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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8003267 | Flexible power supply Disclosed is a flexible power supply including a hydrogen supply device connected to a flexible fuel cell, wherein the hydrogen supply device includes a moldable hydrogen fuel. In one embodiment, the flexible fuel cell is a sheet structure, and the hydrogen supply d... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7709139 | Three dimensional battery A battery device includes a cathode current collector and an anode current collector. A fibrous electrode forms a structure defining a plurality of pores. A first portion of the fibrous electrode is in contact with a current collector. An electrolytic polymer is ele... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7479344 | Conformable battery A conformable battery wherein the outer casing has an upper face plate, a lower face plate, and at least one perimetric wall, and an interior of the battery comprising a grid of walls extending from the upper face plate to the lower face plate and connecting to the ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7378186 | Flat non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell In a flat non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell comprising an electricity-generating element including at least a cathode, a separator and an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte in the inside of a cathode case, a plurality of electrode units each consisting of the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364816 | Laminate type battery and method for manufacturing the same A laminate type battery comprises a substrate, a power generating element which has at least one single cell made by a positive electrode layer, an electrolyte layer and a negative electrode layer which are sandwiched by collecting layers from both sides thereof, an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348096 | Flexible thin printed battery and device and method of manufacturing same A flat, flexible electrochemical cell is provided. The within invention describes various aspects of the flat, flexible electrochemical cell. A printed anode is provided that obviates the need for a discrete anode current collector, thereby reducing the size of the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342770 | Recyclable dry particle based adhesive electrode and methods of making same A dry process based capacitor and method for using one or more recyclable electrode film structure is disclosed. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341806 | Battery having carbon foam current collector A battery cell includes a negative current collector and at least one carbon foam positive current collector disposed within the cell such that the negative current collector at least partially surrounds the at least one carbon foam positive current collector. An in... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7294209 | Apparatus and method for depositing material onto a substrate using a roll-to-roll mask A battery-operated device provided on a thin-film battery and a method for making. Some embodiments provide a system that includes a vacuum chamber, a plurality of pairs of source and take-up reels within the vacuum chamber, including a first source reel that suppli... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288343 | Structure and methods of fabricating binding layers for a Li-ion polymer battery A Li-ion polymer battery and methods for its fabrication. A first and second layer, of a polymer/particulate material composition, separate and bind each anode and cathode. The polymer of the first layer and its associated solvent differ from the polymer of the seco... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7229385 | Wearable device A wearable device having a display element, display control circuitry connected to the display element; and a flexible body for supporting the display element, wherein the body is configured and sized to be secured onto a wearer, the body includes one or more compon... | 06/12/2007 |
| RE39676 | Flexible thin layer open electrochemical cell A flexible thin layer open liquid state electrochemical cell which can be used as a primary or rechargeable power supply for various miniaturized and portable electrically powered devices of compact design. The cell includes a wet electrolyte, yet maintains a fexibl... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219627 | Electrical bandage protector A flexible electric bandage protector for use on a bandage or an animal. The protector comprising a flexible thin battery and a conductive layer disposed on one side of the battery. The conductive layer is in the form of two sets of conductive traces, the conductive... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215532 | Method and machine for manufacturing energy accumulating components, and components made thereby A method for manufacturing electrical components of the energy-accumulating electrostatic or electrochemical type, consisting in winding at least two layers of a film on a support made of an electrically nonconducting material that has a substantially polygonal cros... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204862 | Packaged thin film batteries and methods of packaging thin film batteries A packaged battery (10) and method of producing such is provided having a thin film lithium battery cell (11) sealably encased within a packaging layer (12). The battery cell (11) includes a substrate (13), an anode (16), an... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198866 | Cell assembly A plurality of single cells 10a to 10d, each being packaged by laminate films 12 and 13, are attached onto one surface of a flexible printed circuit board 20, in a state of being interconnected in series to each other... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194801 | Thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte and associated method A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175929 | Fuel cell, method of manufacturing the same, and fuel cell stack including the same A fuel cell includes: a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) including a polyelectrolyte membrane having first and second sides to which a fuel electrode and an air electrode are joined, respectively; a fuel electrode housing having an internal face on which a fuel cha... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166384 | Microscopic batteries for MEMS systems Microscopic batteries, integratable or integrated with microelectromechanical systems or other microscopic circuits, including a MEMS microcircuit, and methods of microfabrication of such microscopic batteries are disclosed, among which comprise closed system micros... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166385 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery assembly A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode plate including an outer jacket comprising a sheet-shaped positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer formed on an inner surface of the outer jacket ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147965 | Pressure-balanced battery for downhole tools Pressure-balanced primary and secondary batteries suited for supplying power to downhole tools and for powering a downhole telemetry network. The battery comprises an electrochemical generator disposed within at least a partially compliant enclosure or housing. The ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144654 | Microscopic batteries integrated with MEMS systems Microscopic batteries, integratable or integrated with microelectromechanical systems or other microscopic circuits, including a MEMS microcircuit, and methods of microfabrication of such microscopic batteries are disclosed, among which comprise closed system micros... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135250 | Multi-layer electrode structure and battery incorporating same An electrode includes a composite mixture layer formed by applying a composite mixture having one of a cathode active material or an anode active material on one of main surfaces of a plurality of current collectors formed in substantially rectangular shapes; and a ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131190 | Membrane electrode assembly and method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly A method for fabricating membrane electrode assembly includes providing an anode side diffusion layer structure and a cathode side diffusion layer structure with a layer of membrane electrolyte therebetween. The diffusion layer structures include diffusion segments,... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131189 | Continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A system for making a thin-film device includes a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate having a major surface area. The substrate has a first layer on a first surface area of the substrate's major surface area. Also included is a device for depositing ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132194 | Non-aqueous electrolytic battery and its manufacturing method A nonaqueous electrolyte battery with a higher energy density in which a useless part which has no contribution to the electromotive is reduced, and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A positive electrode laminate (5) (a positive electrode) hav... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129001 | Cell comprising a power-generating element fastened by sheets A cell such as a nonaqueous electrolytic secondary cell includes a plurality of power-generating elements which each include a strip-like positive electrode and a strip-like negative electrode that are both wound into an elliptic cylinder with a separator being inte... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113095 | Trackable files and systems for using the same A system for tracking files at a site having a plurality of locations includes a plurality of antenna arrays and a plurality of files. Each of the antenna arrays generates an energizing field and is disposed at or near one of the locations. Each of the files include... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108941 | Flat battery and production method therefor A positive electrode plate (7) and a negative electrode plate (8) are coiled around with a separator (9) interposed therebetween into a flat shape having a rectangular plan to obtain an intermediate product (17) of an electrode plate grou... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105249 | Pressure-compensated downhole battery A pressure-balanced battery for powering downhole-drilling components and a downhole telemetry network in a subterranean environment includes a battery and a housing enclosing and sealing a volume containing the battery. At least a portion of the housing is expandab... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7091899 | Remote control transmitter Hook portion is formed on sheet an electric discharge preventing sheet put between battery and electrode. Hook portion which is deformable with a prescribed force comes into contact with holder 6 retaining electric discharge preventing sheet. Therewith, a rem... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074520 | Contoured casing of mating clamshell portions for an electrochemical cell The present invention provides an electrochemical cell of either a primary or a secondary chemistry housed in a casing having opposed major side walls of a contoured shape. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7048822 | Packaging material for polymer cell and method for producing the same A polymer battery module packaging sheet includes, as essential components, a base layer (61), an aluminum layer (62), chemical conversion coatings (64a, 64b) coating the opposite surfaces of the aluminum layer (62), ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043300 | High-energy electrolytic capacitors for implantable defibrillators Implantable defibrillators are implanted into the chests of patients prone to suffering ventricular fibrillation, a potentially fatal heart condition. A critical component in these devices is an aluminum electrolytic capacitors, which stores and delivers one or more... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041380 | Packaging material for battery Disclosed is a packaging material for forming an armor body for a battery, the armor body being adapted for use in such a manner that a battery body is inserted into the armor body and the peripheral edge of the armor body is then heat sealed for hermetic sealing, t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033701 | Lithium secondary cell and method of fabricating the same The present invention relates to a lithium secondary cell and a method of fabricating the same. The lithium secondary cell; a plurality of cathode plates having a desired size and adhered on one surface of the separator film while being uniformly spaced apart from o... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033405 | Lithium secondary battery and method for manufacturing thereof A lithium secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the lithium secondary battery includes the forming of an electrode assembly by interposing a separator between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, accommodating the electrode assembly into a batte... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033703 | Composite material and current collector for battery A composite material including a first carbon foam structure including a network of pores and a second carbon foam structure including a network of pores. An intermediate bonding structure is disposed at least in part between the first and second carbon foam structu... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018742 | Active carbon-based nanotube battery A Carbon Nanofiber-based (CNT—Carbon Nanotube) electrical high performance battery comprises a cell trough filled with electrolyte, a spring coil locking onto said cell trough, an anode/cathode substrate plate installed within said cell trough with its separation ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014950 | Lead outlet structure of secondary battery in sheet type The present invention is a lead outlet structure of a secondary battery in sheet type, which comprises; an internal electrode pair in sheet type which is obtained by stacking alternately sheets of cathode electrode and sheets of anode electrode with separator betwee... | 03/21/2006 |
