Patents Examined by Eli S Mekhlin
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Patent number: 11387420Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a method that includes exchanging at least a portion of a first cation of a perovskite solid with a second cation, where the exchanging is performed by exposing the perovskite solid to a precursor of the second cation, such that the precursor of the second cation oxidizes to form the second cation and the first cation reduces to form a precursor of the first cation.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Brown UniversityInventors: Kai Zhu, Mengjin Yang, Yuanyuan Zhou, Nitin P. Padture
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Patent number: 11381198Abstract: A marina solar energy system and method is provided. The system includes one or more base assemblies designed to support corresponding solar panel assemblies. For example, the system may include dock box lids with recesses adapted to receive and secure one or more solar panels, and an energy distribution system to receive and distribute the energy produced by the solar panel assemblies (e.g., to other areas of the marina, to a local power grid, etc.). The system also may include rechargeable power sources, such as rechargeable battery packs, that may store the energy produced by the solar panels. The system also may include electrical outlets for use by occupants of the marina.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Inventors: Ryan Steven McKenzie, Benjamin Norrie
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Patent number: 11370670Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the general formula Li2+2xM1?xZS4, wherein 0.3?x?0.9; wherein M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Pb, Mg, Ca, Ge and Sn; and wherein Z is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ge, Si, Sn and Al. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing the material of the present invention, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of lithium sulfide Li2S, sulfides MS and ZS2, in a stoichiometric ratio ensuring Li2+2xM1?xZS4 to be obtained, wherein M, Z and x are as defined above; (b) pelletizing the mixture prepared in step (a); (c) heating at a maximum plateau temperature. In still another aspect, the present invention relates to a use of the compound of the present invention as a solid electrolyte, in particular in an all solid-state lithium battery.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventors: Yuki Katoh, Geoffroy Hautier, Anna Miglio
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Patent number: 11374134Abstract: Examples of an electronic component device includes a housing formed of a member that causes radiation to lose its energy by generating an electric charge when the housing is subjected to the radiation and an electronic component housed in the housing. The member is a semiconductor device member having a PN junction.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Yoshitaka Kamo
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Patent number: 11374257Abstract: In an embodiment, a softened solid-state electrolyte, comprises an oxide-based solid-state electrolyte, where at least a portion of the oxide anions in the oxide-based solid-state electrolyte is replaced with a replacement anion. In another embodiment, a softened solid-state electrolyte comprises a sulfide-based solid-state electrolyte, wherein at least a portion of the sulfide anions in the sulfide-based solid-state electrolyte is replaced with the replacement anion. When the replacement anion replaces the oxide anion, the replacement anion has a larger atomic radius than the oxide anion and when the replacement anion replaces the sulfide anion, the replacement anion has a larger atomic radius than the sulfide anion.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Mengyan Hou, Haijing Liu, Dewen Kong, Yong Lu
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Patent number: 11362619Abstract: Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion device that includes: a thin panel-shaped photoelectric conversion module; a first connection member that couples to an outer edge of the photoelectric conversion module at a joint so as to be electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion module; a reinforcing member that couples to a portion including the joint; and a main body that receives electric power supply from the photoelectric conversion module via the first connection member. The first connection member is mechanically and electrically attachable/detachable to/from the main body and has a thickness in vertical direction that is greater than a thickness in vertical direction of the photoelectric conversion module and less than or equal to a thickness in vertical direction of the reinforcing member at the joint.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Midori Yamaai, Kiyoshige Kojima, Yuki Hayashi, Masayoshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 11342558Abstract: An electrochemically active material comprising a surface is provided, wherein the surface comprises an oligomer. A method of functionalising the surface with the oligomer is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Nexeon LimitedInventors: Jonathon David Speed, Scott Brown, Simon Foxon
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Patent number: 11322693Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light-emitting device using a compound capable of emitting delayed fluorescence and capable of undergoing intramolecular hydron transfer. The compound includes, for example, a compound represented by the general formula. X1 to X3 each represent O or S; R1 to R6 each represent nH or a substituent; n, n1 to n3 each represent an integer of 1 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KYULUX, INC.Inventors: Masashi Mamada, Chihaya Adachi, Hajime Nakanotani, YuSeok Yang
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Patent number: 11296320Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, the secondary battery comprises a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator and an electrolyte, the positive electrode plate comprises a positive current collector and a positive film, the positive film is provided on at least one surface of the positive current collector and comprises a positive active material, the negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative film, the negative film is provided on at least one surface of the negative current collector and comprises a negative active material, the negative active material comprises graphite, and an average particle diameter of the positive active material represented by D50 and a thickness of the negative film represented by Hn satisfy a relationship: 6?0.06Hn×(4?1/D50)?31. The battery of the present disclosure has the characteristics of excellent dynamics performance and long cycle life at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Tianquan Peng, Yuliang Shen, Meng Kang, Jiazheng Wang, Libing He
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Patent number: 11292728Abstract: A light-absorbing material includes a compound, wherein the compound has a perovskite crystal structure represented by the formula AMX3 where a Cs+ ion is located at an A-site, a Ge2+ ion is located at an M-site, and I? ions are located at X-sites, and at least a part of the compound has an orthorhombic perovskite crystal structure. An X-ray diffraction pattern of the compound measured using Cu K? radiation may have a first peak at a diffraction angle (2?) of 25.4° or more and 25.8° or less and a second peak at a diffraction angle (2?) of 24.9° or more and 25.3° or less, and an intensity of the first peak may be 30% or more of an intensity of the second peak.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Matsushita, Hiroko Okumura
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Patent number: 11289756Abstract: An apparatus includes an anode of a cell for a battery, a cathode of the cell, an anode thermoelectric device, and a cathode thermoelectric device. The anode thermoelectric device may be operably coupled to the anode of the cell, and the anode thermoelectric device may be connected in electrical series with the anode of the cell. The cathode thermoelectric device may be operably coupled to the cathode of the cell, and the cathode thermoelectric device being connected in electrical series with the cathode of the cell. The cathode thermoelectric device and the anode thermoelectric device may operate as a heat pump system configured to remove heat from the cathode and provide heat to the anode in response to the cell being discharged, and remove heat from the anode and provide heat to the cathode in response to the cell being charged.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Rama Venkatasubramanian, Geza Dezsi
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Patent number: 11276860Abstract: A positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector based on aluminum, a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector and including a lithium transition metal oxide, and a protective layer disposed between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode mixture layer. The protective layer includes inorganic particles, a conductive agent and a binder, the inorganic particles being a major component of the protective layer. The protective layer includes a first region disposed on the positive electrode current collector over substantially the entirety of a section covered with the positive electrode mixture layer, and a second region disposed on the positive electrode current collector so as to extend from a periphery of the positive electrode mixture layer. The weight per unit area of the second region is not less than 1.5 times the weight per unit area of the first region.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuki Endo
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Patent number: 11268927Abstract: An electrochemical sensor is provided which may be formed using micromachining techniques commonly used in the manufacture of integrated circuits. This is achieved by forming microcapillaries in a silicon substrate and forming an opening in an insulating layer to allow environmental gases to reach through to the top side of the substrate. A porous electrode is printed on the top side of the insulating layer such that the electrode is formed in the opening in the insulating layer. The sensor also comprises at least one additional electrode. The electrolyte is then formed on top of the electrodes. A cap is formed over the electrodes and electrolyte. This arrangement may easily be produced using micromachining techniques.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Alfonso Berduque, Helen Berney, William Allan Lane, Raymond J. Speer, Brendan Cawley, Donal McAuliffe, Patrick Martin McGuinness
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Patent number: 11264946Abstract: Provided is a low-pressure chip packaging type junction box for a solar power generation assembly and a processing method thereof, and more particularly, relates to a low-pressure chip packaging type junction box for a solar power generation assembly integrating techniques relating to development and manufacturing of junction boxes with semiconductor packaging techniques to increase a degree of product automation and a processing method thereof. The low-pressure chip packaging type junction box for a solar power generation assembly comprises a box body, N chips, N connection members, and N+1 copper conductors, where N?1. At least one accommodation recess is arranged at the box body. The box body is provided with a transverse bar. Chip installation positions are arranged at N copper conductors. The N+1 copper conductors are provided with lead-out positions positioned at a top surface of the transverse bar. The chip is welded and fixed to the installation position at the copper conductor.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: JIANGSU TONGLIN ELECTRIC CO., LTDInventors: Qianjin Li, Dibao Zhu, Daoyuan Zhang, Liwang Jiang
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Patent number: 11251318Abstract: A photovoltaic (PV) device with improved blue response. The PV device includes a silicon substrate with an emitter layer on a light receiving side. The emitter layer has a low opant level such that it has sheet resistance of 90 to 170 ohm/sq. Anti-reflection in the PV device is provided solely by a nano-structured or black silicon surface on the light-receiving surface, through which the emitter is formed by diffusion. The nano structures of the black silicon are formed in a manner that does not result in gold or another high-recombination metal being left in the black silicon such as with metal-assisted etching using silver. The black silicon is further processed to widen these pores so as to provide larger nanostructures with lateral dimensions in the range of 65 to 150 nanometers so as to reduce surface area and also to etch away a highly doped portion of the emitter.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Jihun Oh, Howard M. Branz, Hao-Chih Yuan
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Patent number: 11237128Abstract: Methods are disclosed for measuring an analyte concentration in a fluidic sample. Such methods allow one to correct and/or compensate for confounding variables such as hematocrit, salt concentration and/or temperature before providing an analyte concentration. The measurement methods use response information from a test sequence having at least one DC block, where DC block includes at least one excitation pulse and at least one recovery pulse, and where a closed circuit condition of an electrode system is maintained during the at least one recovery pulse. Information encoded in the excitation and recovery pulses are used to build within- and across-pulse descriptors to correct/compensate for hematocrit, salt concentration and/or temperature effects on the analyte concentration. Methods of transforming current response data also are disclosed. Further disclosed are devices, apparatuses and systems incorporating the various measurement methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.Inventors: Scott E. Carpenter, Zheng Zheng Pan
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Patent number: 11239514Abstract: A lithium ion battery (100) of the invention includes a battery main body (10) which includes one or more power generation elements configured by laminating a positive electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer, in this order; an outer package (20) which includes at least a heat-fusion resin layer (21) and a barrier layer (23), and in which the battery main body (10) is sealed; and a pair of electrode terminals (30), each of which is electrically connected to the battery main body (10) and at least a part of which is exposed to the outside of the outer package (20).Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Envision AESC Japan Ltd.Inventor: Fumiaki Obonai
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Patent number: 11239791Abstract: A photovoltaic (PV) module having bi-directional couplings is described. The bi-directional couplings include a first coupling mounted on a support frame under a first edge of the PV module and a second coupling mounted on the support frame under a second edge of the PV module. The PV module can be a keystone module and the bi-directional couplings of the keystone module can connect to respective couplings of several adjacent PV modules. The bi-directional couplings can form male-to-female connections with the respective couplings to quickly combine the PV modules into a PV module assembly. The PV module assembly includes the bi-directionally connected PV modules supporting each other in both an x-direction and a y-direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: SunPower CorporationInventors: Lee Gorny, Gabriela Elena Bunea
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Patent number: 11233266Abstract: In the case where a film, which has lower strength than a metal can, is used as an exterior body of a secondary battery, a current collector provided in a region surrounded by the exterior body, an active material layer provided on a surface of the current collector, or the like might be damaged when force is externally applied to the secondary battery. A secondary battery that is durable even when force is externally applied thereto is provided. A cushioning material is provided in a region surrounded by an exterior body of a secondary battery. Specifically, a cushioning material is provided on the periphery of a current collector such that a sealing portion of an exterior body (film) is located outside the cushioning material.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Takahashi, Ryota Tajima, Takuya Miwa, Yuugo Goto
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Patent number: 11223321Abstract: A photovoltaic system includes a photovoltaic cell including a sun tracker, a top surface configured to generate electrical energy from the incident sunlight, and a bottom surface configured to thermally dispel heat generated by the photovoltaic cell; at least one mirror including a reflective surface; a plurality of actuators securing the at least one mirror the photovoltaic cell; at least one actuator pump connected to the plurality of actuators and configured to extend or retract the plurality of actuators and adjust the distance of the at least one mirror from the top surface; a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the bottom surface of the photovoltaic cell; and a fluid pump connected to the heat exchanger and configured to circulate the fluid through the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: King Abdulaziz UniversityInventor: Hussain Bassi