Patents by Inventor Adam Lorimer

Adam Lorimer 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).

  • ELECTRODE STRUCTURES FOR ARRAYS OF NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120247527
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device and methods thereof. The thermoelectric device includes nanowires, a contact layer, and a shunt. Each of the nanowires includes a first end and a second end. The contact layer electrically couples the nanowires through at least the first end of each of the nanowires. The shunt is electrically coupled to the contact layer. All of the nanowires are substantially parallel to each other. A first contact resistivity between the first end and the contact layer ranges from 10?13 ?-m2 to 10?7 ?-m2. A first work function between the first end and the contact layer is less than 0.8 electron volts. The contact layer is associated with a first thermal resistance ranging from 10?2 K/W to 1010 K/W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Alphabet Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew L. Scullin, Madhav A. Karri, Adam Lorimer, Sylvain Muckenhirn, Gabriel A. Matus, Justin Tynes Kardel, Barbara Wacker