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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166635 | Manufacturing method of electrode, electric storage device, and intermediate laminate member In a current collector laminating step, a current-collector laminate unit 30 composed of current-collector materials 31 and 32 and a film material 33 is formed. Resist layers 34 having a predetermined pattern are formed on both sur... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8001677 | Automated tracking and storage system for use with an automated thermal battery manufacturing system The present invention is directed at a system for automatically manufacturing thermal batteries. In the present invention, thermal batteries are manufactured using a press system, a stacking system and an enclosing system. The present invention uses a tracking, stor... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7971345 | Reconstituted battery pack, reconstituted battery pack producing method, reconstituted battery pack using method, and reconstituted battery pack control system A reconstituted battery pack producing method comprises an obtaining process for obtaining, by use of one of a first charged-state control device having ever controlled a charged state of a used battery pack when it was used before and a second charged-state control... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7926169 | System and method for manufacturing a thermal battery An automated system and method for manufacturing a thermal battery is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the system comprises a press system, a stacking system, and an enclosing system to automate the manufacturing process of thermal batteries. A method of manuf... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7882622 | Apparatus and method for fabricating cathode collectors for lithium/oxyhalide electrochemical cells An apparatus and method for fabricating continuous cathode collecters for use in lithium/thionyl chloride and lithium/sulfuryl chloride cells is described. The preferred electrically conductive material is acetylene black mixed with a polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE) b... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7500304 | Packing apparatus for an automated manufacturing system of lithium secondary battery An packing apparatus for an automated manufacturing system of a secondary lithium battery is disclosed. The packing apparatus comprises: a frame; a base member which is installed at the frame, and is provided with a receiving rack for receiving a batch of separator ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7389580 | Method and apparatus for thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371041 | Assembly station with rotatable turret which forms and unloads a completed stack of articles Method and apparatus for forming and unloading a completed stack of articles. An assembly station includes a rotatable turret from which at least one stacker arm projects. The turret rotates to each of a number of article loading positions to sequentially load artic... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368201 | Box for set of electric storage batteries A box for a set of electric storage batteries includes at least two side walls extending generally parallel and defining between them a housing for receiving batteries. The side walls consist of an assembly of stacked modules each comprising a pair of wall elements ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7323018 | Process and device for jacketing of battery plates When lead plates (10) for industrial batteries are jacketed the lead plate (10) is surrounded with a first layer (12) of fiber nonwoven, with a second layer (24) of fiber nonwoven, with a layer (28) of punched or perforated plastic... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7297428 | Registration arrangement for fuel cell assemblies A registration arrangement for a fuel cell stack assembly incorporates registration posts and registration apertures or recesses. Fuel cell assemblies of the stack may include first and second flow field plates and a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) having an activ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285334 | Material for packaging cell, bag for packaging cell, and its production method A lithium battery comprises a pouch (4) and a lithium battery module (2) packaged in the pouch (4). The pouch (4) is formed from a battery packaging laminated structure (10). The laminated structure (10) has an outermost lay... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276313 | Battery and related method A battery comprises at least two unit cells. Each of the at least two unit cells is provided with an outer sheath film composed of polymer-metal composite material, a positive-electrode current collector, a negative-electrode current collector, a separator disposed ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7246696 | Apparatus for forming groups of battery plates An apparatus for forming groups of battery plates includes at least first and second plate supply lines each including a separation station and a downstream plate supply. The apparatus further includes a first common plate feed line for the envelopers and a second c... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237328 | Production and/or installation device Production and/or installation device for producing and/or installing a workpiece, with a device frame and a workpiece support table, which has several workpiece supports and is rotating with respect to one or more stationary work stations and can be moved in synchr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229564 | Method for manufacturing bipolar plate and direct methanol fuel cell A DMFC (direct methanol fuel cell) includes two bipolar plates, a membrane electrode assembly, a bonding layer, and a fuel container base. The bipolar plate is a releasable substrate that includes a releasable copper carrier, a release layer, and a metal foil. The b... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210220 | Apparatus for and method of forming seals in fuel cells and fuel stacks A sealing technique is provided for forming complex and multiple seal configurations for fuel cells and other electrochemical cells. To provide a seal, for sealing chambers for oxidant, fuel and/or coolant, a groove network is provided extending through the various ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205059 | Methods and apparatuses for managing effluent products in a fuel cell system A water management system for a fuel cell having an anode chamber including a fuel, a cathode chamber in fluid communication with an oxidizing agent, and a proton conducting membrane electrolyte separating the chambers. The system includes a gas plenum, a first valv... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195794 | Method of making an electrolytic cell A method of making an electrolytic cell in which an electrolyte layer of an intermediate sintered form is coated with a pre-coat layer containing electrically non-conductive particles of less than about one-tenth of a micron in size to fill in defects existing withi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194801 | Thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte and associated method A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189469 | Fuel cell assembly and method of making the same A fuel cell assembly including a liquid metal seal and/or a liquid metal interconnect. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189474 | Battery pack A battery pack is compos d of a plurality of battery modules, holding brackets, a tubular cover, and a fan. The battery module is composed of a plurality of sealed rechargeable batteries having a metal case, which are arranged in a row and integrally connected in se... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7163763 | Cold formed battery terminal A method and apparatus for cold forming a battery terminal having a base and an insert. The insert includes a first portion encapsulated within the base and a second portion that extends beyond a first side of the base. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156606 | Article aligning apparatus An article aligning apparatus for aligning a plurality article tiers to be loaded into a carton. Each article tier comprises an article array delivered from an in-feed stream at an in-feed end of a packaging machine. The apparatus comprises an article conveyor for c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147958 | Membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell A catalyst ink for a fuel cell including a catalytic material and poly(vinylidene fluoride). The ink may be applied to a substrate to form an electrode, or bonded with other electrode layers to form a membrane electrode assembly (MEA). ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138354 | Method for the fabrication of an electrocatalyst layer Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131190 | Membrane electrode assembly and method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly A method for fabricating membrane electrode assembly includes providing an anode side diffusion layer structure and a cathode side diffusion layer structure with a layer of membrane electrolyte therebetween. The diffusion layer structures include diffusion segments,... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131189 | Continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A system for making a thin-film device includes a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate having a major surface area. The substrate has a first layer on a first surface area of the substrate's major surface area. Also included is a device for depositing ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125620 | Fuel cell membrane and fuel cell system with integrated gas separation The present invention provides a protonically conductive membrane for use in a direct methanol fuel cell wherein a portion of said protonically conductive membrane conducts protons from the anode face of the membrane to the cathode face of the protonically conductiv... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108940 | Battery mechanism A battery mechanism is disclosed. The battery mechanism in one embodiment includes battery assemblies, a switching mechanism, and an actuating mechanism. The battery assemblies are removably mounted to the switching mechanism. The switching mechanism has a non-energ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105253 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing lithium secondary cell A method of manufacturing a lithium secondary cell capable of preventing an active material layer from oxidation and moisture absorption is obtained. This method of manufacturing a lithium secondary cell comprises steps of forming an active material layer on a colle... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097936 | Battery constructed with extracted bicells stacked on shuttled pallet A method of constructing a battery using a control unit to cause pallets on an automated conveyor system to move between indexed positions on the conveyor system. Control unit causes terminals to be deposited on said pallet in a first position, control unit causes p... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7055570 | Automated manufacturing system of lithium secondary battery An automated manufacturing system of a secondary lithium battery is disclosed. The automated manufacturing system comprises: a frame; a supply unit having a separator roller installed at the frame to be rotatable so that a separator can be released from the separato... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7033637 | Epitaxial thin films Epitatial thin films for use as buffer layers for high temperature superconductors, electrolytes in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), gas separation membranes or dielectric material in electronic devices, are disclosed. By using CCVD, CACVD or any other suitable deposi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014943 | Thin-film gas diffusion electrode and the method for making the same This specification discloses a thin-film gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and the method for making the same. The thin-film GDE is formed in a unitary way. A dual-nature porous thin film is used as the substrate. A surface processing is performed to make one surface of... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011905 | Solid polymer electrolyte membrane, solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell using the membrane and method of fabricating the same A solid polymer electrolyte membrane and a catalytic layer are properly assembled even when the solid polymer electrolyte membrane and an ion exchange resin in the catalytic layer are formed of different materials. In a fuel cell, a solid polymer electrolyte membran... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000664 | Sheet set apparatus for sealing preparation, output lead wire set apparatus for sealing preparation, and sealing preparation apparatus A sheet supply section disposed along a transport way of a substrate feeds a sheet wound in a roll shape. A sheet cutting section cuts a sealing sheet to be set on the substrate from a fed portion of the sheet. A sheet set section including a transfer head of a vacu... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997228 | Lamination apparatus for automated manufacturing system of lithium secondary battery A lamination apparatus for an automated manufacturing system of a secondary lithium battery is disclosed. The lamination apparatus comprises: a frame; a stacking member provided with a plurality of positive-electrode-plate storing portions each of which a multitude ... | 02/14/2006 |
