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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021784 | Cureless battery paste and method for producing battery plates A battery paste composition incorporates and promotes the formation of tetra basic lead sulfate using a micronized TTBLS additive, and eliminates free lead using a special oxide, during paste mixing and drying. Battery plates utilizing the disclosed battery paste co... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7582384 | Production of tetrabasic lead sulfate from solid state reactions for the preparation of active plates to be used in lead-acid batteries A solid state reaction method for the production of tetrabasic lead sulfate includes the steps of mixing a stoichiometric mixture of 5PbO and (NH4)2SO4 and heating the stoichiometric mixture of 5PbO and (NH4)2SO... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7309478 | Production of tetrabasic lead sulfate from solid state reactions for the preparation of active plates to be used in lead-acid batteries A solid state reaction method for the production of tetrabasic lead sulfate includes the steps of mixing a stoichiometric mixture of 3PbO.PbSO4.H2O and PbO and heating the stoichiometric mixture of 3PbO.PbSO4.H2O and PbO at a temperature between 500 and 700° C. for... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7160647 | Battery cathode Batteries are disclosed. In some embodiments, a battery has a cathode that includes CuxMyOzXt, where M is a metal, X includes one or more halides and/or nitrate, x+y is from about 6.8 to about 7.2, and z and t are selected... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7118830 | Battery paste additive and method for producing battery plates A battery paste additive, and process for making the same comprising micronized seed crystals of tetra basic lead sulfate, is added to battery paste and results in accelerated curing time and other improvements in battery performance. The battery paste additive may ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7060391 | Current collector structure and methods to improve the performance of a lead-acid battery A battery, a battery electrode structure, and methods to make the same. The product and method comprise applying a layer of lead-tin containing alloy to substrates for anodes or cathodes for lead-acid batteries, in which the substrates are porous or reticulated.... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7011805 | Production of tetrabasic lead sulfate from solid state reactions for the preparation of active plates to be used in lead-acid batteries The production of tetrabasic lead sulfate by means of solid state reactions at high temperatures allow the formation of powders having a particle size of less than 10 μm. In the methods the chemical reaction that takes place between lead oxide and different sulfate... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6833216 | Method of manufacturing a sulfated paste for use in a lead acid cell A method of manufacturing a sulfated paste for use in a lead acid battery cell comprises introducing sulfuric acid to an oxide of lead and subsequently introducing a tin-containing material. ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6617071 | Active material for high power and high energy lead acid batteries and method of manufacture A grid plate for high power lead acid battery having a plate (14) covered with a conductive polymeric matrix (10) of preferably polyaniline and its derivatives, which is then coated with nanoscale particles of active material (14) such as lead sulfate and... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6352795 | Lead battery with acid reservoirs mixed with active material in particles This invention concerns a method of increasing the available amount of acid at PAM and NAM in lead battery electrodes and still retain a short distance between the electrode surfaces. With mechanical support of PAM (for example in tubular batteries) in sp... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6200704 | High capacity/high discharge rate rechargeable positive electrode Disclosed is a positive electrode that has a low equivalent weight and high cell voltage and consequently a high specific energy, and a high discharge rate pulse capability. Also disclosed are methods for fabricating active-sulfur-based composite electrod... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6187478 | Battery element containing efficiency improving additives A battery element of a lead acid battery including a negative plate, a positive plate and a separator having a metal inhibiting additive that reduces the detrimental effects of at least one impurity on the negative plate.... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6124057 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an anode active material with a high capacity and excellent cycle characteristics. The active material comprises a salt of a metal or a semi-metal and a compound selected fr... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6074782 | Lead storage battery containing a negative electrode active substance including a negative electrode additive A lead storage battery comprising a positive electrode 11 and a negative electrode 12. The negative electrode 12 contains a negative electrode active substance to which a negative electrode additive is added. The negative electrode additive is a phenol.mu... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5948567 | Battery paste dispersant A battery paste for a lead oxide battery plate comprising lead oxide, sulfuric acid and a naphthalene sulfonic acid formaldehyde condensate, the condensate being water soluble and having a molecular weight of about 9,000 to 15,000; methods for preparing t... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5672181 | Method for manufacturing a hardened lead storage battery electrode A method for manufacturing a hardened lead storage battery electrode wherein fine, particulate solids, that are insoluble in lead, are incorporated into a lead matrix. The method includes the steps of incorporating solids, dissolved or suspended in an ele... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5510213 | Method of preparing electrodes for lead-acid electrode battery The invention provides an electrode for a lead-acid battery, formed in an essentially continuous process without the need for curing under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. This is accomplished by using a relatively high metallic lead conten... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5507842 | Process for converting lead and lead oxides to barium metaplumbate The present invention provides improved processes for forming anti-corrosion layers, particularly barium metaplumbate, on lead, lead alloy-, and lead oxide-containing substrates. The processes of the invention are used to form corrosion-resistant current ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5401596 | Hermetically sealed dry accumulator The invention is related to hermetically sealed dry accumulators having significantly larger power output per units of mass in a proportionately smaller volume. The accumulator includes one electrode comprising copper, cadmium, zinc, nickel, or iron, and ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5368958 | Lithium anode with conductive for and anode tab for rechargeable lithium battery Lithium based electrical cells having a new anode electrode construction are described. The cells have a sandwich construction of lithium sheet, conductive foil and lithium sheet, wherein the anode tab is welded directly onto the conductive foil not onto ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5368960 | Utilization efficiencies by using high sulfate starting materials The battery system and process of the present invention enables the increase of the specific energy of the lead-acid battery by using new starting pastes which will allow significantly higher utilization efficiencies of the positive and negative pastes. T... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5314766 | Lead-acid battery electrode and method of manufacture Positive plates are prepared by forming partially oxidized tetrabasic lead sulfate (4 PbOn . PbSO4) having at least a part of the oxide (PbOn) portion in the form of alpha lead dioxide (.varies. - PbOn), and for... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5302476 | High performance positive electrode for a lead-acid battery An electrode suitable for use as a lead-acid battery plate is formed of a paste composition which enhances the performance of the plate. The paste composition includes a basic lead sulfate, a persulfate and water. The paste may also include lead oxide and... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5252105 | Method of forming lead-acid battery electrode In a preferred method, an electrode for a lead-acid battery is prepared in a new continuous process without the conventional curing step. The general procedure for preparing electrodes includes preparing a mixture (paste) comprising an active material pre... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5045170 | Electrodies containing a conductive metal oxide An electrode suitable for use as a lead-acid battery plate contains an inorganic metal oxide additive which enhances the formation of the plate. The additive is electrically conductive, stable in aqueous solutions of sulfuric acid, but does not participat... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4985316 | Corrosion resistant fuel cell substrates A porous substrate of a fuel cell electrode assembly is formed by producing a fibrous carbon precursor web by means of a conventional wet paper-making process. The precursor web is then dried and saturated with a wet resinous binder which will carbonize w... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4548835 | Method for fabricating electrodes for use in lead storage batteries A method for fabricating an electrode for use in lead storage batteries in which an aqueous emulsion of a silicone capable of forming an elastic, porous matrix on breaking of the emulsion, is contacted with a finely divided active electrode material at th... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4415410 | Forming of tetrabasic lead sulfate battery electrodes A method of forming battery plates or electrodes from tetrabasic lead sulfate includes the step of adding a lead peroxide such as lead dioxide in powdered form to the tetrabasic lead sulfate for making the paste to be applied to the plate or electrode sup... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4381250 | Curing of tetrabasic lead pasted battery electrodes A paste for coating electrodes for fabricating plates of lead acid batteries containing water, tetrabasic lead sulfate, and an effective amount of a carbonate material such as ammonium carbonate has been found useful in the curing of battery plates or ele... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4338163 | Curing of tetrabasic lead pasted battery electrodes A method of preparing battery electrodes from tetrabasic lead sulfate paste including the steps of adding a carbonate material to the paste, curing the electrodes in a humid atmosphere and forming the electrodes.... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4331516 | Curing of tetrabasic lead pasted battery electrodes A process for the fabrication of lead acid batteries containing an acid electrolyte and negative electrodes and positive electrodes, including the steps of coating at least one said electrode with a paste containing tetrabasic lead sulfate and ammonium ca... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4194060 | Electric accumulator and storage cell An electric accumulator or storage cell whose positive and negative plates are composed of a multiplicity of thin lead plates or lead foils which are spaced apart from thin separators in a receptacle adapted to receive an electrolyte (dilute sulfuric acid... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4176214 | Lithium-lead sulfate primary electrochemical cell Disclosed is a primary electrochemical cell which employs a lithium metal anode, a lead sulfate cathode, and an electrolyte solution comprising a lithium salt in an organic solvent. The cell has an operating voltage and energy density sufficiently close t... | 11/27/1979 |
| 3973991 | Light-weight lead-acid battery with laminated electrodes A light-weight lead-acid battery has been prepared which contains a novel light weight electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises a laminated electrode having at least three plies, the center ply being a conductive sheet and the outer two plies ... | 08/10/1976 |
