Patents by Inventor William Wolfe

William Wolfe 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).

  • Patent number: 12261270
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fluoride ion batteries and structures of metal based electrode materials for various fluoride ion batteries. The structures of the metal based electrode materials comprise one or more shells or interfaces, enabling the electrodes to operate at room temperature with a liquid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Qingmin Xu, Christopher J. Brooks, Kaoru Omichi, Ryan K. McKenney, Simon Jones, Victoria Davis, Stephen Munoz, Jeongmin Kim, Keith Billings, Thomas Miller, III, Robert H. Grubbs, William Wolf, Nam Hawn Chou
  • Publication number: 20240377736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive composition comprising a photoinitiator component, a photoinhibitor component, a photosensitizer component, and a chain transfer agent component. The present invention further relates to a curable composition comprising an ethylenically unsaturated compound and the photosensitive composition and a method for producing a cured product from the curable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kangtai REN, Richard PLENDERLEITH, Jeffrey KLANG, William WOLF, Jonathan ANDERSSON, Ali AHMARI
  • Publication number: 20240199770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition comprising an ethylenically unsaturated compound and a specific photoinitiator having dual initiation mechanisms. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of a cured product, in particular a 3D-printed article, with this composition and to the use of this composition for obtaining an ink, a coating, a sealant, an adhesive, a molded article or a 3D-printed article. The invention further pertains to the use of a specific phosphine oxide photoinitiator in a 3D printing composition or 3D printing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Plenderleith, Jeffrey Klang, Jonathan Andersson, Kangtai Ren, William Wolf, Christopher Macneill
  • Publication number: 20230399520
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for us in additively manufacturing a three-dimensional carbon-bonded composite article. The method may include discharging from a print head a curable composition. The curable composition may include a) at least one aromatic, actinically curable component having an H/Catomic ratio of from 0.4 to 1.6, selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylate oligomers, epoxy-functionalized compounds, oxetane-functionalized compounds and mixtures thereof; and b) at least one diluent comprising at least one actinically curable monomer. The curable composition may also include c) a reinforcement, and d) a photoinitiator. The method may further include irradiating the curable composition during the discharging to at least partially actinically cure the curable composition and form a preform of the three-dimensional carbon-bonded composite article. The method also includes pyrolyzing the preform to form the three-dimensional printed carbon-bonded composite article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventors: Tyler B. Alvarado, Brock Adam Jahner, Sean Nunez, Andrew John Overby, Jeremiah R. Smith, Kyle Snow, Ryan C. Stockett, Nathan Andrew Stranberg, William Wolf
  • Publication number: 20230391936
    Abstract: An actinically curable composition includes at least one aromatic, actinically curable component a), at least one actinically curable monomer b) as a diluent, an opaque reinforcement c) and at least one photoinitiator d). After curing and upon pyrolysis, the actinically curable composition may provide more than 18 weight % char, by weight of the component a), the actinically curable monomer b) and the photoinitiator d) after curing. The opaque reinforcement may be continuous fibers. A method of making a three dimensionally printed carbon bonded composite article from the actinically curable composition using digital light projection, stereolithography or multi jet printing is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle SNOW, Sean NUNEZ, William WOLF
  • Publication number: 20230295375
    Abstract: Oligomeric substances which contain one or more (meth)acryloyl functional groups as well as two or more amide functional groups are useful as components of compositions which may be cured using actinic irradiation to provide polymeric articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Brendan McGrail, Jeffrey Klang, William Wolf, Guillaume Monnier, Christophe Duquenne
  • Publication number: 20230135901
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fluoride ion batteries and structures of metal based electrode materials for various fluoride ion batteries. The structures of the metal based electrode materials comprise one or more shells or interfaces, enabling the electrodes to operate at room temperature with a liquid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Qingmin XU, Christopher J. BROOKS, Kaoru OMICHI, Ryan K. MCKENNEY, Simon JONES, Victoria DAVIS, Stephen MUNOZ, Jeongmin KIM, Keith BILLINGS, Thomas MILLER, III, Robert H. GRUBBS, William WOLF, Nam Hawn CHOU
  • Patent number: 11621438
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to fluoride (F) ion batteries and F shuttle batteries comprising an anode with a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer, a cathode comprising a core shell structure, and a liquid fluoride battery electrolyte. According to some aspects, the components therein enable discharge and recharge at room-temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qingmin Xu, Christopher J. Brooks, Kaoru Omichi, Simon Jones, Victoria Davis, Stephen Munoz, Jeongmin Kim, Keith Billings, Thomas Miller, III, Robert H. Grubbs, William Wolf
  • Patent number: 11591493
    Abstract: Heterocyclic-functional resins, such as epoxides, oxetanes, cyclic carbonates, lactides and lactones, are used in radiation-curable formulations along with ethylenically unsaturated materials such as (meth)acrylates to achieve improved mechanical properties and/or lower shrinkage in the cured compositions prepared therefrom as compared to formulations containing the ethylenically unsaturated materials but no heterocyclic-functional resin. Polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated metal complexes, such as Zn and Ca carboxylates prepared using unsaturated carboxylic acids or anhydrides, may be employed to effect thermal cure of the heterocyclic-functional resin component of such formulations, which are particularly useful in the production of 3D-printed articles and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Brendan McGrail, William Wolf
  • Patent number: 11581582
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fluoride ion batteries and structures of metal based electrode materials for various fluoride ion batteries. The structures of the metal based electrode materials comprise one or more shells or interfaces, enabling the electrodes to operate at room temperature with a liquid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qingmin Xu, Christopher J. Brooks, Kaoru Omichi, Ryan K. McKenney, Simon Jones, Victoria Davis, Stephen Munoz, Jeongmin Kim, Keith Billings, Thomas Miller, III, Robert H. Grubbs, William Wolf, Nam Hawn Chou
  • Patent number: 11518873
    Abstract: Useful articles, such as coatings, adhesives, printed graphics, 3D printed articles and molded articles are prepared by curing compositions containing one or more salts of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids comprising six or more carbon atoms, one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate oligomers and one or more mono(meth)acrylate esters of alcohols which, when polymerized as homopolymers, have glass transition temperatures of at least 50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Thomas W. Hazell, William Wolf, Florian J. David
  • Publication number: 20220213245
    Abstract: Composite materials are formed by photo curing compositions containing one or more cyanoacrylates, substantial amounts of one or more fillers (in particular, opaque and/or fibrous fillers such as carbon fibers) as well as particular photoinitiator systems. The photoinitiator system may comprise, for example, a metallocene compound such as a ferrocene in combination with an acylgermane or other photocleavable compound which generates an acyl radical when exposed to light. Complete, deep curing of such compositions to provide composite materials having improved mechanical properties can be achieved, even though the light used to initiate curing may not be capable of penetrating the entire thickness of the composition due to the presence of the filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kyle SNOW, William WOLF
  • Patent number: 11292575
    Abstract: In the field of aeronautics, there is disclosed an aircraft with reduced installation noise and specifically an aircraft wing and jet engine system including an aircraft wing and at least one jet engine with high bypass ratio attached to the wing, suitable for emitting a jet intercepted by a first portion of the trailing edge of the wing. The range formed by the set of angles with orientation ? defined by a vector following the direction of the jet and by a vector following the tangent at a point of the first portion of the trailing edge and oriented towards the wing tip of the wing, is included within a range of angles selected from the range delimited by 5° and 65°, and the range delimited by 115° and 175°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Peter Jordan, Andre Cavalieri, William Wolf, Selene Piantanida, Vincent Jaunet, Jerome Huber
  • Publication number: 20210395563
    Abstract: Heterocyclic-functional resins, such as epoxides, oxetanes, cyclic carbonates, lactides and lactones, are used in radiation-curable formulations along with ethylenically unsaturated materials such as (meth)acrylates to achieve improved mechanical properties and/or lower shrinkage in the cured compositions prepared therefrom as compared to formulations containing the ethylenically unsaturated materials but no heterocyclic-functional resin. Polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated metal complexes, such as Zn and Ca carboxylates prepared using unsaturated carboxylic acids or anhydrides, may be employed to effect thermal cure of the heterocyclic-functional resin component of such formulations, which are particularly useful in the production of 3D-printed articles and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Brendan MC GRAIL, William WOLF
  • Publication number: 20210309850
    Abstract: A sintered article may be formed from a composition containing at least sinterable thermoplastic particles and a curable (meth)acrylate resin component, wherein the sinterable thermoplastic particles are insoluble in the curable (meth)acrylate resin component at 25° C. The curable (meth)acrylate resin component may be cured, thereby forming an intermediate article which may be converted into a sintered article using conditions effective to remove at least a portion of the matrix formed by the cured curable (meth)acrylate resin component and to sinter the thermoplastic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: David LIU, William WOLF, Brendan MCGRAIL
  • Publication number: 20200339798
    Abstract: Nanostructured polymeric compositions having a plurality of phases are prepared by the curing of compositions containing a first reactive component (such as a hydrophilic reactive component), a second reactive component (such as a hydrophobic reactive component) and a block copolymer, the first reactive component and second reactive component exhibiting visible separation at 25° C. in the absence of the block copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: William WOLF, David Shin-Ren LIU, Mahendra Christopher ORILALL
  • Publication number: 20200185776
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to fluoride (F) ion batteries and F shuttle batteries comprising an anode with a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer, a cathode comprising a core shell structure, and a liquid fluoride battery electrolyte. According to some aspects, the components therein enable discharge and recharge at room-temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Qingmin XU, Christopher J. BROOKS, Kaoru OMICHI, Simon JONES, Victoria DAVIS, Stephen MUNOZ, Jeongmin KIM, Keith BILLINGS, Thomas MILLER, III, Robert H. GRUBBS, William WOLF
  • Publication number: 20200108229
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fluoride ion batteries and structures of metal based electrode materials for various fluoride ion batteries. The structures of the metal based electrode materials comprise one or more shells or interfaces, enabling the electrodes to operate at room temperature with a liquid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Qingmin XU, Christopher J. BROOKS, Kaoru OMICHI, Ryan K. MCKENNEY, Simon Jones, Victoria DAVIS, Stephen MUNOZ, Jeongmin KIM, Keith BILLINGS, Thomas MILLER, III, Robert H. GRUBBS, William WOLF
  • Publication number: 20190315959
    Abstract: Useful articles, such as coatings, adhesives, printed graphics, 3D printed articles and molded articles are prepared by curing compositions containing one or more salts of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids comprising six or more carbon atoms, one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate oligomers and one or more mono(meth)acrylate esters of alcohols which, when polymerized as homopolymers, have glass transition temperatures of at least 50° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas W. HAZELL, William WOLF, Florian J. DAVID
  • Patent number: 10120600
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to memory systems. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a memory system with a volatile memory, a persistent memory, and a controller. In a save operation, the controller copies contents of the volatile memory to the persistent memory as data units with their corresponding descriptor fields, where the descriptor fields include address information. In a restore operation, the controller copies data units from the persistent memory to their corresponding locations based on addresses stored at descriptor fields. There are other embodiments as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Aws Shallal, Collins Williams, Dan Kunkel, William Wolf