Patents by Inventor Michael C. Swift

Michael C. Swift 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).

  • PUCK FOR CATHODIC ARC COATING WITH CONTINUOUS GROOVE TO CONTROL ARC
    Publication number: 20120012057
    Abstract: A puck for providing a coating material in a cathodic arc coating system has a generally uniform depression formed at the outer periphery. The depression ensures that an arc from the coating apparatus will move uniformly about the outer periphery of the puck, such that a coating cloud will also be uniformly applied to parts to be coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Brian S. Tryon, Michael C. Swift, Michael Dileo
  • Puck for cathodic arc coating with continuous groove to control arc
    Patent number: 8088260
    Abstract: A puck for providing a coating material in a cathodic arc coating system has a generally uniform depression formed at the outer periphery. The depression ensures that an arc from the coating apparatus will move uniformly about the outer periphery of the puck, such that a coating cloud will also be uniformly applied to parts to be coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian S. Tryon, Michael C. Swift, Michael Dileo
  • PUCK FOR CATHODIC ARC COATING WITH CONTINUOUS GROOVE TO CONTROL ARC
    Publication number: 20090045045
    Abstract: A puck for providing a coating material in a cathodic arc coating system has a generally uniform depression formed at the outer periphery. The depression ensures that an arc from the coating apparatus will move uniformly about the outer periphery of the puck, such that a coating cloud will also be uniformly applied to parts to be coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Brian S. Tryon, Michael C. Swift, Michael Dileo