Patents by Inventor Joseph E. SPRENGARD, JR.

Joseph E. SPRENGARD, JR. 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).

  • CONDUCTIVE BROAD GOOD PROVIDING LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20250074621
    Abstract: A broad good, comprising a plurality of fibers looped randomly throughout the broad good, a binder material binding the plurality of fibers together, the plurality of bound fibers forming a dimensionally stable nonwoven veil, a first metal coating covering a surface of the plurality of bound fibers of the veil, and a second metal coating covering the surface of the first metal coating, wherein the first and second metal coatings form a highly conductive metal screen that follows the shape of the dimensionally stable nonwoven veil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Larry Allen CHRISTY, Joseph E. SPRENGARD, Jr., Jae Hak KIM, Chaminda JAYASINGHE
  • Conductive broad good providing lightning strike protection
    Patent number: 11919656
    Abstract: A broad good, comprising a plurality of fibers looped randomly throughout the broad good, a binder material binding the plurality of fibers together, the plurality of bound fibers forming a dimensionally stable nonwoven veil, a first metal coating covering a surface of the plurality of bound fibers of the veil, and a second metal coating covering the surface of the first metal coating, wherein the first and second metal coatings form a highly conductive metal screen that follows the shape of the dimensionally stable nonwoven veil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: General Nano LLC
    Inventors: Larry Allen Christy, Joseph E. Sprengard, Jr., Jae Hak Kim, Chaminda Jayasinghe
  • HEATING BLANKET AND METHOD FOR USE
    Publication number: 20200238576
    Abstract: A heating blanket (18), useful for debulking and/or curing composite materials, comprising at least one heating element comprising a carbon nanotube (CNT) structured layer defining an electrically conductive pathway having a first end and a second end and a first electrical terminal (19) electrically coupled to the first end and a second electrical terminal (21) electrically coupled to the second end, and an elastomeric outer covering, encasing the at least one heating element, wherein the at least one heating element is responsive to an electromotive force applied across the first and the second electrical terminals to produce heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Larry Allen Christy, Joseph E. Sprengard Jr., Jae Hak Kim, Chaminda Jayasinghe, Thomas J. Sorenson
  • CONDUCTIVE BROAD GOOD PROVIDING LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20200165005
    Abstract: A broad good, comprising a plurality of fibers looped randomly throughout the broad good, a binder material binding the plurality of fibers together, the plurality of bound fibers forming a dimensionally stable nonwoven veil, a first metal coating covering a surface of the plurality of bound fibers of the veil, and a second metal coating covering the surface of the first metal coating, wherein the first and second metal coatings form a highly conductive metal screen that follows the shape of the dimensionally stable nonwoven veil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Larry Allen CHRISTY, Joseph E. SPRENGARD, JR., Jae Hak KIM, Chaminda JAYASINGHE