Patents by Inventor Claude Franklin Mason

Claude Franklin Mason 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).

  • Water-based paint useful for windshields
    Patent number: 6176919
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a water-based paint composition comprising sodium silicate, water, water-soluble base, metal oxide pigment, a fused silica and, optionally, a low-melting glass frit, soda-lime-silica glass particles and/or zinc oxide. It may further optionally include surfactants and aluminum hydroxide. The paint composition is particularly useful as a black-out paint on automotive vehicle windshields and has been shown to impart improved stone chip resistance to the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Claude Franklin Mason
  • High solids water-based ceramic paint
    Patent number: 6126737
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a dark colored high-solids water-based paint composition comprising sodium silicate, water, water-soluble base, metal oxide pigment, a low-melting glass frit, and optionally, soda-lime-silica glass particles and/or zinc oxide. It may further optionally include surfactants and aluminum hydroxide. The paint composition is particularly useful as a black-out paint on automotive glazings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Claude Franklin Mason