Patents by Inventor Dexter Snyder

Dexter Snyder 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).

  • Information storage device
    Publication number: 20070081444
    Abstract: An information storage device includes a substrate and a shape memory alloy film established on the substrate. The shape memory alloy film may receive, supply, and store digital information. One or more thermoelectric modules is/are nanoimprinted between the substrate and the shape memory alloy film. The thermoelectric module(s) is adapted to selectively erase at least some of the digital information from the shape memory alloy film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Jihui Yang, Dexter Snyder, Yang-Tse Cheng
  • High performance thermoelectric nanocomposite device
    Publication number: 20060185710
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device includes a nanocomposite material with nanowires of at least one thermoelectric material having a predetermined figure of merit, the nanowires being formed in a porous substrate having a low thermal conductivity and having an average pore diameter ranging from about 4 nm to about 300 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Jihui Yang, Dexter Snyder