Patents by Inventor Michael Danahy

Michael Danahy 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).

  • Enhanced bonding layers on native oxide surfaces
    Patent number: 7931943
    Abstract: Process for forming a coated article by (a) depositing a layer of an omega functionalized organophosphorous compound on an oxide substrate; (b) heating the substrate of step (a) to a temperature sufficient to bond the omega functionalized organophosphorous compound to the oxide substrate; (c) depositing a separate layer onto the layer produced by step (b); and (d) bonding the layers produced by steps (b) and (c) through the omega functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael Danahy, Michael Avaltroni, Jing Guo
  • Enhanced Bonding Layers on Native Oxide Surfaces
    Publication number: 20080166470
    Abstract: Process for forming a coated article by (a) depositing a layer of an omega functionalized organophosphorous compound on an oxide substrate; (b) heating the substrate of step (a) to a temperature sufficient to bond the omega functionalized organophosphorous compound to the oxide substrate; (c) depositing a separate layer onto the layer produced by step (b); and (d) bonding the layers produced by steps (b) and (c) through the omega functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael Danahy, Michael Avaltroni, Jing Guo
  • Carrier applied coating layers
    Publication number: 20050031910
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for providing on the surface of a substrate an adherent phorphorous acid-based coating layer, the method comprising contacting said surface with a carrier conveying a coating composition comprising an acid selected from the group consisting of phosphoroic acids, organo-phosphoric acids, phosphonic acids, and mixtures thereof, at a sufficient temperature and for a sufficient time to bond at least a portion of the acid in the compositon to the oxide surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael Avaltroni, Michael Danahy, Brett Silverman
  • Apparatus for cleaning an endless belt having an affixed signal element
    Patent number: 4087320
    Abstract: An endless belt comprising a signal element affixed thereto for identifying one complete revolution of such belt and an apparatus for cleaning such belt. Advantageously, such belt and cleaning apparatus may be used in combination with an apparatus such as, for example, a papermaking machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: Huyck Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Danahy, Joseph Anthony Kilroy