Patents by Inventor Conor Gillespie

Conor Gillespie 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).

  • BATTERIES, BATTERY COMPONENTS, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING A THERMAL RUNAWAY EVENT OF A BATTERY
    Publication number: 20240250331
    Abstract: Batteries, battery components, and related methods and apparatus for mitigating a thermal runaway event of a battery are disclosed. Examples disclosed herein include a battery including an enclosure defining a cavity, the enclosure including a first end wall and a second end wall opposite the first end wall, a battery cell disposed in the cavity of the enclosure, a load spreader disposed in the cavity of the enclosure, the load spreader spaced from the first end wall, the battery cell disposed between the load spreader and the second end wall of the enclosure, the load spreader at least partially compressing the battery cell between the load spreader and the second end wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Aguilar, Conor Gillespie, Arun Sivan
  • BATTERIES, BATTERY COMPONENTS, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING A THERMAL RUNAWAY EVENT OF A BATTERY
    Publication number: 20240204283
    Abstract: Batteries, battery components, and related methods and apparatus for mitigating a thermal runaway event of a battery are disclosed. Examples disclosed herein include a battery including an enclosure defining a cavity, the enclosure including a first end wall and a second end wall opposite the first end wall, a battery cell disposed in the cavity of the enclosure, a load spreader disposed in the cavity of the enclosure, the load spreader spaced from the first end wall, the battery cell disposed between the load spreader and the second end wall of the enclosure, the load spreader at least partially compressing the battery cell between the load spreader and the second end wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Aguilar, Conor Gillespie, Arun Sivan
  • BATTERIES, BATTERY COMPONENTS, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING A THERMAL RUNAWAY EVENT OF A BATTERY
    Publication number: 20220328921
    Abstract: Batteries, battery components, and related methods and apparatus for mitigating a thermal runaway event of a battery are disclosed. Examples disclosed herein include a battery including an enclosure defining a cavity, the enclosure including a first end wall and a second end wall opposite the first end wall, a battery cell disposed in the cavity of the enclosure, a load spreader disposed in the cavity of the enclosure, the load spreader spaced from the first end wall, the battery cell disposed between the load spreader and the second end wall of the enclosure, the load spreader at least partially compressing the battery cell between the load spreader and the second end wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher James McLean, Arun Sivan, Charles Aguilar, Conor Gillespie