Patents by Inventor Troy Ansell

Troy Ansell 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).

  • Electrocaloric device
    Patent number: 10056539
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to electrocaloric devices, methods of making electrocaloric integrated circuits, and methods of thermally cycling integrated circuits. The electrocaloric device can include an electrocaloric material having a solid solution of two or more components of BNT, BKT, BZT, BMgT, or BNiT. The electrocaloric material can have an ergodic transition temperature within a range of 50 C to 300 C. The device can also include electrodes associated with the electrocaloric material, as well as an electrical source to add or reduce electrical field between the electrodes across the electrocaloric material to generate heating or cooling relative to the ergodic transition temperature of the electrocaloric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: Oregon State University, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David Cann, Brady Gibbons, Troy Ansell, James Elmer Abbot, Jr.
  • ELECTROCALORIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170054066
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to electrocaloric devices, methods of making electrocaloric integrated circuits, and methods of thermally cycling integrated circuits. The electrocaloric device can include an electrocaloric material having a solid solution of two or more components of BNT, BKT, BZT, BMgT, or BNiT. The electrocaloric material can have an ergodic transition temperature within a range of 50 C to 300 C. The device can also include electrodes associated with the electrocaloric material, as well as an electrical source to add or reduce electrical field between the electrodes across the electrocaloric material to generate heating or cooling relative to the ergodic transition temperature of the electrocaloric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: David Cann, Brady Gibbons, Troy Ansell, James Elmer Abbot Jr