Patents by Inventor Wayne B. Robbins

Wayne B. Robbins 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).

  • Electrically conductive coating composition
    Patent number: 8581158
    Abstract: An electrically conductive coating composition is provided for use on aircraft and other substrate surfaces to prevent the formation of ice or to melt ice. The conductive coating composition may include a nanomaterial such as carbon nanotubes dispersed in a solvent which may be applied to a substrate surface to form a thin film which is resistively heatable. The conductive coating may also comprise a nanomaterial formed from carbon nanotubes or fullerenes grafted to a polymer containing an active functional group which renders a substrate surface icephobic and is also resistively heatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Amy M. Heintz, Anne-Claire Christiaen, Bhima Rao Vijayendran, Joel D. Elhard, Ramanathan S. Lalgudi, Wayne B. Robbins, Abhishek Gupta, Jeffrey Cafmeyer
  • ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COATING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20100126981
    Abstract: An electrically conductive coating composition is provided for use on aircraft and other substrate surfaces to prevent the formation of ice or to melt ice. The conductive coating composition may include a nanomaterial such as carbon nanotubes dispersed in a solvent which may be applied to a substrate surface to form a thin film which is resistively heatable. The conductive coating may also comprise a nanomaterial formed from carbon nanotubes or fullerenes grafted to a polymer containing an active functional group which renders a substrate surface icephobic and is also resistively heatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Amy M. Heintz, Anne-Claire Christiaen, Bhima Rao Vijayendran, Joel D. Elhard, Ramanathan S. Lalgudi, Wayne B. Robbins, Abhishek Gupta, Jeffrey Cafmeyer