Patents by Inventor Thomas N. Deighton

Thomas N. Deighton 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).

  • Method for dismantling a battery cell using fluid jets
    Patent number: 9620790
    Abstract: A method for recycling a plurality of battery cells, the method includes the steps of orienting a plurality of battery cells along a processing path having at least two fluid jets, moving the plurality of battery cells along the processing path proximate the at least two fluid jets, wherein the at least two fluid jets are positioned to cut first and second ends of each of the plurality of battery cells, and cutting the first and second ends of each of the plurality of battery cells with the at least two fluid jets to expose an interior volume of each of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas N Deighton
  • Method for Dismantling a Battery Cell Using Fluid Jets
    Publication number: 20150118940
    Abstract: A method for recycling a plurality of battery cells, the method includes the steps of orienting a plurality of battery cells along a processing path having at least two fluid jets, moving the plurality of battery cells along the processing path proximate the at least two fluid jets, wherein the at least two fluid jets are positioned to cut first and second ends of each of the plurality of battery cells, and cutting the first and second ends of each of the plurality of battery cells with the at least two fluid jets to expose an interior volume of each of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas N. Deighton
  • Anode degassing process
    Patent number: 6528210
    Abstract: An anode degassing process for removing gas and densifying a slurry of anode mix. The process includes the steps of manufacturing an anode mix, aging the anode mix for at least thirty minutes following manufacture of the anode mix, disposing the aged anode mix into a degassing mixer, generating a vacuum in the degassing mixer, and agitating the anode mix by mixing in the presence of the vacuum so as to remove gas from the anode mix. The anode mix achieves a density of greater than 96 percent of the theoretical density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Micah R. Oertel, Thomas N. Deighton, Susan L. Peterson