Patents by Inventor Paul Furuta

Paul Furuta 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).

  • Publication number: 20190315920
    Abstract: A meta-dielectric film usable in a capacitor includes composite molecules with a resistive envelope built with alkyl oligomeric single chain or branched chain oligomers having carbo-hydrogen or carbo-fluoro composition and a polarizable core molecular fragment inside the resistive envelope. The polarizable core has an electronic or ionic type of polarizability provided by electronic conductivity of the core molecular fragment or limited mobility of ionic parts of the core molecular fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Barry K. SHARP, Paul FURUTA, Pavel Ivan LAZAREV
  • Patent number: 10444423
    Abstract: Light-emitting quantum dot films, quantum dot lighting devices, and quantum dot-based backlight units are provided. Related compositions, components, and methods are also described. Improved quantum dot encapsulation and matrix materials are provided. Quantum dot films with protective barriers are described. High-efficiency, high brightness, and high-color purity quantum dot-based lighting devices are also included, as well as methods for improving efficiency and optical characteristics in quantum dot-based lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Dubrow, William P. Freeman, Ernest Lee, Paul Furuta
  • Patent number: 10340082
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric layer of molecular material disposed between said first and second electrodes. The molecular material is described by the general formula: Dp-(Core)-Hq, where Core is a polarizable conductive anisometric core, having conjugated ?-systems, and characterized by a longitudinal axis, D and H are insulating substituents, and p and q are numbers of the D and H substituents accordingly. And Core possesses at least one dopant group that enhances polarizability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: CAPACITOR SCIENCES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Pavel Ivan Lazarev, Barry K Sharp, Paul Furuta, Yan Li, Ian SG Kelly-Morgan, Matthew R. Robinson, Daniel Membreno
  • Patent number: 10302845
    Abstract: Light-emitting quantum dot films, quantum dot lighting devices, and quantum dot-based backlight units are provided. Related compositions, components, and methods are also described. Improved quantum dot encapsulation and matrix materials are provided. Quantum dot films with protective barriers are described. High-efficiency, high brightness, and high-color purity quantum dot-based lighting devices are also included, as well as methods for improving efficiency and optical characteristics in quantum dot-based lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Dubrow, William P. Freeman, Ernest Lee, Paul Furuta
  • Patent number: 10305295
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an energy storage cell comprising at least one capacitive energy storage device and a DC-voltage conversion device. The capacitive energy storage device comprises at least one meta-capacitor. The output voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is the input voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device. The present disclosure also provides a capacitive energy storage module and a capacitive energy storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Capacitor Sciences Incorporated
    Inventors: Ian S. G. Kelly-Morgan, Matthew R. Robinson, Paul Furuta, Daniel Membreno, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Publication number: 20190148082
    Abstract: A composite oligomeric material includes one or more repeating backbone units. One or more polarizable units are incorporated into or connected to one or more of the one or more repeating backbone units. One or more resistive tails are connected to one or more of the repeating backbone units or to the one or more polarizable units as a side chain on the polarizable unit. The composite oligomer material may be polymerized to form a metadielectric, which may be sandwiched between to electrodes to form a metacapacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Pavel Ivan Lazarev, Paul Furuta, Barry K. Sharp, Yan Li
  • Publication number: 20190139706
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic compound characterized by electronic polarizability and having a following general structural formula: where Core is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule, R1 is an insulating group, n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, R2 is substitute located in apex positions, R3 and R4 are located in side (lateral) positions and, the core has flat anisometric form and R2 are selected from hydrogen and nucleophilic groups (donors) and R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen and electrophilic groups (acceptors) or vice versa R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen and nucleophilic groups (donors) and R2 are selected from hydrogen and electrophilic groups (acceptors).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Furuta, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Publication number: 20180226193
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coiled capacitor comprising a coil formed by a flexible multilayered tape, and a first terminating electrode and a second terminating electrode which are located on butts of the coil. The flexible multilayered tape contains the following sequence of layers: first metal layer, a layer of a plastic, second metal layer, a layer of energy storage material. The first metal layer forms ohmic contact with the first terminating electrode and the second metal layer forms ohmic contact with the second terminating electrode. The energy storage material comprises material selected from the list comprising rylene fragments, doped oligoaniline and p-oligo-phenylene, supramolecular structures, colloidal composite with dispersion (suspension) of electro-conductive anisometric particles in an insulator matrix, material comprises a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew R. Robinson, Paul Furuta, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Patent number: 10026553
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic compound characterized by electronic polarizability and having a following general structural formula: where Core is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule, R1 is group providing solubility of the organic compound in an organic solvent, n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, R2 is substitute located in apex positions, R3 and R4 are substitutes located in side (lateral) positions and, the core has flat anisometric form and the R2 substitutes are selected from hydrogen and electrophilic groups (acceptors) and R3 substitutes and R4 substitutes are independently selected from hydrogen and nucleophilic groups (donors) or vice versa R3 substitutes and R4 substitutes are independently selected from hydrogen and nucleophilic groups (donors) and R2 substitutes are selected from hydrogen and electrophilic groups (acceptors), and the substitutes R2, R3 and R4 cannot all be hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CAPACITOR SCIENCES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Paul Furuta, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Patent number: 9941051
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coiled capacitor comprising a coil formed by a flexible multilayered tape, and a first terminating electrode (a first contact layer) and a second terminating electrode (a second contact layer) which are located on butts of the coil. The flexible multilayered tape contains the following sequence of layers: first metal layer, a layer of a plastic, second metal layer, a layer of energy storage material. The first metal layer forms ohmic contact with the first terminating electrode (the first contact layer) and the second metal layer (the second contact layer) forms ohmic contact with the second terminating electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: CAPACTOR SCIENCES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Matthew R. Robinson, Paul Furuta, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Patent number: 9804319
    Abstract: Light-emitting quantum dot films, quantum dot lighting devices, and quantum dot-based backlight units are provided. Related compositions, components, and methods are also described. Improved quantum dot encapsulation and matrix materials are provided. Quantum dot films with protective barriers are described. High-efficiency, high brightness, and high-color purity quantum dot-based lighting devices are also included, as well as methods for improving efficiency and optical characteristics in quantum dot-based lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Dubrow, William P. Freeman, Ernest Lee, Paul Furuta
  • Publication number: 20170301467
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric layer of molecular material disposed between said first and second electrodes. The molecular material is described by the general formula: Dp-(Core)- Hq, where Core is a polarizable conductive anisometric core, having conjugated ?-systems, and characterized by a longitudinal axis, D and H are insulating substituents, and p and q are numbers of the D and H substituents accordingly. And Core possesses at least one dopant group that enhances polarizability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Pavel Ivan Lazarev, Barry K. Sharp, Paul Furuta, Yan Li, Ian SG Kelly-Morgan, Matthew R. Robinson, Daniel Membreno
  • Patent number: 9753212
    Abstract: Light-emitting quantum dot films, quantum dot lighting devices, and quantum dot-based backlight units are provided. Related compositions, components, and methods are also described. Improved quantum dot encapsulation and matrix materials are provided. Quantum dot films with protective barriers are described. High-efficiency, high brightness, and high-color purity quantum dot-based lighting devices are also included, as well as methods for improving efficiency and optical characteristics in quantum dot-based lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Dubrow, William P. Freeman, Ernest Lee, Paul Furuta
  • Publication number: 20170236641
    Abstract: An organic co-polymeric compound characterized by polarizability and resistivity has a general structural formula: P1 and P2 are structural units selected from acrylate, methacrylate, repeat units for polypropylene (PP), repeat units for polyethylene (PE), siloxane, and repeat units for polyethylene terephthalate. Tail is a resistive substitute that includes an oligomer of a polymeric material and n is a number of P1-Tail repeat units. Q is an ionic functional group, which is connected to the structural unit P2 via a linker group L, and m is a number of P2-L-Q repeat units. The ionic functional group Q comprises one or more ionic liquid ions, zwitterions, or polymeric acids. B is a counter ion in the form of a molecule or oligomer that can supply an opposite charge to balance a charge of the co-polymer, and s is the number of the counter ions in the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Furuta, Barry K. Sharp, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Publication number: 20170236642
    Abstract: An organic polymeric compound called a para-Furuta polymer is characterized by polarizability and resistivity has repeating units of a general structural formula: A backbone structure of the compound comprises structural unit P, on which are n Tail repeat units and m L-Q repeat units. P is selected from acrylate, methacrylate, polypropylene repeat units, polyethylene repeat units, siloxane, and polyethylene terephthalate repeat units. Tail repeat units are resistive substitutes that are oligomers of polymeric material. L-Q repeat units have j ionic functional groups Q connected to the structural unit P via a linker group L. The ionic functional groups Q comprise one or more ionic liquid ions, zwitterions, polymeric acids, or any combination thereof. Parameter t is the average number of repeating units of para-Furuta polymer. There are s are counter ions B which are molecules or oligomers that supply an opposite charge to balance a charge of the compound, s is number of the counter ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Furuta, Barry K. Sharp, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Publication number: 20170236648
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an energy storage system comprising at least one capacitive energy storage device and a DC-voltage conversion device. The capacitive energy storage device comprises at least one metacapacitor. The output voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is the input voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device. The capacitive energy storage system is capable of being charged from a power generation system and/or an electrical grid and discharging energy to a load and/or electrical grid. The capacitive energy storage system is configurable to supply external power as an operating power in a first state in which the external power is applied and/or to supply power as the operating power in a second state in which the external power is not applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Capacitor Sciences Incorporated
    Inventors: Pavel Ivan Lazarev, Ian S.G. Kelly-Morgan, Mathew R. Robinson, Paul Furuta, Barry K. Sharp
  • Publication number: 20170237271
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an energy storage cell comprising at least one capacitive energy storage device and a DC-voltage conversion device. The capacitive energy storage device comprises at least one meta-capacitor. The output voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is the input voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device. The present disclosure also provides a capacitive energy storage module and a capacitive energy storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Ian Kelly-Morgan, Matthew R. Robinson, Paul Furuta, Daniel Membreno, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Publication number: 20170233528
    Abstract: A meta-dielectric film usable in a capacitor includes composite molecules with a resistive envelope built with alkyl oligomeric single chain or branched chain oligomers having carbo-hydrogen or carbo-fluoro composition and a polarizable core molecular fragment inside the resistive envelope. The polarizable core has an electronic or ionic type of polarizability provided by electronic conductivity of the core molecular fragment or limited mobility of ionic parts of the core molecular fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Barry K. Sharp, Paul Furuta, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Publication number: 20170117097
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic compound characterized by electronic polarizability and having a following general structural formula: where Core is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule, R1 is group providing solubility of the organic compound in an organic solvent, n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, R2 is substitute located in apex positions, R3 and R4 are substitutes located in side (lateral) positions and, the core has flat anisometric form and the R2 substitutes are selected from hydrogen and electrophilic groups (acceptors) and R3 substitutes and R4 substitutes are independently selected from hydrogen and nucleophilic groups (donors) or vice versa R3 substitutes and R4 substitutes are independently selected from hydrogen and nucleophilic groups (donors) and R2 substitutes are selected from hydrogen and electrophilic groups (acceptors), and the substitutes R2, R3 and R4 cannot all be hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Furuta, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
  • Publication number: 20160379757
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coiled capacitor comprising a coil formed by a flexible multilayered tape, and a first terminating electrode (a first contact layer) and a second terminating electrode (a second contact layer) which are located on butts of the coil. The flexible multilayered tape contains the following sequence of layers: first metal layer, a layer of a plastic, second metal layer, a layer of energy storage material. The first metal layer forms ohmic contact with the first terminating electrode (the first contact layer) and the second metal layer (the second contact layer) forms ohmic contact with the second terminating electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew R. Robinson, Paul Furuta, Pavel Ivan Lazarev