Patents by Inventor Larry L. Podey

Larry L. Podey 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).

  • FLUXING AGENT FOR METAL CAST JOINING
    Publication number: 20020189780
    Abstract: A method of joining an aluminum cast member to an aluminum component. The method includes the steps of coating a surface of an aluminum component with flux comprising cesium fluoride, placing the flux coated component in a mold, filling the mold with molten aluminum alloy, and allowing the molten aluminum alloy to solidify thereby joining a cast member to the aluminum component. The flux preferably includes aluminum fluoride and alumina. A particularly preferred flux includes about 60 wt. % CsF, about 30 wt. % AlF3, and about 10 wt. % Al2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Ronald W. Gunkel, Larry L. Podey, Thomas N. Meyer
  • Fluxing agent for metal cast joining
    Patent number: 6474397
    Abstract: A method of joining an aluminum cast member to an aluminum component. The method includes the steps of coating a surface of an aluminum component with flux comprising cesium fluoride, placing the flux coated component in a mold, filling the mold with molten aluminum alloy, and allowing the molten aluminum alloy to solidify thereby joining a cast member to the aluminum component. The flux preferably includes aluminum fluoride and alumina. A particularly preferred flux includes about 60 wt. % CsF, about 30 wt. % AlF3, and about 10 wt. % Al2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Gunkel, Larry L. Podey, Thomas N. Meyer