Patents by Inventor Cyprian Adair William Illing

Cyprian Adair William Illing 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).

  • ACTIVATION OF SELF-PASSIVATING METALS USING REAGENT COATINGS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE NITROCARBURIZATION
    Publication number: 20240102143
    Abstract: A method for treating a workpiece made of self-passivating metal and having a Beilby layer including applying a coating to a surface of the workpiece, the coating including a reagent, treating the coating to thermally alter the reagent, wherein the thermal altering of the reagent activates and/or hardens the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christina Semkow, Cyprian Adair William Illing, Peter C. Williams, Wayne Ostrosky
  • Activation of self-passivating metals using reagent coatings for low temperature nitrocarburization
    Patent number: 11885027
    Abstract: A method for treating a workpiece made of self-passivating metal and having a Beilby layer including applying a coating to a surface of the workpiece, the coating including a reagent, treating the coating to thermally alter the reagent, wherein the thermal altering of the reagent activates and/or hardens the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SWAGELOK COMPANY
    Inventors: Christina Semkow, Cyprian Adair William Illing, Peter C. Williams, Wayne Ostrosky
  • ACTIVATION OF SELF-PASSIVATING METALS USING REAGENT COATINGS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE NITROCARBURIZATION IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS
    Publication number: 20220364216
    Abstract: A method for low-temperature interstitial case formation on a self-passivating metal workpiece includes exposing the workpiece in a heated gaseous environment comprising oxygen to pyrolysis products of a nonpolymeric reagent comprising nitrogen and carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Ernst, Todd Johns, Ronald Edmonson, Cyprian Adair William Illing, Peter C. Williams, Christina Semkow
  • LOW-TEMPERATURE CASE HARDENING OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED ARTICLES AND MATERIALS AND TARGETED APPLICATION OF SURFACE MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20220072618
    Abstract: A treated additive manufactured article is disclosed. The article comprises a shaped metal alloy having a treated surface layer and a core. At least one of the average hardness of the treated surface layer is greater than the average hardness of the core, and the average corrosion resistance of the treated surface layer is greater than the average corrosion resistance of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Cyprian Adair William Illing, Robert Bianco, Michael D. Bestic, Christina Semkow, Peter C. Williams, Todd Johns, Ronald S. Edmonson
  • ACTIVATION OF SELF-PASSIVATING METALS USING REAGENT COATINGS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE NITROCARBURIZATION
    Publication number: 20210340659
    Abstract: A method for treating a workpiece made of self-passivating metal and having a Beilby layer including applying a coating to a surface of the workpiece, the coating including a reagent, treating the coating to thermally alter the reagent, wherein the thermal altering of the reagent activates and/or hardens the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Christina Semkow, Cyprian Adair William Illing, Peter C. Williams, Wayne Ostrosky
  • CHEMICAL ACTIVATION OF SELF-PASSIVATING METALS
    Publication number: 20210172046
    Abstract: A method for treating a workpiece made from a self-passivating metal and having a Beilby layer is disclosed. The method comprises exposing the workpiece to the vapors produced by heating a reagent having a guanidine [HNC(NH2)2] moiety and complexed with HCl to activate the workpiece for low temperature interstitial surface hardening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Cyprian Adair William Illing, Peter C. Williams, Christina Semkow, Todd Johns