Patents by Inventor Frank E. McCown

Frank E. McCown 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).

  • Titanium diboride-graphite composits
    Patent number: 4376029
    Abstract: A cathode component for a Hall aluminum cell is economically produced from a mixture of a carbon source, preferably calcined petroleum coke, and optionally calcined acicular needle petroleum coke, calcined anthracite coal; a binder such as pitch including the various petroleum and coal tar pitches; titanium dioxide, TiO.sub.2 ; and boric acid, B.sub.2 O.sub.3 or boron carbide, B.sub.4 C; forming said mixture into shapes and heating to a TiB.sub.2 -forming temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1983
    Assignee: Great Lakes Carbon Corporation
    Inventors: Louis A. Joo', Kenneth W. Tucker, Frank E. McCown