Patents by Inventor James G. Sheek

James G. Sheek 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).

  • Corrosion and abrasion resistant decorative coating
    Patent number: 7026057
    Abstract: A new article of manufacture, for example a faucet or other article of hardware, has a specified decorative color, and is resistant to corrosion, abrasion and attack by chemicals. The article includes a substrate, one or more corrosion resistant layers applied to the substrate, a thin transition layer having a composition that varies systematically from a first composition to a second composition and in which the first composition has, at least in part, the function of corrosion protection, and in which the second composition determines the visible color or that portion of the substrate to which the transition layer is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: James G. Sheek, Jarek Grembowicz, Inho Song, Timothy J. O'Brien
  • Corrosion and abrasion resistant decorative coating
    Publication number: 20030139106
    Abstract: A new article of manufacture, for example a faucet or other article of hardware, has a specified decorative color, and is resistant to corrosion, abrasion and attack by chemicals. The article includes a substrate, one or more corrosion resistant layers applied to the substrate, a thin transition layer having a composition that varies systematically from a first composition to a second composition and in which the first composition has, at least in part, the function of corrosion protection, and in which the second composition determines the visible color or that portion of the substrate to which the transition layer is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: James G. Sheek, Jarek Grembowicz, Inho Song, Timothy J. O'Brien
  • Decorative corrosion and abrasion resistant coating
    Patent number: 6245435
    Abstract: A new article of manufacture, for example a faucet or other article of hardware, has a specified decorative color, other than brass, and is resistant to corrosion, abrasion and attack by chemicals. The article includes a substrate, one or more corrosion resistant layers applied to the substrate, and an outer layer, applied by PVD, and chosen from only one or more of Zr, Hf, C and N. The outer layer provides the desired, other than brass, color of the article, the desired chemical and abrasion resistance, and which layer, when in contact with air or water becomes passive in a manner similar to chrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Brien, Inho Song, Brenda L. Trautman, Brian S. Bubar, Darrell K. May, Joseph E. Preston, James G. Sheek, Jeffrey D. Wilder