Patents by Inventor Henry S. Meeks, III

Henry S. Meeks, III 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).

  • Nanocrystalline aluminum alloy metal matrix composites, and production methods
    Patent number: 7097807
    Abstract: Objects comprising Al-7.5 Mg particulate having pressure consolidated nanocrystalline coating material are formed. Oxides of the coating material, in particulate form, may become dispersed in the pressure consolidated, thereby increasing its strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Ceracon, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry S. Meeks, III, Marc S. Fleming
  • Nanocrystalline aluminum metal matrix composites, and production methods
    Patent number: 6630008
    Abstract: Objects comprising carbide particulate having pressure consolidated nanocrystalline coating material are formed. Oxides of the coating material, in particulate form, may become dispersed in the pressure consolidated object, thereby increasing its strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Ceracon, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry S. Meeks, III, Marc S. Fleming
  • Metal consolidation process applicable to functionally gradient material (FGM) compositions of tantalum and other materials
    Patent number: 6461564
    Abstract: The method of consolidating a body in any of initially powdered, sintered, fibrous, sponge, or other form capable of compaction, that includes providing flowable pressure transmission particles having carbonaceous and ceramic composition or compositions; heating particles to elevated temperature; locating the heated particles in a bed; positioning the body at the bed, to receive pressure transmission; effecting pressurization of the bed to cause pressure transmission via the particles to the body, thereby to compact and consolidate the body into desired shape, increasing its density, the body consisting essentially of one or more metals selected from the following group: tungsten, rhenium, uranium, tantalum, platinum, copper, gold, hafnium, molybdenum, titanium, zirconium, aluminum, the consolidated body having, along a body dimension, one of the following characteristics: decreasing strength, increasing strength, or decreasing ductility (strain hardening) and increasing ductility (strain hardening).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventors: Morris F. Dilmore, Henry S. Meeks, III, Marc S. Fleming
  • Metal consolidation process applicable to functionally gradient material (FGM) compositons of tungsten, nickel, iron, and cobalt
    Patent number: 6355209
    Abstract: A method of consolidating metal powder to form an object that includes pressing the powder into a preform, and preheating the preform to elevated temperature; providing flowable pressure transmitting particles and transmitting microwaves into the particles to heat same, and providing a bed of the flowable and heated pressure transmitting particles; positioning the preform in such relation to the bed that the particles substantially encompass the perform; and pressurizing the bed to compress the particles and cause pressure transmission to the preform, thereby to consolidate the preform into a desired object shape, the powder of step a) consisting essentially of at least two of the following: W, Ni, Fe, Co, manganese and titanium, and preferably at least three of same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Ceracon, Inc.
    Inventors: Morris F. Dilmore, Henry S. Meeks, III, Marc S. Fleming
  • Metal consolidation process employing microwave heated pressure transmitting particulate
    Patent number: 6309594
    Abstract: A method of consolidating metal powder to form an object, includes: a) pressing the powder into a preform, and preheating the preform to elevated temperature, b) providing flowable pressure transmitting particles and transmitting microwaves into the particles to heat same, and providing a bed of the flowable and heated pressure transmitting particles, c) positioning the preform in such relation to the bed that the particles substantially encompass the preform, d) and pressurizing the bed to compress said particles and cause pressure transmission to the preform, thereby to consolidate the preform into a desired object shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Ceracon, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry S. Meeks, III, Lucile Lansing
  • Texture free ballistic grade tantalum product and production method
    Patent number: 6228140
    Abstract: A process of consolidating tantalum metal powder to essentially random texture, and the product thereby produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Ceracon, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry S. Meeks, III, Marc A. Fleming, Lucile Lansing
  • Texture free ballistic grade tantalum product and production method
    Patent number: 6123896
    Abstract: A process of consolidating tantalum metal powder to essentially random texture by pressing a preform in a bed of flowable pressure transmitting particles, and the product thereby produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Ceracon, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry S. Meeks, III, Marc A. Fleming, Lucile Lansing