Patents by Inventor Kevin Henry Janora
Kevin Henry Janora 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).
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Publication number: 20210359338Abstract: A porous electrolyte structure for a solid state battery is provided. The porous electrolyte structure has an interconnected ceramic matrix with a network of open pores disposed throughout a thickness of the porous electrolyte structure. The porous electrolyte structure includes a porosity of about 20% by volume to about 80% by volume. A solid state battery cell including the porous electrolyte structure and a method of making the solid state battery cell are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Anil Raj Duggal, Hongyi Zhou, Hongbo Cao, Oltea Puica Siclovan, Kevin Henry Janora, Holly Ann Comanzo
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Patent number: 9515283Abstract: Optoelectronic devices with enhanced internal outcoupling include a substrate, an anode, a cathode, an electroluminescent layer, and an electron transporting layer comprising inorganic nanoparticles dispersed in an organic matrix.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Jie Jerry Liu, Jr., Srinivas Prasad Sista, Xiaolei Shi, Ri-An Zhao, Kelly Scott Chichak, Jeffrey Michael Youmans, Kevin Henry Janora, Larry Gene Turner
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Patent number: 9054338Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices having hollow objects configured to scatter otherwise trapped light out of the device, thereby improving the performance of the device. The hollow objects are dispersed in one or more organic layers of the OLED device. The hollow objects may have a similar refractive index to that of air, such that visible light emitted by the emissive layer may contact the hollow objects in the OLED device and may be scattered out of the device. In some embodiments, the hollow objects may be spherical or tubular, and may be sized to be larger than the visible light wavelength spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christian Maria Anton Heller, Matthew David Butts, Joseph John Shiang, Jie Jerry Liu, Kevin Henry Janora
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Publication number: 20150084005Abstract: A light extraction structure that includes a composition of a base material and a scattering material disposed within the base material. The scattering material is a metal oxide, and the difference between the refractive indices of the base material and the scattering material is at least +/?0.05.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Srinivas Prasad Sista, Jie Jerry Liu, Xiaolei Shi, Joseph John Shiang, Kevin Henry Janora
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Patent number: 8969856Abstract: Optoelectronic devices that have enhanced internal outcoupling are disclosed. The devices include a substrate, an anode, a cathode, an electroluminescent layer, and a hole injecting layer. The hole injecting layer includes inorganic nanoparticles that have a bimodal particle size distribution and which are dispersed in an organic matrix.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jie Jerry Liu, Srinivas Prasad Sista, Xiaolei Shi, Ri-An Zhao, Kelly Scott Chichak, Jeffrey Michael Youmans, Kevin Henry Janora, Larry Gene Turner
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Patent number: 8829507Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to sealed electronic devices. More particularly, the invention relates to electronic devices employing organic devices having a seal. Packages having organic electronic devices are presented, and a number of sealing mechanisms are provided for hermetically sealing the package to protect the organic electronic device from environmental elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jie Jerry Liu, Kevin Henry Janora, Xiaolei Shi, Rian Zhao, Jeffrey Michael Youmans, Srinivas Pravad Sista
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Publication number: 20140158991Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to sealed electronic devices. More particularly, the invention relates to electronic devices employing organic devices having a seal. Packages having organic electronic devices are presented, and a number of sealing mechanisms are provided for hermetically sealing the package to protect the organic electronic device from environmental elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jie Jerry LIU, Kevin Henry JANORA, Xiaolei SHI, Rian ZHAO, Jeffrey Michael YOUMANS, Srinivas Pravad SISTA
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Publication number: 20140061593Abstract: Optoelectronic devices with enhanced internal outcoupling include a substrate, an anode, a cathode, an electroluminescent layer, and an electron transporting layer comprising inorganic nanoparticles dispersed in an organic matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jie Jerry Liu, JR., Srinivas Prasad Sista, Xiaolei Shi, Ri-An Zhao, Kelly Scott Chichak, Jeffrey Michael Youmans, Kevin Henry Janora, Larry Gene Turner
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Publication number: 20140061592Abstract: Optoelectronic devices that have enhanced internal outcoupling are disclosed. The devices include a substrate, an anode, a cathode, an electroluminescent layer, and a hole injecting layer. The hole injecting layer includes inorganic nanoparticles that have a bimodal particle size distribution and which are dispersed in an organic matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jie Jerry Liu, Srinivas Prasad Sista, Xiaolei Shi, Ri-An Zhao, Kelly Scott Chichak, Jeffrey Michael Youmans, Kevin Henry Janora, Larry Gene Turner
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Publication number: 20130082244Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices having hollow objects configured to scatter otherwise trapped light out of the device, thereby improving the performance of the device. The hollow objects are dispersed in one or more organic layers of the OLED device. The hollow objects may have a similar refractive index to that of air, such that visible light emitted by the emissive layer may contact the hollow objects in the OLED device and may be scattered out of the device. In some embodiments, the hollow objects may be spherical or tubular, and may be sized to be larger than the visible light wavelength spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christian Maria Anton Heller, Matthew David Butts, Joseph John Shiang, Jie Jerry Liu, Kevin Henry Janora
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Patent number: 7973126Abstract: Polymers including at least one structural unit derived from a compound of formula I or including at least one pendant group of formula II may be used in optoelectronic devices wherein R1, R3, R4 and R6 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, oxaalkyl, alkylaryl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted alkyl; substituted alkoxy, substituted oxaalkyl, substituted alkylaryl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, or substituted heteroaryl; R1a is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 is alkylene, substituted alkylene, oxaalkylene, CO, or CO2; R2a is alkylene; R5 is independently at each occurrence hydrogen, alkyl, alkylaryl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, carboxy, substituted alkyl; substituted alkylaryl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, or substituted alkoxy, X is halo, triflate, —B(OR1a)2, or ?located at the 2, 5- or 2, 7-positions; and L is derived from phenylpyridine, tolylpyridine, benzothienylpyridine, phenylisoquinoline, dibenzoquinozaline, fluorenylpyridine, ketopyrrole, 2-(1-naphthyl)benzoType: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph John Shiang, Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Larry Neil Lewis, Kevin Henry Janora
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Patent number: 7910386Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of organic light-emitting devices comprising a bilayer structure made by forming a first film layer comprising an electroactive material and an INP precursor material, and exposing the first film layer to a radiation source under an inert atmosphere to generate an interpenetrating network polymer composition comprising the electroactive material. At least one additional layer is disposed on the reacted first film layer to complete the bilayer structure. The bilayer structure is comprised within an organic light-emitting device comprising standard features such as electrodes and optionally one or more additional layers serving as a bipolar emission layer, a hole injection layer, an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a hole transport layer, exciton-hole transporting layer, exciton-electron transporting layer, a hole transporting emission layer, or an electron transporting emission layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph John Shiang, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy, James Anthony Cella, Kelly Scott Chichak
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Patent number: 7704610Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel polymer compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The polymer compositions employed comprise a polymeric component and a novel organic iridium compound comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compounds used in the polymer compositions are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). In one aspect, the polymeric component may be an electroactive polymer. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy
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Patent number: 7691494Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel organic iridium compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The novel iridium compositions employed comprise at least one novel organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compositions employed are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy
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Publication number: 20090156783Abstract: Polymers including at least one structural unit derived from a compound of formula I or including at least one pendant group of formula II may be used in optoelectronic devices wherein R1, R3, R4 and R6 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, oxaalkyl, alkylaryl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted alkyl; substituted alkoxy, substituted oxaalkyl, substituted alkylaryl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, or substituted heteroaryl; R1a is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 is alkylene, substituted alkylene, oxaalkylene, CO, or CO2; R2a is alkylene; R5 is independently at each occurrence hydrogen, alkyl, alkylaryl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, carboxy, substituted alkyl; substituted alkylaryl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, or substituted alkoxy, X is halo, triflate, —B(OR1a)2, or ?located at the 2, 5- or 2, 7-positions; and L is derived from phenylpyridine, tolylpyridine, benzothienylpyridine, phenylisoquinoline, dibenzoquinozaline, fluorenylpyridine, ketopyrrole, 2-(1-naphthyl)benzoType: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Joseph John Shiang, Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Larry Neil Lewis, Kevin Henry Janora
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Publication number: 20080075412Abstract: A sensor includes an optical fiber and coating material surrounding at least a portion of the optical fiber. At least one parameter of the coating material is optimal to minimize normal and shear stresses on the sensor. One material combination includes a sapphire optical fiber and a spinel coating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2006Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: JAMES SCOTT VARTULI, KUNG-LI JUSTIN DENG, KEVIN PAUL MCEVOY, KEVIN HENRY JANORA, KENNETH SHERWOOD BOUSMAN
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Publication number: 20080026496Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of organic light-emitting devices comprising a bilayer structure made by forming a first film layer comprising an electroactive material and an INP precursor material, and exposing the first film layer to a radiation source under an inert atmosphere to generate an interpenetrating network polymer composition comprising the electroactive material. At least one additional layer is disposed on the reacted first film layer to complete the bilayer structure. The bilayer structure is comprised within an organic light-emitting device comprising standard features such as electrodes and optionally one or more additional layers serving as a bipolar emission layer, a hole injection layer, an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a hole transport layer, exciton-hole transporting layer, exciton-electron transporting layer, a hole transporting emission layer, or an electron transporting emission layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2006Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph John Shiang, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy, James Anthony Cella, Kelly Scott Chichak
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Publication number: 20080026249Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel organic iridium compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The novel iridium compositions employed comprise at least one novel organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compositions employed are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2006Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy
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Publication number: 20080026250Abstract: The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel polymer compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The polymer compositions employed comprise a polymeric component and a novel organic iridium compound comprising at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compounds used in the polymer compositions are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). In one aspect, the polymeric component may be an electroactive polymer. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2006Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventors: Kelly Scott Chichak, James Anthony Cella, Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Qing Ye, Kevin Henry Janora, Gautam Parthasarathy