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...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178238 | Positive-electrode active material for lithium-ion secondary battery, positive electrode, manufacturing method thereof, and lithium-ion secondary battery A positive-electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery has an average composition expressed by the following formula (1): LixCo1-y-zMyCezOb-aXa (1) wherein ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8133614 | Control of silver vanadium oxide surface areas as a means of controlling voltage delay and Rdc growth in an electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell comprising a lithium anode, a cathode comprising a blank cut from a free-standing sheet of a silver vanadium oxide mixture contacted to a current collector. The active material has having a relatively lower surface area and an electrolyte act... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8062791 | Battery cathode A battery cathode comprises an electrode of silver, molybdenum, oxygen, fluorine and chlorine and having a higher discharge capacity expressed as milliampere hour per gram of material (mAh/g) available from silver reduction at a potential above 3V as compared to tha... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7964324 | Method for impregnating a solid oxide fuel cell cathode with silver to reduce electrical resistance A method for improving performance of an SOFC by impregnation of the cathode with metallic silver. A solution of AgNO3 in acetonitrile is imbibed into a perovskite cathode fabricated on a electrolyte layer supported by an anode, defining an SOFC cell. The... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7951489 | Anode active material, method of preparing the same, and anode and lithium battery employing the same An anode active material including a metal core and a coating layer formed on a surface of the metal core is provided. The coating layer includes a conductive metal material. The coating layer covering the metal core is carbon-based and includes a conductive metal m... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7939199 | Method of controlling voltage delay and RDC growth in an electrochemical cell using low basis weight cathode material An electrochemical cell comprising a lithium anode, a silver vanadium oxide cathode having a relatively lower basis weight, and an electrolyte activating the anode and the cathode is described. By limiting the amount of cathode active material per unit area (i.e. ba... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7846585 | Silver manganese vanadium oxide electrodes for lithium batteries This invention relates to electrodes for non-aqueous lithium cells and batteries. More specifically, the invention relates to silver manganese vanadium oxide positive electrodes for such cells and batteries. The silver manganese vanadium oxide electrodes may contain... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7790317 | Silver vanadium oxide-fluoride material useful as a battery cathode Metal oxide-fluoride material including silver, vanadium, oxygen and fluorine, such as Ag4V2O6F2, is made and useful as a cathode for a battery. The material is made by subjecting silver oxide, vanadium oxide, and aqueous ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7771872 | Silver oxide powder for alkaline battery and method of producing the same Alkaline battery silver oxide powder when soaked in a 50° C. KOH 40% aqueous solution for 24 hours experiences dissolution of Ag into the solution of 40 mg/L. Alkaline battery silver oxide powder exhibits substantially no Ag peak by X-ray diffraction even after soa... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7435509 | Electrode for a lithium cell This invention relates to a positive electrode for an electrochemical cell or battery, and to an electrochemical cell or battery; the invention relates more specifically to a positive electrode for a non-aqueous lithium cell or battery when the electrode is used the... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432001 | Prevention of lithium deposition in nonaqueous electrolyte cells by electrolyte-to-cathode weight ratio The prevention of lithium clusters from bridging between the negative and positive portions of a cell during discharge is described. This is done by limiting the amount of electrolyte in the cell, thereby eliminating excess electrolyte pooling above the cell stack. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7378189 | Electrode material for lithium secondary battery, electrode structure employing electrode material, and lithium secondary battery having electrode structure The present invention provides: an electrode material for a lithium secondary battery containing lithium boron mixed oxide having a monoclinic LiBO2 structure and represented by a chemical formula LiB1-xDxO2-yE | 05/27/2008 |
| 7341963 | Non-woven material with barrier skin A non-woven material including first effect fibers, first binder fibers, second binder fibers, and bulking fibers. The non-woven material has a first planar zone with an exterior skin, and a bulking zone. The first planar zone includes a greater concentration of fir... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335440 | Lithium-limited anode subassembly with solid anode current collector and spacer An anode subassembly for use in an implantable electrochemical cell includes a solid anode current collector and an alkali metal anode pressed onto the solid anode current collector such that the solid anode current collector is located on the outer side of the oute... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316867 | Method for manufacturing a multi-layered thin film for use as an anode in a lithium secondary battery A thin film for an anode of a lithium secondary battery having a current collector and an anode active material layer formed thereon is provided. The anode active material layer is a multi-layered thin film formed by stacking a silver (Ag) layer and a silicon-metal ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314685 | Oxidized titanium as a cathodic current collector A titanium substrate having a thickened outer oxidation layer provided thereon by a treatment process performed either in an air atmosphere at elevated temperatures or through electrolytic oxidation (anodization), is discribed. The thusly conditioned titanium substr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314492 | Method for manufacturing alkaline battery In a method in which the inside surface of the negative electrode cup of an alkaline battery is coated with metal or metal alloy having a higher hydrogen overpotential than copper, the mask used for coating processing has the shape in which: when d is the diameter o... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300722 | Lithium battery containing bismuth metal oxide A battery includes a cathode having an oxide containing one or more metals and pentavalent bismuth, an anode including lithium, a separator between the cathode and the anode, and an electrolyte. The metal(s) can be an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a transit... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7263449 | Method for determining poor performing cells A means for determining long-term discharge performance, particularly in a lithium/silver vanadium oxide cell, by analyzing and characterizing the initial pulse voltage waveform, is described. The relationship between the initial P1 (Pmin) voltage drop an... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7235333 | Ion conductor structural body, process for producing said ion conductor structural body, rechargeable battery provided with said ion conductor structural body and process for producing said rechargeable battery An ion conductor structural body having a high ion conductivity and an excellent mechanical strength, principally comprising is provided. This ion conductor structural body includes (a) a polymer matrix; (b) a solvent capable of functioning as a plasticizer; and (c)... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235329 | Electrode material for non-aqueous solvent-secondary cell, electrode and secondary cell An electrode material comprising a powdery mixture of a metal material (particularly, an intermetallic compound) and a capacitive carbon material each capable of doping and dedoping lithium, and an optionally added fine electroconductive additive, and containing the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229938 | Heat and flame shield A heat and fire resistant planar unitary shield formed of heat and flame resistant fibers and voluminous bulking fibers. The shield material has a heat and flame resistant zone with a majority of the heat and flame resistant fibers, and a voluminous bulking zone wit... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229717 | Anode active material and battery using it A battery with a high capacity and superior cycle characteristics, and an anode active material used for it are provided. An anode active material contains tin as a first element, a second element, and a third element. The second element is at least one from the gro... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7211349 | Silver vanadium oxide provided with a metal oxide coating An improved cathode material for nonaqueous electrolyte lithium electrochemical cell is described. The preferred active material is ε-phase silver vanadium oxide (Ag2V4O11) coated with a protective layer of a metal oxide, preferably... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198869 | High capacity and high rate batteries Improved batteries described herein generally comprise an electrolyte having lithium ions and a cathode comprising submicron metal vanadium oxide particles. In some embodiments, the battery demonstrate an accessible current capacity of at least about 220 mAh/g when ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198867 | Electrochemical generation, storage and reaction of hydrogen and oxygen An electrolytic apparatus for using catalyst-coated hollow microspheres to produce gases, store them, and to make them available for later use. The apparatus uses catalyst-coated hollow microspheres in reversible electrochemical processes and reactions, such as thos... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7153794 | Heat and flame shield A heat and fire resistant planar unitary shield formed of heat and flame resistant fibers and voluminous bulking fibers. The shield material has a heat and flame resistant zone with a majority of the heat and flame resistant fibers, and a voluminous bulking zone wit... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7136701 | Hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use A hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use provides a generally constant low internal resistance during discharge and avoids voltage delays of the type that develop as a result of run down-induced resistance increase in Li/SVO cells. The hybrid batter... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118829 | Preparation of copper silver vanadium oxide from γ-phase SVO starting material The current invention relates to the preparation of an improved cathode active material for non-aqueous lithium electrochemical cell. In particular, the cathode active material comprises ε-phase silver vanadium oxide prepared by using a γ-phase silver vanadium oxi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108942 | Efficient electrode assembly design for cells with alkali metal anodes Electrochemical cells having the casing as part of the anode current collector are described. In particular, the anode is divided into two sections. In one section, lithium metal is pressed directly into contact with the inner surface of the casing. No anode current... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094499 | Carbon materials metal/metal oxide nanoparticle composite and battery anode composed of the same A method of forming a composite material for use as an anode for a lithium-ion battery is disclosed. The steps include selecting a carbon material as a constituent part of the composite, chemically treating the selected carbon material to receive nanoparticles, inco... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079893 | Hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use A hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use provides a generally constant low internal resistance during discharge and avoids voltage delays of the type that develop as a result of run down-induced resistance increase in Li/SVO cells. The hybrid batter... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070706 | Composition of nano-tube composite polymer electrolyte and fabrication method thereof This invention pertains to the composition and method for fabricating nano-tube composite polymer electrolyte. The composite polymer electrolyte is made by blending suitable amount of highly dispersed, nano-tube, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2), with high... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056358 | Method for using high rate lithium electrochemical cell containing SVO/CFchi/SVo sandwich cathodes having γ-SVO and mixture of γ-SVO/ε-SVO A method for powering an implantable medical device with a lithium electrochemical cell having a sandwich cathode electrode of SVO/CFx/SVO active materials is described. A preferred cathode is of a γ-SVO/CFx/γ-SVO or (γ+ε)-SVO/CFx | 06/06/2006 |
| 7041414 | Silver manganese oxide electrodes for lithium batteries This invention relates to electrodes for non-aqueous lithium cells and batteries with silver manganese oxide positive electrodes, denoted AgxMnOy, in which x and y are such that the manganese ions in the charged or partially charged electrodes ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043300 | High-energy electrolytic capacitors for implantable defibrillators Implantable defibrillators are implanted into the chests of patients prone to suffering ventricular fibrillation, a potentially fatal heart condition. A critical component in these devices is an aluminum electrolytic capacitors, which stores and delivers one or more... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033699 | Fuel cell cathodes and their fuel cells Fuel cell cathodes and instant startup fuel cells employing the cathodes. The cathodes operate through the valency change mechanism of redox couples which uniquely provide multiple degrees of freedom in selecting the operating voltages available for such fuel cells.... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033700 | Formulation of zinc negative electrode for rechargeable cells having an alkaline electrolyte A zinc electrode is provided for use in electrochemical cells having an alkaline electrolyte and high cycle life. The zinc electrode comprises a mixture of zinc oxide together with an inorganic fibre which contains silica and alumina. Preferably, the composition of ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018743 | Dual chemistry electrode design A new cathode design has a first cathode active material of a relatively low energy density but of a relatively high rate capability contacted to the outer sides of first and second cathode current collectors and a second cathode active material having a relatively ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020519 | Hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use A hybrid battery power source for implantable medical use provides a generally constant low internal resistance during discharge and avoids voltage delays of the type that develop as a result of run down-induced resistance increase in Li/SVO cells. The hybrid batter... | 03/28/2006 |
