Patents by Inventor Lawrence E. Finley

Lawrence E. Finley 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).

  • Coated flash evaporator heater
    Patent number: 5537507
    Abstract: A flash evaporator heater including a substrate formed of an intermetallic compound or of graphite and having an outer coating composed of pyrolytic boron nitride or pyrolytic graphite. The substrate has a substantially rectangular configuration with a substantially flat upper surface and a recessed cavity. The cavity has a longitudinal cross sectional geometry which forms a slope intersecting the substantially flat upper surface of the substrate at an angle .alpha. of less than 60 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Advanced Ceramics Corporation
    Inventors: John T. Mariner, Timothy J. Hejl, Douglas A. Longworth, Lawrence E. Finley