公开(公告)号：US20240139369A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18279184

申请日：2022-02-28

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD ,  Bradbury R. Face

IPC: A61L9/20 ,  A61L9/22 ,  B01D53/26 ,  B03C3/04 ,  C02F1/02 ,  C02F1/72 ,  F24F3/14 ,  F24F5/00 ,  F24F8/30

CPC classification number: A61L9/20 ,  A61L9/22 ,  B01D53/265 ,  B03C3/04 ,  C02F1/02 ,  C02F1/725 ,  F24F3/14 ,  F24F5/0042 ,  F24F8/30 ,  A61L2209/111 ,  A61L2209/12 ,  A61L2209/22 ,  B01D2257/80 ,  B01D2258/06 ,  C02F2303/04 ,  F24F2013/228

Abstract: A system and method for removing unwanted particles and pathogens, including but not limited to viruses, from a volume of gas. The system exhibits low resistance to air flow, allowing a high volume flow and rate of gas volume to be processed. Cold surfaces reduce the temperature of incoming gas causing condensation of water from the gas. The condensate contains unwanted particles and pathogens that have been removed from the volume of gas. The condensate is caused to pass over heated surfaces that comprising a hydrophobic coating, and also comprising catalytic surfaces with anti-viral coatings to neutralize contagions. Micro-spray nozzles, which may incorporate ionization, may be utilized to spray collected water onto the heated surfaces where the contagion may be utilized. The system may comprise multiple stages. The system provides better contagion neutralization and higher flow rates than prior art systems while using less energy, and producing less noise.

公开(公告)号：US20190229253A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16372388

申请日：2019-04-01

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD ,  Bradbury R. FACE ,  Jeffrey D. SHEPARD

IPC: H01L35/34 ,  H01L25/00 ,  H01L35/02 ,  H01L25/04

Abstract: A method is provided for producing an electrically-powered device and/or component that is embeddable in a solid structural component, and a system, a produced device and/or a produced component is provided. The produced electrically powered device includes an attached autonomous electrical power source in a form of a unique, environmentally-friendly structure configured to transform thermal energy at any temperature above absolute zero to an electric potential without any external stimulus including physical movement or deformation energy. The autonomous electrical power source component provides a mechanism for generating renewable energy as primary power for the electrically-powered device and/or component once an integrated structure including the device and/or component is deployed in an environment that restricts future access to the electrical power source for servicing, recharge, replacement, replenishment or the like.

公开(公告)号：US20180210119A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-26

申请号：US15415864

申请日：2017-01-25

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD ,  Bradbury R. FACE ,  Jeffrey D. SHEPARD

IPC: G02B5/02 ,  G02B5/26 ,  B05D5/06 ,  C09D1/00 ,  C09D7/12 ,  C09D201/00 ,  C08K9/10

CPC classification number: G02B5/0268 ,  B05D1/02 ,  B05D5/065 ,  C08K9/10 ,  C08L101/00 ,  C09D7/70 ,  C09D201/00 ,  G02B5/0242 ,  G02B5/0289 ,  G02B5/0294 ,  G02B5/26

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for delivering material compositions comprising particularly-formed multi-layer micron-sized particles that are substantially transparent, yet that exhibit selectable coloration based on their physical properties suspended in substantially transparent matrix or binder materials to facilitate delivery onto substrates, particularly aerosol or aspirated delivery. The disclosed physical properties of the particles are controllably selectable refractive indices to provide an opaque-appearing energy transmissive material when pluralities of the particles are suspended in the substantially transparent matrix material. The multiply-layered (up to 30+ constituent layers) particles result in an overall particle diameter of less than 5 microns, substantially equivalent to paint pigment particles. When delivered, the material compositions form layers that uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques in energy (or light) transmissive layers that appear selectively opaque, while allowing 80+% of the energy impinging on the light incident side to pass through the layers.

公开(公告)号：US20180026075A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15693457

申请日：2017-08-31

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD

IPC: H01L27/16 ,  H01L35/00

CPC classification number: H01L27/16 ,  G05B2219/45003 ,  H01L35/00

Abstract: An integrated circuit system, structure and/or component is provided that includes an integrated electrical power source in a form of a unique, environmentally-friendly energy harvesting element or component. The energy harvesting component provides a mechanism for generating autonomous renewable energy, or a renewable energy supplement, in the integrated circuit system, structure and/or component. The energy harvesting element includes a first conductor layer, a low work function layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer that are particularly configured to promote electron migration from the low work function layer, through the dielectric layer, to the facing surface of the second conductor layer in a manner that develops an electric potential between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. An energy harvesting component includes a plurality of energy harvesting elements electrically connected to one another to increase a power output of the electric harvesting component.

公开(公告)号：US20230408739A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18239118

申请日：2023-08-28

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD ,  Bradbury R. FACE ,  Jeffrey D. SHEPARD

IPC: G02B5/02 ,  G02B5/26 ,  G02B5/00 ,  G02B5/20

CPC classification number: G02B5/0294 ,  G02B5/0242 ,  G02B5/0289 ,  G02B5/26 ,  G02B5/008 ,  G02B5/206 ,  G02B1/04

Abstract: A particularly-formed multi-layer micron-sized particle is provided that is substantially transparent, yet that exhibits selectable coloration based on its physical properties. The disclosed physical properties of the particle are controllably selectable refractive indices to provide an opaque-appearing energy transmissive material when pluralities of the particles are suspended in a substantially transparent matrix material. Multiply-layered (up to 30+ constituent layers) particles result in an overall particle diameter of less than 5 microns. The material suspensions render the particles deliverable as aspirated or aerosol compositions onto substrates to form layers that selectively scatter specific wavelengths of electromagnetic energy while allowing remaining wavelengths of the incident energy to pass. The disclosed particles and material compositions uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques in energy (or light) transmissive layers that appear selectively opaque, while allowing 80+% of the energy impinging on the light incident side to pass through the layers.

公开(公告)号：US20220302326A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17833886

申请日：2022-06-06

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD ,  Bradbury R Face ,  Jeffrey D Shepard

IPC: H01L31/0232 ,  H01L31/02 ,  B62D25/12 ,  B60L8/00 ,  H02S99/00 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H02S40/34 ,  B60J5/04 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  B62D25/06 ,  H02S40/22 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  B62D33/02

Abstract: A method is provided that integrates an autonomous energy harvesting capacity in vehicles in an aesthetically neutral manner. A unique set of structural features combine to implement a hidden energy harvesting system on a surface of the vehicle to provide electrical power to the vehicle, and/or to electrically-powered devices in the vehicle. Color-matched, image-matched and/or texture-matched optical layers are formed over energy harvesting components, including photovoltaic energy collecting components. Optical layers are tuned to scatter selectable wavelengths of electromagnetic energy back in an incident direction while allowing remaining wavelengths of electromagnetic energy to pass through the layers to the energy collecting components below. The layers uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques to make the layers appear opaque when observed from a light incident side, while allowing at least 50%, and as much as 80+%, of the energy impinging on the energy or incident side to pass through the layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190331834A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-31

申请号：US16505660

申请日：2019-07-08

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD ,  Bradbury R. Face ,  Jeffrey D. Shepard

IPC: G02B5/02 ,  G02F1/01 ,  G02F1/19 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02B1/10 ,  H02S40/00 ,  B32B17/00 ,  B32B27/06 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02F1/00 ,  H01L31/0232 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  B32B7/02

Abstract: A system and method are provided for forming body structures including energy filters/shutter components, including energy/light directing/scattering layers that are actively electrically switchable. The filters or components are operable between at least a first mode in which the layers, and thus the presentation of the shutter components, appear substantially transparent when viewed from an energy/light incident side, and a second mode in which the layers, and thus the presentation of the energy filters or shutter components, appear opaque to the incident energy impinging on the energy incident side. The differing modes are selectable by electrically energizing, differentially energizing and/or de-energizing electric fields in a vicinity of the energy scattering layers, including electric fields generated between a pair of transparent electrodes sandwiching an energy scattering layer. Refractive indices of transparent particles, and the transparent matrices in which the particles are fixed, are tunable according to the applied electric fields.

公开(公告)号：US20190293844A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-26

申请号：US16372397

申请日：2019-04-01

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD ,  Bradbury R. FACE ,  Jeffrey D. SHEPARD

IPC: G02B5/02 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B5/00 ,  G02B5/26

Abstract: A particularly-formed multi-layer micron-sized particle is provided that is substantially transparent, yet that exhibits selectable coloration based on its physical properties. The disclosed physical properties of the particle are controllably selectable refractive indices to provide an opaque-appearing energy transmissive material when pluralities of the particles are suspended in a substantially transparent matrix material. Multiply-layered (up to 30+ constituent layers) particles result in an overall particle diameter of less than 5 microns. The material suspensions render the particles deliverable as aspirated or aerosol compositions onto substrates to form layers that selectively scatter specific wavelengths of electromagnetic energy while allowing remaining wavelengths of the incident energy to pass. The disclosed particles and material compositions uniquely implement optical light scattering techniques in energy (or light) transmissive layers that appear selectively opaque, while allowing 80+% of the energy impinging on the light incident side to pass through the layers.

公开(公告)号：US20190058104A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16167372

申请日：2018-10-22

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD

IPC: H01L35/34 ,  H01L35/32

Abstract: A method for forming a unique, environmentally-friendly micron scale autonomous electrical power source is provided in a configuration that generates renewable energy for use in electronic systems, electronic devices and electronic system components. The configuration includes a first conductor with a facing surface conditioned to have a low work function, a second conductor with a facing surface having a comparatively higher work function, and a dielectric layer, not more than 200 nm thick, sandwiched between the respective facing surfaces of the first conductor and the second conductor. The autonomous electrical power source formed according to the disclosed method is configured to harvest minimal thermal energy from any source in an environment above absolute zero. An autonomous electrical power source component is also provided that includes a plurality of autonomous electrical power source constituent elements electrically connected to one another to increase a power output of the autonomous electrical power source.

公开(公告)号：US20190013352A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

申请号：US16133614

申请日：2018-09-17

Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Inventor： Clark D. BOYD

IPC: H01L27/16 ,  H01L35/00

Abstract: A unique, environmentally-friendly energy harvesting element is provided for generating autonomous renewable energy, or a renewable energy supplement, in electronic systems, electronic devices and electronic system components. The energy harvesting element includes a first conductor layer, a low work function layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer that are particularly configured in a manner to promote electron migration from the low work function layer, through the dielectric layer, to the facing surface of the second conductor layer in a manner that develops an electric potential between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. Electric leads are provided to connect the energy harvesting element to a load to power the load with the energy harvesting element. An energy harvesting component is also provided that includes a plurality of energy harvesting elements electrically connected to one another to increase a power output of the electric harvesting component.