Patents by Inventor Robert Steve TUCKER

Robert Steve TUCKER 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).

  • Liquid metal electrodes for gas separation
    Patent number: 10087539
    Abstract: Methods separates a gas comprising providing a first electrode in ion-conducting contact with an electrolyte, providing a second electrode in ion-conducting contact with the electrolyte, wherein the second electrode comprises a liquid metal, providing a displacing material comprising a first surface in contact with the second electrode and a second surface exposed to an environment outside the second electrode, wherein said material permits flow of gas and impedes flow of liquid metal, and establishing a potential between the first and second electrodes, whereby gas flows toward the liquid metal. Other aspects include methods and apparatuses comprising electrodes, electrolytes and displacing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Infinium, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Clayton Powell, IV, John Strauss, Robert Steve Tucker, Jason Brodie Voellinger
  • IMPROVED LIQUID METAL ELECTRODES FOR GAS SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20160145754
    Abstract: Methods separates a gas comprising providing a first electrode in ion-conducting contact with an electrolyte, providing a second electrode in ion-conducting contact with the electrolyte, wherein the second electrode comprises a liquid metal, providing a displacing material comprising a first surface in contact with the second electrode and a second surface exposed to an environment outside the second electrode, wherein said material permits flow of gas and impedes flow of liquid metal, and establishing a potential between the first and second electrodes, whereby gas flows toward the liquid metal. Other aspects include methods and apparatuses comprising electrodes, electrolytes and displacing materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Infinium, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Clayton POWELL, John STRAUSS, Robert Steve TUCKER, Jason Brodie VOELLINGER
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUID METAL ELECTRODE CONNECTION IN PRODUCTION OR REFINING OF METALS
    Publication number: 20160108532
    Abstract: In some aspects, the invention relates to apparatuses and methods for connecting a liquid first metal cathode to a current source of an electrolytic cell comprising a conduit having a first and second end, liquid first metal disposed at the first end of the conduit, a solid first metal disposed at the second end of the conduit, and a solid conductor portion in electrical contact with the solid first metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Adam Clayton POWELL, IV, Matthew EARLAM, Robert Steve TUCKER, Alton TABEREAUX, Gregory HARDIE