Christopher R Sutter

US Patent:

6468647, Oct 22, 2002

Filed:

Feb 17, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/035535

Inventors:

Christopher Richard Sutter - Newton NC
Richard August Petelinkar - Hickory NC
Rebecca Edythe Reeves - Conover NC

Assignee:

Spectro Dynamic Systems, LLC - Erwin TN

International Classification:

B32B 1800

US Classification:

428325, 428328, 428331, 428559, 174 35 MS

Abstract:

Infrared reflective visually colored metal substrates or metal-coated particles are prepared by burnishing colored pigments into the metal. Proper selection of the pigment allows for intense visual color without degradation of the infrared reflective properties. The resulting visually colored infrared reflective composition may be utilized in a variety of applications, such as coatings, fabrics, tapes, and face paint, to provide infrared signature control as well as visual camouflage.

US Patent:

58924760, Apr 6, 1999

Filed:

Apr 8, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/681767

Inventors:

Wayne Laval Gindrup - Hickory NC
Rebecca Reeves Vinson - Conover NC
Christopher Richard Sutter - Hickory NC

Assignee:

Spectro Dynamics Systems, L.P. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

H01Q 1700

US Classification:

342 1

Abstract:

A strong lightweight composition containing inorganic coated microparticles which, when dispersed in a binder, produce a matrix having broad band absorption properties for electromagnetic radiation in the infrared and microwave regions and is useful as a thin coating or as a structural composite material in various applications for multispectral absorbers. The microparticles have a mean diameter of from 1 to 500 microns and are coated with the reaction product of a metal and a nonmetal.