Patents by Inventor Kurt Douglas Roberts

Kurt Douglas Roberts 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: 11259368
    Abstract: A thin-film heating device includes a base layer, a bus bar layer and an electrode layer. The base layer includes a polymeric resistive layer, including conductive filler, in contact with a polymeric dielectric layer. The polymeric resistive layer has a sheet resistance in a range of from about 0.5 ohm/square to about 2 Megaohm/square. The bus bar layer is adhered to the polymeric dielectric layer of the base layer. The bus bar layer includes a first patterned conductive material. The electrode layer includes a second patterned conductive material and is electrically connected to the bus bar layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Douglas Roberts, Jonathan A. Weldon
  • Publication number: 20180027612
    Abstract: A thin-film heating device includes a base layer, a bus bar layer and an electrode layer. The base layer includes a polymeric resistive layer, including conductive filler, in contact with a polymeric dielectric layer. The polymeric resistive layer has a sheet resistance in a range of from about 0.5 ohm/square to about 2 Megaohm/square. The bus bar layer is adhered to the polymeric dielectric layer of the base layer. The bus bar layer includes a first patterned conductive material. The electrode layer includes a second patterned conductive material and is electrically connected to the bus bar layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: KURT DOUGLAS ROBERTS, JONATHAN A. WELDON
  • Publication number: 20160183328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the design, construction and manufacture of a novel electrical high temperature heater having a polymer thick film conductor paste with which to form an electrode on resistive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: JOHN GRAEME PEPIN, JOHN DONALD SUMMERS, SEIGI SUH, KURT DOUGLAS ROBERTS, DANNY E GLENN
  • Publication number: 20150108530
    Abstract: A flexible layered structure is disclosed having a flexible top conductive layer, a flexible bottom heat sink layer and a flexible dielectric middle layer. The combination has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of defined positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The defined positions can be used for aligning a circuit and/or for the placement of LED lights. The flexible layered structure can be easily bent to form a LED substrate for shining light in more than one direction while efficiently removing heat arising from the LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: KURT DOUGLAS ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20150016122
    Abstract: A flexible layered structure is disclosed having a flexible top conductive layer, a flexible bottom heat sink layer and a flexible dielectric middle layer. The combination has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of defined positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The defined positions can be used for aligning a circuit and/or for the placement of LED lights. The flexible layered structure can be easily bent to form a LED substrate for shining light in more than one direction while efficiently removing heat arising from the LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: KURT DOUGLAS ROBERTS
  • Patent number: 8860048
    Abstract: A flexible layered structure is disclosed having a flexible top conductive layer, a flexible bottom heat sink layer and a flexible dielectric middle layer. The combination has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of defined positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The defined positions can be used for aligning a circuit and/or for the placement of LED lights. The flexible layered structure can be easily bent to form a LED substrate for shining light in more than one direction while efficiently removing heat arising from the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Kurt Douglas Roberts
  • Publication number: 20140056002
    Abstract: A flexible layered structure is disclosed having a flexible top conductive layer, a flexible bottom heat sink layer and a flexible dielectric middle layer. The combination has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of defined positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The defined positions can be used for aligning a circuit and/or for the placement of LED lights. The flexible layered structure can be easily bent to form a LED substrate for shining light in more than one direction while efficiently removing heat arising from the LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Kurt Douglas Roberts
  • Patent number: 8637880
    Abstract: A flexible layered structure is disclosed having a flexible top conductive layer, a flexible bottom heat sink layer and a flexible dielectric middle layer. The combination has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of defined positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The defined positions can be used for aligning a circuit and/or for the placement of LED lights. The flexible layered structure can be easily bent to form a LED substrate for shining light in more than one direction while efficiently removing heat arising from the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Kurt Douglas Roberts
  • Patent number: 8629464
    Abstract: A flexible layered structure is disclosed having a flexible top conductive layer, a flexible bottom heat sink layer and a flexible dielectric middle layer. The combination has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of defined positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The defined positions can be used for aligning a circuit and/or for the placement of LED lights. The flexible layered structure can be easily bent to form a LED substrate for shining light in more than one direction while efficiently removing heat arising from the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Kurt Douglas Roberts
  • Publication number: 20130194814
    Abstract: A bent layered structure is disclosed having a top conductive layer and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is a polyimide derived from at least 70 mole percent aromatic dianhydride based upon total dianhydride content of the polyimide and at least 70 mole percent aromatic diamine based upon total diamine content of the polyimide. The bent layered structure has a radius of at least 2 mm and a bend angle of at least 45 degrees at least once along a longitudinal or at least once parallel to the longitudinal axis or both and maintains a 150 to 350 V/micron breakdown voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Deborah R. Gravely, Michael J. Green, Kurt Douglas Roberts, Richard A. Wessel
  • Publication number: 20130193452
    Abstract: A light emitting diode system is disclosed having a bent layered structure conformed to a least a portion of a self-supporting three dimensional heat sink and maintains a breakdown voltage from 150 to 350 V/micron. The bent layered structure has an electrical circuit, a dielectric layer and at least one LED package, LED chip on board or mixtures thereof attached to the electrical circuit. The dielectric layer is a polyimide derived from at least 70 mole percent aromatic dianhydride based upon total dianhydride content of the polyimide and at least 70 mole percent aromatic diamine based upon total diamine content of the polyimide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Deborah R. Gravely, Michael J. Green, Kurt Douglas Roberts, Richard A. Wessel
  • Publication number: 20120235173
    Abstract: A flexible layered structure is disclosed having a flexible top conductive layer, a flexible bottom heat sink layer and a flexible dielectric middle layer. The combination has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of defined positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The defined positions can be used for aligning a circuit and/or for the placement of LED lights. The flexible layered structure can be easily bent to form a LED substrate for shining light in more than one direction while efficiently removing heat arising from the LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: KURT DOUGLAS ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20120235172
    Abstract: A flexible layered structure is disclosed having a flexible top conductive layer, a flexible bottom heat sink layer and a flexible dielectric middle layer. The combination has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of defined positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The defined positions can be used for aligning a circuit and/or for the placement of LED lights. The flexible layered structure can be easily bent to form a LED substrate for shining light in more than one direction while efficiently removing heat arising from the LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: KURT DOUGLAS ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20120238045
    Abstract: A flexible layered structure is disclosed having a flexible top conductive layer, a flexible bottom heat sink layer and a flexible dielectric middle layer. The combination has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of defined positions spaced along the longitudinal axis. The defined positions can be used for aligning a circuit and/or for the placement of LED lights. The flexible layered structure can be easily bent to form a LED substrate for shining light in more than one direction while efficiently removing heat arising from the LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: KURT DOUGLAS ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20070284731
    Abstract: The mounting structure of a power device is simplified so as to reduce cost while achieving improvements in heat dissipation and reliability. A power module 100 is comprised of a metal wiring board 13, a power device 11 disposed on an upper surface of the metal wiring board 13 via a solder layer 12, a metal heat dissipating plate 15 disposed on a lower surface of the metal wiring board 13, and a heat sink 19 disposed on a lower surface of the metal heat dissipating plate 15. A resin-based insulating layer 14 is disposed between any desired two of the aforementioned layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Takashi Atsumi, Junzo Ukai, Kenji Eto, Kenji Nakamura, Sezto Daiza, Paul Arthur Meloni, Attignal N. Sreeram, Kurt Douglas Roberts, David Leroy Sutton
  • Patent number: D685932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Deborah R. Gravely, Kurt Douglas Roberts
  • Patent number: D687980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Deborah R. Gravely, Kurt Douglas Roberts