Patents by Inventor Yvonne Naidoo

Yvonne Naidoo 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).

  • Boron Carbide Composite Materials
    Publication number: 20110132184
    Abstract: The invention relates to a boron carbide composite material comprising diamond particles and boron carbide, the composite material having a porosity of less than 2 percent by volume. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such materials, the method including coating a plurality of diamond particles with boron carbide, combining the plurality of diamond particles to form a green body and subjecting the green body to a temperature in the range from about 1,200 degrees centigrade to about 2,000 degrees centigrade and pressure or vacuum not exceeding about 2,000 Mpa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Anine Hester Ras, Frances Van Staden, Ronald Abramshe, Yvonne Naidoo