Patents by Inventor Kevin E. Walters

Kevin E. Walters 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).

  • NOZZLE APPARATUS FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20240085028
    Abstract: A cooking appliance comprises an outer frame surface defining a cooktop and the cooktop defines an outlet port. An inner frame surface defines a heating cavity disposed below the cooktop and within the outer frame surface. The inner frame surface defines an inlet port and a chimney extends between a first end connected to the inlet port and a second end connected to the outlet port for directing steam from the heating cavity outside of the cooking appliance. A nozzle apparatus is connected around the outlet port and includes an inner wall defining at least one aperture. The at least one aperture is oriented at an acute angle relative to the cooktop. The nozzle apparatus includes at least one post for connection to the cooktop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lisa E. Blumenthal, Davide Bottalico, Trevor T. Carlson, Nicholas E. Crow, Kevin Dolezan, Ankur Garg, Hemlata P. Khanvilkar, Nicholas J. Kormanik, Ajit Maruti Patil, Timothy Patrick VanAntwerp, Dustin M. Walter, Akhil Haribhau Wankhede
  • Process and hardware for deposition of complex thin-film alloys over large areas
    Patent number: 8956698
    Abstract: Systems and methods for depositing complex thin-film alloys on substrates are provided. In particular, systems and methods for the deposition of thin-film Cd1-xMxTe ternary alloys on substrates using a stacked-source sublimation system are provided, where M is a metal such as Mg, Zn, Mn, and Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Walajabad S. Sampath, Pavel S. Kobyakov, Kevin E. Walters, Davis R. Hemenway
  • PROCESS AND HARDWARE FOR DEPOSITION OF COMPLEX THIN-FILM ALLOYS OVER LARGE AREAS
    Publication number: 20140205768
    Abstract: Systems and methods for depositing complex thin-film alloys on substrates are provided. In particular, systems and methods for the deposition of thin-film Cd1-xMxTe ternary alloys on substrates using a stacked-source sublimation system are provided, where M is a metal such as Mg, Zn, Mn, and Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Walajabad S. Sampath, Pavel S. Kobyakov, Kevin E. Walters, Davis R. Hemenway
  • Process and hardware for deposition of complex thin-film alloys over large areas
    Patent number: 8778081
    Abstract: Systems and methods for depositing complex thin-film alloys on substrates are provided. In particular, systems and methods for the deposition of thin-film Cd1-xMxTe ternary alloys on substrates using a stacked-source sublimation system are provided, where M is a metal such as Mg, Zn, Mn, and Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Walajabad S. Sampath, Pavel S. Kobyakov, Kevin E. Walters, Davis R. Hemenway
  • METHODS FOR SUBLIMATION OF Mg AND INCORPORATION INTO CdTe FILMS TO FORM TERNARY COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20120322198
    Abstract: A method for sublimating a thin film of Magnesium (Mg) on a semiconductor structure for improved efficiency is described. One embodiment includes a method comprised of providing a semiconductor substrate in a vacuum chamber, wherein the substrate comprises a window layer and an absorber layer made of CdTe. The method further includes heating the substrate to a diffusion temperature or greater followed by depositing a Mg film on the absorber layer using a sublimation process, wherein at least a portion of the Mg forms a Cd1-xMgxTe alloy within the absorber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Pavel S. Kobyakov, W. S. Sampath, Kevin E. Walters, Jason M. Kephart, Keegan Barricklow