Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Lynam

Daniel A. Lynam 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).

  • Template-based methods of making and using ceramic solids
    Patent number: 10388975
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method comprising forming a template from a template precursor, wherein the template contains an entrapped ceramic precursor, which can be further processed to form a ceramic solid, such as an oxide ceramic solid. In one embodiment, the template precursor is a hydrogel precursor and the template is a hydrogel template. The hydrogel template can include, for example, agarose, chitosan, alginate or a photo-initiating receptive hydrogel template such as a functionalized poly(ethylene glycol). Various devices, including electrolyte interfaces and energy storage devices, as well as thermoelectric devices are also provided. In one embodiment, the oxide ceramic solid is a cubic garnet having a nominal formula of Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sakamoto, Travis Thompson, Ezhiyl Rangasamy, Daniel A. Lynam
  • TEMPLATE-BASED METHODS OF MAKING AND USING CERAMIC SOLIDS AND PRODUCTS AND DEVICES RELATED THERETO
    Publication number: 20160293988
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method comprising forming a template forming a template from a template precursor, wherein the template contains an entrapped ceramic precursor, which can be further processed to form a ceramic solid, such as an oxide ceramic solid. In one embodiment, the template precursor is a hydrogel precursor and the template is a hydrogel template. The hydrogel template can include, for example, agarose, chitosan, alginate or a photo-initiating receptive hydrogel template such as a functionalized poly(ethylene glycol). Various devices, including electrolyte interfaces and energy storage devices, as well as thermoelectric devices are also provided. In one embodiment, the oxide ceramic solid is a cubic garnet having a nominal formula of Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sakamoto, Travis Thompson, Ezhiylmurugan Rangasamy, Daniel A. Lynam