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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2023
Applicant:

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (US);

Inventors:

Clay Naito, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Spencer Quiel, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Muhannad Suleiman, Orefield, PA (US);

Carlos Romero, Bethlehem, PA (US);

Sudhakar Neti, St. Augustine, FL (US);

Shuoyu Wang, Allentown, PA (US);

Assignee:

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 7/02 (2006.01); C04B 7/28 (2006.01); C04B 14/06 (2006.01); C04B 14/26 (2006.01); C04B 14/48 (2006.01); C04B 20/00 (2006.01); C04B 28/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 7/02 (2013.01); C04B 7/28 (2013.01); C04B 14/06 (2013.01); C04B 14/26 (2013.01); C04B 14/48 (2013.01); C04B 20/0052 (2013.01); C04B 28/04 (2013.01); C04B 2201/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

Concrete materials and thermal energy storage devices employing such concrete materials are disclosed herein. The concrete material may include fibers in an amount ranging from about 1 to about 2 vol. %; an aggregate in an amount ranging from about 50 to about 80 vol. %, wherein the aggregates comprises siliceous aggregate and optionally carbonate aggregate; and a cementitious material in an amount from about 12 to about 20 vol. %, wherein the cementitious material comprises a combination of about 70 to about 85 vol. % of Portland cement and about 15 to about vol. % of silica fume, wherein all volume percentages unless otherwise indicated are based on the total volume of the concrete material.


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