Patents by Inventor Milton Neal Golovin

Milton Neal Golovin 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).

  • Method for removing acidic impurities in a solid electrolyte
    Patent number: 6361902
    Abstract: A method for removing HF from a solid electrolyte using alumina is disclosed. The solid electrolyte contains a polymeric matrix, a salt, a solvent, and a toughening agent. The toughening agent may include alumina, silica, zeolite, and metal oxides (e.g., calcium oxide and magnesium oxide), and mixtures thereof. The toughening agent acts as a drying agent to remove excess solvent in the electrolyte. The solid electrolytes have improved mechanical strength and adherence to the anode and cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Valence Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Brodd, Benjamin Chaloner-Gill, Milton Neal Golovin, Mark Isaacson, Joseph Lundquist
  • Method for making metal-air electrode with water soluble catalyst precursors
    Patent number: 6291090
    Abstract: A bifunctional air electrode for a rechargeable metal-air cell is made with water soluble oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution catalyst precursors. The resulting air electrode exhibits greater power output than a conventional air electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: AER Energy Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Irena Kuznetsov, Milton Neal Golovin
  • Solid electrolytes containing toughening agents and electrolytic cells produced therefrom
    Patent number: 6156458
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte containing a polymeric matrix, a salt, a solvent, and a toughening agent, is provided. The toughening agent may include alumina, silica, zeolite, and metal oxides (e.g., calcium oxide and magnesium oxide), and mixtures thereof. The toughening agent acts as a drying agent to remove excess solvent in the electrolyte. The solid electrolyte have improved mechanical strength and adherence to the anode and cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Valence Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Brodd, Benjamin Chaloner-Gill, Milton Neal Golovin, Mark Isaacson, Joseph Lundquist
  • Recharge catalyst with thin film carbon coating, metal-air electrode including said catalyst and methods for making said catalyst and electrode
    Patent number: 6069107
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for use in a rechargeable metal-air electrochemical cell comprises an oxygen evolution catalyst coated with a thin film deposition of carbon. This catalyst is useful to make an air electrode which produces more power in a metal-air cell then a metal-air cell having oxygen evolution catalyst without the thin carbon film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: AER Energy Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Irena Kuznetsov, Milton Neal Golovin
  • Membrane for selective transport of oxygen over water vapor and metal-air electrochemical cell including said membrane
    Patent number: 5985475
    Abstract: A permeable membrane comprising a gas permeable substrate film and a layer of a polymeric perfluoro compound on the substrate exhibits selective transport of oxygen over water vapor and a metal-air electrochemical cell comprising such a membrane has enhanced control over its water content. Suitable polymeric perfluoro compounds include perfluoropolyalkylene oxides such as polyperfluoropropylene oxide or polyperfluoropropylene oxide co-perfluoroformaldehyde. The polymeric perfluoro compound layer is desirably crosslinked to form a thin layer on the substrate film or to form a self-supporting membrane. A suitable substrate film is a microporous polymer membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: AER Energy Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Reynolds, Daniel John Brose, Milton Neal Golovin
  • Metal-air electrochemical cell with oxygen reservoir
    Patent number: 5733677
    Abstract: A metal-air electrochemical cell comprising an oxygen reservoir disposed in an air plenum adjacent the air cathode. The oxygen reservoir includes an oxygen binding compound characterized in that the oxygen binding compound reversibly binds oxygen and releases oxygen into the air in the air plenum to power the cell when the partial pressure of oxygen in the air plenum drops due to a load on the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: AER Energy Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Milton Neal Golovin, Thomas Alan Reynolds, Daniel John Brose