US Patent Issued to Ford Motor on Sept. 23 for "Ultrasonic atomizer for applying a coating to a substrate with electrostatic charge to prevent droplet coalescence during atomization" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,296, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Ultrasonic atomizer for applying a coating to a substrate with electrostatic charge to prevent droplet coalescence during atomization" was invented by Wanjiao Liu (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Christopher Michael Seubert (New Hudson, Mich.) and Mark Edward Nichols (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atomizer for applying a coating to a substrate includes a nozzle and at least one electrode. The nozzle defines a plurality of apertures. The nozzle includes a nozzle plate, a nozzle body, and an actuator. The nozzle plate defines the apertures. The nozzle bod...