Patents by Inventor Lauren Wessel Hart

Lauren Wessel Hart 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).

  • Fluidic architecture for metal-halogen flow battery
    Patent number: 9130217
    Abstract: A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell Cole, Rick Winter, Jonathan Hall, Pallavi Pharkya, Gerardo Jose la O', Lauren Wessel Hart, Paul Kreiner, Peter Tennessen
  • Mass distribution indication of flow battery state of charge
    Patent number: 8933701
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Alisa Peterson, Paul Kreiner, Lauren Wessel Hart, Ryan Larsen, Jonathan Hall
  • Mass distribution indication of flow battery state of charge
    Patent number: 8928327
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Alissa Peterson, Paul Kreiner, Lauren Wessel Hart, Ryan Larsen, Jonathan Hall
  • Mass Distribution Indication of Flow Battery State of Charge
    Publication number: 20140152314
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Alisa Peterson, Paul Kreiner, Lauren Wessel Hart, Ryan Larsen, Jonathan Hall
  • MASS DISTRIBUTION INDICATION OF FLOW BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE
    Publication number: 20140139228
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Alissa Peterson, Paul Kreiner, Lauren Wessel Hart, Ryan Larsen, Jonathan Hall
  • Fluidic Architecture for Metal-Halogen Flow Battery
    Publication number: 20130266829
    Abstract: A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell Cole, Rick Winter, Jonathan Hall, Pallavi Pharkya, Gerardo Jose la O', Lauren Wessel Hart, Paul Kreiner, Peter Tennessen
  • Electrode for High Performance Metal Halogen Flow Battery
    Publication number: 20130252044
    Abstract: A porous electrode for a flow battery includes a first layer having a first average pore size and a second layer having a second average pore size, wherein the second pore size is smaller than the first pore size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mai Fujimoto, Brad Kell, Gerardo Jose la O', Jonathan Hall, Lauren Wessel Hart, Pallavi Pharkya, Paul Kreiner, Kyle Haynes
  • Electrode for High Performance Metal Halogen Flow Battery
    Publication number: 20130252041
    Abstract: A porous electrode for a flow battery includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has at least one of a different catalytic property or a different permeability than the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Mai Fujimoto, Brad Kell, Gerardo Jose la O', Jonathan Hall, Lauren Wessel Hart, Pallavi Pharkya, Paul Kreiner, Kyle Haynes, Andrew Marshall, Russell Cole, Leon Radomsky