Patents by Inventor Balaji Sukumar

Balaji Sukumar 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).

  • Methods for casting by a float process and associated apparatuses
    Patent number: 9050652
    Abstract: A method for producing a solid layer material (42), comprising providing (70) a first layer (30); providing (72) a second liquid layer (32) on the first layer (30); providing (74) a third liquid layer (34) on the second liquid layer (32), wherein the third liquid layer has a melting point that is higher than a melting point of the second liquid layer, and wherein the second liquid layer is between the first and third layers; cooling (76) a surface of the third liquid layer to a temperature less than the melting point of the third liquid layer; forming (78) the solid layer from the third liquid layer while cooling the third layer liquid; and removing (80) the solid layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Birger Erik Ydstie, Sudhir Ranjan, Balaji Sukumar, Sridhar Seetharaman
  • Methods for Casting By a Float Process and Associated Apparatuses
    Publication number: 20110280784
    Abstract: A method for producing a solid layer material (42), comprising providing (70) a first layer (30); providing (72) a second liquid layer (32) on the first layer (30); providing (74) a third liquid layer (34) on the second liquid layer (32), wherein the third liquid layer has a melting point that is higher than a melting point of the second liquid layer, and wherein the second liquid layer is between the first and third layers; cooling (76) a surface of the third liquid layer to a temperature less than the melting point of the third liquid layer; forming (78) the solid layer from the third liquid layer while cooling the third layer liquid; and removing (80) the solid layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Birger Erik Ydstie, Sudhir Ranjan, Balaji Sukumar, Sridhar Seetharaman