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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7875379 | Electrochemical cell having a pocket separator design An electrochemical cell comprising a cathode material contacted to a perforated current collector having a portion left uncovered and an anode material contacted to an anode current collector is described. A separator sheet segregating the anode from direct contact ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7781093 | Battery assembly employed with separator of sealed top portion and secondary battery comprising the same Disclosed herein are an electrode assembly having separators the upper ends of which are sealed and a secondary battery including the same. The electrode assembly has a cathode/separator/anode structure that can be charged and discharged. The separators, which protr... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7358007 | Laminate, method for preparation thereof, and use thereof A laminate to be served as seal film for sealing the electrolyte of battery or as protection film for protecting the electrode part of battery, comprising a metal layer, a surface-treated layer formed over the surface of the metal layer and a layer of an adhesive re... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7291186 | Solid porous zinc electrodes and methods of making same A solid porous zinc electrode for use in alkaline-zinc batteries, zinc-air batteries and fuel cells is provided which comprises specific zinc filaments, fibers, threads or strands compressed into a physically-stable wooly mass to form the electrode with a controlled... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279241 | Electrolyte sheet with a corrugation pattern An electrolyte sheet comprises a substantially non-porous body and has at least one stress-relief area on at least a portion of the electrolyte sheet. The stress-relief area has a surface with a plurality of folds. The plurality of folds are arranged around and dire... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7077876 | Method of installing an edgepiece on a battery plate A method for placing an edge piece on a battery plate includes bending a thin strip of bendable plastic material into an open top, U-shaped channel. The channel is then cut into an edge piece having a length which is substantially equal to the edge of the battery pl... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6979513 | Battery including carbon foam current collectors A battery having a current collector constructed of carbon foam. The carbon foam includes a network of pores into which a chemically active material is disposed to create either a positive or negative plate for the battery. The carbon foam resists corrosion and exhi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6933075 | Sleeve separator for a lead plate The invention relates to a sleeve separator for a lead plate (2) of a lead-acid accumulator. The sleeve separator surrounds the front and rear sides and lower and bottom edges of said lead plate. The invention is characterised in that the separator material (... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6855455 | Electrode unit for rechargeable electrochemical cells The invention relates to an electrode unit for rechargeable electrochemical cells, e.g. accumulator cells, whose energy storage properties are drawn from the deposition of an element such as metal or an alloy. The electrode unit has an electrode (2) and a por... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6844096 | Easy refuelling metal-gas cell battery with soft pocket A metal-gas cell battery, such as a zinc-air cell battery, has one or more metal-gas cells. Each metal-gas cell has a metal anode sandwiched between a pair of gas cathodes. Each gas cathode is disposed within a rigid retaining structure. An expandable soft pocket fo... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6743546 | Laminate sheath type battery Battery with a flexible laminate casing includes a means for fixing the electrode assembly (2) within the casing (1, 18). The fixing means may be a frame (19, 33, 38, 50, 54) attached to the periphery of the electrode assembly, or an insulating ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6713211 | Square shaped battery A square shaped battery includes: an electrode plate group including a belt-like positive electrode plate, a belt-like negative electrode plate, and a belt-like separator, the belt-like positive electrode plate, the belt-like negative electrode plate, and the belt-l... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6685753 | Method of installing an edge piece on a battery plate and apparatus for performing same A method for placing an edge piece on a battery plate includes bending a thin strip of bendable plastic material into an open top, U-shaped channel. The channel is then cut into an edge piece having a length which is substantially equal to the edge of the... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6630262 | Metal-gas cell battery with soft pocket A metal-gas cell storage battery, such as a zinc-air cell battery, has one or more battery cells wherein each battery cell comprises a metallic anode sandwiched between a pair of gas cathodes. Each gas cathode is disposed within a rigid retaining structur... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6544684 | Prismatic battery and method of manufacturing same Positive and negative electrode plates 2, 3 are alternately stacked upon one another with intervening separators 4 to constitute an electrode plate group 1. The respective electrode plates are laterally offset so that side edges of the electrode plates pr... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6475665 | Lead acid storage battery The present invention provides a lead acid storage battery keeping sufficient cycle life even under vibrating conditions. The lead acid storage battery of the present invention includes an assembly element that is obtained by alternately laying positive e... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6001503 | Battery separator having a puncture-proof border A microporous polymer battery separator having a puncture-proof corrugated border along the lateral edges thereof.... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5912090 | Nickel-hydrogen stacked battery pack A nickel-hydrogen stacked battery pack containing at least two element cells each having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator inserted between the positive and negative electrodes and an electrolytic solution, in which the element cells... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5776629 | Rechargeable batteries and methods of preparing same The present invention provides a rechargeable battery comprising (a) a container having a top, a bottom, and one or more side walls, and, positioned within the container, (b) an anode subject to shedding during charge/discharge cycling, (c) a cathode subj... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5616434 | Battery plate separator envelope and method of forming battery plate assemblies including the same Battery plate envelopes include a sheet of porous film material having a folded widthwise bottom edge and overlapped lateral edges to thereby form a pocket for receiving a battery plate therein. The overlapped lateral edges are joined to one another by a ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5607484 | Method of forming battery plate assemblies for wet storage cell batteries Battery plate envelopes include a sheet of porous film material having a folded widthwise bottom edge and overlapped lateral edges to thereby form a pocket for receiving a battery plate therein. The overlapped lateral edges are joined to one another by a ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5605549 | Battery electrolyte pad with gelling agents and method A gel-type storage battery is made by preparing porous electrolyte pads having internal pockets containing a dry powdered gelling agent, and inserting the pad between adjacent battery electrodes before addition of acid. The gelling agent may include acid ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5580676 | Rectangular battery A rectangular battery is disclosed. The rectangular battery includes a plurality of cathode plates and anode plates alternately superposed via a separator to face each other. The cathode plates and the anode plates are consecutively packed with the separa... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5563007 | Method of enveloping and assembling battery plates and product produced thereby A method of enveloping and assembling positive and negative plates into a group suitable for use in an electrochemical cell by forming at least one row of alternating positive and negative plates of a predetermined number with the top edges of said plates... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5558952 | Pocket separator for electric storage battery plates A pocket separator which contains positive or negative plates in an electric storage battery, which has a closed bottom, left and right sides, and an open top. The pocket is formed of a porous separator sheet, with the facing inner surfaces of the pocket ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5470676 | Lead-acid storage battery containing pocket-type electrode assembly A stable and durable electrode assembly for a lead-acid storage battery to provide a longer-life lead-acid storage battery is described. A synthetic resin-made separator and a glass mat, which is wider than the separator, are coordinately stacked together... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5384211 | Oxidation resistant enveloped separator A battery separator formed into an envelope and having improved oxidation resistance is disclosed. The sealed edge along the bottom of the envelope and preferably also along the vertical side edges of the envelope has a greater amount of a processing aid,... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5230968 | Electrochemical cells A laterally compressed envelope of solid electrolyte material is provided for use as an electrode holder in an electrochemical cell. It has two opposed major faces sealed together along at least part of the periphery of the envelope, each major face being... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5209993 | Method of enveloping battery plates Method of enveloping a battery plate in a heat-fusible fibrous separator material (e.g., fibrous glass mat) including the step of tacking the mat to itself by means of an electric arc.... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5075183 | Lead acid storage battery A lead acid storage battery comprises a group of electrode plates, wherein a negative plate is enclosed in an enveloped separator joined together at its both edges by welding or mechanical sealing and a glass mat is separately provided between the separat... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5004655 | Thin bipolar lead-acid battery with individual cell vent A thin, bipolar, lead-acid battery includes one or more cells, each of which is provided with a one-way vent for allowing release of gas generated during battery formation or overcharge. A planar spacer, having a cut out central portion, receives the elec... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4855196 | Multilaminate material and separator assembly for electrochemical cells A multilaminate material for separating electrodes of opposite polarity in cells and battery assemblies has at least one layer of flexible, microporous retaining mat bonded to at least one layer of semi-rigid, porous support material, and a microporous se... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4788113 | Sheet material and separator envelopes manufactured therefrom for the electrode plates of batteries The invention concerns a sheet material and separator envelopes manufactured therefrom for enclosing electrode plates of batteries. The cited object is to improve the manufacturability of the heat-sealed or bonded seams of the electrode envelopes and to p... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4778479 | Method of manufacturing accumulators having accumulator plate sets and an accumulator manufactured in accordance with this method In a method of manufacturing accumulator plate sets separator sheets (15) consisting of glass fleece are cut to size and are adhesively bonded to form pockets after being folded around a positive grid plate laid thereon. A predetermined compressive stress... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4680242 | Wrapped battery plate A battery plate wrapper blank comprising a sheet of plate wrapper material is provided with attached longitudinal edge protective strips positioned to overlay the longitudinal sides of a battery plate which it is adapted to envelope and with a bottom edge... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4678729 | Separator basket preforms for primary cells and methods of forming and inserting same A system of forming and manipulating primary cell separator basket preforms produced in strip form and tandem relationship with a dentent associated with each preform, e.g., a transverse slit in the strip for each preform displaced so its edge is outstand... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4669183 | Method and apparatus for sizing galvanic cell separators The present invention relates to an improved method for sizing thermoplastic battery separators introduced into partially assembled cells. The method comprises introducing a heated sizing punch under controlled temperature and time conditions to deform th... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4668320 | Method of making a coiled electrode assembly An electrode assembly for use in a galvanic cell has electrodes disposed in superimposed pockets of separator material and end surfaces having a uniform appearance. Also provided is a method for producing such an electrode assembly which method is readily... | 05/26/1987 |
