Patents by Inventor Alpana N. Ranade

Alpana N. Ranade 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).

  • Low temperature, thin film crystallization method and products prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 11133390
    Abstract: An organic material with a porous interpenetrating network and an amount of inorganic material at least partially distributed within the porosity of the organic material is disclosed. A method of producing the organic-inorganic thin films and devices therefrom comprises seeding with nanoparticles and depositing an amorphous material on the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Alpana N. Ranade, Marvi A. Matos, Gregory M. Newbloom
  • Composite organic-inorganic energy harvesting devices and methods
    Patent number: 10347857
    Abstract: A hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided. The hybrid organic-inorganic thin film comprising: an organic-phase comprising a porous organic nanostructure comprised of an interpenetrating network having at least one dimension between 0.1 and 100 nm; and an inorganic phase at least partially distributed within the porosity of the organic phase. In a first aspect, the organic phase has a first band gap and the inorganic phase has a second band gap different from the first band gap. A method of producing an organic-inorganic energy harvesting device and a device therefrom comprising the hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: THE BOEING COMPANY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
    Inventors: Marvi A. Matos, Alpana N. Ranade, Danilo C. Pozzo
  • Thermal spray coated reinforced polymer composites
    Patent number: 10060019
    Abstract: Forming and depositing a high temperature inorganic coating on a polymeric composite substrate surfaces having deposited thereon an interlayer, and articles produce therefrom. Methods of providing functional properties to said composites are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Alpana N. Ranade, Marvi A. Matos, Arash Ghabchi
  • Interlayer composite substrates
    Patent number: 9970100
    Abstract: An interlayer configured for a composite substrate surface, the interlayer having a higher concentration of at least one first chemical element at the interface of the substrate surface and the innermost interlayer surface and a higher concentration of at least one second chemical element at the outermost interlayer surface is disclosed. Methods of forming the interlayer and providing functional properties to said composites are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Alpana N. Ranade, Marvi A. Matos, Arash Ghabchi
  • COMPOSITE ORGANIC-INORGANIC ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170077430
    Abstract: A hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided. The hybrid organic-inorganic thin film comprising: an organic-phase comprising a porous organic nanostructure comprised of an interpenetrating network having at least one dimension between 0.1 and 100 nm; and an inorganic phase at least partially distributed within the porosity of the organic phase. In a first aspect, the organic phase has a first band gap and the inorganic phase has a second band gap different from the first band gap. A method of producing an organic-inorganic energy harvesting device and a device therefrom comprising the hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Marvi A. Matos, Alpana N. Ranade, Danilo C. Pozzo
  • Composite organic-inorganic energy harvesting devices and methods
    Patent number: 9508944
    Abstract: A hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided. The hybrid organic-inorganic thin film comprising: an organic-phase comprising a porous organic nanostructure comprised of an interpenetrating network having at least one dimension between 0.1 and 100 nm; and an inorganic phase at least partially distributed within the porosity of the organic phase. In a first aspect, the organic phase has a first band gap and the inorganic phase has a second band gap different from the first band gap. A method of producing an organic-inorganic energy harvesting device and a device therefrom comprising the hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marvi A. Matos, Alpana N. Ranade, Danilo C. Pozzo
  • COMPOSITE ORGANIC-INORGANIC ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130269782
    Abstract: A hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided. The hybrid organic-inorganic thin film comprising: an organic-phase comprising a porous organic nanostructure comprised of an interpenetrating network having at least one dimension between 0.1 and 100 nm; and an inorganic phase at least partially distributed within the porosity of the organic phase. In a first aspect, the organic phase has a first band gap and the inorganic phase has a second band gap different from the first band gap. A method of producing an organic-inorganic energy harvesting device and a device therefrom comprising the hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION, THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Marvi A. Matos, Alpana N. Ranade, Danilo C. Pozzo