Patents by Inventor Stephen Buckingham
Stephen Buckingham 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: 20230074427Abstract: Described are aluminum alloy products and methods of making aluminum alloy products in which the aluminum alloy products have carefully controlled intermetallic particle density and particle size. Such aluminum alloy products may exhibit favorable formability. Control over intermetallic particle size and density may allow for use of high amounts of recycled source content in aluminum alloy products.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Daehoon Kang, Kyle David Dasch, Mitchell Glenn Roux, John Min Ho, Sazol Kumar Das, Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty, Dewei Zhu, Stephen Buckingham, Amanda Owens
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Publication number: 20230077017Abstract: Described are methods of treating surfaces of metal alloy substrates and associated metal alloy products. The methods may include providing an aluminum alloy product having a bulk and a surface and scanning abeam of high energy across the surface. The method may further include applying a liquid layer onto the surface prior to scanning a beam of high energy. The beam of high energy may interact with the surface and/or the liquid layer to form a treated surface. The beam of high energy may interact with the surface and/or the liquid layer to physically modify the at least a portion of the aluminum alloy product to form a treated sub-surface layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Alp Manavbasi, Stephen Buckingham, Brian Matthew Walczak, Thomas Beck, Theresa Elizabeth MacFarlane, Lasitha Cumaranatunge, Samuel Robert Wagstaff, John Min Ho
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Patent number: 11043719Abstract: A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Sakti3, Inc.Inventors: Hyoncheol Kim, Marc Langlois, Myoungdo Chung, Ann Marie Sastry, Yen-Hung Chen, Stephen Buckingham
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Patent number: 11011795Abstract: A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Sakti3, Inc.Inventors: Hyoncheol Kim, Marc Langlois, Myoungdo Chung, Ann Marie Sastry, Yen-Hung Chen, Stephen Buckingham
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Patent number: 10497984Abstract: Elements of an electrochemical cell using an end to end process. The method includes depositing a planarization layer, which manufactures embedded conductors of said cell, allowing a deposited termination of optimized electrical performance and energy density. The present invention covers the technique of embedding the conductors and active layers in a planarized matrix of PML or other material, cutting them into discrete batteries, etching the planarization material to expose the current collectors and terminating them in a post vacuum deposition step.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Sakti3, Inc.Inventors: Marc Langlois, Ann Marie Sastry, Myoungdo Chung, HyonCheol Kim, Stephen Buckingham
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Publication number: 20190194780Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides aluminum alloy articles having improved bond durability at certain surfaces of the article. The disclosure also provides methods of making such materials, for example, via a selective etching process, as well as methods of using such articles in applications that involve bonding the article to other articles, such as other aluminum articles. The disclosure also provides articles of manufacture made from such articles, including bonded aluminum articles. The disclosure also provides aluminum alloy articles having an inert or neutralized surface. The inert or neutralized surfaces described herein are characterized by surfaces containing oxidized copper. Also described herein are methods including etching a surface of the aluminum alloy articles with an oxidant. The resulting aluminum alloy articles exhibit desirable bond durability properties and exceptional corrosion resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Liangliang Li, Theresa Elizabeth MacFarlane, Peter Lloyd Redmond, Yudie Yuan, Stephen Buckingham, Alp Manavbasi, Luis Fanor Vega, Cedric Wu
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Publication number: 20180248163Abstract: A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Sakti3, Inc.Inventors: Hyoncheol KIM, Marc LANGLOIS, Myoungdo CHUNG, Ann Marie SASTRY, Yen-Hung CHEN, Stephen BUCKINGHAM
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Publication number: 20170352922Abstract: Elements of an electrochemical cell using an end to end process. The method includes depositing a planarization layer, which manufactures embedded conductors of said cell, allowing a deposited termination of optimized electrical performance and energy density. The present invention covers the technique of embedding the conductors and active layers in a planarized matrix of PML or other material, cutting them into discrete batteries, etching the planarization material to expose the current collectors and terminating them in a post vacuum deposition step.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: Sakti3, Inc.Inventors: Marc LANGLOIS, Ann Marie SASTRY, Myoungdo CHUNG, HyonCheol KIM, Stephen BUCKINGHAM
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Patent number: 9627717Abstract: Elements of an electrochemical cell using an end to end process. The method includes depositing a planarization layer, which manufactures embedded conductors of said cell, allowing a deposited termination of optimized electrical performance and energy density. The present invention covers the technique of embedding the conductors and active layers in a planarized matrix of PML or other material, cutting them into discrete batteries, etching the planarization material to expose the current collectors and terminating them in a post vacuum deposition step.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Sakti3, Inc.Inventors: Marc Langlois, Ann Marie Sastry, Myoungdo Chung, Hyon Cheol Kim, Stephen Buckingham
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Publication number: 20150072215Abstract: A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Hyoncheol KIM, Marc LANGLOIS, Myoungdo CHUNG, Ann Marie SASTRY, Yen-Hung CHEN, Stephen BUCKINGHAM
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Patent number: 8900743Abstract: A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Sakti3, Inc.Inventors: Hyoncheol Kim, Marc Langlois, Myoungdo Chung, Ann Marie Sastry, Yen-Hung Chen, Stephen Buckingham
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Publication number: 20120135292Abstract: A monolithically integrated thin-film solid-state lithium battery device to supply energy to a mobile communication device. The device includes a plurality of layers ranging from greater than 100 layers to less than 20,000 layers of lithium electrochemical cells, which may be connected in parallel or in series to conform to a spatial volume. The device also includes a polymer based coating characterized by a thickness to house the plurality of layers and configured as an exterior region for the battery device, the polymer based coating having a resistivity of 1012 ?.cm and higher. The device further includes a hermetic seal provided by the polymer-based coating to enclose and house the plurality of layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Sakti3, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Buckingham, Svetlana Lukich, Ann Marie Sastry, Marc Langlois
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Publication number: 20120040233Abstract: A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: Sakti3, Inc.Inventors: Hyoncheol KIM, Marc Langlois, Myoungdo Chung, Ann Marie Sastry, Yen-Hung Chen, Stephen Buckingham
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Publication number: 20110223487Abstract: An electrochemical cell has an anode of electrochemically-active material; a cathode of electrochemically-active, porous, liquid-permeable, sintered, ceramic material; and a solid-state, liquid-impermeable electrolyte medium disposed between the anode and the cathode. The electrolyte may be a layer of glass or a layer of glass ceramic, or may be a combination of a layer of glass and a layer of glass ceramic. The cell may further contain a liquid electrolyte diffused throughout the cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: EXCELLATRON SOLID STATE LLCInventors: Lonnie G. Johnson, Stephen Buckingham