Patents by Inventor Donald Teney

Donald Teney 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).

  • Vacuum deposition process
    Patent number: 5167984
    Abstract: A vacuum evaporation container including a resistively heatable cylindrical crucible having at least one open end and having an axially aligned slot and a hollow cylindrical insert concentrically located within the cylindrical crucible, the insert having a slot aligned with the slot of the crucible, closed ends and an electrical conductivity less than the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive cylindrical crucible. This vacuum evaporation container is employed in a vacuum deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew R. Melnyk, Michael G. Swales, Donald Teney