Patents by Inventor Gilbert N. Riley, Jr.
Gilbert N. Riley, 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).
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Publication number: 20230194883Abstract: Metasurface elements, integrated systems incorporating such metasurface elements with light sources and/or detectors, and methods of the manufacture and operation of such optical arrangements and integrated systems are provided. Systems and methods for integrating transmissive metasurfaces with other semiconductor devices or additional metasurface elements, and more particularly to the integration of such metasurfaces with substrates, illumination sources and sensors are also provided. The metasurface elements provided may be used to shape output light from an illumination source or collect light reflected from a scene to form two unique patterns using the polarization of light. In such embodiments, shaped-emission and collection may be combined into a single co-designed probing and sensing optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Metalenz, Inc.Inventors: Gilbert N. Riley, JR., Robert Devlin, Adam Erlich, Pawel Latawiec, John Graff
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Patent number: 11579456Abstract: Metasurface elements, integrated systems incorporating such metasurface elements with light sources and/or detectors, and methods of the manufacture and operation of such optical arrangements and integrated systems are provided. Systems and methods for integrating transmissive metasurfaces with other semiconductor devices or additional metasurface elements, and more particularly to the integration of such metasurfaces with substrates, illumination sources and sensors are also provided. The metasurface elements provided may be used to shape output light from an illumination source or collect light reflected from a scene to form two unique patterns using the polarization of light. In such embodiments, shaped-emission and collection may be combined into a single co-designed probing and sensing optical system.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Metalenz, Inc.Inventors: Gilbert N. Riley, Jr., Robert Devlin, Adam Erlich, Pawel Latawiec, John Graff
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Publication number: 20220091428Abstract: Metasurface elements, integrated systems incorporating such metasurface elements with light sources and/or detectors, and methods of the manufacture and operation of such optical arrangements and integrated systems are provided. Systems and methods for integrating transmissive metasurfaces with other semiconductor devices or additional metasurface elements, and more particularly to the integration of such metasurfaces with substrates, illumination sources and sensors are also provided. The metasurface elements provided may be used to shape output light from an illumination source or collect light reflected from a scene to form two unique patterns using the polarization of light. In such embodiments, shaped-emission and collection may be combined into a single co-designed probing and sensing optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Metalenz, Inc.Inventors: Gilbert N. Riley, JR., Robert Devlin, Adam Erlich, Pawel Latawiec, John Graff
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Publication number: 20220029168Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, JR.
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Patent number: 11211611Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: QuantumScape Battery, Inc.Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, Jr.
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Patent number: 11139479Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: QuantumScape Battery, Inc.Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, Jr.
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Patent number: 10795168Abstract: Metasurface elements, integrated systems incorporating such metasurface elements with light sources and/or detectors, and methods of the manufacture and operation of such optical arrangements and integrated systems are provided. Systems and methods for integrating transmissive metasurfaces with other semiconductor devices or additional metasurface elements, and more particularly to the integration of such metasurfaces with substrates, illumination sources and sensors are also provided. The metasurface elements provided may be used to shape output light from an illumination source or collect light reflected from a scene to form two unique patterns using the polarization of light. In such embodiments, shaped-emission and collection may be combined into a single co-designed probing and sensing optical system.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Metalenz, Inc.Inventors: Gilbert N. Riley, Jr., Robert Devlin, Adam Erlich, Pawel Latawiec, John Graff
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Publication number: 20200271941Abstract: Metasurface elements, integrated systems incorporating such metasurface elements with light sources and/or detectors, and methods of the manufacture and operation of such optical arrangements and integrated systems are provided. Systems and methods for integrating transmissive metasurfaces with other semiconductor devices or additional metasurface elements, and more particularly to the integration of such metasurfaces with substrates, illumination sources and sensors are also provided. The metasurface elements provided may be used to shape output light from an illumination source or collect light reflected from a scene to form two unique patterns using the polarization of light. In such embodiments, shaped-emission and collection may be combined into a single co-designed probing and sensing optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Metalenz, Inc.Inventors: Gilbert N. Riley, JR., Robert Devlin, Adam Erlich, Pawel Latawiec, John Graff
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Publication number: 20200251741Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, JR.
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Patent number: 10535878Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: QuantumScape CorporationInventors: Cheng-Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190064532Abstract: Metasurface elements, integrated systems incorporating such metasurface elements with light sources and/or detectors, and methods of the manufacture and operation of such optical arrangements and integrated systems are provided. Systems and methods for integrating transmissive metasurfaces with other semiconductor devices or additional metasurface elements, and more particularly to the integration of such metasurfaces with substrates, illumination sources and sensors are also provided. The metasurface elements provided may be used to shape output light from an illumination source or collect light reflected from a scene to form two unique patterns using the polarization of light. In such embodiments, shaped-emission and collection may be combined into a single co-designed probing and sensing optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Metalenz, Inc.Inventors: Gilbert N. Riley, JR., Robert Devlin, Adam Erlich, Pawel Latawiec, John Graff
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Publication number: 20180342735Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Cheng-Chieh CHAO, Zhebo CHEN, Tim HOLME, Marie A. MAYER, Gilbert N. RILEY, JR.
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Publication number: 20180254487Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Cheng-Chieh CHAO, Zhebo CHEN, Tim HOLME, Marie A. MAYER, Gilbert N. RILEY, JR.
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Patent number: 9819024Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: QuantumScape CorporationInventors: Cheng-Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, Jr.
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Publication number: 20170149065Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Cheng-Chieh CHAO, Zhebo CHEN, Tim HOLME, Marie A. MAYER, Gilbert N. RILEY, Jr.
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Patent number: 9634354Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. The device has a protective material formed overlying exposed regions of the cathode material to substantially maintain the sulfur species within the catholyte material. Also included is a novel dopant configuration of the LiaMPbSc (LMPS) [M=Si, Ge, and/or Sn] containing material.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: QuantumScape CorporationInventors: Cheng Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, Jr.
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Patent number: 9608292Abstract: A lithium-ion battery is provided that has a fast charge and discharge rate capability and low rate of capacity fade during high rate cycling. The battery can exhibit low impedance growth and other properties allowing for its use in hybrid electric vehicle applications and other applications where high power and long battery life are important features.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: A123 Systems LLCInventors: Antoni S. Gozdz, Andrew C. Chu, Ricardo Fulop, Yet-Ming Chiang, Gilbert N. Riley, Jr., Roger Lin
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Patent number: 9553332Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region having an active region which expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a a solid state catholyte material which includes lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon elements. The device has a protective material formed overlying exposed regions of the cathode material to substantially maintain the sulfur species within the catholyte material. Also included is a novel oxygen doped configuration of LiaSiPbSc containing material.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: QuantumScape CorporationInventors: Cheng Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, Jr.
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Patent number: 9509019Abstract: Electroactive compositions are disclosed for use in lithium ion battery electrodes. The compositions, such as multifunctional mixed metal olivines, provide an electrochemical cell having a plurality of open circuit voltages at different states of charge. The compositions afford improved state-of-charge monitoring, overcharge protection and/or overdischarge protection for lithium ion batteries.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: A123 Systems LLCInventors: Yet-Ming Chiang, Andrew C. Chu, Young-Il Jang, Nonglak Meethong, Yu-Hua Kao, Gilbert N. Riley, Jr., Anthony E. Pullen, Karen E. Thomas-Alyea
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Publication number: 20160006074Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. The device has a protective material formed overlying exposed regions of the cathode material to substantially maintain the sulfur species within the catholyte material. Also included is a novel dopant configuration of the LiaMPbSc (LMPS) [M=Si,Ge, and/or Sn] containing material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Cheng Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, JR.