ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,375, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Parker Hannifin EMEA S.a.r.l. (Etoy, Switzerland).
"Method and system for forming a multilayered zinc alloy coating and metallic article" was invented by Philipp Wagener (Hameln, Germany), Manuela Overkemping (Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany), Jan Hustert (Steinhagen, Germany) and Yindong Ge (Hilliard, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a multilayered zinc alloy coating comprises steps of providing a bath of an aqueous electrolyte including zinc and a second electrodepositable component in an electrolytic cell having an anode and a cathode; applying a current or voltage be...