Patents by Inventor Enric Bertran Serra

Enric Bertran Serra 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).

  • Patent number: 10807907
    Abstract: Surface having properties for reducing diffuse light due to water condensation, wherein the antifog means consist in atomic aggregates adhered to and dispersed over the surface, wherein the aggregates are selected among the transition metals and the silicon. It is also related to a method for obtaining a surface having properties for reducing diffuse light due to water condensation a wavelength selected in the range from 100 nm to 50 micrometers, comprising the steps of selecting the wavelength, obtaining a glass or polymer surface that has been subjected to optical polishing and adhering to the surface atomic aggregates which are selected among the transition metals and the silicon with a separation between them being lower than or having an order of the selected wavelength selected. Thus a durable antifogging surface is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA, ADVANCED NANOTECHONOLOGIES, S. L.
    Inventors: Enric Bertrán Serra, Roger Amade Rovira
  • Publication number: 20180073133
    Abstract: Fungible element (1) provided with a target (2) for particle bombardment, intended to carry out the vapour-phase physical deposition of a thin layer on a substrate (3), said fungible element (1) comprising a base layer (4) on which the target (2) is deposited, said target intended to be sputtered by the particle bombardment, wherein the target is formed by at least one layer (21) in which a plurality of zones (xi, yi) is defined, having an average thickness (ej(xi, yi)) that is variable between the zones (xi, yi), said average thicknesses (ej(xi, yi, )) of each zone (xi, yi) being dimensioned such that, in certain bombardment conditions, all the zones (xi, yi) have an identical ion sputtering time (tj). The invention also refers to a particle bombardment device (5) and fungible element (1) set and to the process to obtain such fungible element (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Enric BERTRAN SERRA, Roger AMADE ROVIRA
  • Publication number: 20170166475
    Abstract: Surface having properties for reducing diffuse light due to water condensation, wherein the antifog means consist in atomic aggregates adhered to and dispersed over the surface, wherein the aggregates are selected among the transition metals and the silicon. It is also related to a method for obtaining a surface having properties for reducing diffuse light due to water condensation a wavelength selected in the range from 100 nm to 50 micrometers, comprising the steps of selecting the wavelength, obtaining a glass or polymer surface that has been subjected to optical polishing and adhering to the surface atomic aggregates which are selected among the transition metals and the silicon with a separation between them being lower than or having an order of the selected wavelength selected. Thus a durable antifogging surface is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Enric BERTRÁN SERRA, Roger AMADE ROVIRA
  • Patent number: 6768574
    Abstract: The invention discloses an electrochromic device of the type comprising at least one substrate and a structure of at least partly superimposed layers, where the structure comprises at least one layer of electrochromic material and a layer of electronic insulating transparent ion-conducting solid electrolytic material, and where at least one of these layers is nanostructured, i.e. has a nanostructure. Possible uses of these electrochromic devices are for controlling the energy of the electromagnetic waves reflected by the device or transmitted through the device, for example, a rear-view mirror or a motor vehicle window glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Ficosa North America Corporation
    Inventors: Enric Bertran Serra, Carles Person Millaruelo, Isidre Porqueras Orea, Gregorio Viera Marmol
  • Publication number: 20030156313
    Abstract: The invention discloses an electrochromic device of the type comprising at least one substrate and a structure of at least partly superimposed layers, where the structure comprises at least one layer of electrochromic material and a layer of electronic insulating transparent ion-conducting solid electrolytic material, and where at least one of these layers is nanostructured, i.e. has a nanostructure. Possible uses of these electrochromic devices are for controlling the energy of the electromagnetic waves reflected by the device or transmitted through the device, for example, a rear-view mirror or a motor vehicle window glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Enric Bertran Serra, Carles Person Millaruelo, Isidre Porqueras Orea, Gregorio Viera Marmol