Patents Examined by Amanda C. Walke
  • Patent number: 12046736
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell utilizes an air flow device that draws air through the cell from a scrubber that may be removed while the system is operating. The negative pressure generated by the air flow device allows ambient air to enter the cell housing when the scrubber is removed, thereby enabling continued operation without the scrubber. A moisture management system passes outflow air from the cell through a humidity exchange module that transfers moisture to the air inflow, thereby increasing the humidity of the air inflow. A recirculation feature comprising a valve allow a controller to recirculate at least a portion of the outflow air back into the inflow air. The system may comprise an inflow bypass conduit and valve that allows the humidified inflow air to pass into the cell inlet without passing through the scrubber. The scrubber may contain reversible or irreversible scrubber media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: FORM ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ramkumar Krishnan, Joel Hayes, Shawn Fink, Scott Klug, Patrick Samuelson
  • Patent number: 12040489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for using a battery which has an electrode that functions according to a mechanism of complexation of anions and within which the electrode active material is a polyviologen, characterized in that said polyviologen is a material that is insoluble in the electrolyte of said battery and in that the electrochemical conditions for use of said battery are adjusted so that its charge/discharge cycling process is established on the basis of the 1-electron redox reaction between the 1-electron oxidized form of the viologen units of said polyviologen, termed cation radical, and their totally reduced form, termed neutral form of the polyviologen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, NANTES UNIVERSITE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Thibaut Gutel, Lionel Dubois, Vincent Cadiou, Philippe Poizot
  • Patent number: 12038692
    Abstract: The production method of a substrate with a patterned film according to the present disclosure includes: a cleaning step of performing UV/ozone cleaning or oxygen plasma cleaning on a substrate with a patterned film to obtain a first substrate with a patterned film, the substrate with a patterned film including a substrate and a patterned film on the substrate, the patterned film containing a fluorine-containing copolymer having a specific repeating unit; and a heating step of heating the first substrate with a patterned film to obtain a second substrate with a patterned film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuzuru Kaneko, Takashi Aoki, Yusuke Nomura, Keiko Sasaki, Asuka Sano
  • Patent number: 12038691
    Abstract: The production method of a substrate with a patterned film according to the present disclosure includes: a cleaning step of performing UV/ozone cleaning or oxygen plasma cleaning on a substrate with a patterned film including a substrate and a patterned film on the substrate, to obtain a first substrate with a patterned film; and a heating step of heating the first substrate with a patterned film to obtain a second substrate with a patterned film, wherein the patterned film of the first substrate with a patterned film has a contact angle decreased in the cleaning step, and the patterned film of the second substrate with a patterned film has a contact angle recovered in the heating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuzuru Kaneko, Takashi Aoki, Yusuke Nomura, Keiko Sasaki, Asuka Sano
  • Patent number: 12035546
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of an electronic component comprising a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) using compounds of the formula I R1-(A1-Z1)r—(B1)n—(Z2-A2)s-Sp-G??(I) in which the groups occurring have the meanings defined in Claim 1; the present invention furthermore relates to the use of the components in electronic switching elements and to compounds for the production of the SAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Peer Kirsch, Sebastian Resch, Henning Seim, Marc Tornow, Takuya Kamiyama, Gerd-Volker Roeschenthaler, Romana Pajkert, Jacob Woodruff, Charith Nanayakkara
  • Patent number: 12035623
    Abstract: An organic molecule is disclosed having: a first chemical moiety with a structure of Formula I, and two second chemical moieties, each independently with a structure of Formula II,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Stefan Seifermann
  • Patent number: 12034116
    Abstract: Battery component structures and manufacturing methods for solid-state battery cells include a unitary Li ion conducting sulfide glass solid electrolyte structure that serves as the basic building block around which a solid-state battery cell can be fabricated. The unitary glass structure approach can leverage precision controlled high throughput processes from the semiconductor industry that have been inventively modified as disclosed herein for processing a sulfide glass solid electrolyte substrate into a unitary Li ion conducting glass structure, for example, by using etching and lithographic photoresist formulations and methods. The glass substrate may be precision engineered to effectuate a dense glass portion and a porous glass portion that can be characterized as sublayers having predetermined thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: PolyPlus Battery Company
    Inventors: Steven J. Visco, Vitaliy Nimon, Valentina Loginova, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, Bruce D. Katz
  • Patent number: 12034181
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. New or improved mats, separators, batteries, methods, and/or systems are also disclosed, shown, claimed, and/or provided. For example, in at least one possibly preferred embodiment, a composite separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. In at least one possibly particularly preferred embodiment, a PE membrane separator is provided with at least one fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: Eric H. Miller, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, James P. Perry, J. Kevin Whear
  • Patent number: 12034169
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery and an electronic device, which relate to the technical field of batteries and are used for solving the technical problem of poor sealing performance of batteries. The battery includes a shell, a cover assembly and a coiled core assembly located inside the shell; the shell is provided with an opening, and the cover assembly sealingly covers the opening; the cover assembly includes a conductive member, a top cover and a sealing member between the conductive member and the top cover; the conductive member electrically contacts the coiled core assembly; the sealing member is provided with a first through hole, the top cover is provided with a second through hole, and a diameter of the first through hole is smaller than that of the second through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Zhuhai CosMX Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Zhang, Ning Peng
  • Patent number: 12032288
    Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a compound represented by General Formula (I) and an acid-decomposable resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Kojima, Minoru Uemura, Akihiro Kaneko, Akiyoshi Goto, Kei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12018022
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, an organic light emitting device comprising the same, a composition for an organic material layer of an organic light emitting device, and a method for manufacturing an organic light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LT MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geon-Yu Park, Su-Yeon Kim, Dong-Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 12019372
    Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to an electrically conductive polymer with a crosslinkable additive. The electrically conductive polymer is a directly photopatternable Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) PEDOT:PSS film with cross-linked network made of a plurality of monomers. The directly photopatternable PEDOT:PSS film PEDOT as such has a better conductivity and stretchability compared to its other counterparts. The directly photopatternable PEDOT:PSS film can further be supplemented with poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) which can help with the removal of PSS. Advantageously, the PEGDA supplemented PEDOT:PSS film can exhibit a larger charge storage capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Zhenan Bao, Yuanwen Jiang
  • Patent number: 12021195
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to fluorinated alkylsulfonamide electrolyte salts with high solubility, conductivity, and electrochemical stability as well as batteries incorporating fluorinated alkylsulfonamide salts. In any aspect and/or embodiment herein of the present technology, the battery may include a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode. The separator may be a porous paper, porous ceramic, or porous polymer separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yiying Wu, William McCulloch
  • Patent number: 12021215
    Abstract: A conductive paste for an electrode mixed material layer has a water content of 1,000 ppm or less. The paste contains a conductive additive, not less than 3 parts by mass and not more than 200 parts by mass of a polymer per 100 parts by mass of the conductive additive, and not less than 12 parts by mass and not more than 350 parts by mass of expandable particles per 100 parts by mass of the conductive additive. The polymer includes at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an epoxy group, an oxazoline group, a sulfo group, a nitrile group, an ester group, and an amide group. The expandable particles have an initial thermal decomposition temperature of not lower than 120° C. and not higher than 400° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Yasuhiro Isshiki, Maki Mesuda
  • Patent number: 12015146
    Abstract: Provided herein are energy storage device electrode films comprising a hybrid electrode film, and methods of forming such multilayer hybrid electrode films and energy storage devices comprising multilayer hybrid electrode films. Each hybrid electrode film may comprise a self-supporting dry coated active layer and a wet cast active layer, wherein each active layer comprises a binder and an active material. The binder and/or active material may be the same or different as any other active layer. The hybrid multilayer electrode film may further comprise at least one additional layer, and the hybrid multilayer electrode film may be laminated with a current collector to form an electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Ho Shin, Hieu Minh Duong, Amado Marcelino Garcia Acevedo
  • Patent number: 12006335
    Abstract: A compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light emitting device including the same, and the compound providing lower driving voltage, improved light efficiency, and improved service life characteristics of the organic light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyunghee Kim, Tae Yoon Park, Wanpyo Hong, Sujeong Geum, Jongsoo Song
  • Patent number: 12009553
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a refuelable battery for the power grid to provide a sustainable, cost-effective, and/or operationally efficient solution to energy source variability and/or energy demand variability. In particular, the systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a refuelable primary battery solution that addresses bulk seasonal energy storage needs, variable demand needs, and other challenges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: FORM ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mateo Cristian Jaramillo, Ian Salmon McKay, William Henry Woodford
  • Patent number: 12009517
    Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode active material with which a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high energy density can be obtained, a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide suitable as a precursor of the positive electrode active material, and production methods capable of easily producing these in an industrial scale. Provided is a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide represented by General Formula (1): NixMnyMz(OH)2+? and containing a secondary particle formed of a plurality of flocculated primary particles. The nickel-manganese composite hydroxide has a half width of a diffraction peak of a (001) plane obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement of at least 0.10° and up to 0.40° and has a degree of sparsity/density represented by [(void area within secondary particle/cross section of secondary particle)×100](%) of at least 0.5% and up to 10%. Also provided is a production method of the nickel-manganese composite hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Kaneda, Yuki Koshika, Takaaki Ando
  • Patent number: 12001139
    Abstract: A resist composition is provided comprising a base polymer and a quencher comprising a cyclic ammonium salt having a fluorinated saturated hydrocarbyl group or fluorinated aryl group. The resist composition has a high sensitivity and forms a pattern with improved LWR or CDU, independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Tomomi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12004421
    Abstract: Provided is a compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1: X1 to X3 are each independently N or CH, provided that at least one of X1 to X3 is N; X4 to X6 are each independently N or CH, provided that at least one of X4 to X6 is N; Ar1 to Ar4 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted C2-60 heteroaryl containing any one or more selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S; L1 to L3 are each independently a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 arylene, or a substituted or unsubstituted C2-60 heteroarylene containing any one or more selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S; and n is 1 or 2, and an organic light emitting device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yongbum Cha, Sung Kil Hong, Dong Uk Heo, Wanpyo Hong, Sujeong Geum