Patents by Inventor Sky Van Atta

Sky Van Atta 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).

  • Methods of making cathodes for aluminum batteries
    Patent number: 10033030
    Abstract: Variations of the invention provide an improved aluminum battery consisting of an aluminum anode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a cathode comprising a metal oxide, a metal fluoride, a metal sulfide, or sulfur. The cathode can be fully reduced upon battery discharge via a multiple-electron reduction reaction. In some embodiments, the cathode materials are contained within the pore volume of a porous conductive carbon scaffold. Batteries provided by the invention have high active material specific energy densities and good cycling stabilities at a variety of operating temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: John J. Vajo, Adam F. Gross, Ping Liu, Jocelyn Hicks-Garner, Elena Sherman, Sky Van Atta
  • Cathode precursors for aluminum batteries and methods of making cathodes for aluminum batteries
    Patent number: 9425455
    Abstract: Variations of the invention provide an improved aluminum battery consisting of an aluminum anode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a cathode comprising a metal oxide, a metal fluoride, a metal sulfide, or sulfur. The cathode can be fully reduced upon battery discharge via a multiple-electron reduction reaction. In some embodiments, the cathode materials are contained within the pore volume of a porous conductive carbon scaffold. Batteries provided by the invention have high active material specific energy densities and good cycling stabilities at a variety of operating temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: John J. Vajo, Adam F. Gross, Ping Liu, Jocelyn Hicks-Garner, Elena Sherman, Sky Van Atta
  • Aluminum batteries comprising metal-oxide, metal-fluoride, metal-sulfide, or sulfur cathodes
    Patent number: 8715853
    Abstract: Variations of the invention provide an improved aluminum battery consisting of an aluminum anode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a cathode comprising a metal oxide, a metal fluoride, a metal sulfide, or sulfur. The cathode can be fully reduced upon battery discharge via a multiple-electron reduction reaction. In some embodiments, the cathode materials are contained within the pore volume of a porous conductive carbon scaffold. Batteries provided by the invention have high active material specific energy densities and good cycling stabilities at a variety of operating temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: John J. Vajo, Adam F. Gross, Ping Liu, Jocelyn Hicks-Garner, Elena Sherman, Sky Van Atta