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  • Commutating switch with blocking semiconductor
    Patent number: 9786454
    Abstract: A mechanical switch that works by commutation of the current to an energy absorbing path or sequence of paths through at least one blocking semiconductor to open the circuit, wherein the commutation is caused by a sliding motion of at least one shuttle electrode over at least one stationary electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Alevo International, S.A.
    Inventor: Roger W. Faulkner
  • Electric Gas Stations Having Range Extension and Grid Balancing
    Publication number: 20110133684
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries, a housing in form of a storage facility configured to house the plurality of rechargeable batteries, and a bi-directional charger coupled to a power grid at one end and coupled to the plurality of rechargeable batteries at another end, and configured to charge the plurality of rechargeable batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: ALEVO, INC.
    Inventors: Jostein Eikeland, Stein Christiansen, Christopher Christiansen
  • Vehicle Utility Communication System
    Publication number: 20110106336
    Abstract: A charger configured to charge at least one battery used in transportation means or stationary equipment, includes a plurality of power connections configured to couple to a plurality of power sources. The charger is adapted to receive power from the plurality of power sources simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Alevo, Inc.
    Inventors: Jostein Eikeland, Stein Christiansen, Christopher Christiansen
  • Process for producing electrolyte for electrochemical battery cell
    Patent number: 9515349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing an electrolyte for an electrochemical battery cell. In this process, a Lewis acid, a Lewis base and aluminum are mixed. The mixture is heated for a minimum period of six hours to a temperature above a minimum temperature of at least 200° C. and above the melting point of the mixture. An adduct of the Lewis acid and the Lewis base is thereby formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Alevo International S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Claus Dambach
  • Electrolyte for electrochemical battery cell and battery cell containing the electrolyte
    Patent number: 9023538
    Abstract: Electrolyte for an electrochemical battery cell, containing sulfur dioxide and a conductive salt. Improved characteristics of a cell filled with the electrolyte are achieved in that the molar concentration of hydroxide groups in the electrolyte is at most 50 mmol per liter and the molar concentration of chlorosulfonate groups in the electrolyte is at most 350 mmol per liter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Alevo Research AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Claus Dambach
  • MOBILE REGULATION AND CHARGING UNIT
    Publication number: 20120104996
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a connection unit configured to connect to a power line, a control arm coupled to the connection unit and capable of raising the connection unit for connection to the power line, a housing unit capable of storing one or more battery modules; and a control center configured to communicate with one or more entities, wherein the control center is further configured to initiate flow of electricity through the connection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ALEVO, INC
    Inventors: Jostein Eikeland, Stein Christiansen, Christopher Christiansen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED CHARGING OF ELECTRICALLY POWERED MOVING OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20120105002
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a base plate, one or more lifting mechanisms coupled to the base plate and configured to elevate the base plate, at least one connector coupled to the base plate, an insulation layer coupled to the base plate and at least one connector; one or more power inputs configured to allow electricity flow to or from the at least one connector; and a control unit coupled to the one or more power inputs and configured to control the flow of electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ALEVO, INC
    Inventors: Jostein Eikeland, Stein Christiansen, Christopher Christiansen
  • Rechargeable electro chemical battery cell
    Patent number: 8906556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rechargeable electrochemical battery cell having a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a positive electrode. The negative electrode comprises an electronically conductive substrate (12) at which an active metal (24) of the negative electrode is deposited by electrolysis during the charging of the cell. A porous structure (13) that contains the active mass (17) of the positive electrode is arranged in the vicinity of the substrate (12) of the negative electrode (5) in such a manner that the active metal (17) of the negative electrode that is deposited during the charging of the cell (3) penetrates into the pores (14) of the porous structure (13) comprising the active mass of the positive electrode and is deposited further therein, at least in part, in metallic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Alevo Research AG
    Inventor: Guenther Hambitzer
  • Rechargeable electrochemical cell
    Patent number: 9761872
    Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical battery cell with a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte which contains SO2 and a conducting salt of the active metal of the cell, whereby at least one of the electrodes contains a binder chosen from the group: Binder A, which consists of a polymer, which is made of monomeric structural units of a conjugated carboxylic acid or of the alkali salt, earth alkali salt or ammonium salt of this conjugated carboxylic acid or a combination thereof or binder B which consists of a polymer based on monomeric styrene structural units or butadiene structural units or a mixture of binder A and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Alevo International S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Pszolla, Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel, Heide Biollaz
  • RECHARGEABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150004463
    Abstract: Rechargeable electrochemical battery cell having a housing (1), a positive electrode (11), a negative electrode (10) and an electrolyte (9) which contains SO2 and a conducting salt of the active metal of the cell, wherein at least one of the electrodes (11) is enveloped by a sheath (13) made from a glass fiber textile material, the areal extent of the sheath (13) made from glass fiber textile material being greater than the surface area of the electrode (11), so that the glass fiber textile material extends beyond the limit (14) of the electrode, the electrode, and two layers (15, 16) of the glass fiber textile material which cover the electrode (11) on both sides are connected to one another at the edge of the electrode (11) by an edge connection (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Alevo Research AG
    Inventors: Markus Borck, Laurent Zinck
  • Commutating circuit breaker
    Patent number: 9384922
    Abstract: A commutating circuit breaker that progressively inserts increasing resistance into a circuit via physical motion of a shuttle that is linked into the circuit by at least one set of sliding electrical contacts on the shuttle that connect the power through the moving shuttle to a sequence of different resistive paths with increasing resistance; the motion of the shuttle can be either linear or rotary. At no point are the sliding stator electrodes separated from the matching stationary stator electrodes so as to generate a powerful arc, which minimizes damage to the sliding stator electrodes. Instead, the current is commutated from one resistive path to the next with small enough changes in resistance at each step that arcing is suppressed. The variable resistance can either be within the moving shuttle, or the shuttle can comprise a commutating shuttle that moves the current over a series of stationary resistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Alevo International, S.A.
    Inventor: Roger W. Faulkner
  • High-current battery system and method for controlling a high-current battery system
    Patent number: 8981683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high power battery system having a battery system monitoring electronics and battery modules being electrically connected in series via an operating current line. At least one battery module is a bypass battery module comprising a bypass switch and a bypass line for electrically bypassing the battery module. For each bypass battery module a module monitoring unit of the monitoring electronics monitors the assigned battery module and detects a fault state. In the fault state, the battery system monitoring electronics measures the current flow in the operating current line connecting the battery modules and switches the bypass switch of the bypass battery module concerned from a normal operating position to a bypass position at a time when the current flow in the operating current line is lower than a predetermined limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Alevo Research AG
    Inventors: Guenther Hambitzer, Joachim Heitbaum, Markus Borck, Christiane Ripp
  • Rechargeable electrochemical battery cell
    Patent number: 9263745
    Abstract: Rechargeable lithium battery cell having a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte containing a conductive salt, wherein the electrolyte is based on SO2 and the positive electrode contains an active material in the composition LixM?yM?z(XO4)aFb, wherein M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the elements Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn, M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the metals of the groups II A, III A, IV A, V A, VI A, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB and VIIIB, X is selected from the group consisting of the elements P, Si and S, x is greater than 0, y is greater than 0, z is greater than or equal to 0, a is greater than 0 and b is greater than or equal to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Alevo Research AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Christiane Ripp, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth
  • Rechargeable electrochemical battery cell
    Patent number: 9209458
    Abstract: Rechargeable lithium battery cell having a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte containing a conductive salt, wherein the electrolyte comprises SO2 and the positive electrode contains an active material in the composition LixM?yM?z(XO4)aFb, wherein M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the elements Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn, M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the metals of the groups II A, III A, IV A, V A, VI A, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB and VIIIB, X is selected from the group consisting of the elements P, Si and S, x is greater than 0, y is greater than 0, z is greater than or equal to 0, a is greater than 0 and b is greater than or equal to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Alevo Research AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Christiane Ripp, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth
  • Rechargeable electrochemical battery cell
    Patent number: 9972864
    Abstract: Rechargeable lithium battery cell having a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte containing a conductive salt, wherein the electrolyte comprises SO2 and the positive electrode contains an active material in the composition LixM?yM?z(XO4)aFb, wherein M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the elements Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn, M? is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the metals of the groups II A, III A, IV A, V A, VI A, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIB and VIIIB, X is selected from the group consisting of the elements P, Si and S, x is greater than 0, y is greater than 0, z is greater than or equal to 0, a is greater than 0 and b is greater than or equal to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: ALEVO INTERNATIONAL S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Christiane Ripp, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth
  • Underground modular high-voltage direct current electric power transmission system
    Patent number: 9590409
    Abstract: High capacity (10 GW, for example) passively cooled non-superconducting underground high voltage direct current electric power transmission lines (100) of very low loss (1% per 1,000 km, for example) and competitive cost. The transmission lines (100) include segment modules (101) linked together with compliant splice modules (102) between the segments (101), typically installed in a protective conduit (103). The segment modules (101) include relatively rigid pipe-shaped conductors (117) insulated by pipe-like solid insulating layers (131) to form segment modules (101) that resemble pipe. The segment modules (101) are linked together through radially and axially compliant splice modules (102) to form the transmission line (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Alevo International, S.A.
    Inventor: Roger W. Faulkner
  • Commutating circuit breaker
    Patent number: 9824838
    Abstract: A commutating circuit breaker that works by progressively inserting increasing resistance into a circuit. This is done via physical motion of a shuttle that is linked into the circuit by at least one set of sliding electrical contacts on the shuttle (“shuttle electrodes”) that connect the power through the moving shuttle to a sequence of different resistive paths with increasing resistance; the motion of the shuttle can be either linear or rotary. A feature of the commutating circuit breaker is that at no point are the shuttle electrodes separated from the matching stationary stator electrodes so as to generate a powerful arc, which minimizes damage to the electrodes. Instead, the current is commutated from one resistive path to the next with small enough changes in resistance at each step that arcing can be suppressed. The variable resistance can either be within the moving shuttle, or the shuttle can comprise a commutating shuttle that moves the current over a series of stationary resistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Alevo International, S.A.
    Inventor: Roger W. Faulkner
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