Metal Base Patents (Class 427/327)
  • Patent number: 12114805
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a composite material applied to cookware, a method for preparing the same, and a cookware thereof. The composite material includes hard granular material, silicon-containing cladding material and metallic cladding material: wherein the hard granular material is clad in the silicon-containing cladding material; the silicon-containing cladding material is clad in the metallic cladding material, and the silicon-containing cladding material includes main compositions one or more selected from the group consisting of silane, siloxane, silane polymer, and siloxane polymer. There is no toxic gas prepared after the composite material is decomposed at a high temperature. The cookware with a protective layer applied with the composite material has high wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and durable cleanability, as well as safety and non-toxicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO XINGTAO NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xuming Yu
  • Patent number: 12104099
    Abstract: A bonded structure has a first substrate composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a first thin film layer formed on the surface of the first substrate, and a resin adhesive layer bonded to the surface of the first thin film layer. The first thin film layer is composed of silicate glass that has a metal element with different valency from Si as a solid solution. The resin adhesive layer includes a resin including a structural site derived from ionic polymerization or a resin capable of dehydration condensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Saito, Koji Kondo, Hirotaka Miyano
  • Patent number: 11384272
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for adding a recirculation chemical composition to a hydrocarbon containing stream. The recirculation chemical composition may be an emulsion breaker. The hydrocarbon containing stream may be separated into a stream containing water and a stream containing oil. The stream containing oil may be contacted in a water wash unit, and the residual emulsion breaker may be removed from the stream containing oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen John Horner, Ronald Oliver Bosch
  • Patent number: 11377565
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surface-modified effect pigment comprising particular additives and to the production thereof. The present invention further provides a nail varnish composition comprising a) at least one effect pigment that has been surface-modified with a starting material (additive), where the effect pigment comprises a substrate in platelet form and optionally at least one coating applied to the substrate, b) at least one hydrocarbon resin as binder, and c) at least one solvent or solvent mixture, where the starting material (additive) for surface modification of the effect pigment is at least one compound taken from the group consisting of phosphoric ester-containing, phosphonic ester-containing, phosphonic acid-containing, fatty acid-containing and/or silane-containing compounds or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ECKART GmbH
    Inventors: Christine Schilling, Ulrich Schmidt, Christina Pippinger, Ann-Katrin Gebhard
  • Patent number: 11345987
    Abstract: A method for treating a metal material to make a surface portion hydrophobic. The method includes oxidizing an untreated surface portion of the metal material to form an oxidized surface portion. The untreated surface portion has metal atoms. The oxidizing step forming bonds between the metal atoms and oxygen atoms. The method further includes doping the oxidized surface portion with a liquid containing a fluorine-containing salt to form a fluorinated surface portion. The doping step forming bonds between fluorine atoms and at least a portion of the metal atoms and the oxygen atoms. The fluorinated surface portion is hydrophobic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lei Cheng, Soo Kim, Mordechai Kornbluth, Jonathan Mailoa, Georgy Samsonidze, Nathan Craig, Christina Johnston
  • Patent number: 10752786
    Abstract: Coating compositions for coil coating, methods for making such coating compositions and coil coating methods are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a coating composition includes an organic solvent carrier and a film-forming binder dispersed in the organic solvent carrier. The film-forming binder contains an epoxy-amine adduct and a blocked or unblocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent. The film-forming binder has associated amine groups until subjected to a temperature of at least about 165.5° C. (330° F.). The coating composition also contains a pigment and a grinding resin. The coating composition has a solids content of at least about 50 wt. % based on a total weight of the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO. LLC
    Inventors: Peter W. Uhlianuk, Eric Calhoun
  • Patent number: 10557037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a particularly effective protective coating for metallic objects, the coating method, and the special applications thereof. The particularly high protective effect is achieved by the adaptation of the inorganic fraction and the organic polymer fraction of the coating to the specific surface of the object. Further adjustments of the coating can be used for further optimization, for example of the protection properties or other product properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: ECKART GMBH
    Inventors: Simone Kreppner, Oliver Bedford, Oliver Struck, Ralph Schneider
  • Patent number: 10458360
    Abstract: A sliding member includes: a metal substrate; an undercoat primer layer that is formed on a sliding surface of the metal substrate; and a resin layer that is formed on the undercoat primer layer, in which the resin layer is formed by curing a composition layer containing a bifunctional alicyclic epoxy and a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ippei Fukutomi, Naoya Ikeda, Kazuyoshi Manabe, Shinji Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10400135
    Abstract: A coating, a method for coating surfaces, and the coated surfaces. The method includes providing a substrate with a cleaned metal surface; contacting and coating the metal surface with an aqueous composition having a ph of from 0.5 to 7.0 and in the form of a dispersion and/or a suspension; optionally rinsing the organic coating; and drying and/or baking the organic coating, or optionally drying the organic coating and coating same with a similar or another coating composition thereto. The composition contains a complex fluoride in a quantity of 1.1 10?6 mol/l to 0.30 mol/l based on the cations. An anionic polyelectrolyte in a quantity of 0.01 to 5.0 wt % based on the total mass of the resulting mixture is added to an anionically stabilized dispersion made of film-forming polymers and/or a suspension made of film-forming inorganic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Wasserfallen, Michael Schwamb, Aliaksandr Frenkel, Vera Sotke, Wolfgang Bremser, Martin Droll, Oliver Seewald, Ron Eilinghoff, Stephanie Gerold, Evgenija Niesen, Lars Schachtsiek, Manuel Traut
  • Patent number: 10329447
    Abstract: A polymer based coating for application to rolled stock, such as aluminum is provided. A device for applying the polymer based coatings is also provided. Polymer based coatings applied to rolled stock, such as aluminum, are advantageous compared to anodized coatings since the polymers are self-leveling and may be applied to lower grades of aluminum, while still providing a smooth and durable surface finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: DIELECTRIC COATING INDUSTRIES
    Inventor: Helmuth Treichel
  • Patent number: 10221347
    Abstract: Certain metal surfaces are often unable to be effectively contacted with fluids containing hydrofluoric acid due to significant corrosion issues. Titanium and titanium alloy surfaces represent but one example. Corrosion inhibitor compositions comprising boric acid and an N-(phosphonoalkyl)iminodiacetic acid or any salt thereof can be used to suppress metal corrosion, including that taking place on titanium and titanium alloy surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Alyssa Lynn Smith, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Aaron M. Beuterbaugh
  • Patent number: 10053583
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an acidic aqueous metal pretreatment solution that comprises amino-functional organosilanes, complex anions of the elements Zr, Ti, Hf and/or Si as well as oxyacids of phosphorus; a process for the treatment of metal substrates, especially selected from zinc and zinc-coated steel substrates, wherein metal pretreatment solutions of this invention are applied to reduce corrosion when applied to metal surfaces and in addition confer good adhesion properties for subsequently coated organic lacquers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Michael Wolpers, Jurgen Stodt, Uta Sundermeier, Qi Zhang, Junjun Wan
  • Patent number: 10011907
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a substrate provided with a chromium VI-free and a cobalt-free passivation by the application of a first acidic passivation and a second alkaline passivation, containing a silane-modified and/or a siloxane modified silicate, with which an improved protection against corrosion is achieved, an aqueous, acidic composition for passivating and a passivated substrate, and a device for applying the passivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Ewald Doerken AG
    Inventors: Marcel Roth, Christopher Koester, Ingo Klueppel, Verena Grossmann, Gerhard Reussmann
  • Patent number: 9932677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for serial surface treatment of metallic components comprising aluminum surfaces, wherein an alkaline pretreatment is followed by a conversion treatment. According to the invention, the intention during the alkaline pretreatment is that a maximum value for the concentration of dissolved zinc is not exceeded, in order to ensure a sufficient quality of the corrosion-protective coating on the aluminum surface of the components following the surface treatment. In a preferred embodiment, the content of dissolved zinc is effectively held below the respective bath-typical maximum value of dissolved zinc by the addition of compounds constituting a source of sulfide ions. The functionality of the surface treatment can be additionally increased by likewise controlling the content of dissolved aluminum in the alkaline pretreatment such that, by adding compounds constituting a source for silicate anions, a threshold value for dissolved aluminum is not exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jan-Willem Brouwer, Frank-Oliver Pilarek, Kirsten Agnes Lill, Fernando Jose Resano Artalejo, Natascha Henze
  • Patent number: 9435039
    Abstract: Mixed-metal automotive vehicle bodies-in-white comprising ferrous metal surfaces, zinc surfaces, aluminum alloy surfaces, and magnesium alloy surfaces are cleaned and immersed in an aqueous bath comprising an adhesion promoter and an aqueous electrocoat bath (the adhesion promoter may be in the electrocoat bath. The adhesion promoter, which may be a cerium salt, is selected to react with each metal in the body surfaces to form an oxide layer that provides corrosion resistance for the surface and adherence for the deposited polymeric paint coating. The body is cathodic in the electrocoat deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: The Curators Of The University Of Missouri
    Inventors: Matthew J. O'Keefe, Surender Maddela
  • Publication number: 20150140347
    Abstract: A film formation composition for surface treatment of a metal object includes at least one salt selected from a hydrofluoric acid salt, a phosphate, and a nitrate, and at least one hydrogen antifoaming agent selected from a hydrogen foaming inhibitor, a hydrogen bubble adhesion inhibitor, and a base for pH adjustment, a film formed using the film formation composition, and an electronic product including the film formed using the film formation composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Cheol BAE, Chul BAlK, Pil Gu KWON, Moon Su SEO, Yeon Kyoung JUNG, Cheol HAM
  • Publication number: 20150140338
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating a substrate are provided. The composition contains a corrosion-inhibiting metal cation and a conjugated compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: PCR-DeSoto International, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric L. Morris
  • Patent number: 9034430
    Abstract: A method for preparing a metal substrate for inkjet CTP, comprising: treating a metal substrate by anodizing or non-anodizing (such as sandpaper burnishing, sand blasting, polishing, or brushing), and then applying a hydrophilic polymer paint on the surface of the metal substrate. Due to the existence of nano-size or micron-size oxide particles in the hydrophilic polymer paint, the metal substrate has high specific surface energy, while the metal substrate has a certain roughness, therefore the metal substrate has ink absorbency and good abrasive resistance. The metal substrate can reduce the spread of ink droplets and produces print image having better resolution and definition. The non-anodizing method can avoid environmental pollution which is caused by waste acid and waste alkali discharge of anodizing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Haihua Zhou, Yanlin Song
  • Patent number: 9034422
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating an article surface. The method comprises removing a metal oxide surface from the metal substrate to expose a metal surface; and delivering particles comprising a dopant from at least one fluid jet to the metal surface to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant. The method also comprises delivering substantially simultaneously a first set of particles comprising a dopant and a second set of particles comprising an abrasive from at least one fluid jet to a surface of an article to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: EnBio Limited
    Inventors: John Gerard O'Donoghue, Donncha Haverty
  • Publication number: 20150132502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a diamond carbon membrane on a surface of stainless steel, including: immersing the pretreated stainless steel into a solution of a biomass-derived carbonaceous mesophase in ethanol for several minutes, prior to taking out and air drying; or alternatively, spraying the solution of the biomass-derived carbonaceous mesophase in ethanol onto the stainless steel surface, to provide a layer of the biomass-derived carbonaceous mesophase film adhered on the stainless steel surface upon full volatilization of the solution on the surface; and then carrying out thermal treatment under a hydrogen atmosphere, to prepare the diamond carbon membrane on the stainless steel surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: Shanghai Switchdiy Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Inventors: BINYUAN ZHAO, BINHUI LUO, QIAN MEI, YIJIAN LAI, YUESHENG NING, LEI WANG, JIE ZHOU
  • Patent number: 9028920
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method of pretreating a metal substrate prior to painting comprise applying a first coating solution onto the metal substrate wherein the first coating solution comprises polyaniline particles at a pH less than 7 to yield a first coating on the metal substrate, rinsing the metal substrate to remove unreacted polyaniline particles, and applying a second coating solution post-rinse which comprises at least one acid and a silane composition at a pH less than 7 to yield a second coating on the metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: DuBois Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Schimpff, Bruce Dunham, William Frisz, Jun O. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150125636
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate to methods and apparatus for increasing rigidity of a metal housing while maintaining or reducing a wall thickness of the metal housing. More particularly a method for embedding a stiffener layer within an aluminum substrate is discussed. In one exemplary embodiment the stiffener layer can be a carbon fiber sheet applied to an inside surface of an unfinished housing and then subsequently covered by depositing a layer of aluminum over the carbon fiber in a solid-state deposition process. The deposited aluminum can adhere to the unfinished housing around or through the carbon fiber layer to bond with the unfinished housing. Deposition parameters can be controlled to prevent damage to the carbon fiber sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Collin D. CHAN, Matthew W. CROWLEY, Jude Mary RUNGE
  • Publication number: 20150125610
    Abstract: Aqueous seal coat compositions useful for sealing a pretreated metal surface, comprise water, at least two organo-functional silanes, and optionally a pH-adjusting agent. A process for sealing a pretreated metal surface includes contacting the metal surface with such an aqueous seal coat composition. Preferably, the pH of the seal coat compositions is greater than 5.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Bulk Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard J. Church
  • Publication number: 20150125602
    Abstract: Methods of treating iron-comprising metallic materials by providing an iron-comprising metallic material having one or more surfaces to be treated, contacting the surfaces with a processing agent comprising the processing agent being water-based and containing fee electrons and hydrogen, and allowing electron rich gas from the processing agent to embed into the surfaces to be treated. Methods of inhibiting oxidative electro-chemical corrosion and galvanic corrosion of surfaces of ferrous metal alloys including heating a ferrous metal alloy to produce heated and oil fee surfaces of the alloy, immersing the alloy in an electron rich and hydrogen rich water based treatment agent, and contacting the surfaces of the alloy with gas bubbles comprising electrons generated from the treatment agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: John DeLoach
  • Patent number: 9011974
    Abstract: A process of producing metal-decorating material, which causes no pollution to the environment and can be used both in industrial manner and handicrafts, for decorating article or process of decorating of various article surface, e.g., furniture, weapons, purse, box, small casket, etc. makes a pollenlike holder on at least one of the surface of a base metal plate and sets design creating material on said base metal surface by said pollen holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit
    Inventor: Thanpuying Supornpen Luangthep
  • Publication number: 20150096680
    Abstract: A water-based bonding primer composition and a method of applying the same onto a metallic surface prior to adhesive bonding. The bonding primer composition is a water-based dispersion containing water, one or more epoxy resins, one or more curing agents, a silane compound, a low amount of propylene carbonate (PC), and optional additives. The bonding primer composition can form substantially smooth films by spraying, and at the same time, meet environmental regulations and provide high bonding performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Cytec Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Yiqiang Zhao, Dalip K. Kohli, Gaurang Kunal Shah
  • Publication number: 20150086460
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a high-quality boron nitride film grown by using a borazine oligomer as a precursor through a metal catalyst effect. The method solves the problems, such as control of a gaseous precursor and vapor pressure control, occurring in CVD(Chemical vapor deposition) according to the related art, and a high-quality hexagonal boron nitride film is obtained through a simple process at low cost. In addition, the hexagonal boron nitride film may be coated onto various structures and materials. Further, selective coating is allowed so as to carry out coating in a predetermined area and scale-up is also allowed. Therefore, the method may be useful for coating applications of composite materials and various materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Myung Jong KIM, Sungchan PARK, Hyunjin CHO, Sukang BAE, Jin-Hyung PARK, Jung Ho KANG, Sang Ook KANG, Changhyup LEE
  • Patent number: 8974861
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include processes for autodepositing a coating on a metal surface, a method of producing a coating on a non-stainless steel metal substrate surface, and an alkaline coating composition, where the process for autodepositing a coating on a metal substrate surface includes immersing at least a portion of the metal substrate surface in a coating composition that includes a latex and an amount of base sufficient to raise the pH of the composition to an alkaline pH, where the coating autodeposits on the metal substrate surface, as metal ions from the metal substrate surface interact with the alkaline coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory D. Shay, David J. Brennan, Herbert F. Davis
  • Patent number: 8968826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laminated strip, in particular a decorative strip, comprising an upper layer (12) consisting of metal, preferably aluminum, whose upper face (22) is embossed with a structure in relief (18) and whose underside (24) is fixed to a reinforcement layer (14) consisting of plastic. During the production of the strip, the reinforcement layer (14) and the protective layer (16) are applied after the structure in relief (18) has been embossed on the upper layer (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kunststoff-Technik Scherer & Trier GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Dirk Reissenweber
  • Publication number: 20150056428
    Abstract: A plastic overmold aluminum extrusion including at least one plastic overmold and aluminum extrusion. The aluminum extrusion is formed with sufficient cross sectional properties and features such as an internal web to help prevent undesirable collapses under injection or compression molding pressures. This improves part geometry and strength while minimizing weight. A plurality of protrusions and/or local deformations on an outer wall of the extrusion can be used to create strong mechanical interface to the plastic. Localized deformations can result from a combination of the applied plastic pressure under injection or compression molding pressures and the proximity of outer gaps of the internal web structure. A process of making the plastic overmold aluminum extrusion includes inserting at least one aluminum extrusion into a mold without mandrels and delivering plastic forming the plastic overmold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Magna International Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Peter Birka
  • Patent number: 8962085
    Abstract: Disclosed are pre-wetting apparatus designs and methods. These apparatus designs and methods are used to pre-wet a wafer prior to plating a metal on the surface of the wafer. Disclosed compositions of the pre-wetting fluid prevent corrosion of a seed layer on the wafer and also improve the filling rates of features on the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Novellus Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Mayer, David W. Porter, Mark J. Willey
  • Publication number: 20150050514
    Abstract: A coating method for producing a function layer on mechanically loaded components or surfaces includes providing or applying a first material layer of a first material or substrate matrix having a mechanical flexibility higher than that of a second material on a substrate constituting the component or the surface, respectively, structuring the first material layer such that the material layer surface of the first material layer, which is opposite to the substrate, obtains a three-dimensionally moulded basic structure with projections and recesses, and coating the material layer surface of the first material layer with a second material layer of the second material in such a way that the second material layer adopts substantially the basic structure of the material layer surface with the projections and recesses. Also, surface layer structures can be produced by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan Storm, Erhard Brandl, Dominik Raps
  • Patent number: 8956700
    Abstract: A method for adhering a coating to a substrate structure comprises selecting a substrate structure having an outer surface oriented substantially parallel to a direction of radial stress, modifying the outer surface to provide a textured region having steps to adhere a coating thereto, and applying a coating to extend over at least a portion of the textured region, wherein the steps are oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of radial stress to resist deformation of the coating relative to the substrate structure. A rotating component comprises a substrate structure having an outer surface oriented substantially parallel to a direction of radial stress. The outer surface defines a textured region having steps to adhere a coating thereto, and a coating extends over at least a portion of the textured region. The steps are oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of radial stress to resist creep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Glenn Curtis Taxacher, Andres Garcia Crespo, Herbert Chidsey Roberts, III
  • Publication number: 20150041262
    Abstract: A vehicle braking system reduces particulate emissions resulting from wear of the brake pad and rotor during stopping or slowing of a vehicle. The rotor includes at least one friction surface, that has an outer coating of a corrosion and wear-resistant material. This uoter coating can optionally include a first layer comprising a crystalline material and a second layer overlaying and contacting the first layer and comprising an amorphous material. The first layer and the second layer can optionally have an inter-layer period of less than 10 nm such that the structure of the outer coating is that of a superlattice. A brake member that includes a friction material is mounted to a caliper on the vehicle with the friction material disposed opposite the at least one friction surface so that the friction material reversibly engages with the outer coating of the corrosion and wear-resistant material when the braking system is operated to stop or slow the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Nathan K. Meckel
  • Publication number: 20150040799
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of conversion coating. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to improved methods for improving efficiency of chromium conversion coat processing lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Lawrence M. Lawless
  • Patent number: 8946316
    Abstract: A polymer and coating composition containing the polymer are provided that are useful in coating applications such as, for example, food or beverage packaging containers. The polymer preferably includes a backbone having one or more polycyclic groups. In one embodiment, the polymer is a polyester and, more preferably, a polyester-urethane polymer. In one embodiment, the one or more polycyclic groups is a tricyclic or higher group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Stenson, Benoit Prouvost, Jeffrey Niederst, Donald Wind, Richard H. Evans, Charles Skillman, Paul E. Share, James Robinson
  • Patent number: 8920866
    Abstract: A metal implant, in particular a dental implant, with a hydrophilic surface for at least partial insertion into a bone, and a method for the production of said implant are described. A particularly advantageous hydrophilic surface for improved osteointegration properties is made available if it is briefly treated, at least in some areas, in a weakly alkaline solution. These excellent osteointegration properties can be achieved in a method in which, optionally after a preceding mechanical surface modification by material removal and/or chemical surface modification, at least the areas exposed of this surface exposed to bone and/or soft tissue are chemically modified in an alkaline solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Thommen Medical AG
    Inventors: Falko Schlottig, Daniel Snetivy
  • Patent number: 8916020
    Abstract: The invention provides an assembly comprising at least one substrate being bonded to a structural adhesive wherein the structural adhesive is obtained by curing a precursor comprising a cross-linkable polymer, wherein a surface area of the substrate bonded to the structural adhesive comprises at least one metal, said surface area being treated with a liquid activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jan D. Forster, Dirk Hasenberg, Siegfried R. Goeb, Christopher J. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20140361530
    Abstract: The invention concerns a tubular element for drilling and/or working hydrocarbon wells, having an end (1; 2) comprising at least one threaded zone (3; 4), characterized in that the end (1; 2) is at least partially coated with a dry film (12) comprising a matrix (13) comprising a mixture of at least one alkaline polysilicate and at least one semi-crystalline thermoplastic organic polymer. The invention also concerns a method for producing a dry film (12) comprising a matrix (13) comprising a mixture of at least one alkaline polysilicate and at least one semi-crystalline thermoplastic organic polymer on such a tubular element for drilling and/or working hydrocarbon wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Gard, Mohamed Gouider, Mikael Petit, Eliette Pinel
  • Patent number: 8889212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating an article surface. The method includes removing a metal oxide surface from the metal substrate to expose a metal surface; and delivering particles including a dopant from at least one fluid jet to the metal surface to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant. The method also includes delivering substantially simultaneously a first set of particles comprising a dopant and a second set of particles comprising an abrasive from at least one fluid jet to a surface of an article to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: EnBio Limited
    Inventors: John Gerard O'Donoghue, Donncha Haverty
  • Publication number: 20140329016
    Abstract: This invention discloses a metal coating method whereby an abrasion resistant and wear resistant coating is first applied to the that portion of a metal object of extended size to be protected, the coating is then fused onto the metal object with the use of a temperature controlled induction heater, which results in a metal object, at least a portion of which is more abrasion resistant and wear resistant than the uncoated metal object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE LUND INDUSTRIAL GROUP
    Inventor: Earl E. Hill
  • Patent number: 8871037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diffusion treatment of a coating on an engineering part resistant to marine climate, comprising: Step 1. pretreating the part; Step 2. preheating the part in a protective atmosphere furnace; Step 3. immersing the pre-heated part in a plating solution in a way that the part is rotated in the submerging process; Step 4. carrying out diffusion treatment, i.e., placing the immersion-plated part into a vacuum furnace, maintaining at 800 to 950° C. for 1 to 3 hours, and then cooling it down prior to discharge, such that atoms at an interface are diffused to form a diffusion layer on a substrate, achieving metallurgical bonding between the coating and the substrate. Treatment by the method of the present invention enables the part to have full resistance to corrosion and scouring erosion under marine climate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Jiangsu Linlong New Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixin Feng, Minyan Zhang, Qiang Miao
  • Publication number: 20140305803
    Abstract: Disclosed are pretreatment compositions and associated methods for treating metal substrates with pretreatment compositions, including ferrous substrates, such as cold rolled steel and electrogalvanized steel. The pretreatment composition includes: (a) a group IIIB and/or IVB metal; (b) free fluorine; (c) a source of aluminum ions; and (d) water. The methods include contacting the metal substrates with the pretreatment composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Mark W. McMillen, Edward F. Rakiewicz, Mark W. Simpson, James A. DeChant
  • Publication number: 20140308455
    Abstract: A tubular threaded element including a dry protective coating. The coating includes a solid matrix adhering to the substrate in which there are dispersed particles of at least one solid lubricant belonging to one and the same class. The solid matrix is lubricating and has a rheological behaviour of plastic or viscoplastic type. The coating protects the threadings of the threaded elements, used for example in hydrocarbon wells, from corrosion and galling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: Vallourec Oil and Gas France, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent BORDET, Laurent GILLOT, Eliette PINEL, Eric GARD
  • Patent number: 8859049
    Abstract: A plating method for an RF device is disclosed. The method includes (a) pre-treating the RF device made from a substrate material; (b) forming a copper plating layer by applying copper plating to the RF device; and (c) forming a thin-film layer over the copper plating layer, the thin-film layer made of a precious metal, where a thickness of the precious-metal thin-film layer is thinner than a skin depth at a working frequency band. The disclosed method makes it possible to provide a plating treatment with a low cost while providing a superior appearance quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Ace Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Hyun-Yeong Jung, Myoung-Joon Jung
  • Patent number: 8859106
    Abstract: A multilayered composite or coated substrate, comprising compounds of which at least 40% by weight are composed of alpha-amino acids linked via peptide bonds as adhesion promoters between at least two adjacent layers of the composite or between the coating and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hermann Seyffer, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Hans-Georg Lemaire, Ulf Baus, Thomas Subkowski, Marvin Karos, Claus Bollschweiler, Thomas Heidenfelder
  • Patent number: 8852357
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating metal substrates that include contacting the metal with pretreatment compositions comprising: (a) a group IIIB metal, a group IVB metal and/or a group VB metal; and (b) a rheology modifier composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc
    Inventors: Nathan J. Silvernail, Thor G. Lingenfelter
  • Publication number: 20140295198
    Abstract: Described are coating materials comprising (a) at least one polymeric polyol selected from the group consisting of poly(meth)acrylate polyols, polyester polyols, polyurethane polyols and polysiloxane polyols, (b) at least one crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of blocked and nonblocked polyisocyanates, amino resin crosslinkers, and TACT, and (c) at least one glycerol diester of the general formula (I) wherein one of the two radicals R1 or R2 is hydrogen and the radical of the two radicals R1 and R2 that is not hydrogen is a radical the radicals R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 independently of one another are hydrogen or a saturated, aliphatic radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the radicals R3, R4 and R5 together contain at least 5 carbon atoms and the radicals R6, R7 and R8 together contain at least 5 carbon atoms. Also described are multicoat paint systems and their production, the use of the coating materials, and substrates coated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Hoffmann, Sebastien Porcher, Jean-Francois Stezycki
  • Patent number: 8840963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous epoxy resin composition which is able to contain a large amount of water because it uses an epoxy resin and a coagulant and thereby allows an emulsifier and water to be stably adsorbed and captured on tangled particle surfaces of the coagulant. The aqueous epoxy resin composition according to the present invention comprises a highly compatible formulation producing a good cross-linking bond in a curing reaction with a curing agent and hence it can effect functions including those of a coating agent, a primer agent, a mortar agent and an adhesive agent in a two-part formulation, and it entails a formulation using absolutely no volatile organic compounds in large amounts and hence it is environmentally-friendly and can also markedly reduce production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Taesan Engineering Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Sang Yang Kim
  • Patent number: 8840961
    Abstract: A sticky valve or slide mechanism within a musical wind instrument is opened, wiped dry, cleaned and lubricated with a composition including diatomaceous earth, a solvent, and a lubricant, and closed, making the instrument ready to play with the composition being left within the valve or slide mechanism. When the mechanism again becomes sticky, it is wiped dry and lubricated with a conventional lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventor: Salvatore Lucca