Patents by Inventor Robert M. Shelby

Robert M. Shelby 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).

  • Methods for preparing carbon hybrid materials
    Patent number: 9273415
    Abstract: A method of preparing a fiber including electro-spinning onto a substrate polymer solutions from a plurality of jets to form a network of filaments, wherein at least one jet sprays onto the substrate a first chemical mixture including a carbon fiber precursor compound, and at least one other jet sprays onto the substrate a second chemical mixture comprising a sacrificial polymer and a precursor compound of a functional material; and processing the filaments on the substrate, thereby forming an arrangement of carbon fibers having the functional material deposited thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ho-Cheol Kim, Leslie E. Krupp, Philip M. Rice, Robert M. Shelby, Angela-Kristina Speidel
  • METHODS FOR PREPARING CARBON HYBRID MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140072700
    Abstract: A method of preparing a fiber including electro-spinning onto a substrate polymer solutions from a plurality of jets to form a network of filaments, wherein at least one jet sprays onto the substrate a first chemical mixture including a carbon fiber precursor compound, and at least one other jet sprays onto the substrate a second chemical mixture comprising a sacrificial polymer and a precursor compound of a functional material; and processing the filaments on the substrate, thereby forming an arrangement of carbon fibers having the functional material deposited thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho-Cheol Kim, Leslie E. Krupp, Philip M. Rice, Robert M. Shelby, Angela-Kristina Speidel