EX-10 12 ex1024.htm

ASSIGNMENT

        WHEREAS, DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as “ASSIGNOR”), is the owner of certain inventions or improvements described below (the “Intellectual Property”):

Patent Number
Country
Granted Patents
Title

6368743 US A COMPACT BATTERY PACKAGE
10110415 DE A COMPACT BATTERY PACKAGE
6413668 US LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND CONTAINER
10100626 DE LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND CONTAINER
6406815 US COMPACT LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
6166520 US INTERCELL BUSSING SYSTEM FOR BATTERY PACK
6749650 US SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTILAYER FABRICATION OF LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERIES AND CELLS
6746797 US BATTERY PACK HAVING FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT CONNECTOR
6729908 US BATTERY PACK HAVING PERFORATED TERMINAL ARRANGEMENT
6800100 US BATTERY CONSTRUCTED WITH INDEXING CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND CONTINUOUS TERMINAL CHAIN
6765389 US METHOD OF COMPUTING AC IMPEDANCE OF AN ENERGY SYSTEM
4826743 US SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERY
5604057 US A SECONDARY CELL HAVING A LITHIUM INTERCALATING MANGANESE OXIDE
3084244 JP A SECONDARY CELL HAVING A LITHIUM INTERCALATING MANGANESE OXIDE
6168880 US USE OF POLYMER MESH FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY PERFORMANCE AND ASSEMBLY METHODS
6143042 US METHOD OF MAKING FILMS AND LAMINATED CELL STRUCTURES
6248138 US ACTIVATION AND SEALING OF STORAGE BATTERIES
6617078 US LITHIUM ION RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES UTILIZING CHLORINATED POLYMER BLENDS
6419712 US LITHIUM POLYMER CONSISTENT LAMINATION PROCESS

Application Number
Country
Pending Applications
Title

 10/001329 US COMPACT LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
 09/862388 US METHOD OF FABRICATION OF COMPOSITE ELECTRODES IN LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND CELLS
  2075618.5 EP METHOD OF PREPARATION OF LITHIUM BATTERY
  2075618.5 DE METHOD OF PREPARATION OF LITHIUM BATTERY
  2077698.5 EP BATTERY PACK HAVING FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT CONNECTOR
  2077698.5 DE BATTERY PACK HAVING FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT CONNECTOR
 09/918878 US BATTERY PACK HAVING IMPROVED BATTERY CELL TERMINAL CONFIGURATION
 10/108960 US SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTILAYER FABRICATION OF LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERIES AND CELLS
     USING SURFACE TREATED SEPARATORS
 10/853439 US LITHIUM ION BATTERY WITH OXIDIZED POLYMER BINDER
 10/202310 US LITHIUM CELL WITH MIXED POLYMER SYSTEM
  3077066.3 EP LITHIUM CELL WITH MIXED POLYMER SYSTEM
  3077066.3 DE LITHIUM CELL WITH MIXED POLYMER SYSTEM
 10/265969 US PROTECTIVE FRAME FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELLS
 10/236240 US BATTERY CELL HAVING EDGE SUPPORT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
 10/348749 US LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERY DESIGN
  4075112.5 EP LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERY DESIGN
  4075112.5 DE LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERY DESIGN
 10/657905 US METHOD OF OPERATING AN ENERGY SYSTEM USING LOAD PROFILE PARAMETERS
 10/916785 US METHOD FOR CELL BALANCING FOR LITHIUM BATTERY SYSTEMS
 10/434940 US SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY CHARGE CONTROL BASED ON CHARGE CAPACITY HEADROOM
 10/442747 US SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADAPTIVE REGENERATIVE ENERGY CONTROL
 10/776065 US LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERY CELL
 10/675552 US METHOD OF PREPARATION OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL
 10/675695 US POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY
 10/658641 US METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OVERCHARGE PROTECTION USING ANALOG OVERVOLTAGE DETECTION
 10/771916 US HALOGEN-FREE FIRE RETARDANT SYSTEM FOR LOW HEAT RELEASE POLYMERS
 10/677051 US LITHIUM ION BATTERY WITH DISSIMILAR POLYMER COMPOSITIONS IN ELECTRODES
 10/900502 US METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BALANCING MULTI-CELL LITHIUM BATTERY SYSTEMS
 10/900650 US METHOD FOR BATTERY COLD-TEMPERATURE WARM-UP MECHANISM USING CELL EQUALIZATION
      HARDWARE
 10/827539 US SURFACE TREATMENT FOR METAL-POLYMER LAMINATED ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL PACKAGE
 10/771972 US FIRE SHIELDING BATTERY CASE
 10139337.7 DE LITHIUM ION RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES UTILIZING CHLORINATED POLYMER BLENDS
 10122366.8 DE LITHIUM POLYMER CONSISTENT LAMINATION PROCESS

Docket No.
Country
Unfiled Records of Invention
Title

DP-312245 US INTEGRATED DROP-IN LITHIUM BATTERY SUBSTITUTE FOR 12V
    LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
DP-309999 US BATTERY CATALYST
DP-311881 US KINETIC SPRAY FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS
    INCLUDING BATTERY CONNECTIONS
DP-312610 US LITHIUM ION POLYMER CELL

        WHEREAS, EnerDel, Inc., existing by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware, (hereinafter “ASSIGNEE”), is desirous of acquiring the entire right, title and interest in and to said Intellectual Property and in and to any Letters Patent which may be granted therefor in the United States and in any and all foreign countries;

        NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, ASSIGNOR has sold, assigned, and transferred, and by these presents does sell, assign and transfer, unto said ASSIGNEE, its successors and assigns

  (1) The entire right, title and interest in and to any and all Letters Patent respecting the Intellectual Property which have been granted and which may be granted therefor in the United States and its territorial possessions and in any and all foreign countries and in and to any and all divisions, reissues, continuations and extensions thereof, and

  (2) For all other rights to said Intellectual Property, the full and exclusive right thereto limited exclusively to lithium battery applications, including lithium ion, lithium metal batteries and lithium polymer batteries in the United States and its territorial possessions and in all foreign countries.

        ASSIGNOR does hereby authorize and request the Patent Office Officials in the United States and in any foreign countries to issue any and all of said Letters Patent, when granted, to said ASSIGNEE, as the assignee of the entire right, title and interest in and to the same, for the sole use and on behalf of said ASSIGNEE, its successors and assigns.

        ASSIGNOR agrees that it will communicate to said ASSIGNEE, or its representatives, any facts known to ASSIGNOR respecting said invention; testify in any legal proceedings; sign all lawful papers; execute all divisional, continuation, substitution, renewal and reissue applications; execute all necessary assignment papers to cause any and all of said Letters Patent to be issued to said ASSIGNEE; make all rightful oaths; and generally do everything possible to aid the said ASSIGNEE, its successors and assigns, to obtain and enforce proper protection for said invention in the United States and in any and all foreign countries.

        IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of October, 2004.

ASSIGNOR:

DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

BY:

PRINTED NAME AND TITLE: Timothy G. Forbes - Vice President, Technology, Commercialization & Licensing

ADDRESS: 5725 Delphi Drive, Troy, Michigan 48098