Patents by Inventor Eric J. Maher

Eric J. Maher 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).

  • Solid oxide electrolyte, fuel cell module, and method
    Patent number: 6582845
    Abstract: Flexible ceramic sheets with enhanced strain tolerance for electrochemical applications such as solid oxide fuel cell electrolytes incorporate a surface indentation pattern providing a strain tolerance of not less than 0.5% in any direction in the sheet plane, being made from flexible green ceramic sheet comprising a ceramic powder and a thermoplastic organic binder by heating and reshaping the green sheet to form a multi-directional surface corrugation pattern therein, followed by firing to sinter the ceramic powder to a flexible ceramic sheet having a multi-directional surface corrugation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John D. Helfinstine, Thomas D. Ketcham, Eric J. Maher, Dell J. St. Julien
  • Solid oxide electrolyte, fuel cell module, and method
    Publication number: 20020076593
    Abstract: Flexible ceramic sheets with enhanced strain tolerance for electrochemical applications such as solid oxide fuel cell electrolytes incorporate a surface indentation pattern providing a strain tolerance of not less than 0.5% in any direction in the sheet plane, being made from flexible green ceramic sheet comprising a ceramic powder and a thermoplastic organic binder by heating and reshaping the green sheet to form a multidirectional surface corrugation pattern therein, followed by firing to sinter the ceramic powder to a flexible ceramic sheet having a multi-directional surface corrugation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: John D. Helfinstine, Thomas D. Ketcham, Eric J. Maher, Dell J. St. Julien