Patents by Inventor Ralph A. Quigley

Ralph A. Quigley 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).

  • Method for catalyst coating of a substrate
    Patent number: 7521087
    Abstract: A catalyst composition is applied to an interior of a hollow substrate. The composition is coated on the substrate by immersing the substrate into a vessel containing a bath of coating slurry. A vacuum is then applied to the partially immersed substrate. The intensity of the vacuum and its application time is sufficient to draw the coating slurry upwardly from the bath into each of a plurality of channels located in the interior of the hollow substrate. After removing the substrate from the bath, it is rotated 180°. A blast of pressurized air is applied at an intensity and for a time sufficient to distribute the coating slurry within the channels of the substrate to form a uniform coating profile therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Victor Rosynsky, Kenneth W. Blamble, Brent C. Bibbee, Jerry D. Cornelius, Ralph A. Quigley, Gary A. Gramiccioni, Masaki Funabiki, Tunehisa Kawauchi, Tomoya Takahashi
  • Method for Catalyst Coating of a Substrate
    Publication number: 20080145531
    Abstract: A catalyst composition is applied to an interior of a hollow substrate. The composition is coated on the substrate by immersing the substrate into a vessel containing a bath of coating slurry. A vacuum is then applied to the partially immersed substrate. The intensity of the vacuum and its application time is sufficient to draw the coating slurry upwardly from the bath into each of a plurality of channels located in the interior of the hollow substrate. After removing the substrate from the bath, it is rotated 180°. A blast of pressurized air is applied at an intensity and for a time sufficient to distribute the coating slurry within the channels of the substrate to form a uniform coating profile therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Victor Rosynsky, Kenneth W. Blamble, Brent C. Bibbee, Jerry D. Cornelius, Ralph A. Quigley, Gary A. Gramiccioni, Masaki Funabiki, Tunehisa Kawauchi, Tomoya Takahashi
  • Method for applying a catalyst composition to the interior of a hollow substrate
    Patent number: 7374792
    Abstract: A catalyst composition is applied to an interior of a hollow substrate. The composition is coated on the substrate by immersing the substrate into a vessel containing a bath of coating slurry. A vacuum is then applied to the partially immersed substrate. The intensity of the vacuum and its application time is sufficient to draw the coating slurry upwardly from the bath into each of a plurality of channels located in the interior of the hollow substrate. After removing the substrate from the bath it is rotated 180°. A blast of pressurized air is applied at an intensity and for a time sufficient to distribute the coating slurry within the channels of the substrate to form a uniform coating profile therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Victor Rosynsky, Kenneth W. Blamble, Brent C. Bibbee, Jerry D. Cornelius, Ralph A. Quigley, Gary A. Gramiccioni, Masaki Funabiki, Tunehisa Kawauchi, Tomoya Takahashi
  • System for catalytic coating of a substrate
    Publication number: 20030003232
    Abstract: A catalyst composition is applied to an interior of a hollow substrate. The composition is coated on the substrate by immersing the substrate into a vessel containing a bath of coating slurry. A vacuum is then applied to the partially immersed substrate. The intensity of the vacuum and its application time is sufficient to draw the coating slurry upwardly from the bath into each of a plurality of channels located in the interior of the hollow substrate. After removing the substrate from the bath it is rotated 180°. A blast of pressurized air is applied at an intensity and for a time sufficient to distribute the coating slurry within the channels of the substrate to form a uniform coating profile therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: VIctor Rosynsky, Kenneth W. Blamble, Brent C. Bibbee, Jerry D. Cornelius, Ralph A. Quigley, Gary A. Gramiccioni, Masaki Funabiki, Tunehisa Kawauchi, Tomoya Takahashi
  • System for catalytic coating of a substrate
    Patent number: 6478874
    Abstract: A catalyst composition is applied to an interior of a hollow substrate. The composition is coated on the substrate by immersing the substrate into a vessel containing a bath of coating slurry. A vacuum is then applied to the partially immersed substrate. The intensity of the vacuum and its application time is sufficient to draw the coating slurry upwardly from the bath into each of a plurality of channels located in the interior of the hollow substrate. After removing the substrate from the bath, it is rotated 180°. A blast of pressurized air is applied at an intensity and for a time sufficient to distribute the coating slurry within the channels of the substrate to form a uniform coating profile therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Rosynsky, Kenneth W. Blamble, Brent C. Bibbee, Jerry D. Cornelius, Ralph A. Quigley, Gary A. Gramiccioni, Masaki Funabiki, Tunehisa Kawauchi, Tomoya Takahashi