Patents by Inventor William John Waugh

William John Waugh 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).

  • Method of manufacture of an electrode for a fuel cell
    Patent number: 8318241
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an electrode for a fuel cell, the method comprising at least the steps of: (a) providing an electrode substrate; (b) contacting at least a part of the electrode substrate with an electroless plating solution comprising a reducing agent, a metal precursor and a suspension of particulate material; and (c) electrolessly plating the metal from the metal precursor onto the contacted part of the electrode substrate, thereby co-depositing the particulate material on the contacted part of the electrode substrate to provide the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Court of Edinburgh Napier University
    Inventors: William John Waugh, Alan MacDonald Davidson
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF AN ELECTRODE FOR A FUEL CELL
    Publication number: 20110017702
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an electrode for a fuel cell, the method comprising at least the steps of: (a) providing an electrode substrate; (b) contacting at least a part of the electrode substrate with an electroless plating solution comprising a reducing agent, a metal precursor and a suspension of particulate material; and (c) electrolessly plating the metal from the metal precursor onto the contacted part of the electrode substrate, thereby co-depositing the particulate material on the contacted part of the electrode substrate to provide the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: William John Waugh, Alan MacDonald Davidson