Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Bates

Daniel J. Bates 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).

  • Electropolymerization of a coating onto an electrode material
    Patent number: 9337514
    Abstract: Methods for reductively polymerizing vinylic based monomers from a solution thereof onto the surface of an electrode material, resulting in thin, electrically insulating solid-polymer electrolyte coatings strongly bound to the surface of the electrode material, are described. The strong bond permits a second electrode to be coated directly onto the solid-polymer electrolyte, thereby incorporating the required components for a Li-ion battery cell. At least one initiator species, which is readily reduced by accepting an electron from the electrode material, is included in electropolymerization deposition solution for permitting the polymerization of vinylic species that would otherwise not electrochemically polymerize without damage to either the electrode material or to the solvents employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: Colorado State University Research Foundation, Prieto Battery, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek C. Johnson, Amy L. Prieto, Matthew Rawls, Daniel J. Bates, C. Michael Elliott
  • ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION OF A COATING ONTO AN ELECTRODE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20140173889
    Abstract: Methods for reductively polymerizing vinylic based monomers from a solution thereof onto the surface of an electrode material, resulting in thin, electrically insulating solid-polymer electrolyte coatings strongly bound to the surface of the electrode material, are described. The strong bond permits a second electrode to be coated directly onto the solid-polymer electrolyte, thereby incorporating the required components for a Li-ion battery cell. At least one initiator species, which is readily reduced by accepting an electron from the electrode material, is included in electropolymerization deposition solution for permitting the polymerization of vinylic species that would otherwise not electrochemically polymerize without damage to either the electrode material or to the solvents employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Derek C. Johnson, Amy L. Prieto, Matthew Rawls, Daniel J. Bates, C. Michael Elliott