Patents by Inventor David McIIRoy

David McIIRoy 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).

  • Apparatus with high surface area nanostructures for hydrogen storage, and methods of storing hydrogen
    Patent number: 7771512
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for storing hydrogen. One embodiment of such a method comprises providing a storage apparatus having a substrate and a nanostructure mat on at least a portion of a side of the substrate. The nanostructure mat comprises a plurality of nanostructures having a surface ionization state which causes more than one layer of hydrogen to adsorb onto the nanostructures. The method can also include exposing the nanostructure mat to hydrogen such that more than one layer of hydrogen adsorbs onto the nanostructures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignees: Washington State University Research Foundation, Idaho Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant Norton, David McIIRoy