Patents by Inventor Christopher James Janke

Christopher James Janke 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).

  • Publication number: 20220216454
    Abstract: A method of making an electrode includes the step of mixing active material particles, radiation curable resin precursors, and electrically conductive particles to create an electrode precursor mixture. The electrode precursor mixture is electrostatically sprayed onto a current collector to provide an electrode preform. The electrode preform is heated and calendered to melt the resin precursor such that the resin precursor surrounds the active particles and electrically conductive particles. Radiation is applied to the electrode preform sufficient to cure the radiation curable resin precursors into resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: ZHIJIA DU, CHRISTOPHER JAMES JANKE, JIANLIN LI, DAVID L. WOOD, III, CLAUS DANIEL
  • Patent number: 11289689
    Abstract: A method of making an electrode includes the step of mixing active material particles, radiation curable resin precursors, and electrically conductive particles to create an electrode precursor mixture. The electrode precursor mixture is electrostatically sprayed onto a current collector to provide an electrode preform. The electrode preform is heated and calendered to melt the resin precursor such that the resin precursor surrounds the active particles and electrically conductive particles. Radiation is applied to the electrode preform sufficient to cure the radiation curable resin precursors into resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: UTBATTELE, LLC
    Inventors: Zhijia Du, Christopher James Janke, Jianlin Li, David L. Wood, III, Claus Daniel
  • Publication number: 20180323422
    Abstract: A method of making an electrode includes the step of mixing active material particles, radiation curable resin precursors, and electrically conductive particles to create an electrode precursor mixture. The electrode precursor mixture is electrostatically sprayed onto a current collector to provide an electrode preform. The electrode preform is heated and calendered to melt the resin precursor such that the resin precursor surrounds the active particles and electrically conductive particles. Radiation is applied to the electrode preform sufficient to cure the radiation curable resin precursors into resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: ZHIJIA DU, CHRISTOPHER JAMES JANKE, JIANLIN LI, DAVID L. WOOD, III, CLAUS DANIEL
  • Patent number: 9442101
    Abstract: A measurement device or system configured to measure the content of biofuels within a fuel blend. By measuring a state of a responsive material within a fuel blend, a biofuel content of the fuel blend may be measured. For example, the solubility of a responsive material to biofuel content within a fuel blend, may affect a property of the responsive material, such as shape, dimensional size, or electrical impedance, which may be measured and used as a basis for determining biofuel content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Shean P. Huff, Christopher James Janke, Michael D. Kass, Samuel Arthur Lewis, Sr., Steven J. Pawel, Timothy J. Theiss
  • Publication number: 20150017065
    Abstract: A measurement device or system configured to measure the content of biofuels within a fuel blend. By measuring a state of a responsive material within a fuel blend, a biofuel content of the fuel blend may be measured. For example, the solubility of a responsive material to biofuel content within a fuel blend, may affect a property of the responsive material, such as shape, dimensional size, or electrical impedance, which may be measured and used as a basis for determining biofuel content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Shean P. Huff, Christopher James Janke, Michael D. Kass, Samuel Arthur Lewis, SR., Steven J. Pawel, Timothy J. Theiss