Patents by Inventor Jean M. LaPlante

Jean M. LaPlante 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).

  • ELECTROLESS NICKEL COATINGS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE COATINGS
    Publication number: 20220145469
    Abstract: An aqueous electroless nickel plating bath for forming electroless nickel coatings includes nickel, a hypophosphorous reducing agent, zinc, a bismuth stabilizer, and at least one of a complexing agent, a chelating agent, or a pH buffer, and is free of a sulfur compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Wojcik, Ambrose Schaffer, Jean M. Laplante
  • ELECTROLESS NICKEL COATINGS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE COATINGS
    Publication number: 20150159277
    Abstract: An aqueous electroless nickel plating bath for forming electroless nickel coatings includes nickel, a hypophosphorous reducing agent, zinc, a bismuth stabilizer, and at least one of a complexing agent, a chelating agent, or a pH buffer, and is free of a sulfur compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Wojcik, Ambrose Schaffer, Jean M. Laplante
  • Electroless coated disks for high temperature applications and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8828482
    Abstract: A disk for a hard disk drive is provided. The disk comprises a substrate comprising aluminum, and a coating layer disposed over the substrate. The coating layer comprises an alloy of Ni, X1 and X2, wherein X1 comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, B, Cr, Cu, Ga, In, Mn, Mo, Nb, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Te, W, Zn and Zr, and wherein X2 comprises either B or P, and wherein X1 and X2 do not comprise the same elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: WD Media, LLC
    Inventors: Alan J. Ruffini, Lindsey A. Hamilton, Dorothea Buechel-Rimmel, Jean M. Laplante, Ambrose Schaffer, Frederick K. Lowes
  • Electroless coated disks for high temperature applications and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8404369
    Abstract: A disk for a hard disk drive is provided. The disk comprises a substrate comprising aluminum, and a coating layer disposed over the substrate. The coating layer comprises an alloy of Ni, X1 and X2, wherein X1 comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, B, Cr, Cu, Ga, In, Mn, Mo, Nb, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Te, W, Zn and Zr, and wherein X2 comprises either B or P, and wherein X1 and X2 do not comprise the same elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: WD Media, LLC
    Inventors: Alan J. Ruffini, Lindsey A. Hamilton, Dorothea Buechel-Rimmel, Jean M. LaPlante, Ambrose Schaffer, Frederick Lowes
  • ELECTROLESS COATED DISKS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120034492
    Abstract: A disk for a hard disk drive is provided. The disk comprises a substrate comprising aluminum, and a coating layer disposed over the substrate. The coating layer comprises an alloy of Ni, X1 and X2, wherein X1 comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, B, Cr, Cu, Ga, In, Mn, Mo, Nb, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Te, W, Zn and Zr, and wherein X2 comprises either B or P, and wherein X1 and X2 do not comprise the same elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicants: COVENTYA, INC., WD MEDIA, INC.
    Inventors: ALAN J. RUFFINI, LINDSEY A. HAMILTON, DOROTHEA BUECHEL-RIMMEL, JEAN M. LAPLANTE, AMBROSE SCHAFFER, FREDERICK LOWES