Patents by Inventor Michael M. Zimmer

Michael M. Zimmer 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).

  • COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR INCREASING Z-AXIS THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF COMPOSITE SHEET MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20100021682
    Abstract: Methods are provided for making a composite material that includes (a) providing at least one sheet which includes woven or non-woven glass fibers, carbon fibers, aramid fibers, or nanoscale fibers; and (b) stitching a plurality of stitches of a thermally conductive fiber through the at least one sheet in a Z-axis direction to form paths of higher conductivity through the sheet of material to increase its thermal conductivity in the Z-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Zhiyong Liang, Ben Wang, Chun Zhang, Michael M. Zimmer