Patents by Inventor Louis Merckaert

Louis Merckaert 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).

  • Cathode for the electrolytic production of hydrogen and its use
    Patent number: 4555317
    Abstract: Cathode for the electrolytic production of hydrogen, having an active surface which comprises a nickel substrate and a coating film of dendrites of nickel or cobalt.This cathode can be used in a cell for the electrolysis of sodium chloride brine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Assignee: Solvay & Cie
    Inventors: Edgard Nicolas, Louis Merckaert
  • Process for the manufacture of an electrode for electrochemical processes and a cathode for the electrolytic production of hydrogen
    Patent number: 4534837
    Abstract: An electrically conductive substrate is coated with a material containing an unsintered powder of a metal active for electrochemical proton reduction and colloidal silica and the said material is heated on the substrate successively in an oxidizing atmosphere and then in a reducing atmosphere.The electrode may be employed as a cathode for electrolytic production of hydrogen in an alkaline medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Solvay & Cie
    Inventors: Edgard Nicolas, Louis Merckaert