Patents by Inventor Mark A. Brege

Mark A. Brege 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).

  • SEALED ANODIZATION LAYER
    Publication number: 20220195616
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of sealing an anodization layer including contacting the anodization layer with a solution at a temperature greater than freezing and less than 160° F. wherein the solution comprises graphene particles and a corrosion inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Cody Coogan, Kevin R. Bordage, Blair A. Smith, Mark A. Brege, Vijay V. Pujar, Claude J. Moreau, Steven Poteet
  • Method of sealing an anodized metal article
    Patent number: 10801123
    Abstract: A method of coating a metal article is disclosed that includes immersing a metal article having an exterior anodized layer in a bath containing a chemically active corrosion inhibitor, and applying a voltage to the article during the immersing, the voltage driving the chemically active corrosion inhibitor from the bath into the exterior anodized layer. An article is also disclosed that has a substrate comprising a metal, and a porous anodized layer formed on an exterior surface of the substrate that is infiltrated with a chemically active corrosion inhibitor, the anodized layer having an inward-facing region and an outward-facing region, the anodized layer having a greater concentration of chemically active corrosion inhibitors in the inward-facing region than in the outward-facing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhongfen Ding, Robert R. Hebert, Weilong Zhang, Bart Antonie van Hassel, Mark R. Jaworowski, Michael A. Kryzman, Blair A. Smith, Georgios S. Zafiris, Promila Bhaatia, Mark A. Brege, Shaahin Amini, Vijay V. Pujar
  • METHOD OF SEALING AN ANODIZED METAL ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20180274121
    Abstract: A method of coating a metal article is disclosed that includes immersing a metal article having an exterior anodized layer in a bath containing a chemically active corrosion inhibitor, and applying a voltage to the article during the immersing, the voltage driving the chemically active corrosion inhibitor from the bath into the exterior anodized layer. An article is also disclosed that has a substrate comprising a metal, and a porous anodized layer formed on an exterior surface of the substrate that is infiltrated with a chemically active corrosion inhibitor, the anodized layer having an inward-facing region and an outward-facing region, the anodized layer having a greater concentration of chemically active corrosion inhibitors in the inward-facing region than in the outward-facing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Zhongfen Ding, Robert R. Hebert, Weilong Zhang, Bart Antonie van Hassel, Mark R. Jaworowski, Michael A. Kryzman, Blair A. Smith, Georgios S. Zafiris, Promila Bhaatia, Mark A. Brege, Shaahin Amini, Vijay V. Pujar
  • Lithium pellets coated with fluorinated oil
    Publication number: 20090078182
    Abstract: Lithium fuel pellets are coated with a fluorinated oil, rather than a fluorinated polymer or telomer. The lithium pellets are coated by placing the pellets inside the lithium reaction vessel and then pouring a fluorinated oil into the reaction vessel. The reaction vessel is rotated in order to evenly coat the lithium pellets. The oil adheres to the lithium pellets and does not settle to the low point of the boiler cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Bauman, Mark A. Brege, Joel M. Kelsey