Patents by Inventor Bruno Dufour

Bruno Dufour has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10508436
    Abstract: Provided is a gelled carbon-based composition forming an organic polymeric monolithic gel capable of forming a porous carbon monolith by pyrolysis, a use thereof and a process for preparing this composition. A composition according to the invention is based on a resin derived at least partly from polyhydroxybenzene(s) R and formaldehyde(s) F, has a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 40 mW·m?1·K?1, and includes at least one water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte P. A process for preparing this composition comprises: a) polymerization, in an aqueous solvent, of the polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s), in the presence of at least one cationic polyelectrolyte dissolved in this solvent and of a catalyst, in order to obtain a solution based on the resin, b) gelling of the solution in order to obtain a gel, and c) drying in order to obtain the organic polymeric monolithic gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Benjamin Swoboda, Bruno Dufour, Philippe Sonntag, Christophe Dominiak
  • Patent number: 10438752
    Abstract: Electrode for storing electrical energy including a metal current collector and an active material, the current collector being coated on at least one portion of one of its faces with at least one protective layer placed between the current collector and the active material, the protective layer including: (A) a polymer matrix including: (A1) at least one cross-linked epoxy polymer or copolymer, (A2) at least one elastomer, and (B) conductive fillers. This system is used in aqueous electrolyte supercapacitors, the protective layer allowing a very significant reduction in corrosion problems that are generally associated with the use of aqueous electrolytes to be achieved and the adhesion of the active material to the metal collector to be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Carole Buffry, Bruno Dufour, Elodie Morisset, Philippe Sonntag
  • Patent number: 10363536
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gelled carbon-based composition forming an organic polymeric monolithic gel which is suitable for forming an aerogel by drying, to uses and to a process for preparing this carbon-based composition. The invention applies especially to the production of such gels having a very low density and a very low heat conductivity, a very high specific surface area and a satisfactory compression strength, for their use as thermal superinsulators or as carbon-based electrode precursors of supercondensers. A composition according to the invention comprises a resin at least partly derived from polyhydroxybenzenes H and from formaldehyde(s) F, said polyhydroxybenzenes comprising at least one unsubstituted polyhydroxybenzene R? and at least one polyhydroxybenzene substituted with one or two alkyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Bruno Dufour, Hugo Dorie, Philippe Sonntag
  • Publication number: 20190165366
    Abstract: Polymer composition for an electrode, method, and a lithium-ion battery including same are provided. This composition includes an active material having a graphite usable in the anode, an electrically conductive filler and a cross-linked elastomer binder that includes a hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer (HNBR). The binder includes a non-hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer (NBR) and/or an HNBR with an acrylonitrile content that is at least 40% by weight and cross-linked by thermal oxidation. This method includes: a) mixing the active material, the binder in a non-cross-linked state and the electrically conductive filler, to obtain a precursor mixture of the composition, b) depositing the mixture on a metal current collector so that the mixture forms a non-cross-linked film, then c) thermal oxidation of the non-cross-linked film under an atmosphere containing oxygen at a temperature of between 200 and 300° C., to obtain the electrode in which the binder is cross-linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Philippe SONNTAG, Julie COURTAT, Marc ZIMMERMANN, Ksenia ASTAFYEVA, Bruno Dufour, David AYME-PERROT
  • Publication number: 20190127528
    Abstract: A gelled aqueous polymer composition made from a resin produced by polycondensation of at least: a polyhydroxybenzene R, preferably resorcinol, hexamethylenetetramine HMTA, an anionic polyelectrolyte PA, preferably phytic acid. An aerogel obtained by drying these microparticles, and porous carbon microspheres obtained from the gel microparticles by pyrolysis. A method for producing a polymerised aqueous gel, an aerogel and porous carbon microspheres. Electrodes and electrochemical cell prepared from the porous carbon particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Ksenia ASTAFYEVA, Bruno DUFOUR, Sara-Lyne STALMACH, Philippe SONNTAG
  • Patent number: 10230094
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cathode that is usable in a cell of a lithium-ion battery comprising an electrolyte based on a lithium salt and on a non-aqueous solvent, to a process for manufacturing this cathode and to a lithium-ion battery having one or more cells incorporating this cathode. This cathode is based on a polymer composition, obtained by melt processing and without solvent evaporation, that is the product of a hot compounding reaction between an active material and additives including a polymer binder and an electrically conductive filler. According to the invention, the binder is based on at least one crosslinked elastomer and the additives furthermore comprise at least one non-volatile organic compound usable in the electrolyte solvent, the composition advantageously includes the active material in a mass fraction greater than or equal to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Baptiste Voillequin, David Ayme-Perrot, Bruno Dufour, Philippe Sonntag
  • Publication number: 20190075619
    Abstract: A method for preparing an article, the structure of which comprises a substrate of a glass or a glass-ceramic and a coating fixed to at least one portion of the surface of said substrate. In a characteristic way, said coating is generated from at least one loaded polysilsesquioxane resin; said at least one polysilsesquioxane resin not containing any aryl radical in its structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: EUROKERA
    Inventors: Bruno Dufour, Gaelle Ferriz, David Henry, Phillipe Lehuede
  • Patent number: 10154544
    Abstract: A method for preparing an article, the structure of which comprises a substrate of a glass or a glass-ceramic and a coating fixed to at least one portion of the surface of the substrate. In a characteristic way, the coating is generated from at least one loaded polysilsequioxane resin not containing any aryl radical in its structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: EUROKERA
    Inventors: Bruno Dufour, Gaëlle Ferriz, David Henry, Philippe Lehuede
  • Publication number: 20180291172
    Abstract: Porous polymeric materials having a very high content of thermally conductive and/or electrically conductive fillers. Process for the preparation of the porous composite material including at least one binder-forming polymeric phase and one or more fillers, this process including the stages of hot mixing, by the molten route, the polymeric phase, the fillers and a sacrificial polymeric phase, so as to obtain a mixture, of shaping the mixture and of removing the sacrificial polymeric phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Arnaud PREBE, Bruno DUFOUR, David AYME-PERROT, Yannick BUREAU, Philippe SONNTAG
  • Patent number: 10079118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive electrode for a system for the storage of electrical energy (1) having an aqueous electrolyte solution, said electrode comprising a metal current collector (3) and an active material (7), said current collector (3) comprising at least one conductive protective layer (5) which is leaktight to electrolytes and which is placed between said metal current collector (3) and said active material (7), said conductive protective layer (5) comprising: a polymer or copolymer binder comprising at least 50% of vinyl chloride unit, a crosslinked elastomer, at least one agent for crosslinking said crosslinked elastomer, conductive fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Bruno Dufour, Carole Buffry, Marie Dieudonne, Philippe Sonntag
  • Publication number: 20180094180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a material including a support consisting of a porous composite material including at least one polymer phase forming a binder based on at least one polymer selected from thermoplastic polymers, elastomers, and elastomer thermoplastics, and at least one filler selected from thermally conductive fillers, the pores of the support consisting of the porous composite material being partially or entirely filled with at least one phase-change material. The invention also relates to a method for producing said material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Arnaud PREBE, Bruno DUFOUR, Fabrice CHOPARD, Nicolas GAROIS, Philippe SONNTAG
  • Patent number: 9905332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer conductive transparent electrode comprising: a substrate layer (1), a conductive layer (2) comprising at least one optionally substituted polythiophene conductive polymer, and the conductive layer (2) being in direct contact with the substrate layer (1) and the conductive layer (2) also comprising at least one hydrophobic adhesive polymer which has chemical compatibility with the optionally substituted polythiophene conductive polymer, such that said multilayer conductive transparent electrode has a coefficient of haze of less than or equal to 3%. The invention also relates to the process for manufacturing such a multilayer conductive transparent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Jérémie Jacquemond, Stéphane Roger, Bruno Dufour, Philippe Sonntag
  • Publication number: 20170330699
    Abstract: Electrode for storing electrical energy including a metal current collector and an active material, the current collector being coated on at least one portion of one of its faces with at least one protective layer placed between the current collector and the active material, the protective layer including: (A) a polymer matrix including: (A1) at least one cross-linked epoxy polymer or copolymer, (A2) at least one elastomer, and (B) conductive fillers. This system is used in aqueous electrolyte supercapacitors, the protective layer allowing a very significant reduction in corrosion problems that are generally associated with the use of aqueous electrolytes to be achieved and the adhesion of the active material to the metal collector to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Carole BUFFRY, Bruno DUFOUR, Elodie MORISSET, Philippe SONNTAG
  • Publication number: 20170197839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gelled aqueous polymer composition for forming, by means of drying then pyrolysis, a monolithic porous carbon, to a pyrolysed carbonated composition produced by the drying, followed by the pyrolysis, of said gelled composition, to a porous carbon electrode for a supercapacitor comprising said pyrolysed composition, and to methods for producing said respectively gelled and pyrolysed compositions. A gelled composition according to the invention, produced from the polycondensation of polyhydroxybenzene(s) and hexymethylenetetramine, is such that the hexymethylenetetramine comprised therein represents a mass fraction of between 7% and 15% inclusive. Said gelled composition is produced by a) polycondensation in an aqueous solvent of the polyhydroxybenzene(s) and hexymethylenetetramine, followed by b) gelling by heating of said polycondensate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Hugo DORIE, David AYME-PERROT, Philippe SONNTAG, Bruno DUFOUR
  • Patent number: 9666855
    Abstract: An anode usable in a cell of a lithium-ion battery comprising an electrolyte based on a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, to a process for manufacturing this anode and to a lithium-ion battery having one or more cells incorporating this anode. This anode is based on a polymer composition, obtained by melt processing and without solvent evaporation, that is the product of a hot compounding reaction between an active material and additives having a polymer binder and an electrically conductive filler. The binder is based on at least one crosslinked elastomer and the additives furthermore include at least one non-volatile organic compound usable in the electrolyte solvent, the composition advantageously includes the active material in a mass fraction greater than or equal to 85%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Baptiste Voillequin, David Ayme-Perrot, Bruno Dufour, Philippe Sonntag
  • Patent number: 9570243
    Abstract: A carbonaceous composition usable to constitute a supercapacitor cell electrode, a porous electrode usable to equip such a cell, a process for manufacturing this electrode and one such cell incorporating at least one such electrode, for example in order to equip an electric vehicle. This composition is usable to be in contact with an aqueous ionic electrolyte, is based on a carbonaceous powder and comprises a hydrophilic binder-forming system. The system may include between 3% and 10% by weight a first crosslinked polymer having a number-average molecular weight Mn of greater than 1000 g/mol and having alcohol groups, and between 0.3% and 3% by weight a second polymer of at least one acid and which has a pKa of between 0 and 6 and a number-average molecular weight Mn of greater than 500 g/mol, the first polymer being crosslinked thermally in the presence of the second polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Bruno Dufour, David Ayme-Perrot, Marie Dieudonne, Philippe Sonntag
  • Publication number: 20170029574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gelled, crosslinked and non-dried aqueous polymeric composition capable of forming a non-monolithic organic aerogel by drying, to this aerogel, to a non-monolithic porous carbon resulting from a pyrolysis of this aerogel, to an electrode based on this porous carbon, and to a process for preparing this composition and this aerogel. The invention applies in particular to supercapacitors. A gelled, crosslinked and non-dried composition according to the invention, which is based on a resin resulting at least partly from a polycondensation of polyhydroxybenzene(s) R and formaldehyde(s) F and which comprises at least one water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte P, is such that the composition is formed from an aqueous dispersion of microparticles of a shear-thinning physical gel that is crosslinked in an aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Yannick BUREAU, Hugo DORIE, Philippe SONNTAG, Bruno DUFOUR, Jeremie JACQUEMOND
  • Publication number: 20170022345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a gelled, dried composition forming a monolithic aerogel with a heat conductivity of less than or equal to 40 mW·m?1·K?1 and derived from a resin of polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s), to this aerogel composition and to the use thereof. This process comprises: a) polymerization in an aqueous solvent of said polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s) in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst, to obtain a solution based on the resin, b) gelation of the solution obtained in a) to obtain a gel of the resin, and c) drying of the gel to obtain a dried gel. According to the invention, step a) is performed in the presence of a cationic polyelectrolyte dissolved in this solvent, and the process also comprises a step d) of heat treatment under inert gas of the dried gel obtained in step c) at temperatures of between 150° C. and 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Bruno DUFOUR, Benjamin SWOBODA, Cedric HUILLET, Florian FANNECHERE, Nadine POUPA
  • Publication number: 20170025673
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cathode that is usable in a cell of a lithium-ion battery comprising an electrolyte based on a lithium salt and on a non-aqueous solvent, to a process for manufacturing this cathode and to a lithium-ion battery having one or more cells incorporating this cathode. This cathode is based on a polymer composition, obtained by melt processing and without solvent evaporation, that is the product of a hot compounding reaction between an active material and additives including a polymer binder and an electrically conductive filler. According to the invention, the binder is based on at least one crosslinked elastomer and the additives furthermore comprise at least one non-volatile organic compound usable in the electrolyte solvent, the composition advantageously includes the active material in a mass fraction greater than or equal to 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Baptiste Voillequin, David Ayme-Perrot, Bruno Dufour, Philippe Sonntag
  • Publication number: 20170007975
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gelled carbon-based composition forming an organic polymeric monolithic gel which is suitable for forming an aerogel by drying, to uses and to a process for preparing this carbon-based composition. The invention applies especially to the production of such gels having a very low density and a very low heat conductivity, a very high specific surface area and a satisfactory compression strength, for their use as thermal superinsulators or as carbon-based electrode precursors of supercondensers. A composition according to the invention comprises a resin at least partly derived from polyhydroxybenzenes H and from formaldehyde(s) F, said polyhydroxybenzenes comprising at least one unsubstituted poly-hydroxybenzene R? and at least one polyhydroxybenzene substituted with one or two alkyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Bruno DUFOUR, Hugo DORIE, Philippe SONNTAG