Patents by Inventor Michael Edward Badding

Michael Edward Badding 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).

  • MANUFACTURING LINE, PROCESS, AND SINTERED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20210031406
    Abstract: A manufacturing line includes a tape of green material that is directed through a furnace so that the furnace burns off organic binder material and then partially sinters the tape without the use of a setter board. Sintered articles resulting from the manufacturing line may be thin with relatively large surface areas; and, while substantially unpolished, have few sintering-induced surface defects. Tension may be applied to the partially sintered tape as it passes through a second furnace on the manufacturing line to shape resulting sintered articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
  • ENERGY DEVICE WITH LITHIUM
    Publication number: 20210020932
    Abstract: An energy device has an electrode including lithium cobaltite (LCO) grains, where the LCO grains are sintered to one another forming a self-supporting sheet with porous passages. The porous passages wind and branch through the sheet. The energy device further includes a solid electrolyte comprising lithium phosphosulfide (LPS) overlaying a major surface of the sheet and extending into the porous passages. The sheet serves as mechanical support for the solid electrolyte, allowing for high temperature joining of the LPS to the LCO without binder in the LPS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Ryan David Bayliss, Jennifer Anella Heine, Cameron Wayne Tanner
  • Manufacturing line, process, and sintered article
    Patent number: 10875212
    Abstract: A manufacturing line includes a tape of green material that is directed through a furnace so that the furnace burns off organic binder material and then partially sinters the tape without the use of a setter board. Sintered articles resulting from the manufacturing line may be thin with relatively large surface areas; and, while substantially unpolished, have few sintering-induced surface defects. Tension may be applied to the partially sintered tape as it passes through a second furnace on the manufacturing line to shape resulting sintered articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Micromachined electrolyte sheet
    Patent number: 10854918
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to ceramic lithium ion electrolyte membranes and processes for forming them. The ceramic lithium electrolyte membrane may comprise at least one ablative edge. Exemplary processes for forming the ceramic lithium ion electrolyte membranes comprise fabricating a lithium ion electrolyte sheet and cutting at least one edge of the fabricated electrolyte sheet with an ablative laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Indrajit Dutta, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Xinghua Li
  • MODIFIED CATHODES FOR SOLID-STATE LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200365897
    Abstract: A lithium-sulfur battery includes: a substrate; a composite cathode disposed on the substrate; a solid-state electrolyte disposed on the composite cathode; and a lithium anode disposed on the solid-state electrolyte, such that the composite cathode comprises: active elemental sulfur, conductive carbon, sulfide electrolyte, and ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Jun Jin, Zhen Song, Qing Wang, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu
  • MANUFACTURING LINE, PROCESS, AND SINTERED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20200346367
    Abstract: A manufacturing line includes a tape of green material that is directed through a furnace so that the furnace burns off organic binder material and then partially sinters the tape without the use of a setter board. Sintered articles resulting from the manufacturing line may be thin with relatively large surface areas; and, while substantially unpolished, have few sintering-induced surface defects. Tension may be applied to the partially sintered tape as it passes through a second furnace on the manufacturing line to shape resulting sintered articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Manufacturing line, process, and sintered article
    Patent number: 10766165
    Abstract: A manufacturing line includes a tape of green material that is directed through a furnace so that the furnace burns off organic binder material and then partially sinters the tape without the use of a setter board. Sintered articles resulting from the manufacturing line may be thin with relatively large surface areas; and, while substantially unpolished, have few sintering-induced surface defects. Tension may be applied to the partially sintered tape as it passes through a second furnace on the manufacturing line to shape resulting sintered articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Timothy Joseph Curry, Roman E Hurny, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, John Albert Olenick, Kathleen Ritter Olenick, Jeremy Paananen, Thomas Silverblatt, Dell Joseph St Julien, Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Nathan Michael Zink
  • SINTERED ELECTRODES FOR BATTERIES AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME
    Publication number: 20200266442
    Abstract: A sintered electrode for a battery, the sintered electrode having a first surface positioned to face a current collector and a second surface positioned to face an electrolyte layer, such that the sintered electrode includes: a chalcogenide compound having at least one of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal; such that the sintered electrode has a thickness between the first surface and the second surface of 2 ?m to 100 ?m; and such that the sintered electrode has an open porosity of from 0.1% to 30%. A cathode for a battery, includes: a sintered electrode having a first surface and a second surface; such that the sintered electrode: has a thickness between the first surface and the second surface in a range of 2 ?m to 100 ?m, has a cross-sectional area of at least 3 cm2, and is a substrate of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Ryan David Bayliss, Jennifer Anella Heine, Cameron Wayne Tanner
  • Phosphate-garnet solid electrolyte structure
    Patent number: 10593998
    Abstract: A composite electrolyte tri-layer structure, including a first layer having a first ceramic electrolyte, where the first electrolyte is stable against contact with lithium metal, a second layer having a second ceramic electrolyte, where the second electrolyte is stable against aqueous contact, and a third layer having a third non-aqueous electrolyte interposed between the first layer and second layer, wherein the first electrolyte, the second electrolyte, and the third electrolyte each have a different relative chemical stability. Also disclosed is a method of making and using the tri-layer structure, and an energy storage article or device incorporating at least one of the tri-layer structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Paul Oakley Johnson, Xinyuan Liu
  • Electrolyte for a solid-state battery
    Patent number: 10581115
    Abstract: Electrolyte for a solid-state battery includes a body having grains of inorganic material sintered to one another, where the grains include lithium. The body is thin, has little porosity by volume, and has high ionic conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Jennifer Anella Heine, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Zhen Song, Cameron Wayne Tanner, Conor James Walsh
  • MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, PROCESS, ARTICLE, AND FURNACE
    Publication number: 20200031014
    Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a tape advancing through the manufacturing system and a station of the manufacturing system. The tape includes a first portion having grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder. The station of the manufacturing system receives the first portion of the tape and prepares the tape for sintering by chemically changing the organic binder and/or removing the organic binder from the first portion of the tape, leaving the grains of the inorganic material, to form a second portion of the tape and, at least in part, prepare the tape for sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Dale Charles Marshall, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Emmanuel Chima Okpara, Conor James Walsh
  • ELECTROLYTE FOR A SOLID-STATE BATTERY
    Publication number: 20190363398
    Abstract: Electrolyte for a solid-state battery includes a body having grains of inorganic material sintered to one another, where the grains include lithium. The body is thin, has little porosity by volume, and has high ionic conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Curtis Robert Fekety, Tricia Anne Harnas, Yanxia Ann Lu, Ying Shi, Zhen Song
  • Manufacturing system, process, article, and furnace
    Patent number: 10486332
    Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a tape advancing through the manufacturing system and a station of the manufacturing system. The tape includes a first portion having grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder. The station of the manufacturing system receives the first portion of the tape and prepares the tape for sintering by chemically changing the organic binder and/or removing the organic binder from the first portion of the tape, leaving the grains of the inorganic material, to form a second portion of the tape and, at least in part, prepare the tape for sintering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Dale Charles Marshall, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Emmanuel Chima Okpara, Conor James Walsh
  • REACTIVE SINTERING OF CERAMIC LITHIUM-ION SOLID ELECTROLYTES
    Publication number: 20190348706
    Abstract: A method of forming a solid, dense, hermetic lithium-ion electrolyte membrane comprises combing an amorphous, glassy, or low melting temperature solid reactant with a refractory oxide reactant to form a mixture, casting the mixture to form a green body, and sintering the green body to form a solid membrane. The resulting electrolyte membranes can be incorporated into lithium-ion batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Michael Edward Badding, George Halsey Beall, Curtis Robert Fekety, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Robert Michael Morena, Zhen Song
  • Reactive sintering of ceramic lithium-ion solid electrolytes
    Patent number: 10411288
    Abstract: A method of forming a solid, dense, hermetic lithium-ion electrolyte membrane comprises combing an amorphous, glassy, or low melting temperature solid reactant with a refractory oxide reactant to form a mixture, casting the mixture to form a green body, and sintering the green body to form a solid membrane. The resulting electrolyte membranes can be incorporated into lithium-ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Michael Edward Badding, George Halsey Beall, Curtis Robert Fekety, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Robert Michael Morena, Zhen Song
  • Lithium-ion conductive garnet and method of making membranes thereof
    Patent number: 10396396
    Abstract: A gallium doped garnet composition of the formula: Li7?3yLa3Zr2GayO12 where y is from 0.4 to 2.0, and as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for making a dense Li-ion conductive cubic garnet membrane, comprising one of two alternative lower temperature routes, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Curtis Robert Fekety, Tricia Anne Harnas, Yanxia Ann Lu, Ying Shi, Zhen Song
  • MICROMACHINED ELECTROLYTE SHEET
    Publication number: 20190221885
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to ceramic lithium ion electrolyte membranes and processes for forming them. The ceramic lithium electrolyte membrane may comprise at least one ablative edge. Exemplary processes for forming the ceramic lithium ion electrolyte membranes comprise fabricating a lithium ion electrolyte sheet and cutting at least one edge of the fabricated electrolyte sheet with an ablative laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Indrajit Dutta, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Xinghua Li
  • ELECTROLYTE FOR A SOLID-STATE BATTERY
    Publication number: 20190207252
    Abstract: Electrolyte for a solid-state battery includes a body having grains of inorganic material sintered to one another, where the grains include lithium. The body is thin, has little porosity by volume, and has high ionic conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Jennifer Anella Heine, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Zhen Song, Cameron Wayne Tanner, Conor James Walsh
  • STABILIZED SOLID GARNET ELECTROLYTE AND METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190148770
    Abstract: An air stable solid garnet composition, comprising: a bulk composition and a surface protonated composition on at least a portion of the bulk composition as defined herein, and the protonated surface composition is present on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the bulk composition at a thickness of from 0.1 to 10,000 nm. Also disclosed is a composite electrolyte structure, and methods of making and using the composition and the composite electrolyte structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu
  • Micromachined electrolyte sheet
    Patent number: 10283811
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to ceramic lithium ion electrolyte membranes and processes for forming them. The ceramic lithium electrolyte membrane may comprise at least one ablative edge. Exemplary processes for forming the ceramic lithium ion electrolyte membranes comprise fabricating a lithium ion electrolyte sheet and cutting at least one edge of the fabricated electrolyte sheet with an ablative laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Indrajit Dutta, Lanrik Kester, Xinghua Li