Patents by Inventor Deborah Jones

Deborah Jones 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).

  • Patent number: 11264624
    Abstract: An electrocatalyst material having improved stability to corrosion compared to existing conductive high surface area carbon and metal carbide support materials is disclosed. The electrocatalyst material comprises (i) metal carbide nanotubes and (ii) a metal or metal alloy deposited on the metal carbide nanotubes. The electrocatalyst material is suitable for oxidising hydrogen, reducing oxygen or evolving hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Universite Montpellier
    Inventors: Sara Cavaliere, Jacques Roziere, Deborah Jones, Yannick Najm Nabil-Moreau
  • Publication number: 20220029172
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst, the method comprising; providing a metal organic framework (MOF) material having a specific internal pore volume of 0.7 cm3g?1 or greater; providing a source of iron and/or cobalt; pyrolysing the MOF material together with the source of iron and/or cobalt to form the catalyst, wherein the MOF material comprises nitrogen and/or the MOF material is pyrolysed together with a source of nitrogen and the source of iron and/or cobalt is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Marie Josephe Vanessa ARMEL, Stephen Charles BENNETT, Frederic Christophe JAQUEN, Deborah JONES, Sheena HINDOCHA, Fabrice SALLES
  • Patent number: 11124428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous material in the form of microspheres based on iridium and/or iridium oxide, its preparation process, its use as anodic catalyst in a water electrolyser based on a solid polymer electrolyte, also called PEM water electrolyser (with PEM meaning “Proton Exchange Membrane” or “Polymer Electrolyte Membrane”) or for the manufacture of light-emitting diodes for various electronic devices or for cars, and a PEM water electrolyser comprising such a material as an anode catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE
    Inventors: Cédric Boissiere, Deborah Jones, Marco Faustini, Jennifer Peron, Cédric Tard, Marion Giraud
  • Patent number: 10912672
    Abstract: The electronically regulated temperature compression device is a brace that applies pressure to an appendage. The electronically regulated temperature compression device applies heat therapy and cooling therapy to the appendage. The temperature of the selected therapy is electronically regulated and controlled. The electronically regulated temperature compression device uses a refrigerant-based heat exchange mechanism during the therapy process. The electronically regulated temperature compression device comprises a composite textile, plurality of fasteners, and a controller. The plurality of fasteners attaches the composite textile to the appendage of the patient. The plurality of fasteners controls the pressure applied by the composite textile to the appendage. The composite textile is a temperature controlled textile used to generate a heat exchange between the electronically regulated temperature compression device and the appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Inventors: William Jones, Deborah Jones
  • Patent number: 10777833
    Abstract: An electrolyte membrane including (i) a porous mat of nanofibres, wherein the nanofibres are composed of a non-ionically conducting heterocyclic-based polymer, the heterocyclic-based polymer comprising basic functional groups and being soluble in organic solvent; and (ii) an ion-conducting polymer which is a partially- or fully-fluorinated sulphonic acid polymer. The porous mat is essentially fully impregnated with ion-conducting polymer, and the thickness of the porous mat in the electrolyte membrane is distributed across at least 80% of the thickness of the electrolyte membrane. Such a membrane is of use in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell or an electrolyser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Limited, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Montpellier
    Inventors: Deborah Jones, Jacques Roziere, Sara Cavaliere, Surya Subianto, Sarah Burton
  • Publication number: 20200087164
    Abstract: The invention relates to a porous material in the form of microspheres based on iridium and/or iridium oxide, its preparation process, its use as anodic catalyst in a water electrolyser based on a solid polymer electrolyte, also called PEM water electrolyser (with PEM meaning “Proton Exchange Membrane” or “Polymer Electrolyte Membrane”) or for the manufacture of light-emitting diodes for various electronic devices or for cars, and a PEM water electrolyser comprising such a material as an anode catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Cédric BOISSIERE, Deborah JONES, Marco FAUSTINI, Jennifer PERON, Cédric TARD, Marion GIRAUD
  • Publication number: 20180294485
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst, the method comprising; providing a metal organic framework (MOF) material having a specific internal pore volume of 0.7 cm3g?1 or greater; providing a source of iron and/or cobalt; pyrolysing the MOF material together with the source of iron and/or cobalt to form the catalyst, wherein the MOF material comprises nitrogen and/or the MOF material is pyrolysed together with a source of nitrogen and the source of iron and/or cobalt is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Marie Josephe Vanessa ARMEL, Stephen Charles BENNETT, Frederic Christophe JAQUEN, Deborah JONES, Sheena HINDOCHA, Fabrice SALLES
  • Publication number: 20180241047
    Abstract: A P/Metal-N—C hybrid catalyst that includes at least one nitrogen-doped carbonaceous matrix onto which at least one non-precious transition metal is covalently bonded and that includes at least one partially oxidised precious transition metal P of which the weight percentage is less than or equal to 4.0%, and preferably less than or equal to 2.0%, relative to the mass of the P/Metal-N—C hybrid catalyst. Further, an electrochemical device that includes such a device, for example a fuel cell with a polymer electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
    Inventors: Anna SCHUPPERT, Frédéric JAOUEN, Deborah JONES
  • Publication number: 20180159144
    Abstract: An electrocatalyst material having improved stability to corrosion compared to existing conductive high surface area carbon and metal carbide support materials is disclosed. The electrocatalyst material comprises (i) metal carbide nanotubes and (ii) a metal or metal alloy deposited on the metal carbide nanotubes. The electrocatalyst material is suitable for oxidising hydrogen, reducing oxygen or evolving hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Sara CAVALIERE, Jacques ROZIERE, Deborah JONES, Yannick Najm NABIL-MOREAU
  • Publication number: 20170279142
    Abstract: An electrolyte membrane including (i) a porous mat of nanofibres, wherein the nanofibres are composed of a non-ionically conducting heterocyclic-based polymer, the heterocyclic-based polymer comprising basic functional groups and being soluble in organic solvent; and (ii) an ion-conducting polymer which is a partially- or fully-fluorinated sulphonic acid polymer. The porous mat is essentially fully impregnated with ion-conducting polymer, and the thickness of the porous mat in the electrolyte membrane is distributed across at least 80% of the thickness of the electrolyte membrane. Such a membrane is of use in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell or an electrolyser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Deborah JONES, Jacques ROZIERE, Sara CAVALIERE, Surya SUBIANTO, Sarah BURTON
  • Patent number: 9252446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monomer (6, 14) carrying an imidazole-type heterocycle (3). According to the invention, the chemical structure of said monomer (6, 14) comprises at least one unit of formula (I) wherein R1 comprises an alkenyl grouping and R2 comprises a grouping for protecting one of the nitrogen atoms of the heterocycle. The invention also relates to a monomer carrying a benzimidazole-type heterocycle, and to protected polymers obtained from said monomers, deprotected polymers produced by the protected polymers, a proton exchange membrane based on deprotected polymers, and a fuel cell provided with said membrane. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for producing the above-mentioned monomers and polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A., CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE)
    Inventors: Xavier Glipa, Bruno Ameduri, Louis Delon, Deborah Jones, Jacques Roziere, Guillaume Frutsaert
  • Publication number: 20140370418
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monomer (6, 14) carrying an imidazole-type heterocycle (3). According to the invention, the chemical structure of said monomer (6, 14) comprises at least one unit of formula (I) wherein R1 comprises an alkenyl grouping and R2 comprises a grouping for protecting one of the nitrogen atoms of the heterocycle. The invention also relates to a monomer carrying a benzimidazole-type heterocycle, and to protected polymers obtained from said monomers, deprotected polymers produced by the protected polymers, a proton exchange membrane based on deprotected polymers, and a fuel cell provided with said membrane. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for producing the above-mentioned monomers and polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicants: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A., CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE)
    Inventors: Xavier Glipa, Bruno Ameduri, Louis Delon, Deborah Jones, Jacques Roziere, Guillaume Frutsaert
  • Patent number: 8859160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monomer (6, 14) carrying an imidazole-type heterocycle (3). According to the invention, the chemical structure of said monomer (6, 14) comprises at least one unit of formula (I) wherein R1 comprises an alkenyl grouping and R2 comprises a grouping for protecting one of the nitrogen atoms of the heterocycle. The invention also relates to a monomer carrying a benzimidazole-type heterocycle, and to protected polymers obtained from said monomers, deprotected polymers produced by the protected polymers, a proton exchange membrane based on deprotected polymers, and a fuel cell provided with said membrane. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for producing the above-mentioned monomers and polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
    Inventors: Xavier Glipa, Bruno Ameduri, Louis Delon, Deborah Jones, Jacques Roziere, Guillaume Frutsaert
  • Publication number: 20100151351
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monomer (6, 14) carrying an imidazole-type heterocycle (3). According to the invention, the chemical structure of said monomer (6, 14) comprises at least one unit of formula (I) wherein R1 comprises an alkenyl grouping and R2 comprises a grouping for protecting one of the nitrogen atoms of the heterocycle. The invention also relates to a monomer carrying a benzimidazole-type heterocycle, and to protected polymers obtained from said monomers, deprotected polymers produced by the protected polymers, a proton exchange membrane based on deprotected polymers, and a fuel cell provided with said membrane. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for producing the above-mentioned monomers and polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicants: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A., CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique )
    Inventors: Xavier Glipa, Bruno Ameduri, Louis Delon, Deborah Jones, Jacques Roziere, Guillaume Frutsaert
  • Patent number: 7309523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid material, its use and its production process. The hybrid material comprises a polymer with acid groups. The inorganic part of the said hybrid material is constituted by the combination of at least two metal oxide components, whereof at least one comprises a functional group permitting an interaction and a spatial relationship with the acid groups of the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: FuMA-Tech Gesellschaft für funktionelle Membranen und Anlagentechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Jacques Roziere, Deborah Jones, Lydie Tchicaya-Boukary, Bernd Bauer
  • Publication number: 20070170135
    Abstract: An apparatus for enclosing existing corner shelves of a shower stall or a bath unit. The apparatus comprises a pair of mounting members that are secured to adjacent wall surfaces closely adjacent such corner shelves. The mounting members are disposed vertically on such adjacent walls. There are a pair or track members secured to the pair of mounting members, a first one of the pair of track members secured to a top portion of each of the pair of mounting members and a second one of the pair of track members secured to a bottom portion of each of the pair of mounting member. Further, there is a folding enclosure that is engageable on a bottom end with the second one of the pair of track members and on an upper end engageable with the first one of the pair of track members. The folding enclosure having each of a predetermined shape and a predetermined size and is formed of a predetermined material. The folding enclosure covers such shelves. The fold being similar to accordion pleats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Deborah A. Jones
  • Patent number: 7108935
    Abstract: The invention provides composite membrane materials comprising a polymer of the state of art uniformly filled with a zirconium phosphate, preferably ?-zirconium phosphate or zirconium phosphate sulfoarylenphosphonate particels. The composite membrane materials are preferably prepared starting from a solution of a polymer of the state of art and from a colloidal dispersion of ?-zirconium phosphate or a zirconium phosphate sulfoarylenphosphonate. The colloidal particles are transferred into the solution of the polymer preferably by mixing the dispersion with the solution or by means of phase transfer. The membrane material is preferably obtained by removing the solvent by evaporation or by a suitable non-solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Fuma-Tech Gesellschaft fur Funktionelle Membranen und Anlagentechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Bernd Bauer, Jacques Roziere, Deborah Jones, Giulio Alberti, Mario Casciola, Monica Pica
  • Patent number: D676699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Tae-Il Chung, Deborah Jones Absalon, John David Santy, Jr., Alfred A. Schroeder
  • Patent number: D676700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Tae-Il Chung, Deborah Jones Absalon, Jason Anthony Minica, John David Santy, Jr., Alfred A. Schroeder
  • Patent number: D676701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Tae-Il Chung, Xuejun Li, Deborah Jones Absalon, Jason Anthony Minica, John David Santy, Jr., Alfred A. Schroeder