Patents by Inventor Stuart D. Hellring

Stuart D. Hellring 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).

  • SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES INCLUDING GRAPHENIC CARBON PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20160111227
    Abstract: Supercapacitor electrodes comprising active charge supporting particles, graphenic carbon particles, and a binder are disclosed. The active charge supporting particles may comprise activated carbon. The graphenic carbon particles may be thermally produced. The electrodes may further comprise electrically conductive carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: David B. Asay, Noel R. Vanier, Anand K. Atmuri, Stuart D. Hellring, Cheng-Hung Hung, Charles F. Kahle, John W. Burgman, Ran Yi
  • Pretreatment compositions and methods for coating a battery electrode
    Patent number: 9273399
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cathode of a lithium-ion battery having a conductive substrate, a first layer covering at least a portion of the conductive substrate comprising a pretreatment composition comprising a Group IIIB and/or Group IVB metal, and a second layer covering at least a portion of the conductive substrate and first layer, the second layer comprising a coating composition comprising a lithium-containing compound. Also disclosed is method for treating a battery cathode and a battery having the treated cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Randy E. Daughenbaugh, Edward F. Rakiewicz, Kevin Thomas Sylvester, Nathan J. Silvernail
  • Methods of Coating an Electrically Conductive Substrate and Related Electrodepositable Compositions
    Publication number: 20160020455
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed in which an electrically conductive substrate is immersed into an electrodepositable composition, the substrate serving as an electrode in an electrical circuit comprising the electrode and a counter-electrode immersed in the composition, a coating being applied onto or over at least a portion of the substrate as electric current is passed between the electrodes. The electrodepositable composition comprises: (a) an aqueous medium; (b) an ionic resin; and (c) solid particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: Randy E. Daughenbaugh, Stuart D. Hellring, Robin M. Peffer
  • Methods of Coating an Electrically Conductive Substrate and Related Electrodepositable Compositions
    Publication number: 20150357079
    Abstract: A method of producing an electrode for a lithium ion battery is disclosed in which an electrically conductive substrate is immersed into an electrodepositable composition, the substrate serving as the electrode in an electrical circuit comprising the electrode and a counter-electrode immersed in the composition, a coating being applied onto or over at least a portion of the substrate as electric current is passed between the electrodes. The electrodepositable composition comprises: (a) an aqueous medium; (b) an ionic (meth)acrylic polymer; and (c) solid particles comprising: (i) lithium-containing particles, and (ii) electrically conductive particles, wherein the composition has a weight ratio of solid particles to ionic (meth)acrylic polymer of at least 4:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: Randy E. Daughenbaugh, Stuart D. Hellring
  • Methods of coating an electrically conductive substrate and related electrodepositable compositions
    Patent number: 9150736
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed in which an electrically conductive substrate is immersed into an electrodepositable composition, the substrate serving as an electrode in an electrical circuit comprising the electrode and a counter-electrode immersed in the composition, a coating being applied onto or over at least a portion of the substrate as electric current is passed between the electrodes. The electrodepositable composition comprises: (a) an aqueous medium; (b) an ionic resin; and (c) solid particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy E. Daughenbaugh, Stuart D. Hellring, Robin M. Peffer
  • ELECTRODE BINDER COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM ION ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150280238
    Abstract: An electrode binder of a lithium ion battery comprising: (a) a polyvinylidene binder dispersed in an organic diluent with (b) a (meth)acrylic polymer dispersant. The binder can be used in the assembly of electrodes of lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Randy E. Daughenbaugh, Shanti Swarup, Ellor James Van Buskirk
  • AQUEOUS BINDER COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM ION ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150280239
    Abstract: An electrode binder of a lithium ion secondary battery comprising: (a) a polyvinylidene binder dispersed in aqueous medium with (b) a (meth)acrylic polymer dispersant. The binder can be used in the assembly of electrodes of lithium ion secondary batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Randy E. Daughenbaugh, Shanti Swarup, Ellor James Van Buskirk
  • Coating compositions that transmit infrared radiation and exhibit color stability and related coating systems
    Patent number: 9057835
    Abstract: A coating composition suitable for producing coatings that are transparent to infrared radiation and can exhibit color stability, such as a jet black color. The coating compositions include a first tint having a low haze and a second tint having a high haze. The tints include visibly absorbing infrared transparent pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Stephen G. McQuown
  • Solar reflective coatings and coating systems
    Patent number: 9056988
    Abstract: Disclosed are infrared reflective coating compositions and cured coatings deposited on a substrate, as well as multi-component composite coating systems. The coating compositions include an infrared transparent pigment and an infrared reflective pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Eldon L. Decker, Stuart D. Hellring, Stephen G. McQuown, Britt A. Minch, Noel R. Vanier, W. David Polk
  • Temperature sensitive composite for photonic crystals
    Patent number: 9022648
    Abstract: A composite photonic crystal comprising an inverse opal structure defining an ordered array of voids with a filler composition received within the voids. A property of the filler composition changes in response to a stimulus, such as a temperature change, thereby changing the band gap of radiation that is reflected by the composite photonic crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: PRC-DeSoto International, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel R. Vanier, Eldon L. Decker, Stuart D. Hellring, Xiangling Xu, Sean Purdy, Gregory J. McCollum
  • LITHIUM ION BATTERY ELECTRODES INCLUDING GRAPHENIC CARBON PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20150056516
    Abstract: Lithium ion battery electrodes including graphenic carbon particles are disclosed. Lithium ion batteries containing such electrodes are also disclosed. The graphenic carbon particles may be used in cathodes of such batteries by depositing a graphenic carbon particle-containing coating of a conductive substrate such as a metal foil The use of graphenic carbon particles in the cathodes results in improved performance of the lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Randy E. Daughenbaugfh, Noel R. Vanier, Cheng-Hung Hung, John W. Burgman
  • PROTECTIVE COATING-ENCAPSULATED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20150040966
    Abstract: Photovoltaic modules are disclosed. The photovoltaic module comprises a front transparency, a fluid encapsulant deposited on at least a portion of the front transparency, electrically interconnected photovoltaic cells applied to the fluid encapsulant and a backcoat deposited on at least a portion of the electrically interconnected photovoltaic cells. Methods of making photovoltaic modules are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Jiping Shao, James E. Poole, Irina G. Schwendeman, Brian K. Rearick, Bruce Vimelson, Edward R. Millero, JR., Willaim H. Retsch, Debra L. Singer, Heather Hunter
  • Organic-inorganic electrospun fibers
    Patent number: 8846199
    Abstract: Organic-inorganic hybrid fibers and methods for the preparation of such fibers are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Kaliappa G. Ragunathan, Kenneth J. Balog, Hong Li, Robert A. Montague
  • METHOD OF RECOVERING INORGANIC PIGMENT
    Publication number: 20140275348
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of recovering inorganic pigment such as TiO2 from a coating composition that includes liquid, an organic component, and an inorganic component. The coating composition is thermally treated to remove at least a portion of the organic component and yield an inorganic pigment composition having a higher concentration of the inorganic pigment (TiO2) than in the original coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Jane Valenta, Linda Anderson, David Asay, John Donnelly, Michael A. Mayo, Gregory J. McCollum, Michael Zalich, Kristi Kauffman, Roxalana L. Martin, Michael J. Pawlik, Stuart D. Hellring, Ruby Chakraborty
  • PRETREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR COATING A BATTERY ELECTRODE
    Publication number: 20140272583
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cathode of a lithium-ion battery having a conductive substrate, a first layer covering at least a portion of the conductive substrate comprising a pretreatment composition comprising a Group IIIB and/or Group IV metal, and a second layer covering at least a portion of the conductive substrate and first layer, the second layer comprising a coating composition comprising a lithium-containing compound. Also disclosed is method for treating a battery cathode and a battery having the treated cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Randy E. Daughenbaugh, Richard F. Karabin, Edward F. Rakiewicz, Kevin Thomas Sylvester, Nathan J. Silvernail
  • METHODS OF COATING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE AND RELATED ELECTRODEPOSITABLE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20140144778
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed in which an electrically conductive substrate is immersed hit electrodepositable composition, the substrate serving as an electrode in an electrical circuit comprising the electrode and a counter-electrode immersed in the composition, a coating being applied onto or over at least a portion of the substrate as electric current is passed between the electrodes. The electrodepositable composition comprises: (a) an aqueous medium; (b) an ionic resin; and (c) solid particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy E. Daughenbaugh, Stuart D. Hellring, Robin M. Peffer
  • COATING-ENCAPSULATED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20130240019
    Abstract: Photovoltaic modules are disclosed. The photovoltaic module comprises a front transparency, a potting material deposited on at least a portion of the front transparency, electrically interconnected photovoltaic cells applied to the potting material and a topcoat deposited on at least a portion of the electrically interconnected photovoltaic cells. Methods of making photovoltaic modules are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiping Shao, Stuart D. Hellring, James E. Poole, Irina G. Schwendeman, Brian K. Rearick
  • COATING COMPOSITIONS THAT TRANSMIT INFRARED RADIATION AND EXHIBIT COLOR STABILITY AND RELATED COATING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20120308724
    Abstract: A coating composition suitable for producing coatings that are transparent to infrared radiation and can exhibit color stability, such as a jet black color. The coating compositions include a first tint having a low haze and a second tint having a high haze. The tints include visibly absorbing infrared transparent pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: PPG IDUSTRIES OHIO, I NC.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Stephen G. McQuown
  • TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE COMPOSITE FOR PHOTONIC CRYSTALS
    Publication number: 20120120984
    Abstract: A composite photonic crystal comprising an inverse opal structure defining an ordered array of voids with a filler composition received within the voids. A property of the filler composition changes in response to a stimulus, such as a temperature change, thereby changing the band gap of radiation that is reflected by the composite photonic crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel R. Vanier, Eldon L. Decker, Stuart D. Hellring, Xiangling Xu, Sean Purdy, Gregory J. McCollum
  • Organic-Inorganic Electrospun Fibers
    Publication number: 20120108750
    Abstract: Organic-inorganic hybrid fibers and methods for the preparation of such fibers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Kaliappa G. Ragunathan, Kenneth J. Balog, Hong Li, Robert A. Montague