Patents Examined by Austin Murata
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Patent number: 12132192Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATIONInventors: Fred Bonhomme, Benjamin Park, Kirk Shockley, Giulia Canton, David J. Lee
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Patent number: 12129382Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBHInventors: Michael Rahm, Manfred Heim, Raphael Dehmel, Winfried Hoffmuller
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Patent number: 12132191Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: VITO NVInventors: Danny Havermans, Sébastien Sallard, Ahmed Shafique, Dirk Vangeneugden, Annick Vanhulsel, An Hardy
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Patent number: 12126002Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: LG Energy Solution, Ltd., LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hobeom Kwack, Yun Kyoung Kim, Hyun Min Song, Yoon Hyun Kim, Jeong Won Kim, Dongseok Shin
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Patent number: 12113157Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: TECTUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hongjin Jiang, William Freeman
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Patent number: 12113195Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Oh Byong Chae, Ye Ri Kim
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Patent number: 12107252Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignees: 24M Technologies, Inc., Kyocera CorporationInventors: Junji Aranami, Raymond Zagars, Naoki Ota, Junzheng Chen, Ricardo Bazzarella
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Patent number: 12090071Abstract: Vascular prosthetic assemblies (e.g., heart valves), such as those, for example, configured to be deployed percutaneously.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: MEDICAL 21, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Dickerhoff, Robert S. Farivar, Madhavan L. Raghavan, Vijay Kumar
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Patent number: 12077008Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: ZHEJIANG KINGDOM NEW MATERIAL GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Huibin Dai, Peidong Zhao, Tao Wang, Lijie Dong
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Patent number: 12082347Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: XTPL S.A.Inventors: Lukasz Witczak, Iwona Grądzka-Kurzaj, Aneta Wiatrowska, Karolina Fiączyk, Filip Granek
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Patent number: 12071690Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Narae Han, Jeonggyu Song, Yongsung Kim, Jooho Lee
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Patent number: 12074326Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Dynamic Material Systems LLCInventors: William Easter, Walter Sherwood, Amold Hill, Gordon Nameni
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Patent number: 12060272Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURIInventors: Yangchuan Xing, Ahmed M. Jasim
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Patent number: 12051781Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Bing Tan, Priestly T. Shuler, Matthew W. Logan, Sarah K. Adams, Matthew A. Hagedon
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Patent number: 12051794Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jeong Gon Son, Jong Hyuk Park, Sang-Soo Lee, Heesuk Kim, Seungjun Chung, Tae Ann Kim, Jae Hong Kim
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Patent number: 12049031Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Jürgen Lambert, Christian Obermann, Jürgen Bartl, Andreas Medert
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Patent number: 12051795Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: University of MassachusettsInventors: James J. Watkins, Wenhao Li
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Patent number: 12037681Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.Inventors: Sungsil Cho, Seobong Chang, Jae Eon Park, Bryan C. Hendrix, Thomas H. Baum
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Patent number: 12040505Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Biqiong Wang, Meinan He, Mei Cai, Andrew J. Galant, William Osad
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Patent number: 12032124Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLCInventors: Ashtosh P. Ganjoo, Patrick Fisher, Sudarshan Narayanan