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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6270928 | Process for producing an electrolytic cell having a polymeric separator A polymeric separator for an organic electrolyte electrochemical system comprises an elastomeric polymer, optionally, a polymer which swells in the organic electrolyte and with which the elastomeric polymer forms an alloy and, optionally, an inorganic com... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6264709 | Method for making electrical and electronic devices with vertically integrated and interconnected thin-film type battery An electrical or electronic device and a thin-film type battery are vertically integrated and interconnected for reducing the area occupied thereby, enabling a higher degree of device integration and simplifying their fabrication. An insulating layer is f... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6258132 | Process for producing in an alkaline cell an in situ silver layer on a cathode container The present invention is a process for producing a silver layer, in situ, on an internal wall of a cathode container of an alkaline cell and the alkaline cell produced by the process. In the process a silver compound is dissolved in the cathode, which is ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6255018 | Hydrogen storing alloy electrode and process for producing hydrogen storage alloy electrode An object of the present invention is to provide an effective hydrogen-absorbing alloy activation process which can enhance the electrochemical activity of a hydrogen-absorbing alloy and to provide a hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode which, when used in ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6242133 | Hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode for alkaline secondary battery and method of manufacture thereof A hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode for an alkaline secondary battery. The electrode is prepared by adding a transition metal salt to a paste comprising a hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder and binder. The electrode improves charge-discharge cycle performan... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6235432 | Thin non-protonic electrolytic film, immobilized liquid-film conductor, and polymer cell The thin film of non-protonic electrolyte comprises the microporous polyolefin film impregnated with an immobilized non-protonic electrolytic solution, where the film is treated to have improved affinity for the non-protonic solution by graft polymerizati... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6235425 | Apparatus and method for treating a cathode material provided on a thin-film substrate An apparatus and method for treating a cathode material provided on a surface of a continuous thin-film substrate and a treated thin-film cathode having increased smoothness are disclosed. A web of untreated cathode material is moved between a feed mechan... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6235066 | Manufacture of lithium ion secondary battery An object is to provide a process for producing a compact lithium ion secondary battery which exhibits high and stable performance and can take an arbitrary shape such as a thin shape. A process for producing a battery comprised of a positive electrode (1... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6235065 | Room temperature lamination of Li-ion polymer electrodes According to an exemplary embodiment a polyvinylidene diflouride homopolymer and solvent, such as acetone, are mixed together to form a solution. The solution is coated on a porous electrode. The coated electrode is immersed in a bath, such as denatured E... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6231625 | Methods of insulating a thin-profile battery Methods of insulating batteries, and in particular thin-profile batteries comprising button-type batteries and resultant insulated battery constructions are described. In one aspect, a flowable insulating material is distributed over an edge region of a b... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6231626 | Method of producing a lithium ion secondary battery and a lithium ion secondary battery produced thereby A paste-like active material mixture prepared by mixing an active material powder and a particulate material comprising a polymer soluble in a nonaqueous electrolytic solution is applied to, e.g., collectors 1c and 2c to a uniform thickness, and then drie... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6228531 | Electrode modification using surface associated lithium salts and an associated process for fabrication of an electrode The present invention is directed to an electrode, and associated fabrication process, for use in an electrochemical cell. The electrode has an active material comprising a transition metal oxide. A lithium salt having an organic component is associated w... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6228536 | Lithium-ion battery cell having an oxidized/reduced negative current collector A lithium-ion battery cell assembly includes a negative electrode having a negative current collector contacting a negative electrode active material. The negative current collector is prepared by providing a piece of a negative current collector metal, t... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6228527 | Magnesium solution phase catholyte seawater electrochemical system In accordance with the present invention, an electrochemical system is provided which comprises a plurality of cells, the cells being formed by spaced apart bipolar electrodes. Each of the electrodes is formed by an anode portion formed from a magnesium c... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6225008 | Electrode having an overlayment and associated fabrication process A process for fabricating an electrode for use in an electrochemical cell comprising the steps of: a) associating a current collector with an active material having a surface; b) applying an overlayment material to a substrate; c) associating the overlaym... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6225002 | Dioxolane as a proctector for lithium electrodes Disclosed are dioxolane-treated lithium electrodes, battery cells containing such dioxolane-treated lithium electrodes, battery cell electrolytes containing dioxolane, and methods of treating lithium electrodes with dioxolane and battery cells containing ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6221528 | Hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode for alkaline secondary battery and method of manufacturing thereof A hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode for an alkaline secondary battery. The electrode is made from a hydrogen-absorbing alloy containing nickel which has been treated with an acidic solution containing a chelating agent for nickel. The hydrogen-absorbing ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6218048 | Method of preliminarily heat treating positive electrodes of secondary lithium and lithium-ion Batteries and resulting positive electrodes and batteries The present invention includes a method of preparing secondary lithium and lithium-ion batteries with improved coulombic efficiency, improved cycling and storage performance at elevated temperatures, and lower rates of transition metal dissolution. In acc... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6217623 | Method of fabricating an electrochemical device A method (80) of manufacturing an electrochemical cell having electrodes and a separator element is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing (81) a mixture consisting of either an electroactive or inert material and a polymeric binder, trans... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6214061 | Method for forming encapsulated lithium electrodes having glass protective layers A method for fabricating an active metal electrode involves depositing lithium or other active metal electrode on a protective layer. The protective layer is a glassy or amorphous material that conducts ions of the active metal. It may be deposited on a r... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6203936 | Lightweight metal bipolar plates and methods for making the same Thin, light weight bipolar plates for use in electrochemical cells are rapidly, and inexpensively manufactured in mass production by die casting, stamping or other well known methods for fabricating magnesium or aluminum parts. The use of a light metal, s... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6203941 | Formed in situ separator for a battery A battery including a polar solvent transportive, ionically conductive separator formed directly on an electrode is prepared by applying a coating composition containing a polymer or gel dispersed in a polar solvent directly to the electrode surface and s... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6194099 | Electrochemical cells with carbon nanofibers and electroactive sulfur compounds The present invention pertains to solid composite cathodes which comprise (a) an electroactive sulfur-containing cathode material which, in its oxidized state, comprises a polysulfide moiety of the formula, -Sm -, wherein m is an integer from 3... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6190792 | Cathode cylinder for use in metal-air fuel cell battery systems and method of fabricating the same In an air-metal fuel cell battery (FCB) system, wherein metal-fuel tape, the ionically-conductive medium and the cathode structures are transported at substantially the same velocity at the locus of points at which the ionically-conductive medium contacts... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6187468 | Electrodes for fuel cells This invention provides an electrode for a fuel cell comprising a catalyst layer obtained by a first step of homogeneously mixing carbon supporting platinum which is an electrode catalyst, an alcohol solution of an ion conductive component which is a soli... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6183668 | Membrane electrode assemblies Membrane electrode assemblies are described that include an ion conductive membrane a catalyst adjacent to the major surfaces of the ion conductive membrane and a porous particle filled polymer membrane adjacent to the ion conductive membrane. The catalys... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6171728 | Nickel electrode for akaline storage cell and manufacturing method of the same A nickel electrode for an alkaline storage cell manufactured by the steps of precipitating cobalt hydroxide on the surface of a first nickel active material essentially composed of nickel hydroxide, subjecting the first nickel active material to heat trea... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6167614 | Method of manufacturing and testing an electronic device, and an electronic device A method of manufacturing and testing an electronic circuit, the method comprising forming a plurality of conductive traces on a substrate and providing a gap in one of the conductive traces; attaching a circuit component to the substrate and coupling the... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6162264 | Process for producing porous coating layer electrode plate for secondary battery with nonaqueous electrolyte process for producing same and sheet for peeling active material layer A porous coating layer formed on a substrate is impregnated, based on a prescribed pattern, with liquid material having a larger cohesion after solidification thereof than that of the coating layer. The liquid material is solidified to form a solidified m... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6159533 | Method of depositing a catalyst on a fuel cell electrode Fuel cell electrodes comprising a minimal load of catalyst having maximum catalytic activity and a method of forming such fuel cell electrodes. The method comprises vaporizing a catalyst, preferably platinum, in a vacuum to form a catalyst vapor. A cataly... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6153257 | Process for preparing a cathode containing alkaline earth metal oxides for molten carbonate fuel cells The present invention relates to a cathode, which can be used in molten carbonate fuel cells (hereinafter, referred to as an "MCFC"), and a process for preparing the same. In such a cathode, NiO, which is inexpensive and has relatively good electrochemica... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6152971 | Electrode plate for secondary battery with nonaqueous electrolyte and process for producing same The present invention provides an electrode plate for a secondary battery with a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a process for producing same capable of forming accurately and economically the active material layer on the collector surface. The process compri... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6143042 | Method of making films and laminated cell structures In the method of the invention, plasticizer is extracted from a polymeric film electrode, electrolyte or laminated film structure thereof, by contacting the film, with an extraction solvent mixture comprising a polar co-solvent, and carbon dioxide which i... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6134773 | Method for automatic mass production of electrochemical cells Method for automatic mass production and packaging of electrochemical cells where a current collector web with attached masked terminals is rolled onto a spool, which spool is placed in a cathodic coating machine where the web is pulled through a dip tank... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6117590 | Electroactive high storage capacity polyacetylene-co-polysulfur materials and electrolytic cells containing same The present invention relates to novel electroactive energy storing polyacetylene-co-polysulfur (PAS) materials of general formula (C2 Sx)n wherein x is greater than 1 to about 100, and n is equal to or greater than 2. Thi... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6117196 | Method of manufacturing a lead acid cell paste and battery An active paste for an lead-acid electrochemical cell which in a preferred embodiment includes tin; a method of manufacturing the same; and an electrochemical cell utilizing the same. The tin may be a tin sulfate, tin oxide, or metallic tin. The active pa... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6117593 | Current collector manufacture by arc spray deposition Arc spray deposition of molten metal droplets on plastic electrodes creates a tight bonded adhesion and increases the surface area contact between collector and electrode. This is especially efficacious for lithium secondary batteries which are known to f... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6110236 | Method of preparing electrodes having evenly distributed component mixtures A process for forming an electrode involves mixing or homogenizing one or more electrode components in a "fugitive carrier". This mixture is then frozen by dropping the temperature to a level below which the fugitive carrier freezes. This locks the well-m... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6096450 | Fuel cell assembly fluid flow plate having conductive fibers and rigidizing material therein A fluid flow plate is preferably formed with three initial sections, for instance, two layers of conductive (e.g., metal) fibers and a barrier material (e.g., metal foil) which is interposed between the two layers. For example, sintering of these three se... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6087045 | Primer with electrochemically inert particulate and process for fabricating same A primer material for use with an electrode. The primer includes a fluid medium and electrochemically inert particulate having a dimensional thickness greater than the dimensional thickness of the fluid medium after the fluid medium is at least partially ... | 07/11/2000 |
