Patents by Inventor Sean Barrett
Sean Barrett 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).
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Publication number: 20220216549Abstract: A metal air battery cell has a sealed pouch defined by a metallocene film and a gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer, and an electrochemical cell contained within the pouch. The metallocene film and gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer are sealed to each other and around the electrochemical cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Adam Weisenstein, William A. Garcia, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett, Melissa D. McIntyre
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Patent number: 11367914Abstract: A metal air battery cell has a sealed pouch defined by a metallocene film and a gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer, and an electrochemical cell contained within the pouch. The metallocene film and gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer are sealed to each other and around the electrochemical cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: ZAF ENERGY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATEDInventors: Adam Weisenstein, William A. Garcia, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett, Melissa D. McIntyre
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Publication number: 20220149465Abstract: A metal air battery cell has a sealed pouch defined by a metallocene film and a gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer, and an electrochemical cell contained within the pouch. The metallocene film and gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer are sealed to each other and around the electrochemical cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Adam Weisenstein, William A. Garcia, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett, Melissa D. McIntyre
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Patent number: 11329335Abstract: A metal air battery cell has a sealed pouch defined by a metallocene film and a gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer, and an electrochemical cell contained within the pouch. The metallocene film and gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer are sealed to each other and around the electrochemical cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: ZAF ENERGY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATEDInventors: Adam Weisenstein, William A. Garcia, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett, Melissa D. McIntyre
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Publication number: 20200373552Abstract: A method of making three-dimensional solid-state electrodes includes the steps of: providing a slurry of one or more active materials, a pore former and/or a solvent, a binder, and a conductive additive; casting the slurry to form a three-dimensional film; and drying, and removing the pore former from, the three-dimensional film to produce a three-dimensional structure characterized by a substantial number of pores having low tortuosity and having their longitudinal axes extend in substantially the same direction between upper and lower surfaces of the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Fabio ALBANO, Lawrence A RENNA, Sean BARRETT, John CHMIOLA
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Patent number: 10651445Abstract: An electrode assembly includes an electrode saturated with electrolyte, and one or more ionically conductive and electronically insulating cellulose acetate coatings forming a continuous and conformal film adhered to and encapsulating the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: ZAF Energy Systems, IncorporatedInventors: Sean Barrett, Adam Weisenstein, Cody R. Carter, William A. Garcia
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Patent number: 10637118Abstract: A metal-air battery cell includes an electrode assembly and a sealed pouch. The electrode assembly includes an air electrode, a negative electrode, a separator in contact with and disposed between the electrodes, and a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer in contact with a side of the air electrode opposite the separator. The pouch envelops the electrode assembly and contains an electrolyte therein. The pouch is defined by a gas permeable hydrophobic flexible layer in contact with the hydrophobic gas diffusion layer. The electrode assembly further includes a terminal extending from and away at least one of the electrodes, and through the pouch. Opposing sides of the pouch are sealed to each other and around the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: ZAF Energy Systems, IncorporatedInventors: Adam Weisenstein, Paula J. Kosted, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett, William A. Garcia
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Publication number: 20200067128Abstract: Solid state or bulk hybrid batteries comprising a plurality of composite electrodes with high loading of electrochemically-active materials, a dendrite-blocking separator placed between the anode and the cathode, a secondary phase between the electrochemically-active materials and the solid-state or hybrid electrolyte and methods thereof are disclosed. Methods of making and using the same are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: John Chmiola, Lawrence A Renna, Vincent Giordani, Sean Barrett, Sam Keene, Fabio Albano, Martin Welch
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Publication number: 20190345785Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are generally related to a method and apparatus for performing operations in subterranean wellbores. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a novel downhole tractor for use in a wellbore. The tractor includes a body and a plurality of wheels. The wheels are configured to convert rotation of the body into linear motion along the wellbore. In one embodiment, the tractor is hydraulically driven. Additionally, or alternatively, the tractor may be electrically driven. Optionally, rotation of a string of pipe interconnected to the tractor drives the tractor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: William W. Fleckenstein, Christopher Nordin Campbell, Sean H. Bell, Trevor Carson Antrim, Christian R. Peterson, Trevor Justin Thompson, Frederico Miguel Rosendo, Miller Kettle, John Kleckner, Henry York, Joshua Dakin, Tyler Mattson, Anthony Klecan, Jacob Hughes, Robert Brandenburg, Sean Barrett, Bradley Dethomas, Luke Haines, Blake Johnson, Spencer Jacobs
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Publication number: 20190273297Abstract: A metal-air battery cell includes an electrode assembly and a sealed pouch. The electrode assembly includes an air electrode, a negative electrode, a separator in contact with and disposed between the electrodes, and a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer in contact with a side of the air electrode opposite the separator. The pouch envelops the electrode assembly and contains an electrolyte therein. The pouch is defined by a gas permeable hydrophobic flexible layer in contact with the hydrophobic gas diffusion layer. The electrode assembly further includes a terminal extending from and away at least one of the electrodes, and through the pouch. Opposing sides of the pouch are sealed to each other and around the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Adam Weisenstein, Paula J. Kosted, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett, William A. Garcia
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Patent number: 10297889Abstract: A metal-air battery cell includes an electrode assembly and a sealed pouch. The electrode assembly includes an air electrode, a negative electrode, a separator in contact with and disposed between the electrodes, and a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer in contact with a side of the air electrode opposite the separator. The pouch envelops the electrode assembly and contains an electrolyte therein. The pouch is defined by a gas permeable hydrophobic flexible layer in contact with the hydrophobic gas diffusion layer, and a gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer in contact with the negative electrode. The electrode assembly further includes a terminal extending from and away at least one of the electrodes, and through the pouch. The layers of the pouch are sealed to each other and around the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: ZAF ENERGY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATEDInventors: Adam Weisenstein, Paula J. Kosted, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett
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Publication number: 20180212221Abstract: An electrode assembly includes an electrode saturated with electrolyte, and one or more ionically conductive and electronically insulating cellulose acetate coatings forming a continuous and conformal film adhered to and encapsulating the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Sean Barrett, Adam Weisenstein, Cody R. Carter, William A. Garcia
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Publication number: 20170346147Abstract: A metal-air battery cell includes an electrode assembly and a sealed pouch. The electrode assembly includes an air electrode, a negative electrode, a separator in contact with and disposed between the electrodes, and a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer in contact with a side of the air electrode opposite the separator. The pouch envelops the electrode assembly and contains an electrolyte therein. The pouch is defined by a gas permeable hydrophobic flexible layer in contact with the hydrophobic gas diffusion layer, and a gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer in contact with the negative electrode. The electrode assembly further includes a terminal extending from and away at least one of the electrodes, and through the pouch. The layers of the pouch are sealed to each other and around the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Adam Weisenstein, Paula J. Kosted, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett
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Publication number: 20080118201Abstract: A photonic interconnect method avoids high capacitance electric interconnects by using optical signals to communicate data between devices. The method can provide massively parallel information output by mapping logical addresses to frequency bands, so that modulation of a selected frequency band can encode information for a specific location corresponding to the logical address. Wavelength-specific directional couplers, modulators, and detectors, which can be fabricated at defects in a photonic bandgap crystal, can be employed for the photonic interconnect method. The interconnect method can be used for both classical and quantum information processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: May 22, 2008Inventors: Raymond Beausoleil, Philip Kuekes, William Munro, Timothy Spiller, R. Williams, Sean Barrett
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Publication number: 20080112665Abstract: A photonic interconnect system avoids high capacitance electric interconnects by using optical signals to communicate data between devices. The system can provide massively parallel information output by mapping logical addresses to frequency bands, so that modulation of a selected frequency band can encode information for a specific location corresponding to the logical address. Wavelength-specific directional couplers, modulators, and detectors for the photonic interconnect system can be efficiently fabricated at defects in a photonic bandgap crystal. The interconnect system can be used for both classical and quantum information processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Raymond Beausoleil, Philip Kuekes, William Munro, Timothy Spiller, R. Williams, Sean Barrett
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Publication number: 20080112703Abstract: A photonic interconnect system avoids high capacitance electric interconnects by using optical signals to communicate data between devices. The system can provide massively parallel information output by mapping logical addresses to frequency bands, so that modulation of a selected frequency band can encode information for a specific location corresponding to the logical address. The system comprises a first device containing a plurality of locations that are separately accessible and a plurality of optical decoders respectively associated with the locations; a second device that generates a logical address identifying a selected one of the locations in the first device; a converter capable of activating each of a plurality of components of an optical signal; and an optical path from the converter to each of the locations. The system can be used for both classical and quantum information processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Raymond Beausoleil, Philip Kuekes, William Munro, Timothy Spiller, R. Williams, Sean Barrett
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Publication number: 20070272498Abstract: A disc brake caliper assembly is provided including a support bracket, a pair of slide pins, and a caliper body. The support bracket includes an inboard rail and an outboard rail. The inboard rail defines a pair of engagement bores. The pair of slide pins engage the pair of engagement bores. The caliper body slidably engages the pair of slide pins. The caliper body includes an inboard portion and an outboard portion. The inboard and outboard portions balance each other such that the caliper body has a center of gravity that is substantially axially aligned with the location of engagement between the slide pins and the engagement bores.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2007Publication date: November 29, 2007Applicant: Akebono Corporation (North America)Inventors: Sean Barrett, Philip Jedele
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Publication number: 20070252081Abstract: We propose a practical method to generate cluster states for quantum computers. The qubit systems can be NV-centers in diamond, Pauli-blockade quantum dots with an excess electron or ion traps with optical transitions, which are subsequently entangled using a so-called double-heralded single-photon detection scheme. The fidelity of the resulting entanglement is extremely robust against the most important practical errors such as detector loss, light collection efficiency and mode mismatching. The cluster states are generated efficiently using a modified probabilistic teleportation protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2005Publication date: November 1, 2007Inventors: William Munro, Timothy Spiller, Sean Barrett, Pieter Kok
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Publication number: 20070250280Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods for determining a phase shift acquired by an entangled N-qubit system represented by a NOON state. In one embodiment, a probe electromagnetic field is coupled with each qubit system. The phase shift acquired by the qubit systems is transferred to the probe electromagnetic field by transforming each qubit-system state into a linear superposition of qubit basis states. An intensity measurement is performed on the probe electromagnetic field in order to obtain a corresponding measurement result. A counter associated with a measurement-result interval is incremented, based on the measurement result falling within the measurement-result interval. A frequency distribution is produced by normalizing the counter associated with each measurement-result interval for a number of trials.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2006Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Raymond Beausoleil, William Munro, Timothy Spiller, Pieter Kok, Sean Barrett, Kae Nemoto
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Patent number: D661184Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Sean Barrett, Cole Wright Johnston