Patents by Inventor Jacob M Stultz

Jacob M Stultz 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).

  • In-situ, automated orientation of energy storage cells
    Patent number: 9099876
    Abstract: An energy storage cell, or a plurality of energy storage cells assembled into an apparatus, are self-orienting relative to one or more adjacent energy storage cells. The energy storage cells are capable of sensing their polarity orientation of at least one other energy storage cell and self-orienting its own polarity responsive thereto. Thus, a method for self-orienting a subject energy storage cell includes: sensing the polarity of an adjacent energy storage cell; and setting the polarity of the subject energy storage cell responsive to the sensed polarity if the polarities of the adjacent energy storage cell and the subject energy storage cell are incompatible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory G Romas, Jacob M Stultz, Thomas E Byrd