MICHAEL DAVID ESKRA
Pilots at County Rd I, Saukville, WI
License number
Wisconsin A2835319
Issued Date
Sep 2015
Expiration Date
Sep 2017
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
2595 County Road I, Saukville, WI 53080
Professional information
Using Metal Foam To Make High-Performance, Low-Cost Lithium Batteries
US Patent:
2007024, Oct 25, 2007
Filed:
Apr 21, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/408856
Inventors:
Michael Eskra - Saukville WI, US
Paula Ralston - Danbury CT, US
Paula Ralston - Danbury CT, US
International Classification:
H01M 4/80
US Classification:
429235000, 029623100
Abstract:
New wireless devices need better batteries, more powerful but still low cost. We have created one—a high-performance lithium-based battery using metal foam (or some other three-dimensional, fillable, conductive material) to make its electrodes. Our battery offers as much as 30% to 100% greater power and energy density. Similar increases in power and energy density typically increase costs tens or hundreds of times. Our increased performance adds no extra cost. Metal foam increases conductivity within the electrode. So electrodes can be made much thicker, but no more resistant. Thicker electrodes bring more power and more energy for the same volume and weight. Our high-performance, low-cost batteries can be used for small wireless devices like smart cards, for larger mobile devices like cell-phones, and even the high-power, high-energy batteries needed for cars. At all sizes, we provide more power and energy at the same cost.
System And Method Of Fabricating An Electrochemical Device
US Patent:
2013030, Nov 21, 2013
Filed:
Sep 14, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/617162
Inventors:
Michael David Eskra - Saukville WI, US
Paula Margaret Ralston - Frederick MD, US
Rodney Mortensen LaFollette - South Jordan UT, US
James Bernard Nowakowski - Washburn WI, US
Paula Margaret Ralston - Frederick MD, US
Rodney Mortensen LaFollette - South Jordan UT, US
James Bernard Nowakowski - Washburn WI, US
International Classification:
H01M 4/04, B05B 5/00, B05C 9/14
US Classification:
427557, 118 58, 118642, 118697, 118621, 427 58, 4271263, 4271266, 4271261, 427122
Abstract:
A solventless system for fabricating electrodes includes a mechanism for feeding a substrate through the system, a first application region comprised of a first device for applying a first layer to the substrate, wherein the first layer is comprised of an active material mixture and a binder, and the binder includes at least one of a thermoplastic material and a thermoset material, and the system includes a first heater positioned to heat the first layer.