Patents by Inventor Rob Lattimer

Rob Lattimer 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).

  • Publication number: 20190203344
    Abstract: In one aspect, evaporator boats are provided which, in some embodiments, exhibit resistance to corrosion and associated performance degradation imparted by exposure to molten metals, including aluminum. An evaporator boat described herein comprises a body and an evaporator surface, the body comprising a boron nitride (BN) component and a TiB2 component including a solid solution of TiB2 and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon and metallic elements of Groups IVB-VIIIB of the Periodic Table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiquan GUO, Mark Han, Chandler Du, Jason Goldsmith, Rob Lattimer
  • Patent number: 7471884
    Abstract: Resistance-heated ceramic vaporizer boat (10) comprising an elongated vaporizer body having an upper side (1) and a lower side (2) being parallel to each other, and the vaporizer body having plane lateral side surfaces (3) being non-parallel to each other, wherein each of said lateral side surfaces (3) is inclined by an angle of 45° with respect to the upper side (1). Preferably, the end portions at the longitudinal ends of the vaporizer body are reduced, at the lower side (2) thereof, to a predetermined partial thickness (t), whereby a cavity at the upper side (1) of the vaporizer body can be omitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Sintec Keramik GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Goetz, Rob Lattimer
  • Publication number: 20060223020
    Abstract: Resistance-heated ceramic vaporizer boat (10) comprising an elongated vaporizer body having an upper side (1) and a lower side (2) being parallel to each other, and the vaporizer body having plane lateral side surfaces (3) being non-parallel to each other, wherein each of said lateral side surfaces (3) is inclined by an angle of 45° with respect to the upper side (1). Preferably, the end portions at the longitudinal ends of the vaporizer body are reduced, at the lower side (2) thereof, to a predetermined partial thickness (t), whereby a cavity at the upper side (1) of the vaporizer body can be omitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Ulrich Goetz, Rob Lattimer