Patents by Inventor Robert Corcoran
Robert Corcoran 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).
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Patent number: 10355277Abstract: The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The Blue Sky Group, Inc.Inventors: John Pope, Dan Buttry, Shannon White, Robert Corcoran
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Patent number: 10020510Abstract: The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: THE BLUE SKY GROUP INCInventors: John Pope, Dan Buttry, Shannon White, Robert Corcoran
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Publication number: 20160064736Abstract: The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: The Blue Sky Group, Inc.Inventors: John Pope, Dan Buttry, Shannon White, Robert Corcoran
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Publication number: 20150380730Abstract: The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: The Blue Sky Group, Inc.Inventors: John Pope, Dan Buttry, Shannon White, Robert Corcoran
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Publication number: 20140205903Abstract: The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: The Blue Sky Group, Inc.Inventors: John Pope, Dan Buttry, Shannon White, Robert Corcoran
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Patent number: 7349756Abstract: A method for starting or stopping each of at least two separately controllable roll-sets (22, 26, 34, 56) used for processing a yarn (Y) in a stretch-break process, each roll-set comrpising at least two rolls, the method is characterized by the step of each roll-set, changing the speed of each roll from an initial condition to a steady state condition in accordance with a predetermined sequence and in coordination with a change in speed of at least one of the other rolls, such that simultaneous complete breakage of a yarn (Y) being processed in a stretch-break process is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Gregory James Scott, Joseph Anthony Perrotto, Glen Edward Simmonds, Richard Davis Bryson, William Robert Corcoran, William Charles Walker
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Publication number: 20070037501Abstract: An abrasive tool, suitable for cutting, slotting, grinding and polishing hard materials, such as ceramics, metals, and composites thereof, and methods for making same. The tool includes a plurality of pores positioned in an abrasive region adjacent an outer circumference of the disk. The pores have any predetermined shape, size and position relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2005Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.Inventors: Sergej-Tomislav Buljan, Srinivasan Ramanath, Donald Brodeur, Robert Corcoran
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Publication number: 20060201281Abstract: An abrasive cutting blade is provided to achieve high-quality surface finishes at high feed rates. The blade is fabricated by electroplating fine abrasive onto a steel cathode disc to form a first layer, followed by electroplating a second layer of coarser abrasive onto the first layer. A third layer of fine abrasive is then electroplated onto the second layer. The resulting composite is then removed from the cathode disc to form a multi-grit, multi-layer, hub-less blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventor: Robert Corcoran
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Publication number: 20060073386Abstract: The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2005Publication date: April 6, 2006Inventors: John Pope, Dan Buttry, Shannon White, Robert Corcoran
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Patent number: 6869729Abstract: The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2000Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Inventors: John Pope, Dan Buttry, Shannon White, Robert Corcoran
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Publication number: 20050002895Abstract: This invention provides a method and compositions for the controlled release of drugs that have been attached by means of a covalent bond to a polymer or other moiety that blocks activity of the drug until it has been released. A two-stage process is provided in which an unmasking reaction results in the formation of a chemical group that can then undergo a second reaction to release the drug. In a preferred embodiment, the narcotic analgesic fentanyl covalently attached to an inert polymer by way of its nitrogen through the formation of a quaternary vinylammonium salt, and then released by a sequence involving hydrolysis of an acetal that exposes an alcohol that may then undergo an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction involving displacement of the nitrogen of oxycodone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2004Publication date: January 6, 2005Inventor: Robert Corcoran
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Patent number: 5652000Abstract: A pelletizer particularly useful for pelletizing water-dispersible melt-extrudate, among other materials, delivered from an extruder through a die positioned in communication with the interior of the pelletizer housing. The pelletizer includes a rotor disposed inside the housing and knives mounted around the periphery of the rotor. The knives pelletize the melt-extrudate as the rotor rotates. A fluid supply system selectively delivers a fluid, such as air, to the knives when the knives are at a selected location in the housing. The selected location is preferably just past the inlet and can extend in a circumferential direction around the housing in the area of the housing which is near the outlet. The circumferential extent can vary according to the configuration of the knives and the fluid supply system.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1995Date of Patent: July 29, 1997Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: William Robert Corcoran, Jr.