David Millington

Title: David Millington: Inventor in Battery Materials Production

Introduction

David Millington is an inventor based in Staffordshire, Great Britain. His patent work includes furnace-atmosphere control for producing cathode materials used in lithium-ion and solid-state batteries. He is associated with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., and holds 3 patents.

Latest Patents

Millington’s latest listed patent, “Furnace Atmosphere Control for Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Material Production,” describes a method and apparatus for managing the atmosphere inside a multizone calcination furnace. The process is designed to support the production of high-quality, nickel-rich cathode material.

The system continuously measures and analyzes the atmosphere in different furnace zones, then adjusts the flow of oxygen-rich gas to optimize calcination conditions. Maintaining a suitable oxygen-rich atmosphere helps support the quality of the resulting cathode material. The supplied information lists this patent twice, with the same description.

Career Highlights

Millington’s disclosed patent portfolio focuses on process control for battery-material manufacturing. His work addresses the management of furnace conditions during calcination, an important production step for nickel-rich cathode materials.

Collaborations

The supplied information identifies Guido Plicht and Liang He as Millington’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles or describe particular joint patent contributions.

Conclusion

David Millington’s listed invention applies continuous atmosphere monitoring and oxygen-flow adjustment to improve control of cathode-material production in multizone furnaces.