Coating processes – Spraying
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-02
2005-08-02
Turner, Archene (Department: 1775)
Coating processes
Spraying
C137S012000, C137S484200, C118S300000, C239S079000, C359S262000, C401S190000, C427S197000, C427S180000, C427S427100, C427S446000, C427S561000, C427S562000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06924004
ABSTRACT:
A particle beam deposition apparatus includes a particle source for generating a plurality of particles in suspended form, an expansion chamber, and a deposition chamber connected to the expansion chamber by an aerodynamic focusing stage, and containing a substrate. The aerodynamic focusing stage may be comprised of a plurality of aerodynamic focusing elements, or lenses. Particles, including nanoparticles, may be deposited on the substrate by generating an aerosol cloud of particles, accelerating the particles into the expansion chamber, creating a collimated beam out of the particles by passing them through the aerodynamic focusing lenses and into a deposition chamber, and impacting the particles into the substrate.
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Gerberich William
Girshick Steven L.
Heberlein Joachim
McMurry Peter H.
Rao Nagaraja P.
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Regents of the University of Minnesota
Turner Archene
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