Patents by Inventor Francis J. Di Salvo, Jr.

Francis J. Di Salvo, Jr. 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).

  • Nonaqueous secondary cell using vanadium oxide positive electrode
    Patent number: 4228226
    Abstract: Nonaqueous secondary cells utilizing vanadium oxides having the nominal stoichiometry VO.sub.2+y ; y greater than or equal to 0.0 and less than or equal to approximately 0.4 as the active positive electrode material and lithium metal as the active negative electrode material are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul A. Christian, Francis J. Di Salvo, Jr., Donald W. Murphy
  • Nonaqueous secondary cell using metal oxide electrodes
    Patent number: 4198476
    Abstract: Nonaqueous secondary cells are described utilizing electrically conductive rutile structure transition metal dioxides having a unit cell volume of at least 60 A.sup.3 and the nominal atom composition, MO.sub.2 where M is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ru, Os, Ir, Mo, W and V, as the active positive electrode material and lithium as the active negative electrode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Francis J. Di Salvo, Jr., Donald W. Murphy
  • Method of preparing layered chalcogenides
    Patent number: 4159962
    Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary cell having a conventional alkali metal anode and a cathode which contains as the active material a chalcogenide having the nominal atom composition M.sub.x N.sub.1-x S.sub.2 where M is Mn, Fe, Ni or Co, or mixtures threof, N is V or Cr or mixtures thereof, and x is less than or equal to 0.5 when N is V and M is Fe; less than or equal to 0.33 when N is V and M is Ni, Co or Mn; and less than 0.33 when N is Cr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1979
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Francis J. Di Salvo, Jr., Donald W. Murphy
  • Rechargeable nonaqueous cell with chalcogenide electrode
    Patent number: 4125687
    Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary cell having a conventional alkali metal anode and a cathode which contains as the active material a chalcogenide having the nominal atom composition M.sub.x N.sub.1-x S.sub.2 where M is Mn, Fe, Ni or Co, or mixtures thereof, N is V or Cr or mixtures thereof, and x is less than or equal to 0.5 when N is V and M is Fe; less than or equal to 0.33 when N is V and M is Ni, Co or Mn; and less than 0.33 when N is Cr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1978
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Francis J. Di Salvo, Jr., Donald W. Murphy