Patents by Inventor Ryan B. Merle

Ryan B. Merle 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).

  • Publication number: 20090075149
    Abstract: Improved solid acid electrolyte materials, methods of synthesizing such materials, and electrochemical devices incorporating such materials are provided. The stable electrolyte material comprises a solid acid capable undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at elevated temperatures, that is, solid acids having hydrogen bonded anion groups; a superprotonic, trigonal, tetragonal, or cubic, disordered phase; and capable of being operating at temperatures of ˜100° C. and higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Sossina M. Haile, Calum Chisholm, Ryan B. Merle, Dane A. Boysen, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan
  • Patent number: 7416803
    Abstract: Improved solid acid electrolyte materials, methods of synthesizing such materials, and electrochemical devices incorporating such materials are provided. The stable electrolyte material comprises a solid acid capable undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at elevated temperatures, that is, solid acids having hydrogen bonded anion groups; a superprotonic, trigonal, tetragonal, or cubic, disordered phase; and capable of being operating at temperatures of ˜100° C. and higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sossina M. Haile, Calum Chisholm, Ryan B. Merle, Dane A. Boysen, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20030104258
    Abstract: Improved solid acid electrolyte materials, methods of synthesizing such materials, and electrochemical devices incorporating such materials are provided. The stable electrolyte material comprises a solid acid capable undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at elevated temperatures, that is, solid acids having hydrogen bonded anion groups; a superprotonic, trigonal, tetragonal, or cubic, disordered phase; and capable of being operating at temperatures of ˜100° C. and higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Sossina M. Haile, Calum Chisholm, Ryan B. Merle, Dane A. Boysen, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan