55 patents
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Battery housing and systems and methods of making thereof
2 May 23
A housing for a button cell battery includes a top, a can and a grommet.
Gregory James Davidson
Filed: 6 Apr 21
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Coating on nickelate cathode materials
21 Mar 23
Alkaline electrochemical cells are provided, containing cathodes with a nickel compound active material, wherein active material particles are coated with at least one of a number of materials so as to improve the shelf life of the electrochemical cell.
Guanghong Zheng, Weiwei Huang
Filed: 10 Apr 20
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Lateral vent stick air freshener
28 Feb 23
An air freshener has a carrier with a pair of tabs defining a gap.
Raul Garcia
Filed: 28 Oct 20
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Lateral vent stick air freshener
28 Feb 23
An air freshener has a carrier with a pair of tabs defining a gap.
Raul Garcia
Filed: 14 Dec 20
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Electrochemical cell with electrode filled protrusion
21 Feb 23
An electrochemical cell comprises a can comprising a cylindrical side wall extending from a closed end wall.
Johnson Mark
Filed: 14 Aug 20
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Product applicator assembly
7 Feb 23
A product applicator assembly includes a handle, an applicator, and a product dispensing assembly.
Christopher Bourne, Aaron Irvin, James Tracy
Filed: 30 Oct 20
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Metal-air cells with minimal air access
7 Feb 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 exhibit a current density, a ratio of current density to total vent area is greater than about 100 mA/mm2, and the aqueous electrolyte comprises an amphoteric fluorosurfactant.
Tony Rubsam, John Kania, Danielle Proffit, Katharine Kerr, Marc Syvertsen, Ian Pozdol
Filed: 1 Jul 21
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Nickelate cathode materials
24 Jan 23
Nickelate cathode materials are provided, wherein said cathode material has an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern comprising a first peak from about 40.0-41.6 2Θ, and a second peak from about 62.6-63.0 2Θ.
Guanghong Zheng
Filed: 25 Sep 20
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Electrochemical cell with improved high-rate discharge performance
10 Jan 23
An alkaline electrochemical cell has a central cathode having a corresponding cathode current collector electrically connected with a positive terminal of the electrochemical cell.
Weiwei Huang, Frank J. Kerosky
Filed: 27 Jun 19
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Electrochemical cell with improved high-rate discharge performance
10 Jan 23
An alkaline electrochemical cell has a central cathode having a corresponding cathode current collector electrically connected with a positive terminal of the electrochemical cell.
Weiwei Huang, Frank J. Kerosky
Filed: 27 Jun 19
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Carbon coating of alkaline cathode materials
20 Dec 22
Cathodes are provided, wherein at least one of the cathode's active material, binder, or graphite are in the form of carbon-coated particles.
Philip J. Slezak
Filed: 18 Dec 19
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Systems and methods for generating an electrochemical cell having a multi-part anode
15 Nov 22
A nozzle is provided for providing anode material into an electrochemical cell and method of using the same.
Christopher Steven Bolyos
Filed: 8 Jan 21
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes in alkaline electrochemical cell electrodes
15 Nov 22
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: 22 Aug 19
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Metal-air cells with minimal air access
15 Nov 22
Ian Pozdol, Marc Syvertsen, Tony Rubsam, Kokkie Schnetz
Filed: 24 May 21