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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8076021 | Bipolar battery The present invention provides a bipolar battery made by using a polymer gel electrolyte or a liquid electrolyte in an electrolyte layer, which is highly reliable and prevents liquid junction (short circuit) caused by leak out of an electrolyte solution from the ele... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8003245 | Battery module having improved cooling efficiency A battery module includes a battery assembly having a plurality of unit batteries. A housing receives the battery assembly and has an coolant flow passage formed around the battery assembly. A divider is installed in the coolant flow passage to divide the coolant fl... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7981538 | Battery module with improved cell barrier between unit cells A battery module, including a plurality of unit cells and a cell barrier interposed between the unit cells, is provided. The cell barrier includes a body member and a fixing part disposed on the edge of the body member and connected to an adjacent cell barrier while... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976978 | Member of connecting electrode in battery module Disclosed herein is an electrode terminal connecting member for electrically interconnecting plate-shaped secondary battery cells (‘battery cells’) constituting a battery module, wherein the electrode terminal connecting member includes a coupling part (‘bent ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7955728 | Electrical storage device An electrical storage device has a solid electrolyte layer; and electrode assemblies stacked with the solid electrolyte layer interposed therebetween and each having a current collector on which a plurality of electrode parts are formed. A part of the solid electrol... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7855010 | Medical device battery pack A system and method provides a status indicator to a battery pack of a medical device. The battery pack includes a power supply capable of being connected to the medical device. The battery pack also includes an indicator to automatically indicate a status of at lea... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7833655 | Frame member for fabrication of battery module Disclosed herein is a frame member for fabrication of a battery module including two battery cells, each of which has electrode terminals formed at upper and lower ends thereof, as unit cells. The frame member includes a lower-end frame having a groove, into which l... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7820321 | Redox flow battery system for distributed energy storage A large stack redox flow battery system provides a solution to the energy storage challenge of many types of renewable energy systems. Independent reaction cells arranged in a cascade configuration are configured according to state of charge conditions expected in e... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7758999 | Secondary battery module A secondary battery module comprises at least two battery cells laminated to a designated depth, in which an air guide block is interposed between leveled surfaces of the neighboring battery cells and a fixing block is interposed between protruded surfaces of the ne... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7745044 | Battery module A battery module includes a battery case, at least a battery, and at least a thermal pad. The battery case includes a top cover and a bottom cover. The battery is received in the bottom cover of the battery case. The thermal pad is placed in a chamber of the batteri... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7682732 | Secondary battery module having protrusions on a barrier rib A secondary battery module has a plurality of unit batteries adjacently spaced apart from each other. A barrier rib is disposed between adjacent unit batteries, the barrier rib having a plurality of protrusions. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7635537 | Lead-acid storage batteries with lightweight connectors Lead-acid storage batteries of the type having a plurality of cells, each including alternating positive and negative plates, each plate including an upstanding lug, and a partition separating adjacent cells are provided with unique improved lighter weight and lower... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7438988 | Rechargeable battery with surface mounted temperature detector Secondary battery structure 100 has secondary batteries 110 equipped with metallic battery cases 111 , temperature detectors 120 for detecting temperature of the secondary batteries 110 , and supporting members 130 for suppo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7332244 | Battery module A battery case is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of electrode plate group housing chambers. An electrolyte-impregnated electrode plate group is housed in each of the housing chambers. A side plate is arranged in abutment with each side face of the battery case. T... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323272 | Battery enclosure for electric and hybrid electric vehicles optimized for air-cooling An air-cooled battery enclosure includes a battery tray frame having a floor section including a plurality of outer slats joined to a lower floor frame. A plurality of corner posts extend upward from the lower floor frame. An array of a plurality of criss-crossed in... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324385 | Molecular memory Molecular memories, i.e., memories that incorporate molecules for charge storage, are disclosed. Molecular memory cells, molecular memory arrays, and electronic devices including molecular memory are also disclosed, as are processing systems and methods for manufact... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320846 | Bipolar battery and method for manufacturing the same A bipolar battery includes a bipolar electrode and an electrolyte layer. The bipolar electrode includes a current collector, a positive electrode layer formed on one surface of the current collector, and a negative electrode layer formed on the other surface of the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7307870 | Molecular memory devices and methods A molecular memory element comprising a switching device; at least a first bit line and a first word line coupled to said switching device; and an array of storage locations, each coupled to a bit line and a word line, said elements comprising a first electrode with... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7291420 | Heat exchanger structure for a plurality of electrochemical storage cells A heat exchanger structure for a plurality of electrochemical storage cells has at least one duct component through which thermal control medium flows. The duct component has two material strips which are arranged parallel to one another and between which a heat exc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288341 | Battery frame and battery A battery frame of the present invention has; any one of a conductive member and an insulating member which are sandwiched between electrode tabs of flat cells arranged in a stacking direction when a battery is formed, the conductive member electrically connecting t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7276172 | Method for preparing a nanowire crossbar structure and use of a structure prepared by this method The present invention relates to a method for preparing a nanowire crossbar structure, comprising: (a) providing a substrate; (b) depositing thereon a composite structure comprising a nucleic acid-block copolymer having equidistant nucleic acid-catalyst binding site... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264901 | Monoblock battery A monoblock battery case and a monoblock battery. The monoblock battery case comprises a first and a second container each having partitions that divide the containers into cell compartments. The first container is attached to and co-operates with the second contain... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264903 | Battery cells having improved power characteristics and methods of manufacturing same A battery cell having significantly improved capacity utilization at high discharge rates while maintaining much of the energy content and other feature advantages of typical cylindrical or prismatic alkaline cells, by implementing a novel cell construction that pro... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253466 | Crossbar array microelectronic electrochemical cells The present invention provides microelectronic electrochemical structures and related fabrication methods. A composite microelectronic structure is provided that includes first and second conductors dielectrically isolated from one another at a crossing thereof, the... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7223494 | Method for preventing erroneous mounting of mounting part on main body device, mounting part and battery pack used for this Contact of terminals of a component to be loaded on a device and terminals on the device are avoided, even if the component is similar to, but differs from, a component intended to be loaded on that device. A discriminating tab is provided in the vicinity of the com... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198866 | Cell assembly A plurality of single cells 10a to 10d, each being packaged by laminate films 12 and 13, are attached onto one surface of a flexible printed circuit board 20, in a state of being interconnected in series to each other... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7150935 | Cooling device for battery pack and rechargeable battery In a battery pack including rechargeable batteries arranged in parallel, a cooling medium path for allowing a cooling medium to horizontally flow be formed between the rechargeable batteries. A cooling medium delivery device for delivering the cooling medium to the ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147972 | Method and apparatus for achieving prolonged battery life A composition for prolonging battery life by reducing water loss and the degradation of properties due to dendritic precipitation, is refreshingly added to a battery electrolyte. By the refreshment of the composition, battery cycle life is substantially increased wh... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147963 | Battery pack with thermal distribution configuration A plurality of cells (1a to 1j) are abutted against each other and electrically connected on the short sides of rectangular battery housings (2), and binding plates (14, 14) disposed on both long sides are tied together with... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141331 | Battery pack A battery pack includes a housing (3) having a plurality of cooling opening (2a, 2b) formed therein, and at least one separation wall (5) formed of a plurality of current cells (4) arranged flow-tight adjacent to each... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138205 | Battery with proportional collectors, straps, and plates A battery comprises at least four cells each comprising a bath in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped having a width direction dimension greater than a thickness direction dimension, and a power generation element, the power generation element being contained ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125628 | Battery pack with pressurized terminal plates A battery pack comprises a plurality of rectangular shaped batteries, wherein each of the plurality of rectangular shaped batteries is formed into a thin rectangular-parallelepiped shape, and wherein the plurality of rectangular shaped batteries are stacked side-by-... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122853 | Method to improve yield and simplify operation of polymer memory cells Systems and methodologies are provided for simplifying a polymer memory cell's operation by employing a post polymer growth treatment to form ionic or super ionic metal compounds therein. Such post polymer growth treatment facilitates distribution and mobility of me... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7087344 | Battery module A battery module includes a battery cell having a laminate overcoat, a pair of rubber sheets, a pair of pressure plates, and a pair of housing members from the internal to the external of the battery module. An intervention member including four poles is interposed ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073897 | Ink jet recording apparatus of mobile type The present invention provides a portable ink jet recording apparatus of mobile type in which the user does not pay attention to reservation of an electric power required for driving the recording apparatus. A detachable and exchangeable supplies container containin... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074518 | Electrochemical battery having a surface of revolution An electrochemical battery comprises a casing (1) presenting a surface of revolution about an axis, having at least one air inlet opening (4) and at least one air outlet opening (5), and housing firstly in a central portion (6), fan means... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074519 | Molehole embedded 3-D crossbar architecture used in electrochemical molecular memory device This invention provides a new design and fabrication for a three-dimensional crossbar architecture embedding a sub-micron or nanometer sized hole (called a molehole) in each cross-region. Each molehole is an electrochemical cell consisting of two or more sectional s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7018731 | End-of-discharge control apparatus for a battery of rechargeable electrochemical cells A battery assembly (E) comprises firstly a battery (B) having at least one module (1-i) constituted by at least two secondary electrochemical cells (2-j) connected in series, and secondly control apparatus comprising control means (4 | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014948 | Electrochemical device using multicomponent composite membrane film The present invention provides a electrochemical element, wherein a multi-component composite film comprising a) polymer support layer film and b) a porous gellable polymer layer which is formed on either or both sides of the support layer film of a), wherein the su... | 03/21/2006 |