Patents by Inventor Hong Shao

Hong Shao 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: 6416870
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant coating for a substrate is described. The corrosion-resistant coating comprises a first distinct layer of a first composition disposed over the substrate, wherein the first distinct layer has a thickness that is not greater than about 10 microns, and a second distinct layer of a second composition disposed over the first distinct layer, wherein the second distinct layer has a thickness that is not greater than about 10 microns and either the first distinct layer or the second distinct layer is corrosion-resistant. Preferably, the thickness of each distinct layer is less than about 1 or 2 microns, more preferably, less than about 0.4 microns. The coating may comprise additional layers. Corrosion-resistant articles, methods of protecting an articles, and methods of depositing corrosion-resistant coatings are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: MicroCoating Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Tye Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Michelle R. Hendrick, Hong Shao, Joseph R. Thomas
  • Patent number: 6214473
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant coating for a substrate is described. The corrosion-resistant coating comprises a first distinct layer of a first composition disposed over the substrate, wherein the first distinct layer has a thickness that is not greater than about 10 microns, and a second distinct layer of a second composition disposed over the first distinct layer, wherein the second distinct layer has a thickness that is not greater than about 10 microns and either the first distinct layer or the second distinct layer is corrosion-resistant. Preferably, the thickness of each distinct layer is less than about 1 or 2 microns, more preferably, less than about 0.4 microns. The coating may comprise additional layers. Corrosion-resistant articles, methods of protecting an articles, and methods of depositing corrosion-resistant coatings are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Inventors: Andrew Tye Hunt, Tzyy Jiuan Hwang, Michelle R. Hendrick, Hong Shao, Joseph R. Thomas
  • 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: 5858465
    Abstract: A method for applying coatings to substrates using combustion chemical vapor deposition by mixing together a reagent and a carrier solution to form a reagent mixture, igniting the reagent mixture to create a flame, or flowing the reagent mixture through a plasma torch, in which the reagent is at least partially vaporized into a vapor phase, and contacting the vapor phase of the reagent to a substrate resulting in the deposition, at least in part from the vapor phase, of a coating of the reagent which can be controlled so as to have a preferred orientation on the substrate, and an apparatus to accomplish this method. This process can be used to deposit thin phosphate films and coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Tye Hunt, Tzyy-Jiuan Hwang, Hong Shao