Patents by Inventor Richard Hanly

Richard Hanly 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).

  • Heating of polymeric materials
    Patent number: 11492454
    Abstract: A material susceptible to dielectric heating has a base polymeric thermoplastic material (1) and a dielectric heating susceptor (2, 3) which increases susceptibility to heating by irradiation with electromagnetic, for example RF or microwave, radiation. The dielectric heating susceptor has a polymeric material (2) such as PVDF which is different from the base polymeric material and has a higher dielectric loss factor than the base polymeric material. The dielectric heating susceptor also comprises electrically polarisable entities such as carbon black dispersed within the base polymeric material without forming a conductive network. The two susceptor materials in combination with the base polymer are particularly effective together at improving susceptibility to electromagnetic radiation heating of the whole material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
    Inventors: Patrick Terence McGrail, Dipa Roy, Ananda Roy, Richard Hanly, Walter Stanley
  • HEATING OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20180148557
    Abstract: A material susceptible to dielectric heating has a base polymeric thermoplastic material (1) and a dielectric heating susceptor (2, 3) which increases susceptibility to heating by irradiation with electromagnetic, for example RF or microwave, radiation. The dielectric heating susceptor has a polymeric material (2) such as PVDF which is different from the base polymeric material and has a higher dielectric loss factor than the base polymeric material. The dielectric heating susceptor also comprises electrically polarisable entities such as carbon black dispersed within the base polymeric material without forming a conductive network. The two susceptor materials in combination with the base polymer are particularly effective together at improving susceptibility to electromagnetic radiation heating of the whole material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: University of Limerick
    Inventors: Patrick Terence McGrath, Dipa Roy, Ananda Roy, Richard Hanly, Walter Stanley