Patents by Inventor Jeffrey W. Long
Jeffrey W. Long 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).
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Patent number: 10179319Abstract: High-surface-area, ultraporous manganese oxide (MnOx) xerogels and aerogels exhibit outstanding filtration performance for multiple, chemically distinct toxic gases, including ammonia, sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. These MnOx materials use multiple mechanisms for small molecule capture/catalysis including molecular sieving and oxidative decomposition, and function in a wide range of humidity conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey W. Long, Jean M. Wallace, Gregory W. Peterson
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Patent number: 10008711Abstract: An article having a continuous network of zinc and a continuous network of void space interpenetrating the zinc network. The zinc network is a fused, monolithic structure. A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; sintering the sponge to form a sintered sponge; heating the sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and electrochemically reducing the zinc oxide to form a zinc metal sponge.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Debra R Rolison, Joseph F. Parker, Jeffrey W Long
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Publication number: 20180130998Abstract: An article having a continuous network of zinc and a continuous network of void space interpenetrating the zinc network. The zinc network is a fused, monolithic structure. A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; annealing and/or sintering the sponge to form an annealed and/or sintered sponge; heating the annealed and/or sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and electrochemically reducing the zinc oxide to form a zinc metal sponge.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Joseph F. Parker, Debra R. Rolison, Jeffrey W. Long, Jesse S. Ko
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Publication number: 20170338479Abstract: An article having a continuous network of zinc and a continuous network of void space interpenetrating the zinc network. The zinc network is a fused, monolithic structure. A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; annealing and/or sintering the sponge to form an annealed and/or sintered sponge; heating the annealed and/or sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and electrochemically reducing the zinc oxide to form a zinc metal sponge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Joseph F. Parker, Jeffrey W. Long, Debra R. Rolison
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Publication number: 20170331104Abstract: An article having a continuous network of zinc and a continuous network of void space interpenetrating the zinc network. The zinc network is a fused, monolithic structure. A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; annealing and/or sintering the sponge to form an annealed and/or sintered sponge; heating the annealed and/or sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and electrochemically reducing the zinc oxide to form a zinc metal sponge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Joseph F. Parker, Jeffrey W. Long, Debra R. Rolison
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Patent number: 9802254Abstract: A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; sintering the sponge in an inert atmosphere to form a sintered sponge; heating the sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and heating the oxidized sponge in an inert atmosphere at above the melting point of the zinc. A method of: providing an emulsion comprising a zinc powder and a liquid phase; placing the emulsion into a mold, wherein the emulsion is in contact with a metal substrate; and drying the emulsion to form a sponge.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Debra R. Rolison, Joseph F. Parker, Jeffrey W. Long
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Publication number: 20170197197Abstract: High-surface-area, ultraporous manganese oxide (MnOx) xerogels and aerogels exhibit outstanding filtration performance for multiple, chemically distinct toxic gases, including ammonia, sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. These MnOx materials use multiple mechanisms for small molecule capture/catalysis including molecular sieving and oxidative decomposition, and function in a wide range of humidity conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey W. Long, Jean M. Wallace, Gregory W. Peterson
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Patent number: 9466831Abstract: A method of: dissolving salts of a first metal ion and a second metal ion in water to form a solution; heating the solution to a temperature of about 80-90° C.; and adding a base to the solution to precipitate nanoparticles of an oxide of the first metal ion and the second metal ion.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey W. Long, Debra R. Rolison, Benjamin P. Hahn
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Publication number: 20160093890Abstract: A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; sintering the sponge in an inert atmosphere to form a sintered sponge; heating the sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and heating the oxidized sponge in an inert atmosphere at above the melting point of the zinc. A method of: providing an emulsion comprising a zinc powder and a liquid phase; placing the emulsion into a mold, wherein the emulsion is in contact with a metal substrate; and drying the emulsion to form a sponge.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Debra R. Rolison, Joseph F. Parker, Jeffrey W. Long
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Publication number: 20150284853Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article having: a substrate and a RuO2 coating having nanoparticles of RuO2. Also disclosed herein is an article having: a substrate and a RuO2 coating. The coating is made by: immersing the substrate in a solution of RuO4 and a nonpolar solvent at a temperature that is below the temperature at which RuO4 decomposes to RuO2 and warming the substrate and solution to ambient temperature under ambient conditions to cause the formation of the coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey W. Long, Jeffrey C. Owrutsky, Christopher N. Chervin, Debra R. Rolison, Joseph S. Melinger
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Patent number: 9105402Abstract: A method of storing charge comprising the steps of providing a capacitor comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises a nonaqueous liquid of sufficient dielectric constant to dissociate salts soluble in the nonaqueous liquid, a composite comprising a prefabricated porous carbon electrode structure or a carbon foam substrate that is a prefabricated paper structure and a coating deposited by infiltrating the structure with iron oxide via self-limiting electroless deposition on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Megan B. Sassin, Jeffrey W. Long, Debra R. Rolison
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Patent number: 9093721Abstract: Disclosed herein is a metal-air battery having a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte. The cathode has a cathode current collector and a composite of a porous carbon structure and a pseudocapacitive coating. The coating does not completely fill or obstruct a majority of the pores, and the pores can be exposed to a gas. The electrolyte is in contact with the anode and permeates the composite without completely filling or obstructing a majority of the pores.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Debra R Rolison, Jeffrey W Long, Christopher N. Chervin
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Patent number: 9058931Abstract: A method of forming a composite involving the steps of providing a porous carbon electrode structure having a surface and pores wherein the pores have an average diameter that ranges from about 2 nm to about 1 ?m, depositing a coating comprising FeOx via self-limiting electroless deposition without completely filling or obstructing a majority of the pores, wherein the coating comprising FeOx covers most to all of the interior and exterior surfaces of the prefabricated porous carbon electrode structure and can be deposited in a homogenous form and wherein it can be used directly as an electrode without requiring additional conductive additives or binders to be processed into a device-suitable electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey W Long, Debra R Rolison, Megan B. Sassin
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Publication number: 20150118552Abstract: A composite having an electrically conductive substrate and a polymer derived from a vinyl-containing siloxane monomer coating on the substrate. A method of electropolymerizing a vinyl-containing siloxane monomer to form a coating on an electrically conductive substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secrelary of the NavyInventors: Megan B. Sassin, Jeffrey W. Long, Debra R. Rolison
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Publication number: 20150103471Abstract: A method of storing charge comprising the steps of providing a capacitor comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises a nonaqueous liquid of sufficient dielectric constant to dissociate salts soluble in the nonaqueous liquid, a composite comprising a prefabricated porous carbon electrode structure or a carbon foam substrate that is a prefabricated paper structure and a coating deposited by infiltrating the structure with iron oxide via self-limiting electroless deposition on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of NavyInventors: Megan B. Sassin, Jeffrey W. Long, Debra R. Rolison
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Patent number: 8906501Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article having: a substrate and a RuO2 coating having nanoparticles of RuO2. Also disclosed herein is an article having: a substrate and a RuO2 coating. The coating is made by: immersing the substrate in a solution of RuO4 and a nonpolar solvent at a temperature that is below the temperature at which RuO4 decomposes to RuO2 and warming the substrate and solution to ambient temperature under ambient conditions to cause the formation of the coating.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey W Long, Jeffrey C Owrutsky, Christopher N. Chervin, Debra R Rolison, Joseph S. Melinger
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Patent number: 8889257Abstract: An article having: a nonconductive fiber and a RuO2 coating. A method of: immersing a nonconductive article in a solution of RuO4 and a nonpolar solvent at a temperature that is below the temperature at which RuO4 decomposes to RuO2 in the nonpolar solvent in the presence of the article; and warming the article and solution to ambient temperature under ambient conditions to cause the formation of a RuO2 coating on a portion of the article. An article having: a nonconductive fiber and a coating. The coating is made by electroless deposition, sputtering, atomic-layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, or physical vapor deposition.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2008Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Debra R Rolison, Jeffrey W Long, Christopher N. Chervin, Justin C Lytle, Katherine A. Pettigrew
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Publication number: 20140301940Abstract: A method of: dissolving salts of a first metal ion and a second metal ion in water to form a solution; heating the solution to a temperature of about 80-90° C.; and adding a base to the solution to precipitate nanoparticles of an oxide of the first metal ion and the second metal ion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey W. Long, Debra R. Rolison, Benjamin P. Hahn
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Patent number: 8790612Abstract: A composition comprising: a metal oxide of a first metal ions and second metal ions; an electrically conductive material; and a binder material. The second metal ions have a higher oxidation state than the first metal ions. The presence of the second metal ion increases the number of metal cation vacancies. A method of: dissolving salts of a first metal ion and a second metal ion in water to form a solution; heating the solution to a temperature of about 80-90° C.; and adding a base to the solution to precipitate nanoparticles of a metal oxide of the first metal ion and the second metal ion.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey W Long, Debra R Rolison, Benjamin P. Hahn
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Publication number: 20140147757Abstract: An article having a continuous network of zinc and a continuous network of void space interpenetrating the zinc network. The zinc network is a fused, monolithic structure. A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; sintering the sponge to form a sintered sponge; heating the sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and electrochemically reducing the zinc oxide to form a zinc metal sponge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Ssecretary of the NavyInventors: Debra R. Rolison, Joseph F. Parker, Jeffrey W. Long