Patents Assigned to Aspen Aerogels, Inc.
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Publication number: 20220069290Abstract: Nanoporous carbon-based scaffolds or structures, and specifically carbon aerogels and their manufacture and use thereof are provided. Embodiments include a silicon-doped anode material for a lithium-ion battery, where the anode material includes beads of a polyimide-derived carbon aerogel. The carbon aerogel may further include silicon particles and accommodates expansion of the silicon particles during lithiation. The anode material provides optimal properties for use within the lithium-ion battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas A. Zafiropoulos, Roxana Trifu, Redouane Begag, Harris R. Miller, Wendell E. Rhine, Nicholas Leventis, George L. Gould, Alexei A. Erchak
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Publication number: 20220055013Abstract: The present invention discloses novel porous polymeric compositions comprising random copolymers of amides, imides, ureas, and carbamic-anhydrides, useful for the synthesis of monolithic bimodal microporous/macroporous carbon aerogels. It also discloses methods for producing said microporous/macroporous carbon aerogels by the reaction of a polyisocyanate compound and a polycarboxylic acid compound, followed by pyrolytic carbonization, and by reactive etching with CO2 at elevated temperatures. Also disclosed are methods for using the microporous/macroporous carbon aerogels in the selective capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Leventis, Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, Malik Adnan Saeed
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Publication number: 20220059822Abstract: Silicon nanoparticles and methods for preparation of silicon nanoparticles are provided. Embodiments include a method for grinding silicon. Methods include providing silicon material, providing a grinding liquid including a polar solvent, and grinding the silicon material in the presence of the grinding liquid to yield silicon nanoparticles. Grinding the silicon in the presence of the grinding liquid can chemically functionalize the silicon material as the nanoparticles are formed to provide stable chemically functionalized nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Wei Xie, Zhifei Li, Roxana Trifu, Harris Miller
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Publication number: 20210402361Abstract: The present invention describes various methods for manufacturing gel composite sheets using segmented fiber or foam reinforcements and gel precursors. Additionally, rigid panels manufactured from the resulting gel composites are also described. The gel composites are relatively flexible enough to be wound and when unwound, can be stretched flat and made into rigid panels using adhesives.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen R. Evans, Irene Melnikova
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Patent number: 11208539Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Also provided is a method of preparing an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Further provided is a method of improving the hydrophobicity, the liquid water uptake, the heat of combustion, or the onset of thermal decomposition temperature of an aerogel composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen R Evans, Kathryn E deKrafft, Nicholas A Zafiropoulos, Wenting Dong, David J Mihalcik, George L Gould, Irene Melnikova
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Publication number: 20210371592Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods related to aerogel materials, including polyimide-based aerogels. In particular, aerogel materials optimized to have certain physical and chemical properties such as flexural and compressive strength are provided. In some embodiments, the aerogel materials can be at least partially carbonized.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Shannon Olga White, Jimmy Lee Clark
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Publication number: 20210354420Abstract: The present disclosure can provide an aerogel composite. The aerogel composite comprises at least one base layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, the base layer comprising a reinforced aerogel composition which comprises a reinforcement material and a monolithic aerogel framework, a first facing layer comprising a first facing material attached to the top surface of the base layer, and a second facing layer comprising a second facing material attached to the bottom surface of the base layer. At least a portion of the monolithic aerogel framework of the base layer extends into at least a portion of both the first facing layer and the second facing layer. The first facing material and the second facing material can each comprise or consist essentially of a non-fluoropolymeric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: David MIHALCIK, Owen Evans, Nicholas Zafiropoulos, George Gould, Leslie Rikleen
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Publication number: 20210309527Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is intrinsically hydrophobic without surface modification by a hydrophobizing agent, is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Also provided is a method of preparing an aerogel composition which is intrinsically hydrophobic without surface modification by a hydrophobizing agent, is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which has favorable combustion and self-heating properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen Richard Evans, David J. Mihalcik, Kathryn Elizabeth DeKrafft, Wenting Dong
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Patent number: 11135564Abstract: The present invention discloses novel porous polymeric compositions comprising random copolymers of amides, imides, ureas, and carbamic-anhydrides, useful for the synthesis of monolithic bimodal microporous/macroporous carbon aerogels. It also discloses methods for producing said microporous/macroporous carbon aerogels by the reaction of a polyisocyanate compound and a polycarboxylic acid compound, followed by pyrolytic carbonization, and by reactive etching with CO2 at elevated temperatures. Also disclosed are methods for using the microporous/macroporous carbon aerogels in the selective capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Leventis, Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, Malik Adnan Saeed
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Patent number: 11130895Abstract: The present disclosure can provide aerogel compositions which have a thermal storage capacity, and which are durable and easy to handle. The present disclosure can provide aerogel compositions which include PCM coatings, particle mixtures, or PCM materials confined within the porous network of an aerogel composition. The present disclosure can provide methods for producing aerogel compositions by coating an aerogel composition with PCM materials, by forming particle mixtures with PCM materials, or by confining PCM materials within the porous network of an aerogel composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Roxana Trifu, Redouane Begag, George Gould, Shannon White
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Patent number: 11118026Abstract: The present invention describes various methods for manufacturing gel composite sheets using segmented fiber or foam reinforcements and gel precursors. Additionally, rigid panels manufactured from the resulting gel composites are also described. The gel composites are relatively flexible enough to be wound and when unwound, can be stretched flat and made into rigid panels using adhesives.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen R Evans, Irene Melnikova
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Publication number: 20210268764Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe secured fiber-reinforced aerogels and laminate structures formed therefrom. In one embodiment a laminate comprises at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer adjacent to at least one layer of fiber containing material wherein fibers from said at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of said at least one fiber-containing material. In another embodiment a laminate comprises at least two adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layers wherein fibers from at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of an adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Daniel E. Bullock, Aaron R. Tomich
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Publication number: 20210268765Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe secured fiber-reinforced aerogels and laminate structures formed therefrom. In one embodiment a laminate comprises at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer adjacent to at least one layer of fiber containing material wherein fibers from said at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of said at least one fiber-containing material. In another embodiment a laminate comprises at least two adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layers wherein fibers from at least one fiber-reinforced aerogel layer are interlaced with fibers of an adjacent fiber-reinforced aerogel layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Daniel E. Bullock, Aaron R. Tomich
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Patent number: 11072145Abstract: The present disclosure can provide an aerogel composite. The aerogel composite comprises at least one base layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, the base layer comprising a reinforced aerogel composition which comprises a reinforcement material and a monolithic aerogel framework, a first facing layer comprising a first facing material attached to the top surface of the base layer, and a second facing layer comprising a second facing material attached to the bottom surface of the base layer. At least a portion of the monolithic aerogel framework of the base layer extends into at least a portion of both the first facing layer and the second facing layer. The first facing material and the second facing material can each comprise or consist essentially of elastic fibers such as spandex, nylon, lycra, elastane, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: David Mihalcik, Owen Evans, Nicholas Zafiropoulos, George Gould
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Publication number: 20210207032Abstract: Aerogel materials, aerogel composites, and the like may be improved by the addition of opacifiers to reduce the radiative component of heat transfer. Such aerogel materials, aerogel composites, and the like may also be treated to impart or improve hydrophobicity. Such aerogel materials and methods of manufacturing the same are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen R. Evans, Wendell E. Rhine, Jon F. Nebo, Jon C. Abeles, JR.
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Patent number: 11053369Abstract: The present invention describes various methods for manufacturing gel composite sheets using segmented fiber or foam reinforcements and gel precursors. Additionally, rigid panels manufactured from the resulting gel composites are also described. The gel composites are relatively flexible enough to be wound and when unwound, can be stretched flat and made into rigid panels using adhesives.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen R Evans, Irene Melnikova
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Publication number: 20210198578Abstract: Aerogel materials, aerogel composites, and the like may be improved by the addition of opacifiers to reduce the radiative component of heat transfer. Such aerogel materials, aerogel composites, and the like may also be treated to impart or improve hydrophobicity. Such aerogel materials and methods of manufacturing the same are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen R. Evans, Wendell E. Rhine, Jon F. Nebo, Jon C. Abeles, JR.
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Patent number: 11046815Abstract: The present invention provides articles and methods related to insulation panels made from aerogels, and specifically polyimide based aerogels. Such insulation panels have a wide variety of applications, including specifically in aerospace applications.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Shannon Olga White, Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos, Jimmy Lee Clark
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Publication number: 20210163303Abstract: Aerogel-based components and systems for electric vehicle thermal management are provided. Exemplary embodiments include a heat control member. The heat control member can include reinforced aerogel compositions that are durable and easy to handle, have favorable performance for use as heat control members and thermal barriers for batteries, have favorable insulation properties, and have favorable reaction to fire, combustion and flame-resistance properties. Also provided are methods of preparing or manufacturing such reinforced aerogel compositions. In certain embodiments, the composition has a silica-based aerogel framework reinforced with a fiber and including one or more opacifying additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen R. Evans, George L. Gould, Kathryn Elizabeth DeKrafft, David J. Mihalcik, David E. Baur
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Publication number: 20210167438Abstract: Components and systems to manage thermal runaway issues in electric vehicle batteries are provided. Exemplary embodiments include a heat control member. The heat control member can include reinforced aerogel compositions that are durable and easy to handle, have favorable performance for use as heat control members and thermal barriers for batteries, have favorable insulation properties, and have favorable reaction to fire, combustion and flame-resistance properties. Also provided are methods of preparing or manufacturing such reinforced aerogel compositions. In certain embodiments, the composition has a silica-based aerogel framework reinforced with a fiber and including one or more opacifying additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.Inventors: Owen R. Evans, George L. Gould, Kathryn Elizabeth DeKrafft, David J. Mihalcik