Patents by Inventor Troy A. Small

Troy A. Small 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).

  • Sintered and bonded multilayer sensor
    Publication number: 20100050739
    Abstract: A gas sensor may include a sintered heating component which includes a ceramic insulating material, and a separately sintered sensing component which includes an ionically conductive material. The sensor may also include a bond attaching the sensing component to the heating component. The bond may be made of bonding material which is different from the insulating material and the ionically conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Jesse Nachlas, Balakrishnan G. Nair, Raymond Ashton Cutler, Thomas Koerner Pace, Gangqiang Wang, Troy A. Small
  • Ceramic mixed protonic/electronic conducting membranes for hydrogen separation
    Patent number: 7258820
    Abstract: A multi-phase mixed protonic/electronic conducting material comprising a proton-conducting ceramic phase and an electron conductive ceramic phase. Under the presence of a partial pressure gradient of hydrogen across the membrane, a membrane fabricated with this material selectively transports hydrogen ions through the protonically conductive ceramic phase and electrons through the electronically conducting ceramic phase, which results in ultrahigh purity hydrogen permeation through the membrane. The material has a high electronic conductivity and hydrogen gas transport is rate-limited by the protonic conductivity of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Ceramatec, Inc.
    Inventors: Singaravelu Elangovan, Balakrishnan G. Nair, Troy A. Small