US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on July 22 for "Phosphate coating which can be substantially free of hexavalent chromium and methods of making the same" (Connecticut, California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,989, issued on July 22, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Phosphate coating which can be substantially free of hexavalent chromium and methods of making the same" was invented by Blair A. Smith (South Windsor, Conn.), Steven Poteet (Ashland, Mass.), Vijay V. Pujar (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Georgios S. Zafiris (Glastonbury, Conn.), Weilong Zhang (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Michael A. Kryzman (West Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a phosphate coating, comprising: a phosphate portion, wherein the phosphate portion comprises pores, wherein the pores are at least partially filled with a...