US Patent Issued to PPG Industries Ohio on June 30 for "Systems and methods for improved lap shear strength and displacement of two-component structural adhesives" (Pennsylvania, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,716, issued on June 30, was assigned to PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Systems and methods for improved lap shear strength and displacement of two-component structural adhesives" was invented by Joseph P. Kriley (Valencia, Pa.), Marvin M. Pollum Jr. (Pittsburgh), David J. Fortman (Pittsburgh), Brian K. Rearick (Allison Park, Pa.), Masayuki Nakajima (Wexford, Pa.), Elizabeh S. Brown-Tseng (Gibsonia, Pa.), Steven E. Bowles (Pittsburgh) and Maria S. French (Canfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems for treating a substrate comprising a deoxidizing composition and a coating composition. The deoxidizing c...