Patents by Inventor Mathew C. Weisenberger

Mathew C. Weisenberger 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).

  • Apparatus and method for harvesting carbon nanotube arrays
    Patent number: 9533883
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for harvesting a carbon nanotube array from a substrate. The apparatus includes a peeler that peels the carbon nanotube array from the substrate and a support that receives the carbon nanotube array peeled from the substrate. In addition the apparatus includes a drawing device that simultaneously draws the carbon nanotube array from the substrate onto the support as the carbon nanotube array is peeled from the substrate. The peeler and drawing device are synchronized in operation so that as a given length of carbon nanotube array is peeled from the substrate, that same given length of carbon nanotube array is drawn onto the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Mathew C. Weisenberger, John D. Craddock
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20120231259
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for harvesting a carbon nanotube array from a substrate. The apparatus includes a peeler that peels the carbon nanotube array from the substrate and a support that receives the carbon nanotube array peeled from the substrate. In addition the apparatus includes a drawing device that simultaneously draws the carbon nanotube array from the substrate onto the support as the carbon nanotube array is peeled from the substrate. The peeler and drawing device are synchronized in operation so that as a given length of carbon nanotube array is peeled from the substrate, that same given length of carbon nanotube array is drawn onto the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Mathew C. Weisenberger, John D. Craddock