EDWARD PHILIP PATRICK
Pilots at Cherry Dr, Murrysville, PA

6506998, Jan 14, 2003

Jul 3, 2001

09/898828

Robert G. VanOtteren - Bay City MI
Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA
Donald J. Spinella - Greensburg PA

Newcor, Inc. - Bloomfield Hills MI
Alcoa Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

B23K 1114

219118, 219 93

A projection coined onto a metal sheet, preferably an aluminum sheet, for projection welding the sheet to an adjacent metal sheet. The projection has a thickness greater than the thickness of the sheet on which it is formed. The wall of the projection surrounds a first recess and a second recess is formed in a side of the sheet opposite the projection from which the metal cold flows to form the projection. A welding gun assembly having an improved low interia, fast response to the collapse of the projection welding the sheet having the projection to the adjacent sheet.

6791056, Sep 14, 2004

Nov 27, 2002

10/306015

Robert G. VanOtteren - Bay City MI
Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA
Donald J. Spinella - Greensburg PA

Newcor, Inc. - Bloomfield Hills MI
Alcoa Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

B23K 928

219 861, 219 8625

A projection coined onto a metal sheet, preferably an aluminum sheet, for projection welding the sheet to an adjacent metal sheet. The projection has a thickness greater than the thickness of the sheet on which it is formed. The wall of the projection surrounds a first recess and a second recess is formed in a side of the sheet opposite the projection from which the metal cold flows to form the projection. A welding gun assembly having an improved low interia, fast response to the collapse of the projection welding the sheet having the projection to the adjacent sheet.

5481084, Jan 2, 1996

Oct 8, 1993

8/134165

Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA
A. Victor Pajerski - New Kensington PA

Aluminum Company of America - Pittsburgh PA

B23K 904

219123

Substantial surface areas can be treated by continuously magnetically moving an electric arc around a general loop direction such as a circle, ellipse or oval and moving the surface so that the arc treats a substantial surface area. The arc treatment can be used to clean or increase surface area, or both, and a reactant or treatment agent can be brought to the arc contact site to alter the surface treated with the arc. Auxiliary treatments for the surface can precede or follow the arc treatment, or both. The invention produces very desirable surface properties including a mild roughness or matte condition suitable even for critical applications such as aluminum lithoplate. Other surface characteristics can include one or more of: capillarity, adhesion, emissivity, stable oxide, paintability, and others. Applications and advantages are believed to include lithoplate, hydrophilic heat exchanger finstock, capacitor foil, can sheet, venetian blind stock, adhesive bonded laminates and other bonded structural materials or structures, welding rod, aluminum brazing sheet, interrogatable strips for optical control instruments, enhanced, high current contacts, improved, controlled or differential friction characteristics for forming and shaping, automotive and other sheet, hot roll bonding, galvanizing and zinc coating of steel, texturing mill rolls, pretreatment for thermal spray treatments, organic coating adhesion, improved paint hiding performance, prosthetics, biohost or catalyst support and others. The process is applicable to aluminum, steel and other metals and other materials capable of carrying current sufficiently to maintain an electric arc.

4947667, Aug 14, 1990

Jan 30, 1990

7/472020

Ronald W. Gunkel - Lower Burrell PA
Robert A. Cargnel - Export PA
James R. Morran - Apollo PA
Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA

Aluminum Company of America - Pittsburgh PA

B21D 2614

72 56

This invention provides a method for expanding at least a portion of a cylindrical sidewall of a generally cylindrically shaped, electrically responsive, metallic body. This method comprises the steps of retaining at least a first portion of the metallic body, disposing a coil of electrically conductive material inside the metallic body, and energizing the coil to create an electromagnetic force sufficient to expand at least a portion of the generally cylindrical sidewalls of the metallic body outwardly of the original generally cylindrical shape. During such expansion, a fluid is introduced between the coil and the inside surfaces of the container to maintain positive gauge pressure as the sidewalls expand. This invention also provides an apparatus for expanding at least a portion of a cylindrical sidewall of a generally cylindrically shaped, electrically responsive, metallic body. The apparatus comprises a retaining mechanism for holding the metallic body, a coil of electrically conductive material, structure for disposing the coil inside the metallic body, and structure for energizing the coil sufficient to expand at least a portion of the sidewall of the metallic body.

5187046, Feb 16, 1993

Mar 18, 1991

7/670576

Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA
A. Victor Pajerski - New Kensington PA

Aluminum Company of America - Pittsburgh PA

G03C 1492

430278

An essentially flat "arc-grained" surface of a sheet of aluminum alloy is produced with a coarse and non-uniform microstructure which, after it is coated with a durable phosphate-free coating, provides excellent lithoplate. Though such arc-grained microstructure is much coarser than an electrochemically etched surface typically used on lithoplate, the very coarse surface is peculiarly well-adapted to provide durable lithoplate after it is coated with a phosphate-free protective surface. After the coated surface is coated with a photoresist the excellent resolution of prints is maintained over a large number of repeated uses in an off-set printing press. A method of producing lithoplate comprises, controlledly rastering an A-C, or D-C reverse polarity plasma-generating electric arc on an aluminum sheet less than 30 mils thick, kept distortion-free on a mounted surface such as on a cylindrical drum; then coating the arc-grained surface with a hard and durable, inert phosphate-free coating while maintaining a capillary microstructure in the surface adapted to provide a support for a photoresist for use in lithographic printing of adequate resolution.

6872425, Mar 29, 2005

Sep 25, 2003

10/672455

Roger W. Kaufold - Pittsburgh PA, US
Neville C. Whittle - Irwin PA, US
Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA, US
A. Victor Pajerski - New Kensington PA, US

Alcoa Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

B60B021/10, C23C004/04, C23C004/18, C23C004/00, B05D001/02

427404, 4274191, 427290, 427327, 427355, 427450, 427455, 427569, 301 95101

A method of coating a vehicle wheel to increase wear and corrosion resistance of the vehicle wheel, includes the steps of providing a vehicle wheel and applying a wear and corrosion resistant coating onto a surface of the vehicle wheel. The coating is applied to at least a tire bead retaining flange of the vehicle wheel. The coating is of particular use with vehicle wheels made of forged aluminum. The coating is selected from tungsten carbide, optionally including cobalt or chrome, a nickel-based superalloy, aluminum and silicon carbide, or stainless steel. The coating is typically applied to a thickness of about 0. 004-0. 01 inch. The surface of the vehicle wheel may be prepared by mechanically abrading the surface or chemically etching the surface of the vehicle wheel. The coating may be applied by cold spraying, thermal spraying, or triboelectric discharge kinetic spraying and other similar processes.

6290032, Sep 18, 2001

Feb 17, 2000

9/506656

Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA
A. Victor Pajerski - New Kensington PA
Roger W. Kaufold - Coraopolis PA
Robert J. Speer - Upper Burrell PA

Alcoa Inc. - Pittsburgh PA

F16D 6510, F16D 6900

188218XL

A friction-wear aluminum part which includes a metal substrate and an outer friction-wear, ceramic-free coating applied to at least a portion of the outer surface to said substrate. The coating is a mixture of both aluminum and stainless steel. On a preferred basis, the surface of the substrate is intentionally grooved to facilitate bonding of the coating thereto. An associated method is also disclosed.

5669436, Sep 23, 1997

Jun 7, 1995

8/485297

Kevin S. Papich - Lebanon PA
Ronald Bachowski - Murrysville PA
Stephen F. Baumann - Pittsburgh PA
Robert A. Cargnel - Export PA
Gerald E. Carkin - Tarentum PA
Donald J. Clements - Apollo PA
Ronald W. Gunkel - Lower Burrell PA
William H. Hoffman - Palmyra PA
Larry G. McKinney - Lebanon PA
A. Victor Pajerski - Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County PA
John J. Palko - Palmyra PA
Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA
Stephen J. Rennekamp - Irwin PA
Philip C. Scheble - Albemarle NC
William R. Sharkins - Curtisville PA
Frank P. Swigon - Lebanon PA
William G. Truckner - Avonmore PA

Aluminum Company of America - Pittsburgh PA

B22D 1106

164461

A composite metallurgical product includes a roll cast aluminum alloy core and a filler material bonded on the core. Assemblies joined by filler material are formed from this product by heating to flow the filler material into joints and subsequent solidification of the filler material in the joints. The composite product is made in several ways, including lamination at roll caster rolls, and lamination or thermal spraying at the exit side of a roll caster. The invention additionally provides for an angulation rolling method for varying percent of cladding on the composite, and a high-manganese aluminum alloy useful as core material in brazing sheet clad with aluminum-silicon brazing alloy.

6281466, Aug 28, 2001

Jun 28, 1999

9/340845

Robert G. VanOtteren - Bay City MI
Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA
Donald J. Spinella - Greensburg PA

Newcor, Inc. - Bloomfield Hills MI
Aluminum Company of America - Pittsburgh PA

B23K 1114, B23K 1120, B23K 1116

219118

A projection coined onto a metal sheet, preferably an aluminum sheet, for projection welding the sheet to an adjacent metal sheet. The projection has a thickness greater than the thickness of the sheet on which it is formed. The wall of the projection surrounds a first recess and a second recess is formed in a side of the sheet opposite the projection from which the metal cold flows to form the projection. A welding gun assembly having an improved low interia, fast response to the collapse of the projection welding the sheet having the projection to the adjacent sheet.

5884388, Mar 23, 1999

May 20, 1997

8/859195

Edward P. Patrick - Murrysville PA
A. Victor Pajerski - New Kensington PA
Roger W. Kaufold - Coraopolis PA
Robert J. Speer - Upper Burrell PA

Aluminum Company of America - Pittsburgh PA

B21B 146

295272

A friction-wear aluminum part which includes a metal substrate and friction-wear coating applied to at least a portion of the outer surface to said substrate. The coating is a mixture of both aluminum and stainless steel. On a preferred basis, the surface of the substrate is intentionally roughened or grooved to facilitate bonding of the coating thereto. An associated method is also disclosed.