Patents by Inventor Min Zhou Berbon

Min Zhou Berbon 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).

  • Non-oxide selectively porous materials
    Patent number: 8057880
    Abstract: A process for providing pores in a structure and a structure according to any selected physical characteristics. Generally pins or pore forming members may be positioned in a laminate preform and the laminate preform formed into a laminate structure including the pins therein. The pins generally include a size, density, distribution, angle, or other characteristic that is desired in the final laminate structure. After the laminate is formed the pins are then removed from the laminate according to a process which does not harm selected physical characteristics of the laminate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Miklos P. Petervary, Min Zhou Berbon
  • Method for forming non-oxide selectively porous materials
    Patent number: 7332116
    Abstract: A process for providing pores in a structure according to any selected physical characteristics. Generally pins or pore forming members may be positioned in a laminate preform and the laminate preform formed into a laminate structure including the pins therein. The pins generally include a size, density, distribution, angle, or other characteristic that is desired in the final laminate structure. After the laminate is formed the pins are then removed from the laminate according to a process which does not harm a selected physical characteristics of the laminate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Miklos P. Petervary, Min Zhou Berbon