Patents by Inventor Laurent Zinck

Laurent Zinck 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).

  • Publication number: 20240332516
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery cell has an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte. The active metal is sodium and the electrolyte is based on SO2 and contains a first conductive salt which has the formula (I) R1, R2 and R3 can be a halogen atom, a hydroxy group or a chemical group —OR5. R4 can be a hydroxy group or a chemical group —OR5. R5 can be C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl or Cs-C14 heteroaryl. The aliphatic, cyclic, aromatic and heteroaromatic groups can be unsubstituted or substituted. Z is aluminum or boron. At least two of the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 can jointly form a chelate ligand which is coordinated to Z.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
  • Publication number: 20240332626
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery cell contains an active metal, at least one positive electrode with a conducting element, at least one negative electrode with a conducting element, at least one separator element, a housing, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte is based on SO2 and contains at least a first conductive salt which has the formula (I) M can be an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; R1, R2, R3 and R4 can be C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl. The aliphatic, cyclic, aromatic and heteroaromatic groups can be unsubstituted or substituted. Z is aluminum or boron. At least two of R1, R2, R3 and R4 can jointly form a chelate ligand coordinated to Z. The active metal is in metallic form in the charged state of the rechargeable battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel
  • Patent number: 12074317
    Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical battery cell with a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte which contains SO2 and a conducting salt of the active metal of the cell, whereby at least one of the electrodes contains a binder chosen from the group: Binder A, which consists of a polymer, which is made of monomeric structural units of a conjugated carboxylic acid or of the alkali salt, earth alkali salt or ammonium salt of this conjugated carboxylic acid or a combination thereof or binder B which consists of a polymer based on monomeric styrene structural units or butadiene structural units or a mixture of binder A and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Innolith Technology AG
    Inventors: Christian Pszolla, Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel, Heide Biollaz
  • Publication number: 20240186568
    Abstract: SO2-based electrolyte and rechargeable battery cell (2, 20, 40) comprising this electrolyte, which electrolyte contains at least a first conducting salt of the following formula (I) wherein M is a metal selected from the group formed of alkali metals, earth alkali metals, metals from Group 12 and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; R1, R2, R3and R4 are selected, independently of one another, from the group formed of a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an —OR5chemical group and a chelating ligand, which is collectively formed by at least two of the substituents R1, R2, R3and R4 and is coordinated to Z; wherein R1, R2, R3and R4 are neither four halogen atoms nor four —OR5chemical groups, in particular alkoxy groups; wherein the substituent R5 is selected from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and wherein Z is aluminum or boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
  • Patent number: 11942594
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell, comprising: an active metal; at least one positive electrode; at least one negative electrode comprising an active material selected from the group consisting of an insertion material made of carbon, an alloy-forming active material, an intercalation material which does not comprise carbon, and a conversion active material; an SO2 based electrolyte comprising a first conducting salt which has the formula (I), wherein: M is a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are selected independently of one another from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z is aluminum or boron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Innolith Technology AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Manfred Rapp, Anna Urbanski
  • Patent number: 11901504
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell comprising an active metal, at least one positive electrode having a discharge element, at least one negative electrode having a discharge element, a housing and an electrolyte, the negative electrode comprising metallic lithium at least in the charged state of the rechargeable battery cell and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and comprising at least one first conducting salt which has the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Innolith Technology AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Claudia Wollfarth, Heide Biollaz
  • Patent number: 11876170
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell comprising an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte, the positive electrode being designed as a high-voltage electrode and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and at least one first conducting salt having the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Innolith Technology AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
  • Publication number: 20230395845
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an SO2-based electrolyte for a rechargeable battery cell comprising at least a first conducting salt of the formula (I) MaBmXn??formula (I) wherein M is a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum. B is the element boron. X is a halogen, and a, m, and n are integers. Furthermore, this disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell containing an SO2-based electrolyte comprising at least a first conducting salt of formula (I), an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, and a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
  • Publication number: 20230378541
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to rechargeable battery cells containing an active metal, at least one positive electrode having a planar discharge element, at least one negative electrode having a planar discharge element, a housing and an SO2-based electrolyte containing a first conductive salt, wherein the positive and/or the negative electrode contains at least one first binder consisting of a polymer based on monomeric styrene and butadiene structural units, and at least one second binder from the group consisting of carboxymethyl celluloses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Julia Thümmel
  • Publication number: 20230378540
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell containing an active metal, at least one positive electrode with a discharge element, at least one negative electrode with a discharge element, a housing, and an electrolyte, the discharge element of the positive electrode and the discharge element of the negative electrode being embodied independently of one another from a material selected from the group formed by aluminum and copper, and wherein the electrolyte is based on SO2 and contains at least one conductive salt which has the formula (I), wherein M is a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of elements, and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3, and R4 are selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl, and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and wherein Z is aluminum or boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Leonard Henrichs
  • Patent number: 11710849
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an SO2-based electrolyte for a rechargeable battery cell containing at least one conducting salt of the Formula (I) wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C1 alkenyl, C2-C1 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl, and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z is aluminum or boron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Innolith Technology AG
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch
  • Patent number: 11322798
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, which comprises a conducting salt, and a separator, which is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode and the positive electrode are each an insertion electrode. The electrolyte is based on SO2. The separator comprises a separator layer which is an organic polymer separator layer. The thickness of the organic polymer separator layer, relative to the loading of the positive insertion electrode with active material per unit area, is less than 0.25 mm3/mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AG
    Inventors: Claudia Wollfarth, Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
  • Publication number: 20220085408
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell comprising an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte, the positive electrode being designed as a high-voltage electrode and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and at least one first conducting salt having the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
  • Publication number: 20220085409
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell comprising an active metal, at least one positive electrode having a discharge element, at least one negative electrode having a discharge element, a housing and an electrolyte, the negative electrode comprising metallic lithium at least in the charged state of the rechargeable battery cell and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and comprising at least one first conducting salt which has the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Claudia Wollfarth, Heide Biollaz
  • Publication number: 20220077461
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell comprising an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte, the positive electrode comprising at least one polyanionic compound as an active material and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and comprising at least one first conducting salt which has the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
  • Publication number: 20220077494
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell, comprising: an active metal; at least one positive electrode; at least one negative electrode comprising an active material selected from the group consisting of an insertion material made of carbon, an alloy-forming active material, an intercalation material which does not comprise carbon, and a conversion active material; an SO2 based electrolyte comprising a first conducting salt which has the formula (I), wherein: M is a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are selected independently of one another from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z is aluminum or boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Manfred Rapp, Anna Urbanski
  • Publication number: 20220077511
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell having an active metal, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, a housing and an electrolyte, the positive electrode comprising at least one compound in the form of a layered oxide as an active material and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and comprising at least one first conducting salt which has the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Markus Borck
  • Publication number: 20220052333
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery cell has an electrolyte comprising a conducting salt. The electrolyte is based on SO2 and the positive electrode comprises an active material of the composition AxM?yM?z(XO4-mSn), wherein A is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a metal of group 12 of the periodic table or aluminum, preferably sodium, calcium, zinc, particularly preferably lithium. M? is at least one metal selected from a group consisting of titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc. M? is at least one metal selected from a group consisting of the metals of groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the periodic table. X is phosphorus or silicon. x is greater than 0. y is greater than 0. z is greater than or equal to 0. n is greater than 0 and m is less than or equal to n.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
  • Publication number: 20210104739
    Abstract: A rechargeable electrochemical battery cell with a housing, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte which contains SO2 and a conducting salt of the active metal of the cell, whereby at least one of the electrodes contains a binder chosen from the group: Binder A, which consists of a polymer, which is made of monomeric structural units of a conjugated carboxylic acid or of the alkali salt, earth alkali salt or ammonium salt of this conjugated carboxylic acid or a combination thereof or binder B which consists of a polymer based on monomeric styrene structural units or butadiene structural units or a mixture of binder A and B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Christian Pszolla, Laurent Zinck, Markus Borck, Claudia Wollfarth, Julia Thümmel, Heide Biollaz
  • Publication number: 20210036358
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an SO2-based electrolyte for a rechargeable battery cell containing at least one conducting salt of the Formula (I) wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements and aluminum; x is an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C1 alkenyl, C2-C1 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl, and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z is aluminum or boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla, Rebecca Busch