Patents by Inventor Donald J. Siegel
Donald J. Siegel 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).
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Publication number: 20240109967Abstract: The present invention relates to canine antibodies, binding polypeptides, and scFvs specific for canine cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA-4).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Nicola J. MASON, Donald L. SIEGEL, Nicholas CHESTER
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Patent number: 11482732Abstract: Disclosed are system and methods for manufacturing a solid-state electrolyte to be used in an electrochemical cell. The method can include forming a solid-state electrolyte from a material having a compositional property and a structural property, the material having been selected by: (i) providing material properties of a material, wherein the material properties comprise both compositional and structural information; (ii) calculating a first distortion parameter of a material, wherein the first distortion parameter represents the degree of lattice distortion of the material; (iii) determining an estimated ionic mobility value of the material using the one or more distortion parameters; (iv) varying the provided material properties using isovalent substitution and determining a second ionic mobility value from a second distortion parameter by repeating steps (i)-(iii); and (v) comparing the first and second ionic mobility values to select the superior material derivative.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Donald J. Siegel, Kwangnam Kim
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Patent number: 11279326Abstract: A scraper for removing debris from between first and second tires of a vehicle is provided. The scraper may include a tower, a bracing arm, and a scraper. The tower may have a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends, the first end couples to a first portion of the vehicle. The bracing arm may have a first end coupled to the tower and a second end coupled to a second portion of the vehicle that is different from the first portion of the vehicle. The paddle may be suspended by the tower and extends at least partially between the first and second tires of the vehicle. An angle between the bracing arm and the tower may be in a range of approximately 10 degrees to approximately 90 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the tower.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Inventor: Donald J. Siegel, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200106122Abstract: Disclosed are system and methods for manufacturing a solid-state electrolyte to be used in an electrochemical cell. The method can include forming a solid-state electrolyte from a material having a compositional property and a structural property, the material having been selected by: (i) providing material properties of a material, wherein the material properties comprise both compositional and structural information; (ii) calculating a first distortion parameter of a material, wherein the first distortion parameter represents the degree of lattice distortion of the material; (iii) determining an estimated ionic mobility value of the material using the one or more distortion parameters; (iv) varying the provided material properties using isovalent substitution and determining a second ionic mobility value from a second distortion parameter by repeating steps (i)-(iii); and (v) comparing the first and second ionic mobility values to select the superior material derivative.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Donald J. SIEGEL, Kwangnam KIM
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Patent number: 8968942Abstract: A battery system includes a metal oxygen battery. The metal oxygen battery includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode includes a metal material (M). The metal oxygen battery is in communication with an oxygen storage material. In certain instances, the oxygen storage material is contained within an oxygen containment unit. The metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit may be in a closed-loop with respect to each other. The battery system further includes a conduit for providing fluid communication from one of the metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit to the other of the metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Andrea Pulskamp, Andrew Robert Drews, Donald J. Siegel, Bruce Carvell Blakemore, Ronald David Brost, Jun Yang, Shinichi Hirano, Michael Alan Tamor
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Patent number: 8921717Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods allow the weight and relative position of an object on a weighing surface to be simultaneously determined using a circuit that does not require pre-programmed tables and that can be used in an analog or digital environment. One example system includes first, second, third, and fourth load cells having respective first, second, third, and fourth strain gauges. The strain gauges are configured to measure strain at the load cells caused by the object on the weighing surface. The system also includes circuitry configured to simultaneously determine weight and position of the object on the weighing surface, and a display that reports the weight of the object, a longitudinal position of the object, and a lateral position of the object.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: S R Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Vernon H. Siegel, Donald J. Siegel
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Patent number: 8899096Abstract: A cover, sample tray and base may form a hydrogen storage engineering properties analyzer. In at least one embodiment, the sample tray includes a plurality of cooling fins, each of which includes a sample well therein. A variety of hydrogen storage materials may be loaded into and unloaded from each sample well by way of a respective sample well opening. The combined cover and sample tray define at least one plenum which may be in fluid communication between a source of pressurized hydrogen gas and each sample well. The cooling fins may be received by a cooling chamber defined within the base and configured to receive a through-flow of heat-exchange fluid. Certain embodiments may include one or more pressure transducers in fluid communication between the plenum and hydrogen source, and thermal transducers connected to portions of the cooling fins.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael Robert Del Zio, Jun Yang, Andrea Pulskamp, Shinichi Hirano, Donald J. Siegel
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Patent number: 8883117Abstract: A method of forming a material for reversible hydrogen storage within a storage tank includes charging a mixture of a metal amide and a metal hydride to the storage tank, and chemically reacting the mixture at a reaction condition within the storage tank to form a thermally conducting composite material situated in the storage tank and for reversibly storing hydrogen. The composite material includes a three-dimensional and interconnected framework including a conductive metal. A method for reversibly storing hydrogen includes providing a storage tank and in situ chemically forming a composite material by charging a mixture of a metal amide and a metal hydride to the storage tank and chemically reacting the mixture at a reaction condition to form a thermally conducting composite material including a metal hydride and a substantially unreactive elemental metal framework. Hydrogen is absorbed into the composite material and is desorbed from the composite material.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jun Yang, Donald J. Siegel, Andrea Sudik, Andrew Robert Drews, Shinichi Hirano, Christopher Mark Wolverton
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Patent number: 8790616Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a hybrid hydrogen storage system is provided. In one embodiment, the hybrid hydrogen storage system includes: a first hydrogen storage material present at a first volume percent (%) having a first gravimetric capacity and a first volumetric capacity; and a second hydrogen storage material forming an unreacted mixture with the first hydrogen storage material and present at a second volume % being 100 volume % minus the first volume %, the second storage material having a second gravimetric capacity and a second volumetric capacity, the first gravimetric capacity at the first volume % being higher or lower than the second gravimetric capacity at the second volume %, and the first volumetric capacity at the first volume % being the other of higher or lower than the second volumetric capacity at the second volume %.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Andrea Pulskamp, Jun Yang, Donald J. Siegel, Michael Jon Veenstra
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Publication number: 20140124272Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods allow the weight and relative position of an object on a weighing surface to be simultaneously determined using a circuit that does not require pre-programed tables and that can be used in an analog or digital environment. One example system includes first, second, third, and fourth load cells having respective first, second, third, and fourth strain gauges. The strain gauges are configured to measure strain at the load cells caused by the object on the weighing surface. The system also includes circuitry configured to simultaneously determine weight and position of the object on the weighing surface, and a display that reports the weight of the object, a longitudinal position of the object, and a lateral position of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Inventors: Vernon H. Siegel, Donald J. Siegel
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Publication number: 20130219993Abstract: A cover, sample tray and base may form a hydrogen storage engineering properties analyzer. In at least one embodiment, the sample tray includes a plurality of cooling fins, each of which includes a sample well therein. A variety of hydrogen storage materials may be loaded into and unloaded from each sample well by way of a respective sample well opening. The combined cover and sample tray define at least one plenum which may be in fluid communication between a source of pressurized hydrogen gas and each sample well. The cooling fins may be received by a cooling chamber defined within the base and configured to receive a through-flow of heat-exchange fluid. Certain embodiments may include one or more pressure transducers in fluid communication between the plenum and hydrogen source, and thermal transducers connected to portions of the cooling fins.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Michael Robert Del Zio, Jun Yang, Andrea Pulskamp, Shinichi Hirano, Donald J. Siegel
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Patent number: 8418841Abstract: A system for reversibly storing hydrogen includes a storage tank with an internal volume with a thermally conducting composite material situated within the storage tank and having a three-dimensional and interconnected framework of a conductive metal within the internal volume of the storage tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jun Yang, Donald J. Siegel, Andrea Pulskamp, Andrew Robert Drews, Shinichi Hirano, Christopher Mark Wolverton
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Patent number: 8038980Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present invention, an ammonia borane containing hydrogen storage material is provided to be present with substantially reduced formation of borazine or diborane. In at least one embodiment, the hydrogen storage material includes at least one ammonia borane (NH3BH3); and at least one amide of the formula M(NH2)x, wherein M is a cationic element or a combination of two or more cationic elements from groups 1 to 14 of the periodic table and x represents a total cationic charge to charge balance M.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Jun Yang, Andrea Sudik, Donald J. Siegel, Shinichi Hirano, Andrew Robert Drews, Christopher Mark Wolverton
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Publication number: 20110165061Abstract: A system for reversibly storing hydrogen includes a storage tank with an internal volume with a thermally conducting composite material situated within the storage tank and having a three-dimensional and interconnected framework of a conductive metal within the internal volume of the storage tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jun Yang, Donald J. Siegel, Andrea Pulskamp, Andrew Robert Drews, Shinichi Hirano, Christopher Mark Wolverton
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Publication number: 20110142750Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a hybrid hydrogen storage system is provided. In one embodiment, the hybrid hydrogen storage system includes: a first hydrogen storage material present at a first volume percent (%) having a first gravimetric capacity and a first volumetric capacity; and a second hydrogen storage material forming an unreacted mixture with the first hydrogen storage material and present at a second volume % being 100 volume % minus the first volume %, the second storage material having a second gravimetric capacity and a second volumetric capacity, the first gravimetric capacity at the first volume % being higher or lower than the second gravimetric capacity at the second volume %, and the first volumetric capacity at the first volume % being the other of higher or lower than the second volumetric capacity at the second volume %.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Andrea Pulskamp, Jun Yang, Donald J. Siegel, Michael Jon Veenstra
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Publication number: 20110143227Abstract: A battery system includes a metal oxygen battery. The metal oxygen battery includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode includes a metal material (M). The metal oxygen battery is in communication with an oxygen storage material. In certain instances, the oxygen storage material is contained within an oxygen containment unit. The metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit may be in a closed-loop with respect to each other. The battery system further includes a conduit for providing fluid communication from one of the metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit to the other of the metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Andrea Pulskamp, Andrew Robert Drews, Donald J. Siegel, Bruce Carvell Blakemore, Ronald David Brost, Jun Yang, Shinichi Hirano, Michael Alan Tamor
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Publication number: 20110008693Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present invention, an ammonia borane containing hydrogen storage material is provided to be present with substantially reduced formation of borazine or diborane. In at least one embodiment, the hydrogen storage material includes at least one ammonia borane (NH3BH3); and at least one amide of the formula M(NH2)x, wherein M is a cationic element or a combination of two or more cationic elements from groups 1 to 14 of the periodic table and x represents a total cationic charge to charge balance M.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jun Yang, Andrea Sudik, Donald J. Siegel, Shinichi Hirano, Andrew Robert Drews, Christopher Mark Wolverton
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Publication number: 20100233076Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a hydrogen storage material is provided. In at least one embodiment, the material comprises a borohydride compound of the formula M(BH4)n, wherein M includes Ca and n is an integer of 2 to 6; and a destabilizing agent selected from the group consisting of Cr, ScH2, and combinations thereof. In at least another embodiment, the material comprises a metal borohydride M(BH4)n, wherein M includes Li and n is an integer of 1 to 5, and a destabilizing agent of Cr.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicants: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Donald J. Siegel, Christopher Mark Wolverton, Vidvuds Ozolins, Andrea Sudik, Jun Yang
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Patent number: 7790133Abstract: A reversible hydrogen storage composition having an empirical formula of: Li(x+z)NxMgyBzHw where 0.4?x?0.8; 0.2?y?0.6; 0<z?0.4, x+y+z=1 and “w” varies from 0 to 2x+2y+4z. This composition shows greater low temperature reversible hydrogen storage compared to binary systems such as MgH2—LiNH2.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignees: UOP LLC, Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Syed A. Faheem, Gregory J. Lewis, J.W. Adriaan Sachtler, John J. Low, David A. Lesch, Paul M. Dosek, Christopher M. Wolverton, Donald J. Siegel, Andrea C. Sudik, Jun Yang
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Publication number: 20100068134Abstract: Methods of enhancing the kinetic properties of solid-state hydrogen storage materials are disclosed. The methods of the present invention comprise a process of utilizing built-in, ancillary reactions to effectually catalyze primary hydrogen storage reactions. This self-catalysis process gives rise to novel mechanisms for solid-state hydrogen storage compositions that benefit from enhanced kinetic properties, thereby increasing the usefulness of hydrogen storage technologies. The methods of enhancing the kinetic properties of hydrogen storage compositions by implementing a self-catalyzing reaction mechanism generally include formulating a hydrogen desorption pathway in a hydrogen storage composition, the pathway including a hydrogen releasing reaction and an ancillary reaction; and selecting the ancillary reaction to produce a product that serves to enhance the kinetic properties of the hydrogen releasing reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Andrea Sudik, Jun Yang, Donald J. Siegel, Christopher Mark Wolverton