Patents by Inventor Alan G. Cummings

Alan G. Cummings 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).

  • Publication number: 20170252704
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing large scale nanostructured material comprising carbon nanotubes. Therefore, there is disclosed a method for making nanostructured materials comprising depositing carbon nanotubes onto at least one substrate via a deposition station, wherein depositing comprises transporting molecules to the substrate from a deposition fluid, such as liquid or gas. By using a substrate that is permeable to the carrier fluid, and allowing the carrier fluid to flow through the substrate by differential pressure filtration, a nanostructured material can be formed on the substrate, which may be removed, or may act as a part of the final component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings, Mikhail Y. Starostin
  • Publication number: 20140272183
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing large scale nanostructured material comprising carbon nanotubes. Therefore, there is disclosed a method for making nanostructured materials comprising depositing carbon nanotubes onto at least one substrate via a deposition station, wherein depositing comprises transporting molecules to the substrate from a deposition fluid, such as liquid or gas. By using a substrate that is permeable to the carrier fluid, and allowing the carrier fluid to flow through the substrate by differential pressure filtration, a nanostructured material can be formed on the substrate, which may be removed, or may act as a part of the final component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SELDON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings, Mikhail Y. Starostin
  • Publication number: 20130266106
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of generating energetic particles, which comprises contacting nanotubes with a source of hydrogen isotopes, such as D2O, and applying activation energy to the nanotubes. In one embodiment, the hydrogen isotopes comprises protium, deuterium, tritium, and combinations thereof. There is also disclosed a method of transmuting matter that is based on the increased likelihood of nuclei interaction for atoms confined in the limited dimensions of a nanotube structure, which generates energetic particles sufficient to transmute matter and exposing matter to be transmuted to these particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SELDON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, James F. Loan, William K. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings
  • Publication number: 20100282668
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nanostructured material comprising carbon nanotubes fused together to form a three-dimensional structure. Methods of making the nanostructured material are also disclosed. Such methods include a batch type process, as well as multi-step recycling methods or continuous single-step methods. A wide range of articles made from the nanostructured material, including fabrics, ballistic mitigation materials, structural supports, mechanical actuators, heat sink, thermal conductor, and membranes for fluid purification is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings
  • Patent number: 7815806
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nanostructured material comprising defective carbon nanotubes chosen from impregnated, functionalized, doped, charged, coated, and irradiated nanotubes, and combinations thereof. The defective carbon nanotubes contain a defect which is a lattice distortion in at least one carbon ring. Also disclosed is a method of purifying fluids, such as liquids, including water, as well as gases, including the air using, this nanostructured material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings, Mikhail Y. Starostin, Charles P. Honsinger
  • Publication number: 20100098877
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for producing large scale nanostructured material comprising carbon nanotubes. Therefore, there is disclosed a method for making nanostructured materials comprising depositing carbon nanotubes onto at least one substrate via a deposition station, wherein depositing comprises transporting molecules to the substrate from a deposition fluid, such as liquid or gas. By using a substrate that is permeable to the carrier fluid, and allowing the carrier fluid to flow through the substrate by differential pressure filtration, a nanostructured material can be formed on the substrate, which may be removed, or may act as a part of the final component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings, Mikhail Y. Starostin
  • Patent number: 7682654
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nanostructured material comprising carbon nanotubes fused together to form a three-dimensional structure. Methods of making the nanostructured material are also disclosed. Such methods include a batch type process, as well as multi-step recycling methods or continuous single-step methods. A wide range of articles made from the nanostructured material, including fabrics, ballistic mitigation materials, structural supports, mechanical actuators, heat sink, thermal conductor, and membranes for fluid purification is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings
  • Publication number: 20100044584
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a material for altering electromagnetic radiation incident on the material. The material disclosed herein comprises carbon nanotubes having a length (L) that meets the following formula (1): L?½ ???(1) where ? is the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the material. Also disclosed herein are methods of altering electromagnetic radiation, including mitigating, intensifying, or absorbing and re-transmitting electromagnetic radiation using the disclosed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, William K. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings
  • Publication number: 20090147906
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of generating energetic particles, which comprises contacting nanotubes with a source of hydrogen isotopes, such as D2O, and applying activation energy to the nanotubes. In one embodiment, the hydrogen isotopes comprises protium, deuterium, tritium, and combinations thereof. There is also disclosed a method of transmuting matter that is based on the increased likelihood of nuclei interaction for atoms confined in the limited dimensions of a nanotube structure, which generates energetic particles sufficient to transmute matter and exposing matter to be transmuted to these particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, James F. Loan, William K. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings
  • Patent number: 7419601
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are articles for removing contaminants from a fluid, such as a liquid or gas, the article comprising carbon nanotubes, which comprise at least one molecule or cluster attached thereto or located therein, wherein the carbon nanotubes are present in the article in an amount sufficient to reduce the concentration of contaminants in fluid that come into contact with the article. A method of making the nanomesh material used in such articles is also disclosed, as are methods of purifying fluids using these articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Seldon Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings, Mikhail Y. Starostin, Charles P. Honsinger
  • Patent number: 7211320
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nanostructured material comprising defective carbon nanotubes chosen from impregnated, functionalized, doped, charged, coated, and irradiated nanotubes, and combinations thereof. The defective carbon nanotubes contain a defect which is a lattice distortion in at least one carbon ring. Also disclosed is a method of purifying fluids, such as liquids, including water, as well as gases, including the air using, this nanostructured material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Seldon Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings, Mikhail Y. Starostin, Charles P. Honsinger
  • Publication number: 20040247808
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nanostructured material comprising carbon nanotubes fused together to form a three-dimensional structure. Methods of making the nanostructured material are also disclosed. Such methods include a batch type process, as well as multi-step recycling methods or continuous single-step methods. A wide range of articles made from the nanostructured material, including fabrics, ballistic mitigation materials, structural supports, mechanical actuators, heat sink, thermal conductor, and membranes for fluid purification is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher H. Cooper, Alan G. Cummings