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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178234 | Cell-to-cell connection structure Cell-to-cell connection plates (1) each integrally having a welding part (2) shaped to fall within a circular end of a battery case (7) and a connecting part (2) extending from this welding part (2) are provided. The cell-to-cell c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8142921 | Rechargeable battery and battery module A rechargeable battery having electrical stability includes an electrode assembly, a case, a cap assembly, and a spacer. The electrode assembly includes an anode, a cathode, and a separator interposed between the anode and the cathode. The case has an opening in whi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8119276 | In parallel hybrid power source comprising a lithium/oxyhalide electrochemical cell coupled with a lithium ion cell A lithium oxyhalide cell electrically connected in parallel with a lithium ion cell is described. Importantly, the open circuit voltage of the freshly built primary lithium oxyhalide cell is equal to or less that the open circuit voltage of the lithium ion cell in a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114540 | Buss bar for batteries A buss bar for connecting electrochemical cells together includes a conductive member having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body between the first end and second end. The body includes a stress relief region configured to dampen vibrational forces recei... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8003246 | Energy store with guide rod An energy storage device is provided including multiple back-to-back-disposed storage cells, from the first end of which the plus pole is made to emerge and from the other end of which the minus pole is made to emerge, thereby creating a series circuit of the storag... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7935438 | Secondary battery module A large-capacity battery module which is formed by integrating a plurality of unit cells. The present invention provides a secondary battery module having a plurality of unit cells and connectors for electrically connecting the unit cells, which includes: a spacer s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7887946 | Prismatic battery having a welding window A prismatic battery according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a flat electrode group 10 stacked or rolled by mutually positive and negative electrodes with a separator therebetween, a pressing plate 13A, a current collecting body | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887947 | Connection structure between unit cells The connection structure between unit cells connects a plurality of batteries B1 and B2 in series with bottomed cylindrical battery cases 2 and 5 which function as electrode terminals on one side, sealing plates 3 which close the o... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7851081 | Equal distribution-typed bus bar, and middle or large-sized battery pack employed with the same Disclosed herein are a bus bar for connecting two or more devices to an external circuit, wherein the bus bar is capable of equalizing internal resistances between a connection point of the external circuit and connection points of the respective devices, and a midd... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7842413 | Rechargeable battery to reduce internal resistance and method of manufacturing the same A rechargeable battery reducing internal resistance and equalizing the distribution of current flow in an electrode plate assembly. A plurality of battery jars are connected to one another through partition walls. A power generation element including an electrode pl... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7811701 | Battery assembly A battery pack includes multiple power bus lines connecting a quantity of cell strings in parallel, wherein each cell string includes multiple cells connected in series. The battery pack further has multiple conductors providing electrical communication between the ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807288 | Battery cartridge-connecting system for battery module A battery cartridge-connecting system for battery modules including bus bars, each of which includes a plate-shaped bar body, coupling parts, and electrical connection parts; a base plate, to which the bus bars are easily mounted; and a printed circuit board (PCB), ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7807290 | Battery cell assembly A battery cell assembly includes a plurality of battery cells. Each battery cell comprises a first end that is positively charged and a second end that is negatively charged. One or more flexible conductors are adapted to electrically connect the plurality of batter... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7807289 | Battery pack and battery module and method for operating a battery module A battery pack with at least two electrochemical cells, lithium ion cells in particular, has each cell including a positive pole and a negative pole on the end face of the particular cell body, the poles of the cells being electrically connected in series and/or in ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7776467 | Inter-battery connection device An inter-battery connection device for connecting terminals of two batteries (1a, 1b) arranged with their axes parallel to each other. The inter-battery connection device includes an inter-battery connection plate (11) that connects the battery ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7740981 | Assembled battery including insulating support plate connected to a terminal surface An assembled battery is equipped with an insulating support plate supporting bus bars, omits the bolting operation and can simplify the operation of electrically connecting the bus bars to electrode terminals. The assembled battery includes a plurality of battery mo... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7604896 | High voltage battery assembly for a motor vehicle A battery assembly for a vehicle. The battery assembly includes a plurality of voltage modules and a connection device having conductive and nonconductive portions. The conductive portion contacts the terminals of at least two voltage modules when disposed in a firs... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7550228 | Car power source battery apparatus The car power source battery apparatus houses a plurality of battery modules in a holder case. Battery modules have batteries connected in a straight-line fashion, and boundary regions between batteries are covered with elastomer cylinders, which can flexibly deform... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7514174 | Electrochemical device including electrolyte An electrochemical device comprising an electrolyte and at least one electrode plate, the electrochemical device having a metal part constituting the electrode plate or being connected to the electrode plate; the electrolyte comprising a solute and a solvent dissolv... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7410725 | Electrochemical energy storage device having improved enclosure arrangement An improved electrochemical single or multi-cell energy storage device and casing are provided. The casing may be a pair of U-shaped shells, a single foil piece or even a tube-shaped structure which encases the internal electrochemical cell stack. The energy storage... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7358193 | Apparatus for forming nanoholes and method for forming nanoholes A vacuum chamber includes a plasma generating space in its interior. A magnetic field generating device applies a fluctuating magnetic field to the plasma generating space to cause plasma therein to fluctuate. A substrate is placed in the plasma generating space so ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348103 | Polyfluorinated boron cluster anions for lithium electrolytes The present invention relates to an improvement in lithium secondary batteries comprised of a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a separator, and a lithium-based electrolyte carried in an aprotic solvent and to the electrolyte compositions. The improvement re... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7339347 | Apparatus and method for reliably supplying electrical energy to an electrical system The instant invention is directed to a multiple battery system and auxiliary battery attachment system. The invention provides a battery housing having a common positive terminal and a common negative terminal coupled to an electrical system. A main battery having a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332243 | Battery and battery container A housing for a vehicle battery includes a top portion configured for attachment to a battery cover and a plurality of containers extending from the top portion for containing elements of a battery. The plurality of containers are arranged in an offset configuration... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316863 | Battery pack having thin terminal board A battery pack housing a plurality of battery cells in a case and respectively connecting the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes of the plurality of battery cells to conductive terminal boards to be led out to outside terminals is provided. The conducti... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311993 | Polyfluorinated boron cluster anions for lithium electrolytes The present invention relates to an improvement in lithium secondary batteries comprised of a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a separator, and a lithium-based electrolyte carried in an aprotic solvent and to the electrolyte compositions. The improvement re... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7291422 | Battery and related method A battery is provided with a plurality of unit cells stacked in a stack direction, a plurality of conductive members each having an electric conductivity, and a plurality of insulation members each having an insulation property. The plurality of conductive members a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291423 | Prismatic sealed battery A prismatic sealed battery has a prismatic battery case (3) which includes a plurality of prismatic containers (4) coupled in a row via partitions (5), electrode plate assemblies (8), and collectors (10) which are joined to lead po... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288341 | Battery frame and battery A battery frame of the present invention has; any one of a conductive member and an insulating member which are sandwiched between electrode tabs of flat cells arranged in a stacking direction when a battery is formed, the conductive member electrically connecting t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7276172 | Method for preparing a nanowire crossbar structure and use of a structure prepared by this method The present invention relates to a method for preparing a nanowire crossbar structure, comprising: (a) providing a substrate; (b) depositing thereon a composite structure comprising a nucleic acid-block copolymer having equidistant nucleic acid-catalyst binding site... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273679 | Secondary battery A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator, and a case containing the electrode assembly therein. A cap assembly is attached to the case and has a positive electrode terminal and a negative el... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270912 | Module battery A module battery comprises a cell including an electrode tab and a cell body having a power generating element hermetically sealed in a package film. The module battery has a constitution in which a plurality of the cells are stacked on one another, and the electrod... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259692 | Hybrid power management system and method A system and method for hybrid power management. The system includes photovoltaic cells, ultracapacitors, and pulse generators. In one embodiment, the hybrid power management system is used to provide power for a highway safety flasher. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247409 | Alkaline storage battery and hydrogen storage alloy electrode used therefor The hydrogen storage alloy electrode comprises: a conductive core material; and an active material layer which contains a hydrogen storage alloy powder and is carried on said core material, and the alloy powder has any shape selected from the group consisting of sph... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241530 | Module battery A module battery comprises cells each having an electric power generating element hermetically sealed in a package film, and cell holders on each of which each of the cells is mounted and held. The cell holders are formed in configurations so as to allow the cell ho... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226694 | Sealed prismatic battery A sealed prismatic battery has a battery case made of a plurality of prismatic cell cases coupled together via partition walls. Electrode plate groups are accommodated together with liquid electrolyte in each of the cell cases. Each electrode plate group consists of... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7208065 | Structure for measuring the etching speed The specification discloses a structure and method for measuring the etching speed. A test layer is connected with several resistors. Etching the metal layer disconnects in order the resistors from the circuit. The equivalent resistance of the sensing resistor syste... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7193839 | Methods of storing and retrieving electric energy A method and apparatus for storing large quantities of electric energy in a small mass and volume at a high dc electric potential. Dispersed conductive particles 16 in a dispersing medium 15 contained in an insulator casing 21 between an insulat... | 03/20/2007 |
