Patents by Inventor Owen Maynard Harblin

Owen Maynard Harblin 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).

  • Epoxy coatings and surfaces coated therewith
    Patent number: 6391464
    Abstract: A method is provided for treating anti-corrosive steel surfaces, such an epoxy-coated ship's hull, in an environmentally improved manner, with an epoxy-silicone-adhesive paint, as a tiecoat, to provide for the subsequent application of silicone foul release coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Owen Maynard Harblin
  • Method of restoring damaged foul release coating area on a metallic surface, and surface obtained thereby
    Patent number: 6165620
    Abstract: A method is provided for applying a two-part RTV silicone tie coat directly onto damaged foul release coating area on a metallic substrate to enable restoration procedures. The direct application onto aged epoxy or silicone surface of an effective amount of an aminoalkyltrialkoxysilane, such as .gamma.-aminopropyltrimethoxy-silane, in a two-part RTV silicone tie coat, has been found to provide cohesive failure results with directly applied two-part RTV silicone top coat. A treated metallic substrate is obtained thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Owen Maynard Harblin, Kenneth Michael Carroll
  • Method of modifying epoxy-coated ship's hull surfaces, and surfaces obtained thereby
    Patent number: 6110536
    Abstract: A method is provided for treating anti-corrosive steel surfaces, such an epoxy-coated ship's hull, in an environmentally improved manner, with an epoxy-silicone-adhesive paint, as a tiecoat, to provide for the subsequent application of silicone foul release coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Owen Maynard Harblin
  • Foul release system
    Patent number: 5691019
    Abstract: A coated article for foul release for use in aquatic applications does not require a discrete tie-layer to ensure adhesion of a coating to a substrate. An adhesion promoting layer comprising an anticorrosive material and a bonding agent is applied directly to the substrate. A release layer comprising organopolysiloxane is deposited onto the adhesion promoting layer. A method for applying the foul release coating comprises the following steps: applying an adhesion promoting layer, curing the adhesion promoting layer, applying the release layer and curing the release layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Michael Carroll, Owen Maynard Harblin, Slawomir Rubinsztajn