Patents by Inventor Daniel E. Shea

Daniel E. Shea 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A WEAK CELL OF A BATTERY
    Publication number: 20230280411
    Abstract: Aspects relate to methods and systems for detecting a weak cell of a battery. The system including a battery including a plurality of cells, a plurality of sensors configured to detect a potential of each cell of the plurality of cells over time for a duration, and a computing device configured to receive the potential of each cell of the plurality of cells, determine at least an outlier cell from the plurality of cells, as a function of the potential of each cell of the plurality of cells, and filter the at least a weak cell as a function of the at least an outlier cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Astrolabe Analytics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Masse, Shrilakshmi Bonageri, Daniel E. Shea
  • Method for micromolding a polymeric membrane having a pore array
    Patent number: 11654399
    Abstract: A method for micro-molding a polymeric membrane and including pouring a predetermined volume of curable polymer unto a micro-fabricated mold having a post array with pillars, and overlaying the polymer with a support substrate. A spacer, such as a rubber spacer, is placed in contact with the support substrate and a force is applied to an exposed side of the spacer to compress the support substrate and the polymer together. While applying the force, the polymer is cured on the mold for a predetermined time period and at a predetermined temperature to form a polymeric membrane having a pore array with a plurality of pores corresponding to the plurality of pillars of the post array. The polymeric membrane is removed from the support substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David James Coon, Tiama Hamkins-Indik, Donald E. Ingber, Miles Ingram, Daniel Levner, Richard Novak, Jefferson Puerta, Daniel E. Shea, Josiah Sliz, Norman Wen
  • Automated Membrane Fabrication System
    Publication number: 20180071690
    Abstract: A method for micro-molding a polymeric membrane and including pouring a predetermined volume of curable polymer unto a micro-fabricated mold having a post array with pillars, and overlaying the polymer with a support substrate. A spacer, such as a rubber spacer, is placed in contact with the support substrate and a force is applied to an exposed side of the spacer to compress the support substrate and the polymer together. While applying the force, the polymer is cured on the mold for a predetermined time period and at a predetermined temperature to form a polymeric membrane having a pore array with a plurality of pores corresponding to the plurality of pillars of the post array. The polymeric membrane is removed from the support substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: James Coon, Tiama Hamkins-Indik, Donald E. Ingber, Miles Ingram, Daniel Levner, Richard Novak, Jefferson Puerta, Daniel E. Shea, Josiah Sliz, Norman Wen