Patents by Inventor Michael R. Wertheimer

Michael R. Wertheimer 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).

  • Barrier coatings on spacecraft materials
    Patent number: 5424131
    Abstract: A protective coating for the surfaces of organic polymers, to protect the surfaces against erosion by oxygen atoms, includes a thin protective barrier film on the surfaces. The film is deposited via a plasma, e.g., a low pressure glow charge, or other suitable methods. The material of the film can comprise plasma polymers, inorganic insulating films, or semiconducting or conductive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Polyplasma, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Wertheimer, Henry P. Schreiber
  • Process for modifying large polymeric surfaces
    Patent number: 5041303
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a process for modifying large polymeric surfaces; a thin, uniform coating is deposited at near ambient temperature on the surfaces in a large-volume plasma apparatus, the plasma state being produced by using electromagnetic energy in the microwave frequency range. The surfaces thus coated constitute a barrier against permeation by oxygen and moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Polyplasma Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael R. Wertheimer, Henry P. Schreiber
  • Process for making a non-polar polymeric material dyeable with an acid dye
    Patent number: 4744860
    Abstract: Process for treating at least one surface of a non-polar polymeric material to improve the receptivity of that surface to coloration with an acid dye, which comprises treating said surface of the material with a low temperature microwave plasma from a chemical compound which is capable of creating receptor sites for acid dye on said surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Leopold Cop, Jan Jordaan, Henry P. Schreiber, Michael R. Wertheimer
  • Apparatus and method for plasma treatment of substrates
    Patent number: 4728863
    Abstract: An apparatus for substantially uniformly treating a substrate with a microwave plasma consists of a mechanism for simultaneously moving the substrate in two directions relative to the direction of plasma production. In one embodiment, the substrate is simultaneously moved rotationally and translationally. In a second embodiment, the substrate is subjected to planetary motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Inventor: Michael R. Wertheimer
  • Plasma-deposited capacitor dielectrics
    Patent number: 4599678
    Abstract: A plasma-deposited silicon compound thin film dielectric for use in a thin film capacitor. The film is produced in a high frequency glow discharge with a substrate heated to a temperature in excess of 50.degree. C. A thin film capacitor using such a film has a lower dissipation factor and a reduced tendency to age.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Inventors: Michael R. Wertheimer, Tyamagondlu S. Ramu
  • Moisture impermeability or organosilicone films
    Patent number: 4557946
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of controlling the water permeability of a coating applied to a substrate, in particular for the case of organosilicone coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Inventors: Edward Sacher, Michael R. Wertheimer, Henry P. Schreiber
  • Electrets from plasma polymerized material
    Patent number: 4407852
    Abstract: This invention relates to electrets which comprise a film of plasma polymerized dielectric material having a volumetric space charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Inventors: Slawomir W. Sapieha, Michael R. Wertheimer