US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Dec. 2 for "Application of type II chemical conversion coatings (CCCS) using foaming agents" (Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,580, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Application of type II chemical conversion coatings (CCCS) using foaming agents" was invented by Cody Coogan (Columbiana, Ala.), Kevin R. Bordage (Westfield, Mass.), Blair A. Smith (South Windsor, Conn.), Erik W. Karlen (Rockford, Ill.) and Brodie Gross (Rockford, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a spray foam chemical conversion coating includes a non-hexavalent chromium aqueous chemical conversion coating solution, a foaming agent, and a propellant. In another aspect, a method of producing a corrosion-resistant coating includes spra...