...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7026911 | Point contact array, not circuit, and electronic circuit comprising the same A point contact array, including plural point contacts electrically and reversibly controlling conductance between electrodes and being applicable to an arithmetic circuit, a logic circuit, a memory device, a NOT circuit, and an electronic circuit including the same... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6838210 | Solid electrolyte with high ion conductivity and electrochemical system using the solid electrolyte It is an object to provide a high ion conductive solid electrolyte which uses organic and inorganic complex compound having water absorption and water resistance and to provide an electrochemical system using the high ion conductive solid electrolyte. The high ion c... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6746791 | Nano-ionic products and devices An ionic conducting device comprising a nanostructured material layer. The nanostructured layer has a microstructure confined to a size less than 100 nm. The ion conductivity of the nanostructured layer is higher than the ion conductivity of a layer of equivalent co... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6489055 | Lithium secondary battery In a lithium secondary battery provided with a positive electrode capable of intercalating and eliminating lithium ions, a negative electrode capable of intercalating and eliminating lithium ions, and an electrolyte, at least one of an imide group lithium... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6383405 | Solid electrolyte particles comprising MAg4I5 This invention comprises a process for generating particles of MAg4 I5, wherein M is a monovalent cation, which comprises dissolving AgI and MI in a polar solvent followed by precipitating particles of MAg4 I5 b... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5729427 | Macrocyclic complex modified electrodes and capacitors made therefrom Electrodes for electrochemical capacitor are modified with a metal macrocyclic complex made up of phthalocyanine or porphyrin ligands bound to a transition metal to achieve improved conductivity, reversibility, and charge storage capacity. The electrode i... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5589285 | Electrochemical apparatus and process The electrical performance of an electrochemical apparatus such as a fuel cell and the durability of the fuel cell elements can be significantly enhanced and extended by the addition of an element between at least one electrode (the oxygen electrode and/o... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5418086 | Battery with coulometric state of charge indicator A thin film coulometer for use as a battery state of charge indicator in which the indicator is located on a battery and connected in parallel across a current path of a resistive segment of the battery so that during discharge, the coulometer can be obse... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5188768 | Solid form electrolyte composites This invention relates to solid form electrolyte composites of high uniformity, moldability and ion conductivity, to be employed extensively to fabricate various solid electrochemical devices such as batteries, capacitors, sensors, display devices, record... | 02/23/1993 |
| 4584251 | Solid electrolyte cell and iodine-doped metal complexes as the cathode material Charge-transfer complexes of the formula I ##STR1## in which M, R1 to R6 and x are as defined in claim 1 are suitable as cathode material in lithium/iodine or silver/iodine solid electrolyte cells.... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4539276 | Solid electrolyte Solid electrolyte consisting of a ceramic of the aluminum oxide-and-sodium oxide type. The ceramic forming the solid electrolyte has a composition according to the formula ##EQU1## and consists X-ray-wise 100% of a fully stabilized ଲ"--Al2... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4526844 | Rhombohedral nasicon compound and battery Disclosed is a nasicon compound and a method of making it. The nasicon compound is rhombohedral at room temperature and has the general formula where M is selected from lithium, sodium, calcium, and silver, M' is selected from zirconium, titanium or hafnium, M... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4513070 | Vitreous materials with ionic conductivity, the preparation of same and the electrochemical applications thereof Electrochemical devices use a vitreous material having a general formula wherein A is Si, Ge, P, S, B, Nb, As, V, Cr or Mo; R is O, S or Se; N is Li, Na, K or Ag and Y is I, Br, Cl, F, ClO4, CF3, SO3, SCN or SO4 with... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4507371 | Solid state cell wherein an anode, solid electrolyte and cathode each comprise a cubic-close-packed framework structure The invention provides an electrochemical cell wherein an anode, solid electrolyte and cathode each comprise a cubic-close-packed framework structure having, as its basic structural unit, a unit of the formula (B2)X4n- whi... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4267242 | Electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell comprising an anode, a cathode and a solid electrolyte, and a battery made up of a plurality of such cells. The anode comprises silver or copper or alloys or amalgams thereof. The cathode is a molecular sieve carrier having a pore ... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4263382 | Charge transfer complex cathodes for solid electrolyte cells Charge transfer complex cathodes for use in solid state cell systems wherein the cathodes are the reaction products of at least one halogen such as iodine or bromine with poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone).... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4225656 | Solid electrolyte for electromechanical cells and method for the production thereof Electrochemical cells are provided having solid electrolytes of enhanced conductivity at low temperatures. These electrolytes comprise binary and ternary mixtures of salts having the compositions--M2 SO4 --(Me)x SO4 | 09/30/1980 |
| 4118549 | Solid state cell with conductive layer between electrode and electrolyte A solid state cell separator interposed between electrode and electrolyte thereby allowing use of highly reactive materials in the electrode.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4115633 | Electrochemical device comprising ternary ionic conductors Ionic conductivity in ternary chalcogenides of the form ABx Cy, where A is a metallic atom with atomic number no greater than 55 which has a +1 oxidation state, B is a group III A metallic atom and C is a group VI A atom, has been ob... | 09/19/1978 |