Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 10/09

20090246561 - In parallel hybrid power source comprising a lithium/oxyhalide electrochemical cell coupled with a lithium ion cell: A lithium oxyhalide cell electrically connected in parallel with a lithium ion cell is described. Importantly, the open circuit voltage of the freshly built primary lithium oxyhalide cell is equal to or less that the open circuit voltage of the lithium ion cell in a fully charged state. This provides... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd.

20090246562 - Anode with ceramic additives for molten carbonate fuel cell: A molten carbonate fuel cell anode comprising a porous anode body, which comprises a nickel-based alloy and at least one ceramic additive dispersed throughout the anode body. The amount of the ceramic additive in the anode body is between 5 and 50% by volume. The nickel-based alloy is Ni—Cr or... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.c John J Torrente

20090246563 - Electroactive material for charge transport: An electroactive material for charge transport. The material is formed of a plurality of nanocomponents including nanoparticles, in turn formed of conductive carbon-based clusters bound together by a conductive carbon-based cluster binder including nanoclusters and nanocluster binders, all having high densities of mobile charge carriers (electrons, electronic acceptors, ionic species).... Agent: David E. Lovejoy, Reg. No. 22,748

20090246564 - Fuel cell and method of operating fuel cell: Provided is a fuel cell which has a buffer space provided on a downstream side of a fuel supply space, and in which an output of a most downstream fuel cell unit is less affected by impurity gas stored in the fuel supply space.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090246566 - Fuel cell cabinet heat management and thermal control system: A fuel cell cabinet is provided. The fuel cell cabinet includes a housing, a fuel cell contained in an interior of the housing, and a heat management system that manages and controls an internal air temperature of the housing to be one of at a predetermined temperature and within a... Agent: Commscope By Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, Pllc

20090246565 - Fuel cell system and fuel cell control method: A fuel cell system includes a membrane electrode assembly including an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; a porous body in contact with the anode electrode; an anode passage plate in contact with the porous body, including a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090246567 - Fuel cell and anode: Process for suppressing the formation of solid carbon in a fuel cell comprising contacting a hydrocarbon feedstock with a promoted nickel-comprising anode, the promoter including gold or silver in an amount of 0.001 to 30% by weight calculated on the amount of nickel in the anode.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090246573 - Contaminant separator and isolation loop for a fuel reactant stream for a fuel cell: A separator scrubber (58) and isolation loop (78) decontaminates a fuel reactant stream of a fuel cell (12). Water passes over surfaces of an ammonia dissolving means (61) within the scrubber (58) while the fuel reactant stream simultaneously passes over the surfaces to remove contaminants from the fuel reactant into... Agent: Malcolm J Chisholm Jr

20090246571 - Determination of the lambda value of reformate with the aid of a fuel cell: The invention relates to a process for determining the lambda value (λactual) of reformate provided for supply to a fuel cell stack, in which the no-load voltage across at least one fuel cell element is detected and evaluated for determining the lambda value (λactual). In accordance with the invention it... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20090246574 - Fuel cell apparatus and drive method thereof: According to an embodiment, a fuel cell apparatus comprises an electromotive section including a cell including an anode and a cathode, and configured to generate electricity by a chemical reaction, a fuel tank configured to store fuel, a fuel channel configured to flow fuel through the anode, and an air... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090246572 - Method and a reactor for making methanol: Methanol is produced from carbon dioxide and water in a reactor comprising a cathode side with a cathode and catalyst for the cathode reaction, an anode side with an anode and catalyst for the anode reaction, and an intermediate membrane separating the cathode side from the anode side. The reactor... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090246570 - Method and apparatus for measuring crossover loss of fuel cell: t

20090246569 - Method for regenerating a reformer: A method for regenerating a reformer to which fuel (12, 14) and an oxidant (16, 18, 20) are continuously fed, the feed rate of the fuel (12, 14) being reduced for the purpose of regeneration as compared to the feed rate in the continuous operation. According to the invention, the... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.c. Intellectual Property Department

20090246568 - System for the generation of electric power on-board a motor vehicle which is equipped with a fuel cell and associated method: A system for generation of electric power on-board a motor vehicle of the type that includes a fuel cell, a reformer for supplying the fuel cell with hydrogen-rich gas, an air-compression device, and a control unit used to control the operation of the reformer. The reformer includes a main cold-plasma... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090246577 - Fuel cell cabinet waste water management system: A waste water management system for a fuel cell cabinet is provided. The waste water management system includes a sealed device that collects and manages the flow of the water from a fuel cell. The sealed device manages a flow of the water from the fuel cell to one of... Agent: Commscope By Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, Pllc

20090246575 - Hydrogen storage material and related system: Disclosed herein is a hydrogen storage material comprising a metal hydride and an organic hydrogen carrier. Also disclosed herein is a hydrogen storage/fuel cell system which employs the hydrogen storage material.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090246576 - Reaction device and electronic equipment: Disclosed is a reaction device including: a reaction device body including a reaction section in which a reactant reacts; and a first container to house the reaction device body, wherein the first container includes a radiation transmitting region through which radiation from the reaction device body transmits.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20090246578 - Thermal management in a fuel cell system: Embodiments of thermally integrated HT PEM fuel cell systems are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, a fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a fuel processor configured to form a processed fuel for the fuel cell, and a thermal management system comprising a heat transfer fluid circulation loop that circulates... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090246579 - Fuel cell system and flow control mechanism thereof: A fuel cell system and a flow control mechanism thereof are provided. The fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cells and the flow control mechanism. The flow control mechanism includes a distributing device and a confluence device, and the cells are stacked between the distributing device and the... Agent: Quintero Law Office, Pc

20090246580 - Fuel cell and fuel cell system: A fuel cell includes: an electrolyte membrane; an anode provided on one face of the electrolyte membrane; a cathode provided on the other face of the electrolyte membrane; an anode chamber, located adjacent to the anode, which stores fuel gas supplied directly to the anode; a water absorbing member, placed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090246582 - Air feed system for fuel cell cabinets: An air feed system for a fuel cell cabinet is provided. The air feed system supplies temperature controlled air to a fuel cell. The air feed system includes a controller that controls the air feed system for maintaining a predetermined temperature range of the temperature controlled air entering the fuel... Agent: Commscope By Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, Pllc

20090246581 - Fuel cell system and cooling air supplying method of fuel cell: In a method of cooling a fuel cell, a fuel cell is provided with a housing in which first and second flow paths are defined to flow first and second airflows on first and second surfaces of the fuel cell, and the first flow path is communicated with the second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090246583 - Rapid start-up, auxiliary power, and air preheating device of high temperature fuel cell systems: This invention relates to a rapid start-up, auxiliary power, and air preheating device of high temperature fuel cell systems, which comprise of a metal sheet, metal mesh plates, insulated ceramic rings and a direct flame SOFC positive electrolyte negative assembly (PEN). The metal mesh plates are used to substitute the... Agent: Roger H. Chu

20090246585 - Cell structure of fuel cell and fuel cell stack: There is provided a cell structure of a fuel cell which does not require a bolt, a seal member, or the like for fastening components of the fuel cell by a staked body, which can apply a stable fastening pressure to the entire surfaces of the components to reduce a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090246586 - Film electrode assembly for fuel cell, polymer electrolytic cell for fuel cell and method for manufacturing polymer electrolytic fuel cell and film electrode assembly: There is provided a film electrode assembly for a fuel cell capable of preventing a polymer electrolyte film from being exposed. The film electrode assembly includes: a main body portion of a film electrode assembly having a polymer electrolyte film, and a pair of electrode layers having catalyst layers placed... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20090246587 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell includes an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and the cathode. A fuel deficiency countermeasure is implemented for the anode and a fuel deficiency countermeasure is implemented for the cathode. As a result, the fuel cell suppresses a decline in performance caused... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090246584 - Fuel cell catalyst regeneration: Systems and methods that facilitate operating proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are provided. The methods can involve contacting a reducing agent comprising a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen, or a reducing plasma with a cathode catalyst of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell to reduce the cathode catalyst. The... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090246589 - Fuel cell catalyst, process for preparation of the same, and membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell employing the catalyst: The present invention provides a catalyst having high activity and excellent stability, a process for preparation of the catalyst, a membrane electrode assembly, and a fuel cell. The catalyst of the present invention comprises an electronically conductive support and catalyst fine particles. The catalyst fine particles are supported on the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090246590 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a membrane electrode assembly including an anode electrode, a cathode electrode opposed to the anode electrode, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; a porous body in contact with the anode electrode; an anode passage plate in contact with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090246588 - Planar fuel cell device: A planar fuel cell device including a fuel cell module, a first cathode channel plate, a second cathode channel plate, and a fixing structure is provided. The first cathode channel plate is adapted to be disposed on a first surface of the fuel cell module and includes a first curved... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090246591 - Chemically stabilized ionomers containing inorganic fillers: Ionomeric polymers that are chemically stabilized and contain inorganic fillers are prepared, and show reduced degradation. The ionomers care useful in membranes and electrochemical cells.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090246593 - Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell: A membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, anode catalyst layers, and cathode catalyst layers provided counter to the anode catalyst layers, respectively. An insulating layer is provided on the electrolyte membrane between adjacent anode catalyst layers. An insulating layer is provided on the electrolyte membrane between adjacent cathode catalyst... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090246592 - Membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and polymer electrolyte fuel cell: A membrane/electrode assembly 10 is used, which comprises a cathode 20 having a catalyst layer 22, an anode 30 having a catalyst layer 32, and a polymer electrolyte membrane 40 interposed between the catalyst layer 22 of the cathode 20 and the catalyst layer 32 of the anode 30, wherein... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090246595 - Fuel cell assembly and inspection device: A fuel cell assembly and inspection device comprising a first base plate on which can be mounted a fuel cell stack including a current collecting plate placed on a first end plate and a plurality of unit cells stacked on the current collecting plate, and a pressure cylinder for pressing... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090246594 - Fuel cell piping structure: It is possible to appropriately assure insulation between a reactant gas piping and another part in a fuel cell case. In order to achieve this object, there is provided a fuel cell piping structure in which when arranging a reactant gas piping in a case (C) containing a fuel cell... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090246597 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of power generation cells, and an ejector for supplying a fuel gas to the fuel cell stack. A flow rectifier member is provided at a portion connecting an end plate of the fuel cell stack and... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090246598 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of power generation cells, and an ejector for supplying a fuel gas to the fuel cell stack. A flow rectifier for rectifying the flow of the fuel gas is provided at a portion of an insulating... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090246596 - Fuel cell system for charging an electric vehicle: A method for charging electric vehicles includes receiving information regarding an electric vehicle. At least a portion of the information is received through a vehicle interface configured to place a battery of the electric vehicle into electrical communication with a fuel cell system. A charge is delivered from the fuel... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090246599 - Tunnel bridge with elastomeric seal for a fuel cell stack repeating unit: A PEM fuel cell includes a first plate having a flow field for directing a first fluid along a surface thereof. A second plate includes a flow field for directing a second fluid along a surface thereof. A seal is disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The... Agent: General Motors Company Legal Staff

20090246600 - Fuel electrode catalyst for fuel cell, electrode/membrane assembly, and fuel cell and fuel cell system provided with the electrode/membrane assembly: A fuel electrode catalyst for fuel cell excellent in CO poisoning resistance, an electrode/membrane assembly using the fuel electrode catalyst for fuel cell, and a fuel cell and a fuel cell system including the electrode/membrane assembly are provided. The fuel electrode catalyst for fuel cell comprises a platinum-ruthenium first alloy... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090246601 - Process for preparing catalyst material: The present invention is intended to provide a catalyst material that supports active species densely, thereby having higher catalytic performance and serviceability as, for example, an electrode for fuel cells. To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a process for preparing a catalyst material, including: an electrochemical polymerization... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090246602 - Microparticle-supported carbon particle, method for production thereof, and fuel cell electrode: The fine particle-carrying carbon particle comprises a carbon particle with an average particle diameter of from 20 to 70 nm, and fine particles of a metal oxide with an average crystallite size of from 1 to 20 nm, carried on the carbon particle, wherein the metal oxide contains a noble... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090246603 - Process for reclaiming a contaminated electrolyte from an electrolytic cell used in the production of gaseous fluorine: A process for reclaiming a contaminated electrolyte in an electrolytic cell used in the production of gaseous fluorine. The contaminated electrolyte is a mixture of potassium bifluoride and hydrofluoric acid having metal ions therein. The process has the following steps: a) removing the contaminated electrolyte from the cell to a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090246604 - Non-aqueous electrolyte battery, method of manufacturing the same and method of using the same: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery suppresses gas generation in a non-aqueous electrolyte battery having a negative active material that intercalates and deintercalates lithium ions at a potential not lower than 1.2 V relative to the potential of lithium for the negative electrode thereof. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprises a non-aqueous electrolyte... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090246605 - Lithium rechargeable battery: Lithium rechargeable batteries having functional center pins are provided. A lithium rechargeable battery has a center pin whose top and bottom ends are blocked by a thermal cut-off composition to reduce the void volume inside a bare cell during initial overcharge. The thermal cut-off composition melts at a temperature within... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090246606 - Electric power source used with vehicles: An electric power source used with a vehicle includes: a battery block composed of a rechargeable battery; a cooling plate thermally coupled with the battery block to cool the battery; a cooling mechanism for cooling the cooling plate; and a controller for controlling the cooling mechanism to switch the cooling... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20090246607 - Laminate type battery and battery module incorporating the laminate type battery: A laminate type battery includes a laminate battery case and an electrode assembly. The laminate battery case includes two laminate films each having a metal layer and plastic layers provided on both faces of the metal layer, and has a welded portion in which peripheral edges of the two laminate... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090246609 - Battery cover latch mechanism and portable electronic device using same: A battery cover latch mechanism (100) used in portable electronic device (200) is described including a cover member (10) and a latch member (20). The cover member defines a fitting cavity (128). The cover member is fitted and slidable within the cavity. The cover member includes a deformable loop structure... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090246610 - Battery cover latching assembly: A battery cover latching assembly, detachably securing a battery cover to a housing, includes a button, battery cover, elastic member arranged between the button and the housing, and a resisting member resisting the battery cover away from the housing. The button includes a locking portion. The battery cover includes a... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090246608 - Rechargeable electric tool with a battery pack detaching device: A battery pack detaching device includes an electric tool and a battery pack. The electric tool has a bottom cover having two slide blocks and two hooks. The battery pack has a battery cartridge, a detaching unit and a top cover. The detaching unit is mounted on the battery cartridge... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20090246611 - Protective circuit board and battery pack using the same: A protective circuit board includes a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board including a first region and a second region, at least one safety device on the first region of the printed circuit board, the first region being thinner than the second region along a direction perpendicular to a... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.c.

20090246612 - Electrochemical device: An electrochemical device having an electrode matrix including a multilayer structure laminating positive and negative electrodes with a separator interposed therebetween; wherein at least one of the positive and negative electrodes has a resistance control layer at least at an edge part exposed when the separator thermally shrinks on a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090246614 - Electrode assembly and secondary battery having the same: An electrode assembly of a secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, a separator separating the positive and negative electrodes from each other, and an electrolyte. The separator includes a porous layer comprising a... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090246613 - Organic/inorganic composite separator and electrochemical device containing the same: An organic/inorganic composite separator includes a porous substrate having a plurality of pores; and a porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous substrate with a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The binder polymer is a copolymer including: (a) a first monomer unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090246615 - Battery pack: A battery pack that prevents a solder material from flowing down due to a tab electrically connecting a battery to a protective circuit board, thereby improving reliability, coupling efficiency, safety, and productivity is disclosed. The battery pack includes: a multi-cell battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, in... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090246616 - Battery module: A battery module includes a plurality of batteries provided adjacent to one another. Each battery includes a case, which has a frame-shaped peripheral wall having open ends and a sidewall provided at one end of the peripheral wall, and a cell which is contained in the case and exposed at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090246617 - Vanadium connector in an electrochemical cell for an implantable medical device: One embodiment of an electrochemical cell for an implantable medical device is presented. The electrochemical cell includes a first electrode. The first electrode includes at least one current collector with a tab extending therefrom. The at least one tab comprises one of vanadium and vanadium alloy.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090246618 - Insert molded electrode grid: The present disclosure is directed to an electrode grid for a battery. The electrode grid may include at least one active material retaining segment, the active material retaining segment including one or more channels. The at least one active material retaining segment may be formed of at least one of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090246619 - Center pin for secondary battery and secondary battery having the same: A center pin for a secondary battery and a secondary battery having the same, which optimizes a void volume of the secondary battery. The center pin is inserted into an electrode assembly of the secondary battery. The center pin has a longitudinal hole and includes a sealing member to seal... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090246620 - Lithium rechargeable battery: A lithium rechargeable battery including: a bare cell including an electrode assembly disposed in a pouch, the electrode assembly including two electrodes, a separator, and first and second electrode tabs that extend from the electrodes, through a first side of the bare cell; a protecting circuit board electrically connected to... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090246621 - Battery pack and battery-pack exterior casing: A battery pack is provided. The battery pack includes a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes a substantially thin-plate-shaped battery element covered with a laminated sheet such that a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are exposed, and has a first end face from which the positive electrode... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090246622 - Shock isolation for a battery: A battery includes a housing; a cell arrangement situated within the housing and storing a power; and a shock isolator disposed within the housing. The shock isolator absorbs an energy of a shock event upon the battery to prevent damage to the cell arrangement.... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090246623 - Electrolyte composition for nickel-zinc batteries: Electrodes and electrolytes for nickel-zinc secondary battery cells possess compositions that limit dendrite formation and other forms of material redistribution in the zinc electrode. In addition, the electrolytes may possess one or more of the following characteristics: good performance at low temperatures, long cycle life, low impedance and suitability for... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090246624 - Carbon material for negative electrode, electric storage device, and product having mounted thereon electric storage device: Mesoporous graphite is used as an active material of a negative electrode constituting a lithium ion secondary battery or a lithium ion capacitor. Specifically, the mesoporous graphite has a specific area within the range of 0.01 m2/g or more and 5 m2/g or less, and the total volume of mesopores... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20090246625 - High performance batteries with carbon nanomaterials and ionic liquids: The present invention is directed to lithium-ion batteries in general and more particularly to lithium-ion batteries based on aligned graphene ribbon anodes, V2O5 graphene ribbon composite cathodes, and ionic liquid electrolytes. The lithium-ion batteries have excellent performance metrics of cell voltages, energy densities, and power densities.... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20090246626 - Lithium metal foil for battery or capacitor: A lithium ion capacitor includes, as a lithium ion supply source, a lithium metal foil for batteries or capacitors. A current collector 4 and a separator 3 formed of a paper or resin nonwoven fabric are preliminarily pressure-bonded and integrated to opposite surfaces of a lithium metal foil 1 for... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20090246628 - Anode and secondary battery: A secondary battery capable of improving cycle characteristics is provided. An anode includes: an anode active material layer on an anode current collector, the anode active material layer including a plurality of anode active material particles, in which the average particle area of the plurality of anode active material particles... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090246627 - Battery pack: A battery pack that enhances the reliability and coupling force of a connection member electrically connecting two protective circuit boards is disclosed. The battery pack includes: a secondary battery including a positive electrode and a negative electrode; a first protective circuit board electrically connected to the battery; a second protective... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090246629 - Manufacturing method of electrode, electric storage device, and intermediate laminate member: In a current collector laminating step, a current-collector laminate unit 30 composed of current-collector materials 31 and 32 and a film material 33 is formed. Resist layers 34 having a predetermined pattern are formed on both surfaces of the current-collector laminate unit 30. An etching process is performed with the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20090246630 - Positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte battery and non-aqueous electrolyte battery:

20090246631 - Electricity storage device: Disclosed is an electricity storage device which can be charged/discharged at high rate and have high output, high capacity and excellent repeating charge/discharge characteristics, although it uses a non-carbon material as a negative electrode active material. Specifically disclosed is an electricity storage device comprising: a positive electrode collector; a positive... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090246632 - Lithium secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same: s

20090246633 - Manufacturing method of electrode material, and electric storage device: When a layered crystal material of vanadium pentoxide that can be used as a positive electrode active material is manufactured, a sulfur-containing organic material is not used as a raw material in the present invention. Therefore, uncertain adhesion of the sulfur-containing organic material to the layered crystal material is eliminated.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20090246634 - Layered crystal material, manufacturing method of electrode material, and electric storage device: A physical property of a suspension into which plural lithium materials, such as a lithium sulfide, lithium hydroxide, etc., and a vanadium material are dissolved is adjusted by using the plural lithium materials. According to the adjustment, the valence of pentavalent vanadium ions is controlled to be a desired ratio.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20090246636 - High energy high power electrodes and batteries: Subassemblies for use in an electrochemical device are provided, as are processes for preparing the subassemblies and electrochemical cells incorporating the subassemblies. In some embodiments, the subassemblies include (a) a first electrode and (b) a separator or a first current collector or both. The first electrode is bonded to the... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090246635 - Polymer for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery using same: A polymer for bonding the positive electrode and negative electrode of a lithium secondary battery, which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte solution, with a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The polymer contains a cationically polymerizable monomer unit (A), a monomer... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20090246638 - Electrochemical device: An electrochemical device comprises an electrode matrix including a multilayer structure composed of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a first separator, and first and second dummy electrodes electrically connected to the positive and negative electrodes, respectively. The first and second dummy electrodes have respective opposing parts opposing each... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090246640 - Electrode assembly and lithium ion secondary battery having the same: An electrode assembly includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material; and a separator separating the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other, and the separator including a porous layer formed by a combination of a barium... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090246637 - Secondary battery: The invention provides a secondary battery having positive electrode plates 14 and negative electrode plates, with insulating tapes 22A, 22B affixed to the cut end portions 14d, including an active material layer 14b portion thereof, of either the positive electrode plates 14 or the negative electrode plates, or both. These... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090246639 - Secondary battery: An electrode assembly for a secondary battery comprising an adiabatic plate attached to the negative electrode plate is disclosed. The electrode assembly comprises a positive electrode plate having a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode coating, and a non-coated area on the positive electrode collector. The negative electrode plate has... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090246641 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: