Patents by Inventor Dennis M. Wu

Dennis M. Wu 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL-TO-ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20210288237
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for thermal-to-electric conversion involving relatively hot and cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small vacuum gap wherein the cold surface provides an array of single charge carrier converter elements along the surface and the hot surface transfers excitation energy to the opposing cold surface across the gap through Coulomb electrostatic coupling interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: MTPV Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter L. Hagelstein, Dennis M. Wu
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL-TO-ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20170207380
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for thermal-to-electric conversion involving relatively hot and cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small vacuum gap wherein the cold surface provides an array of single charge carrier converter elements along the surface and the hot surface transfers excitation energy to the opposing cold surface across the gap through Coulomb electrostatic coupling interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Peter L. Hagelstein, Dennis M. Wu
  • Method for thermal energy-to-electrical energy conversion
    Patent number: 9647191
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for thermal-to-electric conversion involving relatively hot and cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small vacuum gap wherein the cold surface provides an array of single charge carrier converter elements along the surface and the hot surface transfers excitation energy to the opposing cold surface across the gap through Coulomb electrostatic coupling interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MTPV POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter L. Hagelstein, Dennis M. Wu
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL ENERGY-TO-ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20160308108
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for thermal-to-electric conversion involving relatively hot and cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small vacuum gap wherein the cold surface provides an array of single charge carrier converter elements along the surface and the hot surface transfers excitation energy to the opposing cold surface across the gap through Coulomb electrostatic coupling interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Peter L. Hagelstein, Dennis M. Wu
  • Method and apparatus for thermal energy-to-electrical energy conversion
    Patent number: 9035166
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for thermal-to-electric conversion involving relatively hot and cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small vacuum gap wherein the cold surface provides an array of single charge carrier converter elements along the surface and the hot surface transfers excitation energy to the opposing cold surface across the gap through Coulomb electrostatic coupling interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MTPV Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter L. Hagelstein, Dennis M. Wu
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL ENERGY-TO-ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20110011434
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for thermal-to-electric conversion involving relatively hot and cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small vacuum gap wherein the cold surface provides an array of single charge carrier converter elements along the surface and the hot surface transfers excitation energy to the opposing cold surface across the gap through Coulomb electrostatic coupling interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: MTPV CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter L. Hagelstein, Dennis M. Wu
  • Method of and apparatus for thermal energy-to-electrical energy conversion using charge carrier excitation transfer through electrostatic coupling between hot and relatively cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small gap and using single carrier cold-side conversion
    Publication number: 20080060694
    Abstract: An improved method of and apparatus for thermal-to-electric conversion involving relatively hot and cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small vacuum gap wherein the cold surface provides an array of single charge carrier converter elements along the surface and the hot surface transfers excitation energy to the opposing cold surface across the gap through Coulomb electrostatic coupling interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Peter L. Hagelstein, Dennis M. Wu