Patents by Inventor Simon Berners Hall

Simon Berners Hall 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS, ZINC ELECTRODES, BATTERIES AND THEIR METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20150207139
    Abstract: A composition, method of its preparation, and zinc electrodes comprising the composition as the active mass, for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells with enhanced cycle life is described. The electrode active mass comprises a source of electrochemically active zinc and at least one fatty acid or a salt, ester or derivative thereof, or an alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt ester or derivative thereof. The zinc electrode is assumed to exhibit low shape change and decreased dendrite formation compared to known zinc electrodes, resulting in electrochemical cells which have improved capacity retention over a number of charge/discharge cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Simon Berners HALL, Jinrong Liu
  • Battery zinc electrode composition
    Patent number: 8361655
    Abstract: A composition, method of its preparation, and zinc electrodes comprising the composition as the active mass, for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells with enhanced cycle life is described. The electrode active mass comprises a source of electrochemically active zinc and at least one fatty acid or a salt, ester or derivative thereof, or an alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt ester or derivative thereof. The zinc electrode is assumed to exhibit low shape change and decreased dendrite formation compared to known zinc electrodes, resulting in electrochemical cells which have improved capacity retention over a number of charge/discharge cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Anzode, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Berners Hall, Jinrong Liu
  • Compositions, zinc electrodes, batteries and their methods of manufacture
    Publication number: 20110012055
    Abstract: A composition, method of its preparation, and zinc electrodes comprising the composition as the active mass, for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells with enhanced cycle life is described. The electrode active mass comprises a source of electrochemically active zinc and at least one fatty acid or a salt, ester or derivative thereof, or an alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt ester or derivative thereof. The zinc electrode is assumed to exhibit low shape change and decreased dendrite formation compared to known zinc electrodes, resulting in electrochemical cells which have improved capacity retention over a number of charge/discharge cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Anzode, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Berners Hall, Jinrong Liu
  • Method of making zinc electrode including a fatty acid
    Patent number: 7811704
    Abstract: A composition, method of its preparation, and zinc electrodes comprising the composition as the active mass, for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells with enhanced cycle life is described. The electrode active mass comprises a source of electrochemically active zinc and at least one fatty acid or a salt, ester or derivative thereof, or an alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt ester or derivative thereof. The zinc electrode is assumed to exhibit low shape change and decreased dendrite formation compared to known zinc electrodes, resulting in electrochemical cells which have improved capacity retention over a number of charge/discharge cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Massey University
    Inventors: Simon Berners Hall, Jinrong Liu
  • POLYMER FILAMENTS
    Publication number: 20090014920
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymer filaments and methods for their production. In particular, although not exclusively, the invention relates to conducting polymer filaments and their production from solutions of polymerisable oxidizable monomer units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: MASSEY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Warwick John Belcher, Alan Graham MacDiarmid, David Leslie Officer, Simon Berners Hall