Steven G Colbern

7794840, Sep 14, 2010

Mar 10, 2008

12/045551

Leonid Grigorian - Camarillo CA, US
Steven G. Colbern - Fillmore CA, US
Sean Imtiaz Brahim - Camarillo CA, US

Yazaki Corporation - Tokyo

B32B 9/00

428408, 977742

This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. In particular, the present invention is directed to a capacitor electrode comprising a carbon nanotube filled with one or more non-carbon materials comprising titanium, a titanium compound, manganese, a manganese compound, cobalt, nickel, palladium, platinum, bromine, iodine, an interhalogen compound, or the combination thereof.

7938987, May 10, 2011

Apr 27, 2007

11/741634

Leonid Grigorian - Camarillo CA, US
Steven G. Colbern - Fillmore CA, US
Alex E. Moser - Ventura CA, US
Robert L. Gump - Camarillo CA, US
Daniel A. Niebauer - Camarillo CA, US
Sean Imtiaz Brahim - Camarillo CA, US

Yazaki Corporation - Tokyo

H01B 1/00

252502, 252500, 252506, 252512, 252513, 252514, 2525181, 2525191, 25251912, 25251913, 25251914, 977734, 977742, 977744, 977750, 977752, 977842, 977847, 423445 R, 423445 B, 423464, 423466, 423491

This invention relates generally to organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds and methods of making such organized structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. This invention is further drawn to the separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes. In particular, it relates to the separation of semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes from conducting (or metallic) single-wall carbon nanotubes. It also relates to the separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes according to their chirality and/or diameter.

7943238, May 17, 2011

Aug 11, 2010

12/854757

Leonid Grigorian - Camarillo CA, US
Steven G. Colbern - Fillmore CA, US
Sean Imtiaz Brahim - Camarillo CA, US

Yazaki Corporation - Tokyo

B32B 9/00

428408, 977742

This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such structures. In preferred embodiments, the organized structures of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. In particular, the present invention is directed to a capacitor electrode comprising a carbon nanotube filled with one or more non-carbon materials comprising titanium, a titanium compound, manganese, a manganese compound, cobalt, nickel, palladium, platinum, bromine, iodine, an interhalogen compound, or the combination thereof.

8124419, Feb 28, 2012

Apr 19, 2010

12/762976

Sean Imtiaz Brahim - Camarillo CA, US
Leonid Grigorian - Camarillo CA, US
Steven G. Colbern - Fillmore CA, US
Robert L. Gump - Camarillo CA, US
Fikret Nuri Kirkbir - Studio City CA, US

Yazaki Corporation - Tokyo

G01N 33/00

436132, 977953

This invention relates generally to gas sensors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. The invention also relates to devices containing such gas sensors and analysis units. In preferred embodiments, the organized assemblies of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material.

8309226, Nov 13, 2012

Jul 29, 2008

12/182009

Sean Imtiaz Brahim - Camarillo CA, US
Robert L. Gump - Camarillo CA, US
Steven G. Colbern - Fillmore CA, US
Leonid Grigorian - Camarillo CA, US

Yazaki Corporation - Tokyo

B32B 9/00

428408

This invention is directed to an article comprising a transparent substrate and an electrically conductive transparent coating deposited on the transparent substrate. This invention is also directed to methods for preparing the electrically conductive transparent coating and depositing the coating on the transparent substrate. This invention is further directed to devices containing such articles. The electrically conductive transparent coating comprises carbon nanotubes filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material.

8454924, Jun 4, 2013

Sep 2, 2011

13/225353

Leonid Grigorian - Camarillo CA, US
Steven Colbern - Fillmore CA, US
Sean Imtiaz Brahim - Camarillo CA, US

Yazaki Corporation - Tokyo
Toray Industries, Inc. - Tokyo

C01B 31/00
C09C 1/44
B82Y 40/00

423460, 23314, 977842

Cohesive assemblies comprising carbon are prepared by obtaining carbon in the form of powder, particles, flakes, or loose agglomerates, dispersing the carbon in a liquid halogen by mechanical mixing and/or sonication, and substantially removing the liquid halogen, typically by evaporation, whereby the cohesive assembly of carbon is formed. The method is especially suitable for preparing free-standing, monolithic assemblies of carbon nanotubes in the form of films, wafers, or discs, having high carbon packing density and low electrical resistivity. The assemblies have various potential applications, such as electrodes in batteries or supercapacitors or as electromagnetic interference shielding materials.

20020092324, Jul 18, 2002

Dec 4, 2001

10/006983

Rahul Ganguli - Camarillo CA, US
Steven Colbern - Ventura CA, US

C03B019/06
C03B020/00

065/017600, 065/023000, 065/017200, 065/024000, 065/017300

A new method is disclosed for producing thin plates by sintering a thin gel plate (e.g., silica) made using a sol-gel process, which substantially eliminates warpage of the plate during the sintering step. Sintering a sol-gel based silica plate to a dense glass typically causes significant shrinkage, and this can cause the plate to curl, especially around its edges. This phenomenon is referred to as warpage. In the method of the invention, the sintering step is performed while the gel plate is mounted on a support surface, separated by a thin layer of refractory powder. At the high sintering temperature, the powder partially fuses and sticks to both the gel plate and the support surface, which prevents non-uniform stresses in the gel plate from warping the plate.

20020157418, Oct 31, 2002

Mar 18, 2002

10/101437

Rahul Ganguli - Camarillo CA, US
Steven Colbern - Ventura CA, US
Matthew Gleason - Woodland Hills CA, US

C03B008/02

065/017200

This invention resides in a process for making silica articles having few or no visible bubbles by sintering silica gels derived from a sol-gel process. The process incorporates control of pH during hydroxylation and gelation, as well as chlorination at temperatures previously considered unsuitable. The process optionally incorporates addition of dispersant to the silica solution.