Patents by Inventor Robert W. Cumberland

Robert W. Cumberland 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).

  • Patent number: 10942010
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a three-dimensional architected armor structure includes a core structure and a matrix. The core structure includes: a plurality of impact members; a plurality of joint members below the impact members; and a plurality of connection members respectively extending between one of the impact members and one of the joint members. The matrix fills at least a portion of a space between the impact members, the joint members, and the connection members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: John H. Martin, Brennon D. Yahata, Robert W. Cumberland, Jacob M. Hundley, Robert Mone, Eric C. Clough
  • Patent number: 10627174
    Abstract: Substantially aligned boron nitride nano-element arrays prepared by contacting a carbon nano-element array with a source of boron and nitrogen; methods for preparing such arrays and methods for their use including use as a heat sink or as a thermally conductivity interface in microelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Robert W. Cumberland
  • Patent number: 10550292
    Abstract: Adhesive compositions that contain thermally conductive carbon-based materials that are also electrically insulated; methods for using such adhesive compositions and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Adam Franklin Gross, Robert W. Cumberland, Randall J. Moss
  • Patent number: 9835383
    Abstract: A planar heat pipe for transferring heat between a higher temperature region and a lower temperature region includes a bottom facesheet, a top facesheet, a vapor-venting arterial wick between the bottom facesheet and the top facesheet and including a high permeability layer and a high capillary pressure layer each having pores such that an average pore hydraulic diameter in the high permeability layer is greater than an average pore diameter in the high capillary pressure layer. The pipe also includes an architected mechanical core structure between the arterial wick and the top facesheet, and a working fluid between the bottom facesheet and the top facesheet. The architected mechanical core structure may have a vapor region, and the vapor-venting arterial wick may have a liquid region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Roper, Robert W. Cumberland
  • Publication number: 20170029667
    Abstract: Adhesive compositions that contain thermally conductive carbon-based materials that are also electrically insulated; methods for using such adhesive compositions and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Adam Franklin Gross, Robert W. Cumberland, Randall J. Moss
  • Patent number: 9469790
    Abstract: Adhesive compositions that contain thermally conductive carbon-based materials that are also electrically insulated; methods for using such adhesive compositions and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Adam Franklin Gross, Robert W. Cumberland, Randall J. Moss
  • Patent number: 9116428
    Abstract: A micro-truss based blast protection apparatus. In one embodiment, the blast protection apparatus includes a three-dimensional (3D) ordered truss core between a first face plate and a second face plate. The 3D ordered truss core includes first truss elements defined by first self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a first direction, second truss elements defined by second self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a second direction, and third truss elements defined by third self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a third direction. The first, second, and third truss elements interpenetrate each other at a plurality of nodes to form a continuous material. The first, second, and third truss elements define an open space for providing a densification in response to a force applied to the first face plate and/or the second face plate, and the 3D ordered truss core is self-supporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Alan J. Jacobsen, William B. Carter, Robert W. Cumberland
  • Patent number: 8834739
    Abstract: The present invention is related to heat transfer materials including nano-scale boron nitride platelets having an aspect ratio ranging from about 10:1 to about 1000:1. The present invention also provides a method of removing heat from an object by directly or indirectly contacting the object with the heat transfer materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Cumberland, Christopher S. Roper, Adam Gross, Randall J. Moss, William Bernard Carter
  • Publication number: 20140182823
    Abstract: Substantially aligned boron nitride nano-element arrays prepared by contacting a carbon nano-element array with a source of boron and nitrogen; methods for preparing such arrays and methods for their use including use as a heat sink or as a thermally conductivity interface in microelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Robert W. Cumberland
  • Patent number: 8709538
    Abstract: Substantially aligned boron nitride nano-element arrays prepared by contacting a carbon nano-element array with a source of boron and nitrogen; methods for preparing such arrays and methods for their use including use as a heat sink or as a thermally conductivity interface in microelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Robert W. Cumberland
  • Patent number: 8465825
    Abstract: A micro-truss based composite friction-and-wear apparatus with a three-dimensional ordered microstructure and a method creating the same. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a filler material and a three-dimensional ordered microstructure. The three-dimensional ordered microstructure includes a plurality of first truss elements defined by a plurality of first self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a first direction; a plurality of second truss elements defined by a plurality of second self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a second direction; and a plurality of third truss elements defined by a plurality of third self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Robert W. Cumberland, William B. Carter, Alan J. Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 8431102
    Abstract: Described herein are rhenium boride compounds having desirable characteristics for a variety of applications, ranging from abrasives and cutting tools to protective coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Sarah H. Tolbert, Abby Kavner, Jenn-Ming Yang, Michelle B. Weinberger, Robert W. Cumberland, John J. Gilman, Hsiu-Ying Chung, Jonathan B. Levine
  • Patent number: 8272309
    Abstract: A composite truss armor and a method of manufacturing the same. The composite truss armor includes a filler material and a three-dimensional (3D) ordered truss structure. The 3D ordered truss structure includes: a plurality of first truss elements defined by a plurality of first self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a first direction; a plurality of second truss elements defined by a plurality of second self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a second direction; and a plurality of third truss elements defined by a plurality of third self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a third direction. The first, second, and third ordered truss elements interpenetrate each other at a plurality of nodes to form a continuous material. The first, second, and third truss elements define an open space. The filler material occupies at least a portion of the open space, and the 3D ordered truss structure is self-supporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Robert W. Cumberland, Alan J. Jacobsen, Adam F. Gross, William B. Carter
  • Patent number: 8155496
    Abstract: A composite truss armor and a method of manufacturing the same. The composite truss armor includes a filler material and a three-dimensional (3D) ordered truss structure. The 3D ordered truss structure includes: a plurality of first truss elements defined by a plurality of first self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a first direction; a plurality of second truss elements defined by a plurality of second self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a second direction; and a plurality of third truss elements defined by a plurality of third self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a third direction. The first, second, and third ordered truss elements interpenetrate each other at a plurality of nodes to form a continuous material. The first, second, and third truss elements define an open space. The filler material occupies at least a portion of the open space, and the 3D ordered truss structure is self-supporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Robert W. Cumberland, Alan J. Jacobsen, Adam F. Gross
  • Patent number: 7927507
    Abstract: Compositions for hydrogen storage and methods of making such compositions employ an alloy that exhibits reversible formation/deformation of BH4? anions. The composition includes a ternary alloy including magnesium, boron and a metal and a metal hydride. The ternary alloy and the metal hydride are present in an amount sufficient to render the composition capable of hydrogen storage. The molar ratio of the metal to magnesium and boron in the alloy is such that the alloy exhibits reversible formation/deformation of BH4? anions. The hydrogen storage composition is prepared by combining magnesium, boron and a metal to prepare a ternary alloy and combining the ternary alloy with a metal hydride to form the hydrogen storage composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Wen Li, John J. Vajo, Robert W. Cumberland, Ping Liu
  • Publication number: 20110076391
    Abstract: Adhesive compositions that contain thermally conductive carbon-based materials that are also electrically insulated; methods for using such adhesive compositions and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Adam Franklin Gross, Robert W. Cumberland, Randall J. Moss
  • Patent number: 7910199
    Abstract: A porous carbon scaffold with a surface and pores, the porous carbon scaffold containing a primary metal and a secondary metal, where the primary metal is a metal that does not wet the surface of the pores of the carbon scaffold but wets the surface of the secondary metal, and the secondary metal is interspersed between the surface of the pores of the carbon scaffold and the primary metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Adam F. Gross, John J. Vajo, Robert W. Cumberland, Ping Liu, Tina T. Salguero
  • Publication number: 20090274897
    Abstract: Described herein are rhenium boride compounds having desirable characteristics for a variety of applications, ranging from abrasives and cutting tools to protective coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Sarah H. Tolbert, Abby Kavner, Jenn-Ming Yang, Michelle B. Weinberger, Robert W. Cumberland, John J. Gilman, Hsiu-Ying Chung, Jonathan B. Levine