Patents by Inventor Colin LOEB

Colin LOEB 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: 20230099998
    Abstract: A product includes an aerogel having a single bulk structure, the single bulk structure having at least one dimension greater than 10 millimeters. The single bulk structure includes a plurality of pores, where each pore has a largest diameter defined as a greatest distance between pore walls of the respective pore. In addition, an average of the largest diameters of a majority of the pores is within a specified range, and the plurality of pores are distributed substantially homogenously throughout the single bulk structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Colin Loeb, Patrick Campbell, Jennifer Marie Knipe, Michael Stadermann
  • Patent number: 11535521
    Abstract: A product includes an aerogel having a single bulk structure, the single bulk structure having at least one dimension greater than 10 millimeters. The single bulk structure includes a plurality of pores, where each pore has a largest diameter defined as a greatest distance between pore walls of the respective pore. In addition, an average of the largest diameters of a majority of the pores is within a specified range, and the plurality of pores are distributed substantially homogenously throughout the single bulk structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Loeb, Patrick Campbell, Jennifer Marie Knipe, Michael Stadermann
  • Publication number: 20220250954
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for making a carbon aerogel electrode material. The method involves initially making a wet organic sol-gel form. The sol-gel form is carbonized at a temperature of from about 900° C. to about 1000° C., for from about 2 hours to about 4 hours. The carbonized sol-gel is then activated under carbon dioxide flow, for from about 0.5 hour to about 1.5 hours, at from about 900° C. to about 1000° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick CAMPBELL, Maira Ceron HERNANDEZ, Steven HAWKS, Colin LOEB, Tuan Anh PHAM, Michael STADERMANN
  • Patent number: 11358883
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flow through electrode, capacitive deionization (FTE-CDI) system which is able to adsorb nitrates from water being treated using the system. The system makes use of a pair of electrodes arranged generally parallel to one another, with a water permeable dielectric sandwiched between the electrodes. The electrodes receive a direct current voltage from an electrical circuit. At least one of the electrodes is formed from a carbon material having a hierarchical pore size distribution which includes a first plurality of pores having a width of no more than about 1 nm, and a second plurality of micro-sized pores. The micron-sized pores enable a flow of water to be pushed through the electrodes while the first plurality of pores form adsorption sites for nitrate molecules carried in the water flowing through the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Campbell, Maira Ceron Hernandez, Steven Hawks, Colin Loeb, Tuan Anh Pham, Michael Stadermann
  • Publication number: 20210246032
    Abstract: A product includes an aerogel having a single bulk structure, the single bulk structure having at least one dimension greater than 10 millimeters. The single bulk structure includes a plurality of pores, where each pore has a largest diameter defined as a greatest distance between pore walls of the respective pore. In addition, an average of the largest diameters of a majority of the pores is within a specified range, and the plurality of pores are distributed substantially homogenously throughout the single bulk structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Colin Loeb, Patrick Campbell, Jennifer Marie Knipe, Michael Stadermann
  • Publication number: 20200315975
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a core-shell microsphere includes a polyorganosiloxane shell, and a core inside the shell, the core having a carrier and at least one component, where the at least one component is configured to be released post processing. In addition, an average diameter of the polyorganosiloxane shell is in a range of greater than about 1 micron to less than about 100 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Colin Loeb, Eric B. Duoss, Jeremy Lenhardt, Du Nguyen, Thomas S. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200247693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flow through electrode, capacitive deionization (FTE-CDI) system which is able to adsorb nitrates from water being treated using the system. The system makes use of a pair of electrodes arranged generally parallel to one another, with a water permeable dielectric sandwiched between the electrodes. The electrodes receive a direct current voltage from an electrical circuit. At least one of the electrodes is formed from a carbon material having a hierarchical pore size distribution which includes a first plurality of pores having a width of no more than about 1 nm, and a second plurality of micro-sized pores. The micron-sized pores enable a flow of water to be pushed through the electrodes while the first plurality of pores form adsorption sites for nitrate molecules carried in the water flowing through the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick CAMPBELL, Maira Ceron HERNANDEZ, Steven HAWKS, Colin LOEB, Tuan Anh PHAM, Michael STADERMANN