Patents by Inventor John B. Eye

John B. Eye 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).

  • Micro-textured heat transfer surfaces
    Patent number: 6925711
    Abstract: A wrought aluminum sheet product having a textured surface for improved heat transfer properties. A plurality of textured features having dimensions of about 1-50 microns is roll textured onto one or both sides of the sheet. The aluminum sheet may be used as the fins or tubing of a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Kilmer, John B. Eye, Stephen F. Baumann, Michael P. Danz
  • Micro-textured heat transfer surfaces
    Publication number: 20040068871
    Abstract: A wrought aluminum sheet product having a textured surface for improved heat transfer properties. A plurality of textured features having dimensions of about 1-50 microns is roll textured onto one or both sides of the sheet. The aluminum sheet may be used as the fins or tubing of a heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Raymond J. Kilmer, John B. Eye, Stephen F. Baumann, Michael P. Danz
  • Micro-textured heat transfer surfaces
    Patent number: 6644388
    Abstract: A wrought aluminum sheet product having a textured surface for improved heat transfer properties. A plurality of textured features having dimensions of about 1-50 microns is roll textured onto one or both sides of the sheet. The aluminum sheet may be used as the fins or tubing of a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Kilmer, John B. Eye, Stephen F. Baumann, Michael P. Danz
  • Method of depositing flux or flux and metal onto a metal brazing substrate
    Patent number: 6344237
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a means for the surface preparation of a metal or metal alloy substrate. In the process of the present invention, a stream of a mixture of flux particles and metal particles is hurled at the substrate at velocities effective for flux adhesion to the surface. The velocities of the particle stream is adjusted so that the flux particles adhere to the surface and the metal particles bounce off the surface. At higher temperatures and velocities, the metal particles are co-deposited with the flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Kilmer, John B. Eye
  • Method of depositing flux or flux and metal onto a metal brazing substrate
    Patent number: 6317913
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a means for the surface preparation of a metal or metal alloy substrate. In the process of the present invention, a stream of a mixture of flux particles and metal particles is hurled at the substrate at velocities effective for flux adhesion to the surface. The velocities of the particle stream is adjusted so that the flux particles adhere to the surface and the metal particles bounce off the surface. At higher temperatures and velocities, the metal particles are co-deposited with the flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Kilmer, John B. Eye
  • Method of making a braze sheet
    Patent number: 6120848
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of making a braze sheet for a brazed assembly. The method includes the steps of providing a sheet of a core material and a composition cladding and mechanically embedding a flux into the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignees: Ford Motor Company, Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Van Evans, Matthew J. Zaluzec, Gerry A. Grab, Henry Mehraban, Ronald P. Burt, Stacy Y. Uyeda, John B. Eye