Patents Examined by Amanda C. Walke
  • Patent number: 11626619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising same. The non-aqueous electrolyte comprises: a non-aqueous organic solvent; a lithium salt; a first additive containing at least one compound among compounds represented by chemical formulas 1 to 4; and a second additive containing at least one compound among compounds represented by chemical formula 5 or 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunhee Kim, Kyoung Soo Kim, Yongchan You, Erang Cho, Seonju Choi
  • Patent number: 11621414
    Abstract: A lithium metal pouch cell having a specific energy ?300 Wh·kg?1 includes an anode comprising lithium metal and an anode current collector, the anode having an areal capacity N (mAh·cm?2); a cathode comprising a cathode material and a cathode current collector, the cathode having an a real capacity P (mAh·cm?2), wherein a ratio of N/P is within a range of 0.02 to 5; an electrolyte having an electrolyte mass E and comprising a lithium active salt and a solvent, the lithium metal pouch cell having an electrolyte mass to cell capacity (E/C) ratio within a range of 1 to 6 g·Ah?1; a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode; and a packaging material defining a pouch enclosing the anode, cathode, electrolyte, and separator; wherein a protruding tab of the anode current collector and a protruding tab of the cathode current collector are external to the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Hongkyung Lee, Dianying Liu, Chaojiang Niu
  • Patent number: 11621430
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a controller that controls actions of the fuel cell system. The controller includes a freezing presence-absence determination unit that performs freezing presence-absence determination, a temperature raising execution unit that performs temperature raising processing for raising a temperature of an exhaust and drain valve, and a thawing presence-absence determination unit. In the freezing presence-absence determination, freezing determination is made when the exhaust flow rate of gas is equal to or lower than a first threshold. In the thawing presence-absence determination, thawing determination indicating that the exhaust and drain valve is thawed is made when the exhaust flow rate of gas is higher than a second threshold. The second threshold shows a flow rate higher than the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Yamanaka, Tomotaka Ishikawa, Shinji Asou, Tsuyoshi Maruo
  • Patent number: 11613692
    Abstract: A quantum dot-polymer composite pattern including at least one repeating section configured to emit light of a predetermined wavelength, and a production method and a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite are disclosed. The quantum dot-polymer composite includes a polymer matrix including linear polymer including a carboxylic acid group-containing repeating unit and a plurality of cadmium-free quantum dots dispersed in the polymer matrix, has an absorption rate of greater than or equal to about 85% for light at wavelength of about 450 nm, and has an area ratio of a hydroxy group peak relative to an acrylate peak of greater than or equal to about 2.6 in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shang Hyeun Park, Tae Gon Kim, Shin Ae Jun
  • Patent number: 11616248
    Abstract: Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) are operated at elevated pressure to provide increased operating voltage and/or enhanced CO2 utilization with a cathode input stream having a low CO2 content. It has been discovered that increasing the operating pressure of a molten carbonate fuel cell when using a low CO2-content cathode input stream can provide unexpectedly large increases in operating voltage while also reducing or minimizing the amount of alternative ion transport and/or enhancing CO2 utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Rosen, Eric B. Shen, Timothy C. Geary
  • Patent number: 11616236
    Abstract: A binder including a metal salt of a graft copolymer, which is a polymerization product of polyvinyl alcohol, an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and a polymerizable monomer having a long-chain alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Takei, Woojin Bae, Kanghee Lee, Seongho Jeon, Heechul Jung, Sungsoo Han
  • Patent number: 11609497
    Abstract: The present invention is a resist composition comprises a polymer compound having one or two repeating units selected from repeating units represented by the following general formulae (p-1), (p-2) and (p-3), a repeating unit represented by the following formula (a-1) and the formula (a-2) polarities of which are changed by an action of an acid, and a repeating unit represented by the following formula (b-1); a salt represented by the following general formula (B); and a solvent, wherein a difference of a C log P of the repeating unit (a-1) before and after changing the polarity is 3.0 to 4.5, and a difference of a C log P of the repeating unit (a-2) before and after changing the polarity is 2.5 to 3.2. This provides a resist composition which has high sensitivity, wide DOF and high resolution, reduces LER, LWR and CDU, and has good pattern shape after exposure and excellent etching resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sasami, Kenji Yamada, Jun Hatakeyama, Satoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11611080
    Abstract: The present application relates to a binder. The present application can provide a binder which can be applied to production of silicon series negative electrodes to cope well with shrinkage and expansion by repeated charge and discharge, and has excellent binding force between active materials and adhesive force to a current collector, and an active material composition, an electrode and a secondary battery, comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Oh Kim, Jeong Ae Yoon, Sung Soo Yoon, Jang Bae Kim, Su Jee Kwon, Jong Hyun Chae, Jong Heon Kwak
  • Patent number: 11609495
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer including a phenolic hydroxyl group, a compound represented by formula (1-1) or formula (1-2), and a compound represented by formula (2). In the formula (1-1), a sum of a, b, and c is no less than 1; at least one of R1, R2, and R3 represents a fluorine atom or the like; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or the like. In the formula (1-2), in a case in which d is 1, R6 represents a fluorine atom or the like, and in a case in which d is no less than 2, at least one of the plurality of R6s represents a fluorine atom or the like; and R8 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki Nishikori, Kazuya Kiriyama, Takuhiro Taniguchi, Ken Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11605834
    Abstract: A class of sulfonimide salts for solid-state electrolytes can be synthesized based on successive SNAr reactions of fluorinated phenyl sulfonimides: Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonimide Tags (FAST). The chemical and electrochemical oxidative stability of these FAST salts as well as other properties like solubility, Lewis basicity, and conductivity can be tuned by introducing different numbers and types of nucleophilic functional groups to the FAST salt scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics Co, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeremiah Allen Johnson, Yang Shao-Horn, Robinson Anandakathir, Mao Chen, Shuting Feng, Livia Giordano, Mingjun Huang, Wenxu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11603480
    Abstract: A composition includes a polymer and a solvent. The polymer (A) satisfies at least one of the conditions (i) and (ii): (i) having in one terminal part of a main chain a block of a first structural unit that includes an amino group; and (ii) having a sulfur atom bonding to one end of the main chain, wherein a monovalent group that includes an amino group bonds to the sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Motohiro Shiratani, Miki Tamada
  • Patent number: 11600847
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery including an anode including a silicon-based anode active material; a cathode; and an electrolyte, the electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a conjugated diene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dai In Park, Hyo Shin Kwak, Myoung Lae Kim, In Haeng Cho
  • Patent number: 11599021
    Abstract: Provided herein are photoresist compositions and methods for fabricating semiconductor devices using the same. A photoresist composition may include an organometallic material, a fluorine-containing material, and an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Inpria Corporation
    Inventors: Chawon Koh, Tsunehiro Nishi, Brian Cardineau, Sangyoon Woo, Jason Stowers, Soo Young Choi
  • Patent number: 11592746
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: a polymer that includes a structural unit including an acid-labile group; and a radiation-sensitive acid generating agent. The radiation-sensitive acid generating agent includes a sulfonate anion and a radiation-sensitive cation. The sulfonate anion includes two or more rings, and an iodine atom and a monovalent group having 0 to 10 carbon atoms which includes at least one of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom bond to at least one of the two or more rings. The ring is preferably an aromatic ring. The radiation-sensitive acid generating agent is preferably a compound represented by formula (1). In the formula (1), A1 represents a group obtained from a compound which includes a ring having 3 to 20 ring atoms by removing (p+q+r+1) hydrogen atoms on the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Kiriyama, Katsuaki Nishikori, Takuhiro Taniguchi, Ken Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11588166
    Abstract: A method of correcting error of hydrogen pressure sensor of vehicle fuel cell system, may checking, whether an opening ratio of a hydrogen pressure regulation valve is in a normal range by use of data map; checking whether a hydrogen purge valve is opened when the opening ratio of the hydrogen pressure valve is not within the normal range; changing the opening ratio of the hydrogen pressure regulation valve at least one time when the hydrogen purge valve is determined as being opened, and detecting two or more measurement values of the hydrogen pressure sensor at two or more different opening ratios of the hydrogen pressure regulation valve; and comparing, the two or more measurement values of the hydrogen pressure sensor detected at the two more opening ratios, respectively with predetermined pressure values corresponding to the opening ratios, and correcting errors between the measurement values and the predetermined pressure values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11579525
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photoresist composition, a pixel definition structure and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel. The photoresist composition includes an organic film-forming resin, a superhydrophobic polymerizable monomer, a polyfunctional crosslinkable polymerizable monomer, a photoinitiator, an additive and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Jingjing Xia, Bin Zhou, Jun Liu, Tongshang Su, Yang Zhang, Liangchen Yan
  • Patent number: 11579529
    Abstract: A positive resist composition is provided comprising two onium salts, a base polymer comprising acid labile group-containing recurring units, and an organic solvent. The positive resist composition forms a pattern having PED stability and improved properties including DOF, LWR, and controlled footing profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Matsui, Masayoshi Sagehashi, Tatsushi Kaneko, Akihiro Seki, Satoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11572331
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a quaternary alkyl ammonium hypochlorite solution with an excellent storage stability. Specifically, provided is a method of producing a quaternary alkyl ammonium hypochlorite solution, the method including: a preparation step in which a quaternary alkyl ammonium hydroxide solution is prepared and the concentration of amines in the quaternary alkyl ammonium hydroxide solution is set to 20 ppm by mass or less; and a reaction step in which the quaternary alkyl ammonium hydroxide solution is brought into contact with chlorine gas, wherein the concentration of carbon dioxide of a gas phase in the reaction step is 100 ppm by volume or less and the pH of a liquid phase in the reaction step is 10.5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Shimoda, Yuki Kikkawa, Tomoaki Sato, Takayuki Negishi
  • Patent number: 11567408
    Abstract: A method for forming a photoresist relief image including applying a layer of a coating composition on a substrate; and disposing a layer of a photoresist composition on the layer of the coating composition, wherein the coating composition comprises an amine-containing polymer comprising a hydrocarbon-substituted amino group and having nitrogen atoms in an amount from 3 to 47 weight percent, based on a total weight of the amine-containing polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS KOREA LTD., ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC
    Inventors: Hye-Won Lee, Min Kyung Jang, Soo Jung Leem, Jae Hwan Sim, Emad Aqad
  • Patent number: 11569531
    Abstract: Articles and methods including additives in electrochemical cells, are generally provided. As described herein, such electrochemical cells may comprise an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte, and optionally a separator. In some embodiments, at least one of the anode, the cathode, the electrolyte, and/or the optional separator may comprise an additive and/or additive precursor. For instance, in some cases, the electrochemical cell comprises an electrolyte and an additive and/or additive precursor that is soluble with and/or is present in the electrolyte. In some embodiments, the additive precursor comprises a disulfide bond. In certain embodiments, the additive is a carbon disulfide salt. In some cases, the electrolyte may comprise a nitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Igor P. Kovalev, Thomas Weiss