Patents by Inventor Christopher Tabor

Christopher Tabor 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).

  • Patent number: 11769604
    Abstract: A deformable yet mechanically resilient microcapsule having electrical properties, a method of making the microcapsules, and a circuit component including the microcapsules. The microcapsule containing a gallium liquid metal alloy core having from about 60 to about 100 wt. % gallium and at least one alloying metal, and a polymeric shell encapsulating the liquid core, said polymeric shell having conductive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Brad L Cumby, Christopher Tabor
  • Patent number: 11600402
    Abstract: A deformable yet mechanically resilient microcapsule having electrical properties, a method of making the microcapsules, and a circuit component including the microcapsules. The microcapsule containing a gallium liquid metal alloy core having from about 60 to about 100 wt.% gallium and at least one alloying metal, and a polymeric shell encapsulating the liquid core, said polymeric shell having conductive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Brad L Cumby, Christopher Tabor
  • Patent number: 11387013
    Abstract: A deformable yet mechanically resilient microcapsule having electrical properties, a method of making the microcapsules, and a circuit component including the microcapsules. The microcapsule containing a gallium liquid metal alloy core having from about 60 to about 100 wt. % gallium and at least one alloying metal, and a polymeric shell encapsulating the liquid core, said polymeric shell having conductive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Brad L Cumby, Christopher Tabor
  • Patent number: 11380457
    Abstract: A deformable yet mechanically resilient microcapsule having electrical properties, a method of making the microcapsules, and a circuit component including the microcapsules. The microcapsule containing a gallium liquid metal alloy core having from about 60 to about 100 wt. % gallium and at least one alloying metal, and a polymeric shell encapsulating the liquid core, said polymeric shell having conductive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Brad L Cumby, Christopher Tabor
  • Patent number: 11057994
    Abstract: Articles, electronic devices and related methods of fabrication interfacing graphene with a gallium liquid metal alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
    Inventors: Mark C. Hersam, Ethan B. Secor, Alexander B. Cook, Christopher Tabor
  • Patent number: 10784011
    Abstract: A deformable yet mechanically resilient microcapsule having electrical properties, a method of making the microcapsules, and a circuit component including the microcapsules. The microcapsule containing a gallium liquid metal alloy core having from about 60 to about 100 wt. % gallium and at least one alloying metal, and a polymeric shell encapsulating the liquid core, said polymeric shell having conductive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Brad L Cumby, Christopher Tabor
  • Publication number: 20200229304
    Abstract: Articles, electronic devices and related methods of fabrication interfacing graphene with a gallium liquid metal alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Mark C. HERSAM, Ethan B. SECOR, Alexander B. COOK, Christopher TABOR
  • Patent number: 10129975
    Abstract: A reconfigurable electronic component comprising a channel having first and second ends and outer walls defining a lumen; a liquid phosphonic acid within the lumen; and a liquid metal within the lumen. A first electrical contact at the first end of the channel and a second electrical contact in communication with the lumen at the second end of the channel. A predetermined amount of a solvent and a liquid metal may be within the lumen, and the solvent may comprise ethanol. The liquid metal may be selected from the group consisting of eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn) and eutectic gallium-indium-tin alloys. The phosphonic acid may be selected from the group consisting of decylphosphonic acid (DPA), fluorobenzylphosphonic acid (FPA), and difluorobenzylphosphonic acid (DFPA). The first and second electrical contacts comprise copper. An overflow channel and a reservoir for the liquid metal and phosphonic acid may be in fluid communication with the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Christopher Tabor, Nahid Ilyas