Patents by Inventor Samuel FRUEH

Samuel FRUEH 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).

  • Materials and design for an electrocatalytic device and method which produces carbon nanotubes and hydrocarbon transportation fuels
    Patent number: 9458542
    Abstract: The present teachings are directed toward an electrocatalytic cell including a barrier, having at least a first side and a second side opposite the first side, comprising a material permeable to oxygen ions and impermeable to at least CO2, CO, H2, H2O and hydrocarbons, an electrical power supply in communication with the barrier, a catalyst adjacent the first side of the barrier, a supply of feedstock components in communication with the first side of the barrier, a supply of a carrier gas component in communication with the second side of the barrier; wherein the feedstock components contact the catalyst and react to form hydrocarbon-containing components and oxygen-containing components, and the electrical power supply biases the barrier to thereby conduct oxygen ions from the first side to the second side. Also presented are a device and methods for producing carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., University of Connecticut, The
    Inventors: Steven L. Suib, Christopher James Brooks, Samuel Frueh, Boxun Hu, Eric Rolland Kreidler
  • MATERIALS AND DESIGN FOR AN ELECTROCATALYTIC DEVICE AND METHOD WHICH PRODUCES CARBON NANOTUBES AND HYDROCARBON TRANSPORTATION FUELS
    Publication number: 20120241327
    Abstract: The present teachings are directed toward an electrocatalytic cell including a barrier, having at least a first side and a second side opposite the first side, comprising a material permeable to oxygen ions and impermeable to at least CO2, CO, H2, H2O and hydrocarbons, an electrical power supply in communication with the barrier, a catalyst adjacent the first side of the barrier, a supply of feedstock components in communication with the first side of the barrier, a supply of a carrier gas component in communication with the second side of the barrier; wherein the feedstock components contact the catalyst and react to form hydrocarbon-containing components and oxygen-containing components, and the electrical power supply biases the barrier to thereby conduct oxygen ions from the first side to the second side. Also presented are a device and methods for producing carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Steven L. SUIB, Christopher James BROOKS, Samuel FRUEH, Boxun HU, Eric Rolland KREIDLER