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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7943250 | Electrochemical conversion system for energy management There is disclosed an electrochemical conversion system (40) for energy management which includes multi-electrochemical cells. The system 40 includes a conduit system (41), an electrical system (42), first electrochemical cell (43)... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7381494 | Electric battery assembly and method of manufacture An energy storage device, such as an electrical storage battery, having a unique terminal structure, sealing arrangement and an S-shaped mandrel for the electrode assembly. The battery generally includes a case in which an electrode assembly is dispose, and a cover ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7361427 | Manifold for a pile configured battery An improved method of fabricating and discharging a pile configured battery which utilizes an electrically conductive flowing aqueous electrolyte. This is accomplished by use of a single piece hydraulic manifold plate which decouples the hydraulic performance parame... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7323018 | Process and device for jacketing of battery plates When lead plates (10) for industrial batteries are jacketed the lead plate (10) is surrounded with a first layer (12) of fiber nonwoven, with a second layer (24) of fiber nonwoven, with a layer (28) of punched or perforated plastic... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314761 | Leak sensor for flowing electrolyte batteries A leak detection system for a flowing electrolyte battery comprising a containment member associated with at least one of a stack of a flowing electrolyte battery and an electrolyte reservoir of a flowing electrolyte battery and a sensing member for sensing a fluid ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7220515 | Pressure fluctuation prevention tank structure, electrolyte circulation type secondary battery, and redox flow type secondary battery A simplified, pressure-variation preventing tank structure capable of preventing pressure variations in a gas phase portion resulting from temperature variations, without bringing stored liquid into contact with air. This pressure-variation preventing structure incl... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7108941 | Flat battery and production method therefor A positive electrode plate (7) and a negative electrode plate (8) are coiled around with a separator (9) interposed therebetween into a flat shape having a rectangular plan to obtain an intermediate product (17) of an electrode plate grou... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7037620 | Multi-cellular electrical battery An electrical battery for multi-cellular interconnection in series, parallel or series and parallel has a protrusion and a recess, such as a tongue and a groove, extending on outer surfaces of the sidewalls of the battery case such that when a protrusion of one batt... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6949897 | Control device for hybrid vehicle A control device for a hybrid vehicle which enables an appropriate electrical control based on the usable electrical energy stored in the battery device. In this control device, in step S357, in which it is determined whether the value of an energy storage zo... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6933075 | Sleeve separator for a lead plate The invention relates to a sleeve separator for a lead plate (2) of a lead-acid accumulator. The sleeve separator surrounds the front and rear sides and lower and bottom edges of said lead plate. The invention is characterised in that the separator material (... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6911274 | Fuel cell system A fuel cell system is described which comprises a power source and a fuel storage unit. A flowable fuel is contained with the fuel storage unit. A first flow path delivers fuel from the fuel storage unit to the power source. Some or all of this fuel is deposited int... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6858342 | Electrolyte solution filling method and battery structure of lithium secondary battery Provided are a method for filling an electrolyte solution and a battery structure of a lithium secondary battery comprising an internal electrode body formed by winding a positive electrode, and a negative electrode, with a separator sandwiched therebetween around t... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6821669 | Liquid electrolyte battery The invention relates to a liquid electrolyte battery, which is preferably used in moving vehicles, such as e.g. in cars, boats or aircraft. The battery contains devices bringing about a circulation of the electrolyte. This circulation is produced by means producing... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6764789 | Redox flow battery The present invention provides a redox flow type battery which a liquid-circulating battery comprising a battery cell and storage tanks for positive and negative electrolytes, wherein the battery cell is separated by a membrane to provide a positive cell and a negat... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6588461 | Apparatus for electrolyte injection An electrolyte injection apparatus for injecting an electrolyte into a battery case tightly closed except an electrolyte injection hole, said apparatus comprising an electrolyte injection nozzle airtightly mounted on the electrolyte injection hole, exhaus... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6558833 | Recharging batteries by electrolyte transfer A battery system for electric vehicles in which replenishment of the energy content of the batteries is accomplished by pumping liquids into tanks on the vehicles from pumps at service stations, similar to, and in a comparable time to, the filling of the ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6497976 | Method for electrolyte injection An electrolyte injection method for injecting an electrolyte into a battery case tightly closed except an electrolyte injection hole, said method comprising an electrolyte injection nozzle airtightly mounted on the electrolyte injection hole, exhausting t... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6387561 | Electrolyte-solution filling method and battery structure of lithium secondary battery Provided are a method for filling an electrolyte solution and a battery structure of a lithium secondary battery comprising an internal electrode body formed by winding a positive electrode, and a negative electrode, with a separator sandwiched therebetwe... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6355373 | Battery The invention relates to a battery which, for maintenance or in a danger situation, can be simply and reliably transferred from an operative state into a safe, inoperative state, whilst avoiding a short circuit. This is either brought about in that a cont... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6296968 | One-piece battery incorporating a circulating fluid type heat exchanger A one-piece battery comprises a tank divided into cells each receiving an electrode assembly, closure means for the tank and a circulating fluid type heat exchanger facing the relatively larger faces of the electrode assembly. The fluid flows in a compart... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6153328 | System and method for preventing the formation of dendrites in a metal/air fuel cell, battery or metal recovery apparatus A System and method is disclosed for preventing dendrite formation in a fuel cell, battery or metal recovery system. Typical metal/air fuel cell stacks comprise a plurality of cells electrically coupled together in a serial fashion. Electrolyte is typical... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6022636 | Case for lead accumulators A case for accumulators in which side walls lying in perpendicular planes are connected by a connecting wall. The intersecting planes define a corner and external profile for the container. An adduction tube is formed integral with the outer surface of th... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5716726 | Electrolyte starved metal-air battery A rechargeable electric battery includes a number of metal-air cells, each including a metal anode, an air cathode, an anode electrolyte absorber adjacent the anode, a cathode electrolyte absorber adjacent the cathode, a separator separating the electroly... | 02/10/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5665486 | Container for rapid charged storage batteries The invention is a container for storage batteries including a box (3, 20) provided with one or more cells, each of which is suitable to receive metallic plates (10) dipped in the electrolyte and connected to each other so as to make up a positive pole an... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5599636 | Device for improving the current output of a chargeable battery at low outside temperature A battery heating device includes a temperature sensor and at least one heating element in a liquid and acid-proof arrangement inside the battery. The heating element is a power transistor secured to a cooling plate which is powered by the battery, the em... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5543243 | Battery electrolyte circulation system A liquid electrolyte battery (10) comprises a number of electrolytic cells (12), an inlet port (22) extending into a first electrolytic cell (12-1), an electrolyte transport channel (30) residing within each electrolytic cell, a number of carry-over passa... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5525437 | Electrochemical cell having a liquid electrolyte and spiral-wound electrodes with improved electrolyte filling The present invention provides an electrochemical cell having a liquid electrolyte and spiral-wound electrodes provided with an axial chimney for electrolyte filling purposes and placed inside a cylindrical or prismatic enclosure so as to leave a duct bet... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5480741 | Cell provided with gaseous diffusion electrode, and method of charging and discharging the same A cell provided with a gaseous diffusion electrode is constituted of the gaseous diffusion electrode, a hydrogen-absorbing alloy electrode, and a chargeable auxiliary electrode wherein nickel hydroxide is used as the active material thereof. The chargeabl... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5480742 | Electrochemical cell including compressed, unbonded, electrode granules and liquid electrolyte An electrochemical cell including a housing containing a cathode electrode, an anode electrode, electrode terminals, and a liquid electrolyte; characterized in that the electrodes are in the form of unbonded granules located in separate compartments withi... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5441820 | Electrically recharged battery employing a packed/spouted bed metal particle electrode A secondary metal air cell, employing a spouted/packed metal particle bed and an air electrode. More specifically a zinc air cell well suited for use in electric vehicles which is capable of being either electrically or hydraulically recharged.... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5376471 | Aluminium battery with electrolyte circulation means An aluminum cell comprises an electrolysis region with a top reservoir and a sump below. Circulation of electrolyte is by convection. The cell is designed to continue operation past the point at which the electrolyte becomes saturated, and an aluminum hyd... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5340667 | Battery recirculation and recharge system A system for increasing the efficiency of electro-chemical batteries includes a liquid electrolyte battery having positive and negative terminals and electrolyte fluid input and output ports. The system also is provided with an electrolyte distribution ma... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5252412 | Activatable lithium/bromine trifluoride electrochemical cell An activatable lithium/bromine trifluoride electrochemical cell comprising an anode of lithium or lithium alloy, a positive current collector based on carbon black, and an electrolyte based on bromine trifluoride, wherein the quantity of bromine trifluori... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5225291 | Deferred actuated battery assembly There is disclosed an improved deferred actuated battery assembly including a plurality of electrochemical cells comprised of a hybrid cathode member and an anode member formed of a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, alumi... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5212024 | Battery box with a circulating flow channel A battery box for a plurality of electrochemical cells which are arranged in rows one behind the other, a circulating-flow channel being formed by a spacing of the cells from one another within each row, through which a fluid can flow. The circulating-flo... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5185218 | Electrodes for metal/air batteries and fuel cells and metal/air batteries incorporating the same The invention provides an air cathode in combination with an oxygen-rich electrolyte-immiscible organic fluid for supplying oxygen thereto, as well as providing metal/air batteries and hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells incorporating the same.... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5178973 | Battery having improved explosion attenuation material A fibrous material is inserted into the head space above the cells in a storage battery to attenuate the explosion of combustible gases accumulating therein. The attenuation material preferably includes a proportion of fine fibers effective for attenuatio... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5178972 | Power cell with new configuration There is disclosed an electrochemical power cell comprised of an anode member and cathode member mounted via an intermediate non-porous dielectric layer having a volume resistivity of at least 1000 ohm.×cm. therebetween to permit electrolytic contact to ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5096787 | Hydrostatic pump with static resistance for a mobile vehicle battery A hydrostatic pump for application in a battery experiencing sudden changes in acceleration or direction such as in a golf cart. The cells of the battery are provided with hydrostatic pumps using the motion induced waves in the electrolyte to develop loca... | 03/17/1992 |
