Patents by Inventor Helmut G. Hornis

Helmut G. Hornis 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).

  • Patent number: 6793975
    Abstract: A method for chemical vapor deposition using a very fine atomization or vaporization of a reagent containing liquid or liquid-like fluid near its supercritical temperature, where the resulting atomized or vaporized solution is entered into a flame or a plasma torch, and a powder is formed or a coating is deposited onto a substrate. The combustion flame can be stable from 10 torr to multiple atmospheres, and provides the energetic environment in which the reagent contained within the fluid can be reacted to form the desired powder or coating material on a substrate. The plasma torch likewise produces the required energy environment, but, unlike the flame, no oxidizer is needed so materials stable in only very low oxygen partial pressures can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Micro Coating Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Helmut G. Hornis
  • Patent number: 6728092
    Abstract: Thin layer capacitors are formed from a first flexible metal layer, a dielectric layer between about 0.03 and about 2 microns deposited thereon, and a second flexible metal layer deposited on the dielectric layer. The first flexible metal layer may either be a metal foil, such as a copper, aluminum, or nickel foil, or a metal layer deposited on a polymeric support sheet. Depositions of the layers is by or is facilitate by combustion chemical vapor deposition or controlled atmosphere chemical vapor deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Shipley-Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Helmut G. Hornis, Wen-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20020145845
    Abstract: Thin layer capacitors are formed from a first flexible metal layer, a dielectric layer between about 0.03 and about 2 microns deposited thereon, and a second flexible metal layer deposited on the dielectric layer. The first flexible metal layer may either be a metal foil, such as a copper, aluminum, or nickel foil, or a metal layer deposited on a polymeric support sheet. Depositions of the layers is by or is facilitate by combustion chemical vapor deposition or controlled atmosphere chemical vapor deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: MicroCoating Technologies of
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Helmut G. Hornis, Wen-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 6433993
    Abstract: Thin layer capacitors are formed from a first flexible metal layer, a dielectric layer between about 0.03 and about 2 microns deposited thereon, and a second flexible metal layer deposited on the dielectric layer. The first flexible metal layer may either be a metal foil, such as a copper, aluminum, or nickel foil, or a metal layer deposited on a polymeric support sheet. Depositions of the layers is by or is facilitate by combustion chemical vapor deposition or controlled atmosphere chemical vapor deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: MicroCoating Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Wen-Yi Lin, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Michelle Hendrick, Helmut G. Hornis
  • Publication number: 20020015797
    Abstract: A method for chemical vapor deposition using a very fine atomization or vaporization of a reagent containing liquid or liquid-like fluid near its supercritical temperature, where the resulting atomized or vaporized solution is entered into a flame or a plasma torch, and a powder is formed or a coating is deposited onto a substrate. The combustion flame can be stable from 10 torr to multiple atmospheres, and provides the energetic environment in which the reagent contained within the fluid can be reacted to form the desired powder or coating material on a substrate. The plasma torch likewise produces the required energy environment, but, unlike the flame, no oxidizer is needed so materials stable in only very low oxygen partial pressures can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Helmut G. Hornis
  • Publication number: 20010039919
    Abstract: A method for chemical vapor deposition using a very fine atomization or vaporization of a reagent containing liquid or liquid-like fluid near its supercritical temperature, where the resulting atomized or vaporized solution is entered into a flame or a plasma torch, and a powder is formed or a coating is deposited onto a substrate. The combustion flame can be stable from 10 torr to multiple atmospheres, and provides the energetic environment in which the reagent contained within the fluid can be reacted to form the desired powder or coating material on a substrate. The plasma torch likewise produces the required energy environment, but, unlike the flame, no oxidizer is needed so materials stable in only very low oxygen partial pressures can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Helmut G. Hornis
  • Patent number: 6207522
    Abstract: Thin layer capacitors are formed from a first flexible metal layer, a dielectric layer between about 0.03 and about 2 microns deposited thereon, and a second flexible metal layer deposited on the dielectric layer. The first flexible metal layer may either be a metal foil, such as a copper, aluminum, or nickel foil, or a metal layer deposited on a polymeric support sheet. Depositions of the layers is by or is facilitate by combustion chemical vapor deposition or controlled atmosphere chemical vapor deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: MicroCoating Technologies
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Helmut G. Hornis, Wen-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 6193911
    Abstract: Precursor solutions are provided to produce thin film resistive materials by combustion chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) or controlled atmosphere combustion chemical vapor deposition (CACCVD). The resistive material may be a mixture of a zero valence metal and a dielectric material, or the resistive materials may be a conductive oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Morton International Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Helmut G. Hornis, Hong Shao, Joe Thomas, Wen-Yi Lin, Shara S. Shoup, Henry A. Luten, John Eric McEntyre
  • Patent number: 6132653
    Abstract: A method for chemical vapor deposition using a very fine atomization or vaporization of a reagent containing liquid or liquid-like fluid near its supercritical temperature, where the resulting atomized or vaporized solution is entered into a flame or a plasma torch, and a powder is formed or a coating is deposited onto a substrate. The combustion flame can be stable from 10 torr to multiple atmospheres, and provides the energetic environment in which the reagent contained within the fluid can be reacted to form the desired powder or coating material on a substrate. The plasma torch likewise produces the required energy environment, but, unlike the flame, no oxidizer is needed so materials stable in only very low oxygen partial pressures can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Microcoating Technologies
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Helmut G. Hornis
  • Patent number: 5997956
    Abstract: A method for chemical vapor deposition using a very fine atomization or vaporization of a reagent containing liquid or liquid-like fluid near its supercritical temperature, where the resulting atomized or vaporized solution is entered into a flame or a plasma torch, and a powder is formed or a coating is deposited onto a substrate. The combustion flame can be stable from 10 torr to multiple atmospheres, and provides the energetic environment in which the reagent contained within the fluid can be reacted to form the desired powder or coating material on a substrate. The plasma torch likewise produces the required energy environment, but, unlike the flame, no oxidizer is needed so materials stable in only very low oxygen partial pressures can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Microcoating Technologies
    Inventors: Andrew T. Hunt, Helmut G. Hornis