Patents Examined by Austin Murata
  • Patent number: 12132192
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for high volume roll-to-roll direct coating of electrodes for silicon-dominant anode cells. A slurry that includes silicon particles and a binder material may be applied to a current collector film, and the slurry may be processed to form a precursor composite film coated on the current collector film. The current collector film with the coated precursor composite film may be rolled into a precursor composite roll. A heat treatment may be applied to the current collector film with the coated precursor composite film in an environment including nitrogen gas, to convert the coated precursor composite film to a pyrolyzed composite film coated on the current collector film. The heat treatment may include applying the heat treatment to the precursor composite roll in whole and/or applying the heat treatment to the current collector film with the coated precursor composite film as it is continuously fed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fred Bonhomme, Benjamin Park, Kirk Shockley, Giulia Canton, David J. Lee
  • Patent number: 12129382
    Abstract: A platelet-shaped magnetic effect pigment is provided for use in a printing ink, and includes a layer construction with a magnetic layer and at least one optical functional layer, such that the magnetic layer is based on a magnetic material having a column-shaped nanostructure and the magnetic columns respectively have a largely uniform preferential magnetic direction deviating from the platelet plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Rahm, Manfred Heim, Raphael Dehmel, Winfried Hoffmuller
  • Patent number: 12132191
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a method for applying a functional compound on sulfur particles by means of an atmospheric pressure plasma discharge including a gas or an activated gas flow resulting from the atmospheric pressure plasma discharge. The coating composition includes an inorganic electrically conductive compound, an electrically conductive carbon compound, an organic precursor compound of a conjugated polymer, a precursor of a hybrid organic-inorganic compound, or a mixture, and the functional compound provides the sulfur particles with an electrically conductive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: VITO NV
    Inventors: Danny Havermans, Sébastien Sallard, Ahmed Shafique, Dirk Vangeneugden, Annick Vanhulsel, An Hardy
  • Patent number: 12126002
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery including: (1) mixing a sulfur-carbon composite and a binder to prepare a slurry for a positive electrode active material; (2) applying the slurry for the positive electrode active material to one surface of the current collector; (3) a first drying step of drying the current collector, to which the slurry is applied, using hot air and medium wave infrared radiation; and (4) a second drying step of drying the current collector, to which the slurry is applied, using a laser heat source after the first drying step (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: LG Energy Solution, Ltd., LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hobeom Kwack, Yun Kyoung Kim, Hyun Min Song, Yoon Hyun Kim, Jeong Won Kim, Dongseok Shin
  • Patent number: 12113157
    Abstract: Methods of modifying the composition of layers using selectively absorbing films are described. The composition of a layer can be modified by applying a selectively absorbing film in proximity to the applied coating and components of the layer can be selectively removed to provide a modified layers. The methods can be used to increase the concentration of particles in the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TECTUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hongjin Jiang, William Freeman
  • Patent number: 12113195
    Abstract: A device for producing a negative electrode, which includes: a pre-lithiation bath containing a pre-lithiation solution, which is sequentially divided into an impregnation section, a pre-lithiation section, and an aging section; a negative electrode roll present outside the pre-lithiation solution, wherein the negative electrode roll is configured to allow a negative electrode structure to be wound and unwound; and one or more pre-lithiation rolls which are present inside the pre-lithiation solution, wherein the one or more pre-lithiation rolls allow the negative electrode structure unwound from the negative electrode roll to move in the pre-lithiation bath, wherein the pre-lithiation roll includes an inner ring, an outer ring which is formed on the inner ring and is rotatable, and a rolling element present between the inner ring and the outer ring, and the outer ring in the pre-lithiation roll comprises a non-conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Oh Byong Chae, Ye Ri Kim
  • Patent number: 12107252
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to apparatuses and processes for forming semi-solid electrodes having high active solids loading by removing excess electrolyte. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can be formed by mixing an active material and, optionally, a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte to form a suspension. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can be disposed onto a current collector to form an intermediate electrode. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can have a first composition in which the ratio of electrolyte to active material is between about 10:1 and about 1:1. In some embodiments, a method for converting the semi-solid electrode material from the first composition into the second composition includes removing a portion of the electrolyte from the semi-solid electrode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: 24M Technologies, Inc., Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Aranami, Raymond Zagars, Naoki Ota, Junzheng Chen, Ricardo Bazzarella
  • Patent number: 12090071
    Abstract: Vascular prosthetic assemblies (e.g., heart valves), such as those, for example, configured to be deployed percutaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: MEDICAL 21, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Dickerhoff, Robert S. Farivar, Madhavan L. Raghavan, Vijay Kumar
  • Patent number: 12077008
    Abstract: A method for processing floorboards using digital printing, comprising: preparing a base material layer; arranging a printing layer on the base material layer, wherein the printing layer is directly printed by a digital printing apparatus and is formed on a surface of the base material layer; and arranging a protection layer on the printing layer, wherein the protection layer is attached to the printing layer by means of one or a combination of processes selected from roll-coating, shower-coating, spray-coating, transfer-printing and printing, wherein the protection layer displays one or a combination of artistic effects selected from flat, sunken, raised, finely creased, patterned and crackled by means of one or a combination of processes selected from levelling, flatting, printing, embossing, corroding, carving, brushing and crackling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG KINGDOM NEW MATERIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huibin Dai, Peidong Zhao, Tao Wang, Lijie Dong
  • Patent number: 12082347
    Abstract: A method for printing traces on a substrate and an additive manufacturing apparatus therefor are provided. The method comprises determining at least two first location points for a first trace and at least two second location points for a second trace. The first trace and the second trace traverse at least two surfaces of the substrate, including a first surface of the substrate and a second surface of the substrate. At least two third location points are determined for a third trace based on the at least two first location points and the at least two second location points. The third trace is intermediate the first trace and the second trace. The third trace is formed on the at least two surfaces based on the at least two third location points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: XTPL S.A.
    Inventors: Lukasz Witczak, Iwona Grądzka-Kurzaj, Aneta Wiatrowska, Karolina Fiączyk, Filip Granek
  • Patent number: 12071690
    Abstract: A thin film structure including a dielectric material layer, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device employing the same are disclosed. The disclosed thin film structure includes a first conductive layer; a first dielectric material layer on the first conductive layer, the first dielectric material layer having a crystal phase and including a metal oxide; an InxOy-based seed material layer formed on the first dielectric material layer and having a thickness less than a thickness of the first dielectric material layer; and a second conductive layer formed on the seed material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narae Han, Jeonggyu Song, Yongsung Kim, Jooho Lee
  • Patent number: 12074326
    Abstract: PDC resins are mixed with various sources of carbon to form electrodes through pyrolysis of the mixture of PDC resins and coal dust derived materials with or without other sources of carbon, substrates and the like. For example, a PDC resin—coal dust mixture produces a material for use as an anode in lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors when pyrolyzed to form a porous, electrically conductive ceramic composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Dynamic Material Systems LLC
    Inventors: William Easter, Walter Sherwood, Amold Hill, Gordon Nameni
  • Patent number: 12060272
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for forming nanoscale coatings on a solid substrate surface. In certain embodiments, the method includes the following steps: contacting a substrate with a first liquid organic solvent; adding a liquid agent to the first liquid organic solvent to form a liquid agent film on a surface of the substrate; and adding the nanocoating precursor in the first liquid organic solvent to react the nanocoating precursor with the liquid agent to form the nanocoating on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    Inventors: Yangchuan Xing, Ahmed M. Jasim
  • Patent number: 12051781
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional electrochemical lithium battery includes forming a first electrode on an underlying layer comprising aerosolizing a first ink formulation comprising a slurry including nanoparticles or microparticles of a first active material and a binder, and depositing the slurry onto the underlying layer to form a first electrode layer. A permeable separator layer is formed on the first electrode by aerosolizing a polymer precursor solution, exposing the aerosolized polymer precursor solution to a first activating radiation source to form partially cured polymer spheres in the aerosolized stream, focusing and directing the aerosolized stream onto a substrate to form the permeable separator layer of the partially cured polymer spheres, and exposing the partially cured polymer spheres on the substrate to a second activating radiation source to fully cure the partially cured polymer spheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Bing Tan, Priestly T. Shuler, Matthew W. Logan, Sarah K. Adams, Matthew A. Hagedon
  • Patent number: 12051794
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stretchable electrode, a method for preparing the same and a stretchable battery including the stretchable electrode. The stretchable electrode of the present disclosure, which is prepared by crosslinking a hydroxyl-functionalized fluorine-based polymer binder physically using a ketone-based solvent or chemically with a crosslinking agent, has superior stretchability, has improved interfacial adhesivity to an active material through Fenton's oxidation, exhibits improved stability under various mechanical deformations of the electrode such as stretching, etc. and can uniformly maintain the electrical conductivity, battery capacity and charge-discharge performance of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeong Gon Son, Jong Hyuk Park, Sang-Soo Lee, Heesuk Kim, Seungjun Chung, Tae Ann Kim, Jae Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 12049031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a composite component (33) which comprises a molding (1) made of a thermoplastic polymer foam and which comprises a functional layer (37) made of an unfoamed thermoplastic, comprising the following steps: (e) insertion of the molding (1) made of thermoplastic polymer foam into a mold (3), (f) application of a thermoplastic polymer by an injection process, where the pressure during the application of the thermoplastic polymer is smaller than 100 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jürgen Lambert, Christian Obermann, Jürgen Bartl, Andreas Medert
  • Patent number: 12051795
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to novel methods of fabricating 3-D Li ion batteries using direct nanoimprint lithography. The present invention includes methods of fabricating high surface area electrodes, including imprint patterning of high aspect ratio parallel grating style electrodes. The method includes coating a substrate with an ink containing nanoparticles and subsequently annealing the ink into a desired pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: James J. Watkins, Wenhao Li
  • Patent number: 12037681
    Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a silicon oxycarbonitride film (SiOCN) with varying proportions of each element, using a disilane precursor under vapor deposition conditions, wherein the percent carbon incorporation into the SiOCN film may be varied between about 5 to about 60%, by utilizing co-reactants chosen from oxygen, ammonia, and nitrous oxide gas. The carbon-enriched SiOCN films thus formed may be converted to pure silicon dioxide films after an etch stop protocol by treatment with O2 plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Sungsil Cho, Seobong Chang, Jae Eon Park, Bryan C. Hendrix, Thomas H. Baum
  • Patent number: 12040505
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an interfacial lithium fluoride layer for an electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions is disclosed. In the method, a substrate is positioned in a reaction chamber of an atomic layer deposition reactor and a lithium fluoride (LiF) precursor is introduced into the reaction chamber such that the LiF precursor contacts and chemically reacts with functional groups on the substrate. Then, an oxidant is introduced into the reaction chamber to form a single molecular layer of lithium fluoride on the substrate. The lithium fluoride layer is formed on the substrate at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 110 degrees Celsius to less than or equal to about 250 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Biqiong Wang, Meinan He, Mei Cai, Andrew J. Galant, William Osad
  • Patent number: 12032124
    Abstract: Methods of processing coated articles, such as transparencies, are provided comprising flash annealing one or more layers of the coated article. The one or more layers may be reflective metallic layers, such as silver layers, or comprise a transparent conductive oxide, such as indium tin oxide, or a semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Ashtosh P. Ganjoo, Patrick Fisher, Sudarshan Narayanan