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Michael S. Billups, Middletown, CT US
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| 20100028729 | FUEL CELL POWER PLANT INCLUDING A VARIABLE RESISTIVE DEVICE - A fuel cell power plant ( | 02-04-2010 |
Stephen L. Billups, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20110164765 | PRODUCT OR PACKAGING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS - The present invention is directed to products, product packaging, or product displays containing an electrical component ( | 07-07-2011 |
W. Edward Billups, Houston, TX US
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| 20080213162 | Amplification of Carbon Nanotubes Via Seeded-Growth Methods - The present invention is directed towards methods (processes) of providing large quantities of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of defined diameter and chirality (i.e., precise populations). In such processes, CNT seeds of a pre-selected diameter and chirality are grown to many (e.g., hundreds) times their original length. This is optionally followed by cycling some of the newly grown material back as seed material for regrowth. Thus, the present invention provides for the large-scale production of precise populations of CNTs, the precise composition of such populations capable of being optimized for a particular application (e.g., hydrogen storage). The present invention is also directed to complexes of CNTs and transition metal catalyst precurors, such complexes typically being formed en route to forming CNT seeds. | 09-04-2008 |
Wesley James Billups, Topeka, KS US
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| 20110083945 | CONVEYOR BELT WITH VARYING FLEXIBILITY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION OF SAME - A conveyor belt having a width and a length, and a longitudinal centerline, also has a first longitudinal edge, and an opposing second longitudinal edge and a load bearing region. The load bearing region is located evenly about the belt longitudinal centerline, throughout the length of the belt. The conveyor belt also has a first flexibility region and a second flexibility region, wherein the first flexibility region is located between the first longitudinal edge and the load bearing region, and the second flexibility region is located between the second longitudinal edge and the load bearing region. The conveyor belt further comprises at least one fabric layer, having a width corresponding to the conveyor belt width, and having a length corresponding to the conveyor belt length, wherein the fabric layer has a density which varies over the fabric layer width; and wherein the fabric layer density is higher in the first and second longitudinal edges and the load bearing region than the fabric layer density in the first and second flexibility region. | 04-14-2011 |
Wilbur Edward Billups, Houston, TX US
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| 20100222536 | Method for Functionalizating Carbon Naontubes Utilizing Peroxides - A method for functionalizing the wall of single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes involves the use of acyl peroxides to generate carbon-centered free radicals. The method allows for the chemical attachment of a variety of functional groups to the wall or end cap of carbon nanotubes through covalent carbon bonds without destroying the wall or endcap structure of the nanotube. Carbon-centered radicals generated from acyl peroxides can have terminal functional groups that provide sites for further reaction with other compounds. Organic groups with terminal carboxylic acid functionality can be converted to an acyl chloride and further reacted with an amine to form an amide or with a diamine to form an amide with terminal amine. The reactive functional groups attached to the nanotubes provide improved solvent dispersibility and provide reaction sites for monomers for incorporation in polymer structures. The nanotubes can also be functionalized by generating free radicals from organic sulfoxides. | 09-02-2010 |