Patents by Inventor Bryan G. Apodaca

Bryan G. Apodaca 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).

  • Publication number: 20070298961
    Abstract: In a method of producing an electrode comprising a layer of an electrocatalytic material on a substrate, at least one liquid medium containing a precursor to the electrocatalytic material is atomized to produce droplets containing the precursor and the droplets are entrained in a stream of carrier gas moving in a first direction. The droplets entrained in the carrier gas stream are then heated to remove the liquid medium and convert the precursor to particles of the electrocatalytic material. The electrocatalytic material particles entrained in said carrier gas stream are then brought into contact with the substrate, whereby the electrocatalytic particles are separated from the carrier gas and collected on the substrate. By imparting relative movement between the substrate and the carrier gas stream in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction a continuous layer of the electrocatalytic material can be progressively deposited on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Gordon L. Rice, Paolina Atanassova, James H. Brewster, David Dericotte, Bryan G. Apodaca, Toivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden-Smith