Patents by Inventor Ronald J. Mosso

Ronald J. Mosso 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: 11695125
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for depositing materials on both sides of a web while it passes a substantially vertical direction are provided. In particular embodiments, a web does not contact any hardware components during the deposition. A web may be supported before and after the deposition chamber but not inside the deposition chamber. At such support points, the web may be exposed to different conditions (e.g., temperature) than during the deposition. Also provided are substrates having materials deposited on both sides that may be fabricated by the methods and apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: AMPRIUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Mosso, Ghyrn E. Loveness
  • Publication number: 20180342740
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for depositing materials on both sides of a web while it passes a substantially vertical direction are provided. In particular embodiments, a web does not contact any hardware components during the deposition. A web may be supported before and after the deposition chamber but not inside the deposition chamber. At such support points, the web may be exposed to different conditions (e.g., temperature) than during the deposition. Also provided are substrates having materials deposited on both sides that may be fabricated by the methods and apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Ronald J. Mosso, Ghyrn E. Loveness
  • Patent number: 10044046
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for depositing materials on both side of a web while it passes a substantially vertical direction are provided. In particular embodiments, a web does not contact any hardware components during the deposition. A web may be supported before and after the deposition chamber but not inside the deposition chamber. At such support points, the web may be exposed to different conditions (e.g., temperature) than during the deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Amprius, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Mosso, Ghyrn E. Loveness
  • Patent number: 9163308
    Abstract: Light reactive deposition uses an intense light beam to form particles that are directly coated onto a substrate surface. In some embodiments, a coating apparatus comprising a noncircular reactant inlet, optical elements forming a light path, a first substrate, and a motor connected to the apparatus. The reactant inlet defines a reactant stream path. The light path intersects the reactant stream path at a reaction zone with a product stream path continuing from the reaction zone. The substrate intersects the product stream path. Also, operation of the motor moves the first substrate relative to the product stream. Various broad methods are described for using light driven chemical reactions to produce efficiently highly uniform coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: NanoGram Corporation
    Inventors: Xiangxin Bi, Ronald J. Mosso, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Sujeet Kumar, James T. Gardner, Seung M. Lim, William E. McGovern
  • Publication number: 20150125768
    Abstract: Embodiments of an electrochemical flow cell stack are disclosed. A plurality of frame layers may each have a peripheral gasket channel configured to receive a gasket material. The gasket channel may surround a recessed area having a size and a structure configured to receive an insert layer. Each of the plurality of frame layers may include at least one void area defining a first half-cell chamber of a flow cell. A plurality of insert layers may each be nested within a corresponding frame layers. Each insert layer may include at least one void area defining a second half-cell chamber of the flow cell. A flow cell may be formed by one of the plurality of frame layers and one of the plurality of insert layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald J. MOSSO, Jay E. SHA, Kurt RISIC, Bruce LIN, Jeremy P. MEYERS
  • Publication number: 20150037513
    Abstract: High rate deposition methods comprise depositing a powder coating from a product flow. The product flow results from a chemical reaction within the flow. Some of the powder coatings consolidate under appropriate conditions into an optical coating. The substrate can have a first optical coating onto which the powder coating is placed. The resulting optical coating following consolidation can have a large index-of-refraction difference with the underlying first optical coating, high thickness and index-of-refraction uniformity across the substrate and high thickness and index-of-refraction uniformity between coatings formed on different substrates under equivalent conditions. In some embodiments, the deposition can result in a powder coating of at least about 100 nm in no more than about 30 minutes with a substrate having a surface area of at least about 25 square centimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Xiangxin Bi, Herman A. Lopez, Prasad Narasimha, Eric Euvrard, Ronald J. Mosso
  • Patent number: 8865271
    Abstract: High rate deposition methods comprise depositing a powder coating from a product flow. The product flow results from a chemical reaction within the flow. Some of the powder coatings consolidate under appropriate conditions into an optical coating. The substrate can have a first optical coating onto which the powder coating is placed. The resulting optical coating following consolidation can have a large index-of-refraction difference with the underlying first optical coating, high thickness and index-of-refraction uniformity across the substrate and high thickness and index-of-refraction uniformity between coatings formed on different substrates under equivalent conditions. In some embodiments, the deposition can result in a powder coating of at least about 100 nm in no more than about 30 minutes with a substrate having a surface area of at least about 25 square centimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: NeoPhotonics Corporation
    Inventors: Xiangxin Bi, Herman A. Lopez, Prasad Narasimha, Eric Euvrard, Ronald J. Mosso
  • Publication number: 20140302232
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for depositing materials on both side of a web while it passes a substantially vertical direction are provided. In particular embodiments, a web does not contact any hardware components during the deposition. A web may be supported before and after the deposition chamber but not inside the deposition chamber. At such support points, the web may be exposed to different conditions (e.g., temperature) than during the deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Amprius,Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Mosso, Ghyrn E. Loveness
  • Patent number: 8673407
    Abstract: Three dimensional optical structures are described that can have various integrations between optical devices within and between layers of the optical structure. Optical turning elements can provide optical pathways between layers of optical devices. Methods are described that provide for great versatility on contouring optical materials throughout the optical structure. Various new optical devices are enabled by the improved optical processing approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: NeoPhotonics Corporation
    Inventors: Xiangxin Bi, Elizabeth Anne Nevis, Ronald J. Mosso, Michael Edward Chapin, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Sardar Hyat Khan, Sujeet Kumar, Herman Adrian Lopez, Nguyen Tran The Huy, Craig Richard Horne, Michael A. Bryan, Eric Euvrard
  • Patent number: 8568684
    Abstract: Methods are described that have the capability of producing submicron/nanoscale particles, in some embodiments dispersible, at high production rates. In some embodiments, the methods result in the production of particles with an average diameter less than about 75 nanometers that are produced at a rate of at least about 35 grams per hour. In other embodiments, the particles are highly uniform. These methods can be used to form particle collections and/or powder coatings. Powder coatings and corresponding methods are described based on the deposition of highly uniform submicron/nanoscale particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: NanoGram Corporation
    Inventors: Xiangxin Bi, Nobuyuki Kambe, James T. Gardner, Ronald J. Mosso, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Sujeet Kumar, William E. McGovern
  • Publication number: 20120308856
    Abstract: Shunt currents in electrochemical systems with liquid electrolytes are reduced by placing shunt resistors in electrolyte flow paths. Shunt resistors substantially increase electrical resistance in electrolyte flow channels by interrupting the physical continuity of liquid through their length. Some shunt resistors also provide a flow metering, pumping or flow-resisting functions for improved electrolyte flow control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Enervault Corporation
    Inventors: Craig R. Horne, Jay E. Sha, Ronald J. Mosso, William D. Lyle
  • Publication number: 20120244060
    Abstract: Methods are described that have the capability of producing submicron/nanoscale particles, in some embodiments dispersible, at high production rates. In some embodiments, the methods result in the production of particles with an average diameter less than about 75 nanometers that are produced at a rate of at least about 35 grams per hour. In other embodiments, the particles are highly uniform. These methods can be used to form particle collections and/or powder coatings. Powder coatings and corresponding methods are described based on the deposition of highly uniform submicron/nanoscale particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Xiangxin Bi, Nobuyuki Kambe, Craig R. Horne, James T. Gardner, Ronald J. Mosso, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Sujeet Kumar, William E. McGovern, Pierre J. DeMascarel, Robert B. Lynch
  • Publication number: 20120012032
    Abstract: Methods are described that have the capability of producing submicron/nanoscale particles, in some embodiments dispersible, at high production rates. In some embodiments, the methods result in the production of particles with an average diameter less than about 75 nanometers that are produced at a rate of at least about 35 grams per hour. In other embodiments, the particles are highly uniform. These methods can be used to form particle collections and/or powder coatings. Powder coatings and corresponding methods are described based on the deposition of highly uniform submicron/nanoscale particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Xiangxin Bi, Nobuyuki Kambe, Craig R. Horne, James T. Gardner, Ronald J. Mosso, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Sujeet Kumar, William E. McGovern, Pierre J. DeMascarel, Robert B. Lynch
  • Publication number: 20110143019
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for depositing materials on both side of a web while it passes a substantially vertical direction are provided. In particular embodiments, a web does not contact any hardware components during the deposition. A web may be supported before and after the deposition chamber but not inside the deposition chamber. At such support points, the web may be exposed to different conditions (e.g., temperature) than during the deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: AMPRIUS, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Mosso, Ghyrn E. Loveness
  • Patent number: 7905114
    Abstract: Optical fiber preforms can comprise a glass preform structure with an inner cavity. A powder can be placed within the inner cavity having an average primary particle size of less than about one micron. The powder can be in the form of an unagglomerated particles or a powder coating with a degree of agglomeration or hard fusing ranging from none to significant amounts as long as the primary particles are visible in a micrograph. Powders can be placed within a preform structure by forming a slurry with a dispersion of submicron/nanoscale particles within a cavity within the preform. In other embodiments, a powder coating is formed within a preform structure by depositing the powder coating directly from a reaction product stream. The formation of the powder coating can be formed within the reaction chamber or outside of the reaction chamber by flowing the product particle stream through a conduit leading to the preform structure. In additional embodiments, a powder coating is placed on an insert, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: NeoPhotonics Corporation
    Inventors: Craig R. Horne, Jesse S. Jur, Ronald J. Mosso, Eric H. Euvrard, Xiangxin Bi
  • Patent number: 7781060
    Abstract: Hollow silica nanoparticles can have well defined non-porous shells with low shell fragmentation and good dispersability. These well defined hollow particles can be formed through the controlled oxidation of silicon nanoparticles in an organic solvent. The hollow nanoparticles can have a submicron secondary particle sizes. The hollow silica nanoparticles can be incorporated into polymer composites, such as low index-of-refraction composites, for appropriate applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: NanoGram Corporation
    Inventors: Weidong Li, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Hui Du, Igor Altman, Ronald J. Mosso, Nobuyuki Kambe
  • Publication number: 20100209328
    Abstract: Methods are described that have the capability of producing submicron/nanoscale particles, in some embodiments dispersible, at high production rates. In some embodiments, the methods result in the production of particles with an average diameter less than about 75 nanometers that are produced at a rate of at least about 35 grams per hour. In other embodiments, the particles are highly uniform. These methods can be used to form particle collections and/or powder coatings. Powder coatings and corresponding methods are described based on the deposition of highly uniform submicron/nanoscale particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Xiangxin Bi, Nobuyuki Kambe, Craig R. Horne, James T. Gardner, Ronald J. Mosso, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Sujeet Kumar, William E. McGovern, Pierre J. DeMascarel, Robert B. Lynch
  • Patent number: 7776406
    Abstract: Nanoscale particles, particle coatings/particle arrays and corresponding consolidated materials are described based on an ability to vary the composition involving a wide range of metal and/or metalloid elements and corresponding compositions. In particular, metalloid oxides and metal-metalloid compositions are described in the form of improved nanoscale particles and coatings formed from the nanoscale particles. Compositions comprising rare earth metals and dopants/additives with rare earth metals are described. Complex compositions with a range of host compositions and dopants/additives can be formed using the approaches described herein. The particle coating can take the form of particle arrays that range from collections of disbursable primary particles to fused networks of primary particles forming channels that reflect the nanoscale of the primary particles. Suitable materials for optical applications are described along with some optical devices of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: NeoPhotonics Corporation
    Inventors: Craig R. Horne, Pierre J. DeMascarel, Christian C. Honeker, Benjamin Chaloner-Gill, Herman A. Lopez, Xiangxin Bi, Ronald J. Mosso, William E. McGovern, James T. Gardner, Sujeet Kumar, James A. Gilliam, Vince Pham, Eric Euvrard, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Jesse Jur
  • Publication number: 20100190288
    Abstract: Thin semiconductor foils can be formed using light reactive deposition. These foils can have an average thickness of less than 100 microns. In some embodiments, the semiconductor foils can have a large surface area, such as greater than about 900 square centimeters. The foil can be free standing or releasably held on one surface. The semiconductor foil can comprise elemental silicon, elemental germanium, silicon carbide, doped forms thereof, alloys thereof or mixtures thereof. The foils can be formed using a release layer that can release the foil after its deposition. The foils can be patterned, cut and processed in other ways for the formation of devices. Suitable devices that can be formed form the foils include, for example, photovoltaic modules and display control circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Henry Hieslmair, Ronald J. Mosso, Robert B. Lynch, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, William E. McGovern, Craig R. Horne, Narayan Solayappan, Ronald M. Cornell
  • Publication number: 20090288601
    Abstract: Light reactive deposition uses an intense light beam to form particles that are directly coated onto a substrate surface. In some embodiments, a coating apparatus comprising a noncircular reactant inlet, optical elements forming a light path, a first substrate, and a motor connected to the apparatus. The reactant inlet defines a reactant stream path. The light path intersects the reactant stream path at a reaction zone with a product stream path continuing from the reaction zone. The substrate intersects the product stream path. Also, operation of the motor moves the first substrate relative to the product stream. Various broad methods are described for using light driven chemical reactions to produce efficiently highly uniform coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Xiangxin Bi, Ronald J. Mosso, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Sujeet Kumar, James T. Gardner, Seung M. Lim, William E. McGovern