Patents by Inventor Barry Lee ZINK

Barry Lee ZINK 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).

  • Compositions having reduced thermal conductivities and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11787697
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a film having a network of randomly aligned carbon nanotubes, where the carbon nanotubes have an average diameter between about 0.6 nm and about 2.0 nm and the carbon nanotubes form bundles having an average diameter between about 3 nm and about 50 nm. In addition, the composition is characterized by a power factor ?2? between 1 ?W/mK2 and about 3500 ?W/mK2 and by ZT=?2?T/k between about 0.02 and about 2.0 over a temperature range between about 100 K and about 500 K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, University of Denver
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Andrew John Ferguson, Barry Lee Zink
  • COMPOSITIONS HAVING REDUCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220081297
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a film having a network of randomly aligned carbon nanotubes, where the carbon nanotubes have an average diameter between about 0.6 nm and about 2.0 nm and the carbon nanotubes form bundles having an average diameter between about 3 nm and about 50 nm. In addition, the composition is characterized by a power factor ?2? between 1 ?W/mK2 and about 3500 ?W/mK2 and by ZT=?2?T/k between about 0.02 and about 2.0 over a temperature range between about 100 K and about 500 K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee BLACKBURN, Andrew John FERGUSON, Barry Lee ZINK