Patents by Inventor Raymond P. Fontana

Raymond P. Fontana 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).

  • Article having a hard lubricious coating
    Patent number: 6991219
    Abstract: A valving assembly for a motor vehicle includes a hard, lubricious and chemically inert coating of graphitic carbon. The coating may include a metal. Preferred metals include chromium or other transition metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Ionbond, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Aharonov, Raymond P. Fontana, James M. South
  • Article having a hard lubricious coating
    Publication number: 20040129313
    Abstract: A valving assembly for a motor vehicle includes a hard, lubricious and chemically inert coating of graphitic carbon. The coating may include a metal. Preferred metals include chromium or other transition metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Robert R. Aharonov, Raymond P. Fontana, James M. South
  • Forming members for shaping a reactive metal and methods for their fabrication
    Patent number: 6274257
    Abstract: Coatings of doped chromium nitride protect forming members such as dies from the corrosive effects of molten aluminum and other reactive metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: IonBond Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Aharonov, Sridhar Chellapilla, Raymond P. Fontana, Bernard J. Janoss
  • Ellipsoidal envelope for incandescent lamp with infrared energy return means
    Patent number: 4375605
    Abstract: An incandescent electric lamp having a coating to reflect infrared energy back to the filament to raise its operating temperature in which the envelope is shaped as an ellipsoid and the filament and envelope have a relationship to reduce losses due to aberration and to produce a more uniform temperature distribution along the filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1983
    Assignee: Duro-Test Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond P. Fontana, Peter Walsh
  • Incandescent lamp with filament mounting means and socket adaptor
    Patent number: 4256989
    Abstract: An incandescent electric lamp having an envelope with a portion through which a pair of lead-in studs are brought out, the filament leads being connected to the studs. The lamp is sealed off in the area where the studs are located and an adaptor is provided to make contact with the portions of the studs extending through the envelope so that the lamp can be mounted in a socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignee: Duro Test Corporation
    Inventors: Donald G. Trutner, David Kovacs, Raymond P. Fontana, Luke Thorington