Patents by Inventor James P. De Blaquiere

James P. De Blaquiere 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).

  • Sliding engine component
    Patent number: 10190631
    Abstract: A sliding engine component may include a sliding surface, and the sliding surface may include a plastic polymer-based layer disposed on a metallic substrate. The plastic polymer-based layer may have a composition including a plastic polymer-based material having distributed throughout the polymer-based material a thermochromic material configured to change color irreversibly when thermally activated by heating beyond a threshold thermal treatment condition. The polymer-based material may be cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: Mahle International GmbH, Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd
    Inventors: Roger Gorges, James P. De Blaquiere
  • Bearing element and method of manufacturing a bearing element
    Patent number: 10041538
    Abstract: A bearing element may include a bearing element substrate and a sliding layer applied to a surface of the bearing element substrate. The sliding layer may be formed of a sliding layer material. A surface roughness (Ra) of the surface of the bearing element substrate may be less than 1 ?m. The sliding layer material may include a polymeric material and iron oxide. The sliding layer may have at least three layers of the sliding layer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: Mahle International GmbH, Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd
    Inventors: Roger Gorges, James P. De Blaquiere, Natalie Phipps
  • BEARING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BEARING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20160312827
    Abstract: A bearing element may include a bearing element substrate and a sliding layer applied to a surface of the bearing element substrate. The sliding layer may be formed of a sliding layer material. A surface roughness (Ra) of the surface of the bearing element substrate may be less than 1 ?m. The sliding layer material may include a polymeric material and iron oxide. The sliding layer may have at least three layers of the sliding layer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Roger Gorges, James P. De Blaquiere, Natalie Phipps
  • SLIDING ENGINE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20160201719
    Abstract: A sliding engine component may include a sliding surface, and the sliding surface may include a plastic polymer-based layer disposed on a metallic substrate. The plastic polymer-based layer may have a composition including a plastic polymer-based material having distributed throughout the polymer-based material a thermochromic material configured to change colour irreversibly when thermally activated by heating beyond a threshold thermal treatment condition. The polymer-based material may be cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Roger Gorges, James P. De Blaquiere