Patents by Inventor Perry N. Motsegood

Perry N. Motsegood 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).

  • Consumable anode and anode assembly for electrolytic reduction of metal oxides
    Patent number: 10106903
    Abstract: An anode assembly is provided having a pair of channels; anodes in slidable communication with the channels; conduit to direct carrier gas to the anode; and conduit to remove reaction gas from the anode. Also provided is a method for continuously feeding anodes into a electrolytic bath, the method having the steps of stacking the anodes such that all of the anodes reside in the same plane and wherein the stack includes a bottom anode; contacting the bottom anode with the electrolytic bath for a time and at a current sufficient to cause the bottom anode to be consumed during an electrolytic process; using gravity to replace the bottom anode with other anodes defining the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Perry N. Motsegood, James L. Willit, Mark A. Williamson, Stanley G. Wiedmeyer, Eugene R. Koehl
  • CONSUMABLE ANODE AND ANODE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION OF METAL OXIDES
    Publication number: 20170260635
    Abstract: An anode assembly is provided having a pair of channels; anodes in slidable communication with the channels; conduit to direct carrier gas to the anode; and conduit to remove reaction gas from the anode. Also provided is a method for continuously feeding anodes into a electrolytic bath, the method having the steps of stacking the anodes such that all of the anodes reside in the same plane and wherein the stack includes a bottom anode; contacting the bottom anode with the electrolytic bath for a time and at a current sufficient to cause the bottom anode to be consumed during an electrolytic process; using gravity to replace the bottom anode with other anodes defining the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Perry N. Motsegood, James L. Willit, Mark A. Williamson, Stanley G. Wiedmeyer, Eugene R. Koehl