Patents Assigned to FMC Corporation, Lithium Division
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Publication number: 20180261829Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium metal powder protected by a substantially continuous layer of a polymer. Such a substantially continuous polymer layer provides improved protection such as compared to typical CO2-passivation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: FMC Corporation, Lithium DivisionInventors: Marina Yakovleva, Yuan Gao, Kenneth Brian Fitch, Prakash Thyaga Palepu, Yangxing Li, Christopher Jay Woltermann
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Publication number: 20170149052Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium metal powder protected by a substantially continuous layer of a polymer. Such a substantially continuous polymer layer provides improved protection such as compared to typical CO2-passivation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: FMC Corporation, Lithium DivisionInventors: Marina Yakovleva, Yuan Gao, Kenneth Brian Fitch, Prakash Thyaga Palepu, Yangxing Li, Christopher Jay Woltermann
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Patent number: 8128835Abstract: A deicing composition is provided. The composition includes a potassium or sodium salt of a carboxylic acid and a lithium salt of a carboxylic acid or lithium nitrate, wherein the molar ratio of lithium to potassium or lithium to sodium is from 10 percent to 80 percent.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignees: FMC Corporation, Lithium Division, Clemson UniversityInventors: David B. Stokes, Daniel Person Johnston, Prasada Rao Rangaraju, Vijay C. Mehta, Claudio E. Manissero
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Patent number: 7638635Abstract: Substituted alkylmetal reagents such as (trimethylsilylmethyl)lithium are reacted with pyridinic compounds to produce functionalized pyridinic compounds.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: FMC Corporation Lithium DivisionInventors: Christopher J. Woltermann, Douglas E. Sutton
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Patent number: 7588623Abstract: A method of stabilizing lithium metal powder is provided. The method includes the steps of heating lithium metal to a temperature above its melting point, agitating the molten lithium metal, and contacting the lithium metal with a fluorination agent to provide a stabilized lithium metal powder.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2006Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: FMC Corporation Lithium DivisionInventors: B. Troy Dover, Christopher Jay Woltermann, Marina Yakovleva, Yuan Gao, Prakash Thyaga Palepu
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Patent number: 6706447Abstract: The present invention is a secondary battery having a high specific capacity and good cycleability, and that can be used safely. The secondary battery is manufactured to include an anode formed from a host material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium in an electrochemical system such as a carbonaceous material, and lithium metal dispersed in the host material. The freshly prepared anodes of the invention are combined with a positive electrode including an active material, a separator that a separates the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte in communication with the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The present invention also includes a method of preparing a freshly prepared anode and a method of operating a secondary battery including the anode of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: FMC Corporation, Lithium DivisionInventors: Yuan Gao, John L. Burba, III
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Patent number: 6703160Abstract: The present invention includes a battery pack or battery having excellent heat dissipation thus increasing the safety of these devices in high power applications. The battery packs and batteries of the invention have a surface with a high true surface area such that the surface roughness (R), defined by the ratio of the true surface area of the surface to the apparent surface area of the surface, is greater than or equal to about 1.2. In addition, the battery packs and batteries of the invention are preferably formed of material having a high emissivity or include high emissivity labels to provide even greater heat dissipation.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: FMC Corporation, Lithium DivisionInventor: Yuan Gao
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Patent number: 6703446Abstract: Hetero-telechelic polymers having the formula: FG—(Q)d—Z—J—[A(R1R2R3)]x (I) wherein FG is a protected or non-protected functional group; Q is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group derived by incorporation of a compound selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene hydrocarbons, alkenylsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof; d is an integer from 10 to 200; Z is a branched or straight chain hydrocarbon group which contains 3-25 carbon atoms, optionally containing aryl or substituted aryl groups; J is oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; [A(R1R2R3)]x is a protecting group, wherein A is an element selected from Group IVa of the Periodic Table of Elements; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamino groups, aryl or substituted aryl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamType: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: FMC Corporation, Lithium DivisionInventors: James A. Schwindeman, Robert J. Letchford, Conrad W. Kamienski, Roderic P. Quirk
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Patent number: 6699939Abstract: Hetero-telechelic polymers having the formula: FG—(Q)d—Z—J—[A(R1R2R3)]x (I) wherein FG is a protected or non-protected functional group; Q is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group derived by incorporation of a compound selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene hydrocarbons, alkenylsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof; d is an integer from 10 to 200; Z is a branched or straight chain hydrocarbon group which contains 3-25 carbon atoms, optionally containing aryl or substituted aryl groups; J is oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; [A(R1R2R3)]x is a protecting group, wherein A is an element selected from Group IVa of the Periodic Table of Elements; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamino groups, aryl or substituted aryl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamType: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: FMC Corporation, Lithium DivisionInventors: James A. Schwindeman, Robert J. Letchford, Conrad W. Kamienski, Roderic P. Quirk