Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168323 | Battery cover A plastic battery cover for closing a battery housing includes a top surface, a bottom surface, at least one terminal extending through the battery cover, and a connecting flank extending from the at least one terminal, the connecting flank in contact with the batte... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8097358 | Cylindrical secondary battery A cylindrical rechargeable battery having an insulating gasket prevents an internal short circuit between a cylindrical can and a cap assembly generated by external factors. The cylindrical rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly; a cylindrical can which... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092938 | Secondary battery and method of fabricating the same A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and a can having an opening at one end of the can. The electrode assembly is housed in the can. A cap plate seals the opening. The cap plate includes an electrolyte injection hole. An electrode terminal is coupled t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7927738 | Battery having improved headspace insulator A headspace insulator for a battery cell operatively coupled to circuitry within an implantable medical device in including one or more of the following: (a) a body of electrically and thermally insulating material disposed between a battery electrode assembly and a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7871725 | Secondary battery with enhanced ability to prevent leakage A secondary battery includes a can having an interior space, an electrode assembly provided in the interior space of the can, and a cap assembly seated on an opening formed in the can to seal the can and electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The cap asse... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7803483 | Hermetically sealed high capacity nonaqueous electrolyte battery and battery pack with the same A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a case formed of a film and including a heat sealed section formed on at least one edge portion of the case. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7736800 | Can type lithium secondary battery A can type lithium secondary battery including an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator, a can for receiving the electrode assembly and an electrolyte, and a cap assembly including a cap plate, an electrode t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7642007 | Battery pack and its method of manufacture The battery pack has a battery, output terminals to bring out the battery electrodes, and a molding holder to connect to the battery as well as retain the output terminals. The battery pack is molded with at least the battery, the molding holder, and its connecting ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642008 | Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the two electrodes, a container for receiving the electrode assembly inside, and a cap assembly fixed to the container. The... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7595131 | Connection between a conductive substrate and a laminate A connection (1) is provided between a conductive substrate, in the form of a planar aluminium terminal (2), and a laminate (3). The laminate has a first plastics layer, in the form of a polymer layer (4), that is secured to terminal (... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7517610 | Rechargeable battery with a connecting pole A rechargeable battery includes a cover and at least one connecting pole comprising a pole shank inserted into a pole sleeve having an inner casing. The connecting pole is closed from the outside of the rechargeable battery such that it is liquid-tight and gas-tight... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7510799 | Non-aqueous electrolyte battery A nonaqueous electrolyte battery that includes a unit cell and a battery case that encloses the unit cell. The battery case includes a laminate film that encloses the unit cells by heat welding at least a portion of the laminate film. Upon heat welding, the unit cel... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7429432 | Battery pack having circuit substrate resin molded to battery A rechargeable battery (2) and a circuit substrate (3) are connected by lead plates (4, 5) and united by a primary mold (11) that is formed by filling resin therebetween, after which a secondary mold (12) is formed on the outer fac... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7410724 | Film packaged battery having a cupped portion A battery is fabricated on the basis of at least one of the following four concepts, i.e., lead terminals passing through a package not lower than the uppermost surface of an electrolyte cell, lead terminals projecting from a package in directions opposite to each o... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7381494 | Electric battery assembly and method of manufacture An energy storage device, such as an electrical storage battery, having a unique terminal structure, sealing arrangement and an S-shaped mandrel for the electrode assembly. The battery generally includes a case in which an electrode assembly is dispose, and a cover ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7355841 | Configurations and methods for making capacitor connections An exemplary capacitor has a capacitor stack positioned in a case with a conductor positioned between the case and a lid. In one embodiment the conductor is positioned between the lid and an upper rim of the case and is welded to the lid and case. In one aspect, a c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351496 | Battery A battery including an electrode unit which is an electricity generating element housed in a battery can, in which the electricity can be taken out of the can via a pair of negative and positive electrode terminals which are exposed outside the can, and one of the n... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348097 | Insulative feed through assembly for electrochemical devices An insulative feedthrough receives an electrical lead therethrough and includes a ferrule having fist and second open ends and an interior surface. At least one polymeric guide member is positioned substantially within the first end of the ferrule and has an apertur... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347880 | Flat capacitor having staked foils and edge-connected connection members A method of joining a connection member to a capacitor foil using a staking tool having a tip of less than 0.030″ (0.762 mm) in diameter. Another embodiment couples multiple connection members of a capacitor together by edge-connecting each connection member to it... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348099 | Nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery A nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery comprising an electricity-generating element formed by spirally winding a laminate of a positive electrode plate, a separating material and a negative electrode plate, and an electrolytic solution with which the separating... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344800 | Battery design for implantable medical devices An improved battery design which is particularly suitable for use in an implantable medical device is disclosed. The design utilizes a two-part case for the battery contents which allows freedom with respect to feedthrough locations and battery shape. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341802 | Feedthrough assembly and method A feedthrough is insulated and hermetically sealed by brazing a ceramic disk to a case cover and by brazing the top surface of the ceramic disk to the bottom surface of a feedthrough pinhead. Using this technique instead of forming a compression seal, the surface ar... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335442 | Battery with current collector plate welded to electrode terminal assembly A battery including an electrode unit housed in a battery can and which generates electricity which can be taken out of the battery via a pair of negative and positive electrode terminals, wherein a terminal assembly is installed in the battery, a current collector ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326492 | Laminate sheet, laminate battery and related method A laminate battery is provided with a tab, an electric power generating element connected to the tab, and a laminate sheet allowing the electric power generating element to be accommodated. The laminate sheet includes a metallic layer and a thermally welding resin l... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327553 | Feedthrough capacitor filter assemblies with laminar flow delaminations for helium leak detection A feedthrough filter capacitor assembly includes a capacitor having first and second sets of conductive electrode plates embedded within a dielectric body and mounted to the hermetic terminal of an implantable medical device. A laminar delamination gap is provided b... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324319 | Surge protection device A surge protection device includes a first electrode and a second electrode. An air breakdown spark gap is between the second and first electrodes, an arc being formed upon an ignition of the air breakdown spark gap. A series arrangement of a potential dividing elem... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303836 | Secondary battery including improved cap assembly and method of manufacturing the cap assembly A cap assembly including a cap plate having a port aperture, an electrode port inserted into the port aperture, and an insulating member formed between the cap plate and the electrode port to insulate the cap plate and the electrode port and to tightly bind the elec... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294432 | Battery having improved headspace insulator A headspace insulator for a battery cell operatively coupled to circuitry within an implantable medical device in including one or more of the following: (a) a body of electrically and thermally insulating material disposed between a battery electrode assembly and a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292431 | Electrochemical capacitor and method of use The invention is an electrochemical capacitor with its electrodes made on a conducting substrate with a layer of a redox polymer of the poly[Me(R-Salen)] type deposited onto the substrate. Me is a transition metal (for example, Ni, Pd, Co, Cu, Fe), R is an electron-... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288736 | Connection between two components A method of connecting two components includes providing an assembly including a first component and a second component, optically sensing a connection region between the first component and the second component to produce an image, defining a substantially elliptic... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282297 | Laminate cell, assembled battery, battery module and electric vehicle A laminate cell comprises a power generating element formed by sequentially stacking positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates while interposing separators therebetween; a cell package formed of a metal composite film, the cell package hermetically sea... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273676 | Battery pack for cordless device A battery pack 13 (FIG. 2) comprises an elongated cylindrical, metal casing 35, a plurality of cells 41, 43 in casing 35 and three coaxial pack terminals 46, 54, 61. For enhanced convenience, pack terminals 46, 54, 61... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267904 | Nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery A nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery comprising an electricity-generating element formed by spirally winding a laminate of a positive electrode plate, a separating material and a negative electrode plate, and an electrolytic solution with which the separating... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7241529 | Secondary battery including improved cap assembly and plug for the secondary battery A secondary battery including a cap assembly with a structure improved for tight sealing and a plug therefor are provided. The secondary battery includes a battery unit formed by rolling a stack of a negative plate, a separator, and a positive plate, a cap assembly,... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220518 | Secondary battery and electrolyte used therefor A secondary battery which exhibits less deterioration of capacity, can maintain high energy densities in high temperature atmospheres, and has high practicality, and an electrolyte used therefor, are provided. The electrolyte contains an anion expressed by (PFa... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7205068 | Electric battery assembly and method of manufacture An energy storage device, such as an electrical storage battery, having a unique terminal structure, sealing arrangement and an S-shaped mandrel for the electrode assembly. The battery generally includes a case in which an electrode assembly is dispose, and a cover ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201998 | Pouch-type lithium secondary battery A pouch-type lithium secondary battery includes a battery unit having a positive plate, a separator, and a negative plate; a plurality of electrode tabs, drawn from the positive and negative plates, respectively; a case, formed with a space receiving the battery uni... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7175938 | Battery case employing ring sandwich The invention includes a brazed ceramic ring that separates the positive and negative ends of the battery while still providing a leak-tight seal. The ceramic is aluminum oxide or zirconium oxide or zirconium oxide with 3% yttrium. The invention includes a brazing m... | 02/13/2007 |
