Patents by Inventor Gerard Main

Gerard Main 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).

  • Method for forming ceramic layer having garnet crystal structure phase and article made thereby
    Patent number: 6884514
    Abstract: A method of depositing a coating is disclosed, which method calls for providing a substrate, and thermally spraying a ceramic powder thereon to form a coating. The ceramic powder has a garnet crystal structure phase, and the thermal spraying in turn forms a coating on the substrate that includes a garnet crystal structure phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Simpson, Dominique Billieres, Gérard Main, Jean-Michel Drouin
  • Method for forming ceramic layer having garnet crystal structure phase and article made thereby
    Publication number: 20030134134
    Abstract: A method of depositing a coating is disclosed, which method calls for providing a substrate, and thermally spraying a ceramic powder thereon to form a coating. The ceramic powder has a garnet crystal structure phase, and the thermal spraying in turn forms a coating on the substrate that includes a garnet crystal structure phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Simpson, Dominique Billieres, Gerard Main, Jean-Michel Drouin