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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. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Jeffrey I. Melzer, Lansdale, PA (US);
Andrea Keys, Yardley, PA (US);
Michael T. Raab, Langhorne, PA (US);
Robert A. Gelman, Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey I. Melzer, Lansdale, PA (US);
Andrea Keys, Yardley, PA (US);
Michael T. Raab, Langhorne, PA (US);
Robert A. Gelman, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
GE Betz, Inc., Trevose, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 22/17 (2006.01); C23C 22/36 (2006.01); C23C 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Chromate-free treatments and compositions, for applying a conversion or passivation coating to zinc coated metal surfaces. The compositions comprise a polyamidoamine/epihalohydrin polymer or cationic polyamine/epihalohydrin polymer component, fluoacid, HPO, and a film forming polymer latex component. The requisite metal surfaces are contacted by the compositions and dried. Rinsing is optional.