Patents by Inventor Zachary D. Pebley

Zachary D. Pebley 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).

  • Hardcoated soft substrate including edge reinforcement insert
    Patent number: 10400348
    Abstract: In one example, an article including a composite soft substrate defining an outer edge of the substrate, wherein the composite soft substrate includes a soft substrate portion, and a reinforcement insert partially surrounded by the soft substrate portion and extending through the soft substrate portion adjacent the outer edge of the substrate, wherein the reinforcement insert forms a portion of the outer edge of the composite substrate, wherein the reinforcement member increases resistance to compression of the composite substrate at the location of the reinforcement insert compared to the soft substrate portion, and wherein the reinforcement insert defines an aperture extending through the composite substrate adjacent the outer edge of the composite substrate. The article further includes a hard coating on an outer surface of the composite soft substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: Zachary D. Pebley
  • HARDCOATED SOFT SUBSTRATE INCLUDING EDGE REINFORCEMENT INSERT
    Publication number: 20180080137
    Abstract: In one example, an article including a composite soft substrate defining an outer edge of the substrate, wherein the composite soft substrate includes a soft substrate portion, and a reinforcement insert partially surrounded by the soft substrate portion and extending through the soft substrate portion adjacent the outer edge of the substrate, wherein the reinforcement insert forms a portion of the outer edge of the composite substrate, wherein the reinforcement member increases resistance to compression of the composite substrate at the location of the reinforcement insert compared to the soft substrate portion, and wherein the reinforcement insert defines an aperture extending through the composite substrate adjacent the outer edge of the composite substrate. The article further includes a hard coating on an outer surface of the composite soft substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Zachary D. Pebley
  • RESISTANCE-HEATING METAL OR METAL ALLOY COATING
    Publication number: 20180054857
    Abstract: An article that includes a substrate, a metal or metal alloy coating on at least a portion of the substrate, and an electrically conductive lead connected to the metal or metal alloy coating, where the electrically conductive lead is configured to conduct an electric current to the metal or metal alloy coating to generate resistance heating within the metal or metal alloy coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Quinlan Yee Shuck, Zachary D. Pebley, Eric M. Bryant, Lauren M. Miller