Patents by Inventor Gerald L. Seebach

Gerald L. Seebach 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).

  • Preparation of an electrocatalytic cathode for an aluminum-hydrogen peroxide battery
    Patent number: 5296429
    Abstract: An electrocatalytic cathode that will allow hydrogen peroxide, H.sub.2 O..2, to behave electrochemically within an Al-H.sub.2 O.sub.2 battery system is provided. The electrocatalytic cathode is comprised of nickel specially coated with one or a combination of the following six metals: platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, palladium, and iridium. The use of nickel coated with the appropriate combination of metals reduces the problems of excessive peroxide decomposition, thereby producing a battery that can operate efficiently by producing a high voltage at a high current density. The electrocatalytic cathode is produced by pretreating a nickel electrode with a hydrochloric acid bath and then by applying the metal coating by plating methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Catherine L. Marsh, Gerald L. Seebach, John W. Van Zee, Russell R. Bessette, Hubert G. Meunier, Maria G. Medeiros