Patents by Inventor Yanxia Ann Lu

Yanxia Ann Lu 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: 20230369641
    Abstract: A composite ceramic including: a lithium garnet major phase; and a grain growth inhibitor minor phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making composite ceramic, pellets and tapes thereof, a solid electrolyte, and an electrochemical device including the solid electrolyte, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Patent number: 11749836
    Abstract: A composite ceramic including: a lithium garnet major phase; and a grain growth inhibitor minor phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making composite ceramic, pellets and tapes thereof, a solid electrolyte, and an electrochemical device including the solid electrolyte, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Publication number: 20220401952
    Abstract: A module and a process for forming a monolithic substantially closed-porosity silicon carbide fluidic module having a tortuous fluid passage extending through the module, the tortuous fluid passage having an interior surface, the interior surface having a surface roughness in the range of from 0.1 to 10 ?m Ra. The process includes positioning a positive fluid passage mold within a volume of silicon carbide powder, the powder coated with a binder; pressing the volume of silicon carbide powder with the mold inside to form a pressed body; heating the pressed body to remove the mold; and sintering the pressed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: George Edward Berkey, Alexander Lee Cuno, John Walter Grunden, Kyler Robert Hurlburt, Yanxia Ann Lu, James Scott Sutherland, Oscar Walter Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20220359908
    Abstract: A composite ceramic including: a lithium garnet major phase; and a grain growth inhibitor minor phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making composite ceramic, pellets and tapes thereof, a solid electrolyte, and an electrochemical device including the solid electrolyte, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Publication number: 20220209289
    Abstract: An air stable solid garnet composition, comprising: a bulk composition and a surface protonated composition on at least a portion of the bulk composition as defined herein, and the protonated surface composition is present on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the bulk composition at a thickness of from 0.1 to 10,000 nm. Also disclosed is a composite electrolyte structure, and methods of making and using the composition and the composite electrolyte structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu
  • Publication number: 20220209288
    Abstract: An air stable solid garnet composition, comprising: a bulk composition and a surface protonated composition on at least a portion of the bulk composition as defined herein, and the protonated surface composition is present on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the bulk composition at a thickness of from 0.1 to 10,000 nm. Also disclosed is a composite electrolyte structure, and methods of making and using the composition and the composite electrolyte structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu
  • Patent number: 11309581
    Abstract: An air stable solid garnet composition, comprising: a bulk composition and a surface protonated composition on at least a portion of the bulk composition as defined herein, and the protonated surface composition is present on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the bulk composition at a thickness of from 0.1 to 10,000 nm. Also disclosed is a composite electrolyte structure, and methods of making and using the composition and the composite electrolyte structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu
  • Patent number: 11296355
    Abstract: A composite ceramic including: a lithium garnet major phase; and a grain growth inhibitor minor phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making composite ceramic, pellets and tapes thereof, a solid electrolyte, and an electrochemical device including the solid electrolyte, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Corning Incorporated, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Publication number: 20210107838
    Abstract: An inorganic membrane filtration article and methods for making the same. The membrane filtration article includes a sintered flow-through ceramic honeycomb with a plurality of partition walls defining a plurality of open channels from an inlet end of the honeycomb to an outlet end of the honeycomb. The honeycomb is formed from a cordierite composition with low-sodium and/or low-potassium content for enhanced filtration performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Curtis Robert Fekety, Yunfeng Gu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song
  • Patent number: 10870607
    Abstract: An inorganic membrane filtration article and methods for making the same. The membrane filtration article includes a sintered flow-through ceramic honeycomb with a plurality of partition walls defining a plurality of open channels from an inlet end of the honeycomb to an outlet end of the honeycomb. The honeycomb is formed from a cordierite composition with low-sodium and/or low-potassium content for enhanced filtration performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Curtis Robert Fekety, Yunfeng Gu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song
  • Publication number: 20190363398
    Abstract: Electrolyte for a solid-state battery includes a body having grains of inorganic material sintered to one another, where the grains include lithium. The body is thin, has little porosity by volume, and has high ionic conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Curtis Robert Fekety, Tricia Anne Harnas, Yanxia Ann Lu, Ying Shi, Zhen Song
  • Patent number: 10396396
    Abstract: A gallium doped garnet composition of the formula: Li7?3yLa3Zr2GayO12 where y is from 0.4 to 2.0, and as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for making a dense Li-ion conductive cubic garnet membrane, comprising one of two alternative lower temperature routes, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Curtis Robert Fekety, Tricia Anne Harnas, Yanxia Ann Lu, Ying Shi, Zhen Song
  • Publication number: 20190202747
    Abstract: A method of making a ceramic honeycomb article which includes: applying at least one green membrane coating layer on a green substrate, the green substrate comprising a plurality of cells comprised of a plurality of interior channels and a plurality of porous interior walls between the channels; drying the at least one green membrane coating layer on the green substrate to produce a green coated substrate; and firing the green coated substrate into a porous substrate, wherein applying the at least one green membrane coating layer and the drying the at least one green membrane coating layer are repeated from 2 to 10 times prior to firing to form multiple green membrane coating layers on the green substrate and wherein the firing the green coated substrate forms a ceramic honeycomb article comprised of the porous substrate and multiple fired coating layers on the porous substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Drury, Curtis Robert Fekety, Yunfeng Gu, Paul Oakleu Johnson, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song
  • Publication number: 20190148770
    Abstract: An air stable solid garnet composition, comprising: a bulk composition and a surface protonated composition on at least a portion of the bulk composition as defined herein, and the protonated surface composition is present on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the bulk composition at a thickness of from 0.1 to 10,000 nm. Also disclosed is a composite electrolyte structure, and methods of making and using the composition and the composite electrolyte structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu
  • Patent number: 10211481
    Abstract: An air stable solid garnet composition, comprising: a bulk composition and a surface protonated composition on at least a portion of the bulk composition as defined herein, and the protonated surface composition is present on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the bulk composition at a thickness of from 0.1 to 10,000 nm. Also disclosed is a composite electrolyte structure, and methods of making and using the composition and the composite electrolyte structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu
  • Patent number: 10144667
    Abstract: A downstream roll for glass manufacture comprises at least one millboard piece. At least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the downstream roll comprises infiltrated ceramic particles. The infiltrated ceramic particles are infiltrated to a depth of about 1 mm to about 10 mm. Further examples of the disclosure include methods for manufacturing a glass ribbon and a downstream roll for glass manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Ralph Alfred Langensiepen, Yanxia Ann Lu, Weiguo Miao
  • Publication number: 20180312444
    Abstract: An inorganic membrane filtration article and methods for making the same. The membrane filtration article includes a sintered flow-through ceramic honeycomb with a plurality of partition walls defining a plurality of open channels from an inlet end of the honeycomb to an outlet end of the honeycomb. The honeycomb is formed from a cordierite composition with low-sodium and/or low-potassium content for enhanced filtration performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Curtis Robert Fekety, Yunfeng Gu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song
  • Publication number: 20180301754
    Abstract: A composite ceramic including: a lithium garnet major phase; and a grain growth inhibitor minor phase, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making composite ceramic, pellets and tapes thereof, a solid electrolyte, and an electrochemical device including the solid electrolyte, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Yinghong Chen, Xiao Huang, Cai Liu, Xinyuan Liu, Yanxia Ann Lu, Zhen Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Tongping Xiu, Nathan Michael Zink
  • Publication number: 20180277893
    Abstract: A gallium doped garnet composition of the formula: Li7-3yLa3Zr2GayO12 where y is from 0.4 to 2.0, and as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for making a dense Li-ion conductive cubic garnet membrane, comprising one of two alternative lower temperature routes, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Curtis Robert Fekety, Tricia Anne Harnas, Yanxia Ann Lu, Ying Shi, Zhen Song
  • Patent number: 10026990
    Abstract: A gallium doped garnet composition of the formula: Li7-3yLa3Zr2GayO12 where y is from 0.4 to 2.0, and as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for making a dense Li-ion conductive cubic garnet membrane, comprising one of two alternative lower temperature routes, as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Edward Badding, Curtis Robert Fekety, Tricia Anne Harnas, Yanxia Ann Lu, Ying Shi, Zhen Song