Patents by Inventor Dennis Lee Hammond

Dennis Lee Hammond 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).

  • Patent number: 6846862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition comprising an aliphatic polyester polymer: an ethylenebisamide wax; and a guanidine wetting agent. The composition may also contain an additive which accelerates or extends debinding of the binder composition, and to a method for forming a sintered part by powder injection molding, including the steps of forming a green composition comprising a binder and an inorganic powder, wherein the binder is a composition comprising an aliphatic polyester polymer, an ethylenebisamide wax, and a guanidine wetting agent, and may further include an additive which accelerates or delays completion of debinding of the binder; melting the composition; injecting the composition into a mold for a part; heating the part to a temperature at which the binder decomposes; heating the part to a temperature at which the inorganic powder is sintered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Apex Advanced Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schofalvi, Dennis Lee Hammond, Warren Henry Philipp
  • Publication number: 20030220424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition comprising an aliphatic polyester polymer; an ethylenebisamide wax; and a guanidine wetting agent. The composition may also contain an additive which accelerates or extends debinding of the binder composition, and to a method for forming a sintered part by powder injection molding, including the steps of forming a green composition comprising a binder and an inorganic powder, wherein the binder is a composition comprising an aliphatic polyester polymer, an ethylenebisamide wax, and a guanidine wetting agent, and may further include an additive which accelerates or delays completion of debinding of the binder; melting the composition; injecting the composition into a mold for a part; heating the part to a temperature at which the binder decomposes; heating the part to a temperature at which the inorganic powder is sintered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schofalvi, Dennis Lee Hammond, Warren Henry Philipp
  • Patent number: 6376585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition comprising a polycarbonate polymer; an ethylenebisamide wax; a guanidine wetting agent, and an additive which accelerates or delays completion of debinding of the binder composition. The present invention further relates to a method for forming a sintered part by powder injection molding, including the steps of forming a green composition comprising a binder and an inorganic powder, wherein binder is a composition comprising a polycarbonate polymer, an ethylenebisamide wax, a guanidine wetting agent and an additive which accelerates or delays completion of debinding of the binder; melting the composition; injecting the composition into a mold for a part; heating the part to a temperature at which the binder decomposes; heating the part to a temperature at which the inorganic powder is sintered. The binder composition of the present invention is useful for press and sinter applications as well as for powder injection molding applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Apex Advanced Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schofalvi, Dennis Lee Hammond, Warren Henry Phillip