Patents Represented by Attorney Roy E. Gordon

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  • Treated solid polymer electrolyte membrane for use in a fuel cell and fuel cell including the treated solid polymer electrolyte membrane
    Patent number: 5372896
    Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte membrane is treated by brief exposure to a gas lasma prior to the inclusion of the membrane in a fuel cell as a separator between a liquid or gaseous fuel and an oxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Michael Binder, Robert J. Mammone
  • High critical temperature superconductor (HTSC) including a rare earth alkali metal titanate as an oxygen diffusion barrier in the device
    Patent number: 5340799
    Abstract: Rare-earth alkaline metal titanates are used as buffer layers substrates, and oxygen diffusion barriers for the growth of high critical temperature superconductors, ferroelectrics, pyroelectrics and piezoelectrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Arthur Tauber, Steven C. Tidrow
  • Treated porous carbon black cathode and lithium based, nonaqueous electrolyte cell including said treated cathode
    Patent number: 5328782
    Abstract: A porous carbon black cathode is treated by brief exposure to a low press, room temperature gas plasma. The treated cathode is suitable for inclusion in a lithium based, nonaqueous electrolyte cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Michael Binder, Robert J. Mammone, William L. Wade, Jr.
  • High temperature, rechargeable, solid electrolyte electrochemical cell
    Patent number: 5312623
    Abstract: A high temperature rechargeable solid electrolyte electro-chemical cell is rovided including an alloy of lithium as the anode, a compound selected from the group consisting of MnO.sub.2, FeS.sub.2, CoS.sub.2, MoS.sub.2, MoS.sub.3, NiS.sub.2, LiCoO.sub.2, LiNiO.sub.2, V.sub.6 O.sub.13, Cr.sub.3 O.sub.8, V.sub.2 O.sub.5, V.sub.2 S.sub.5, and other transition metal halides, chalcogenides, selenides, tellurides, and oxides as the cathode, and a solid solution of Li.sub.4 GeO.sub.4 and Li.sub.3 VO.sub.4 as the solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl
  • Highly conductive electrolyte for use in an ambient temperature rechargeable lithium battery and ambient temperature rechargeable lithium battery including said electrolyte
    Patent number: 5300376
    Abstract: A highly conductive electrolyte is provided for use in an ambient temperae rechargeable lithium battery including a lithium intercalating anode and a more positive lithium intercalating cathode. The electrolyte includes a solution of a lithium salt in acetonitrile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl
  • Method of preparing an impregnated cathode with an enhanced thermionic emission from a porous billet and cathode so prepared
    Patent number: 5298830
    Abstract: A method is provided of preparing an impregnated cathode with enhanced thionic emission from a porous billet by impregnating the billet with a suitable impregnant in the presence of an oxygen deficient compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Louis E. Branovich, Donald W. Eckart
  • Thermal cell including a solid state electrolyte
    Patent number: 5278004
    Abstract: A solid solution of lithium germanium oxide and lithium vanadium oxide is cluded as a solid state electrolyte in a thermal electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl
  • Ionically conductive bilayer solid electrolyte and electrochemical cell including the electrolyte
    Patent number: 5273846
    Abstract: An ionically conductive bilayer solid electrolyte is provided for use in an lectrochemical cell wherein the electrolyte layers are adjoining and wherein one of the electrolyte layers is in contact with the anode of the cell and the adjoining electrolyte layer is in contact with the cathode of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl
  • Solid state electrolyte for use in a high temperature rechargeable lithium electrochemical cell and high temperature rechargeable lithium electrochemical cell including the solid state electrolyte
    Patent number: 5273847
    Abstract: A high temperature rechargeable solid state electrochemical cell is provi including an ion conducting solid having the formula Li.sub.3.6 Ge.sub.0.6 V.sub.0.4 O.sub.4 as the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl
  • Method of making a flexible solid electrolyte for use in solid state cells
    Patent number: 5264308
    Abstract: A flexible solid electrolyte is made for use in solid state cells by a med including the steps of:(A) mixing about 80 to 95 weight percent of powdered solid electrolyte with about 5 to 20 weight percent of powdered Teflon,(B) milling the mixture until the Teflon particles thoroughly bind the solid electrolyte powder into a stiff coherent dough,(C) pressing the milled mixture to a thickness of about 1mm, and(D) forming a solid state cell by placing the electrolyte sheet between two electrodes and further reducing the cell thickness to where the electrolyte layer is less than 0.1mm thick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl
  • Method of growing device quality InP onto an InP substrate using an organometallic precursor in a hot wall reactor
    Patent number: 5256595
    Abstract: An organometallic precursor as for example trimethyl indium (TMI) is co-injected with HCl into a hot wall reactor to form volatile InCl, and PH.sub.3 is used as the phosphorus source. Layers of InP are grown at approximately 8 .mu.m/hr with excellent morphology and good electrical properties. Hall measurements at 77K show background n-type conductivity with n=7.times.10.sup.15 /cm.sup.3 and .mu..sup.S 34,000 cm.sub.2 /V-s. The method is capable of growing ternary and quaternary heterostructures with thin layers and abrupt junctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army.
    Inventors: Joseph R. Flemish, Kenneth A. Jones, Vladimir S. Ban
  • Flexible solid electrolyte for use in solid state cells and solid state cell including said flexible solid electrolyte
    Patent number: 5238759
    Abstract: A solid state cell is provided including a sheet of flexible solid electrte less than 0.1 mm in thickness between two electrodes wherein the flexible solid electrolyte is obtained from a mixture of about 80 to 95 weight percent solid electrolyte with about 5 to 20 weight percent of powdered Teflon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl
  • Method of treating a gallium arsenide surface and gallium arsenide surface so treated
    Patent number: 5219797
    Abstract: A gallium arsenide surface is treated and made ready for passivation by esing the gallium arsenide surface to silicon monoxide (SiO) vapor under a vacuum at about 450.degree. C. for a short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Gary J. Gerardi, Edward H. Poindexter, Fang Rong
  • Method of enhancing the electrical conductivity of indium-tin-oxide electrode stripes
    Patent number: 5163220
    Abstract: A method is provided of enhancing the electrical conductivity of indium-toxide electrode stripes in thin film electroluminescent display panels by using an electronic grade glass substrate for the thin film electroluminescent display panels and by the incorporation of a narrow and thick metal bus bar of high electrical conductivity trenched into and coplanar with the surface of the glass substrate and in electrical continuity with the indium-tin-oxide electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: The Unites States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert J. Zeto, Otto J. Gregory, Richard C. Piekarz
  • Method of treating the surface of commercially available polymer films
    Patent number: H1164
    Abstract: The surface of commercially available polymer films are treated with a low emperature gas plasma to improve the subsequent bonding of aluminum to the polymer surface without the need for adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William L. Wade, Jr., Robert J. Mammone, Michael Binder
  • Method or creating x-rays from a pulsed laser source using a gaseous medium
    Patent number: H1200
    Abstract: X-rays are created from a pulsed laser using a gaseous medium by focusing a aser pulse to a focal point in a gaseous medium causing a laser induced plasma in the gas which plasma emits x-rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Richard A. Neifeld
  • Method of increasing dielectric break-down strengths of thermoplastic films
    Patent number: H1252
    Abstract: A method is provided of increasing the dielectric breakdown strength of tmoplastic films such as thin films of polypropylene obtained from polypropylene resin powder. The method involves melt extruding the resin powder with a small amount of ceresine wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William L. Wade, Jr., Robert J. Mammone, Michael Binder
  • Method of using an improved solder to bridge a nonmetallic gap between metallic surfaces, said improved solder, and an improved solder connection to bridge a nonmetallic gap between metallic surfaces
    Patent number: H1306
    Abstract: An improved solder is provided by imbedding solder with metallized fibers. he improved solder is then used to bridge a nonmetallic gap between two separated metallic surfaces by placing the improved solder on the gap and then applying heat to cause the improved solder to melt and flow and bridge the gap and connect the two separated metallic surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: William C. Drach
  • Method of making a teflon bonded cathode for use in a high temperature cell and high temperature cell including said cathode
    Patent number: H1334
    Abstract: A method is provided for preparing flexible, free standing electrodes for use in preparing transition metal sulfide cathodes for use in high temperature electrochemical cells. Specifically, the cells contain sodium as the anode, a solid electrolyte separator of .beta."-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and a Teflon bonded iron (IV) sulfide cathode emmersed in a molten salt electrolyte of NaAlCl.sub.4 and electrochemically operated at 200.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl
  • High temperature molten salt thermal cell
    Patent number: H1335
    Abstract: A high temperature molten salt thermal cell is provided including an alkali etal containing anode, a molten lithium halide electrolyte and at least one binary sulfide of chromium as the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Edward J. Plichta, Wishvender K. Behl