Patents by Inventor Gerard W. Kesselring

Gerard W. Kesselring 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).

  • Patent number: 11824229
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods of manufacturing a metal infused graphitic material. Also described is how this device may be rendered impermeable. The present invention includes the electroplating/electroless deposition of metal on exposed internal and external surfaces of a porous graphitic substrate. The deposition of metal on the internal structure is accomplished by replacing the void space in the porous substrate with an electrolyte solution containing dissolved metallic species. The plating is initiated either through electrochemical means, electroless means, chemical vapor deposition means, or other means obvious to one familiar in the art of metal plating. A post-deposition bath is also described wherein the plating may be removed from one or both sides of the external surface without impacting the internal pore plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NEXGEN Materials, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander A. Bistrika, Jacob Donovan Tenhoff, Erica Viola Lewis, Jordan Loos, Gerard W. Kesselring, Bill Jay Brooks
  • Publication number: 20200295383
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods of manufacturing a metal infused graphitic material. Also described is how this device may be rendered impermeable. The present invention includes the electroplating/electroless deposition of metal on exposed internal and external surfaces of a porous graphitic substrate. The deposition of metal on the internal structure is accomplished by replacing the void space in the porous substrate with an electrolyte solution containing dissolved metallic species. The plating is initiated either through electrochemical means, electroless means, chemical vapor deposition means, or other means obvious to one familiar in the art of metal plating. A post-deposition bath is also described wherein the plating may be removed from one or both sides of the external surface without impacting the internal pore plating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander A. Bistrika, Jacob Donovan Tenhoff, Kevin Terrence Lewis, Jordan Loos, Gerard W. Kesselring