Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Galgana

Joseph R. Galgana 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).

  • Device, System and Method for Improving Efficiency and Preventing Degradation of Energy Storage Devices
    Publication number: 20100021798
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and related device for improving energy performance and substantially preventing degradation of a chemical-to-electrical energy conversion process of an energy storage device (10), comprising the steps of: mechanically exciting chemical reaction products within the energy storage device (10) at energy levels proximate which covalent bonds with a matrix (51) of the energy storage device (10) would form absent excitation, thereby substantially maintaining ionic bonding between the chemical reaction products and the matrix (51) and substantially preventing the chemical reaction products from covalently bonding with the matrix (51); and introducing the mechanical excitations into the energy storage device (10) via an active material (31) mechanically-responsive to electromagnetic signals, in response to an electromagnetic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Shawn P. Kelly, Joseph R. Galgana
  • Device, system and method for improving efficiency and preventing degradation of energy storage devices
    Patent number: 7592094
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and related device for improving energy performance and substantially preventing degradation of a chemical-to-electrical energy conversion process of an energy storage device (10), comprising the steps of: mechanically exciting chemical reaction products within the energy storage device (10) at energy levels proximate which covalent bonds with a matrix (51) of the energy storage device (10) would form absent excitation, thereby substantially maintaining ionic bonding between the chemical reaction products and the matrix (51) and substantially preventing the chemical reaction products from covalently bonding with the matrix (51); and introducing the mechanical excitations into the energy storage device (10) via an active material (31) mechanically-responsive to electromagnetic signals, in response to an electromagnetic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Inventors: Shawn P. Kelly, Joseph R. Galgana