Patents by Inventor Shilpa A. Worlikar

Shilpa A. Worlikar 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: 20150263543
    Abstract: The invention broadly encompasses energy storage devices or systems and more specifically relates to methods of enhancing the performance of electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs), or supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, and devices formed therefrom. In some embodiments, the invention relates generally to energy storage devices, such as EDLCs that use phosphonium-based electrolytes and methods for treating such devices to enhance their performance and operation. Embodiments of the invention further encompass conventional ammonium based electrolytes and phosphonium-based electrolytes comprised of phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, and compositions employed in such EDLCs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Wayne L. Gellett, Benjamin L. Rupert, Leanne Beer, Steven Z Shi, Shilpa A. Worlikar
  • Patent number: 8927775
    Abstract: The invention generally encompasses phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions and their use in many applications, including but not limited to: as electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory, as electrolytes in energy storage devices such as batteries, electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) or supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, electrolytic capacitors, as electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as electrolytes in fuel cells, as a heat transfer medium, among other applications. In particular, the invention generally relates to phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, wherein the compositions exhibit superior combination of thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range, ionic conductivity, and electrochemical stability. The invention further encompasses methods of making such phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, operational devices and systems comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: eSionic ES, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Rupert, Levi J. Irwin, Leanne Beer, Shilpa A. Worlikar, Steven Z. Shi
  • Patent number: 8907133
    Abstract: The invention generally encompasses phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions and their use in many applications, including but not limited to: as electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory, as electrolytes in energy storage devices such as batteries, electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) or supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, electrolytic capacitors, as electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as electrolytes in fuel cells, as a heat transfer medium, among other applications. In particular, the invention generally relates to phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, wherein the compositions exhibit superior combination of thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range, ionic conductivity, and electrochemical stability. The invention further encompasses methods of making such phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, operational devices and systems comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: eSionic ES, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne L. Gellett, Benjamin L. Rupert, Levi J. Irwin, Leanne Beer, Shilpa A. Worlikar, Steven Z. Shi
  • Publication number: 20130095392
    Abstract: The invention generally encompasses phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions and their use in many applications, including but not limited to: as electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory, as electrolytes in energy storage devices such as batteries, electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) or supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, electrolytic capacitors, as electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as electrolytes in fuel cells, as a heat transfer medium, among other applications. In particular, the invention generally relates to phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, wherein the compositions exhibit superior combination of thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range, ionic conductivity, and electrochemical stability. The invention further encompasses methods of making such phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, operational devices and systems comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Joon Ho Shin, Benjamin L. Rupert, Levi J. Irwin, Leanne Beer, Shilpa A. Worlikar, Steven Z. Shi
  • Publication number: 20130092866
    Abstract: The invention generally encompasses phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions and their use in many applications, including but not limited to: as electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory, as electrolytes in energy storage devices such as batteries, electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) or supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, electrolytic capacitors, as electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as electrolytes in fuel cells, as a heat transfer medium, among other applications. In particular, the invention generally relates to phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, wherein the compositions exhibit superior combination of thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range, ionic conductivity, and electrochemical stability. The invention further encompasses methods of making such phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, operational devices and systems comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Rupert, Levi J. Irwin, Leanne Beer, Shilpa A. Worlikar, Steven Z. Shi
  • Publication number: 20130095351
    Abstract: The invention generally encompasses phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions and their use in many applications, including but not limited to: as electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory, as electrolytes in energy storage devices such as batteries, electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) or supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, electrolytic capacitors, as electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as electrolytes in fuel cells, as a heat transfer medium, among other applications. In particular, the invention generally relates to phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, wherein the compositions exhibit superior combination of thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range, ionic conductivity, and electrochemical stability. The invention further encompasses methods of making such phosphonium ionic liquids, salts, compositions, operational devices and systems comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Wayne L. Gellett, Benjamin L. Rupert, Levi J. Irwin, Leanne Beer, Shilpa A. Worlikar, Steven Z. Shi