Patents by Inventor Michael R. McHenry

Michael R. McHenry 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).

  • Electroless copper plating
    Patent number: 5849355
    Abstract: An optimized electroless copper plating technique suitable for plating electroless copper upon ceramics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. McHenry
  • Low impulse coatings
    Patent number: 5095052
    Abstract: The high sublimation energy of industrial diamond pigment is combined with the clean ablation properties of an epoxy or urethane binder. The result is a low impulse decoy coating that has the desired compatibility with the decoy heat shield materials, good radar transmission, and a neutral effect on the electron densities in the wake. A high volume fraction of the diamond pigment is required to substantially reduce the blow-off impulse. The coating for a carbon-carbon substrate is a mixture of diamond pigment and a urethane or epoxy binder. Good quality, strong adherent coatings for a low-impulse decoy were fabricated in the range of 85 to 90 weight percent of diamond for both urethane and epoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Chadwick B. Delano, Michael R. McHenry