Patents by Inventor Jennifer Porto

Jennifer Porto 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).

  • Battery thermal run-away and combustion prevention system
    Patent number: 10665909
    Abstract: A device for preventing thermal run-away in a battery. The device includes a main compartment that is divided into a plurality of sub-compartments. A layer of material separates (i) a first sub-compartment containing a first chemical from (ii) a second sub-compartment containing a second chemical. In the event that a thermal run-away event is either detected or predicted, the layer of material degrades/is degraded and allows the chemicals to mix. The chemicals form an endothermic process that cools the battery preventing, or at least delaying, the thermal run-away event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Campbell, Sarah Czaplewski, Jennifer Porto, Elin F. LaBreck
  • BATTERY THERMAL RUN-AWAY AND COMBUSTION PREVENTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190020076
    Abstract: A device for preventing thermal run-away in a battery. The device includes a main compartment that is divided into a plurality of sub-compartments. A layer of material separates (i) a first sub-compartment containing a first chemical from (ii) a second sub-compartment containing a second chemical. In the event that a thermal run-away event is either detected or predicted, the layer of material degrades/is degraded and allows the chemicals to mix. The chemicals form an endothermic process that cools the battery preventing, or at least delaying, the thermal run-away event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Campbell, Sarah Czaplewski, Jennifer Porto, Elin F. LaBreck
  • BATTERY THERMAL RUN-AWAY AND COMBUSTION PREVENTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190020077
    Abstract: A device for preventing thermal run-away in a battery. The device includes a main compartment that is divided into a plurality of sub-compartments. A layer of material separates (i) a first sub-compartment containing a first chemical from (ii) a second sub-compartment containing a second chemical. In the event that a thermal run-away event is either detected or predicted, the layer of material degrades/is degraded and allows the chemicals to mix. The chemicals form an endothermic process that cools the battery, which at least delays the thermal run-away event. The device determines a delay period before thermal runaway is likely to occur and communicates that to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Campbell, Sarah Czaplewski, Jennifer Porto, Elin F. LaBreck