William C Burgess

US Patent:

8009404, Aug 30, 2011

Filed:

Dec 21, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/962090

Inventors:

Gennadiy Blinder - Germantown MD, US
Gregory F. Pensero - Abingdon MD, US
Long T. Nguyen - White Marsh MD, US
William P. Burgess - Finksburg MD, US
Joseph J. Sedlak - Essex MD, US

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corporation - Bethesda MD

International Classification:

H01H 9/00
H01H 47/00
H01H 51/22
H01H 51/30
H02J 9/00

US Classification:

361160, 307 64

Abstract:

A system is provided that effectively obviates shortcomings of conventional, diode-ORed, redundant power supply systems by forcing a primary power source to provide power to the system load most the time, even when the primary source provides a lower voltage than that of a secondary power source. This preferential selection of the lower-voltage primary is achieved by interposing a power switching unit between the secondary power source and the ORing diode in front of the load. The power switching unit of the illustrative embodiment comprises a voltage regulator that is regulated at a first voltage level, which is lower than the nominal output voltage level provided by the primary power source. Meanwhile, the primary power source is able to charge the secondary power source, which is a battery in the illustrative embodiment, so that the secondary power source can provide power to the load when the primary power source is either interrupted or falls below the first voltage level.

US Patent:

20110304964, Dec 15, 2011

Filed:

May 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/117071

Inventors:

Corey Adam FLEISCHER - Columbia MD, US
Lawrence P. HETZEL - Fallston MD, US
Tushar K. SHAH - Fulton MD, US
Mandel Durwood FLOYD - Alexandria VA, US
Gregory F. PENSERO - Abingdon MD, US
William Patrick BURGESS - Finksburg MD, US
Joseph J. SEDLAK - Essex MD, US
Han Liu - Lutherville-Timonium MD, US

Assignee:

Applied NanoStructured Solutions, LLC - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

H05K 7/00
H01G 9/042
H01G 9/00
H01G 9/155
B82Y 99/00
B82Y 30/00

US Classification:

36167901, 361500, 361502, 29 2503, 977742, 977948

Abstract:

Electrical devices having a plurality of stacked electrode layers are described. At least one of the electrode layers contains continuous fibers that are infused with carbon nanotubes. The continuous fibers can be disposed upon an electrically conductive base plate. The electrical devices can further contain an electrolyte contacting each electrode layer and a layer of separator material disposed between each electrode layer, in which case the electrical devices can form a supercapacitor. Such supercapacitors can have a capacitance of at least about 1 Farad/gram of continuous fibers. The capacitance can be increased by coating at least a portion of the infused carbon nanotubes with a material such as, for example, a conducting polymer, a main group metal compound, and/or a transition metal compound. Methods for producing the electrical devices are also described.

US Patent:

20130143087, Jun 6, 2013

Filed:

Dec 1, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/309492

Inventors:

Han Liu - Lutherville-Timonium MD, US
Corey Adam Fleischer - Columbia MD, US
Lawrence P. Hetzel - Fallston MD, US
William Patrick Burgess - Finksburg MD, US
Gregory F. Pensero - Abingdon MD, US
Tushar K. Shah - Fulton MD, US

Assignee:

APPLIED NANOSTRUCTURED SOLUTIONS, LLC. - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

H01M 10/36
H01M 10/02
H01M 10/04
H01G 9/155
H01M 4/62
H01M 10/0562
B82Y 99/00

US Classification:

429 94, 429232, 429152, 429304, 29746, 361502, 977948, 180 6521, 903907

Abstract:

An energy storage device can include at least one electrode that comprise a plurality carbon nanostructure (CNS)-infused fibers in contact with an active material and an electrolyte.

US Patent:

20140065447, Mar 6, 2014

Filed:

Oct 4, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/645426

Inventors:

Corey Adam Fleischer - Columbia MD, US
William Patrick Burgess - Finksburg MD, US
Lawrence P. Hetzel - Fallston MD, US
Gregory F. Pensero - Abingdon MD, US
Tushar K. Shah - Fulton MD, US

Assignee:

APPLIED NANOSTRUCTURED SOLUTIONS, LLC - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

H01M 12/00

US Classification:

429 7, 4292318, 429212, 429213, 429224, 205 57, 427122

Abstract:

An electrode includes a substrate having a carbon nanostructure (CNS) disposed thereon and a coating including an active material conformally disposed about the carbon nanostructure and the substrate. The electrode is used in a hybrid capacitor-battery having a bifunctional electrolyte capable of energy storage.

US Patent:

20190217264, Jul 18, 2019

Filed:

Jan 16, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/872144

Inventors:

William Burgess - Rockville MD, US
Daniel Evans - Gaithersburg MD, US
Cormac Keating - Potomac MD, US
Simon Kim - Potomac MD, US
Alexander Lacaze - Potomac MD, US
Daniel Lacaze - Potomac MD, US
Kerry McKeon - Potomac MD, US
Bryce West - Rockville MD, US

International Classification:

B01F 15/04
C02F 1/00
B01D 61/08
C02F 1/52
C02F 1/44
B01D 61/12

Abstract:

The personal water enhancement device disclosed herein is designed for removing particulates and impurities from a volume of water and then adding a preferred combination of vitamins and minerals to such volume of water. In a preferred embodiment, the device may comprise a water purifier and filter, a user interface, a database of water formulations, a container for storing salts, and a mechanism for dispensing salts into water. Such a device may allow a user to add a pre-set or customized concentration of various salts and minerals to said volume of water as per their unique needs, and may further reduce both the environmental burden of plastic bottle production and the financial burden of bottled water consumption.