Patents by Inventor Robert L. HIGGINS, JR.

Robert L. HIGGINS, JR. 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).

  • Alkali metal halide cells
    Patent number: 9893383
    Abstract: An improved alkali metal halide cell including an anode module having at least (i) one planar module including a porous assembly and (ii) that encloses an active anode material in an anode reservoir; and a cathode having active cathode material; where the porous assembly is coated with a thin ion-conducting layer that separates the active anode material enclosed within the anode module from the cathode material, and the anode and cathode are contained in a housing having one or more compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Eric R. Raub, Larry A. Addington, James A. Degruson, Robert L. Higgins, Jr., Daniel L. Maxwell
  • ALKALI METAL HALIDE CELLS
    Publication number: 20150263388
    Abstract: An improved alkali metal halide cell including an anode module having at least (i) one planar module including a porous assembly and (ii) that encloses an active anode material in an anode reservoir; and a cathode having active cathode material; where the porous assembly is coated with a thin ion-conducting layer that separates the active anode material enclosed within the anode module from the cathode material, and the anode and cathode are contained in a housing having one or more compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Eric R. RAUB, Larry A. ADDINGTON, James A. DEGRUSON, Robert L. HIGGINS, JR., Daniel L. MAXWELL