Patents Assigned to Blue Horizons Innovations, LLC
  • Patent number: 11901133
    Abstract: An energy storage element and method of fabrication thereof are disclosed. An energy storage element includes a set of electrodes where one or more electrodes have extended conductive paths through nano-channel electric interconnections with ceramic particles in one or more dielectric layers. The electrode's electric field is extended into the dielectric material providing increased capacitance. The set of electrodes can include a pair of electrode layers respectively attached directly to opposing sides of one dielectric layer. The set of electrodes, which can also be referred to as multi-layer electrodes, can include a plurality of electrode layers interleaved between, and directly attached to, a plurality of stacked dielectric layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Blue Horizons Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Frank
  • Patent number: 11687052
    Abstract: A Dielectric Energy Storage System (DESS), a Dielectric Energy Storage System Management System (DESS-MS), and method that stores energy for a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Blue Horizons Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Frank
  • Patent number: 11603335
    Abstract: A nanoparticle cluster reduction method yields a new composition of matter including a large percentage (e.g., 75% or higher percentage) of primary nanoparticles in the new composition of matter. The particle reduction method reduces the size of nanoparticle clusters in material of the new composition of matter, allows particle reduction of specific nanoparticle cluster sizes, and allows particle reduction to primary nanoparticles. This new composition of matter can include a high permittivity and high resistivity dielectric compound. This new composition of matter, according to certain examples, has high permittivity, high resistivity, and low leakage current. In certain examples, the new composition of matter constitutes a dielectric energy storage device that is a battery with very high energy density, high operating voltage per cell, and an extended battery life cycle. An example method can include a controlled gas evolution reaction to reduce the size of nanoparticle clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Blue Horizons Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Frank
  • Patent number: 11312663
    Abstract: A nanoparticle cluster reduction method yields a new composition of matter including a large percentage (e.g., 75% or higher percentage) of primary nanoparticles in the new composition of matter. The particle reduction method reduces the size of nanoparticle clusters in material of the new composition of matter, allows particle reduction of specific nanoparticle cluster sizes, and allows particle reduction to primary nanoparticles. This new composition of matter can include a high permittivity and high resistivity dielectric compound. This new composition of matter, according to certain examples, has high permittivity, high resistivity, and low leakage current. In certain examples, the new composition of matter constitutes a dielectric energy storage device that is a battery with very high energy density, high operating voltage per cell, and an extended battery life cycle. An example method can include a controlled gas evolution reaction to reduce the size of nanoparticle clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Blue Horizons Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Frank
  • Patent number: 11257630
    Abstract: According to a novel fabrication method, a new composition of matter includes a large percentage (e.g., 75% or higher percentage) of primary nanoparticles in the new composition of matter. The novel fabrication method reduces the size of nanoparticle clusters in material of the new composition of matter, allows fabrication of specific nanoparticle cluster sizes, and allows fabrication of primary nanoparticles. This new composition of matter can include a high permittivity and high resistivity dielectric compound. This new composition of matter, according to certain examples, has high permittivity, high resistivity, and low leakage current. In certain examples, the new composition of matter constitutes a dielectric energy storage device that is a battery with very high energy density, high operating voltage per cell, and an extended battery life cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Blue Horizons Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Frank
  • Patent number: 11249451
    Abstract: A Dielectric Energy Storage System (DESS) and method that stores energy for a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Blue Horizons Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Frank
  • Patent number: 10961158
    Abstract: A new composition of matter, and more specifically a new compound, includes two or more highly resistive materials integrated into the chemistry of the grain boundary of an internal barrier layer capacitor material. This new compound includes a high permittivity and high resistivity dielectric compound. This new compound has high permittivity, high resistivity, and low leakage current. In certain examples the new compound can be used to create a dielectric energy storage device that is a battery with very high energy density, high operating voltage per cell, and an extended battery life cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Blue Horizons Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Frank
  • Patent number: 10847325
    Abstract: A Dense Energy Ultra Cell (DEUC), a dielectric energy storage device and methods of fabrication therefor are provided. A DEUC element is fabricated using print technologies that deposit dielectric energy storage layers (406) and insulating layers (404) together being interleaved between electrode layers (403). The dielectric energy storage layers are created from a proprietary solution to enable printing of dielectric energy storage layers with high permittivity and a high internal resistivity to retain charge. The insulating layers (404) can be applied within the dielectric energy storage layers (406) bifurcating the dielectric energy storage layers for increased resistivity. As part of the fabrication process, the material deposition printer can apply multiple print heads each with different inks and materials (1301, 1302) to form composite material (1303) in the printed layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BLUE HORIZON INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: David L. Frank
  • Patent number: 10347433
    Abstract: A Dense Energy Ultra Cell (DEUC), a dielectric energy storage device and methods of fabrication therefor are provided. A DEUC element is fabricated using print technologies that deposit dielectric energy storage layers (406) and insulating layers (404) together being interleaved between electrode layers (403). The dielectric energy storage layers are created from a proprietary solution to enable printing of dielectric energy storage layers with high permittivity and a high internal resistivity to retain charge. The insulating layers (404) can be applied within the dielectric energy storage layers (406) bifurcating the dielectric energy storage layers for increased resistivity. As part of the fabrication process, the material deposition printer can apply multiple print heads each with different inks and materials (1301, 1302) to form composite material (1303) in the printed layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BLUE HORIZON INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: David L. Frank
  • Patent number: 9899154
    Abstract: A Dense Energy Ultracapacitor DEUC preform, thin film, and module and methods of fabrication therefor, are provided. The DEUC thin film includes: a multilayer polymer thin film (2210) including a plurality of matched polymer layers (2215) having DEUC structural features resulting from drawing, by a draw process, and/or stretching, of a multilayer polymer DEUC preform (2201) having size, shape, and an arrangement of matched polymer layers (2205), where the multilayer polymer thin film (2210) having DEUC structural features in at least one dimension proportionally reduced in comparison to the same features in the Preform (2201). The multilayer polymer thin film includes negative and positive electrodes (903) made from conducting polymer and spaced apart by suspended particle high dielectric energy storage media (904) including high dielectric nano and/or micro sized particles (901, 902) suspended in a binder (904) including at least one of a polymer, a copolymer, and a terpolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: BLUE HORIZON INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: David Loron Frank