Patents by Inventor Michael Wheeler
Michael Wheeler 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).
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Patent number: 12346136Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a directional heat transfer using thermal control devices, including a dual phase change thermal diode and an active contact-based thermal switch. The thermal diode includes a positive temperature coefficient switching material and a negative temperature coefficient switching material arranged in series. The thermal switch includes two thermally conducting surfaces which may be moved to contact (i.e., having a distance between them of substantially zero) creating minimal thermal contact resistance. Both thermal control devices may be used to control heat flow into and/or out of a building.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2024Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Ravi Anant Kishore, Sampath Kommandur, Charles William Booten, Lance Michael Wheeler, Shuang Cui, Zhiying Xiao
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Patent number: 12341465Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a switchable photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a first active material and a static PV device that includes a second active material, where the switchable PV device and the static PV device are positioned substantially parallel to one another, the switchable PV device has a first state that is substantially transparent to a first wavelength of light in the visible spectrum, the switchable PV device has a second state this is substantially opaque to a second wavelength of light in the visible spectrum, the switchable PV device can be reversibly switched between the first state and the second state, the static PV device is substantially transparent to the visible spectrum of light, and both the switchable PV device and static PV device are capable of generating power.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventor: Lance Michael Wheeler
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Publication number: 20240281010Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a directional heat transfer using thermal control devices, including a dual phase change thermal diode and an active contact-based thermal switch. The thermal diode includes a positive temperature coefficient switching material and a negative temperature coefficient switching material arranged in series. The thermal switch includes two thermally conducting surfaces which may be moved to contact (i.e., having a distance between them of substantially zero) creating minimal thermal contact resistance. Both thermal control devices may be used to control heat flow into and/or out of a building.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: Ravi Anant KISHORE, Sampath KOMMANDUR, Charles William BOOTEN, Lance Michael WHEELER, Shuang CUI, Zhiying XIAO
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Patent number: 12001228Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a directional heat transfer using thermal control devices, including a dual phase change thermal diode and an active contact-based thermal switch. The thermal diode includes a positive temperature coefficient switching material and a negative temperature coefficient switching material arranged in series. The thermal switch includes two thermally conducting surfaces which may be moved to contact (i.e., having a distance between them of substantially zero) creating minimal thermal contact resistance. Both thermal control devices may be used to control heat flow into and/or out of a building.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Ravi Anant Kishore, Sampath Kommandur, Charles William Booten, Lance Michael Wheeler, Shuang Cui
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Publication number: 20240177886Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes depositing an ink as a liquid strand onto a substrate, transforming the liquid strand to a precursor strand, converting at least a portion of the precursor strand to a nanowire that includes a first metal, and coating the nanowire with a second metal to form a core-shell nanowire having a core and a shell, where at least a portion of the transforming occurs during the depositing, and the core includes the nanowire and the shell includes the second metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Steven John DIGREGORIO, Owen James HILDRETH, Collin Everett MILLER
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Patent number: 11990287Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a color-conversion layer that includes at least one of a color-tuning layer and/or an intermediate layer and a photovoltaic layer where the color-conversion layer changes the appearance of the PV device when compared to a similar PV device constructed without the color-conversion layer, the color-conversion layer increases a power output of the PV device by at least one of reflecting light to the PV layer or emitting light which is redirected to the PV layer, and the device is at least partially transparent to light in the visible spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kevin Joseph Prince, Lance Michael Wheeler
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Patent number: 11950436Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Kevin Joseph Prince, Colin Andrew Wolden, Mirzojamshed M. Mirzokarimov, Christopher Paul Muzzillo
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Patent number: 11939525Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first phase that includes a perovskite and a second phase that includes a salt, a polymer, and a switching molecule, where the first phase and the second phase are in physical contact, and the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a substantially opaque state and a substantially transparent state.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Bryan Anthony Rosales, Lance Michael Wheeler
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Publication number: 20230422533Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Kevin Joseph PRINCE, Colin Andrew WOLDEN, Mirzojamshed M. MIRZOKARIMOV, Christopher Paul MUZZILLO
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Patent number: 11802440Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices that include a perovskite, where, when a first condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a first phase that substantially transmits light, when a second condition is met, at least a portion of the perovskite is in a second phase that substantially absorbs light, and the perovskite is reversibly switchable between the first phase and the second phase by reversibly switching between the first condition and the second condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Joseph Matthew Luther, Jeffrey A. Christians, Joseph Jonathan Berry
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Patent number: 11742440Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-back-contact photovoltaic device that includes, in order, a substrate, a first electrode having a first surface, an insulator, a second electrode having a second surface, and an active material, where the insulator and the second electrode form a cavity, the active material substantially fills the cavity and is in physical contact with the first surface and the second surface, the insulator includes a first layer and a second layer with the second layer positioned between the first layer and the second contact, and the first layer is constructed of a first material that is different than a second material used to construct the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kevin Joseph Prince, Colin Andrew Wolden, Lance Michael Wheeler
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Patent number: 11711967Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a scaffold having an internal space and a mixture positioned within the space, where the mixture includes a first phase having a metal halide perovskite and a second phase including at least one of a perovskite precursor and/or a switching molecule, the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a first state having at least one of a first transparency and/or a first color and a second state having at least one of a second transparency and/or a second color.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Bryan Anthony Rosales, Shuang Cui, David Todd Moore
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Publication number: 20230167355Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first phase that includes a perovskite and a second phase that includes a salt, a polymer, and a switching molecule, where the first phase and the second phase are in physical contact, and the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a substantially opaque state and a substantially transparent state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Bryan Anthony ROSALES, Lance Michael WHEELER
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Patent number: 11621603Abstract: A protective housing is formed of a set wall panels, a base panel, and a lid panel that interlock to form the housing, but may also be taken apart and stored as a stack of two-dimensional panels when not in use. The various panels interlock via configurations internal to the housing itself, so that once an external lock is placed to secure the access door to the front wall panel, it is completely self-contained and impossible to dismantle or otherwise take apart the individual components of the housing from the outside. The rear wall and/or a side wall are formed to include exhaust locations for an included generator, thus requiring no additional ventilation system to be separately constructed and included. The walls may be formed of steel, high density plastic, fiberglass, or other suitable rugged material appropriate for use in structures exposed to the environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Inventor: James Michael Wheeler
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Publication number: 20230061924Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a color-conversion layer that includes at least one of a color-tuning layer and/or an intermediate layer and a photovoltaic layer where the color-conversion layer changes the appearance of the PV device when compared to a similar PV device constructed without the color-conversion layer, the color-conversion layer increases a power output of the PV device by at least one of reflecting light to the PV layer or emitting light which is redirected to the PV layer, and the device is at least partially transparent to light in the visible spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Kevin Joseph PRINCE, Lance Michael WHEELER
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Publication number: 20220326722Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a directional heat transfer using thermal control devices, including a dual phase change thermal diode and an active contact-based thermal switch. The thermal diode includes a positive temperature coefficient switching material and a negative temperature coefficient switching material arranged in series. The thermal switch includes two thermally conducting surfaces which may be moved to contact (i.e., having a distance between them of substantially zero) creating minimal thermal contact resistance. Both thermal control devices may be used to control heat flow into and/or out of a building.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Ravi Anant KISHORE, Sampath KOMMANDUR, Charles William BOOTEN, Lance Michael WHEELER, Shuang CUI
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Publication number: 20220302400Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a switchable photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a first active material and a static PV device that includes a second active material, where the switchable PV device and the static PV device are positioned substantially parallel to one another, the switchable PV device has a first state that is substantially transparent to a first wavelength of light in the visible spectrum, the switchable PV device has a second state this is substantially opaque to a second wavelength of light in the visible spectrum, the switchable PV device can be reversibly switched between the first state and the second state, the static PV device is substantially transparent to the visible spectrum of light, and both the switchable PV device and static PV device are capable of generating power.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventor: Lance Michael WHEELER
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Patent number: 11427757Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a perovskite sheet that includes two outer layers, each including A?X?; and a first layer that includes BX2, where B is a first cation, A? is a second cation, X is a first anion, X? is a second anion, and the first BX2 layer is positioned between the two outer layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Nathan Richard Neale, Nicholas Charles Anderson, Matthew Peter Hautzinger, Taylor Sierra Bliss
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Patent number: 11373035Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods generate a structured report based on unstructured data. Unstructured data may be received. One or more reference segments in the unstructured data may be detected. The one or more reference segments may be provided. A selection of at least one of the reference segments may be received. The one or more reference segments may be imported into the structured report in accordance with the selection. A structured report may be generated based on the detected one or more reference segments. Generating the structured report may include importing the reference segments. A records management system may generate the structured report based on unstructured data. A system may include first recording device, second recording device, and a server configured to generate a structured report from unstructured data recorded by the first recording device and the second recording device.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Nomura, Michael Wheeler, Timothy Wingerter, Tian Xia, Daniel Ladvocat Cintra, Sayce Falk, Michael Bohlander
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Publication number: 20220115547Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-back-contact photovoltaic device that includes, in order, a substrate, a first electrode having a first surface, an insulator, a second electrode having a second surface, and an active material, where the insulator and the second electrode form a cavity, the active material substantially fills the cavity and is in physical contact with the first surface and the second surface, the insulator includes a first layer and a second layer with the second layer positioned between the first layer and the second contact, and the first layer is constructed of a first material that is different than a second material used to construct the second layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Kevin Joseph PRINCE, Colin Andrew WOLDEN, Lance Michael WHEELER