Patents by Inventor Kwai S. Chan
Kwai S. Chan 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: 10236511Abstract: Compositions comprising Type I clathrates of silicon (Si46) or carbon (C46) wherein the framework of the cage structure includes nitrogen and carbon or nitrogen and silicon or nitrogen-silicon-carbon atom type composition, with or without guest atoms in their respective cage structures. The clathrate structures are particularly useful for energy storage applications such as battery electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kwai S. Chan, Michael A. Miller
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Patent number: 9564633Abstract: A composition comprising a Type 1 clathrate of silicon having a Si46 framework cage structure wherein the silicon atoms on said framework are at least partially substituted by carbon atoms, said composition represented by the formula CySi46-y with 1?y?45. The composition of may include one or more guest atoms A within the cage structure represented by the formula AxCySi46-y wherein A=H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca. Sr, Ba, Ra, Eu, Cl, Br, or I or any metal or metalloid element and x is the number of said guest atoms within said cage structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kwai S. Chan, Michael A. Miller
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Publication number: 20160248092Abstract: Compositions comprising Type I clathrates of silicon (Si46) or carbon (C46) wherein the framework of the cage structure includes nitrogen and carbon or nitrogen and silicon or nitrogen-silicon-carbon atom type composition, with or without guest atoms in their respective cage structures. The clathrate structures are particularly useful for energy storage applications such as battery electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Kwai S. CHAN, Michael A. MILLER
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Patent number: 9362559Abstract: Compositions comprising Type I clathrates of silicon (Si46) or carbon (C46) wherein the framework of the cage structure includes nitrogen and carbon or nitrogen and silicon or nitrogen-silicon-carbon atom type composition, with or without guest atoms in their respective cage structures. The clathrate structures are particularly useful for energy storage applications such as battery electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kwai S. Chan, Michael A. Miller
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Patent number: 9039784Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of facilitating bone growth. The method may include positioning a device around at least a portion of a bone exhibiting a defect, the device capable of retaining bone segments and micro-structured particles. The method may also include applying micro-structure particles within the device to the defect, wherein each of the micro-structure particles include at least one pore therein. In addition, the method may include aligning at least a portion of the micro-structure particles and applying a polymer to the particles and solidifying the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Daniel P. Nicolella, Nitin Nitin, Heather S. Hanson, Kwai S. Chan
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Patent number: 8993165Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at clathrate (Type I) allotropes of silicon, germanium and tin. In method form, the present disclosure is directed at methods for forming clathrate allotropes of silicon, germanium or tin which methods lead to the formation of empty cage structures suitable for use as electrodes in rechargeable type batteries.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Michael A. Miller, Kwai S. Chan, Wuwei Liang, Candace K. Chan
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Publication number: 20150069309Abstract: Compositions comprising Type I clathrates of silicon (Si46) or carbon (C46) wherein the framework of the cage structure includes nitrogen and carbon or nitrogen and silicon or nitrogen-silicon-carbon atom type composition, with or without guest atoms in their respective cage structures. The clathrate structures are particularly useful for energy storage applications such as battery electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Kwai S. CHAN, Michael A. MILLER
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Patent number: 8968929Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at an electrode and methods for forming such electrode for a battery wherein the electrode comprises silicon clathrate. The silicon clathrate may include silicon clathrate Si46 containing an arrangement of 20-atom and 24-atom cages fused together through 5 atom pentagonal rings and/or silicon clathrate Si34 containing an arrangement of 20-atom and 28-atom cages fused together through 5 atom pentagonal rings. The silicon clathrate may be present as particles having a largest linear dimension in the range of 0.1 ?m to 100.0 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Kwai S. Chan, Candace K. Chan, Wuwei Liang
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Publication number: 20140374673Abstract: A composition comprising a Type 1 clathrate of silicon having a Si46 framework cage structure wherein the silicon atoms on said framework are at least partially substituted by carbon atoms, said composition represented by the formula CySi46-y with 1?y?45. The composition of may include one or more guest atoms A within the cage structure represented by the formula AxCySi46-y wherein A=H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca. Sr, Ba, Ra, Eu, Cl, Br, or I or any metal or metalloid element and x is the number of said guest atoms within said cage structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Kwai S. CHAN, Michael A. MILLER
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Patent number: 8906551Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at an electrode for a battery wherein the electrode comprises clathrate alloys of silicon, germanium or tin. In method form, the present disclosure is directed at methods of forming clathrate alloys of silicon, germanium or tin which methods lead to the formation of empty cage structures suitable for use as electrodes in rechargeable type batteries.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Candace K. Chan, Michael A. Miller, Kwai S. Chan
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Publication number: 20140302391Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at clathrate (Type I) allotropes of silicon, germanium and tin. In method form, the present disclosure is directed at methods for forming clathrate allotropes of silicon, germanium or tin which methods lead to the formation of empty cage structures suitable for use as electrodes in rechargeable type batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Michael A. MILLER, Kwai S. CHAN, Wuwei LIANG, Candace K. CHAN
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Patent number: 8722247Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at clathrate (Type I) allotropes of silicon, germanium and tin. In method form, the present disclosure is directed at methods for forming clathrate allotropes of silicon, germanium or tin which methods lead to the formation of empty cage structures suitable for use as electrodes in rechargeable type batteries.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Michael A. Miller, Kwai S. Chan, Wuwei Liang, Candace K. Chan
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Publication number: 20130280609Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at an electrode for a battery wherein the electrode comprises clathrate alloys of silicon, germanium or tin. In method form, the present disclosure is directed at methods of forming clathrate alloys of silicon, germanium or tin which methods lead to the formation of empty cage structures suitable for use as electrodes in rechargeable type batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Candace K. CHAN, Michael A. MILLER, Kwai S. CHAN
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Publication number: 20120295160Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at clathrate (Type I) allotropes of silicon, germanium and tin. In method form, the present disclosure is directed at methods for forming clathrate allotropes of silicon, germanium or tin which methods lead to the formation of empty cage structures suitable for use as electrodes in rechargeable type batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Michael A. MILLER, Kwai S. CHAN, Wuwei LIANG, Candace K. CHAN
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Patent number: 8230797Abstract: The present invention relates to corrosion resistance coatings suitable for elevated temperature applications, which employ compositions of iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and/or aluminum (Al). The compositions may be configured to regulate the diffusion of metals between a coating and a substrate, which may then influence coating performance, via the formation of an inter-diffusion barrier layer. The inter-diffusion barrier layer may comprise a face-centered cubic phase.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Kwai S. Chan, Narayana Sastry Cheruvu, Wuwei Liang
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Publication number: 20120021283Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at an electrode and methods for forming such electrode for a battery wherein the electrode comprises silicon clathrate. The silicon clathrate may include silicon clathrate Si46 containing an arrangement of 20-atom and 24-atom cages fused together through 5 atom pentagonal rings and/or silicon clathrate Si34 containing an arrangement of 20-atom and 28-atom cages fused together through 5 atom pentagonal rings. The silicon clathrate may be present as particles having a largest linear dimension in the range of 0.1 ?m to 100.0 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kwai S. CHAN, Candace K. CHAN, Wuwei LIANG
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Publication number: 20110029026Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of facilitating bone growth. The method may include positioning a device around at least a portion of a bone exhibiting a defect, the device capable of retaining bone segments and micro-structured particles. The method may also include applying micro-structure particles within the device to the defect, wherein each of the micro-structure particles include at least one pore therein. In addition, the method may include aligning at least a portion of the micro-structure particles and applying a polymer to the particles and solidifying the polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Daniel P. NICOLELLA, Nitin NITIN, Heather S. HANSON, Kwai S. CHAN
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Publication number: 20100132598Abstract: The present invention relates to corrosion resistance coatings suitable for elevated temperature applications, which employ compositions of iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and/or aluminum (Al). The compositions may be configured to regulate the diffusion of metals between a coating and a substrate, which may then influence coating performance, via the formation of an inter-diffusion barrier layer. The inter-diffusion barrier layer may comprise a face-centered cubic phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kwai S. CHAN, Narayana Sastry CHERUVU, Wuwei LIANG