Patents Examined by Khanh Tuan Nguyen
  • Hybrid polymer composite fiber including graphene and carbon nanotube, and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 9453118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a graphene-based hybrid polymer composite fiber and a method for manufacturing same, and more particularly, to a hybrid composite fiber including the graphene, a carbon nanotube, and a polymer, wherein the graphene and the carbon nanotube are combined by means of self-organization through hydrogen bonding, so as to be very tough and flexible, without involving stretching, and to a method for manufacturing the hybrid composite fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Seon Jeong Kim, Min Kyoon Shin, Shi Hyeong Kim
  • Molded article of polyolefin-based resin expanded beads
    Patent number: 9449735
    Abstract: An electrostatic dissipating molded article having a surface resistivity of 1×105 to 1×1010? and obtained by in-mold molding of multi-layered polyolefin-based resin expanded beads each having an polyolefin-based resin expanded core layer and a polyolefin-based resin cover layer which covers the polyolefin-based resin expanded core layer and which is formed from a polyolefin-based resin (A), a polymeric antistatic agent (B) of a block copolymer of a polyether block and a polyolefin block, and an electrically conductive carbon black (C), the components (A) to (C) being present in a specific proportion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Chiba, Masaharu Oikawa, Mitsuru Shinohara
  • Method for manufacturing nanostructured metal oxide calcinate and nanostructured metal oxide calcinate thereof
    Patent number: 9450242
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nanostructured metal oxide calcinate suitable for biosensor through a procedure of redox reaction is disclosed in this invention. The nanostructured metal oxide calcinate is free of impurities and produced with better electrocatalytic activity and better conductivity. Thus, an electrode of biosensor can be modified via the nanostructured metal oxide calcinate. The method for manufacturing the nanostructured metal oxide calcinate includes: disposing a first metal material and a second metal material into a reaction slot and making the first metal material and the second metal material dissolved within a solvent to form a mixture, wherein the pH value of the mixture ranges between 0 to 7, the mixture performs a redox reaction process for obtaining a metal oxide material; and eventually calcining the metal oxide material for obtaining a nanostructured metal oxide calcinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chun-Hu Chen, Cheng-Chi Kuo, Wen-Jie Lan
  • System and methods for a cathode active material for a lithium ion battery cell
    Patent number: 9446963
    Abstract: A material includes a first lithium metal oxide (LMO) component formed using a spray-dry technique and a second LMO component formed using a co-precipitation technique. In particular, the LMO components may include lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC). The material may further include a binder and a conductive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Cho, Frederic C. Bonhomme
  • Method for forming metal fluoride material
    Patent number: 9446966
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to processing techniques and systems of metal fluoride based material, including but not limited to nickel difluoride, copper difluoride, manganese fluoride, chromium fluoride, bismuth fluoride, iron trifluoride, iron difluoride, iron oxyfluoride, metal doped iron fluorides, e.g., FexM1-xFy (M=metals, which can be Co, Ni, Cu, Cr, Mn, Bi and Ti) materials. An exemplary implementation involves mixing a first compound comprising a metal material, nitrogen, and oxygen to a second compound comprising hydrogen fluoride. The mixed compound is milled to form metal fluoride precursor and a certain byproduct. The byproduct is removed, and the metal fluoride precursor is treated to form iron trifluoride product. There are other embodiments as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: QuantumScape Corporation
    Inventor: Jon Shan
  • Multi-layer-coated quantum dot beads
    Patent number: 9443998
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are coated beads made of a primary matrix material and containing a population of quantum dot nanoparticles. Each bead has a multi-layer surface coating. The layers can be two or more distinct surface coating materials. The surface coating materials may be inorganic materials and/or polymeric materials. A method of preparing such particles is also described. The coated beads are useful for composite materials for applications such as light-emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Nanoco Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Werner, Nathalie Gresty, Nigel Pickett, Paul Chalker, James Harris, Imad Naasani
  • Pyrolytic carbon black composite and method of making the same
    Patent number: 9441113
    Abstract: A method of recovering carbon black includes the step of providing a carbonaceous source material containing carbon black. The carbonaceous source material is contacted with a sulfonation bath to produce a sulfonated material. The sulfonated material is pyrolyzed to produce a carbon black containing product comprising a glassy carbon matrix phase having carbon black dispersed therein. A method of making a battery electrode is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Amit K. Naskar, Mariappan Parans Paranthaman, Zhonghe Bi
  • Electroactive polymer structures printed with varying compositions of ions
    Patent number: 9437804
    Abstract: An electroactive polymer structure includes a first flexible electrode, a second flexible electrode, and a polymer dielectric layer with ionic liquid on top of the first electrode including at least two regions. Each region of the polymer dielectric layer includes a different ionic liquid concentration. The polymer dielectric layer is in between the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tse Nga Ng, Kye-Si Kwon
  • Compositions and methods for the removal of phosphates and other contaminants from aqueous solutions
    Patent number: 9434624
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for removing phosphates, nitrates and heavy metals from aqueous solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: NCear Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Odom, Denny J. Ivey
  • Negative active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing same, and rechargeable lithium battery including same
    Patent number: 9419272
    Abstract: Disclosed are a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including lithium silicide having a I41-a crystalline phase structure, a method of manufacturing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Soo Park, Yong-Sun Won, Jae-Hak Lee
  • Method of preparing an anode for a Li-ion battery
    Patent number: 9406927
    Abstract: A method of preparing an anode for a Li-ion Battery comprises mixing metal particles containing at least one of Ge, Sn and Si particles with carbon particles to form a mixture, and deoxidizing the metal particles by heating the mixture in a vacuum atmosphere in a range of 10?3 to 10?6 mbar for 60-100 hours at a temperature in a range of 150 to 350° C. to form a deoxidized mixture, the deoxidation improves the Li ion absorption performance of the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: StoreDot Ltd.
    Inventors: Doron Burshtain, Daniel Aronov, Yaniv Damtov
  • Pigments
    Patent number: 9403996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to semiconducting pigments based on flake-form substrates which have a doped tin dioxide layer on the surface and to the use of the pigments in paints, coatings, printing inks, plastics, security applications, floorcoverings, films, formulations, ceramic materials, glasses, paper, for laser marking, in thermal protection, in dry preparations, in pigment preparations and in particular as varistor pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Rueger, Matthias Kuntz
  • Electroconductive paste for bonding metal terminal, electronic component with metal terminal, and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 9396832
    Abstract: An electroconductive paste that includes an inorganic filler which contains a spherical Cu powder of 3 ?m or less in average particle size; a flat Cu powder of 3 or more in aspect ratio and 10 ?m or more in average particle size; glass frit; and a spherical inorganic powder of 30 ?m or more in average particle size, the spherical inorganic powder including an inorganic material that is not melted in a heat treatment step for baking. The spherical inorganic powder is contained in a proportion of 10 to 35 parts by volume with respect to 100 parts by volume of a mixture of the spherical Cu powder and the flat Cu powder. In addition, the proportion of the flat Cu powder falls within the range of 10 to 50% by volume with respect to the total amount of the spherical Cu powder and flat Cu powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACUTRING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiki Nagamoto
  • Bimodal type anode active material and lithium secondary battery including the same
    Patent number: 9397335
    Abstract: Provided is an anode active material including a compound of Chemical Formula 1 below that may realize a high-density electrode and may simultaneously improve adhesion to the electrode and high rate capability, wherein the compound of Chemical Formula 1 includes first primary particles and secondary particles, and a ratio of the first primary particles to the secondary particles is in a range of 5:95 to 50:50: LixMyOz??[Chemical Formula 1] where M is any one independently selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), indium (In), aluminum (Al), and zirconium (Zr) or a mixture of two or more thereof; and x, y, and z are determined according to an oxidation number of M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye Ri Kim, Je Young Kim, Byung Hun Oh, Hyun Woong Yun
  • Lithium insertion material for cathodes and a method for producing the same
    Patent number: 9397332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion method for producing a lithium insertion material for a cathode in a Li-ion battery, the material comprising iron, lithium, silicon, and carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: HOGANAS AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Mohammed Dhabi, Torbjörn Gustafsson, Björn Skårman
  • Composite cathode active material, cathode and lithium battery including the composite cathode active material, and method of preparing the composite cathode active material
    Patent number: 9391316
    Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a cathode and a lithium battery including the composite cathode, and a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, the composite cathode active material including a compound with an olivine crystal structure; and an inorganic material, the inorganic material including a nitride or carbide of at least one element selected from the group of Group 2, Group 13, Group 14, and Group 15 of the periodic table of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gue-sung Kim, Young-min Choi, Won-chang Choi
  • Cathode material and battery
    Patent number: 9391322
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery cathode material, and an electrode prepared from such material, is described. The cathode material has a layered-spinel composite structure. The lithium ion battery operates at a high voltage (i.e. up to about 5 V) and has a desirably high cycling performance and rate capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Jun J Liu, Mark Gerrit Roelofs
  • Method of making an electrical stress control device having a dielectric material with non-linear dielectric constant
    Patent number: 9390833
    Abstract: Provided is a composition comprising a polymeric material, a filler material dispersed in the polymeric material, the filler material comprising inorganic particles and a discontinuous arrangement of conductive material wherein at least a portion of the conductive material is in durable electrical contact with the inorganic particles, and conductive material dispersed in the polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Andrew C. Lottes, Nanayakkara L. D. Somasiri, Jimmie R. Baran, Jr., Paul V. Huynh
  • Polyaniline composite, method for producing same, and composition
    Patent number: 9384866
    Abstract: A polyaniline composite including substituted or unsubstituted polyaniline molecules and a proton donar, the polyaniline molecules being doped with the proton donar, the composite having a chlorine content of 0.6 wt % or less and the composite satisfying the following formula (1): P10000/PALL?0.15??(1) wherein P10000 is the total sum of the weights of the polyaniline molecules contained in the polyaniline composite having a molecular weight of 10000 or less; and PALL is the total sum of the weights of all polyaniline molecules contained in the polyaniline composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Jibiki, Toru Bando, Sumihiro Oda
  • Method of water treatment
    Patent number: 9376650
    Abstract: A method for securing the use of an aqueous medium under any substantial exclusion of metal ion interference is disclosed. A phosphonic acid compound containing: a selected phosphonate moiety and a moiety selected from a limited number of species; or hydrocarbon chains containing aminoalkylene phosphonic acid substituents; or alkylamino alkylene phosphonic acids containing an active moiety embodying N, O, and S. The technology can, by way of illustration, be used in numerous applications including secondary oil recovery, scale inhibition, industrial water treatment, paper pulp bleaching, dispersant treatment, sequestering application, brightness reversion avoidance and paper pulp treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: ITALMATCH CHEMICALS SPA
    Inventors: Patrick Notte, Tessa Johnson, Albert Devaux