Patents by Inventor Thomas Langdo

Thomas Langdo 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: 11791477
    Abstract: A method of making a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes the steps of providing a first SOFC layer laminate tape comprising a first SOFC layer composition attached to a flexible carrier film layer, providing a second SOFC laminate tape comprising a second SOFC layer composition attached to a flexible carrier film layer, and providing a third SOFC layer laminate tape comprising a third SOFC layer composition attached to a flexible carrier film layer. The first SOFC layer laminate tape, the second SOFC layer laminate tape, and the third SOFC layer laminate tape are assembled on rolls positioned along a roll-to-roll assembly line. The laminate tapes are sequentially laminated and calendered and the flexible carrier films removed to provide a composite SOFC precursor laminate that can be sintered and combined with a cathode to provide a completed SOFC. An assembly for making composite SOFC precursor laminates is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: UT-BATTELLE, LLC, REDOX POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Jianlin Li, Dhrupadkumar P. Parikh, Thomas Langdo, Sean R. Bishop, Bryan M. Blackburn
  • Patent number: 11594748
    Abstract: In various embodiments, techniques for fabricating solid oxide fuel cells utilize setter plates composed of or having outer surfaces composed of materials unreactive with species found in the layers of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Redox Power Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Keji Pan, Sean R. Bishop, Thomas Langdo, Bryan M. Blackburn
  • Publication number: 20210242482
    Abstract: In various embodiments, techniques for fabricating solid oxide fuel cells utilize setter plates composed of or having outer surfaces composed of materials unreactive with species found in the layers of the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Keji PAN, Sean R. BISHOP, Thomas LANGDO, Bryan M. BLACKBURN
  • Publication number: 20210175517
    Abstract: A method of making a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes the steps of providing a first SOFC layer laminate tape comprising a first SOFC layer composition attached to a flexible carrier film layer, providing a second SOFC laminate tape comprising a second SOFC layer composition attached to a flexible carrier film layer, and providing a third SOFC layer laminate tape comprising a third SOFC layer composition attached to a flexible carrier film layer. The first SOFC layer laminate tape, the second SOFC layer laminate tape, and the third SOFC layer laminate tape are assembled on rolls positioned along a roll-to-roll assembly line. The laminate tapes are sequentially laminated and calendered and the flexible carrier films removed to provide a composite SOFC precursor laminate that can be sintered and combined with a cathode to provide a completed SOFC. An assembly for making composite SOFC precursor laminates is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Jianlin Li, Dhrupadkumar P. Parikh, Thomas Langdo, Sean R. Bishop, Bryan M. Blackburn
  • Patent number: 10957933
    Abstract: In various embodiments, techniques for fabricating solid oxide fuel cells utilize setter plates composed of or having outer surfaces composed of materials unreactive with species found in the layers of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: REDOX POWER SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Keji Pan, Sean R. Bishop, Thomas Langdo, Bryan M. Blackburn
  • Publication number: 20200091538
    Abstract: In various embodiments, techniques for fabricating solid oxide fuel cells utilize setter plates composed of or having outer surfaces composed of materials unreactive with species found in the layers of the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Keji PAN, Sean R. BISHOP, Thomas LANGDO, Bryan M. BLACKBURN
  • Publication number: 20160023144
    Abstract: Water purification system comprising filtration media sized with respect to each other to allow a first contaminant in the water to saturate the first medium with a delay prior to saturation of the second medium with a second contaminant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: The Water Initiative, LLC,
    Inventors: Eugene A. FITZGERALD, Ya-Hong XIE, Thomas LANGDO, Richard RENJILIAN, Carl V. THOMPSON, III
  • Patent number: 9206058
    Abstract: Water purification system comprising filtration media sized with respect to each other to allow a first contaminant in the water to saturate the first medium with a delay prior to saturation of the second medium with a second contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: THE WATER INITATIVE, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Ya-Hong Xie, Thomas Langdo, Richard Renjilian, Carl V. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20150166382
    Abstract: Water purification system comprising filtration media sized with respect to each other to allow a first contaminant in the water to saturate the first medium with a delay prior to saturation of the second medium with a second contaminant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: The Water Initiative, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Ya-Hong Xie, Thomas Langdo, Richard Renjilian, Carl V. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20120125203
    Abstract: Water purification system comprising filtration media sized with respect to each other to allow a first contaminant in the water to saturate the first medium with a delay prior to saturation of the second medium with a second contaminant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: THE WATER INITIATIVE, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Ya-Hong Xie, Thomas Langdo, Richard Renjilian, Carl V. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20070054467
    Abstract: Monolithic lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterostructures are fabricated by bonding patterned substrates with alternative active-area materials formed thereon to a rigid dielectric platform and then removing the highly-defective interface areas along with the underlying substrates to produce alternative active-area regions disposed over the insulator and substantially exhausted of misfit and threading dislocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Currie, Anthony Lochtefeld, Zhiyuan Cheng, Thomas Langdo
  • Publication number: 20070054465
    Abstract: Monolithic lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterostructures are fabricated by bonding patterned substrates with alternative active-area materials formed thereon to a rigid dielectric platform and then removing the highly-defective interface areas along with the underlying substrates to produce alternative active-area regions disposed over the insulator and substantially exhausted of misfit and threading dislocations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Currie, Anthony Lochtefeld, Zhiyuan Cheng, Thomas Langdo
  • Publication number: 20060292719
    Abstract: Fabrication of monolithic lattice-mismatched semiconductor heterostructures with limited area regions having upper portions substantially exhausted of threading dislocations, as well as fabrication of semiconductor devices based on such lattice-mismatched heterostructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lochtefeld, Matthew Currie, Zhiyuan Cheng, James Fiorenza, Glyn Braithwaite, Thomas Langdo
  • Publication number: 20060258125
    Abstract: Methods for fabricating facetless semiconductor structures using commercially available chemical vapor deposition systems are disclosed herein. A key aspect of the invention includes selectively depositing an epitaxial layer of at least one semiconductor material on the semiconductor substrate while in situ doping the epitaxial layer to suppress facet formation. Suppression of faceting during selective epitaxial growth by in situ doping of the epitaxial layer at a predetermined level rather than by manipulating spacer composition and geometry alleviates the stringent requirements on the device design and increases tolerance to variability during the spacer fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Langdo, Anthony Lochtefeld
  • Publication number: 20060197123
    Abstract: The benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lochtefeld, Thomas Langdo, Richard Hammond, Matthew Currie, Glyn Braithwaite, Eugene Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20060197126
    Abstract: The benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lochtefeld, Thomas Langdo, Richard Hammond, Matthew Currie, Glyn Braithwaite, Eugene Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20060197124
    Abstract: The benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lochtefeld, Thomas Langdo, Richard Hammond, Matthew Currie, Glyn Braithwaite, Eugene Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20060197125
    Abstract: The benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Langdo, Matthew Currie, Glyn Braithwaite, Richard Hammond, Anthony Lochtefeld, Eugene Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20060186510
    Abstract: The benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Lochtefeld, Thomas Langdo, Richard Hammond, Matthew Currie, Glyn Braithwaite, Eugene Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20060174818
    Abstract: A method for minimizing particle generation during deposition of a graded Si1-xGex layer on a semiconductor material includes providing a substrate in an atmosphere including a Si precursor and a Ge precursor, wherein the Ge precursor has a decomposition temperature greater than germane, and depositing the graded Si1-xGex layer having a final Ge content of greater than about 0.15 and a particle density of less than about 0.3 particles/cm2 on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: AmberWave Systems
    Inventors: Eugene Fitzgerald, Richard Westhoff, Matthew Currie, Christopher Vineis, Thomas Langdo