Patents by Inventor Nicholas Sergeant

Nicholas Sergeant 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).

  • Thermal extraction using radiation
    Patent number: 10544999
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device is disclosed comprising a macroscopic thermal body and an extraction structure that is electromagnetically-coupled to the thermal emitting area of the thermal body. The macroscopic thermal body having a thermal emitting area, and the extraction structure configured and arranged to facilitate emission from, or receipt to the thermal emitting area that exceeds a theoretical, Stefan-Boltzmann, emission limit for a blackbody having the same thermal emitting area as the thermal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Zongfu Yu, Nicholas Sergeant, Torbjorn Skauli, Gang Zhang, Hailiang Wang, Shanhui Fan
  • THERMAL EXTRACTION USING RADIATION
    Publication number: 20140102686
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device is disclosed comprising a macroscopic thermal body and an extraction structure that is electromagnetically-coupled to the thermal emitting area of the thermal body. The macroscopic thermal body having a thermal emitting area, and the extraction structure configured and arranged to facilitate emission from, or receipt to the thermal emitting area that exceeds a theoretical, Stefan-Boltzmann, emission limit for a blackbody having the same thermal emitting area as the thermal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Zongfu Yu, Nicholas Sergeant, Torbjorn Skauli, Gang Zhang, Hailiang Wang, Shanhui Fan