Patents by Inventor Clyde L. Briant

Clyde L. Briant 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).

  • Spherosiloxane coatings
    Patent number: 5858544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions, systems and methods for coating substrates and, more particularly, metallic substrates with spherosiloxane based coating compositions. The spherosiloxane based compositions are applied utilizing conventional techniques such as chemical vapor deposition such that upon application, the spherosiloxane molecules bond with available oxide molecules provided along the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Inventors: Mark M. Banaszak Holl, Clyde L. Briant, III, Sunghee Lee
  • X-ray tube cathode cup assembly
    Patent number: 5515413
    Abstract: An improved high performance x-ray system, having an improved cathode cup assembly which provides reduced tube manufacturing costs and reduces failures due to filament misalignment or sagging of the filament during both the manufacturing process and during operation, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce A. Knudsen, Clyde L. Briant
  • Methods of making an improved X-ray tube cathode cup assembly
    Patent number: 5498185
    Abstract: A method of making a high performance x-ray system having an improved cathode cup assembly reduces tube manufacturing costs and failures due to filament misalignment during the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce A. Knudsen, Clyde L. Briant
  • Method for preflashing filaments for x-ray tube cathode assemblies
    Patent number: 5489348
    Abstract: Methods of making an improved high performance x-ray system having an improved cathode assembly which reduces tube failure due to filament misalignment or sagging and prevents costly reflashing of the filament during the manufacturing process is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce A. Knudsen, Clyde L. Briant
  • Incandescent lamp filament with surface crystallites and method of formation
    Patent number: 5389853
    Abstract: The invention refers to a filament having improved emission of visible light. The emissivity of a tungsten filament is improved by depositing a layer of submicron-to-micron crystallites on the filament, the layer having substantially submicron spacing between crystallites. The crystallites being formed from tungsten or a tungsten alloy of up to 1 weight percent thorium, up to 10 weight percent of at least one of rhenium, tantalum, or niobium, and the balance substantially tungsten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Laurence Bigio, Joseph M. Ranish, Clyde L. Briant, Ronald H. Wilson, John F. Ackerman