Patents by Inventor Phillip J. Laforce

Phillip J. Laforce 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).

  • Patent number: 11517933
    Abstract: A coating assembly for coating a plurality of substrates. The coating assembly includes a chamber. At least one target is disposed in the chamber and includes a coating material. At least one power supply is connected to the target. At least one support fixture is disposed in the chamber. The at least one support fixture includes a base having a plurality of recesses formed in an upper surface of the base. A first mounting component has a plurality of slots. The first mounting component is positioned on the upper surface of the base wherein at least some of the plurality of recesses are in registry with corresponding ones of the plurality of slots to define a plurality of cavities, each of the plurality of cavities configured to hold at least one of the plurality of substrates to be coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
    Inventor: Phillip J. LaForce
  • Publication number: 20210060601
    Abstract: A coating assembly for coating a plurality of substrates. The coating assembly includes a chamber. At least one target is disposed in the chamber and includes a coating material. At least one power supply is connected to the target. At least one support fixture is disposed in the chamber. The at least one support fixture includes a base having a plurality of recesses formed in an upper surface of the base. A first mounting component has a plurality of slots. The first mounting component is positioned on the upper surface of the base wherein at least some of the plurality of recesses are in registry with corresponding ones of the plurality of slots to define a plurality of cavities, each of the plurality of cavities configured to hold at least one of the plurality of substrates to be coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Phillip J. LaForce
  • Patent number: 10850300
    Abstract: A holding device for fastening bar cutters in order for the cutting edges thereof to be coated, wherein the fastening is configured in such a way that a plurality of bar cutters can be arranged in a row such that the cutting faces and tips thereof have the same orientation, and the holding device includes a screen which at least partially protects the cutting faces from the coating, wherein, with bar cutters arranged in a row in the manner described, the top edge of the screen projects beyond the knife tips in such a way that no knife tips protrude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
    Inventors: Remo Vogel, Robert Eugene Stewart, Phillip J. Laforce
  • Publication number: 20170297048
    Abstract: A holding device for fastening bar cutters in order for the cutting edges thereof to be coated, wherein the fastening is configured in such a way that a plurality of bar cutters can be arranged in a row such that the cutting faces and tips thereof have the same orientation, and the holding device includes a screen which at least partially protects the cutting faces from the coating, wherein, with bar cutters arranged in a row in the manner described, the top edge of the screen projects beyond the knife tips in such a way that no knife tips protrude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Remo Vogel, Robert Eugene Stewart, Phillip J. Laforce