Ronald L Martin

US Patent:

D601451, Oct 6, 2009

Filed:

Feb 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/311343

Inventors:

Ronald K. Martin - Las Vegas NV, US

International Classification:

1104

US Classification:

D11120

US Patent:

7818822, Oct 26, 2010

Filed:

Jul 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/777748

Inventors:

Ronald Martin - Chelmsford MA, US

Assignee:

Zuvo Water, LLC - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

E03D 9/04

US Classification:

4213, 42271

Abstract:

Electrically energized apparatus mounted within the water tank of a conventional flush toilet draws air from the toilet bowl into a plenum to expose the air to UV radiation to produce ozone molecules that have an oxidizing effect on organic matter and to serve as a germicide and a virucide. The ozone enriched air is entrained in the water present in the toilet tank.

US Patent:

20050072461, Apr 7, 2005

Filed:

May 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/856746

Inventors:

Frank Kuchinski - Chelmsford MA, US
Ronald Martin - Chelmsford MA, US
Somesh Mukherjee - Lowell MA, US

International Classification:

H01L031/00

US Classification:

136256000, 136244000

Abstract:

Monolithically integrated solar cells produced at high temperatures on high temperature metal substrates are disclosed. The coatings are thin-film and the insulating layer is pinhole and porosity-free. The methods and devices disclosed enable cost-effective, high performing monolithically integrated photovoltaic modules using Copper Indium Gallium di-Selenide (CIGS) films to be made on the dielectric coated metallic substrates. Embodiments of the invention include deposition methods as well as selection of particular insulating materials for deposition on a thermally stable substrate based on the coating's band gap energy, dielectric constant, and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). Tandem CIGS solar cells monolithically integrated on flexible substrates may also be produced by the methods and materials disclosed. The tandem solar cell devices include an upper solar cell, a lower solar cell, and an intermediate buffer layer with a tunnel junction. The high bandgap energy is absorbed by the upper solar cell, while lower bandgap energy passes through the upper solar cell and is absorbed by the lower solar cell.