Patents by Inventor Mark S. Ricketts

Mark S. Ricketts 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).

  • Electrochemical Device Including Amorphous Metal Oxide on Graphene
    Publication number: 20140178792
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, an electrochemical device includes a catalyst promoter including an amorphous metal oxide, the amorphous metal oxide being of an amount greater than 50 percent by weight of the total weight of the substrate, and a substrate including graphene and supporting the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Jun Yang, Patrick Pietrasz, Chunchuan Xu, Richard E. Soltis, Mark S. Sulek, Mark S. Ricketts
  • Low friction electrical terminals
    Patent number: 6254979
    Abstract: A low friction, low contact resistance coating for electrical terminal members, especially members made of copper base alloys and low carbon steel alloys and plastics, is formed of a coarse electroplate of tin or silver characterized by grains having an average dimension in the range of about 0.5 to 10 micrometers where such grains carry very small particles of polytetrafluoroethylene or the like having average diameters in the range up to about 0.30 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: George Albert Drew, Mark S. Ricketts, Bryan A. Gillispie, Yang-Tse Cheng, Robert A. Suchanek