Patents by Inventor Robert Alan Huggins

Robert Alan Huggins 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: 9853318
    Abstract: An electrochemical device (e.g., a battery (cell)) including: an aqueous electrolyte and one or two electrodes (e.g., an anode and/or a cathode), one or both of which is a Prussian Blue analogue material of the general chemical formula AxP[R(CN)6?jLj]z.nH2O, where: A is a cation; P is a metal cation; R is a transition metal cation; L is a ligand that may be substituted in the place of a CN? ligand; 0?x?2; 0?z?1; and 0?n?5, the electrode including a polymer coating to reduce capacity loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Robert Alan Huggins
  • Patent number: 9130234
    Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus (e.g., a battery (cell)) including an aqueous electrolyte with electrode stabilizing additives and one or two electrodes (e.g., an anode and/or a cathode), one or both of which is a Prussian Blue analog material of the general chemical formula AxP[R(CN)6-jLj]z.nH2O, where: A is a cation; P is a metal cation; R is a transition metal cation, L is a ligand that may be substituted in the place of a CN? ligand; 0?x?2; 0?z?1; and 0?n?5 with the electrolyte including an additive to reduce capacity loss of the electrode(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Alveo Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Robert Alan Huggins
  • Patent number: 9123966
    Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus (e.g. a battery (cell)) including an aqueous electrolyte and one or two electrodes (e.g., an anode and/or a cathode), one or both of which includes a Prussian Blue analogue (PBA) material of the general chemical formula AxP[R(CN)6-jLj]z.nH2O, where: A is a cation; P is a metal cation; R is a transition metal cation; L is a ligand that may be substituted in the place of a CN? ligand; 0?x?2; 0?z?1; and 0?n?5, one or both electrodes including a PBA coating to decrease capacity loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Alveo Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Robert Alan Huggins
  • Publication number: 20140220392
    Abstract: A system and method producing electrodes in an aqueous electrolyte battery that maximizes energy storage, reduces electrochemical decomposition of the electrolyte, and uses Prussian Blue analogue materials for both electrodes, with an anode electrode including an electrochemically active hexacyanometalate group having two possible redox reactions of different potentials. These potentials may be tuned by substituting different electrochemically inactive components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ALVEO ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Robert Alan Huggins
  • Publication number: 20140127560
    Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus (e.g. a battery (cell)) including an aqueous electrolyte and one or two electrodes (e.g., an anode and/or a cathode), one or both of which includes a Prussian Blue analogue (PBA) material of the general chemical formula AxP[R(CN)6-jLj]z.nH2O, where: A is a cation; P is a metal cation; R is a transition metal cation; L is a ligand that may be substituted in the place of a CN? ligand; 0?x?2; 0?z?1; and 0?n?5, one or both electrodes including a PBA coating to decrease capacity loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: ALVEO ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Robert Alan Huggins
  • Publication number: 20140127591
    Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus (e.g., a battery (cell)) including an aqueous electrolyte with electrode stabilizing additives and one or two electrodes (e.g., an anode and/or a cathode), one or both of which is a Prussian Blue analogue material of the general chemical formula AxP[R(CN)6-jLj]z.nH2O, where: A is a cation; P is a metal cation; R is a transition metal cation, L is a ligand that may be substituted in the place of a CN? ligand; 0?x?2; 0?z?1; and 0?n?5 with the electrolyte including an additive to reduce capacity loss of the electrode(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Alveo Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Robert Alan Huggins
  • Publication number: 20140127592
    Abstract: An electrochemical device (e.g., a battery (cell)) including: an aqueous electrolyte and one or two electrodes (e.g., an anode and/or a cathode), one or both of which is a Prussian Blue analogue material of the general chemical formula AxP[R(CN)6-jLj]z.nH2O, where: A is a cation; P is a metal cation; R is a transition metal cation; L is a ligand that may be substituted in the place of a CN? ligand; 0?x?2; 0?z?1; and 0?n?5, the electrode including a polymer coating to reduce capacity loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: ALVEO ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Colin Deane Wessells, Robert Alan Huggins