Patents by Inventor Clinton Ballinger

Clinton Ballinger 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 and systems for controlling temperature across a region defined by using thermally conductive elements
    Patent number: 11214015
    Abstract: An approach is provided for separating a selected component from a plurality of components in a multi-component medium. A multi-component medium is created, including thermally conductive layer into which a template of patterned thermally conductive elements that are thermally separated from each other, a thermally active adhesion layer in thermal communication with the thermally conductive template, and a set of components attached to the thermally active adhesion layer in substantially the same pattern as thermally conductive template. The medium allows a selected component to be released by applying energy to a selected thermally conductive element corresponding to the selected component, inducing a temperature differential reducing the adhesion of the thermally active adhesion layer, without releasing non-selected components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SELFARRAY, INC.
    Inventors: Clinton Ballinger, Michael Conward, Pei-I Wang
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF STRETCHING AN ACCEPTOR SUBSTRATE TO ADJUST PLACEMENT OF A COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210057311
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method of adjusting a location of components on a receiving substrate. The method includes transferring a set of components from a donor substrate to a receiving substrate and stretching the receiving substrate in at least one direction so the components are in their final location. The system includes a set of components on a receiving substrate; and wherein the receiving substrate is configured to adjust the location of the set of components via elastic stretching in at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Clinton Ballinger, Michael Conward, Pei-I Wang
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE ACROSS A REGION DEFINED BY USING THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20210053297
    Abstract: An approach is provided for separating a selected component from a plurality of components in a multi-component medium. A multi-component medium is created, including thermally conductive layer into which a template of patterned thermally conductive elements that are thermally separated from each other, a thermally active adhesion layer in thermal communication with the thermally conductive template, and a set of components attached to the thermally active adhesion layer in substantially the same pattern as thermally conductive template. The medium allows a selected component to be released by applying energy to a selected thermally conductive element corresponding to the selected component, inducing a temperature differential reducing the adhesion of the thermally active adhesion layer, without releasing non-selected components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Clinton Ballinger, Michael Conward, Pei-I Wang