Patents by Inventor Bruce D. Webber

Bruce D. Webber 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).

  • Electrolyte additive for lithium-sulfur dioxide electrochemical cell
    Patent number: 4869977
    Abstract: The degradation of organic electrode separators in rechargeable lithium-sulfur dioxide electrochemical cells which utilize chemically uncombined aluminum chloride as an electrolyte component can be reduced by incorporating an additive into the electrolyte which is effective to provide a redox couple having a potential in the range which is above that of the SO.sub.2 /S.sub.2 O.sub.4.sup.-2 couple and below that of the Cl.sub.2 /Cl.sup.- couple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: John F. Connolly, Robert J. Thrash, Bruce D. Webber