Patents by Inventor Charles Robert Sullivan

Charles Robert Sullivan 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).

  • Patent number: 10096816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery comprising liquid electrolyte, used in moving vehicles, wherein the battery includes a battery housing comprising side walls, a housing floor and a cover, a liquid electrolyte, the level of which is within predetermined tolerance limits, electrodes, a flow channel plate arranged at least on one side wall so as to form a flow channel, wherein the upper end of said flow channel serves as exhaust port, a mixing vessel comprising a mixing vessel floor and mixing vessel side walls being arranged above the electrodes wherein the mixing vessel side wall adjoining the exhaust port is formed as an overflow the mixing vessel floor being located below the minimum level for the liquid electrolyte, which minimum level is provided for operational reasons, and at least one floor opening being provided in the mixing vessel floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: IQ POWER LICENSING AG
    Inventors: Charles Robert Sullivan, Steffen Tschirch
  • Publication number: 20150311496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery comprising liquid electrolyte, used in moving vehicles, wherein the battery includes a battery housing comprising side walls, a housing floor and a cover, a liquid electrolyte, the level of which is within predetermined tolerance limits, electrodes, a flow channel plate arranged at least on one side wall so as to form .a flow channel, wherein the upper end of said flow channel serves as exhaust port, a mixing vessel comprising a mixing vessel floor and mixing vessel side walls being arranged above the electrodes wherein the mixing vessel side wall adjoining the exhaust port is formed as an overflow the mixing vessel floor being located below the minimum level for the liquid electrolyte, which minimum level is provided for operational reasons, and at least one floor opening being provided in the mixing vessel floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: IQ POWER LICENSING AG
    Inventors: CHARLES ROBERT SULLIVAN, STEFFEN TSCHIRCH
  • Patent number: 8778520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid electrolyte battery having a mixing device (5), wherein the liquid electrolyte battery has a battery case (1), an electrode stack (2), an electrolyte having an electrolyte level (3), and a mixing device (5) and the mixing device (5) has the following characteristics: a channel plate (6) arranged vertically in the battery case (1) in the installed state, a drainage plate (7) arranged horizontally in the battery case in the installed state, and a hinge (8) connecting the channel plate (6) to the drainage plate (7), wherein the hinge (8) has a pivot angle that is dimensioned such that an electrode stack (2) can be inserted into the battery case (1) when the drainage plate (7) is pivoted upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: IQ Power Licensing AG
    Inventors: Charles Robert Sullivan, Steffen Tschirch
  • Publication number: 20130202925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid electrolyte battery having a mixing device (5), wherein the liquid electrolyte battery has a battery case (1), an electrode stack (2), an electrolyte having an electrolyte level (3), and a mixing device (5) and the mixing device (5) has the following characteristics: a channel plate (6) arranged vertically in the battery case (1) in the installed state, a drainage plate (7) arranged horizontally in the battery case in the installed state, and a hinge (8) connecting the channel plate (6) to the drainage plate (7), wherein the hinge (8) has a pivot angle that is dimensioned such that an electrode stack (2) can be inserted into the battery case (1) when the drainage plate (7) is pivoted upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: IQ Power Licensing AG
    Inventors: Charles Robert Sullivan, Steffen Tschirch