Patents by Inventor Yardlyne G. Smalley

Yardlyne G. Smalley 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).

  • Bifunctional metal-air electrode
    Patent number: 5306579
    Abstract: A bifunctional air-electrode for use in electrochemical energy cells discharges a satisfactory current on the first discharge cycle and operates for a relatively large number of charge-discharge cycles without gas forming between the electrolyte side of the air electrode and the electrolyte. The active layer of the electrode includes an oxygen reduction catalyst having a first oxygen evolution potential and an oxygen evolution catalyst having a second oxygen evolution potential less than the first oxygen evolution potential, the oxygen reduction catalyst being present in a greater concentration proximate the electrolyte side than proximate the air side and the oxygen evolution catalyst being present in a greater concentration proximate the air side than proximate the electrolyte side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: AER Energy Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: V. Roger Shepard, Jr., Yardlyne G. Smalley, R. Dennis Bentz