Patents by Inventor Jonathan M. Boulton
Jonathan M. Boulton 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: 20130235452Abstract: Optical filters, infrared (IR) blocking assemblies, and methods for fabricating optical filters are provided herein. In an embodiment, an optical filter includes a transparent base lens having a first surface and a second surface. The optical filter includes an anti-fogging layer as an outermost layer connected to the first surface of the base lens. Further, an infrared (IR) blocking film is bonded to the second surface of the base lens. The IR blocking film includes reflective layers configured to transmit no more than about 40% of IR light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Xiaorong You, Jonathan M. Boulton
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Patent number: 8288034Abstract: A battery includes a separator with a trapping layer that traps dissolved metal ions.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Stuart M. Davis, Jonathan M. Boulton, Cahit Eylem, Ou Mao
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Publication number: 20120034508Abstract: A battery includes a separator with a trapping layer that traps dissolved metal ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventors: Stuart M. Davis, Jonathan M. Boulton, Cahit Eylem, Ou Mao
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Patent number: 8048556Abstract: A battery includes a separator with a trapping layer that traps dissolved metal ions.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Stuart M. Davis, Jonathan M. Boulton, Cahit Eylem, Ou Mao
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Publication number: 20110143182Abstract: A battery includes a separator with a trapping layer that traps dissolved metal ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Stuart M. Davis, Jonathan M. Boulton, Cahit Eylem, Ou Mao
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Patent number: 7914920Abstract: A battery includes a separator with a trapping layer that traps dissolved metal ions.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Stuart M. Davis, Jonathan M. Boulton, Cahit Eylem, Ou Mao
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Patent number: 7820329Abstract: A wafer alkaline cell of a laminar structure is disclosed. The cell has a pair of opposing sides comprising at least the majority of the boundary surface of said cell and defining a short cell dimension therebetween. The cell comprises an anode assembly and a cathode assembly bonded together to form a laminate structure. The cell comprises preferably two separate plastic frames housing the anode and cathode material. The anode current collector may be precoated with a sealing metal forming an alkaline resistant metal oxide film to improve bonding to the frame. The anode assembly has an anode material therein typically comprising zinc and the cathode assembly has a cathode material therein typically comprising manganese dioxide. The cell is durable and preferably rigid, has elongated leak block paths, and resists electrolyte leakage.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jonathan M. Boulton, Stuart M. Davis, Charles E. O'Brien, Thomas C. Richards
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Patent number: 7776468Abstract: A wafer alkaline cell of a laminar structure is disclosed. The cell comprises an anode assembly and a cathode assembly bonded together to form a laminate structure. There may be one and desirably two anode frames securing an anode current collector sheet sandwiched therebetween. There may be a cathode frame bonded to the anode frames. There is an anode current collector sheet within the anode assembly. There is a cathode current collector sheet, optionally with an attached metal mesh embedded within the cathode assembly to assure good electrical contact with the cathode. Alternatively, a cathode endplate with spring action is employed which can move in response to changes of volume or pressure within the cathode, thereby maintaining good contact. The anode current collector may be precoated with a sealing metal forming an alkaline resistant metal oxide film to improve bonding to the frame. The cell is durable and preferably rigid and resists electrolyte leakage.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Thomas C. Richards, Stuart M. Davis, Jonathan M. Boulton, Charles E. O'Brien, Yali Tang
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Publication number: 20100203394Abstract: Thin metal-air batteries are described. The batteries do not have an enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: In Tae Bae, Jonathan M. Boulton, Steven J. Specht
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Patent number: 7531271Abstract: A wafer alkaline cell of a laminar structure is disclosed. The cell has a pair of opposing sides comprising at least the majority of the boundary surface of said cell and defining a short cell dimension therebetween. The cell comprises an anode assembly and a cathode assembly bonded together to form a laminate structure. The cell comprises a single plastic frame or two separate plastic frames housing the anode and cathode material. The anode current collector may be precoated with a sealing metal forming an alkaline resistant metal oxide film to improve bonding to the frame. The anode assembly has an anode material therein typically comprising zinc and the cathode assembly has a cathode material therein typically comprising manganese dioxide. The cell is durable and preferably rigid, has elongated leak block paths, and resists electrolyte leakage.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Jonathan M. Boulton, Stuart M. Davis, George Cintra, Leslie Pinnell, Charles E. O'Brien
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Publication number: 20080241664Abstract: A battery can include a housing, a cathode within the housing, and an anode within the housing. The cathode can include a lithium ion active cathode material and a network of conductive metallic material within the active cathode material. The cathode can have a thickness of at least 1 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Kirakodu S. Nanjundaswamy, Jonathan M. Boulton, George M. Cintra, Alexander Kaplan
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Publication number: 20080206632Abstract: An alkaline battery includes a housing, a cathode disposed within the housing, an anode disposed within the housing, a separator disposed between the anode and the cathode, and an alkaline electrolyte contacting the anode and the cathode. The separator can include a tube having at an inner tube layer and an outer tube layer. The inner tube layer is disposed radially inward from the outer tube layer and no portion of the inner tube layer is disposed radially outward from any portion of the outer tube layer. The separator can also include a disc positioned at one end of the tube to create a closed end of the separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Ruike R. WANG, Ou Mao, Jonathan M. Boulton, George Cintra, Tatjana Mezini
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Patent number: 7413828Abstract: A wafer alkaline cell of a laminar structure is disclosed. The cell has a pair of opposing sides comprising at least the majority of the boundary surface of said cell. The opposing sides define a short cell dimension therebetween. The cell comprises an anode assembly and a cathode assembly bonded together to form a laminate structure. The cell comprises a single frame or two separate frames housing the anode and cathode material. The anode assembly has an anode material therein typically comprising zinc and the cathode assembly has a cathode material therein typically comprising manganese dioxide. The cell is durable and preferably rigid, has elongated leak block paths, and resists electrolyte leakage.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2004Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Stuart M. Davis, Jonathan M. Boulton, George Cintra, Leslie Pinnell, Charles E. O'Brien
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Patent number: 6916577Abstract: An alkaline cell having an anode comprising zinc, a cathode comprising manganese dioxide and an electrolyte comprising polyvinylbenzyltrimethylammoniumhydroxide. The anode can comprise particulate zinc dispersed within an aqueous gel comprising crosslinked polyvinylbenzyltrimethylammoniumhydroxide polymer. Optionally, aqueous KOH can be added to the gel. The anode and cathode are desirably in the shape of a slab each having a pair of opposing parallel flat faces defining two opposing ends. The zinc particles dispersed in crosslinked polyvinylbenzytrimethylammoniumhydroxide polymer can be concentrated at one end of the anode slab with the opposing end being clear of zinc. The clear end of the anode preferably also comprising polyvinylbenzlytrimethylammoniumhydroxide functions as a separator between anode and cathode. The cathode slab comprises a mixture of particulate manganese dioxide, graphite, and linear polyvinylbenzyltrimethylammoniumhydroxide polymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2002Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: C. Robert Parent, Jonathan M. Boulton, Radek Fooksa
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Publication number: 20040023110Abstract: An alkaline cell having an anode comprising zinc, a cathode comprising manganese dioxide and an electrolyte comprising polyvinylbenzyltrimethylammoniumhydroxide. The anode can comprise particulate zinc dispersed within an aqueous gel comprising crosslinked polyvinylbenzyltrimethylammoniumhydroxide polymer. Optionally, aqueous KOH can be added to the gel. The anode and cathode are desirably in the shape of a slab each having a pair of opposing parallel flat faces defining two opposing ends. The zinc particles dispersed in crosslinked polyvinylbenzytrimethylammoniumhydroxide polymer can be concentrated at one end of the anode slab with the opposing end being clear of zinc. The clear end of the anode preferably also comprising polyvinylbenzlytrimethylammoniumhydroxide functions as a separator between anode and cathode. The cathode slab comprises a mixture of particulate manganese dioxide, graphite, and linear polyvinylbenzyltrimethylammoniumhydroxide polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: C. Robert Parent, Jonathan M. Boulton, Radek Fooksa
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Patent number: 6373618Abstract: A transparent chromogenic panel in which color changes are selectively effectable over predefined areas comprises a pair of facing glass substrates each covered with a conductive layer divided into individual energizeable areas each provided with as set of busbars. An electrochromic electrode layer overlies at least one of the conductive layers. An insulating adhesive sealant spaces apart the substrates and insulates the busbar sets from each other and from exposure to the electrolyte and the electrochromic layer, so that each busbar set may be individually energizeable to effect a color change through a respective one of the individual areas. A passive layer is advantageously superimposed over one of the substrates, its color being chosen so that the color and the transmissivity of the passive layer accommodates the range of color change and transmissivity of the electrochromic layer to maintain the transmitted color of the panel in a warm or neutral shade.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Schott-Donnelly, LLCInventors: Anoop Agrawal, Raymond Zhang, Jonathan M. Boulton
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Publication number: 20010024685Abstract: This invention is a substrate with a protective multicomponent coating, and a method for forming such a substrate by the steps of applying a coating solution to the substrate, and firing the substrate at a temperature greater than 450° C., where the coating solution includes a coating solvent; a SiO2 precursor being a silicon compound having at least one hydrolyzable group; a glass oxide precursor being a compound of an element selected from Group III or Group IV of the periodic table; and a network modifier precursor being a compound of an element selected from Group I or Group II of the periodic table. The invention is also related to the coating solution employed in the method of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2001Publication date: September 27, 2001Inventors: Jonathan M. Boulton, Syed Masood Hassan, Catherine A. Getz
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Patent number: 6266177Abstract: Electrochromic devices incorporate reversible oxidizers to improve device kinetics, incorporate counterelectrodes composed of an alkali metal oxide and vanadium oxide to improve stability, and doped tungsten or molybdenum oxide in the electrochromic layer to improve UV durability.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: Pierre Marc Allemand, Andrew Ingle, John P. Cronin, Steven R. Kennedy, Yongjin Yao, Juan Carlos Lopez Tonazzi, Jonathan M. Boulton, Anoop Agrawal
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Patent number: 6178034Abstract: An electrochromic device is disclosed having a selective ion transport layer which separates an electrochemically active material from an electrolyte containing a redox active material. The devices are particularly useful as large area architectural and automotive glazings due to there reduced back reaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1999Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventors: Pierre M. Allemand, Randall F. Grimes, Andrew R. Ingle, John P. Cronin, Steve R. Kennedy, Anoop Agrawal, Jonathan M. Boulton
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Patent number: 5384294Abstract: Method is provided for preparing PbO-based ceramics by mixing metal cations in alkanolamines and then adding the mixture to lead carboxylates in alcohol, to obtain ceramic solutions or gels therefrom. The metal cations are sourced from metal alkoxides, chelates and salts and include metals of Ti, Zr and La. The above solutions and gels can be employed to form PbO-based powders, fibers and films, e.g. films of PZT and PLZT, which find electrical and optical applications such as ferroelectric memory and dielectric waveguides. The invention resides in the above method and resulting PbO ceramics which have e.g. films of considerably higher dielectric constants than previously known in the art.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1993Date of Patent: January 24, 1995Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Gimtong Teowee, Jonathan M. Boulton, Donald R. Uhlmann