Patents by Inventor William Mario Lamanna

William Mario Lamanna 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).

  • Cyano-substituted methide and amide salts
    Patent number: 6294289
    Abstract: Amide and methide salts, comprising in the case of an amide salt one cyano (—CN) group, and in the case of a methide salt, two cyano groups are described in applications requiring a high degree of ionic dissociation. The salts are especially useful as electrolyte components in electrochemical cells such as batteries, fuel cells, capacitors, supercapacitors, electrochemical sensors and electrolytic cells, by providing a means for ionic conduction and transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Alan David Fanta, Phat tan Pham, William Mario Lamanna
  • Lubricants for compressor fluids
    Patent number: 5928557
    Abstract: A poly-.alpha.-olefin:fluoroalkene diblock polymer useful as a lubricant and having a linking moiety of a heteroatom or a heteroatom-containing group linking a poly-.alpha.-olefin oligomeric unit with a fluoroalkene oligomeric unit and being miscible in hydrofluorocarbons or a mixture of hydrofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons and the miscible composition useful as compressor fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James Frederick Sanders, William Mario Lamanna