Electronic corrosion protection system

• US 5,407,549 A
• Filed: 10/29/1993
• Issued: 04/18/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Warren J. Camp
• Original Assignee: Warren J. Camp
• Inventors: Camp, Warren J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Niebling, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mayekar, Kishor
• Application Number:
  US08/145,774
• Time in Patent Office: 536 Days
• Field of Search: 204/196, 204/197, 204/147
• US Class Current: 204/196.05
• CPC Class Codes: C23F 13/02 cathodic; Selection of conditions, parameters or procedures for cathodic protection, e.g. of electrical conditions

Abstract

An automobile corrosion protection apparatus incorporating, in combination, a electronic cathodic protection system for impressing a flow of electrons through the metal body of an automobile, and an electrically conductive auto body sealant for facilitating the transmission of the electrons, provided by the electronic cathodic protection system, to any cracks, scratches, chips and other corrosion prone areas throughout the metal body of the automobile.

Claims

1. A corrosion protection system for an automobile, wherein said automobile includes a protective coating of paint and a metal body, comprising:

an electronic corrosion protection system including at least one anode, a generating means for producing a pulsating voltage, and a system means for producing an induced voltage in each said anode by inductively coupling said pulsating voltage thereto;

an electrically conductive automotive sealant, wherein said sealant is adapted to be applied over the protective coating of paint on said automobile;

a securing member means for attaching said electronic corrosion protection system to said automobile; and

a biasing arrangement means for biasing each said anode against said automobile, the induced voltage in each said anode produced an anode current which is adapted to flow into said automobile through each said anode, said anode current flowed through the metal body of said automobile and said electrically conductive automotive sealant, thereby providing cathodic corrosion protection for the metal body of said automobile.

2. The corrosion protection system according to claim 1, wherein said biasing arrangement means for biasing each said anode against said automobile further includes:

an impact member means for intermittently impacting each said anode against said automobile, thereby abrading any corrosion that may have formed therebetween.

3. The corrosion protection system according to claim 2, wherein said impact member means for intermittently impacting each said anode against said automobile further includes:

a biasing spring element means for providing a predetermined degree of bias; and

an adjusting element means for varying the predetermined degree of bias provided by each said biasing spring elements means.

4. The corrosion protection system according to claim 1 further including:

means for adjusting said pulsating voltage, thereby varying the induced voltage in each said anode, and the anode current flowed through the metal body of said automobile and said electrically conductive automotive sealant.

5. A corrosion protection system for an automobile, wherein said automobile includes a protective coating of paint and a metal body, comprising:

an electronic corrosion protection system including at least one anode, a generating means for producing an adjustable, pulsating voltage, and a system means for producing an adjustable, induced voltage in each said anode by inductively coupling said adjustable, pulsating voltage thereto;

an electrically conductive automotive sealant, wherein said sealant is adapted to be applied over the protective coating of paint on said automobile;

a securing member means for attaching said electronic corrosion protection system to said automobile; and

a biasing arrangement means for biasing each said anode against said automobile, the adjustable, induced voltage in each said anode produced an adjustable anode current which is adapted to flow into said automobile through each said anode, said adjustable anode current flowed through the metal body of said automobile and said electrically conductive automotive sealant, thereby providing cathodic corrosion protection for the metal body of said automobile; and

an impact member means for intermittently impacting each said anode against said automobile, thereby abrading any corrosion that may have formed therebetween, said impact member means including a biasing spring element means for providing a predetermined degree of bias and an adjusting element means for varying the predetermined degree of bias provided by said biasing spring element means.