Patents by Inventor Peter Tennessen

Peter Tennessen 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: 9627704
    Abstract: A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell Cole, Rick Winter, Jonathan Hall, Pallavi Pharkya, Gerardo Jose la O', Lauren W. Hart, Paul Kreiner, Peter Tennessen
  • Patent number: 9577227
    Abstract: A method includes: assembling a thermal-exchange tube in a module housing for an energy storage pack; assembling cells in the module housing, wherein the thermal-exchange tube runs between rows of the cells; applying an adhesive that affixes the cells and the thermal-exchange tube to the module housing; curing a first portion of the adhesive by radiation, wherein a second portion of the adhesive is shielded from the radiation by the cells or the thermal-exchange tube; and curing at least the second portion of the adhesive by a chemical cure mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Sumpf, Ernest Villanueva, David E. Hegeman, Satvik Vipin Batavia, Ganesh Singh, Alex Prilutsky, Scott I. Kohn, Bruce P. Edwards, Peter Tennessen
  • Patent number: 9490496
    Abstract: A flow battery reservoir includes a reservoir housing, an electrolyte inlet configured to provide an electrolyte mixture containing a liquid metal-halide electrolyte solution and a complexed halogen phase at or toward a stagnant zone in a lower portion of the reservoir, and an electrolyte outlet configured to outlet the liquid metal-halide solution from the reservoir. The electrolyte outlet is positioned such that in use the liquid metal-halide solution flows upward against the force of gravity to reach the electrolyte outlet while the complexed halogen phase settles in the stagnant zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Jonathan Hall, Russell Cole, Paul Kreiner
  • Patent number: 9130217
    Abstract: A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell Cole, Rick Winter, Jonathan Hall, Pallavi Pharkya, Gerardo Jose la O', Lauren Wessel Hart, Paul Kreiner, Peter Tennessen
  • Publication number: 20150147666
    Abstract: A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Russell Cole, Rick Winter, Jonathan Hall, Pallavi Pharkya, Gerardo Jose la O', Lauren W. Hart, Paul Kreiner, Peter Tennessen
  • Publication number: 20150111082
    Abstract: A method includes: assembling a thermal-exchange tube in a module housing for an energy storage pack; assembling cells in the module housing, wherein the thermal-exchange tube runs between rows of the cells; applying an adhesive that affixes the cells and the thermal-exchange tube to the module housing; curing a first portion of the adhesive by radiation, wherein a second portion of the adhesive is shielded from the radiation by the cells or the thermal-exchange tube; and curing at least the second portion of the adhesive by a chemical cure mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Sumpf, Ernest Villanueva, David E. Hegeman, Satvik Vipin Batavia, Ganesh Singh, Alex Prilutsky, Scott I. Kohn, Bruce P. Edwards, Peter Tennessen
  • Patent number: 8945739
    Abstract: A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Cole, Rick Winter, Jonathan Hall, Pallavi Pharkya, Gerardo Jose la O', Lauren W. Hart, Paul Kreiner, Peter Tennessen
  • Patent number: 8933701
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Alisa Peterson, Paul Kreiner, Lauren Wessel Hart, Ryan Larsen, Jonathan Hall
  • Patent number: 8928327
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Alissa Peterson, Paul Kreiner, Lauren Wessel Hart, Ryan Larsen, Jonathan Hall
  • Publication number: 20140308547
    Abstract: A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Cole, Rick Winter, Jonathan Hall, Pallavi Pharkya, Gerardo Jose la O', Lauren W. Hart, Paul Kreiner, Peter Tennessen
  • Publication number: 20140255734
    Abstract: A flow battery reservoir includes a reservoir housing, an electrolyte inlet configured to provide an electrolyte mixture containing a liquid metal-halide electrolyte solution and a complexed halogen phase at or toward a stagnant zone in a lower portion of the reservoir, and an electrolyte outlet configured to outlet the liquid metal-halide solution from the reservoir. The electrolyte outlet is positioned such that in use the liquid metal-halide solution flows upward against the force of gravity to reach the electrolyte outlet while the complexed halogen phase settles in the stagnant zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Jonathan Hall, Russell Cole, Paul Kreiner
  • Publication number: 20140152314
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Alisa Peterson, Paul Kreiner, Lauren Wessel Hart, Ryan Larsen, Jonathan Hall
  • Publication number: 20140139228
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Alissa Peterson, Paul Kreiner, Lauren Wessel Hart, Ryan Larsen, Jonathan Hall
  • Publication number: 20130266829
    Abstract: A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell Cole, Rick Winter, Jonathan Hall, Pallavi Pharkya, Gerardo Jose la O', Lauren Wessel Hart, Paul Kreiner, Peter Tennessen
  • Patent number: 8113316
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scaffolding and worktable apparatus with pivotally connected end legs, and in particular, to an apparatus that can be modified from a scaffold to a worktable by rotating collapsible end legs from a first position to a second position and an apparatus that can also be stored or used in a flattened configuration by rotating the end legs to a third stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventors: Kurt Sward, Rick Ellison, Brian Clemens, Peter Tennessen, Austen He
  • Publication number: 20070261916
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scaffolding and worktable apparatus with pivotally connected end legs, and in particular, to an apparatus that can be modified from a scaffold to a worktable by rotating collapsible end legs from a first position to a second position and an apparatus that can also be stored or used in a flattened configuration by rotating the end legs to a third stored position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Kurt Sward, Rick Ellison, Brian Clemens, Peter Tennessen, Austen He