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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187737 | Galvanic electrochemical cells utilizing taylor vortex flows Electrochemical cells (100, 500, 600) for converting chemical energy into electrical energy, such as batteries (102), flow cells (502) and fuel cells (602) with a cylindrical rotating ion-permeable filter (120, 414, 520, 620) that ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7205255 | Electrode catalyst for fuel cell and method for production thereof An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell is provided which excels in catalytic activity and catalytic durability. The electrode catalyst for the fuel cell has noble metal-containing particle deposited on an electroconductive carrier and the noble metal-containing parti... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6986964 | Metal air cell incorporating ionic isolation systems Electrochemical cell systems are disclosed herein that are capable of selective ionic isolation, oxidant isolation, oxidant removal, moisture control, and combinations thereof. Selective ionic isolation is generally effectuated by selectively eliminating or minimizi... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6878482 | Anode structure for metal air electrochemical cells An anode structure for a metal air electrochemical cell is provided. The structure includes a plurality of compartments, which are at least partially isolated from one another. A metal air cell using the anode structure includes the anode structure having one or mor... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6800393 | Metal air cell incorporating ionic isolation systems Electrochemical cell systems are disclosed herein that are capable of selective ionic isolation, oxidant isolation, oxidant removal, moisture control, and combinations thereof. Selective ionic isolation is generally effectuated by selectively eliminating or minimizi... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6689507 | Battery and equipment or device having the battery as part of structure and locally distributed power generation method and power generation device therefor A battery comprising powdered active materials and capable of storing a large power, and equipment or device having the battery as parts of its structure, wherein an anode cell (2) of two vessels connected via an ion-passing separator (1) is filled with a... | 02/10/2004 |
| 5665484 | Electrolyte conditioning system The invention consists of a method and apparatus for circulating electrolyte within individual cells of a liquid electrolyte battery while maintaining all cells at a uniform temperature. The invention is an improved method and apparatus for circulating th... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5650241 | Metal-air cell battery A metal-air battery assembly having plurality of free standing metal-air cells forming a cell group within a battery case assembly. Each free standing cell has flexible, compressible walls capable of containing electrolyte, the walls comprising air cathod... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5527636 | Green power supply for a small calculator A calculator includes a shell defining two slots. The calculator uses a switch and a power supply. The switch includes two tubular portions projecting therefrom and being slidably received in the slots so that the switch can be moved between ON and OFF po... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5512384 | Battery and method of battery control for enhancing electrochemical reactions The battery includes an anode and cathode structure spaced a fixed distance apart, a movable conveyor having electrolyte impregnated therein and means for advancing the conveyor to engage the anode and/or cathode at the anode and/or cathode interface with... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5368952 | Metal suspension half-cell for an accumulator, method for operating such a half-cell and metal suspension accumulator comprising such a half-cell A metal suspension half-cell for an accumulator is described, in which the metal suspension, consisting of metal particles and an electrolyte, has been stabilised by adding additive particles which comprise a ceramic material which promotes chain formatio... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5264302 | Electrode material for use in a storage battery Described is an electrode material for use in a storage battery half-cell of the type in which a suspension of particles of active material circulates. Upon charging such a half cell the electrode material according to the invention prevents the formation... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5098799 | Battery electrode growth accommodation An electrode for a lead acid flow through battery, the grids including a plastic frame, a plate suspended from the top of the frame to hang freely in the plastic frame and a paste applied to the plate, the paste being free to allow for expansion in the pl... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5032476 | Internal hydrostatic pump for a mobile vehicle battery A hydrostatic pump for application in a battery experiencing sudden changes in velocity or direction as in a golf cart. The cells of the battery are provided with hydrostatic pumps separated from the walls of the cell and using the motion induced surface ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5011747 | Metal/air battery with pulsed gas bubbling A metal/air battery is described having gas bubbled through the electrolyte. It includes: (a) a tank defining a reservoir for liquid electrolyte; (b) one or more metal-air cells disposed for immersion in electrolyte, each cell including at least one air c... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4963444 | Internal hydrostatic pump for a mobile vehicle battery A hydrostatic pump for application in a battery experiencing sudden changes in velocity or direction such as in a golf cart. The cells of the battery are provided with hydrostatic pumps using the motion induced surface waves in the electrolyte to develop ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4948682 | Electrode material for use in a storage battery Electrode material for use in a storage battery half-cell containing a suspension, storage battery half-cell having an electrode of such material and a storage battery comprising such a storage battery half-cell. Described is an electrode material for use in a... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4910102 | Process and apparatus for operating a deferred actuated battery There is disclosed an improved battery assembly and process for operating same wherein a battery assembly comprised of bipolar electrodes disposed between an inert cathode current collector acting as a hydrogen electrode and an anode plate formed of a mat... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4910104 | Deferred actuated battery There is disclosed a deferred actuated battery assembly comprised of a plurality of bipolar electrodes disposed between an inert cathode current collector acting as a hydrogen electrode and an anode plate formed of a material selected from the group consi... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4897321 | Controlled electrochemical power generation A system and a method of controlled electrochemical power generation are disclosed. The system includes an electrochemical cell comprising an alkali metal anode, a cathode initially spaced about 10-25 mils from the anode to define a flow channel, an elect... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4770954 | Switching power supply and method A power supply has two energy sources, one of which has a relatively low energy density but provides a relatively high current and the other of which has a relatively high energy density but provides a relatively low current. One end of each of the energy... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4746585 | Comb-type bipolar stack An improved design for an intermediate bus bar for a comb-type cell for a metal-halogen battery system is disclosed. A plastic frame is formed around the periphery of a dense graphite bus bar and has a plurality of straps extending between the top and bot... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4693947 | System for agitating the acid in a lead-acid battery A system and method for agitating the acid in a large lead-sulfuric acid storage battery of the calcium type. An air-lift is utilized to provide the agitation. The air fed to the air-lift is humidified prior to being delivered to the air-lift.... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4557984 | Adapter guide for air supply tube An improved battery structure permitting facilitated replacement of an air supply tube through an air lift pump. The air lift pump includes, as guide means, a funnel portion receiving the inserted distal end of the replacement air supply tube for automati... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4555454 | Reinforced consumable electrode, electrochemical cell and method A consumable metal electrode incorporates a fibrous reinforcing network of electrically insulating material extending through at least a portion of the body of the electrode and disposed in close proximity to a surface of the electrode which will be conta... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4419418 | Individual rechargeable electric cell Individual rechargeable electric cell with an outer metal housing, an electrolyte tube open at the top arranged coaxially in the housing, liquid sodium in the tube, a current collector extending down through the open end of the tube into the sodium, an al... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4385099 | Metal halogen battery construction with improved technique for producing halogen hydrate An improved electrical energy storage system comprising, at least one cell having a positive electrode and a negative electrode separated by aqueous electrolyte, a store means wherein halogen hydrate is formed and stored as part of an aqueous material hav... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4329406 | Specific gravity transducer and battery performance indicator A transducer and battery performance indicator which senses various levels of specific gravity and other conditions of a liquid or electrolyte of varying degrees of translucency and converts the measurements into electrical analog signals which are fed to... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4306001 | Electric storage cell with output power control An electric storage cell which permits control of the output power without substantially increasing the power loss. An electric storage cell combining two conductive electrodes spaced from each other, and an electrolyte between the electrodes capable of g... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4269906 | Pump device A pump device for intermittently pumping fluid, comprises a pump house having a primary portion and a secondary portion forming a space therebetween. The pump house includes an inlet opening for admitting fluid into the space and an outlet opening. An ela... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4269907 | Electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell is shown wherein anode 1 of a reactive metal having an insulating film 2 thereon is separated from cathode 6 by a non-conductive flow screen 4. A porous, expandable element 5 is positioned between screen 4 and cathode 6 to maintain... | 05/26/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4147839 | Electrochemical cell with stirred slurry In a battery of electrochemical unit cells in which an active metal in powder form is an electrode, high rate reaction at high efficiency is achieved by slurrying the powdered metal in the cell electrolyte. The slurrying is carried out entirely within eac... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4074021 | High discharge battery with depolarized plates A battery preferably for use as a power source in an electrical vehicle includes a plurality of envelope separators for reducing the concentration of waste products at the surface of the battery plates. The envelope separators comprise two thin sheets of ... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4072540 | Rechargeable electrical energy storage device An electrical energy storage device comprising at least one cell containing a normally positive electrode at which a halogen is reduced and a normally negative electrode at which a metal is oxidized during an electrical discharge of the storage device. Th... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4053683 | System for fuel supplementation An improved wet plate battery for use in the electrical system of an internal combustion engine and adapted to produce hydrogen and oxygen gases for enrichment of the air/fuel mixture is disclosed. The battery includes a plurality of electrical generating... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4025698 | Accumulator battery apparatus and method There is disclosed rechargeable accumulator battery apparatus in which either the zinc anode part or the porous separator part of each cell is vibrated in its own plane to produce macro and micro turbulence effects in the surrounding electrolyte to inhibi... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4001036 | System for improving charge efficiency of a zinc-chloride battery A system is provided for improving the charge efficiency of a zinc-chloride battery by reducing the chlorine concentration on charge in a flowing electrolyte system by desorbing chlorine from the flowing electrolyte under reduced pressure and removing the... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3985581 | Cell with circulating electrolyte To prevent the formation of internal short circuits between electrodes of a rechargeable electrochemical cell, the electrolyte is maintained in continuous motion at least during charging when, in the case of an air-depolarized cell with a positive oxygen ... | 10/12/1976 |
