Patents by Inventor Devon Beck

Devon Beck 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).

  • Durable contamination resistant coatings
    Patent number: 11746183
    Abstract: In an illustrative example, one or more coating formulations may be used and may have characteristics useful in different situations. During evaluations, a plurality of coating formulations comprising epoxy resins and diamine hardeners were prepared and evaluated with regards to impact ice adhesion strength and durability. Alone, such coating formulations provided a significantly reduced impact ice adhesion strength as compared to uncoated aluminum and/or stainless steel surfaces. However, a durability of the coatings, when applied to aluminum or stainless steel surfaces, was insufficient to be considered for use on external aircraft surfaces. By including nano-sized and/or micro-sized particles as additives to the coating formulations, resulted in improved durability without significantly reducing ice adhesion performance of the resin base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Christopher J. Wohl, Joseph G. Smith, Jr., Devon Beck, Lilly Lynn Balderson, Yi Lin
  • Durable Contamination Resistant Coatings
    Publication number: 20200079897
    Abstract: In an illustrative example, one or more coating formulations may be used and may have characteristics useful in different situations. During evaluations, a plurality of coating formulations comprising epoxy resins and diamine hardeners were prepared and evaluated with regards to impact ice adhesion strength and durability. Alone, such coating formulations provided a significantly reduced impact ice adhesion strength as compared to uncoated aluminum and/or stainless steel surfaces. However, a durability of the coatings, when applied to aluminum or stainless steel surfaces, was insufficient to be considered for use on external aircraft surfaces. By including nano-sized and/or micro-sized particles as additives to the coating formulations, resulted in improved durability without significantly reducing ice adhesion performance of the resin base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher J. Wohl, Joseph G. Smith, JR., Devon Beck, Lilly Lynn Balderson, Yi Lin