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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:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Brian K Fuller, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Alaa A. Elmoursi, Troy, MI (US);
Kenneth M Rahmoeller, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian K Fuller, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Alaa A. Elmoursi, Troy, MI (US);
Kenneth M Rahmoeller, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/12 (2006.01); B05D 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for repairing defects in kinetically sprayed surfaces. The typical defects comprise isolated or connected conical shaped holes in the kinetic spray coating. The repair involves thermally spraying a molten material into the defective area to fill in the cone followed by continued kinetic spraying to complete the coating.