Patents by Inventor Conrad C. Klepper

Conrad C. Klepper 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).

  • Method and apparatus for the production of thin film coatings
    Patent number: 7749564
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a coating. The method may include providing a substrate material and initiating a coating-deposition process to apply a coating material to the substrate material to produce a coating on the substrate material, wherein the coating includes a diamond-like carbon coating. The method may further include monitoring an intensity of hydrogen-alpha emission of a plasma produced during the coating-deposition process and adjusting at least one process variable of the coating-deposition process to facilitate production of the diamond-like carbon coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Bao Feng, Mahmoud Taher, Andrew G. Shull, Eric P. Carlson, Conrad C. Klepper