Patents by Inventor Christopher Cobb
Christopher Cobb 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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Publication number: 20220246543Abstract: A composite structure includes a first surface and a second surface sandwiched together with a field array of individual and discrete pillars extending therebetween. The plurality of discrete pillars each have a tailored coefficient of thermal expansion and are designed to expand and contract over varying temperatures. The discrete pillars are specifically arranged within the composite structure to compensate for the shrinkage and expansion of different components of a microelectronic hybrid device, to reduce thermal expansion induced deformations imparted on facets of the microelectronic hybrid device under varying temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Thomas Sprafke, Stephen Marinsek, Christopher Cobb
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Patent number: 9647568Abstract: Methods and systems for bi-directional multi-port power conversion systems and applications are disclosed. In some sample embodiments, current-modulating power converters can be used to provide conversion between synchronous and asynchronous power. In some sample embodiments, current-modulating power converters can perform power conversion can be performed to and from three-phase AC with an active neutral line. In some sample embodiments, current-modulating power converters can convert between synchronous and asynchronous power and also support three-phase AC with active neutral.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: IDEAL POWER, INC.Inventors: Paul Bundschuh, William C. Alexander, Guy Michael Barron, Christopher Cobb, Paul Roush
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Patent number: 9520764Abstract: Methods and systems for bi-directional multi-port power conversion systems and applications are disclosed. In some sample embodiments, current-modulating power converters can be used to provide conversion between synchronous and asynchronous power. In some sample embodiments, current-modulating power converters can perform power conversion can be performed to and from three-phase AC with an active neutral line. In some sample embodiments, current-modulating power converters can convert between synchronous and asynchronous power and also support three-phase AC with active neutral.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: IDEAL POWER, INC.Inventors: Paul Bundschuh, William C. Alexander, Guy Michael Barron, Christopher Cobb, Paul Roush
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Patent number: 9475329Abstract: A print medium surface treatment includes a first composition that includes a filler, and a polymer that is non-film forming until it is subjected to film forming conditions. The first composition has a charge density that is large enough to promote crashing of particulate colorants of an ink and low enough to avoid crashing of the filler.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Gracy Apprisiani Wingkono, Xiaoqi Zhou, Christopher Cobbs
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Publication number: 20160167250Abstract: The present invention is directed to an extrusion-coated article comprising: a substrate with a coating material extrusion coated onto at least a portion of the substrate, and at least one profile extruded end-cap coupled with an end of the substrate, with a cross-section of the end-cap comprising an end-cap profile. The end of the substrate includes a recess extending inwardly from an outer surface of the end of the substrate, such that a cross-section of the end of the substrate comprises a substrate end profile. The end-cap profile substantially corresponds with the substrate end profile, such that at least a portion of the end-cap is configured to be received within the recess for coupling the end-cap with the end of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Kevin Michael Cable, Daniel Christopher Cobb, Michael W. Cradic, Michael L. Herrig
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Publication number: 20150061569Abstract: A car charging station in which battery buffering includes at least approximately as much energy as is required to charge one car rapidly. This is particularly advantageous when a photovoltaic array is connected through a power converter to charge the battery, and also to provide a lower rate of charge directly to the vehicle charge connections. Advantageously, a mains power connection can also be made through yet another port of the same multiport power converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: IDEAL POWER, INC.Inventors: William C. Alexander, Guy Michael Barron, Christopher Cobb, Paul Roush, Paul Bundschuh
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Publication number: 20140168337Abstract: A print medium surface treatment includes a first composition that includes a filler, and a polymer that is non-film forming until it is subjected to film forming conditions. The first composition has a charge density that is large enough to promote crashing of particulate colorants of an ink and low enough to avoid crashing of the filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Gracy Apprisiani Wingkono, Xiaoqi Zhou, Christopher Cobbs
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Patent number: 8604138Abstract: Extrusion blow molded (EBM) articles comprising a polyester having a dicarboxylic acid component and a glycol component. The dicarboxylic acid component comprises at least 90 mole % terephthalic acid residues. The glycol component comprises at least 75 mole % ethylene glycol residues and 15 to 25 mole % residues of a difunctional glycol such as, for example, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol. Such EBM articles can exhibit reduced haze, reduced sharkskin, and/or increased compatibility in PET recycling.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Spencer Allen Gilliam, Ignacio Garcia, Alan Keith Phillips, Robert Ellis McCrary, Mark Allan Treece, Daniel Christopher Cobb, Harold Eugene Dobbs
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Patent number: 8604139Abstract: Extrusion profile articles comprising a polyester having a dicarboxylic acid component and a glycol component. The dicarboxlyic acid component comprises at least 90 mole % terephthalic acid residues. The glycol component comprises at least 75 mole % ethylene glycol residues and 15 to 25 mole % residues of a difunctional glycol such as, for example, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol. Such extrusion profile articles can exhibit reduced haze, reduced sharkskin, and/or increased compatibility in PET recycling.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Spencer Allen Gilliam, Ignacio Garcia, Alan Keith Phillips, Robert Ellis McCrary, Mark Allan Treece, Daniel Christopher Cobb, Harold Eugene Dobbs
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Publication number: 20090181202Abstract: Extrusion profile articles comprising a polyester having a dicarboxylic acid component and a glycol component. The dicarboxlyic acid component comprises at least 90 mole % terephthalic acid residues. The glycol component comprises at least 75 mole % ethylene glycol residues and 15 to 25 mole % residues of a difunctional glycol such as, for example, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol. Such extrusion profile articles can exhibit reduced haze, reduced sharkskin, and/or increased compatibility in PET recycling.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Spencer Allen Gilliam, Ignacio Garcia, Alan Keith Phillips, Robert Ellis McCrary, Mark Allan Treece, Daniel Christopher Cobb, Harold Eugene Dobbs
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Publication number: 20090181201Abstract: Extrusion blow molded (EBM) articles comprising a polyester having a dicarboxylic acid component and a glycol component. The dicarboxylic acid component comprises at least 90 mole % terephthalic acid residues. The glycol component comprises at least 75 mole % ethylene glycol residues and 15 to 25 mole % residues of a difunctional glycol such as, for example, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol. Such EBM articles can exhibit reduced haze, reduced sharkskin, and/or increased compatibility in PET recycling.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Spencer Allen Gilliam, Ignacio Garcia, Alan Keith Phillips, Robert Ellis McCrary, Mark Allan Treece, Daniel Christopher Cobb, Harold Eugene Dobbs
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Patent number: 6808805Abstract: In a process for producing a profile by profile extrusion, a melt of a polyester composition is extruded through a die to form a profile. The processability of the polyester composition is improved by the addition of a branching agent, which provides increased melt strength and increased high shear thinning. The polyester composition has an inherent viscosity of at least 0.65 dl/g. The diacid component of the polyester composition has from 100 to 98.0 mole percent of residues of a primary acid selected from terephthalic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, isophthalic acid and mixtures thereof. The glycol component of the polyester composition has from 100 to 98.0 mole percent of residues of a primary glycol selected from ethylene glycol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, diethylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, and mixtures thereof. The polyester composition has from 0.05 to 2.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2003Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Marcus David Shelby, Julian Harold Scott Jensen, Daniel Christopher Cobb, Marc Alan Strand
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Publication number: 20030228479Abstract: In a process for producing a profile by profile extrusion, a melt of a polyester composition is extruded through a die to form a profile. The processability of the polyester composition is improved by the addition of a branching agent, which provides increased melt strength and increased high shear thinning. The polyester composition has an inherent viscosity of at least 0.65 dl/g. The diacid component of the polyester composition has from 100 to 98.0 mole percent of residues of a primary acid selected from terephthalic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, isophthalic acid and mixtures thereof. The glycol component of the polyester composition has from 100 to 98.0 mole percent of residues of a primary glycol selected from ethylene glycol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, diethylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, and mixtures thereof. The polyester composition has from 0.05 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2003Publication date: December 11, 2003Inventors: Marcus David Shelby, Julian Harold Scott Jensen, Daniel Christopher Cobb, Marc Alan Strand
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Patent number: 6632390Abstract: In a process for producing a profile by profile extrusion, a melt of a polyester composition is extruded through a die to form a profile. The processability of the polyester composition is improved by the addition of a branching agent, which provides increased melt strength and increased high shear thinning. The polyester composition has an inherent viscosity of at least 0.65 dl/g. The diacid component of the polyester composition has from 100 to 98.0 mole percent of residues of a primary acid selected from terephthalic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, isophthalic acid and mixtures thereof. The glycol component of the polyester composition has from 100 to 98.0 mole percent of residues of a primary glycol selected from ethylene glycol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, diethylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, and mixtures thereof. The polyester composition has from 0.05 to 2.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Marcus David Shelby, Julian Harold Scott Jensen, Daniel Christopher Cobb, Marc Alan Strand
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Patent number: 6100320Abstract: In a process for producing a profile by profile extrusion of a thermoplastic resin, a melt of the thermoplastic resin is extruded through a die to form the profile. The process is improved by utilizing a thermoplastic resin having a composition of from about 99.95 to about 98.0 weight percent amorphous or semicrystalline polyester and from about 0.05 to about 2.0 weight percent of a zinc salt of an organic acid. The improvement of the process is either by increasing speed or decreasing temperature of a profile extrusion process already operating at a maximum speed and/or temperature with experiencing melt fracture. When melt fracture is present in the profile extrusion process, a method for reducing melt fracture in a profile is accomplished by combining from about 99.95 to about 98.0 weight percent amorphous or semicrystalline polyester and from about 0.05 to about 2.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1999Date of Patent: August 8, 2000Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Daniel Christopher Cobb, James Wilson Mercer, Jr.
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Patent number: D348807Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1992Date of Patent: July 19, 1994Inventor: Christopher Cobb