Patent ID: 11916264
Assignee: ASBURY GRAPHITE OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  C  Y | IPC B  C  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of making a conductive, composite bipolar plate made of coated particles for making a composite material that enhances a property of the composite material, comprising:
providing a powdered component called a powdered host particle, wherein the powdered host particle is a powder from a resin of polymethylpentene;
providing a second powdered component called a conductive additive that comprises a softening or melting temperature higher than the melting point of the powdered host particle, wherein the conductive additive comprises substantially flat graphene oxide flakes, and wherein the conductive additive is formed in situ in a ball mill prior to the addition of the powdered host particle;
inputting said powdered host particle into the ball mill; and
ball milling said powdered host and said conductive additive for a milling time to sufficiently mix but not melt the powdered host particle into a conductive host-additive particle.