Patents by Inventor Mark Banash

Mark Banash 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: 11279836
    Abstract: An intumescent nanostructured material for thermal protection comprising a member including a plurality of nanostructured materials, and an intumescent material associated with the member and configured to react in the presence of a heat source to form a foam for thermally insulating the member from the heat source. The member may be a non-woven sheet, a woven sheet, a yarn, or a network, and may be configured to conduct thermal energy away from a heat source. A solution comprising a plurality of nanostructured materials, an intumescent material, and a solvent, wherein the solution has a viscosity suitable for coating or spraying onto a surface of a substrate. The solution may have a viscosity of about 3000 centipoise to about 6000 centipoise, and possibly less than about 1000 centipoise. The solution, when dried on the substrate, may form a thermally-protective coating on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Antoinette, Mark Schauer, Brian White, Meghann White, Mark A. Banash, David Gailus
  • Patent number: 10920368
    Abstract: A method for coloring a carbon nanotube (CNT) product is provided, including placing a CNT product in an electric circuit to ground the product, charging a plurality of pigment molecules with an opposite charge from the CNT product, applying a coating of the charged pigment molecules to a surface of the CNT product, and exposing the coating to a temperature sufficient to cure the coating, while allowing the coating to form a substantially conformal film on the surface of the CNT product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter L. Antoinette, Mark A. Banash, Ashley Hart
  • Publication number: 20180194950
    Abstract: An intumescent nanostructured material for thermal protection comprising a member including a plurality of nanostructured materials, and an intumescent material associated with the member and configured to react in the presence of a heat source to form a foam for thermally insulating the member from the heat source. The member may be a non-woven sheet, a woven sheet, a yarn, or a network, and may be configured to conduct thermal energy away from a heat source. A solution comprising a plurality of nanostructured materials, an intumescent material, and a solvent, wherein the solution has a viscosity suitable for coating or spraying onto a surface of a substrate. The solution may have a viscosity of about 3000 centipoise to about 6000 centipoise, and possibly less than about 1000 centipoise. The solution, when dried on the substrate, may form a thermally-protective coating on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Antoinette, Mark Schauer, Brian White, Meghann White, Mark A. Banash, David Gailus
  • Publication number: 20170241071
    Abstract: A method for coloring a carbon nanotube (CNT) product is provided, including placing a CNT product in an electric circuit to ground the product, charging a plurality of pigment molecules with an opposite charge from the CNT product, applying a coating of the charged pigment molecules to a surface of the CNT product, and exposing the coating to a temperature sufficient to cure the coating, while allowing the coating to form a substantially conformal film on the surface of the CNT product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Peter L. Antoinette, Mark A. Banash, Ashley Hart
  • Patent number: 9718691
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the formation of dispersions of nanotubes are provided using solution comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon and an electron donor group. Also provided are methods for isolating carbon nanotubes from the composition, and use of carbon nanotube products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Johnson, Mark A. Banash, Paul R. Jarosz
  • Publication number: 20160168689
    Abstract: A system for synthesis of extended length nanostructures comprising a nanofilament acting as a support on which an extended length nanostructure may be formed; and furnaces through which the nanofilament is directed in which a source material is deposited on the nanofilament, decomposed to form a layer of precursor coating the nanofilament, and further heated to rearrange the atomic structure of the surface layer to form the nanostructure. A system comprising an array of nanofilaments; and zones within which a layer of precursor material is applied to each nanofilament, and heated to rearrange the atomic structure of the corresponding precursor surface layers to form the plurality of nanostructures. A method for synthesizing a plurality of extended length nanostructures comprising depositing a source material onto a nanofilament; decomposing the source material to form a layer of nanostructure precursor; and rearranging the atomic structure of the nanostructure precursor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Mark A. Banash
  • Publication number: 20140366773
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the formation of dispersions of nanotubes are provided using solution comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon and an electron donor group. Also provided are methods for isolating carbon nanotubes from the composition, and use of carbon nanotube products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Johnson, Mark A. Banash, Paul R. Jarosz
  • Patent number: 6713038
    Abstract: A titanium dioxide compound was isolated from a rare type of naturally occurring ore. Processes for efficiently isolating and obtaining these TiO2 compounds, as well as methods for using them have been developed. These TiO2 compounds may be used directly in applications such as paper, plastics and paints without being subjected to the chloride or sulfate processes. Also they made be used as a feedstock for the chloride or sulfate processes. In order to obtain these TiO2 compounds, one may grind or pulverize the naturally occurring ore, disperse it in a solution or suspension, and process it by selective flocculation or aqueous biphasic extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Millenium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Zhou, Thomas Messer, Fu-Chu Wen, Mark Banash
  • Publication number: 20020000138
    Abstract: A titanium dioxide compound was isolated from a rare type of naturally occurring ore. Processes for efficiently isolating and obtaining these TiO2 compounds, as well as methods for using them have been developed. These TiO2 compounds may be used directly in applications such as paper, plastics and paints without being subjected to the chloride or sulfate processes. Also they made be used as a feedstock for the chloride or sulfate processes. In order to obtain these TiO2 compounds, one may grind or pulverize the naturally occurring ore, disperse it in a solution or suspension, and process it by selective flocculation or aqueous biphasic extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Ling Zhou, Thomas Messer, Fu-Chu Wen, Mark Banash
  • Patent number: 5182236
    Abstract: A gradient index glass comprised of (SiO.sub.2).sub.m (R.sub.2 O).sub.n X.sub.p, wherein R is Li, Na, K, Rb, or Cs, and X=TiO.sub.2, ZrO.sub.2 and/or HfO.sub.2, m is 44 to 99, n is 0.25 to 20, p is at least 0.1, and m+n+p=100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignees: Enichem S.p.A., Istituto Guido Donegani S.p.A.
    Inventors: J. Brian Caldwell, Mark A. Banash, Tessie M. Che, Robert M. Mininni, Victor N. Warden