Patents by Inventor K. C. Tsai

K. C. Tsai 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).

  • Patent number: 6514296
    Abstract: A dry preunit (10), includes a plurality of cells (110, 112, 114) in a true bipolar configuration, which are stacked and bonded together, to impart to the device an integral and unitary construction. Each cell (114) includes two electrically conductive electrodes (111A, 111B) that are spaced apart by a predetermined distance. The cell (114) also includes two identical dielectric gaskets (121, 123) that are interposed, in registration with each other, between the electrodes (111A, 11B), for separating and electrically insulating these electrodes. When the electrodes (111A, 111B), and the gaskets (121, 123) are bonded together, at least one fill gap (130) is formed for each cell. Each cell (114) also includes a porous and conductive coating layer (119, 120) that is formed on one surface of each electrode. The coating layer (119) includes a set of closely spaced-apart peripheral microprotrusions (125), and a set of distally spaced-apart central microprotrusions (127).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Pacific ShinFu Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: K. C. Tsai, Gary E. Mason, Mark L. Goodwin, Nazir Ahmad, Davy Wu, Douglas Cromack, Robert R. Tong, James M. Poplett, Ronald L. Anderson, James P. Nelson, Alan B. McEwen
  • Patent number: 6005764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method to produce an electrical storage device having useful characteristics such as higher charge density, small volume, long-term reliable charge/discharge cycles, low leakage current, and the like. The dry preunit has useful properties in that it can be stored for long periods prior to contact with a non-aqueous or aqueous electrolyte. When the electrode surfaces are contacted with a non-aqueous or aqueous electrolyte, the novel capacitors produced are useful as a portable power supply in applications such as in defibrillator, electrical vehicles, radiotelephones etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Pinnacle Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Anderson, Mark L. Goodwin, Gary E. Mason, Alan B. McEwen, James P. Nelson, James M. Poplett, Robert R. Tong, K. C. Tsai
  • Patent number: 5867363
    Abstract: A dry preunit (10), includes a plurality of cells (110, 112, 114) in a true bipolar configuration, which are stacked and bonded together, to impart to the device an integral and unitary construction. Each cell (114) includes two electrically conductive electrodes (111A, 111B) that are spaced apart by a predetermined distance. The cell (114) also includes two identical dielectric gaskets (121, 123) that are interposed, in registration with each other, between the electrodes (111A, 111B), for separating and electrically insulating these electrodes. When the electrodes (111A, 111B), and the gaskets (121, 123) are bonded together, at least one fill gap (130) is formed for each cell. Each cell (114) also includes a porous and conductive coating layer (119, 120) that is formed on one surface of each electrode. The coating layer (119) includes a set of closely spaced-apart peripheral microprotrusions (125), and a set of distally spaced-apart central microprotrusions (127).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Pinnacle Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: K. C. Tsai, Gary E. Mason, Mark L. Goodwin, Nazir Ahmad, Davy Wu, Douglas Cromack, Robert R. Tong, James M. Poplett, Ronald L. Anderson, James P. Nelson, Alan B. McEwen
  • Patent number: 5711988
    Abstract: A dry preunit (10), includes a plurality of cells (110, 112, 114) in a true bipolar configuration, which are stacked and bonded together, to impart to the device an integral and unitary construction. Each cell (114) includes two electrically conductive electrodes (111A, 111B) that are spaced apart by a predetermined distance. The cell (114) also includes two identical dielectric gaskets (121,123) that are interposed, in registration with each other, between the electrodes (111A, 111B), for separating and electrically insulating these electrodes. When the electrodes (111A, 111B), and the gaskets (121, 123) are bonded together, at least one fill gap (130) is formed for each cell. Each cell (114) also includes a porous and conductive coating layer (119, 120) that is formed on one surface of each electrode. The coating layer (119) includes a set of closely spaced-apart peripheral microprotrusions (125), and a set of distally spaced-apart central microprotrusions (127).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Pinnacle Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: K. C. Tsai, Gary E. Mason, Mark L. Goodwin
  • Patent number: 5464453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method to produce an electrical storage device having useful characteristics such as higher charge density, small volume, long-term reliable charge/discharge cycles, low leakage current, and the like. The dry preunit has useful properties in that it can be stored for long periods prior to contact with a non-aqueous or aqueous electrolyte. When the electrode surfaces are contacted with a non-aqueous or aqueous electrolyte, the novel capacitors produced are useful as a portable power supply in applications such as in defibrillator, electrical vehicles, radiotelephones etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Pinnacle Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Tong, James M. Poplett, Alan B. McEwen, Gary E. Mason, Mark L. Goodwin, K. C. Tsai, Ronald L. Anderson, James P. Nelson