Patents by Inventor Steven A. Hawks

Steven A. Hawks 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).

  • DUAL-ION BATTERY PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20240006664
    Abstract: Energy storage apparatus, systems, and methods provide an energy storage enclosure, a negative electrode in the enclosure, a positive electrode in the enclosure, a separator between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, an electrolyte in the enclosure, and the circulation of the electrolyte through the negative electrode and the positive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Steven A. Hawks
  • SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF SCALE-FORMING IONS FOR WATER SOFTENING
    Publication number: 20210061683
    Abstract: Use of porous carbon aerogel materials as capacitive deionization (CDI) electrodes to selectively remove scale forming divalent ions (e.g., Mg, Ca) from “hard” waters. A first electrode and/or a second electrode are made from activated carbon with graphite current collectors. A non-conductive, electrolyte permeable paper or polymer membrane separator is sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick G. Campbell, Maira R. Cerón Hernández, Steven A. Hawks, Tuan Anh Pham, Michael Stadermann