Patents by Inventor Clellie Winter

Clellie Winter 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).

  • Electrochemical cells comprising short-circuit resistant electronically insulating regions
    Patent number: 11024923
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to electrochemical cells and associated methods. According to certain embodiments, the electrochemical cells comprise an electronically insulating region. In some embodiments, the electronically insulating region can be mechanically compliant. In some embodiments, the insulating region may comprise multiple layers (e.g., mechanically separable layers). The use of such arrangements can, according to certain embodiments, reduce the degree to which the electronically insulating region is breached by lithium dendrite growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Zhaohui Liao, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Tracy Earl Kelley, Clellie Winter, Michael G. Laramie
  • Electrode edge protection in electrochemical cells
    Patent number: 10720648
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for protecting the edge of electrodes and other layers in electrochemical cells are generally described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Enic Azalia Quero-Mieres, Zhaohui Liao, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Clellie Winter, Akmeemana Anoma Mudalige
  • PRESSURE AND/OR TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT IN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190006699
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the application of force to and thermal management of electrochemical cells are generally described. In some embodiments, a pressure distributor containing a fluid is configured such that a force can be applied to at least one component of an electrochemical cell (e.g., an active surface of an electrode within the electrochemical cell) through the pressure distributor. In certain embodiments, a pressure transmitter can be configured to apply the force to a component of the electrochemical cell through the pressure distributor. The fluid within the pressure distributor can ensure that the anisotropic force applied to the electrochemical cell is distributed substantially evenly over the interface between the pressure distributor and a component of the electrochemical cell and therefore, over the active surface of one or more electrodes within the electrochemical cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Lowell D. Jones, Ernie Botos, Clellie Winter
  • ELECTRODE EDGE PROTECTION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
    Publication number: 20180277850
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for protecting the edge of electrodes and other layers in electrochemical cells are generally described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Enic Azalia Quero-Mieres, Zhaohui Liao, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Clellie Winter, Akmeemana Anoma Mudalige
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS COMPRISING SHORT-CIRCUIT RESISTANT ELECTRONICALLY INSULATING REGIONS
    Publication number: 20180261820
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to electrochemical cells and associated methods. According to certain embodiments, the electrochemical cells comprise an electronically insulating region. In some embodiments, the electronically insulating region can be mechanically compliant. In some embodiments, the insulating region may comprise multiple layers (e.g., mechanically separable layers). The use of such arrangements can, according to certain embodiments, reduce the degree to which the electronically insulating region is breached by lithium dendrite growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Zhaohui Liao, Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Tracy Earl Kelley, Clellie Winter, Michael G. Laramie