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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:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
May. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce A Banks, Olmsted Township, OH (US);
Sharon K Rutledge, Bedford, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427585 ; 427250 ; 4273831 ; 20419211 ; 20419214 ; 20419226 ; 20419227 ; 20419228 ;
Abstract
Structures composed at least partially of an organic substrate are protected from oxidation by applying a catalyst onto said substrate for promoting the combination of atomic oxygen to molecular oxygen. The structure may also be protected by applying both a catalyst and an atomic oxygen shielding layer onto the substrate. The invention is useful for enhancing the protection of polymeric blankets, solar arrays and spacecraft surfaces in low earth orbit from cavities produced by atomic oxygen.