Patents by Inventor William GENT

William GENT 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).

  • Electrolytes for lithium-ion battery cells with volume-changing anode particles
    Patent number: 12700618
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery electrolyte includes LiPF6 and an organic compound composition. The organic compound composition includes (1) vinylene carbonate (VC), (2) fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), and (3) at least one ester (ES). A mole fraction of the LiPF6 in the electrolyte is approximately c(LiPF6) mol. %. A mole fraction of the VC in the electrolyte is approximately c(VC) mol. %. A mole fraction of the FEC in the electrolyte is approximately c(FEC) mol. %. A mole fraction of the ES in the electrolyte is approximately c(ES) mol. %. In some embodiments, the mole fractions c(LiPF6), c(VC), c(FEC), and c(ES) satisfy the following relations: 8?c(LiPF6)?16; 0.5?c(VC)?5; 10?c(FEC)?26; and 40?c(ES)?75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kostiantyn Turcheniuk, William Gent, Gleb Yushin, Xiujun Yue, Viacheslav Iablokov, Katherine Harry, Natasha Teran, Judith Kim, Fezzeh Pouraghajansarhamami, Mikito Nagata
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF METAL CONVERSION BATTERIES AND METAL CONVERSION BATTERIES FORMED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20250316779
    Abstract: A method can include loading a battery with battery materials (e.g., electrolyte, cathode materials, anode materials), applying a first charge to the battery, applying a first discharge to the battery, cycling the battery (e.g., through subsequent charge and discharge cycles) where operating conditions in the subsequent charge and/or discharge cycles can be different from operating conditions in the first charge and/or first discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: Inlyte Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: William Gent, Antonio Baclig, Roger Bull, Stephen Brooker, Roger Tilley, Roy C. Galloway
  • MULTI-LOBED MEMBRANE AND/OR SODIUM-METAL-HALIDE AND/OR MOLTEN SALT BATTERIES INCLUDING SAID MULTI-LOBED MEMBRANE THEREIN
    Publication number: 20250300320
    Abstract: A separator for a metal conversion battery can include an alkali metal-conducting ceramic material, where at least five convex curves and at least five concave curves can define a closed transverse cross-sectional profile of the separator, where the transverse cross-sectional profile can be perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: Inlyte Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Barrow, Justyna Minkiewicz, Sophie Griggs, Ali Mehranjani, Tobias Juetting, Katie Hanus, Antonio Baclig, William Gent
  • Method for improving performance of metal conversion batteries and metal conversion batteries formed therefrom preliminary class
    Patent number: 12166187
    Abstract: A method can include loading a battery with battery materials (e.g., electrolyte, cathode materials, anode materials), applying a first charge to the battery, applying a first discharge to the battery, cycling the battery (e.g., through subsequent charge and discharge cycles) where operating conditions in the subsequent charge and/or discharge cycles can be different from operating conditions in the first charge and/or first discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Inlyte Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: William Gent, Antonio Baclig, Roger Bull, Stephen Brooker, Roger Tilley, Roy Galloway
  • ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CELLS WITH ANODES COMPRISING A BLEND OF SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE PARTICLES AND GRAPHITE PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20230299362
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium-ion battery includes a primary lithium salt and a solvent composition. In some implementations, the solvent composition includes fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), at least one linear ester, and at least one branched ester. In some implementations, a mole fraction of the FEC in the electrolyte is in a range of about 2 mol. % to about 30 mol. %, a total mole fraction of the at least one linear ester and the at least one branched ester in the electrolyte is at least about 45 mol. %, a molar ratio of the at least one linear ester to the at least one branched esters is in a range of about 1:10 to about 20:1, and the electrolyte is substantially free of four-carbon cyclic carbonates. Lithium-ion batteries employing such electrolytes are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kostiantyn TURCHENIUK, Natasha TERAN, William GENT, Xiujun YUE, Katherine HARRY, Viacheslav IABLOKOV, Naoki NITTA, Gleb YUSHIN