Patents by Inventor Patrick T. Langley

Patrick T. Langley 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).

  • Static dissipative cable ties, such as for radiation belt storm probes
    Patent number: 8931142
    Abstract: An article, such as, but not limited to, a cable strap to wrap, support, or secure one or more wires or cables, is formed by cyclically heating and cooling and/or irradiating an article formed of a static dissipative ethylene tetrafluoroethylen (ETFE) resin, to reduce an electrical resistivity and/or to increase a tensile strength of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Patrick T. Langley, Fazle E. Siddique
  • Static Dissipative Cable Ties, Such as for Radiation Belt Storm Probes
    Publication number: 20130283573
    Abstract: An article, such as, but not limited to, a cable strap to wrap, support, or secure one or more wires or cables, is formed by cyclically heating and cooling and/or irradiating an article formed of a static dissipative ethylene tetrafluoroethylen (ETFE) resin, to reduce an electrical resistivity and/or to increase a tensile strength of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick T. Langley, Fazle E. Siddique
  • Static dissipative cable ties, such as for radiation belt storm probes
    Patent number: 8496864
    Abstract: Methods of cyclically heating and cooling an article formed of a static dissipative ETFE resin, such as to reduce an electrical resistivity and/or to increase a tensile strength of the article, and methods of irradiating an article formed of a static dissipative ETFE resin, such as to increase a tensile strength of the article. Also disclosed herein are articles formed of a static dissipative ETFE resin, and processed in accordance with methods disclosed herein. Such an article may include, for example and without limitation, a cable strap to wrap, support, and/or secure one or more wires or cables, such as a cable tie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: The John Hopkins University
    Inventors: Patrick T. Langley, Fazle E. Siddique
  • Static Dissipative Cable Ties, Such as for Radiation Belt Storm Probes
    Publication number: 20110225776
    Abstract: Methods of cyclically heating and cooling an article formed of a static dissipative ETFE resin, such as to reduce an electrical resistivity and/or to increase a tensile strength of the article, and methods of irradiating an article formed of a static dissipative ETFE resin, such as to increase a tensile strength of the article. Also disclosed herein are articles formed of a static dissipative ETFE resin, and processed in accordance with methods disclosed herein. Such an article may include, for example and without limitation, a cable strap to wrap, support, and/or secure one or more wires or cables, such as a cable tie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick T. Langley, Fazele E. Siddique