Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153308 | Hydrogen storage electrode An electrode includes a hydrogen storage material wherein the electrode has a discharge capacity of greater than about 200 mHh/g. The electrode may include an electrically conductive substrate; and a material capable of storing hydrogen on a surface thereof supporte... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8137839 | Alloy powder for electrode and method for producing same An electrode alloy powder includes a hydrogen storage alloy and magnetic material clusters. The hydrogen storage alloy contains 20 to 70 wt % of Ni. The magnetic material clusters contain metal nickel, and have an average cluster size of 8 to 10 nm. A method for pro... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8124281 | Hydrogen storage alloy electrode and alkaline storage battery using the same A hydrogen storage alloy used in a hydrogen storage alloy electrode 11 has a crystalline structure having a mixed phase made up of at least an A2B7 type structure and an A5B19 type structure, and a surface layer of ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119284 | Nickel-metal hydride battery A nickel-metal hydride battery that reduces the amount of cobalt and improves battery durability. The battery includes a negative electrode formed from an AB5 hydrogen-absorbing alloy. The alloy includes an A element composed of Misch metal and a B elemen... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8105715 | Hydrogen-absorbing alloy and nickel-metal hydride storage battery A hydrogen absorbing alloy is provided that is represented by the general formula Ln1-xMgxNiyAz, where: Ln is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Zr, Ti, and rare-earth elements including Y; A is... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8026001 | Activation method for lithium hydride, and hydrogen generation method A lithium hydride activation method includes: a nitrification treatment process of reacting lithium hydride with a nitride and therefore forming a chemical compound layer stable to the nitride, on a surface of the lithium hydride; and a particle size reduction proce... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7943255 | Hydrogen-absorption alloy electrode A method of manufacturing a hydrogen-absorption alloy electrode which comprises particles of a hydrogen-absorption alloy that comprises a rare earth element, Ni, Co and Al. The method comprises subjecting the hydrogen-absorption alloy particles to an alkaline treatm... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7892678 | Hydrogen absorbing alloy powder and nickel-metal hydride battery using the same A hydrogen absorbing alloy powder includes an intermetallic compound having an AB5 type crystal structure and containing La for an A site element and Ni for a B site element. The powder contains La by 20 wt % or more and metallic Ni by from 2.0 wt % to 10... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7867655 | Nickel metal-hydride battery A sealed nickel metal-hydride battery shows a high output density and an excellent cycle performance particularly in a cold atmosphere. In a nickel metal-hydride battery having a nickel electrode and a hydrogen absorbing electrode respectively as positive electrode ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7829220 | Hydrogen storage alloy for alkaline battery and production method thereof, as well as alkaline battery To provide a hydrogen storage alloy for an alkaline battery capable of having high performance of power characteristics much more beyond the related-art range, and a production method thereof, as well as an alkaline battery by investigating the constituent ratios of... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820325 | Alkaline electrolyte storage battery having an anode formed of an active material composition An active material composition for an alkaline storage battery comprises a) an alloy capable of forming a hydride, of formula R1-yMgyNit-zMz in which R is La, optionally substituted by Nd and/or Pr, M is at least one eleme... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7749656 | Hydrogen storage alloy The invention provides a hydrogen storage alloy, and in particular, the hydrogen storage alloy according to the invention has a narrow hysteresis and a maximum hydrogen concentration, (H/Lm (NixAlyMoz)), equal to 7. The hydrogen stor... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7740983 | Alkaline storage cell An alkaline storage cell has a negative electrode containing hydrogen-storing alloy powder, additive powder containing metal zinc or zinc compound, and a binding agent for binding particles of the powders. The hydrogen-storing alloy powder has a composition expresse... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736805 | Lithium hydride negative electrode for rechargeable lithium batteries A lithium battery comprises a negative electrode composition that uses lithium hydride and a second metal. The negative electrode composition is activated by infusing lithium into particles of the second metal hydride to form lithium hydride and the second metal. As... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7700237 | Hydrogen storage alloy and alkaline secondary battery using the same The composition of hydrogen storage alloy particles used in a negative plate of an alkaline secondary battery is expressed by a general formula: (Laa Prb Ndc Zd)1-w Mgw Niz-x-y Alx | 04/20/2010 |
| 7678502 | Alkaline storage cell and hydrogen storage alloy for negative electrode of alkaline storage cell An alkaline storage cell has a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen storage alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte. The hydrogen storage alloy has a composition expressed by a general expression: ((PrNd)αLn1-α)1-β | 03/16/2010 |
| 7582381 | Alkaline storage cell and hydrogen storage alloy for negative electrode of alkaline storage cell An alkaline storage cell has a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen storage alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte. The hydrogen storage alloy has a composition expressed by a general expression: Ln1-αMgαNiβ-γ-δ | 09/01/2009 |
| 7544442 | Hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode and alkaline storage battery A hydrogen-absorbing alloy for a negative electrode in an alkaline storage battery includes a first hydrogen-absorbing alloy and a second first hydrogen-absorbing alloy. The first hydrogen-absorbing alloy contains at least a rare-earth element, Mg, Ni, and Al, and h... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7534529 | Negative electrode and nickel-metal hydride storage battery using the same A negative electrode of a nickel-metal hydride storage battery includes an active material layer formed on a conductive substrate and including a hydrogen storage alloy powder and a carbon powder. The carbon powder includes some carbon particles each containing at l... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7514178 | Hydrogen-absorbing alloy for alkaline storage battery, method of manufacturing the same, and alkaline storage battery An alkaline storage battery including a positive electrode (1), a negative electrode (2) using a hydrogen-absorbing alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte solution employs, as the hydrogen-absorbing alloy in the negative electrode, a hydrogen-absorbing all... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7501207 | Hydrogen absorbing alloy and secondary battery The present invention provides a hydrogen absorbing alloy containing as a principal phase at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a second phase having a rhombohedral crystal structure and a first phase having a crystal structure of a hexagonal syst... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7435511 | Nickel-metal hydride storage battery A nickel-metal hydride storage battery having a spirally wound electrode group including: (a) a positive electrode including an active material layer containing nickel hydroxide and a positive electrode core material; (b) a negative electrode including an active mat... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7404842 | Microfabricated hydrogen storage device and metal hydride fuel cell/battery A hydrogen storage system is described that can fabricated under ambient atmospheric conditions and humidity. The hydrogen storage system includes hydrogen-absorbing alloy particles, such as ABx-type alloys, for example LaNi4.7Al0.3,... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7378188 | Storage device and method for sorption and desorption of molecular gas contained by storage sites of nano-filament laded reticulated aerogel An apparatus and method for sorption and desorption of molecular gas contained by storage sites of graphite nano-filaments randomly disposed in three-dimensional reticulated aerogel. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7357883 | Conductive adhesive, method of producing the same, and bonding method A conductive adhesive is formed by mixing a plurality of conductive fillers into a thermosetting resin. The conductive filler includes a core material made of copper-based metal, a coating film made of silver and a plurality of particles made of silver. The coating ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7344677 | Hydrogen storage alloys having improved cycle life and low temperature operating characteristics A reversible hydrogen storage alloy for electrochemical and thermal hydrogen storage having excellent kinetics and improved performance at low temperatures and excellent cycle life. The compositions of the hydrogen storage alloy is modified to achieve excellent perf... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341703 | Mixed hydrogen generation material In one aspect, the invention provides a novel quaternary hydrogen storage composition having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. Further, the present invention provides methods of storing hydrogen in a hydrogen storage composition, and methods of releas... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338632 | Hydrogen-storing alloy electrode and secondary cell using the same A secondary cell has a hydrogen-storing alloy electrode as a negative-electrode plate 26, and the electrode contains first hydrogen-storing alloy particles 36 and second hydrogen-storing alloy particles 37. The first hydrogen-storing alloy parti... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326495 | Hydrogen storage material with high storage capacity Disclosed is a hydrogen storage material comprising a magnesium hydride. Said magnesium is stabilized in the fluorite structure. Preferably, the magnesium is at least partly substituted by an element such that the magnesium hydride is stabilized in the fluorite stru... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316792 | Electrode material for rechargeable lithium battery and electrode structural body comprising said electrode material An electrode material for a rechargeable lithium battery, characterized in that said electrode material comprises a fine powder of a silicon-based material whose principal component is silicon element, said fine powder having an average particle size (R) in a range ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314579 | Hydrogen generation material The dispersion of metal-element containing additives with hydrogen storage particles of the family of hydrogen-rich materials, M′xM″yNzHd as specified herein, markedly lowers the temperature at which hydrogen is remove... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314594 | Hydrogen storage alloy A hydrogen storage alloy is provided which, when used in a battery, has high drain (power) performance and charge acceptance that are excellent, and in addition, cracks are few, and cycle life performance are excellent, to be used in large batteries, in particular f... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311991 | Hydrogen storage-based electrochemical system and method of preparation A method for preparation of a hydrogen-storage based electrode comprises treating a powder comprising at least one metal hydride with a first solution. The first solution comprises a first alkaline base and a first reducing agent. The method further comprises fabric... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306862 | Removable storage method for hydrogen and hydrogen reservoir In a method of reversably storing hydrogen in a hydrogen reservoir including a hydrogen storage material disposed between an electrode and a counter electrode, the hydrogen storage material is charged with hydrogen and the hydrogen is recuperated from the hydrogen s... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300720 | Hydrogen absorbing alloy and secondary battery The present invention provides a hydrogen absorbing alloy containing as a principal phase at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a second phase having a rhombohedral crystal structure and a first phase having a crystal structure of a hexagonal syst... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285260 | Synthesis method for carbon material based on LiMM'(XO) Method of synthesis for a material made of particles having a core and a coating and/or being connected to each other by carbon cross-linking, the core of these particles containing at least one compound of formula LixM1−yM′y(XO | 10/23/2007 |
| 7261970 | Nickel metal hydride battery design The present invention relates to rechargeable nickel metal hydride batteries and methods for making the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to rechargeable nickel metal hydride batteries having a precharge in the negative electrode sufficient for ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259124 | Hydrogen storage composite and preparation thereof The present invention discloses a hydrogen storage medium including a composite of an alloy and a catalyst/expandable graphite. The expandable graphite can be replaced by activated carbon. The catalyst content is 1-50% based on the weight of the medium, which can be... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247406 | Method for activating metal hydride material A method of activating a hydrogen storage alloy. The method includes the step of contacting the hydrogen storage alloy with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide where the concentration of the alkali metal hydroxide is at least about 42 weight percent. Th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238446 | Active electrode composition with conductive polymeric binder An active composition for an electrode of an electrochemical cell. The active composition comprises an active electrode material and a conductive polymer. The electrochemical cell is preferably a battery cell or a fuel cell. ... | 07/03/2007 |
