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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163418 | Method of controlled delivery for use in electrochemical power sources A system and method for improving electrochemical power sources through the dispensing, encapsulation and dispersion into galvanic chambers of an electrochemical cell. Features of the method include the optimization of the concentration levels of chemicals involved ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7939219 | Carbonate fuel cell and components thereof for in-situ delayed addition of carbonate electrolyte An apparatus and method in which a delayed carbonate electrolyte is stored in the storage areas of a non-electrolyte matrix fuel cell component and is of a preselected content so as to obtain a delayed time release of the electrolyte in the storage areas in the oper... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7320844 | Vanadium/polyhalide redox flow battery The invention relates to a redox flow cell containing a polyhalide/halide redox couple in the positive half-cell electrolyte and a V(III)/V(II) redox couple in the negative half-cell electrolyte. The invention also relates to a method of producing electricity by dis... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7232507 | High volumetric efficiency electrochemical cell design for treatment of low concentrations of contaminants in low conductivity water An electrochemical cell design is disclosed for the particular application of the electrochemical treatment of contaminants in water. The cell is designed to allow the treatment of low concentrations of contaminants in low conductivity water efficiently, and to be s... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7195841 | System and a method of solid storage and dissolution of a catholyte for use in electrochemical cell A system and a method of storage and dissolution of solid catholyte are provided. The system and the method employ a solid medium having a controlled surface from which solid catholyte particles suspended within a matrix of encapsulating species are dissolved and hy... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7122270 | Electrochemical cell having venting current collector and seal assembly A low profile collector and seal assembly for sealing the open end of a container of an electrochemical cell and providing venting of pressurized gases. An electrochemical cell has a can with a closed bottom end and an open top end, positive and negative electrodes ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6986964 | Metal air cell incorporating ionic isolation systems Electrochemical cell systems are disclosed herein that are capable of selective ionic isolation, oxidant isolation, oxidant removal, moisture control, and combinations thereof. Selective ionic isolation is generally effectuated by selectively eliminating or minimizi... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6936374 | Battery pack comprising heat-sensitive current blocking element and press portion for pressing the element The battery pack of the invention comprises an outer case, a battery main body disposed within the outer case, and a heat-sensitive current blocking element mounted on the outer surface of the battery main body. On the inner surface of the outer case is provided a p... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929881 | Connection for joining a current collector to a terminal pin for a primary lithium or secondary lithium ion electrochemical cell A rod-shaped coupler for connecting a current collector to a terminal pin, is described. The coupler is secured to the entire width of the current collector, preferably the cathode in a cell of a case negative design, and is generally aligned along the longitudinal ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6864018 | Battery with a controlled release anode An electrochemical cell including a cathode, an electrolyte in ionic contact with the cathode, and an anode in physical contact with the electrolyte, wherein the anode contains a controlled release anode composition that includes at least a first anode active materi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6849356 | Separated flow liquid catholyte aluminum hydrogen peroxide seawater semi fuel cell The present invention relates to an improved semi-fuel cell and an improved cathode used therein. The semi-fuel cell stack comprises a housing, an anode within the housing, a porous cathode within the housing, an aqueous catholyte within the housing, an aqueous anol... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6844108 | Ultraminiaturized reserve battery cell To compliment the drawback of the conventional large-size reserve battery cell inapplicable to a small electronic system, disclosed is a super-slim reserve battery cell sized merely several millimeters in its entirety including micro-size battery elements sized abou... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6800393 | Metal air cell incorporating ionic isolation systems Electrochemical cell systems are disclosed herein that are capable of selective ionic isolation, oxidant isolation, oxidant removal, moisture control, and combinations thereof. Selective ionic isolation is generally effectuated by selectively eliminating or minimizi... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6673486 | Timing mechanism for controlling the charging of a battery in an electronic artillery fuse As activatable battery for an electronic artillery fuse includes an ampoule filled with an electrolyte, and an activation device for rupturing the ampoule in response to the application of an impulse of predetermined minimum magnitude. The activation devi... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6599656 | Storage cell battery incorporating a safety device A storage cell battery includes at least one cell having an enclosure containing an electrode assembly impregnated with an electrolyte and including at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode and at least one separator disposed betwe... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6576364 | Deferred assembly construction of electrochemical cells Printed electrochemical cells including both power cells and display cells are arranged in a partially assembled condition to extend shelf life of the cells. The partially assembled condition is also used as a switching mechanism for controlling activatio... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6369793 | Printed display and battery A display system includes a printed display formed on a substrate and a printed battery in electrical communication with the printed display. The printed display provides power to the printed display. Since both the display and battery are printed, the re... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6355369 | Ecologically clean mechanically rechargeable air-metal current source A mechanically rechargeable air-metal source of current having one or more non-consumable gas diffusion positive electrode(s), one or more consumable negative metal electrode(s), an electrolyte based on water solutions of salts and/or bases and a housing ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6285492 | Interactive electrochemical displays Electrochemical displays have electronic or ionic pathways between electrodes interrupted to control activation. Electrochemical erosion of one of the electrodes reveals an underlying graphic image. Game assemblies are constructed by dividing electrochemi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6221525 | Electrochemical cell having a doped electrolyte and associated fabrication and electrochemical processes An electrochemical cell comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, an electrolyte, and a dopant associated with the electrolyte, wherein the dopant comprises a reservoir for controllably releasing salt into the electrolyte. The dopant further co... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6187471 | Bimodal battery A battery has an outer casing, an electrolyte located within the outer casing, an additive located within the outer casing and separated from the electrolyte, and a power mode increasing device located within the outer casing. The battery operates in a lo... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6136468 | Electrochemical cell with deferred assembly Printed electrochemical cells including both power cells and display cells are arranged in a partially assembled condition to extend shelf life of the cells. The partially assembled condition is also used as a switching mechanism for controlling activatio... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5108854 | Battery with separate electrolyte storage tank A battery cell of extended shelf life, which has a separate electrolyte storage tank having screened outlet ports, which tank is mounted within another container to define an annulus therebetween, which annulus defines a passageway to a screened outlet po... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5069986 | Selective discharge limiting seal for a battery A method of reducing the discharge rate of a battery while providing a desired current comprising the steps of incrementally controlling the amount of one or more activating gases provided to an energy storage means, and providing an energy level responsi... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5068162 | Reserve activated electrochemical cell A reserve activated electrochemical cell in a battery embodiment uses a tubular electrolyte storage compartment arranged in a concentric spiral having similar diameter turns thereof located on a common axis. The tubular spiral is assembled concentrically ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5047301 | High temperature battery and system utilizing same A battery capable of extended operation at high temperature includes a cell of laminated construction utilizing a solid oxidant cathode, an electrolyte element, a catalyst and a gas impermeable separator sheet providing an anode for the cell, with each el... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4830936 | Activatable electrochemical battery implementing lithium/oxyhalide couples An activatable electrochemical battery implementing lithium/oxyhalide couples. The present invention relates to an activatable lithium/SOCl2 or lithium/SO2 Cl2 primary battery in which means are provided for eliminating le... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4731308 | Battery component A mechanical component for electrochemical batteries having porous members. A disc has two or more circular grooves in one side. The grooves are intended to accept the porous members and an electrode member of the battery. The opposite side of the disc ha... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4731305 | Cylindrical bipolar electrode battery A battery has first and second polarity circular electrodes within a circular housing. At least one bipolar electrode is interposed between the first and second polarity circular electrodes. Porous separators are located between electrodes. The cell also ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4722876 | Liquid activated battery An improved long life, liquid activated battery is disclosed which employs a battery cell architecture including a metal electrode and a specially configured, multi-element carbon electrode. The carbon electrode is effected by activated carbon granules em... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4720439 | Deferred action battery activated by rotation A deferred action battery in which activation is initiated by rotating one part of the battery (the rotor) with respect to a second part of the battery (the stator). A liquid electrolyte is stored within a chamber in the rotor, and a cathode mix is stored... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4649090 | Seal tab for a metal-air electrochemical cell A seal tab consisting of an acrylic adhesive applied to a biaxially-oriented three-ply synthetic paper of polypropylene is used as a sealing means for metal-air electrochemical cells, and batteries constructed thereof. The seal tabs prevent loss of rate c... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4626482 | Metal/air batteries A metal/air battery having plural series-connected cells, including a tank for holding a body of liquid electrolyte, and an electrically nonconductive frame carrying a plurality of air cathodes facing a common air chamber and a like plurality of anodes re... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4481266 | Reactive metal battery having continuous supply of cathode reactant An improved porous cathode structure for use in a battery having a reactive metal electrode and flowed electrolyte. The cathode is preferably formed of an electrically conducting porous material with categorically active surface at an interface with the e... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4456665 | Calcium electrochemical reserve cell There is provided an electrochemical reserve cell of short activation time, which comprises a calcium dischargeable calcium alloy anode essentially devoid of alkali metal, an inorganic oxyhalide liquid cathode serving also as solvent for the electrolyte s... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4366213 | Battery and contact combination The invention relates to a battery and contact combination comprising a battery with at least one cell, a plastic casing enclosing said battery, and current collector means. At least one of the terminals of the battery is arranged inside the casing adjace... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4349615 | Rechargeable electrochemical cell and method for charging same A rechargable electrochemical cell has a negative electrode; a positive electrode spaced therefrom; an electrolyte solution in which portions of said negative and said positive electrodes are immersed; a flexible housing means whereby said electrodes and ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4327161 | Electrochemical storage cell device An electrochemical storage cell device provides fluctuating voltage and current to a load to be driven. A plurality of the electrochemical storage cell devices may, when initially charged up, be used to provide alternating current and alternating voltage ... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4262062 | Metal-air battery with environment control for intermittent high current demand An air/metal cell includes an internal gas-permeable membrane to restrict the transfer of oxygen from ambient atmosphere to the cathode, and incorporates an internal valve actuated by external force on the cell to open the valve and admit substantial quan... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4202935 | Deferred action dry cell battery A dry cell battery has a switch for selectively activating and deactivating the battery.... | 05/13/1980 |
