Patents by Inventor Walter Sunderland

Walter Sunderland 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: 20070097599
    Abstract: A capacitor is presented that includes a housing, an electrode stack, a liner, and a fill port. The liner is located between the housing and the electrode stack. The liner includes a recessed portion. A fill port extends through the housing across from the recessed portion in the liner. A gap is formed between the recessed portion and the fill port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Leo Brabeck, Jeffrey Chaput, Thomas Henderson, Thomas Kanitz, Jeffrey Louwagie, Christian Nielsen, Walter Sunderland
  • Publication number: 20070099077
    Abstract: A battery having an electrode assembly located in a housing that efficiently utilizes the space available in many implantable medical devices is disclosed. The battery housing provides a cover and a shallow case a preferably planar, major bottom portion, an open top to receive the cover opposing the bottom portion, and a plurality of sides being radiused at intersections with each other and with the bottom to allow for the close abutting of other components located within the implantable device while also providing for efficient location of the battery within an arcuate edge of the device. The cover and the shallow case being substantially hermetically sealed by a laser weld technique and an insulator member disposed within the case to provide a barrier to incident laser radiation so that during welding radiation does not impinge upon radiation sensitive component(s) disposed within the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Aamodt, Franise Bartley, Steve Bruesehoff, Kurt Casby, David Haas, Karl Hokanson, Thomas Nutzman, Andrew Ries, Scott Robinson, Randy Roles, Sonja Somdahl, Walter Sunderland, Jason Papenfuss, William Farrell, Kimberly Chaffin