Carlo A Fucinari

56290918, May 13, 1997

Dec 9, 1994

8/352484

Robert A. Rose - Grosse Pointe Park MI
David A. Yeager - Plymouth MI
Carlo A. Fucinari - Farmington Hills MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

B32B 516

428403

A collection of agglomerated anti-friction grains for plasma deposition, the grains each consisting essentially of (a) H. sub. 2 O atomized stainless steel particles, (b) solid lubricant particles consisting of at least one of boron nitride or a eutectic of calcium fluoride and lithium fluoride, and (c) a binder holding said steel and solid lubricant particles together for plasma spraying, said binder being present in an amount of 0. 5-4. 0% by weight and is vaporizable at the temperature of plasma spraying and does not interfere with the deposited process.

56631243, Sep 2, 1997

Dec 9, 1994

8/352666

V. Durga Nageswar Rao - Bloomfield Township MI
Robert Alan Rose - Grosse Pointe Park MI
David Alan Yeager - Plymouth MI
Carlo Alberto Fucinari - Farmington Hills MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

B22F 100
C10M10304

508150

An iron or copper based metal powder useful for plasma deposition of a coating that has a dry coefficient of friction 0. 75 or less and readily conducts heat through the coating. The powder comprises (a) H. sub. 2 O atomized and annealed particles consisting essentially of (by weight) carbon 0. 15-85%, oxygen 0. 1-0. 45%, an air hardening agent selected from manganese and nickel of 0. 1-6. 5%, and the remainder iron or copper, with at least 90% of the particles having oxygen and iron or copper combined in the lowest atomic oxygen form for an oxide of such metal. A method of making anti-friction iron powder that is economical, selectively produces FeO and promotes fine flowable particles. The method comprises (a) steam atomization of a molten steel that excludes other oxygen, the steel containing carbon up to 0. 4% by weight to produce a collection of comminuted particles, and (b) annealing the particles in an air atmosphere for a period of time of 0. 25-2.

41706200, Oct 9, 1979

Dec 23, 1977

5/864079

V. Durga Nageswar Rao - Bloomfield Hills MI
Christian J. Rahnke - Orchard Lake MI
Carlo A. Fucinari - Southfield MI
James K. Vallance - Northville MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

B29D 300
B29D 1500
B29H 300

264230

A process for making and assembling a rotary regenerator comprising a ceramic core adapted to rotate upon its central axis and a ring gear surrounding the periphery of the core for purposes of driving the core rotatably including preparing and forming a yieldable compliant ring sandwiched between the ring gear and the periphery of the core to prevent stresses in the core caused by differential rates of expansion of the core and the ring during operation of the regenerator in a gas turbine engine and during processing of the regenerator and the regenerator drive ring.

55540201, Sep 10, 1996

Oct 7, 1994

8/319909

Carlo A. Fucinari - Farmington Hills MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

F01C 2100

418178

A high efficiency pump having relatively-moving parts constituted of a light weight material and a coating on at least one of the parts to effect essentially zero clearance between the parts where they merge together. The coating is comprised of solid lubricants in a polymer resin matrix stable up to 700. degree. F.

58463496, Dec 8, 1998

Feb 10, 1997

8/798207

V. Durga Nageswar Rao - Bloomfield Township MI
Robert Alan Rose - Grosse Pointe Park MI
David Alan Yeager - Plymouth MI
Carlo Alberto Fucinari - Farmington Hills MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

B22F 908

148513

An iron or copper based metal powder useful for plasma deposition of a coating that has a dry coefficient of friction 0. 75 or less and readily conducts heat through the coating. The powder comprises (a) H. sub. 2 O atomized and annealed particles consisting essentially of (by weight) carbon 0. 15-0. 85%, oxygen 0. 1-0. 45%, an air hardening agent selected from manganese and nickel of 0. 1-6. 5%, and the remainder iron or copper, with at least 90% of the particles having oxygen and iron or copper combined in the lowest atomic oxygen form for an oxide of such metal. A method of making anti-friction iron powder that is economical, selectively produces FeO and promotes fine flowable particles. The method comprises (a) steam atomization of a molten steel that excludes other oxygen, the steel containing carbon up to 0. 4% by weight to produce a collection of comminuted particles, and (b) annealing the particles in an air atmosphere for a period of time of 0. 25-2.

56386001, Jun 17, 1997

Apr 16, 1996

8/633273

V. Durga Nageswar Rao - Bloomfield Township MI
Carlo Alberto Fucinari - Farmington Hills MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

B23P 1500

2988802

A high efficiency pump having relatively-moving parts constituted of a light weight material and a coating on at least one of the parts to effect essentially zero clearance between the parts where they merge together. The coating is comprised of solid lubricants in a polymer resin matrix stable up to 700. degree. F.

41500857, Apr 17, 1979

May 12, 1978

5/905506

V. Durga Nageswar Rao - Bloomfield Hills MI
Carlo A. Fucinari - Southfield MI
Christian J. Rahnke - Orchard Lake MI
James K. Vallance - Northville MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

B29H 304
B29D 300

264262

A process for making and assembling a rotary regenerator comprising a ceramic core adapted to rotate upon its central axis and a ring gear surrounding the periphery of the core for purposes of driving the core rotatably including preparing and forming a yieldable compliant ring sandwiched between the ring gear and the periphery of the core to prevent stresses in the core caused by differential rates of expansion of the core and the ring during operation of the regenerator in a gas turbine engine and during processing of the regenerator and the regenerator drive ring.

58638709, Jan 26, 1999

Aug 18, 1997

8/799738

V. Durga Nageswar Rao - Bloomfield Township MI
Robert Alan Rose - Grosse Pointe Park MI
David Alan Yeager - Plymouth MI
Carlo Alberto Fucinari - Farmington Hills MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

C10M10304
B22F 100

508150

An iron or copper based metal powder useful for plasma deposition of a coating that has a dry coefficient of friction 0. 75 or less and readily conducts heat through the coating. The powder comprises (a) H. sub. 2 O atomized and annealed particles consisting essentially of (by weight) carbon 0. 15-0. 85%, oxygen 0. 1-0. 45%, an air hardening agent selected from manganese and nickel of 0. 1-06. 5%, and the remainder iron or copper, with at least 90% of the particles having oxygen and iron or copper combined in the lowest atomic oxygen form for an oxide of such metal. A method of making anti-friction iron powder that is economical, selectively produces FeO and promotes fine flowable particles. The method comprises (a) steam atomization of a molten steel that excludes other oxygen, the steel containing carbon up to 0. 4% by weight to produce a collection of comminuted particles, and (b) annealing the particles in an air atmosphere for a period of time of 0. 25-2.