Patents by Inventor Chris Friend

Chris Friend 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).

  • Electroactive Materials for Metal-Ion Batteries
    Publication number: 20220246910
    Abstract: This invention relates to particulate electroactive materials consisting of a plurality of composite particles, wherein the composite particles comprise: (a) a porous carbon framework including micropores and mesopores having a total volume of 0.4 to 0.75 cm3/g, wherein the micropore volume fraction is in the range of 0.5 to 0.85 based on the total volume of micropores and mesopores; and 5 (b) silicon located at least within the micropores of the porous carbon framework in a defined amount relative to the volume of the micropores and mesopores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Charles Mason, Chris Friend, William Macklin
  • Structured particles
    Patent number: 10822713
    Abstract: A powder comprising pillared particles for use as an active component of a metal ion battery, the pillared particles comprising a particle core and a plurality of pillars extending from the particle core, wherein the pillared particles are formed from a starting material powder wherein at least 10% of the total volume of the starting material powder is made up of starting material particles having a particle size of no more than 10 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Nexeon Limited
    Inventors: Chris Friend, William James Macklin, Yuxiong Jiang, Mamdouh Elsayed Abdelsalam, Fengming Liu, Phil Rayner
  • STRUCTURED PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20190119826
    Abstract: A powder comprising pillared particles for use as an active component of a metal ion battery, the pillared particles comprising a particle core and a plurality of pillars extending from the particle core, wherein the pillared particles are formed from a starting material powder wherein at least 10% of the total volume of the starting material powder is made up of starting material particles having a particle size of no more than 10 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Chris Friend, William James Macklin, Yuxiong Jiang, Mamdouh Elsayed Abdelsalam, Fengming Liu, Phil Rayner
  • Structured particles
    Patent number: 10077506
    Abstract: A powder comprising pillared particles for use as an active component of a metal ion battery, the pillared particles comprising a particle core and a plurality of pillars extending from the particle core, wherein the pillared particles are formed from a starting material powder wherein at least 10% of the total volume of the starting material powder is made up of starting material particles having a particle size of no more than 10 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NEXEON LIMITED
    Inventors: Chris Friend, William James Macklin, Yuxiong Jiang, Mamdouh Elsayed Abdelsalam, Fengming Liu, Phil Rayner
  • STRUCTURED PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140162131
    Abstract: A powder comprising pillared particles for use as an active component of a metal ion battery, the pillared particles comprising a particle core and a plurality of pillars extending from the particle core, wherein the pillared particles are formed from a starting material powder wherein at least 10% of the total volume of the starting material powder is made up of starting material particles having a particle size of no more than 10 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Nexeon Limited
    Inventors: Chris Friend, William James Macklin, Yuxiong Jiang, Mamdouh Elsayed Abdelsalam, Fengming Liu, Phil Rayner