Patents by Inventor Jose L. Santana

Jose L. Santana 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: 11029202
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an ultraviolet radiation (UV) sensor includes a UV sensitive material and a first electrode and a second electrode connected in series through the UV sensitive material such that UV radiation can reach the UV sensitive material. The UV sensitive material can include at least one of zinc tin oxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium zinc oxide, or zinc oxide. The electrodes can be interdigitated comb electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Sameh Dardona, Marcin Piech, Wayde R. Schmidt, Antonio M. Vincitore, Joseph V. Mantese, Rhonda R. Willigan, Peter R. Harris, Jose L. Santana
  • Publication number: 20200348171
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an ultraviolet radiation (UV) sensor includes a UV sensitive material and a first electrode and a second electrode connected in series through the UV sensitive material such that UV radiation can reach the UV sensitive material. The UV sensitive material can include at least one of zinc tin oxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium zinc oxide, or zinc oxide. The electrodes can be interdigitated comb electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Sameh Dardona, Marcin Piech, Wayde R. Schmidt, Antonio M. Vincitore, Joseph V. Mantese, Rhonda R. Willigan, Peter R. Harris, Jose L. Santana
  • Patent number: 10825333
    Abstract: A detector for detecting a hazardous safety condition. The detector includes a housing, an electrochromic material disposed within the housing, and a power source in operative electrical communication with the electrochromic material, the electrochromic material providing a visual display to indicate a condition of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter R. Harris, Marcin Piech, Jose L. Santana
  • Patent number: 10718662
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an ultraviolet radiation (UV) sensor includes a UV sensitive material and a first electrode and a second electrode connected in series through the UV sensitive material such that UV radiation can reach the UV sensitive material. The UV sensitive material can include at least one of zinc tin oxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium zinc oxide, or zinc oxide. The electrodes can be interdigitated comb electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Sameh Dardona, Marcin Piech, Wayde R. Schmidt, Antonio M. Vincitore, Joseph V. Mantese, Rhonda R. Willigan, Peter R. Harris, Jose L. Santana
  • Patent number: 10478894
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an article includes providing an arrangement of loose nanowires and bonding the loose nanowires in the presence of carbon together into a unitary cellular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jose L. Santana, Weina Li, Michael J. Birnkrant
  • Publication number: 20190221108
    Abstract: A detector for detecting a hazardous safety condition. The detector includes a housing, an electrochromic material disposed within the housing, and a power source in operative electrical communication with the electrochromic material, the electrochromic material providing a visual display to indicate a condition of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Peter R. Harris, Marcin Piech, Jose L. Santana
  • Patent number: 10232441
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an article includes providing an arrangement of loose nanowires, forming the loose nanowires into a gas turbine engine airfoil by depositing the loose nanowires into a mold that has a geometry of the gas turbine engine airfoil, and bonding the loose nanowires together into a unitary cellular structure that has the geometry of the gas turbine engine airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Weina Li, Michael J. Birnkrant, Paul Sheedy, James T. Beals, Rhonda R. Willigan, Jose L. Santana
  • Publication number: 20190078933
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an ultraviolet radiation (UV) sensor includes a UV sensitive material and a first electrode and a second electrode connected in series through the UV sensitive material such that UV radiation can reach the UV sensitive material. The UV sensitive material can include at least one of zinc tin oxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium zinc oxide, or zinc oxide. The electrodes can be interdigitated comb electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Sameh Dardona, Marcin Piech, Wayde R. Schmidt, Antonio M. Vincitore, Joseph V. Mantese, Rhonda R. Willigan, Peter R. Harris, Jose L. Santana
  • Patent number: 10126165
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an ultraviolet radiation (UV) sensor includes a UV sensitive material and a first electrode and a second electrode connected in series through the UV sensitive material such that UV radiation can reach the UV sensitive material. The UV sensitive material can include at least one of zinc tin oxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium zinc oxide, or zinc oxide. The electrodes can be interdigitated comb electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Sameh Dardona, Marcin Piech, Wayde R. Schmidt, Antonio M. Vincitore, Joseph V. Mantese, Rhonda R. Willigan, Peter R. Harris, Jose L. Santana
  • Publication number: 20180043433
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an article includes providing an arrangement of loose nanowires and bonding the loose nanowires in the presence of carbon together into a unitary cellular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jose L. Santana, Weina Li, Michael J. Birnkrant
  • Patent number: 9865766
    Abstract: A method of making an ultraviolet sensor includes applying a metal-containing solution to a substrate using a spin coating technique to form a metal-containing coat. The metal-containing coat is baked and pyrolyzed to form a metal-containing oxide film on the substrate. The metal-containing oxide film has a cubic crystalline structure suitable for ultraviolet photodetectors in flame detection applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Rhonda R. Willigan, Jose L. Santana, Marcin Piech, Joseph V. Mantese
  • Patent number: 9806125
    Abstract: An ultraviolet photodetector for a sensor device includes a film deposited on a substrate. The film includes a compositionally graded magnesium-zinc oxide having a ratio of magnesium-to-zinc that decreases between a portion of the film adjacent to the substrate and a portion of the film opposite the substrate for shifting the peak absorption of the film toward the visible wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Rhonda R. Willigan, Jose L. Santana, Marcin Piech
  • Publication number: 20170033256
    Abstract: A method of making an ultraviolet sensor includes applying a metal-containing solution to a substrate using a spin coating technique to form a metal-containing coat. The metal-containing coat is baked and pyrolyzed to form a metal-containing oxide film on the substrate. The metal-containing oxide film has a cubic crystalline structure suitable for ultraviolet photodetectors in flame detection applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Rhonda R. Willigan, Jose L. Santana, Marcin Piech, Joseph V. Mantese
  • Publication number: 20170033150
    Abstract: An ultraviolet photodetector for a sensor device includes a film deposited on a substrate. The film includes a compositionally graded magnesium-zinc oxide having a ratio of magnesium-to-zinc that decreases between a portion of the film adjacent to the substrate and a portion of the film opposite the substrate for shifting the peak absorption of the film toward the visible wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Rhonda R. Willigan, Jose L. Santana, Marcin Piech
  • Publication number: 20170030768
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an ultraviolet radiation (UV) sensor includes a UV sensitive material and a first electrode and a second electrode connected in series through the UV sensitive material such that UV radiation can reach the UV sensitive material. The UV sensitive material can include at least one of zinc tin oxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium zinc oxide, or zinc oxide. The electrodes can be interdigitated comb electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Sameh Dardona, Marcin Piech, Wayde R. Schmidt, Antonio M. Vincitore, Joseph V. Mantese, Rhonda R. Willigan, Peter R. Harris, Jose L. Santana
  • Publication number: 20160175933
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an article includes providing an arrangement of loose nanowires and bonding the loose nanowires together into a unitary cellular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Weina Li, Michael J. Birnkrant, Paul Sheedy, James T. Beals, Rhonda R. Willigan, Jose L. Santana
  • Publication number: 20150345302
    Abstract: A transpiration-cooled article includes a body wall that has first and second opposed surfaces. The first surface is adjacent a passage that is configured to receive a pressurized cooling fluid. At least a portion of the body wall includes a nanocellular foam through which the pressurized cooling fluid from the passage can flow to the second surface. The article can be an airfoil that includes an airfoil body that has an internal passage and an outer gas-path surface. At least a portion of the airfoil body includes a nanocellular foam through which cooling fluid from the internal passage can flow to the gas-path surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Michael J. Birnkrant, Dominic J. Mongillo, JR., Joel H. Wagner, Weina Li, Jose L. Santana, Carey Clum, James T. Beals