142 patents
Utility
Compositions and Methods for Cleaning Automotive Surfaces
11 Jan 24
An automotive surface is cleaned by applying an effective amount of a cleaning composition comprising a) at least one hydrocarbon solvent in an amount from about 3 weight percent to about 20 weight percent of the composition, b) at least one thickener/rheology modifier in an amount from about 0.01 weight percent to about 3 weight percent, c) at least one silicone fluid has a viscosity ranging from about 500 to about 20,000 centistokes at 25° C., present in an amount from about 0.1 weight percent to about 3 weight percent, d) at least one wetting agent in an amount from about 0.001 to about 2%, e) at least one hydrophobic additive in an amount from about 0.1 to about 3%, and f) water in an amount from about 60 weight percent to about 85 weight percent to the automotive surface with an application implement.
Rajeev Menon, Ashot K. Serobian, Cindy Luna-Zaragoza
Filed: 19 May 23
Utility
Additives for Improving Battery Performance Via Cation Adsorption
11 Jan 24
Electrochemical cells are provided, wherein a metal ion is adsorbed to a manganese dioxide- or carbon-containing electrode due to the addition of a metal additive to the cell's electrolyte and/or cathode.
Andrew Gibson, Scott Donne, Steven Limmer, Yaser Beyad
Filed: 21 Sep 23
Utility
Metal-air cells with minimal air access
19 Dec 23
A battery includes an air cathode, an anode, an aqueous electrolyte, and a housing, wherein the housing includes one or more air access ports defining a total vent area; the battery exhibits a cell limiting current at 1.15V; a ratio of cell limiting current at 1.15 V to total vent area is greater than about 100 mA/mm2; and the aqueous electrolyte includes an amphoteric fluorosurfactant.
Tony Rubsam, John Kania, Danielle Proffit, Katharine Kerr, Marc Syvertsen, Ian Pozdol
Filed: 4 Jan 23
Utility
Alkaline Electrochemical Cell with Improved Anode and Separator Components
7 Dec 23
An alkaline electrochemical cell includes a cathode, an anode which includes an anode active material, and a non-conductive separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein from about 20% to about 50% by weight of the anode active material relative to a total amount of anode active material has a particle size of less than about 75 μm, and wherein the separator includes a unitary, cylindrical configuration having an open end, a side wall, and integrally formed closed end disposed distally to the open end.
M. Edgar Armacanqui, Andrew J. Roszkowski, Casey Imhoff, Donald Raymond Crowe, Matthew Evans, John Hadley, Matthew Hennek, Tim F. Turba, Enqing Zhu
Filed: 21 Aug 23
Utility
Pre-aged Sodium Nickelate Cathode Materials and Uses Thereof
9 Nov 23
Provided herein are desodiated, pre-aged sodium nickelates, which have been desodiated via acid leaching, and pre-aged using a hydroxide solution.
Deepika Ranganathan, Victor Siong, Yi Cai, Madhavi Srinivasan, Guanghong Zheng
Filed: 17 Apr 23
Utility
Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes In Alkaline Electrochemical Cell Electrodes
19 Oct 23
Alkaline electrochemical cells are provided, wherein a conductive carbon is included in the cell's cathode in order to decrease resistivity of the cathode, so as to improve the discharge of the cell, particularly in high drain applications.
Philip J. Slezak
Filed: 19 Oct 22
Utility
Separator for metal air cells
10 Oct 23
An alkaline electrochemical cell includes a cathode; a gelled anode having an anode active material and an electrolyte; and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode; wherein the separator includes a non-conductive, porous material having a mean pore size of about 1 micron to about 5 microns, a maximum pore size of about 19 microns, and an air permeability of about 0.5 cc/cm2/s to about 3.8 cc/cm2/s at 125 Pa.
M. Edgar Armacanqui, Andrew J. Roszkowski, Donald Raymond Crowe, Enqing Zhu, John L. Hadley, Matthew Hennek, Tim F. Turba
Filed: 10 May 21
Utility
Intake cleaner and dispense mechanism
3 Oct 23
An apparatus for cleaning an intake system of an engine includes a pressure-resistant container having a reservoir chargeable with an engine cleaner composition and a discharge orifice for discharging the engine cleaner composition from the reservoir.
Girija S. Chaubey, Tushar Kulkarni, Nathan Myers, Rajeev Menon
Filed: 5 May 20
Utility
Alkaline electrochemical cell with improved anode and separator components
12 Sep 23
An alkaline electrochemical cell includes a cathode, an anode which includes an anode active material, and a non-conductive separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein from about 20% to about 50% by weight of the anode active material relative to a total amount of anode active material has a particle size of less than about 75 μm, and wherein the separator includes a unitary, cylindrical configuration having an open end, a side wall, and integrally formed closed end disposed distally to the open end.
M. Edgar Armacanqui, Andrew J. Roszkowski, Casey Imhoff, Donald Raymond Crowe, Matthew Evans, John Hadley, Matthew Hennek, Tim F. Turba, Enqing Zhu
Filed: 24 Jan 20
Design
Lighting device
5 Sep 23
Joanna Lynn Celestina, Christopher Bourne
Filed: 23 Oct 20
Design
Battery package
22 Aug 23
Tomasz Wisniewski, Agata Langner
Filed: 28 Apr 21
Design
Battery package
22 Aug 23
Tomasz Wisniewski, Agata Langner
Filed: 28 Apr 21
Utility
Separator for Alkaline Cells
17 Aug 23
An alkaline electrochemical cell includes a cathode; a gelled anode having an anode active material and an electrolyte; and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode; wherein the separator includes a non-conductive, porous material having a mean pore size of about 1 micron to about 5 microns, a maximum pore size of about 19 microns, and an air permeability of about 0.5 cc/cm2/s to about 3.8 cc/cm2/s at 125 Pa.
M. Edgar ARMACANQUI, Andrew J. ROSZKOWSKI, Donald Raymond CROWE, Enqing ZHU, John L. HADLEY, Matthew HENNEK, Tim F. TURBA
Filed: 27 Apr 23
Utility
Additives for improving battery performance via second electron discharge of manganese dioxide
18 Jul 23
Alkaline electrochemical cells are provided, wherein an organic additive is included in at least one component of the cell in order to increase electron discharge of the cathode, so as to improve the specific capacity of the cell.
Guanghong Zheng
Filed: 22 Feb 18
Design
Air conditioning refrigerant charging device with digital gauge
11 Jul 23
Michael K. Sherman, Kenneth A. Pfierman, Tushar Kulkarni, Jacob Fahsbender
Filed: 17 Jun 21
Design
Lantern
4 Jul 23
Hung Yu Lam, Ruth Sholtis-Furyes
Filed: 23 Jun 20
Utility
Compositions and methods for cleaning automotive surfaces
4 Jul 23
An automotive surface is cleaned by applying an effective amount of a cleaning composition comprising a) at least one hydrocarbon solvent in an amount from about 3 weight percent to about 20 weight percent of the composition, b) at least one thickener/rheology modifier in an amount from about 0.01 weight percent to about 3 weight percent, c) at least one silicone fluid has a viscosity ranging from about 500 to about 20,000 centistokes at 25° C., present in an amount from about 0.1 weight percent to about 3 weight percent, d) at least one wetting agent in an amount from about 0.001 to about 2%, e) at least one hydrophobic additive in an amount from about 0.1 to about 3%, and f) water in an amount from about 60 weight percent to about 85 weight percent to the automotive surface with an application implement.
Rajeev Menon, Ashot K. Serobian, Cindy Luna-Zaragoza
Filed: 5 Mar 18
Utility
Dirt-repelling Cleaning Compositions and Methods of Use Thereof
25 May 23
Described herein are dirt-repelling compositions and methods of use thereof.
Rajeev Menon, Hirotaka Uchiyama
Filed: 1 Apr 21
Utility
Electrochemical Cell with Increased Runtime and Reduced Internal Shorting
25 May 23
Alkaline electrochemical cells are provided, wherein methods to decrease or eliminate shorting in batteries by preventing zinc oxide reaction precipitate from creating a conductive bridge between the two electrodes.
Robert P. Johnson, Zhufang Liu, Matthew T. Wendling, Matthew Hennek, Daniel Fan, Guanghong Zheng
Filed: 23 Nov 22
Utility
Metal-air Cells with Minimal Air Access
18 May 23
A battery includes an air cathode, an anode, an aqueous electrolyte, and a housing, wherein the housing includes one or more air access ports defining a total vent area; the battery exhibits a cell limiting current at 1.15V; a ratio of cell limiting current at 1.15 V to total vent area is greater than about 100 mA/mm2; and the aqueous electrolyte includes an amphoteric fluorosurfactant.
Tony Rubsam, John Kania, Danielle Proffit, Katharine Kerr, Marc Syvertsen, Ian Pozdol
Filed: 4 Jan 23