Patents by Inventor Jesse Daniel Benck

Jesse Daniel Benck 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).

  • Electrolyte engineering methods and systems
    Publication number: 20230064065
    Abstract: An electrochemical system, the system including an aqueous electrolyte, at least one chelating agent configured to bind to at least one detrimental ionic species, and a particulate precipitation site. A method of forming an electrochemical system including creating a housing with an interior volume, placing at least one electrode within the interior volume, adding at least one chelating agent configured to bind to at least one detrimental ionic species into the interior volume, and adding a particulate precipitation site to the interior volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jesse Daniel Benck, Andrew Crampton, Jason Kovacs, Mariya Layurova, Ian Salmon McKay, Matthew Diego Rail, William Stinson, Branko Zugic
  • Electrochemical power system using aqueous dissolved oxygen
    Patent number: 10680253
    Abstract: A method of generating an electrical current and a multi-cell electrochemical device. The method includes extracting oxygen from an aqueous ambient environment surrounding an electrochemical system; transporting the extracted oxygen through a selectively oxygen-permeable membrane to an enclosed electrolyte configured to surround an anode and a cathode in the electrochemical system, wherein the electrolyte is separated from the aqueous ambient environment; transporting the oxygenated electrolyte to the cathode; reducing the oxygen at the cathode; and oxidizing a metal at the anode. The device includes a metal anode; a cathode; an enclosed electrolyte configured to surround the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte is separated from an aqueous ambient environment surrounding the electrochemical device; and a selectively oxygen-permeable membrane configured to extract oxygen from the aqueous ambient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: L3 Open Water Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Salmon McKay, Jason R Kovacs, Jesse Daniel Benck, Branko Zugic
  • Electrochemical power system using aqueous dissolved oxygen
    Publication number: 20200075965
    Abstract: A method of generating an electrical current and a multi-cell electrochemical device. The method includes extracting oxygen from an aqueous ambient environment surrounding an electrochemical system; transporting the extracted oxygen through a selectively oxygen-permeable membrane to an enclosed electrolyte configured to surround an anode and a cathode in the electrochemical system, wherein the electrolyte is separated from the aqueous ambient environment; transporting the oxygenated electrolyte to the cathode; reducing the oxygen at the cathode; and oxidizing a metal at the anode. The device includes a metal anode; a cathode; an enclosed electrolyte configured to surround the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte is separated from an aqueous ambient environment surrounding the electrochemical device; and a selectively oxygen-permeable membrane configured to extract oxygen from the aqueous ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Ian Salmon McKay, Jason R Kovacs, Jesse Daniel Benck, Branko Zugic