Patents by Inventor Michel P. Monteiro

Michel P. Monteiro 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).

  • METHODS FOR FORMING COMPOSITE ARMOR PLATES USING ORDERED NANOTUBE FABRICS
    Publication number: 20230019980
    Abstract: A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements drawn together along their sidewalls and substantially oriented in a uniform direction. In some embodiments this directional force is applied by rolling a cylindrical element over the fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by passing a rubbing material over the surface of a nanotube fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by running a polishing material over the nanotube fabric layer for a predetermined time. Exemplary rolling, rubbing, and polishing apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Robert O. Lindefjeld, David A. Roberts, Hao-Yu Lin, Thomas Bengtson, Thomas Rueckes, Karl Robinson, H. Montgomery Manning, Rahul Sen, Michel P. Monteiro
  • PROTECTIVE ARMOR USING ORDERED NANOTUBE FABRICS
    Publication number: 20210008591
    Abstract: A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements drawn together along their sidewalls and substantially oriented in a uniform direction. In some embodiments this directional force is applied by rolling a cylindrical element over the fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by passing a rubbing material over the surface of a nanotube fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by running a polishing material over the nanotube fabric layer for a predetermined time. Exemplary rolling, rubbing, and polishing apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Robert O. Lindefjeld, David A. Roberts, Hao-Yu Lin, Thomas Bengtson, Thomas Rueckes, Karl Robinson, H. Montgomery Manning, Rahul Sen, Michel P. Monteiro
  • Microfluidic control surfaces using ordered nanotube fabrics
    Patent number: 10661304
    Abstract: A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements drawn together along their sidewalls and substantially oriented in a uniform direction. In some embodiments this directional force is applied by rolling a cylindrical element over the fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by passing a rubbing material over the surface of a nanotube fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by running a polishing material over the nanotube fabric layer for a predetermined time. Exemplary rolling, rubbing, and polishing apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Nantero, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Roberts, Hao-Yu Lin, Thomas Bengtson, Thomas Rueckes, Karl Robinson, H. Montgomery Manning, Rahul Sen, Michel P. Monteiro
  • Ordered Nanotube Fabrics
    Publication number: 20180345316
    Abstract: A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements drawn together along their sidewalls and substantially oriented in a uniform direction. In some embodiments this directional force is applied by rolling a cylindrical element over the fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by passing a rubbing material over the surface of a nanotube fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by running a polishing material over the nanotube fabric layer for a predetermined time. Exemplary rolling, rubbing, and polishing apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: David A. Roberts, Hao-Yu Lin, Thomas Bengtson, Thomas Rueckes, Karl Robinson, H. Montgomery Manning, Rahul Sen, Michel P. Monteiro
  • MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL SURFACES USING ORDERED NANOTUBE FABRICS
    Publication number: 20180001342
    Abstract: A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements drawn together along their sidewalls and substantially oriented in a uniform direction. In some embodiments this directional force is applied by rolling a cylindrical element over the fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by passing a rubbing material over the surface of a nanotube fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by running a polishing material over the nanotube fabric layer for a predetermined time. Exemplary rolling, rubbing, and polishing apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: David A. Roberts, Hao-Yu Lin, Thomas Bengtson, Thomas Rueckes, Karl Robinson, H. Montgomery Manning, Rahul Sen, Michel P. Monteiro