Patents by Inventor Kyle Overdeep

Kyle Overdeep 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).

  • Reactive materials for manipulating propagation rates and a resulting chemical time delay
    Patent number: 10815161
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to embodiments of reactive material (RM) and an associated chemical time delay that includes an RM, according to an embodiment of the present invention. One embodiment includes a delay material that is an RM patterned on a substrate using lithographic techniques. Another embodiment includes a delay material that is an RM deposited on a patterned substrate such as a mesh. The present invention also includes a chemical time delay that includes either embodiment of the delay material, or any variation on the delay material that would be known to or conceivable to one of skill in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Timothy P. Weihs, Kyle Overdeep
  • COMPOSITE REACTIVE MATERIALS WITH INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLABLE IGNITION AND COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20180370868
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to composite particles that react with a small and adjustable input energy. The ignition threshold depends primarily upon reactant spacing and chemistry, not overall particle size. Combustion properties, such as burn duration and temperature, are controlled by adjusting particle size or reactant composition. The best performance is achieved by selecting reactants with strong intermetallic formation reaction and that combust in different phases (condensed vs gaseous). These particles are fabricated by various methods, including physical vapor deposition, or ball milling. The concept of purposefully decoupling ignition and combustion properties by fabricating particles where ignition is determined by reactant spacing and/or composition and combustion is determined by adjusting particle size and/or composition is described. Combinations of specific reactants, such as Al, Zr, Ti, Mo, Mg, B, Li, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Timothy P. Weihs, Kyle Overdeep, Shashank Vummidi Lakshman, Elliot Wainwright
  • REACTIVE MATERIALS FOR MANIPULATING PROPAGATION RATES AND A RESULTING CHEMICAL TIME DELAY
    Publication number: 20180327331
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to embodiments of reactive material (RM) and an associated chemical time delay that includes an RM, according to an embodiment of the present invention. One embodiment includes a delay material that is an RM patterned on a substrate using lithographic techniques. Another embodiment includes a delay material that is an RM deposited on a patterned substrate such as a mesh. The present invention also includes a chemical time delay that includes either embodiment of the delay material, or any variation on the delay material that would be known to or conceivable to one of skill in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy P. Weihs, Kyle Overdeep