Patents by Inventor Robert Atkinson, III

Robert Atkinson, III 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).

  • Multi-interface membrane electrode assembly
    Patent number: 11616247
    Abstract: A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly having: a proton exchange membrane, an anode catalyst coating on one side of the membrane, and a cathode catalyst coating on the other side of the membrane. The cathode catalyst coating has at least two carbon catalyst layers, with a low porosity layer adjacent to a high porosity layer. The high porosity layers have a volume fraction that is higher than the volume fraction of the low porosity layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Yannick Garsany, Robert Atkinson, III, Benjamin Gould
  • MULTI-INTERFACE MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20210391589
    Abstract: A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly having: a proton exchange membrane, an anode catalyst coating on one side of the membrane, and a cathode catalyst coating on the other side of the membrane. The cathode catalyst coating has at least two carbon catalyst layers, with a low porosity layer adjacent to a high porosity layer. The high porosity layers have a volume fraction that is higher than the volume fraction of the low porosity layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Yannick Garsany, Robert Atkinson, III, Benjamin Gould