Patents by Inventor Kenneth Teo

Kenneth Teo 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: 9822451
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing nanostructures consisting of carbon, such as monolayers, multilayer sheet structures, tubes, or fibers includes a gas inlet element having a housing cavity enclosed by housing walls, into which a gas feed line opens, through which a gaseous, in particular carbonaceous starting material can be fed into the housing cavity, having a plasma generator, which has components arranged at least partially in the housing cavity, which has at least one plasma electrode to which electrical voltage can be applied, to apply energy to the gaseous starting material by igniting a plasma and thus converting the gaseous starting material into a gaseous intermediate product, and having a gas outlet surface having a plurality of gas outlet openings, through which the gaseous intermediate product can exit out of the housing cavity. A gas heating unit is provided for assisting the conversion, which is arranged downstream of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: AIXTRON SE
    Inventors: Ian Blackburn, Brian Lu, Kenneth Teo, Nalin Rupesinghe
  • Publication number: 20150140234
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for manufacturing nanostructures consisting of carbon, such as monolayers, multilayer sheet structures, tubes, or fibers having a gas inlet element (2) having a housing cavity (5) enclosed by housing walls (3, 3?, 3?), into which a gas feed line (6) opens, through which a gaseous, in particular carbonaceous starting material can be fed into the housing cavity (5), having a plasma generator, which has components (8, 9, 10) arranged at least partially in the housing cavity (5), which has at least one plasma electrode (9) to which electrical voltage can be applied, to apply energy to the gaseous starting material by igniting a plasma and thus convert it into a gaseous intermediate product, and having a gas outlet surface (4) having a plurality of gas outlet openings (7), through which the gaseous intermediate product can exit out of the housing cavity (5). A gas heating unit (11) is provided for assisting the conversion, which is arranged downstream of the components (8, 9, 10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Ian Blackburn, Brian Lu, Kenneth Teo, Nalin Rupesinghe