Patents by Inventor Alex Heltzel

Alex Heltzel 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).

  • REFLECTIVE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20240168205
    Abstract: A hybrid reflective stack assembly includes an aluminum layer, a barrier layer arranged on the aluminum layer, and a silver layer arranged on the barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Alex HELTZEL
  • COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR PASSIVE RADIATIVE COOLING
    Publication number: 20220355577
    Abstract: A composite material for passive radiative cooling is provided. In some embodiments, the composite material includes a base layer, and at least one emissive layer located adjacent to a surface of the base layer. In some embodiments, the at least one emissive layer is affixed to the surface of the base layer via a binding agent. In some embodiments, the surface of the base layer comprises a reflective substrate comprising an adhesive layer. In some embodiments, the at least one emissive layer is affixed to the base layer via the adhesive layer of the base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Alex Heltzel
  • Composite material for passive radiative cooling
    Patent number: 11440291
    Abstract: A composite material for passive radiative cooling is provided. In some embodiments, the composite material includes a base layer, and at least one emissive layer located adjacent to a surface of the base layer. In some embodiments, the at least one emissive layer is affixed to the surface of the base layer via a binding agent. In some embodiments, the surface of the base layer comprises a reflective substrate comprising an adhesive layer. In some embodiments, the at least one emissive layer is affixed to the base layer via the adhesive layer of the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: PC Krause and Associates
    Inventor: Alex Heltzel
  • COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR PASSIVE RADIATIVE COOLING
    Publication number: 20170350121
    Abstract: A composite material for passive radiative cooling including a base layer, and at least one emissive layer located adjacent to a surface of the base layer, wherein the at least one emissive layer is affixed to the surface of the base layer via a binding agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Alex Heltzel
  • COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR PASSIVE RADIATIVE COOLING
    Publication number: 20170350663
    Abstract: A composite material for passive radiative cooling including a base layer, and at least one emissive layer located adjacent to a surface of the base layer, wherein the at least one emissive layer is affixed to the surface of the base layer via a binding agent. Also disclosed are methods of applying passive coolers to articles and surfaces to be adapted for passive radiative cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Alex Heltzel
  • COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR PASSIVE RADIATIVE COOLING
    Publication number: 20160356561
    Abstract: A composite material for passive radiative cooling including a base layer, and at least one emissive layer located adjacent to a surface of the base layer, wherein the at least one emissive layer is affixed to the surface of the base layer via a binding agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventor: Alex Heltzel
  • METAMATERIAL FOR IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY
    Publication number: 20150205021
    Abstract: The present invention includes a variable emissivity metamaterial comprising a substrate and one or more arrays of nanostructured objects deposited on the substrate, wherein the objects comprise a material that has near-IR reflectivity and near-IR absorptivity and the one or more arrays are positioned between 5 and 750 nM from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: John R. Howell, Alex Heltzel, Tyler Pearce Mann