Patents by Inventor Michel Pires Monteiro

Michel Pires 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 arranging nanoscopic elements within networks, fabrics and films
    Patent number: 10124367
    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: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Nantero, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Roberts, Hao-Yu Lin, Thomas R. Bengtson, Thomas Rueckes, Karl Robinson, H. Montgomery Manning, Rahul Sen, Michel Pires Monteiro
  • METHODS FOR ARRANGING NANOSCOPIC ELEMENTS WITHIN NETWORKS, FABRICS AND FILMS
    Publication number: 20170072431
    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 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: David A. ROBERTS, Hao-Yu LIN, Thomas R. BENGTSON, Thomas RUECKES, Karl ROBINSON, H. Montgomery MANNING, Rahul SEN, Michel Pires MONTEIRO
  • Methods for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabrics and films
    Patent number: 9574290
    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: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nantero Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Roberts, Hao-Yu Lin, Thomas R. Bengtson, Thomas Rueckes, Karl Robinson, H. Montgomery Manning, Rahul Sen, Michel Pires Monteiro
  • METHODS FOR ARRANGING NANOTUBE ELEMENTS WITHIN NANOTUBE FABRICS AND FILMS
    Publication number: 20110244121
    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: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Nantero, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Roberts, Hao-Yu Lin, Thomas R. Bengtson, Thomas Rueckes, Karl Robinson, H. Montgomery Manning, Rahul Sen, Michel Pires Monteiro