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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Applicants:
Anish Tuteja, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kevin Golovin, Kelowna, CA;
Michael Gurin, Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 30/00 (2006.01); C09D 5/00 (2006.01); C09D 175/04 (2006.01); C09D 183/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 30/005 (2013.01); C09D 5/00 (2013.01); C09D 175/04 (2013.01); C09D 183/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Icephobic coatings that reduce ice adhesion strength must often achieve extreme durability requirements, such as in aviation or wind turbine applications, to survive the impact of high-speed rain (i.e., rain erosion testing). A multi-layer coating having a thin metallic or metallic alloy film adhered to an underlying layer that is softer and thicker than the metallic layer achieves very low ice adhesion with adhered ice onto the icephobic coating.