Patents by Inventor Hanafi R. Fraval

Hanafi R. Fraval 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).

  • Fluid light guide having hydrophobic aerogel cladding layer
    Patent number: 6983093
    Abstract: A light guide is disclosed and includes a flexible elongated tube having an inner surface and first and second ends. A non-supercritically dried hydrophobic aerogel film is affixed to the inner surface of the tube as a cladding layer, and a fluid core is disposed within the tube. The fluid core has a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the aerogel cladding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Enterprise Development Corp.
    Inventors: Hanafi R. Fraval, C. Jeffrey Brinker
  • Fluid light guide
    Publication number: 20030044149
    Abstract: A light guide is disclosed and includes a flexible elongated tube having an inner surface and first and second ends. A non-supercritically dried hydrophobic aerogel film is affixed to the inner surface of the tube as a cladding layer, and a fluid core is disposed within the tube. The fluid core has a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the aerogel cladding film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Hanafi R. Fraval, C. Jeffrey Brinker
  • High strength light-weight fiber ash composite material, method of manufacture thereof, and prefabricated structural building members using the same
    Publication number: 20020014051
    Abstract: A prefabricated structural building panel is disclosed. The panel includes a first sheet having inner and outer planar surfaces. A plurality of structural ribs are disposed on the inner surface of the first sheet and are interconnected to form a geometric design having a plurality of chambers. The first sheet and the structural ribs are integrally formed as a single unit from a fiber and fly ash composite material. In preferred form, the cement composite includes a mixture of a commercial grade fly ash having a high lime content and a dry flue-gas desulfurized fly ash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Hanafi R. Fraval, Greg W. Emens
  • Accessory tray
    Patent number: D563564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Enterprise DevCorp, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Arlen New, Sr., Levana Fraval, Hanafi R. Fraval, John C. Donachy, Jonathan S. Ash, Raymond S. Zuckerman