Patents Assigned to U. T. Battelle
  • Publication number: 20180354164
    Abstract: An apparatus 20 and a method 100 for generating and dispensing a powdered 60 release agent during an additive manufacturing build is disclosed. A solid body 28 of release agent material is ground insitu by a grinder 50 and dispensed on a surface of the part 72 to prevent adhesion of an adjacent layer of a base material 70. With the addition of the powdered 60 release agent, a support structure 76 is easily separated from the base material 70 when the part 72 is complete, saving time and preventing the part 72 from sustaining unintentional damage. Since no powdered 60 release agent is actually loaded or stored in the apparatus 20, the potential for spillage, waste, inconsistent dispensing, inadvertent dispensing, and clumping due to humidity is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: U T-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Randall F. Lind, Brian K. Post, Phillip C. Chesser, Andrew P. Reis, Alex C. Roschli
  • Patent number: 7951535
    Abstract: An oligonucleotide-based SERS molecular probe (SMP) includes a nanoparticle having at least a metal component, and at least one pin loop, the pin loop including a loop sequence complementary to at least one target sequence, a first stem attached to one end of the loop sequence, a second stem attached to the other end of the loop sequence, and at least one SERS active label attached to the first stem. The nanoparticle is attached to the second stem. The probe generates a stronger SERS signal upon irradiation with excitation radiation when not bound to the target sequence as compared to the SERS signal generated following hybridization of the probe with the target sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: U-T Battelle, LLC
    Inventor: Tuan Vo-Dinh
  • Patent number: 7257945
    Abstract: A method to use diesel fuel alchohol micro emulsions (E-diesel) to provide a source of reductant to lower NOx emissions using selective catalytic reduction. Ethanol is stripped from the micro emulsion and entered into the exhaust gasses upstream of the reducing catalyst. The method allows diesel (and other lean-burn) engines to meet new, lower emission standards without having to carry separate fuel and reductant tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: U T Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Delos Kass, Ronald Lee Graves, John Morse Elliot Storey, Samuel Arthur Lewis, Sr., Charles Scott Sluder, John Foster Thomas
  • Patent number: 7140259
    Abstract: A method for determining the circumferential properties of a tubular product, especially nuclear fuel cladding, utilizes compression of a polymeric plug within the tubular product to determine strain stress, yield stress and other properties. The process is especially useful in the determination of aging properties such as fuel rod embrittlement after long burn-down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: U. T. Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: William Ray Hendrich, Wallace Jefferson McAfee, Claire Roberta Luttrell
  • Patent number: 6544668
    Abstract: Nickel aluminum alloys are welded utilizing a nickel based alloy containing zirconium but substantially free of titanium and niobium which reduces the tendency to crack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: U. T. Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Santella, Jeffrey D. McNabb, Vinod K. Sikka
  • Patent number: 6482355
    Abstract: A Ni3Al alloy with improved weldability is described. It contains about 6-12 wt % Al, about 6-12 wt % Cr, about 0-3 wt % Mo, about 1.5-6 wt % Zr, about 0-0.02 wt % B and at least one of about 0-0.15 wt % C, about 0-0.20 wt % Si, about 0-0.01 wt % S and about 0-0.30 wt % Fe with the balance being Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: U T Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Santella, Vinod K. Sikka
  • Patent number: 6436346
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for detecting and monitoring micro-volumetric enthalpic changes caused by molecular reactions. Micro-machining techniques are used to create very small thermally isolated masses incorporating temperature-sensitive circuitry. The thermally isolated masses are provided with a molecular layer or coating, and the temperature-sensitive circuitry provides an indication when the molecules of the coating are involved in an enthalpic reaction. The thermally isolated masses may be provided singly or in arrays and, in the latter case, the molecular coatings may differ to provide qualitative and/or quantitative assays of a substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: U T Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Mitchel J. Doktycz, Charles L. Britton, Jr., Stephen F. Smith, Patrick I. Oden, William L. Bryan, James A. Moore, Thomas G. Thundat, Robert J. Warmack
  • Patent number: 6375705
    Abstract: Oxide dispersion strengthening of porous metal articles includes the incorporation of dispersoids of metallic oxides in elemental metal powder particles. Porous metal articles, such as filters, are fabricated using conventional techniques (extrusion, casting, isostatic pressing, etc.) of forming followed by sintering and heat treatments that induce recrystallization and grain growth within powder grains and across the sintered grain contact points. The result is so-called “oxide dispersion strengthening” which imparts, especially, large increases in creep (deformation under constant load) strength to the metal articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: U. T. Battelle, LLC
    Inventor: Roddie R. Judkins
  • Patent number: 6358396
    Abstract: Anion exchange resins sorbed with perchlorate may be regenerated by a combination of chemical reduction of perchlorate to chloride using a reducing agent and an electrochemical reduction of the oxidized reducing agent. Transitional metals including Ti, Re, and V are preferred chemical reagents for the reduction of perchlorate to chloride. Complexing agents such as oxalate are used to prevent the precipitation of the oxidized Ti(IV) species, and ethyl alcohol may be added to accelerate the reduction kinetics of perchlorate. The regeneration may be performed by continuously recycling the regenerating solution through the resin bed and an electrochemical cell so that the secondary waste generation is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: U. T. Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Baohua Gu, Gilbert M. Brown
  • Patent number: 6311549
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the viscosity and/or specific density of a fluid utilizes a microcantilever vibrated in the analyte fluid. The source of vibration is switched on and off and the transient behavior or decay in amplitude of the vibration is monitored. The method is particularly useful for the measurement of process conditions in remote locations in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: U T Battelle LLC
    Inventors: Thomas G. Thundat, Patrick I. Oden, Robert J. Warmack, Eric Laurent Finot
  • Patent number: 6295648
    Abstract: A portable lightweight cooling apparatus for cooling a human body is disclosed, having a channeled sheet which absorbs sweat and/or evaporative liquid, a layer of highly conductive fibers adjacent the channeled sheet; and, an air-moving device for moving air through the channeled sheet, wherein the layer of fibers redistributes heat uniformly across the object being cooled, while the air moving within the channeled sheet evaporates sweat and/or other evaporative liquid, absorbs evaporated moisture and the uniformly distributed heat generated by the human body, and discharges them into the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: U T Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Moshe Siman-Tov, Jerry Allen Crabtree
  • Patent number: 6289717
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus is provided using a microcantilevered spring element having a coating of a detector molecule such as an antibody or antigen. A sample containing a target molecule or substrate is provided to the coating. The spring element bends in response to the stress induced by the binding which occurs between the detector and target molecules. Deflections of the cantilever are detected by a variety of detection techniques. The microcantilever may be approximately 1 to 200 &mgr;m long, approximately 1 to 50 &mgr;m wide, and approximately 0.3 to 3.0 &mgr;m thick. A sensitivity for detection of deflections is in the range of 0.01 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: U. T. Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas G. Thundat, K. Bruce Jacobson, Mitchel J. Doktycz, Stephen J. Kennel, Robert J. Warmack
  • Patent number: 6285919
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing a task in a confined space having an access port. The apparatus comprise: a confinement box securable to the access port of the confined space; a shell extending from the confinement box; a teleoperated arm movable between a retracted position, in which the teleoperated arm is disposed within the shell, and a deployed position, in which the teleoperated arm extends through the access port and into the confined space to perform the task; and a control system for commanding the teleoperated arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: U T Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: John David Randolph, Peter Downes Lloyd, Lonnie Joe Love, Dong Soo Kwon, James Allen Blank, Hurley Thomas Davis
  • Patent number: 6276155
    Abstract: A portable lightweight cooling apparatus for cooling a human body is disclosed, having a channeled sheet which absorbs sweat and/or evaporative liquid, a layer of highly conductive fibers adjacent the channeled sheet; and, an air-moving device for moving air through the channeled sheet, wherein the layer of fibers redistributes heat uniformly across the object being cooled, while the air moving within the channeled sheet evaporates sweat and/or other evaporative liquid, absorbs evaporated moisture and the uniformly distributed heat generated by the human body, and discharges them into the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: U T Battelle LLC
    Inventors: Moshe Siman-Tov, Jerry Allen Crabtree
  • Patent number: 6257011
    Abstract: A portable lightweight cooling apparatus for cooling a human body is disclosed, having a channeled sheet which absorbs sweat and/or evaporative liquid, a layer of highly conductive fibers adjacent the channeled sheet; and, an air-moving device for moving air through the channeled sheet, wherein the layer of fibers redistributes heat uniformly across the object being cooled, while the air moving within the channeled sheet evaporates sweat and/or other evaporative liquid, absorbs evaporated moisture and the uniformly distributed heat generated by the human body, and discharges them into the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: U T Battelle LLC
    Inventors: Moshe Siman-Tov, Jerry Allen Crabtree
  • Patent number: 6251280
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to mesoporous sorbent materials having high capacity, high selectivity, fast kinetics, and molecular recognition capability. The invention also relates to a process for preparing these mesoporous substrates through molecular imprinting techniques which differ from convention techniques in that a template molecule is bound to one end of bifunctional ligands to form a complex prior to binding of the bifunctional ligands to the substrate. The present invention also relates to methods of using the mesoporous sorbent materials, for example, in the separation of toxic metals from process effluents, paints, and other samples; detection of target molecules, such as amino acids, drugs, herbicides, fertilizers, and TNT, in samples; separation and/or detection of substances using chromatography; imaging agents; sensors; coatings; and composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignees: University of Tennessee Research Corporation, U. T. Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Dai, Mark C. Burleigh, Yongsoon Shin
  • Patent number: 6245164
    Abstract: Dual phase alloys of chromium containing 2 to 11 atomic percent tantalum with minor amounts of Mo, Cr, Ti, Y, La, Cr, Si and Ge are disclosed. These alloys contain two phases including Laves phase and Cr-rich solid solution in either eutectic structures or dispersed Laves phase particles in the Cr-rich solid solution matrix. The alloys have superior mechanical properties at high temperature and good oxidation resistance when heated to above 1000° C. in air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: U T Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Chain T. Liu, Michael P. Brady, Jiahong Zhu, Peter F. Tortorelli
  • Patent number: 6238498
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a homogeneous wire of inter-metallic alloy comprising the steps of providing a base-metal wire bundle comprising a metal, an alloy or a combination thereof; working the wire bundle through at least one die to obtain a desired dimension and to form a precursor wire; and, controllably heating the precursor wire such that a portion of the wire will become liquid while simultaneously maintaining its desired shape, whereby substantial homogenization of the wire occurs in the liquid state and additional homogenization occurs in the solid state resulting in a homogenous alloy product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: U T Battelle
    Inventors: Evan Keith Ohriner, Craig Alan Blue
  • Patent number: 6214289
    Abstract: A body centered cubic and a highly oxidation and corrosive resistant Fe—Cr—Si-alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: U. T. Battelle
    Inventors: Vinod K. Sikka, Joseph Vought, C. Randal Howell, Michael L. Santella