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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7348102 | Corrosion protection using carbon coated electron collector for lithium-ion battery with molten salt electrolyte A battery, such as a lithium-ion battery, comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, a molten salt electrolyte, and an electron collector, associated with the first electrode, the electron collector comprising an electrically conducting film. The battery furth... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7314681 | Cylindrical alkaline cells with increased discharge performance An alkaline battery cell with increased discharge capacity is provided. Both the internal volume and the electrode interfacial surface area are increased, without unnecessarily increasing the overall cell volume, by increasing the height but not the diameter of the ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7288340 | Integrated battery In order to enhance reliability of a battery against bending or twisting in particular, at least one cell group comprising 4 unit cells is formed on a flexible substrate. The cell group has a rectangular shape, and is divided into the 4 unit cells by strip-shaped po... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7279241 | Electrolyte sheet with a corrugation pattern An electrolyte sheet comprises a substantially non-porous body and has at least one stress-relief area on at least a portion of the electrolyte sheet. The stress-relief area has a surface with a plurality of folds. The plurality of folds are arranged around and dire... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261967 | Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrochemical cell having an integral, electrically-conductive, resiliently compressible, porous pad Electrolysis cell comprises, in one embodiment, a proton exchange membrane (PEM), an anode positioned along one face of the PEM, and a cathode positioned along the other face of the PEM. A multi-layer metal screen for defining a first fluid cavity is placed in conta... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7250233 | Lithium-sulfur batteries A lithium-sulfur battery having a positive electrode including a positive active material including an active sulfur, where the positive electrode comprises an electron-conductive path and an ion-conductive path, and includes active pores of the average size of up t... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7211532 | Alkali ion conductive glass-ceramics and electric cells and gas sensors using the same There are provided glass-ceramics having a high lithium ion conductivity which include in mol %: ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7172734 | Sanitizing device and associated method A sanitizing device comprising: a sanitizing component for sanitizing a surface, liquid, gas, and/or associated surrounding environment, wherein the sanitizing component includes an electrochemical, chemical, and/or corona cell; and a housing for retaining the sanit... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7115221 | Method for producing graphite powder with an increased bulk density A method for increasing the Scott density of synthetic and/or natural graphite powders of any particle size distribution, preferably of highly-pure graphite, by subjecting the graphite powder to an autogenous surface treatment. The powder is used, in particular, for... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111394 | Hybrid loop heat pipe A heat pipe assembly (100) has a combined reservoir (102) and evaporator (104), the evaporator (104) having ducts of a vapor manifold (106) that exhausts vapor toward the condenser (108) instead of opposing the flow of liqui... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101058 | Light assembly A light attachment that can be readily mounted on a variety of tools and tool support fixtures and other support structures includes a light portion supported on a mounting portion by a flexible gooseneck cable. The mounting portion includes a housing that defines a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7063918 | Nanoscale solid-state polymeric battery system The present invention relates to a unique polymeric battery system of electrochemical cells that are connected in series, and can be of nanometer size. The polymers possess conjugated bonds along their backbones and high levels of metals. The invention also concerns... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7049024 | Membrane electrode assemblies and method for manufacture Reel-to-Reel method for making membrane electrode assemblies. A first catalyst is deposited in a repeating cell pattern on a first side of a proton exchange membrane film. A second catalyst is deposited on the back side of the proton exchange membrane. An electron c... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033674 | Electrical devices employing molten compositions of biomolecules Compositions of biomolecules such as nucleic acids that form molten salts are provided. These compositions molten compositions that have useful electrical properties. Such compositions include a salt of (i) an organic polymer ion such as a polynucleic acid anion, an... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029794 | Lithium battery and electrode An electrode includes an electrically conductive matrix containing a disulfide group, wherein an S—S bond of the disulfide group is cleaved by electrochemical reduction and reformed by electrochemical oxidation. A plurality of carbon nanotubes are substantially di... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018738 | Electrode and battery using same An electrode including a compound acting as an electrode active material and represented by a general formula (1) having a diazine N,N′-dioxide structure. A novel battery with the higher specific density and the excellent charge and discharge stability can be prov... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012038 | Paraffin dehydrogenation catalyst One aspect of the invention relates to a dehydrogenation catalyst composite containing alumina, chromium oxide, lithium oxide, and sodium oxide. The invention also relates to methods of making the dehydrogenation catalyst composite. Another aspect of the invention r... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6974554 | Potting method A method of forming a pot for an array of hollow fiber membranes (7) is provided, including the steps of placing the ends (6) of the fiber membranes (7) in a mould (5); forming a first layer (20) of curable resin material in a non-... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972154 | Anodically bonded device structure We have developed a method of anodic bonding which directs cations to a location within a bonding structure which is away from critical bonding surfaces. This prevents the formation of compounds comprising the cations at the critical bonding surfaces. The anodic bon... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6958197 | Control system for sodium-sulfur battery A control system for a sodium-sulfur battery, which is composed of a plurality of battery modules connected in series, includes a control device having at least a temperature measuring unit for measuring a temperature of each battery module, a voltage measuring unit... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955866 | Coated lithium electrodes Batteries including a lithium anode stabilized with a metal-lithium alloy and battery cells comprising such anodes are provided. In one embodiment, an electrochemical cell having an anode and a sulfur electrode including at least one of elemental sulfur, lithium sul... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935022 | Advanced microelectronic heat dissipation package and method for its manufacture Heat dissipation during the operation of integrated circuit chips is an old problem that continues to get worse. The present invention significantly ameliorates this by placing an embedded heat pipe directly beneath the chip. Using powder injection molding, the lowe... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923533 | Phase change ink imaging component with nano-size filler An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a nano-size filler having an average particle size of from about 1 to about 250 nanometer... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921557 | Process for making dense thin films Provided are low-cost, mechanically strong, highly electronically conductive porous substrates and associated structures for solid-state electrochemical devices, techniques for forming these structures, and devices incorporating the structures. The invention provide... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913844 | Method for humidifying reactant gases for use in a fuel cell A system for humidifying a gas, the system including a housing defining a humidification chamber through which a gas travels, and a humidification assembly adjacent to the housing. The humidification assembly includes a source of humidifying liquid and a porous wick... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908706 | Cathode electrode, manufacturing method thereof and lithium sulfur battery using the same Provided is a cathode electrode including a current collector, and a cathode electrode active material layer laminated on the current collector, a method of making the cathode electrode, and a battery including the cathode electrode. The cathode electrode active mat... | 06/21/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6599664 | Inorganic gel-polymer electrolyte An anhydrous inorganic gel-polymer electrolyte is prepared using a non-aqueous sol-gel process. The inorganic gel-polymer is prepared by reacting a metal halide (SiCl4) and an alcohol (tert-butyl alcohol) in a diluent solution containing a lith... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6537468 | Composition for ionically conductive solid polymer, ionically conductive solid polyelectrolyte, binder resin, and secondary battery The invention is directed at an ion-conductive solid polymer-forming composition, a binder resin and an ion-conductive solid polymer electrolyte comprising (A) a polymeric compound containing polyvinyl alcohol units and having an average degree of polymer... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6533964 | Polymer, binder resin, composition for ionically conductive polymer electrolyte, and secondary battery The invention provides a novel polymeric compound comprising polyvinyl alcohol units and having an average degree of polymerization of at least 20, in which some or all of the hydroxyl groups on the polyvinyl alcohol units are substituted with oxyalkylene... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6475654 | Automatic reactant dispenser for an electrolysis cell An automatic reactant dispenser for use in an electrolysis cell for electrolyzing a reactant product into reactants, the dispenser comprising a container generally surrounding the electrodes with a cover that controls dispensation of a reactant produced a... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6475662 | Thermal battery An improved thermal battery with improved operating efficiency. The thermal battery utilizes both a first activatible heat source and a second independently activatible heat source. The second heat source is optionally activated under storage environment ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6376123 | Rechargeable positive electrodes Disclosed are positive electrodes containing active-sulfur-based composite electrodes. The cells include active-sulfur, an electronic conductor, and an ionic conductor. These materials are provided in a manner allowing at least about 10% of the active-sul... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6368736 | Reactant product valve for an electrolysis cell A reactant product valve for an electrolysis cell. The valve comprises first and second members disposed generally horizontally in the reactant product above the electrodes. The second member floats on liquid reactant product, sinks in liquid reactant and... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6329099 | Sodium-sulfur battery, and a battery system using same A highly reliable sodium-sulfur battery includes a cell container for the positive electrode which is hardly deteriorated by corrosion. The cell container for the positive electrode is assembled by integrating plural members made of a high corrosion resis... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6324091 | Tightly coupled porphyrin macrocycles for molecular memory storage This invention provides novel high density memory devices that are electrically addressable permitting effective reading and writing, that provide a high memory density (e.g., 1015 bits/cm3), that provide a high degree of fault toler... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6239350 | Internal self heat piping AMTEC cell An alkali metal thermal to electric converter (AMTEC) cell of the type employing an alkali metal flowing between a hot end of the AMTEC cell and a cold end of AMTEC cell. The AMTEC cell being separated into a low-pressure zone and a high-pressure zone and... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6168884 | Battery with an in-situ activation plated lithium anode A thin-film rechargeable battery includes a cathode film; including a lithium transition metal oxide, an electrolyte film coupled to the cathode film, the electrolyte film being substantially nonreactive with oxidizing materials and with metallic lithium,... | 01/02/2001 |
