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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8119290 | Electrode and manufacturing methods An electrode (30) comprises a plate (31) having a major surface to which there has been attached an initially separate raised pattern (32) for guiding application of and/or retaining electrolyte paste adjacent the plate (31). ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7820329 | Wafer alkaline cell A wafer alkaline cell of a laminar structure is disclosed. The cell has a pair of opposing sides comprising at least the majority of the boundary surface of said cell and defining a short cell dimension therebetween. The cell comprises an anode assembly and a cathod... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7794883 | Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a nonaqueous electrolyte and a positive electrode 13 that occludes lithium ions reversibly. The positive electrode 13 includes active material layers 13b and a s... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7736809 | Rechargeable lithium ion battery Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium ion battery including a positive electrode comprising a first current collector and a positive active material layer on the first current collector; a negative electrode comprising a second current collector and a negative active ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7588861 | Battery electrode producing method of filling active material into a metal coated fabric substrate A method of producing an electrode includes the steps of filling an active material in an electrode substrate made of woven or non-woven fabric having its fiber surface coated with metal, and pressing the electrode substrate to obtain an electrode, wherein the press... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7438990 | 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... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7405020 | Carbonized charcoal electrode An apparatus (1) for use of carbonized charcoal powder as an electrode is provided. Charcoal is provided as a powder, carbonized, and placed in a container (16) by which compressive pressure is applied to the carbonized-charcoal powder via one or more ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398581 | Method for making battery plates A method of making a plurality of battery plates includes forming a strip including a plurality of battery grids. Each battery grid includes a grid network bordered by a frame element and includes a plurality of spaced apart grid wire elements. Each grid wire elemen... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381499 | Nonaqueous electrolyte battery A nonaqueous electrolyte battery whose electrolyte can be selected from a wider range of materials can be obtained. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution. At least one of the po... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7332245 | Electrode for electrochemical devices and battery using the same An electrode according to the present invention employs the metal plate having the specified structure as the electrode substrate. The metal plate 51 has a plurality of protuberances 54 that are alternately protruded on both front and back sides thereo... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318982 | Polymer composition for encapsulation of electrode particles Compositions and methods are provided for coating electroactive particles. Coating materials include a conductive component and a low refractive index component. Coatings are provided in which the conductive and low refractive index components are linked and/or do n... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318983 | Battery The invention provides a battery achieving excellent battery characteristics by using, as an anode active material, any of metal elements and metalloid elements each of which can form an alloy with a lithium, alloys of these elements, and compounds of these elements... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7291410 | Orientation independent liquid fuel reservoir A fuel reservoir for a liquid fuel cell particularly useful for portable electronic devices or for a reformer, includes (a) a container defining a volume for holding a liquid fuel; (b) a wicking structure positioned within the volume and into which at least one port... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7274132 | Electromechanical functional module and associated process An electromechanical functional module and associated process for production thereof, which includes at least one transducer, at least one upper fiber cover layer, which is nonconducting and is positioned over the at least one transducer having a first electrode and... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7235736 | Monolithic integration of cylindrical solar cells A solar cell unit comprising a substrate and a plurality of photovoltaic cells is provided. The substrate has a first end and a second end. The plurality of photovoltaic cells, which are linearly arranged on the substrate, comprises a first photovoltaic cell and a s... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7201986 | Electrochemical cells formed on pleated substrates A sheet of substrate material is corrugated. First and second troughs are defined on opposed faces of the substrate material. Ion-conducting regions are located in a common wall of the first and second troughs. In the ion-conducting regions ions can pass through the... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195844 | Lithium secondary battery In a lithium secondary battery comprising positive and negative electrodes each comprising at least an active material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, a binder and a current collector, and an electrolytic solution, the active material in the positiv... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7105252 | Carbon coated battery electrodes A method for forming a corrosion resistant electrode for a battery includes supplying an electrode for use in the battery and exposing the electrode to an environment including vaporized carbon. At least some of the carbon from the environment may be transferred to ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094311 | Assembling bipolar plates Methods are provided for manufacturing bipolar graphite articles. First and second components are formed from flexible graphite material. The first component has a protrusion formed thereon, and the second component has a recess formed therein which is complementary... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7060391 | Current collector structure and methods to improve the performance of a lead-acid battery A battery, a battery electrode structure, and methods to make the same. The product and method comprise applying a layer of lead-tin containing alloy to substrates for anodes or cathodes for lead-acid batteries, in which the substrates are porous or reticulated.... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7033697 | Battery unit and secondary battery employing the same A battery unit for a secondary battery that includes a positive electrode plate, a positive electrode tab, a negative electrode plate, a negative electrode tab, a separator, and short circuit preventing units, wherein the short circuit preventing units are formed on... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026060 | Layered structure providing shielding characteristics The invention relates to a layered structure comprising a plastic substrate, at least one intermediate metallic layer on top of this plastic substrate and a metal or metal alloy layer on top of this intermediate metallic layer. The metal or metal alloy layer is appl... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7000297 | Electrochemical cell current collector having openings of progressively larger sizes converging at a tab The present invention relates to a current collector for an electrochemical cell. The current collector is a substrate having a grid pattern comprising open areas converging at an imaginary focal point on a connector tab of the substrate. The openings are grouped in... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994932 | Liquid fuel reservoir for fuel cells The present invention concerns a fuel reservoir for a liquid fuel cell particularly useful for portable electronic devices in which the fuel reservoir can deliver the liquid fuel regardless of the orientation. The fuel reservoir comprises (a) a container defining a ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6979517 | Electrode plate for cell and method for manufacturing the same The battery electrode plate includes a core member (1) which is densely coated with a mixture paste chiefly including an active material (2). The core member (1) is made of a metal sheet (3), which is formed with rows (8) of first ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6933077 | Current collector for polymer electrochemical cells and electrochemical generators thereof A current collector for polymer electrolyte thin film electrochemical cells and an electrochemical generator is disclosed. The current collector comprises a polymer substrate support film having a thickness of between 1 and 15 microns; a conductive metallic layer ha... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923837 | Consecutively wound or stacked battery cells The specification discloses a consecutively wound or stacked battery system and a method for making these devices. In one aspect, battery cells are wound consecutively, separated by insulating layers, to form an integral battery system capable of producing multiple ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902842 | Current collector of positive electrode and sodium-sulfur battery using the same A current collector positive electrode enabling a NaS battery to be excellent in the charge recovery characteristic and low in internal resistance is provided, which collector has a high resistance layer formed by needle-punching glass fibers with 5 to 15 μm fiber ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6884270 | Method of manufacturing a battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte layer To provide a method of manufacturing a battery capable of enhancing productivity and preventing deterioration of the battery performance. After attaching a positive electrode terminal to a belt-shaped electrode, electrolyte layers are formed. This can decrease the n... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6858350 | Composite materials and methods of forming A pack-bonded, multiphase composite material is provided. The multiphase composite material has at least two layers of a matrix material pack-bonded with at least one layer of a reinforcement material. The reinforcement material is oriented in a pack-bonded directio... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6844113 | Electrode for lithium secondary battery and method for producing the same The electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes: a current collector; an interlayer containing Mo or W provided on the current collector; and a thin film composed of active material capable of lithium storage and release deposited on the interlayer. ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6800398 | Alkaline storage battery pole plate and production method for alkaline storage battery pole plate and alkaline storage battery A battery used by rolling a pole plate, formed by filling an active material, around a substrate using a band-shaped metal porous body having three-dimensionally linked spaces is inferior in flexibility and likely to short-circuit. According to this invention, groov... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6787266 | Battery plate and battery A battery, in which measures are taken to suppress a reduction in charge/discharge capacity and degradation of load characteristics due to peeling of an active material off the current collector during repeated charging and discharging, is disclosed. Boehmite treatm... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783895 | Collector for alkaline secondary battery, method for making the same, and alkaline secondary battery using the same A hydrophilic collector for alkaline secondary batteries is formed of a nonwoven fabric plated with nickel in which the nonwoven fabric is hydrophilized by sulfonation, a gaseous fluorine treatment, or vinyl monomer grafting. A method for making the collector includ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6780543 | Aluminum or aluminum alloy-based lithium secondary battery A first lithium secondary battery of the present invention is formed by placing at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte in a battery case in which a positive electrode connecting member to which the positive electrode is co... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6706442 | Alkaline storage battery An alkaline storage battery comprising an improved separator and having a high energy density and an excellent cycle life characteristic is disclosed. The alkaline storage battery in accordance with the present invention comprises a positive electrode including a ni... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6699615 | Electrical battery An electrical battery has a vessel accommodating an electrolyte, a positive electrode and a negative electrode arranged in the vessel at a distance from one another in contact with the electrolyte, and a partition arranged in the vessel between the electr... | 03/02/2004 |
