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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6413633 | Activated biregional fiber(s) The invention resides in a novel ignition resistant activated biregional fiber that is extremely flexible due to the presence of an inner core of a thermoplastic polymeric composition in the fiber that is surrounded by an outer sheath of activated carbon.... | 07/02/2002 |
| 5858530 | Flexible ignition resistant biregional fiber, articles made from biregional fibers, and method of manufacture A flexible, ignition resistant, biregional fiber is disclosed, wherein the fiber is preferably derived from a single homogeneous polymeric precursor composition, said biregional fiber comprising an inner core region of a thermoplastic polymeric compositio... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5837626 | Ignition resistant or fire blocking composite A novel ignition resistant or fire blocking composite is disclosed comprising a multiplicity of biregional fibers with a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer, wherein each said biregional fiber comprises an inner region of a thermoplastic polymeric core and... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5821012 | Secondary energy storage device and electrode employing a multiplicity of flexible biregional fibers An electrode is disclosed comprising a multiplicity of flexible biregional fibers, each fiber having an inner core region of a thermoplastic polymeric composition and a surrounding outer region of an electrically conductive carbonaceous sheath. The biregi... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5532083 | Flexible carbon fiber electrode with low modulus and high electrical conductivity, battery employing the carbon fiber electrode, and method of manufacture A novel flexible carbon article for an electrode is disclosed for use in an electrical storage device in which the flexible carbon article, such as a planar sheet of a plurality of substantially parallel fibers or ribbons, and in which the fibers or ribbo... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5518836 | Flexible carbon fiber, carbon fiber electrode and secondary energy storage devices A novel flexible carbon fiber is disclosed which has a generally non-circular or tubular cross-sectional shape, a Young's modulus of from greater than 1 MM psi (6.9 GPa) to 55 MM psi (380 GPa), and a bending strain value of from greater than 0.01 to less ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 4798081 | High temperature continuous viscometry coupled with analytic temperature rising elution fractionation for evaluating crystalline and semi-crystalline polymers A method and apparatus for analyzing a solution of a crystalline or a semi-crystalline polymer sample to determine a crystallinity versus weight percent profile concurrently with viscosity average molecular weight. The polymer sample is first precipitated... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4585572 | Reversible phase change composition for storing thermal energy A reversible liquid/solid phase change composition for storing thermal energy. The composition comprises at least one hydrated inorganic salt selected from a salt or mixture of salts that are subject to segregation of its chemical components during repeat... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4370298 | Contained fission explosion breeder reactor system A reactor system for producing useful thermal energy and valuable isotopes, such as plutonium-239, uranium-233, and/or tritium, in which a pair of sub-critical masses of fissile and fertile actinide slugs are propelled into an ellipsoidal pressure vessel.... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4074273 | Sequential value multi-point recording device with unidirectional scan A method and an apparatus are taught in which variable analog data, representative of a plurality of physical parameters are recorded on a thermo-sensitive recording paper which is movable along an axis representative of time. A thermal recording head is ... | 02/14/1978 |
