Patents by Inventor Elise E. SWITZER

Elise E. SWITZER 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).

  • Degenerate doping of metallic anodes
    Patent number: 9029027
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an electrochemical cell comprising: (i) a fuel electrode comprising a metal fuel, (ii) a positive electrode, (iii) an ionically conductive medium, and (iv) a dopant; the electrodes being operable in a discharge mode wherein the metal fuel is oxidized at the fuel electrode and the dopant increases the conductivity of the metal fuel oxidation product. In an embodiment, the oxidation product comprises an oxide of the metal fuel which is doped degenerately. In an embodiment, the positive electrode is an air electrode that absorbs gaseous oxygen, wherein during discharge mode, oxygen is reduced at the air electrode. Embodiments of the invention also relate to methods of producing an electrode comprising a metal and a doped metal oxidation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Fluidic, Inc.
    Inventors: Cody A. Friesen, Robert A. Zeller, Paul B. Johnson, Elise E. Switzer
  • DEGENERATE DOPING OF METALLIC ANODES
    Publication number: 20140113206
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an electrochemical cell comprising: (i) a fuel electrode comprising a metal fuel, (ii) a positive electrode, (iii) an ionically conductive medium, and (iv) a dopant; the electrodes being operable in a discharge mode wherein the metal fuel is oxidized at the fuel electrode and the dopant increases the conductivity of the metal fuel oxidation product. In an embodiment, the oxidation product comprises an oxide of the metal fuel which is doped degenerately. In an embodiment, the positive electrode is an air electrode that absorbs gaseous oxygen, wherein during discharge mode, oxygen is reduced at the air electrode. Embodiments of the invention also relate to methods of producing an electrode comprising a metal and a doped metal oxidation product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: FLUIDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Cody A. FRIESEN, Robert A. ZELLER, Paul B. JOHNSON, Elise E. SWITZER