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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2023
Applicant:
Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael W. Stowell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bruce Lanning, Littleton, CO (US);
Peter Todd Williams, San Carlos, CA (US);
Daniel Cook, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/134 (2016.01); C23C 4/067 (2016.01); H05H 1/26 (2006.01); H05H 1/30 (2006.01); H05H 1/46 (2006.01); B22F 1/16 (2022.01); B22F 3/115 (2006.01); B22F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/067 (2016.01); H05H 1/30 (2013.01); H05H 1/461 (2021.05); B22F 1/16 (2022.01); B22F 3/115 (2013.01); B22F 2007/042 (2013.01); B22F 2202/13 (2013.01); C23C 4/134 (2016.01); H05H 1/26 (2013.01); H05H 1/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for producing covetic materials by exciting a hydrocarbon gas with pulse microwaves to form hydrocarbon radicals in a hot first region of a microwave reactor. Graphene nanoplatelets are formed by the nucleation, growth, and assembly of the hydrocarbon radicals, and contact a metal melt introduced downstream of the hot region to produce a mixture of molten metal and graphene nanoplatelets which assemble in-flight to form covetic materials.