a thermally sprayed coating on the head deck. The masking also includes a crankcase mask portion adapted to be disposed in a crankcase chamber of the engine block and engage a lower end of a cylinder bore cavity of the engine block to prevent over-spay of the thermally sprayed coating into the crankcase chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Edwin Shepley, Keith Raymond Bartle, Oludele Olusegun Popoola, Patrick John Hilton, Robert Edward Dejack
  • Masking for engine blocks for thermally sprayed coatings and method of masking same
    Publication number: 20020078887
    Abstract: A masking for an engine block to be thermally sprayed with a coating includes a head deck mask portion adapted to engage a head deck of an engine block to prevent over-spray of a thermally sprayed coating on the head deck. The masking also includes a crankcase mask portion adapted to be disposed in a crankcase chamber of the engine block and engage a lower end of a cylinder bore cavity of the engine block to prevent over-spay of the thermally sprayed coating into the crankcase chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Barry Edwin Shepley, Keith Raymond Bartle, Oludele Olusegun Popoola, Patrick John Hilton, Robert Edward DeJack
  • Masking for engine blocks for thermally sprayed coatings
    Patent number: 6395090
    Abstract: A masking for an engine block to be thermally sprayed with a coating includes a head deck mask portion adapted to engage a head deck of an engine block to prevent over-spray of a thermally sprayed coating on the head deck. The masking also includes a crankcase mask portion adapted to be disposed in a crankcase chamber of the engine block and engage a lower end of a cylinder bore cavity of the engine block to prevent over-spay of the thermally sprayed coating into the crankcase chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Edwin Shepley, Keith Raymond Bartle, Oludele Olusegun Popoola, Patrick John Hilton, Robert Edward Dejack