Patents by Inventor Damon E. Lytle

Damon E. Lytle 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).

  • Cathode for solid-state electrochemical cell having elemental dopant in grain boundaries
    Patent number: 11811063
    Abstract: A solid-state cathode for a solid-state electrochemical cell includes an electrochemically active cathode material and one or more elemental dopant residing in grain boundaries of the electrochemically active cathode material. The grain boundaries contain at least 0.2 wt % of the one or more elemental dopant and the one or more elemental dopant is less than 10 wt % of the solid-state cathode. The solid-state cathode does not have liquid, gel and polymer materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Shawn William Snyder, Terry Tiegs, Jeffrey J. Kelly, Damon E. Lytle, Bernd Jurgen Neudecker, Jianer Bao, Mona Shirpour
  • Cathode For Solid-State Electrochemical Cell Having Elemental Dopant In Grain Boundaries
    Publication number: 20210234170
    Abstract: A solid-state cathode for a solid-state electrochemical cell includes an electrochemically active cathode material and one or more elemental dopant residing in grain boundaries of the electrochemically active cathode material. The grain boundaries contain at least 0.2 wt % of the one or more elemental dopant and the one or more elemental dopant is less than 10 wt % of the solid-state cathode. The solid-state cathode does not have liquid, gel and polymer materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Shawn William Snyder, Terry Tiegs, Jeffrey J. Kelly, Damon E. Lytle, Bernd Jurgen Neudecker, Jianer Bao, Mona Shirpour
  • Solid solution cathode for solid-state battery
    Patent number: 10784506
    Abstract: A cathode for a solid-state battery comprises a composite cathode active material formed of a layered lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) in a solid solution matrix of lithium oxide (Li2O) and a cobalt oxide phase. For example, the composite cathode active material can be layered LCO in a solid solution matrix of one of Li2O—LixCo1-xO—Co3O4, Li2O—LixCo1-xO and Li2O—Co3O4, with 0?x?0.5. The LCO is at least 80 wt. % of the composite cathode active material. The cathode is a sintered solid-state cathode wafer that is free-standing, upon which solid-state battery cells are fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn W. Snyder, Damon E. Lytle, Jeffrey J. Kelly, Ronald D. Brost, Sandeep Rekhi, Bernd Jurgen Neudecker, Terry Tiegs
  • Solid state power source with frames for attachment to an electronic circuit
    Patent number: 9450267
    Abstract: A power source for a solid state device includes: a first frame having a first contact portion, a first bonding portion and a first extension portion between the first contact portion and the first bonding portion; a second frame having a second contact portion, a second bonding portion and a second extension portion between the second contact portion and the second bonding portion; and a first pole layer, an electrolyte layer and a second pole layer positioned between the first and second contact portions, wherein a first portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the first pole and a second portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the second pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: MEDTRONIC, INC., SAPURAST RESEARCH LLC
    Inventors: John K. Day, Michael W. Barror, Shawn W. Snyder, Alexandra Z. LaGuardia, Damon E. Lytle, Bernd J. Neudecker
  • SOLID STATE POWER SOURCE WITH FRAMES FOR ATTACHMENT TO AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20150155590
    Abstract: A power source for a solid state device includes: a first frame having a first contact portion, a first bonding portion and a first extension portion between the first contact portion and the first bonding portion; a second frame having a second contact portion, a second bonding portion and a second extension portion between the second contact portion and the second bonding portion; and a first pole layer, an electrolyte layer and a second pole layer positioned between the first and second contact portions, wherein a first portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the first pole and a second portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the second pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: John K. Day, Michael W. Barror, Shawn W. Snyder, Alexandra Z. LaGuardia, Damon E. Lytle, Bernd J. Neudecker
  • Solid state power source with frames for attachment to an electronic circuit
    Patent number: 8956712
    Abstract: A power source for a solid state device includes: a first frame having a first contact portion, a first bonding portion and a first extension portion between the first contact portion and the first bonding portion; a second frame having a second contact portion, a second bonding portion and a second extension portion between the second contact portion and the second bonding portion; and a first pole layer, an electrolyte layer and a second pole layer positioned between the first and second contact portions, wherein a first portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the first pole and a second portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the second pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Medtronic, Inc., Sapurast Research LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. Barror, John K. Day, Shawn W. Snyder, Alexandra Z. LaGuardia, Damon E. Lytle, Bernd J. Neudecker
  • SOLID STATE POWER SOURCE WITH FRAMES FOR ATTACHMENT TO AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20140154553
    Abstract: A power source for a solid state device includes: a first frame having a first contact portion, a first bonding portion and a first extension portion between the first contact portion and the first bonding portion; a second frame having a second contact portion, a second bonding portion and a second extension portion between the second contact portion and the second bonding portion; and a first pole layer, an electrolyte layer and a second pole layer positioned between the first and second contact portions, wherein a first portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the first pole and a second portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the second pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: Infinite Power Solutions, Inc., Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Day, Michael W. Barror, Shawn W. Snyder, Alexandra Z. LaGuardia, Damon E. Lytle, Bernd J. Neudecker