Patents by Inventor Barbara Ellen Miebach

Barbara Ellen Miebach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD FOR PREPARING SODIUM CHLORO-ALUMINATE
    Publication number: 20170050860
    Abstract: Different methods for the preparation of high purity NaAlCl4 are disclosed. The methods includes charging a feed having an intimate mixture of aluminum chloride, sodium chloride, and aluminum metal, to a reactor at an initial temperature less than about 80° C., carrying out a solid state reaction to form a solid NaAlCl4 at an intermediate temperature less than about 145° C., melting the formed solid NaAlCl4 at an elevated temperature greater than about 150° C. to produce molten phase NaAlCl4, holding the reactor at a raised temperature greater than about 165° C. to substantially complete formation of colorless NaAlCl4 and filtering the reactor contents at a final temperature greater than about 165° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Albert Santo Stella, Sergei Kniajanski, Paul William Buckley, Barbara Ellen Miebach, Elliott West Shanklin, Paul Edward Howson, David Winfield Woodruff
  • Method for preparing sodium chloro-aluminate
    Patent number: 9567232
    Abstract: Different methods for the preparation of high purity NaAlCl4 are disclosed. The methods includes charging a feed having an intimate mixture of aluminum chloride, sodium chloride, and aluminum metal, to a reactor at an initial temperature less than about 80° C., carrying out a solid state reaction to form a solid NaAlCl4 at an intermediate temperature less than about 145° C., melting the formed solid NaAlCl4 at an elevated temperature greater than about 150° C. to produce molten phase NaAlCl4, holding the reactor at a raised temperature greater than about 165° C. to substantially complete formation of colorless NaAlCl4 and filtering the reactor contents at a final temperature greater than about 165° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Albert Santo Stella, Sergei Kniajanski, Paul William Buckley, Barbara Ellen Miebach, Elliott West Shanklin, Paul Edward Howson, David Winfield Woodruff