Patents Assigned to Sentient Corporation
  • Patent number: 11485633
    Abstract: Phase-changing fuel compositions which can generate hydrogen are provided herein. The compositions can comprise a hydrogen carrier at least partially dissolved in a polar organic solvent. The hydrogen carrier includes ammonia borane and an alkylamine borane such as methylamine borane or methylenediamine bisborane. The hydrogen carrier act as the primary fuel source in the compositions and can be present in an amount of at least 60% by weight, based on the weight of the hydrogen generation composition. The hydrogen generation compositions are a liquid at temperatures of 5° C. or greater or 25° C. or greater. Methods for the production of hydrogen from the hydrogen generation compositions are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama, The Sentient Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Dixon, Alice DeSimone, Matthew Confer, Hope Burnham, Shane Street, Kent Key
  • Publication number: 20150254382
    Abstract: A system and method for determining surface contact fatigue life may use a finite element method to determine when components, such as a power transmission component, may fail in operation. The method may generate a finite element model based on the material parameters related to a power transmission component, generate a surface pressure time history for a loading event based on one or more loading parameters, determine, based on the surface pressure time history for a loading event, a finite element solution that describes stress in the grain structure, calculate damage in the finite element solution using a damage model, and determine whether a damage threshold is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Sentient Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan BOLANDER, Rajasekhar V. Pulikollu, Behrooz Jalalahmadi