Patents by Inventor Dale C. Milliken

Dale C. Milliken 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).

  • Coated ceramic parts and method of fabricating same
    Patent number: 6656576
    Abstract: An abrasion resistant article (10, 30, 40) for use, while submerged or partly submerged in molten glass, in a glass article manufacturing operation, the article having a ceramic element (12, 32, 42) coated on its molten glass contacting surfaces with a thin base coating of a nickel chromium-aluminum-cobalt-yttria-composite powder (18, 34, 44) and a somewhat thicker coating (20, 36, 46) of a prealloyed ceria-yttria stabilized zirconium oxide superimposed on the base coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Owens Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Dale C. Milliken, William E. Bosken, Jr.