Patents by Inventor Jeganathan Karthikeyan
Jeganathan Karthikeyan 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).
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Patent number: 8701590Abstract: The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing removably affixed to the rear housing and comprising an mixing cavity therein for mixing of the powder and gas and an exit therefrom, a nozzle holder having a bore disposed therethrough and removably affixed to the front housing, and a polymeric nozzle positioned within the nozzle holder, an interior taper of the nozzle holder bore complementing an exterior taper of the nozzle. The nozzle having an initially converging, subsequently diverging centrally disposed bore therein adapted to receive the mixed powder and gas from the mixing chamber and the nozzle holder including a cooling jacket which is thermally coupled to the nozzle adjacent the nozzle inlet and mechanically coupled downstream of the nozzle inlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: ASB Industries, Inc.Inventors: Albert Kay, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Publication number: 20120193450Abstract: The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing removably affixed to the rear housing and comprising an mixing cavity therein for mixing of the powder and gas and an exit therefrom, a nozzle holder having a bore disposed therethrough and removably affixed to the front housing, and a polymeric nozzle positioned within the nozzle holder, an interior taper of the nozzle holder bore complementing an exterior taper of the nozzle. The nozzle having an initially converging, subsequently diverging centrally disposed bore therein adapted to receive the mixed powder and gas from the mixing chamber and the nozzle holder including a cooling jacket which is thermally coupled to the nozzle adjacent the nozzle inlet and mechanically coupled downstream of the nozzle inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: ASB INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Albert Kay, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Patent number: 8192799Abstract: The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying of a metal, alloy, polymer, or mechanical mixtures thereof. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing removably affixed to the rear housing and comprising an mixing cavity therein for mixing of the powder and gas and an exit therefrom, a nozzle holder having a bore disposed therethrough and removably affixed to the front housing, and a polymeric nozzle positioned within the nozzle holder, an interior taper of the nozzle holder bore complementing an exterior taper of the nozzle. The nozzle having an initially converging, subsequently diverging centrally disposed bore therein adapted to receive the mixed powder and gas from the mixing chamber and the nozzle holder including a cooling jacket which is thermally coupled to the nozzle adjacent the nozzle inlet and mechanically coupled downstream of the nozzle inlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: ASB Industries, Inc.Inventors: Albert Kay, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Patent number: 7820238Abstract: A method of manufacturing homogenous metal matrix composite (MMC) powders and using the powders as the feedstock with cold spray deposition is described to produce composite coatings and freestanding bulk forms. Measured quantities of metal and ceramic powders having predetermined particle sizes are blended to produce homogeneous MMC powders. Spray parameters and procedures are controlled to produce dense, strong and well-bonded MMC coatings on any substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Andrew DeBiccari, Jeffrey D. Haynes, Douglas A. Hobbs, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Publication number: 20100136242Abstract: The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying of a metal, alloy, polymer, or mechanical mixtures thereof. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing removably affixed to the rear housing and comprising an mixing cavity therein for mixing of the powder and gas and an exit therefrom, a nozzle holder having a bore disposed therethrough and removably affixed to the front housing, and a polymeric nozzle positioned within the nozzle holder, an interior taper of the nozzle holder bore complementing an exterior taper of the nozzle. The nozzle having an initially converging, subsequently diverging centrally disposed bore therein adapted to receive the mixed powder and gas from the mixing chamber and the nozzle holder including a cooling jacket which is thermally coupled to the nozzle adjacent the nozzle inlet and mechanically coupled downstream of the nozzle inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Albert Kay, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Publication number: 20080152801Abstract: A method of manufacturing homogenous metal matrix composite (MMC) powders and using the powders as the feedstock with cold spray deposition is described to produce composite coatings and freestanding bulk forms. Measure quantities of metal and ceramic powders having predetermined particle sizes are blended to produce homogeneous MMC powders. Spray parameters and procedures are controlled to produce dense, strong and well-bonded MMC coatings on any substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Andrew DeBiccari, Jeffrey D. Haynes, Douglas A. Hobbs, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Patent number: 6722584Abstract: The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying of a metal, alloy, polymer, or mechanical mixtures thereof. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing removably affixed to the rear housing and comprising an mixing cavity therein for mixing of the powder and gas and an exit therefrom, a nozzle holder having a bore disposed therethrough and removably affixed to the front housing, and a nozzle positioned within the nozzle holder, an interior taper of the nozzle holder bore complementing an exterior taper of the nozzle, said nozzle having an initially converging, subsequently diverging centrally disposed bore therein adapted to receive the mixed powder and gas from the mixing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: ASB Industries, Inc.Inventors: Albert Kay, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Patent number: 6502767Abstract: The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying of a metal, alloy, polymer, or mechanical mixtures thereof. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing removably affixed to the rear housing and comprising an mixing cavity therein for mixing of the powder and gas and an exit therefrom, a nozzle holder having a bore disposed therethrough and removably affixed to the front housing, and a nozzle positioned within the nozzle holder, an interior taper of the nozzle holder bore complementing an exterior taper of the nozzle. The nozzle having an initially converging, subsequently diverging centrally disposed bore therein adapted to receive the mixed powder and gas from the mixing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: ASB IndustriesInventors: Albert Kay, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Publication number: 20020033135Abstract: The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying of a metal, alloy, polymer, or mechanical mixtures thereof. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing removably affixed to the rear housing and comprising an mixing cavity therein for mixing of the powder and gas and an exit therefrom, a nozzle holder having a bore disposed therethrough and removably affixed to the front housing, and a nozzle positioned within the nozzle holder, an interior taper of the nozzle holder bore complementing an exterior taper of the nozzle, said nozzle having an initially converging, subsequently diverging centrally disposed bore therein adapted to receive the mixed powder and gas from the mixing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Applicant: ASB Industries, Inc.Inventors: Albert Kay, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Publication number: 20010042508Abstract: The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying of a metal, alloy, polymer, or mechanical mixtures thereof. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing removably affixed to the rear housing and comprising an mixing cavity therein for mixing of the powder and gas and an exit therefrom, a nozzle holder having a bore disposed therethrough and removably affixed to the front housing, and a nozzle positioned within the nozzle holder, an interior taper of the nozzle holder bore complementing an exterior taper of the nozzle, said nozzle having an initially converging, subsequently diverging centrally disposed bore therein adapted to receive the mixed powder and gas from the mixing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2001Publication date: November 22, 2001Inventors: Albert Kay, Jeganathan Karthikeyan