Patents by Inventor Alexander Martin Willcocks

Alexander Martin Willcocks has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Thin film catalytic material for use in fuel
    Patent number: 9577269
    Abstract: A catalytic material includes (i) a support material and (ii) a thin film catalyst coating having an inner face adjacent to the support material and an outer face, the thin film catalyst coating having a mean thickness of ?8 nm, and wherein at least 40% of the support material surface area is covered by the thin film catalyst coating; and wherein the thin film catalyst coating includes a first metal and one or more second metals, and wherein the atomic percentage of first metal in the thin film catalyst coating is not uniform through the thickness of the thin film catalyst coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: JOHNSON MATTHEY FUEL CELLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Graham Alan Hards, Ian Roy Harkness, Michael Ian Petch, Jonathan David Brereton Sharman, Edward Anthony Wright, Alexander Martin Willcocks
  • Process for preparing a catalytic material
    Patent number: 9373850
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalytic material including (i) a support material and (ii) a thin film catalyst coating, the coating including one or more first metals, wherein the process includes the steps of: providing a multilayer thin film coating of a second metal on the support material; and spontaneous galvanic displacement of at least some of the second metal with the one or more first metals; wherein the second metal is less noble than the one or more first metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: JOHNSON MATTHEY FUEL CELLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Roy Harkness, Alexander Martin Willcocks, Edward Anthony Wright
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING A CATALYTIC MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20150207153
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalytic material including (i) a support material and (ii) a thin film catalyst coating, the coating including one or more first metals, wherein the process includes the steps of: providing a multilayer thin film coating of a second metal on the support material; and spontaneous galvanic displacement of at least some of the second metal with the one or more first metals; wherein the second metal is less noble than the one or more first metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Ian Roy Harkness, Alexander Martin Willcocks, Edward Anthony Wright
  • THIN FILM CATALYTIC MATERIAL FOR USE IN FUEL
    Publication number: 20150086902
    Abstract: A catalytic material includes (i) a support material and (ii) a thin film catalyst coating having an inner face adjacent to the support material and an outer face, the thin film catalyst coating having a mean thickness of ?8 nm, and wherein at least 40% of the support material surface area is covered by the thin film catalyst coating; and wherein the thin film catalyst coating includes a first metal and one or more second metals, and wherein the atomic percentage of first metal in the thin film catalyst coating is not uniform through the thickness of the thin film catalyst coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY FUEL CELLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Graham Alan Hards, Ian Roy Harkness, Michael Ian Petch, Jonathan David Brereton Sharman, Edward Anthony Wright, Alexander Martin Willcocks