Metal plasma surface-modified thermal barrier channel
AssigneeH.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
InventorNathanael Hill
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Abstract
A method of modifying a thermal barrier assembly that includes a channel, the method including exposing a surface of a channel to a plasma that includes metal moieties and depositing the metal moieties on the surface of the channel.
Claims47
A method of modifying a thermal barrier assembly comprising a channel, said method comprising:
- exposing a surface of said channel to a plasma comprising metal moieties;
- and
- depositing said metal moieties on the surface of said channel,
- wherein said thermal barrier assembly comprises at least a portion of a casing.
A thermal barrier assembly comprising:
- a channel comprising a layer of metal bonded to a surface of said channel, said metal having been deposited on said channel surface from a plasma to form a modified surface,
- wherein said thermal barrier assembly comprises at least a portion of a casing.
A process for making a thermal barrier assembly, said process comprising:
- exposing a surface of a channel of a thermal barrier assembly to a plasma comprising metal moieties;
- and
- depositing said metal moieties on the surface of said channel, wherein said thermal barrier assembly comprises at least a portion of a casing.
A thermal barrier assembly comprising:
- a channel comprising a layer of metal bonded to a surface of said channel, said metal having been deposited onto said channel surface from a plasma to form a modified surface;
- and
- an adhesive composition bonded to the modified surface of said channel, said adhesive composition comprising polyurethane.
A process for making a thermal barrier assembly, said process comprising:
- providing a thermal barrier assembly comprising a channel, and a surface treatment disposed on a surface of said channel;
- exposing said treated surface of said channel to a plasma comprising metal moieties;
- removing at least a portion of said surface treatment;
- and
- depositing said metal moieties on the surface of said channel.
A process for making a thermal barrier assembly, said process comprising:
- exposing a surface of a channel of a thermal barrier assembly to a plasma comprising metal moieties;
- depositing said metal moieties on the surface of said channel;
- and
- contacting the metal surface of said channel with an adhesive composition comprising polyurethane.
A window casing, door casing, or curtain wall casing comprising a thermal barrier comprising:
- a thermal barrier assembly comprising
- a channel comprising a modified surface;
- and
- a layer of metal bonded to a surface of said channel, said metal layer having been deposited onto said channel surface from a plasma;
- and
- an adhesive composition bonded to the modified surface of said channel.
A thermal barrier assembly comprising:
- a first structure component;
- a second structural component;
- a channel disposed between said first structural component and said second structural component.
- a layer of metal bonded to a surface of said channel, said metal having been deposited on said channel surface from a plasma;
- and
- an adhesive composition disposed in said channel,
- said first structural component being bonded to said second structural component through said adhesive composition.
A thermal barrier assembly comprising:
- a metal substrate defining a U-shaped channel having an interior surface, the interior surface of said U-shaped channel having been modified by the deposition of metal onto said channel surface from a plasma;
- and
- an adhesive composition bonded to said interior surface of said channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.