Patents by Inventor Bradley E. Reis
Bradley E. Reis 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).
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Patent number: 10587019Abstract: A lithium ion battery pack includes a plurality of prismatic lithium polymer cells and one or more graphite heat spreaders. Each spreader has at least two major surfaces and is made of one of a sheet of a compressed mass of exfoliated graphite particles, a graphitized polyimide sheet, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: NeoGraf Solutions, LLCInventors: Ryan J. Wayne, Jonathan Andrew Taylor, Julian Norley, Bradley E. Reis, Mark Pollock, Ian Andrew McCallum, Thomas W. Weber, Robert A. Reynolds, III, Martin David Smalc, Elliot G. Fishman
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Publication number: 20180159189Abstract: A lithium ion battery pack includes a plurality of prismatic lithium polymer cells and one or more graphite heat spreaders. Each spreader has at least two major surfaces and is made of one of a sheet of a compressed mass of exfoliated graphite particles, a graphitized polyimide sheet, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: Advanced Energy Technologies LLCInventors: Ryan J. Wayne, Jonathan Andrew Taylor, Julian Norley, Bradley E. Reis, Mark Pollock, Ian Andrew McCallum, Thomas W. Weber, Robert A. Reynolds, III, Martin David Smalc, Elliot G. Fishman
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Patent number: 9716296Abstract: A lithium ion battery pack includes a plurality of prismatic lithium polymer cells and one or more graphite heat spreaders. Each spreader has at least two major surfaces and is made of one of a sheet of a compressed mass of exfoliated graphite particles, a graphitized polyimide sheet, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Advanced Energy Technologies LLCInventors: Ryan J. Wayne, Jonathan Andrew Taylor, Julian Norley, Bradley E. Reis, Mark Pollock, Ian Andrew McCallum, Thomas W. Weber, Robert A. Reynolds, III, Martin David Smalc, Elliot G. Fishman
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Patent number: 9201262Abstract: A display device includes a heat sink and an LCD panel having peripheral edges. The LCD panel includes a non-activated area extending inwardly a predetermined distance from the peripheral edges. A thermal link is provided, made from an anisotropic graphite material, and is in thermal contact with the heat sink and with at least a portion of the non-activated area of said LCD panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, Robert Anderson Reynolds, III, Yin Xiong, G M Fazley Elahee, Seung Yong Lee, Gregory P. Kramer
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Patent number: 8955983Abstract: A handheld device (10), including a projector module (20) which includes a light source having a laser or at least one light emitting diode; a thermal management system which includes a heat collector (30) formed of a material having a thermo-mechanical design constant of at least 10 mm-W/m*K and having a non-planar shape, the heat collector in thermal contact with the light source; a heat spreader (40) having a surface area at least 1.5 times that of the surface area of the heat collector and a thermo-mechanical design constant of at least 10 mm-W/m*K, the heat spreader positioned in thermal contact with the heat collector, wherein thermo-mechanical design constant of a material is defined by thermal conductivity of the material multiplied by its average thickness.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, Robert A. Reynolds, III, Yin Xiong, Greg P. Kramer, Robert J. Umpleby
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Patent number: 8916269Abstract: A method for preparing resin-impregnated graphite articles, including providing a sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having two major surfaces; impregnating the sheet with a first resin system to form a resin-impregnated sheet; surface treating the resin-impregnated sheet to form at least one structure on at least one of the major surfaces of the sheet to form a surface treated sheet; and treating the sheet with a second resin system.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Zdenka Brunovska, Bradley E. Reis, Jeffrey J. Gough, Lawrence K. Jones, Thomas W. Weber, David J. Stuart, Suha M. Yazici, Jeremy Klug, Franco Frate
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Publication number: 20130278863Abstract: A display device includes a heat sink and an LCD panel having peripheral edges. The LCD panel includes a non-activated area extending inwardly a predetermined distance from the peripheral edges. A thermal link is provided, made from an anisotropic graphite material, and is in thermal contact with the heat sink and with at least a portion of the non-activated area of said LCD panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, Robert Anderson Reynolds, III, Yin Xiong, G. M. Fazley Elahee, Seung Yong Lee, Gregory P. Kramer
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Publication number: 20130276777Abstract: A solar absorber system includes a solar absorbing layer that receives and converts solar radiation to thermal energy. The solar absorber assembly includes an anisotropic material to more effectively move the absorbed energy to a fluid conduit for capture and storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, Robert Anderson Reynolds, III, G. M. Fazley Elahee, Gregory P. Kramer, Mark Pollock
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Publication number: 20130242573Abstract: A light fixture (10), having a circuit board (20) having first and second major surfaces (20a and 20b); at least one light emitting diode (25) mounted on the first major surface (20a) of the circuit board (20); an enclosure (30) formed of a material having two major surfaces (30a and 30b) and a thermo-mechanical design constant of at least 20 mm-W/m*K and shaped so as to define an opening (32) and a cavity (33), one of the major surfaces (30a) of the material defining the surface of the cavity (33) and the enclosure (30) positioned so as to enclose the second major surface (20b) of the circuit board (20); a heat spreader (40) having a surface area at least twice that of the circuit board and a thermo-mechanical design constant of at least 10 mm-W/m*K, the heat spreader (40) positioned in thermal contact with both the circuit board (20) and the enclosure (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: James T. Petrsoki, Bradley E. Reis, Julian Norley, John Schober, Robert A. Reynolds, III, Yin Xiong
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Publication number: 20130115506Abstract: A lithium ion battery pack includes a plurality of prismatic lithium polymer cells and one or more graphite heat spreaders. Each spreader has at least two major surfaces and is made of one of a sheet of a compressed mass of exfoliated graphite particles, a graphitized polyimide sheet, or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Ryan J. Wayne, Jonathan Andrew Taylor, Julian Norley, Bradley E. Reis, Mark Pollock, Thomas W. Weber, Ian Andrew McCallum, Robert A. Reynolds, III, Martin David Smalc, Elliot G. Fishman
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Patent number: 8405600Abstract: A method for reducing temperature-caused degradation of the performance of a digital reader comprising pixels, the method including positioning at least one sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite adjacent to a plurality of the pixels of the digital reader.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, Robert Anderson Reynolds, III, James T. Petroski, Yin Xiong
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Publication number: 20130057835Abstract: A handheld device (10), including a projector module (20) which includes a light source having a laser or at least one light emitting diode; a thermal management system which includes a heat collector (30) formed of a material having a thermo-mechanical design constant of at least 10 mm-W/m*K and having a non-planar shape, the heat collector in thermal contact with the light source; a heat spreader (40) having a surface area at least 1.5 times that of the surface area of the heat collector and a thermo-mechanical design constant of at least 10 mm-W/m*K, the heat spreader positioned in thermal contact with the heat collector, wherein thermo-mechanical design constant of a material is defined by thermal conductivity of the material multiplied by its average thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, Robert A. Reynolds, III, Yin Xiong, Greg P. Kramer, Robert J. Umpleby
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Publication number: 20120040141Abstract: A method for preparing resin-impregnated graphite articles, including providing a sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having two major surfaces; impregnating the sheet with a first resin system to form a resin-impregnated sheet; surface treating the resin-impregnated sheet to form at least one structure on at least one of the major surfaces of the sheet to form a surface treated sheet; and treating the sheet with a second resin system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Zdenka Brunovska, Bradley E. Reis, Jeffrey J. Gough, Lawrence K. Jones, Thomas W. Weber, David J. Stuart, Suha M. Yazici, Jeremy Klug, Franco Frate
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Patent number: 8067091Abstract: A method for preparing resin-impregnated graphite articles, including providing a sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having two major surfaces; impregnating the sheet with a first resin system to form a resin-impregnated sheet; surface treating the resin-impregnated sheet to form at least one structure on at least one of the major surfaces of the sheet to form a surface treated sheet; and treating the sheet with a second resin system.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Zdenka Brunovska, Bradley E. Reis, Jeffrey J. Gough, Lawrence K. Jones, Thomas W. Weber, David J. Stuart, Suha M. Yazici, Jeremy Klug, Franco Frate
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Publication number: 20110134106Abstract: A method for reducing temperature-caused degradation of the performance of a digital reader comprising pixels, the method including positioning at least one sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite adjacent to a plurality of the pixels of the digital reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, Robert Anderson Reynolds, III, James T. Petroski, Yin Xiong
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Patent number: 7889502Abstract: A circuit assembly including a substrate which has a dielectric layer, a heat spreader layer located at a first surface of the substrate, a heat generating component located at a second surface of the substrate, and a thermal pathway in thermal connection between the heat spreader layer and the heat generating component.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, James R. Cartiglia
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Patent number: 7868083Abstract: A material comprising aerogel particles and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) binder is formed having a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 25 mW/m K at atmospheric conditions. The material is moldable or formable, having little or no shedding of filler particles, and may be formed into structures such as tapes or composites, for example, by bonding the material between two outer layers. Advantageously, composites may be flexed, stretched, or bent without significant dusting or loss of insulating properties.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Cedomila Ristic-Lehmann, Brian Farnworth, Anit Dutta, Bradley E. Reis
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Publication number: 20100314081Abstract: A graphite-based heat exchanger, especially for use as a solar energy receptor as part of the thermal process in a solar power system, including an energy collection panel, a heat spreader, and a thermal element, wherein the heat spreader is formed of flexible graphite having a density of at least about 0.6 g/cc and a thickness of less than about 10 mm, and the heat spreader further has a first side and a second side, wherein the heat spreader is in a thermal transfer relationship with the thermal element, and wherein the energy collection panel includes at least one sheet or block of graphite.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Bradley E. Reis, Mark Segger, James T. Petroski, Robert Anderson Reynolds, III, Julian Norley, Marco Napolitano, Martin David Smalc, Kim E. Fledderman, Andrew Justin Francis, Victor William Leight, David M. Kaschak
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Publication number: 20100009174Abstract: A heat spreader for an electronic device including a first layer formed of at least one sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having two major surfaces; and a second layer formed of a metal foil having two major surfaces, a first major surface of the metal foil having surface structures thereon, wherein a first major surface of the graphite layer and a second major surface of the metal foil layer are in thermal connection with each other, the surface structures on the first major surface of the metal foil which create airflow turbulence, increase heat dissipation surface area, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Bradley E. Reis
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Patent number: D686769Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: GrafTech International Holdings Inc.Inventors: James T. Petroski, Bradley E. Reis