Patents by Inventor Robert Joseph Wright

Robert Joseph Wright 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).

  • Cathode sputtering apparatus
    Patent number: 4090941
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for depositing a coating material on an underlying substrate are disclosed. Cathode sputtering techniques for rapidly depositing a relatively thick coating on a substrate having a complex geometry are developed. The apparatus employed includes a sputtering chamber formed between a center, post cathode and a hollow, cylindrical cathode. In one embodiment a magnetic field is imposed upon the sputtering chamber to concentrate the sputtered coating material in a preferred region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Wright, James Roy Mullaly, Ralph Julius Hecht