Patents by Inventor James L. Zunino, III
James L. Zunino, III 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).
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Patent number: 9165721Abstract: An electrical component includes an inkjet-printed graphene electrode. Graphene oxide flakes are deposited on a substrate in a graphene oxide ink using an inkjet printer. The deposited graphene oxide is thermally reduced to graphene. The electrical properties of the electrode are comparable to those of electrodes made using activated carbon, carbon nanotubes or graphene made by other methods. The electrical properties of the graphene electrodes may be tailored by adding nanoparticles of other materials to the ink to serve as conductivity enhancers, spacers, or to confer pseudocapacitance. Inkjet-printing can be used to make graphene electrodes of a desired thickness in preselected patterns. Inkjet printing can be used to make highly-transparent graphene electrodes. Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes may be used to fabricate double-layer capacitors that store energy by nanoscale charge separation at the electrode-electrolyte interface (i.e., “supercapacitors”).Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Woo Young Lee, Linh Le, De Kong, Matthew Henderson Ervin, James L. Zunino, III, Brian E. Fuchs
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Patent number: 9025316Abstract: An electrical component includes an inkjet-printed graphene electrode. Graphene oxide flakes are deposited on a substrate in a graphene oxide ink using an inkjet printer. The deposited graphene oxide is thermally reduced to graphene. The electrical properties of the electrode are comparable to those of electrodes made using activated carbon, carbon nanotubes or graphene made by other methods. The electrical properties of the graphene electrodes may be tailored by adding nanoparticles of other materials to the ink to serve as conductivity enhancers, spacers, or to confer pseudocapacitance. Inkjet-printing can be used to make graphene electrodes of a desired thickness in preselected patterns. Inkjet printing can be used to make highly-transparent graphene electrodes. Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes may be used to fabricate double-layer capacitors that store energy by nanoscale charge separation at the electrode-electrolyte interface (i.e., “supercapacitors”).Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignees: The Trustees of The Stevens Institute of Technology, The United States of America, as Represented by The Secretary of The ArmyInventors: Woo Young Lee, Linh Le, De Kong, Matthew Henderson Ervin, James L. Zunino, III, Brian E. Fuchs
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Publication number: 20140334065Abstract: An electrical component includes an inkjet-printed graphene electrode. Graphene oxide flakes are deposited on a substrate in a graphene oxide ink using an inkjet printer. The deposited graphene oxide is thermally reduced to graphene. The electrical properties of the electrode are comparable to those of electrodes made using activated carbon, carbon nanotubes or graphene made by other methods. The electrical properties of the graphene electrodes may be tailored by adding nanoparticles of other materials to the ink to serve as conductivity enhancers, spacers, or to confer pseudocapacitance. Inkjet-printing can be used to make graphene electrodes of a desired thickness in preselected patterns. Inkjet printing can be used to make highly-transparent graphene electrodes. Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes may be used to fabricate double-layer capacitors that store energy by nanoscale charge separation at the electrode-electrolyte interface (i.e., “supercapacitors”).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicants: THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMYInventors: Woo Young Lee, Linh Le, De Kong, Matthew Henderson Ervin, James L. Zunino, III, Brian E. Fuchs
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Publication number: 20140321028Abstract: An electrical component includes an inkjet-printed graphene electrode. Graphene oxide flakes are deposited on a substrate in a graphene oxide ink using an inkjet printer. The deposited graphene oxide is thermally reduced to graphene. The electrical properties of the electrode are comparable to those of electrodes made using activated carbon, carbon nanotubes or graphene made by other methods. The electrical properties of the graphene electrodes may be tailored by adding nanoparticles of other materials to the ink to serve as conductivity enhancers, spacers, or to confer pseudocapacitance. Inkjet-printing can be used to make graphene electrodes of a desired thickness in preselected patterns. Inkjet printing can be used to make highly-transparent graphene electrodes. Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes may be used to fabricate double-layer capacitors that store energy by nanoscale charge separation at the electrode-electrolyte interface (i.e., “supercapacitors”).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicants: THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMYInventors: Woo Young Lee, Linh Le, De Kong, Matthew Henderson Ervin, James L. Zunino, III, Brian E. Fuchs
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Patent number: 8810996Abstract: An electrical component includes an inkjet-printed graphene electrode. Graphene oxide flakes are deposited on a substrate in a graphene oxide ink using an inkjet printer. The deposited graphene oxide is thermally reduced to graphene. The electrical properties of the electrode are comparable to those of electrodes made using activated carbon, carbon nanotubes or graphene made by other methods. The electrical properties of the graphene electrodes may be tailored by adding nanoparticles of other materials to the ink to serve as conductivity enhancers, spacers, or to confer pseudocapacitance. Inkjet-printing can be used to make graphene electrodes of a desired thickness in preselected patterns. Inkjet printing can be used to make highly-transparent graphene electrodes. Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes may be used to fabricate double-layer capacitors that store energy by nanoscale charge separation at the electrode-electrolyte interface (i.e., “supercapacitors”).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Woo Young Lee, Linh Le, De Kong, Matthew Henderson Ervin, James L. Zunino, III, Brian E. Fuchs
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Patent number: 8722418Abstract: A reversible, colored thermal indicating composition, whose chromaticity provides a measure of the elapsed time within specific elevated temperature bands—the composition containing one or more polydiacetylenes (PDAs) in combination with ZnO alloyed with a transition metal oxide, such as ZrO2 and/or TiO2.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: James L. Zunino, III, Zafar Iqbal
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Patent number: 8573123Abstract: A method of forming a conductive ink bridge wire EED on either a flat or curved substrate, wherein a finely detailed bridge wire EED is printed on the substrate using a nano-particle conductive material applied with a commercially available piezoelectric drop-on-demand ink jet printer—which bridge wire is subsequently coated with a first primary explosive layer, an optional second transition explosive layer, and a third secondary explosive layer—such that upon creating a current through the bridge wire EED, the bridge wire is heated and the explosive layers detonate in turn, and in turn initiate the detonation of the device to which the detonator is attached.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Brian E. Fuchs, James L. Zunino, III, Daniel P. Schmidt, Daniel Stec, III, Anne Marie Petrock
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Publication number: 20120170171Abstract: An electrical component includes an inkjet-printed graphene electrode. Graphene oxide flakes are deposited on a substrate in a graphene oxide ink using an inkjet printer. The deposited graphene oxide is thermally reduced to graphene. The electrical properties of the electrode are comparable to those of electrodes made using activated carbon, carbon nanotubes or graphene made by other methods. The electrical properties of the graphene electrodes may be tailored by adding nanoparticles of other materials to the ink to serve as conductivity enhancers, spacers, or to confer pseudocapacitance. Inkjet-printing can be used to make graphene electrodes of a desired thickness in preselected patterns. Inkjet printing can be used to make highly-transparent graphene electrodes. Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes may be used to fabricate double-layer capacitors that store energy by nanoscale charge separation at the electrode-electrolyte interface (i.e., “supercapacitors”).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Woo Young Lee, Linh Le, De Kong, Matthew Henderson Ervin, James L. Zunino, III, Brian E. Fuchs