Patents by Inventor Claudio Schula

Claudio Schula 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: 10516282
    Abstract: A secondary electrochemical cell includes a negative electrode including as an output conductor, a metallic or metal-coated open-pore form or a metallic or metal-coated nonwoven, as a carbon-based storage material that enables storage of electrical charge in the electrode through formation of an electrical double layer (Helmholtz double layer), activated carbon having a BET surface area of at least 800 m2/g, a non-carbon-based H2 storage material that can chemisorb hydrogen and/or store it as a metal hydride, a positive electrode including as an output conductor, a metallic or metal-coated open-pore form or a metallic or metal-coated nonwoven, and nickel hydroxide and/or nickel oxyhydroxide, a porous separator that separates the negative electrode and the positive electrode from one another, an aqueous alkaline electrolyte with which the electrodes and the separator are soaked, and a housing that encases the electrodes, the separator and the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: VARTA Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: David Ensling, Edward Pytlik, Stefanie Scholz, Claudio Schula
  • Publication number: 20190280288
    Abstract: An asymmetric, secondary electrochemical cell having an aqueous, alkaline electrolyte includes a negative electrode which as anode storage material includes a carbon-based storage material that allows the storage of electric charge in the electrode by formation of an electric double layer and also an additional storage material that can store electric energy by redox reactions. The positive electrode of the cell includes nickel hydroxide and/or nickel oxyhydroxide and/or a derivative of these nickel compounds as cathode storage material. The capacity of the negative electrode Kn has a ratio X to the capacity of the positive electrode Kp of 0.7:1 to 5:1. The additional storage material is present in a proportion of 0.1 to 8% by weight in the negative electrode, based on the dry weight thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: David Ensling, Edward Pytlik, Claudio Schula, Ihor Chumak
  • Publication number: 20170194795
    Abstract: A secondary electrochemical cell includes a negative electrode including as an output conductor, a metallic or metal-coated open-pore form or a metallic or metal-coated nonwoven, as a carbon-based storage material that enables storage of electrical charge in the electrode through formation of an electrical double layer (Helmholtz double layer), activated carbon having a BET surface area of at least 800 m2/g, a non-carbon-based H2 storage material that can chemisorb hydrogen and/or store it as a metal hydride, a positive electrode including as an output conductor, a metallic or metal-coated open-pore form or a metallic or metal-coated nonwoven, and nickel hydroxide and/or nickel oxyhydroxide, a porous separator that separates the negative electrode and the positive electrode from one another, an aqueous alkaline electrolyte with which the electrodes and the separator are soaked, and a housing that encases the electrodes, the separator and the electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: David Ensling, Edward Pytlik, Stefanie Scholz, Claudio Schula
  • Publication number: 20170187033
    Abstract: A secondary electrochemical cell includes a negative electrode including an output conductor, activated carbon having a BET surface area of at least 800 m2/g as a carbon-based storage material that enables storage of electrical charge in the electrode through formation of an electrical double layer (Helmholtz double layer), a positive electrode including an output conductor, and nickel hydroxide and/or nickel oxyhydroxide, a porous separator that separates the negative electrode and the positive electrode from one another, an aqueous alkaline electrolyte with which the electrodes and the separator are soaked, and a housing that encases the electrodes, the separator and the electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Varta Microbattery GMBH
    Inventors: David Ensling, Edward Pytlik, Stefanie Scholz, Claudio Schula