Patents by Inventor LOTHAR STEFFENS

LOTHAR STEFFENS 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).

  • COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL STORAGE
    Publication number: 20110177393
    Abstract: Composite materials and methods of forming composite materials are provided. The composite materials described herein can be utilized as an electrode material for a battery. In certain embodiments, the composite material includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight silicon particles, and greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of one or more types of carbon phases. At least one of the one or more types of carbon phases can be a substantially continuous phase. The method of forming a composite material can include providing a mixture that includes a precursor and silicon particles, and pyrolysing the precursor to convert the precursor into one or more types of carbon phases to form the composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: BENJAMIN PARK, ALEXANDER GORKOVENKO, RABIH ZAOUK, WILLIAM SCHANK, GENIS TURON TEIXIDOR, LOTHAR STEFFENS