Patents by Inventor Heather Dawn Deshazer

Heather Dawn Deshazer 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).

  • Optimization of electrochemical cell
    Patent number: 10978743
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Heather Dawn Deshazer, Grace Marjorie Yee, Daniel Friebel, Ali Firouzi, Colin Deane Wessells
  • Batteries for efficient energy extraction from a salinity difference
    Patent number: 8889281
    Abstract: An electrochemical system includes: (1) a battery including an anode and a cathode; (2) a first source of a first electrolyte having a first concentration of ions; (3) a second source of a second electrolyte having a second concentration of the ions, wherein the second concentration is greater than the first concentration; and (4) a fluid conveyance mechanism connected between the battery and each of the first source and the second source. During charging of the battery, the anode and the cathode are at least partially immersed in the first electrolyte, and, during discharging of the battery, the anode and the cathode are at least partially immersed in the second electrolyte. The fluid conveyance mechanism exchanges the first electrolyte with the second electrolyte between charging and discharging of the battery, and exchanges the second electrolyte with the first electrolyte between discharging and charging of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Fabio La Mantia, Mauro Pasta, Heather Dawn Deshazer, Yi Cui
  • BATTERIES FOR EFFICIENT ENERGY EXTRACTION FROM A SALINITY DIFFERENCE
    Publication number: 20120135282
    Abstract: An electrochemical system includes: (1) a battery including an anode and a cathode; (2) a first source of a first electrolyte having a first concentration of ions; (3) a second source of a second electrolyte having a second concentration of the ions, wherein the second concentration is greater than the first concentration; and (4) a fluid conveyance mechanism connected between the battery and each of the first source and the second source. During charging of the battery, the anode and the cathode are at least partially immersed in the first electrolyte, and, during discharging of the battery, the anode and the cathode are at least partially immersed in the second electrolyte. The fluid conveyance mechanism exchanges the first electrolyte with the second electrolyte between charging and discharging of the battery, and exchanges the second electrolyte with the first electrolyte between discharging and charging of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Fabio La Mantia, Mauro Pasta, Heather Dawn Deshazer, Yi Cui