Patents by Inventor Martin Steinbild

Martin Steinbild 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: 11101507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recovering lithium from lithium-sulfur accumulators, wherein the accumulators are discharged, shredded, and pre-cleaned by sieves or screens to separate housing and electricity collector parts, the remaining material is dispersed in an aqueous medium, resulting in formation of a lithium sulfide containing solution from which insoluble components are removed by filtration, and the electrolyte is removed by phase separation, followed by a process for separation of the lithium from the lithium sulfide-containing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Marc-Christian Müller, Sebastian Pietzner, Hannes Vitze, Vera Nickel, Martin Steinbild, Johannes Willems
  • Patent number: 10711326
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from the lithium manganese oxide-containing fraction of used galvanic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Albemarle Germany GmbH
    Inventors: David Wohlgemuth, Mark Andre Schneider, Rebecca Spielau, Johannes Willems, Martin Steinbild, Norbert Kliehm
  • Publication number: 20190348723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recovering lithium from lithium-sulfur accumulators, wherein the accumulators are discharged, shredded, and pre-cleaned by sieves or screens to separate housing and electricity collector parts, the remaining material is dispersed in an aqueous medium, resulting in formation of a lithium sulfide containing solution from which insoluble components are removed by filtration, and the electrolyte is removed by phase separation, followed by a process for separation of the lithium from the lithium sulfide-containing solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Marc-Christian Müller, Sebastian Pietzner, Hannes Vitze, Vera Nickel, Martin Steinbild, Johannes Willems
  • Publication number: 20170317391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering lithium from lithium-sulfur accumulators, wherein the accumulators are discharged, shredded, and pre-cleaned by sieves or screens to separate housing and electricity collector parts, the remaining material is dispersed in an aqueous medium, the insoluble components are removed by filtration and the electrolyte by phase separation, followed by a method for separating the lithium from the remaining filtrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Marc-Christian Müller, Sebastian Pietzner, Hannes Vitze, Vera Nickel, Martin Steinbild, Johannes Willems
  • Patent number: 9702024
    Abstract: A method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from a lithium transition metal oxide containing fraction of used galvanic cells is disclosed. According to the method, the lithium transition metal oxide containing fraction is introduced into sulphuric acid or hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen peroxide is added in an amount that is at least stoichiometric relative to the transition metal content to be reduced of the lithium transition metal oxide-containing fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwood Lithium GmbH
    Inventors: David Wohlgemuth, Mark Andre Schneider, Rebecca Spielau, Johannes Willems, Martin Steinbild
  • Patent number: 9677153
    Abstract: A method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from the fraction of used galvanic cells containing lithium, iron and phosphate is disclosed. According to the method, lithium-iron-phosphate-containing fraction is introduced into sulfuric acid and/or hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen peroxide is added in an amount that is at least stoichiometric relative to the iron content to be oxidized of the lithium-iron-phosphate-containing fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwood Lithium GmbH
    Inventors: David Wohlgemuth, Mark Andre Schneider, Rebecca Spielau, Johannes Willems, Martin Steinbild
  • Publication number: 20150267277
    Abstract: A method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from the fraction of used galvanic cells containing lithium, iron and phosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: David Wohlgemuth, Mark Andre Schneider, Rebecca Spielau, Johannes Willems, Martin Steinbild
  • Publication number: 20150267278
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from the lithium manganese oxide-containing fraction of used galvanic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: David Wohlgemuth, Mark Andre Scheider, Rebecca Spielau, Johannes Willems, Martin Steinbild, Norbert Kliehm
  • Publication number: 20150247216
    Abstract: A method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from a lithium transition metal oxide-containing fraction of used galvanic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: David Wohlgemuth, Mark Andre Schneider, Rebecca Spielau, Johannes Willems, Martin Steinbild
  • Patent number: 8956991
    Abstract: A concentrated solution of mixed alkaline-earth alkoxide compounds M(OCH2R6)2-x(OR7)x and an aluminum compound Al(OCH2R6)3-y(OR7)y, in aprotic solvents, wherein M is an alkaline-earth metal selected from among Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr; OCH2R6 is an alkoxide group comprising at least 3 and at most 40 C atoms and having a branch at the 2-position relative to the O-function, in other words R6 is CHR8R9, wherein R8, R9 are alkyl groups C1-C18 independently of each other; R7 is an alkyl group having 2-15 C atoms that is either linear or has a branch at ?the 3-position; and the sum of x and y is a number between 0.01 and 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Wietelmann, Ute Emmel, Jens Röder, Martin Steinbild, Kay Papstein
  • Publication number: 20120149553
    Abstract: A concentrated solution of mixed alkaline-earth alkoxide compounds M(OCH2R6)2-x(OR7)x and an aluminum compound Al(OCH2R6)3-y(OR7)y, in aprotic solvents, wherein M is an alkaline-earth metal selected from among Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr; OCH2R6 is an alkoxide group comprising at least 3 and at most 40 C atoms and having a branch at the 2-position relative to the O-function, in other words R6 is CHR8R9, wherein R8, R9 are alkyl groups C1-C18 independently of each other; R7 is an alkyl group having 2-15 C atoms that is either linear or has a branch at ?the 3-position; and the sum of x and y is a number between 0.01 and 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Ulrich Wietelmann, Ute Emmel, Jens Röder, Martin Steinbild, Kay Papstein