Patents by Inventor Karen A. Schultz
Karen A. Schultz 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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Publication number: 20230175956Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for rapidly evaluating light transmission through coatings including paints, primers, thin films, surfacing films, laminates and the like are disclosed. The system includes a light source for transmitting light through a coating sample. A sample holder holds the coating sample in a position to receive the incident light. A spectrometer measures an amount of the transmitted light that passes through the coating sample. Optionally, one or more optical filters may be used to condition any transmitted light that passes through the coating sample to reduce the intensity of the light outside of wavelengths of interest. An opaque cover encloses the spectrometer, the one or more optional optical filters, and at least part of the sample holder to prevent light other than the transmitted light from the light source from entering the spectrometer such that any transmitted light passing through the coating sample can be accurately evaluated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Paul Vahey, Jessica Adele Boze, Geoff M. House, Dara Ung, Karen A. Schultz, Nels Andrew Olson, Kenneth R. Block, James F. Kirchner, Maribel Gomez Locsin
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Patent number: 11459466Abstract: Compositions are described for protecting a metal surface against corrosion. The composition includes a corrosion-inhibiting particle. The corrosion inhibiting particle may be usable in an epoxy resin-based coating or an olefin resin-based coating. The particle may include a core and a protectant. The core may include a water soluble corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core and may be covalently or ionically bonded to a thiol group of the corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be configured to reduce reaction between the core and the epoxy resin or the olefin resin. Methods of making the compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Karen A. Schultz, Kenneth A. Krienke, Lawrence M. Lawless, Waynie M. Schuette
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Publication number: 20220267610Abstract: Compositions are described for protecting a metal surface against corrosion. The composition includes a corrosion-inhibiting particle. The corrosion inhibiting particle may be usable in an epoxy resin-based coating or an olefin resin-based coating. The particle may include a core and a protectant. The core may include a water soluble corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core and may be covalently or ionically bonded to a thiol group of the corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be configured to reduce reaction between the core and the epoxy resin or the olefin resin. Methods of making the compositions are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Karen A. Schultz, Kenneth A. Krienke, Lawrence M. Lawless, Waynie M. Schuette
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Publication number: 20220251397Abstract: Compositions are described for protecting a metal surface against corrosion. The composition includes a corrosion-inhibiting particle. The corrosion inhibiting particle may be usable in an epoxy resin-based coating or an olefin resin-based coating. The particle may include a core and a protectant. The core may include a water soluble corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core and may be covalently or ionically bonded to a thiol group of the corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be configured to reduce reaction between the core and the epoxy resin or the olefin resin. Methods of making the compositions are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Karen A. Schultz, Kenneth A. Krienke, Lawrence M. Lawless, Waynie M. Schuette
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Patent number: 10626992Abstract: A sealant containment assembly is configured to bound at least a portion of a fastener pattern between at least two components, such as components used to form at least a portion of an aircraft. The sealant containment assembly includes at least one sealant containment member that is configured to sealingly engage peripheral portions of components. The sealant containment member(s) is configured to form a sealing chamber around at least a portion of the fastener pattern. Fluid sealant is configured to flow into the sealing chamber and cure to seal fasteners within the fastener pattern that connect the components together.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jesse Randal Wiseman, Shane S. Park, Donald K. Crenshaw, Kjersta Larson-Smith, Geoffrey Eric Towle, Hugh Christopher VanValkenburgh, Karen A. Schultz, Solomon T. Atsebha
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Publication number: 20200071539Abstract: Compositions are described for protecting a metal surface against corrosion. The composition includes a corrosion-inhibiting particle. The corrosion inhibiting particle may be usable in an epoxy resin-based coating or an olefin resin-based coating. The particle may include a core and a protectant. The core may include a water soluble corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core and may be covalently or ionically bonded to a thiol group of the corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be configured to reduce reaction between the core and the epoxy resin or the olefin resin. Methods of making the compositions are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Karen A. Schultz, Kenneth A. Krienke, Lawrence M. Lawless, Waynie M. Schuette
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Patent number: 10508203Abstract: Compositions are described for protecting a metal surface against corrosion. The composition includes a corrosion-inhibiting particle. The corrosion inhibiting particle may be usable in an epoxy resin-based coating or an olefin resin-based coating. The particle may include a core and a protectant. The core may include a water soluble corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core and may be covalently or ionically bonded to a thiol group of the corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be configured to reduce reaction between the core and the epoxy resin or the olefin resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Karen A. Schultz, Kenneth A. Krienke, Lawrence M. Lawless, Waynie M. Schuette
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Patent number: 9895469Abstract: Processes are described herein for preparing medical devices and other articles having a low-fouling surface on a substrate comprising a polymeric surface. The polymeric surface material may possess a range of polymeric backbones and substituents while providing the articles with a highly efficient, biocompatible, and non-fouling surface. The processes involve coating the substrate to conceal or reduce flaws on or in the surface of the medical device or other article substrate, and thereafter forming a grafted polymer layer on the treated substrate surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Karen A. Schultz, Zheng Zhang, Chad C. Huval, Michael A. Bouchard, Christopher R. Loose
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Publication number: 20170152949Abstract: A sealant containment assembly is configured to bound at least a portion of a fastener pattern between at least two components, such as components used to form at least a portion of an aircraft. The sealant containment assembly includes at least one sealant containment member that is configured to sealingly engage peripheral portions of components. The sealant containment member(s) is configured to form a sealing chamber around at least a portion of the fastener pattern. Fluid sealant is configured to flow into the sealing chamber and cure to seal fasteners within the fastener pattern that connect the components together.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jesse Randal Wiseman, Shane S. Park, Donald K. Crenshaw, Kjersta Larson-Smith, Geoffrey Eric Towle, Hugh Christopher VanValkenburgh, Karen A. Schultz, Solomon T. Atsebha
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Publication number: 20160090486Abstract: Compositions are described for protecting a metal surface against corrosion. The composition includes a corrosion-inhibiting particle. The corrosion inhibiting particle may be usable in an epoxy resin-based coating or an olefin resin-based coating. The particle may include a core and a protectant. The core may include a water soluble corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core and may be covalently or ionically bonded to a thiol group of the corrosion inhibitor. The protectant may be configured to reduce reaction between the core and the epoxy resin or the olefin resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Karen A. Schultz, Kenneth A. Krienke, Lawrence M. Lawless, Waynie M. Schuette
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Publication number: 20110305881Abstract: Processes are described herein for preparing medical devices and other articles having a low-fouling surface on a substrate comprising a polymeric surface. The polymeric surface material may possess a range of polymeric backbones and substituents while providing the articles with a highly efficient, biocompatible, and non-fouling surface. The processes involve coating the substrate to conceal or reduce flaws on or in the surface of the medical device or other article substrate, and thereafter forming a grafted polymer layer on the treated substrate surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Karen A. Schultz, Zheng Zhang, Chad C. Huval, Michael A. Bouchard, Christopher R. Loose