Patents Examined by Tri V. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11515059
    Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation method of an all-weather self-healing stretchable conductive material, which uses acrylic acid and modified polyglutamic acid as a substrate, adds Fe3+ to form coordination, adjusts the volume ratio of water and glycerin, and heats to generate radical polymerization, so as to obtain a uniform double-layer three-dimensional network structure. The obtained polyacrylic acid and polyglutamic acid composite hydrogel has good mechanical properties and characteristics of rapid self-healing. A composite carbon film is prepared by depositing a metal layer of 20 nm to 80 nm thick on a single-layer aligned carbon film by magnetron sputtering, and then the composite hydrogel is adhered to each of the upper and lower sides of the composite carbon film respectively to form an all-weather self-healing stretchable conductive material of a sandwich structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Changzhou University, Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Ningyi Yuan, Jianning Ding, Shengping Dai
  • Patent number: 11515055
    Abstract: A composite sheet for shielding electromagnetic and radiating heat includes: a first layer formed of metal; and a second layer that is a graphene layer formed on one surface of the first layer and including charged chemically modified graphene such that thermal conductivity and electromagnetic shielding ability are improved while securing economic efficiency by using the second layer including the charged chemically modified graphene and the graphene flakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BESTGRAPHENE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myeong Gi Kim, Sung Min Hong
  • Patent number: 11511999
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to production of electrodes. The present disclosure particularly relates to production of graphene based transparent conducting electrode (TCE). The disclosure provides a simple and environmental friendly process for producing said graphene based TCE by coating of graphene on a modified or non-modified substrate. Said electrode provides large area metal network with reduced non-uniformity of conducting film, visible transparency and low or reduced sheet resistance. The disclosure further relates to a graphene based transparent conductive electrode (TCE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Shyam Kumar Choudhary, Sumitesh Das, Giridhar Udapi Rao Kulkarni, Rajashekhar Ningappa Pujar
  • Patent number: 11502209
    Abstract: A transparent electrode is provided having a graphene conducting layer disposed above a substrate, a field effect control layer formed by using a transparent material, and a dielectric layer disposed between the graphene conducting layer and the field effect control layer, wherein the field effect control layer has a polarity charge in a working state. A sheet resistance of the transparent electrode is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xudong Qin, Bo Zhang, Chenxiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11469055
    Abstract: An anode material including a metal oxide-conductive inorganic material complex including a metal oxide and a conductive inorganic material bound to the metal oxide, wherein the complex is doped with one or more doping elements selected from the group consisting of transition metals and amphoteric metal elements, and a preparation method thereof, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Donghoon Suh, Seokhyun Yoon, Byunggook Lyu
  • Patent number: 11462340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wire or cable comprising a conductor coated with an insulation composition, wherein said insulation composition comprises: i) a polyethylene copolymer having a melting point of 105° C. or less; and ii) a hindered amine light stabiliser (HALS) comprising at least one 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinyl group present in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Mattias Berqvist, Bernt-Åke Sultan
  • Patent number: 11462728
    Abstract: A method of producing a structured composite material is described. A porous media is provided, an electrically conductive material is deposited on surfaces or within pores of the plurality of porous media particles, and an active material is deposited on the surfaces or within the pores of the plurality of porous media particles coated with the electrically conductive material to coalesce the plurality of porous media particles together and form the structured composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Stowell, Bryce H. Anzelmo, David Tanner, Bruce Lanning, Joe Griffith Cruz
  • Patent number: 11453649
    Abstract: A graphene nanostructure has a nanographene, a ? conjugated functional group bonded to the nanographene via a pyrazine skeleton, and at least one Br group and/or at least one CN group introduced into the ? conjugated functional group. A graphene nanostructure preferably has an average size of 1 nm or larger to 100 nm or smaller, a band gap of 0.01 eV or higher to 1.2 eV or lower, and/or a HOMO level of ?6.0 eV or higher to ?4.0 eV or lower. As the ? conjugated functional group into which the Br group(s) and/or the CN group(s) are/is introduced, a 4-bromobenzene group, a 4,5-dibromobenzene group, a 5-bromopyridine group, a 5-bromopyrazine group, a benzonitrile group, a phthalonitrile group, or a 2,3-dicyanopyrazine group is desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tetsuka
  • Patent number: 11440214
    Abstract: A flexible structure is formed by subjecting cellulose-based natural wood material to a chemical treatment that partially removes hemicellulose and lignin therefrom. The treated wood has a unique 3-D porous structure with numerous channels, excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility, and improved flexibility as compared to the natural wood. By further modifying the treated wood, the structure can be adapted to particular applications. For example, nanoparticles, nanowires, carbon nanotubes, or any other coating or material can be added to the treated wood to form a hybrid structure. In some embodiments, open lumina within the structure can be at least partially filled with a non-wood substance, such as a flexible polymer, or with entangled cellulose nanofibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Liangbing Hu, Jianwei Song, Chaoji Chen, Amy Gong
  • Patent number: 11437162
    Abstract: A conductive material composition and a conductive material prepared therefrom are provided. The conductive material composition includes 40-80 parts by weight of disulfide resin having at least one terminal reactive functional group and 20-60 parts by weight of metal material. The terminal reactive functional group is independently acrylate group, methacrylate group, glycidyl group, oxiranyl group, oxetanyl group, or 3,4-epoxycyclohexyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ying-Xuan Lai, Shou-Yi Ho, Yi-Chi Yang, Yen-Chun Liu
  • Patent number: 11427474
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are dendritically porous three-dimensional structures, including hierarchical dendritically porous three-dimensional structures. The structures include metal foams and graphite structures, and are useful in energy storage devices as well as chemical catalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Weigu Li, Donglei Fan
  • Patent number: 11424050
    Abstract: A composite material with enhanced electrical conductivity. The composite material includes two distinct phases. The first distinct phase is an excluded volume phase that includes an electrical insulator. The second distinct phase, a conductor phase, is a composite including an electrically insulating matrix and an embedded conductor phase that has sufficient concentration to exceed a percolation threshold within the conductor phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Claudia Catalina Luhrs, Dragoslav Grbovic, Jonathan Phillips, Brian Christopher Earp
  • Patent number: 11414321
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube composite material includes a fixture sheet having a front side and a back side, and a carbon nanotube array sheet embedded in or bonded to both front and back sides of the fixture sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Inoue, Hiroyuki Maruyama, Yoko Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11414554
    Abstract: A conductive coating material is disclosed including at least (A) 100 parts by mass of a binder component including a solid epoxy resin that is a solid at normal temperature and a liquid epoxy resin that is a liquid at normal temperature, (B) 500 to 1800 parts by mass of metal particles that have a tap density of 5.3 to 6.5 g/cm3 with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder component (A), (C) 0.3 to 40 parts by mass of a curing agent that contains at least one imidazole type curing agent with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder component (A), and (D) 150 to 600 parts by mass of a solvent with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder component (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Umeda, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Ken Yukawa
  • Patent number: 11414555
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a coating composition that includes a polymer material comprising an electrically conductive polymer; and a coated or partially coated magnetic material comprising a magnetic material and an antioxidant material. Aspects of the present disclosure further provide a method of making a coating composition that includes introducing, under first conditions, a magnetic material to a passivation solution comprising an antioxidant to form a coated (or partially coated) magnetic material; and introducing, under second conditions, the coated (or partially coated) magnetic material to a mixture comprising a polymer material to form a coating composition. Aspects of the present disclosure further provide a coated substrate that includes a film and a substrate, the film including a coating composition that includes an electrically conductive polymer, a magnetic material, and an antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Patrick John Kinlen
  • Patent number: 11407916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations for the preparation of organic electronic devices which comprise at least one organic functional material and a mixture of at least two different solvents wherein a first organic solvent exhibits a lower boiling point than a second organic solvent and said first organic solvent exhibits a higher viscosity than said second organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Philip Edward May, Pawel Miskiewicz, Li Wei Tan, Daniel Walker
  • Patent number: 11401433
    Abstract: An electrically conductive screen-printable PTC ink composition with low inrush current and high NTC onset temperature, consisting of at least two different polymers, polymer-1 and polymer-2; wherein the melting temperature difference between polymer-1 and polymer-2 must be greater than 50° C., and the mechanical strength of polymer-1 as expressed by Young's modulus must be greater than 200 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: LMS Consulting Group
    Inventors: Shuyong Xiao, Qingli Liu
  • Patent number: 11390529
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the manufacture of reduced graphene oxide from Kish graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Thi Tan Vu, Maria Cabanas Corrales, Abel Alvarez-Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11387012
    Abstract: An elastic conductor comprising: an elastomeric substrate, and an array of nanowires, wherein the nanowires are upstanding relative to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MONASH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wenlong Cheng, George P Simon, Yan Wang
  • Patent number: 11380852
    Abstract: Triazabicylodecene can effectively n-dope a variety of organic semiconductors, including PCBM, thus increasing in-plane conductivities. We synthesized a series of TBD-based n-dopants via an N-alkylation reaction and studied the effect of various alkyl chains on the physical and device properties of the dopants. Combining two TBD moieties on a long alky chain gave a solid dopant, 2TBD-C10, with high thermal stability above 250° C. PCBM films doped by 2TBD-C10 were the most tolerant to thermal annealing and reached in-plane conductivities of 6.5×10?2 S/cm. Furthermore, incorporating 2TBD-C10 doped PCBM as the electron transport layer (ETL) in methylammonium lead triiodide (MAPbI3) based photovoltaics led to a 23% increase in performance, from 11.8% to 14.5% PCE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Julia Schneider, Michael L. Chabinyc, Hengbin Wang, Hidenori Nakayama, Kyle D. Clark, Javier Read de Alaniz