Patents by Inventor Steven Sloop

Steven Sloop 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).

  • Publication number: 20070292746
    Abstract: A method of recycling a lithium-containing energy storage device including an electrolyte is provided. The method includes placing the storage device in an extraction vessel, sealing the extraction vessel, adding a fluid containing CO2 as a primary component to the extraction vessel under such conditions that the CO2 is in a supercritical phase, dissolving the electrolyte in the fluid, transferring the fluid to a recovery vessel and recovering the electrolyte from the fluid in the recovery vessel. Methods of refurbishing lithium-containing energy storage and conversion devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventor: Steven Sloop
  • Publication number: 20060041075
    Abstract: Single ion conductors comprising polymer electrolytes prepared by grafting a salt compound onto a comb-branch polymer or dendrimer are disclosed having superior properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: John Kerr, Shanger Wang, Jun Hou, Steven Sloop, Yong Han, Gao Liu
  • Publication number: 20050244704
    Abstract: A method of refurbishing a lithium-containing energy storage and/or conversion device is disclosed, wherein the energy storage and/or conversion device includes electrodes and an electrolyte, and wherein the method includes substantially removing the electrolyte from the energy storage and/or conversion device, substantially removing waste products from surfaces of the electrodes, and adding a new quantity of electrolyte to the energy storage and/or conversion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Sloop, Robert Parker