Patents by Inventor Ben Peter Slater

Ben Peter Slater 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 industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites
    Patent number: 9322084
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) are provided. The apparatus and methods can be used for the batch production of an MMNC in a volume of molten metal housed within the cavity of a production chamber. Within the volume of molten metal, a flow is created which continuously carries agglomerates of nanoparticles, which have been introduced into the molten metal, through a cavitation zone formed in a cavitation cell housed within the production chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Xiaochun Li, Noe Gaudencio Alba-Baena, Daniel Earl Hoefert, David Weiss, Woo-hyun Cho, Ben Peter Slater, Hongseok Choi
  • METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION OF METAL MATRIX NANOCOMPOSITES
    Publication number: 20150135902
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) are provided. The apparatus and methods can be used for the batch production of an MMNC in a volume of molten metal housed within the cavity of a production chamber. Within the volume of molten metal, a flow is created which continuously carries agglomerates of nanoparticles, which have been introduced into the molten metal, through a cavitation zone formed in a cavitation cell housed within the production chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaochun Li, Noe Gaudencio Alba-Baena, Daniel Earl Hoefert, David Weiss, Woohyun Cho, Ben Peter Slater, Hongseok Choi
  • Apparatus and methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites
    Patent number: 8865057
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) are provided. The apparatus and methods can be used for the batch production of an MMNC in a volume of molten metal housed within the cavity of a production chamber. Within the volume of molten metal, a flow is created which continuously carries agglomerates of nanoparticles, which have been introduced into the molten metal, through a cavitation zone formed in a cavitation cell housed within the production chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Xiaochun Li, Noe Gaudencio Alba-Baena, Daniel Earl Hoefert, David Weiss, Woo-hyun Cho, Ben Peter Slater, Hongseok Choi
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION OF METAL MATRIX NANOCOMPOSITES
    Publication number: 20130199339
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) are provided. The apparatus and methods can be used for the batch production of an MMNC in a volume of molten metal housed within the cavity of a production chamber. Within the volume of molten metal, a flow is created which continuously carries agglomerates of nanoparticles, which have been introduced into the molten metal, through a cavitation zone formed in a cavitation cell housed within the production chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Xiaochun Li, Noe Gaudencio Alba-Baena, Daniel Earl Hoefert, David Weiss, Woo-hyun Cho, Ben Peter Slater, Hongseok Choi