Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Furar
Elizabeth Furar 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).
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Patent number: 11482696Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of coating an electrical current collector comprising treating a portion of a surface of the electrical current collector with an adhesion promoting composition to deposit a treatment layer over the portion of the surface of the electrical current collector, wherein the resulting surface of the electrical current collector comprises (a) a treated portion comprising the treatment layer and (b) a non-treated portion that lacks the treatment layer; electrodepositing an electrodeposited coating layer from an electrodepositable coating composition onto the surface of the electrical current collector to form a coated electrical current collector; and rinsing the coated electrical current collector, wherein the electrodeposited coating layer substantially adheres to the treated portion of the surface and does not adhere to the non-treated portion of the surface. Also disclosed are electrodes and electrical storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Landon J. Oakes, Haley L. Orler, Elizabeth A. Furar, Stuart D. Hellring
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Publication number: 20210363358Abstract: The present invention is directed towards curable film-forming coating compositions comprising metal particles; an alkaline earth metal compound comprising an alkaline earth metal oxide, an alkaline earth metal carbonate, an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, an alkaline earth metal sulfate, an alkaline earth metal monocarboxylate, an alkaline earth metal phosphate, or combinations thereof; and an organic film-forming binder. Also disclosed are methods of making curable film-forming coating compositions, methods of coating substrates, and coated substrates resulting therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Mayo, Nicole L. Rakers, Elizabeth A. Furar, John R. Schneider, Venkateshwarlu Kalsani, Troy J. Larimer, Kamlesh J. Sheth, James E. McCarthy, Victor F. Georgic, Mary Lyn Chong Lim, Arif Mubarok
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Publication number: 20210265608Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of coating an electrical current collector comprising treating a portion of a surface of the electrical current collector with an adhesion promoting composition to deposit a treatment layer over the portion of the surface of the electrical current collector, wherein the resulting surface of the electrical current collector comprises (a) a treated portion comprising the treatment layer and (b) a non-treated portion that lacks the treatment layer; electrodepositing an electrodeposited coating layer from an electrodepositable coating composition onto the surface of the electrical current collector to form a coated electrical current collector; and rinsing the coated electrical current collector, wherein the electrodeposited coating layer substantially adheres to the treated portion of the surface and does not adhere to the non-treated portion of the surface. Also disclosed are electrodes and electrical storage devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Landon J. Oakes, Haley L. Orler, Elizabeth A. Furar, Stuart D. Hellring
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Patent number: 10173176Abstract: A method for preparing a resin-treated microporous membrane by electrodeposition is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Elizabeth A. Furar, Robin M. Peffer, Michael Sandala, Shawn Duffy, Peter L. Votruba-Drzal
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Publication number: 20180162099Abstract: A curable film-forming composition is provided, comprising: (1) a curable, organic film-forming binder component; and (2) a corrosion inhibiting component comprising a lithium silicate, present in the curable film-forming composition in an amount of 0.1 to 4.5 percent lithium by weight. Also provided are coated metal substrates, including multilayer coated metal substrates, comprising the above composition. Also provided is a multilayer coated metal substrate comprising: (a) a metal substrate; (b) a first curable film-forming composition applied to said metal substrate; and (c) a second curable film-forming composition applied on top of at least a portion of the first curable film-forming composition. The first and second curable film-forming compositions in dependently comprise: (1) a curable, organic film-forming binder component; and (2) a corrosion inhibiting component comprising lithium silicate, magnesium oxide and/or an azole.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Elizabeth A. Furar, Michael A. Mayo, Eric L. Morris, Tommy G. Bunten
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Publication number: 20180066144Abstract: A coating comprising MgO, amino acid and a film-forming resin are disclosed as are methods of curing such a coating to coat at least a portion of a substrate and a substrate coated thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Michael A. Mayo, Elizabeth A. Furar, Paul Rushman, Jonathan P. Breon
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Publication number: 20160317974Abstract: A method for preparing a resin-treated microporous membrane by electrodeposition is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Elizabeth A. Furar, Robin M. Peffer, Michael Sandala, Shawn Duffy, Peter L. Votruba-Drzal
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Patent number: 9133362Abstract: A mechanochromic coating composition is disclosed comprising a binder composition and a crystalline mechanophore. The mechanophore changes color upon application of a mechanical load to the coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Charles R. Hickenboth, Gregory J. McCollum, Elizabeth Furar
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Patent number: 9029437Abstract: A coating/sealant system that includes a coating and a sealant deposited over at least a portion of the coating, in which the coating includes a reaction product formed from reactants comprising a phosphated epoxy resin and a curing agent, and the sealant includes a sulfur-containing polymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: PRC-DeSoto International, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence G. Anderson, Elizabeth A. Furar, Thor G. Lingenfelter, Michael A. Mayo, Robin M. Peffer, Joseph Theodore Valko
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Publication number: 20150072161Abstract: A coating comprising MgO, amino acid and a film-forming resin are disclosed as are methods of curing such a coating to coat at least a portion of a substrate and a substrate coated thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: PRC-DeSoto International, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Mayo, Elizabeth A. Furar, Paul Rushman, Jonathan P. Breon
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Publication number: 20140013864Abstract: A mechanochromic coating composition is disclosed comprising a binder composition and a crystalline mechanophore. The mechanophore changes color upon application of a mechanical load to the coating composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Charles R. Hickenboth, Gregory J. McCollum, Elizabeth Furar
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Patent number: 8089678Abstract: The present invention provides optical elements comprising a photochromic linear polarizing element and a birefringent layer that circularly or elliptically polarizes transmitted radiation. The photochromic linear polarizing element comprises a substrate and either: (1) a coating comprising an aligned, thermally reversible photochromic-dichroic compound having an average absorption ratio of at least 1.5 in an activated state, and being operable for switching from a first absorption state to a second absorption state in response to actinic radiation, to revert back to the first absorption state in response to thermal energy, and to linearly polarize transmitted radiation in at least one of the two states; or (2) an at least partially ordered polymeric sheet connected to the substrate; and a thermally reversible photochromic-dichroic compound that is at least partially aligned with the polymeric sheet and has an average absorption ratio greater than 2.3 in the activated state.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Transitions Optical, IncInventors: Anil Kumar, Peter C. Foller, Elizabeth Furar, Forrest R. Blackburn
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Patent number: 8077373Abstract: The present invention provides composite optical elements including a photochromic linear polarizing element and a birefringent layer such that composite optical element circularly or elliptically polarizes transmitted radiation. The photochromic linear polarizing element is formed from (i) an at least partially ordered polymeric sheet; and (ii) a reversible photochromic-dichroic material that is at least partially aligned with the polymeric sheet and has an average absorption ratio of at least 1.5 in the activated state. The birefringent layer includes a polymeric coating or a polymeric sheet connected to the photochromic linear polarizing element.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Transitions Optical, Inc.Inventors: Anil Kumar, Peter C. Foller, Elizabeth Furar, Forrest R. Blackburn
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Publication number: 20110080628Abstract: The present invention provides composite optical elements including a photochromic linear polarizing element and a birefringent layer such that composite optical element circularly or elliptically polarizes transmitted radiation. The photochromic linear polarizing element is formed from (i) an at least partially ordered polymeric sheet; and (ii) a reversible photochromic-dichroic material that is at least partially aligned with the polymeric sheet and has an average absorption ratio of at least 1.5 in the activated state. The birefringent layer includes a polymeric coating or a polymeric sheet connected to the photochromic linear polarizing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Anil Kumar, Peter C. Foller, Elizabeth Furar, Forrest R. Blackburn
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Publication number: 20090135462Abstract: The present invention provides optical elements comprising a photochromic linear polarizing element and a birefringent layer that circularly or elliptically polarizes transmitted radiation. The photochromic linear polarizing element comprises a substrate and either: (1) a coating comprising an aligned, thermally reversible photochromic-dichroic compound having an average absorption ratio of at least 1.5 in an activated state, and being operable for switching from a first absorption state to a second absorption state in response to actinic radiation, to revert back to the first absorption state in response to thermal energy, and to linearly polarize transmitted radiation in at least one of the two states; or (2) an at least partially ordered polymeric sheet connected to the substrate; and a thermally reversible photochromic-dichroic compound that is at least partially aligned with the polymeric sheet and has an average absorption ratio greater than 2.3 in the activated state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC.Inventors: Anil Kumar, Peter C. Foller, Elizabeth Furar, Forrest R. Blackburn