142 patents
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Current Interrupt for Electrochemical Cells
18 Nov 20
To counteract the potentially destructive effects of temperature increases in primary batteries during short circuit conditions, a current interrupt may be positioned within an anode conductive path.
Frederick Whitestone Marcaly
Filed: 14 May 19
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Substituted Ramsdellite Manganese Dioxides In an Alkaline Electrochemical Cell
18 Nov 20
Substituted ramsdellite manganese dioxide (R—MnO2) compounds are provided, where a portion of the Mn is replaced by at least one alternative cation, or a portion of the O is replaced by at least one alternative anion.
Guanghong Zheng, Andrew J. Barko, Chuze Ma, Bin Li, Julie Diana Goetz, Charlie Nguyen
Filed: 15 May 19
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Intake Cleaner and Dispense Mechanism
11 Nov 20
An apparatus for cleaning an intake system of an engine includes a pressure-resistant container having a reservoir chargable with an engine cleaner composition and a discharge orifice for discharging the engine cleaner composition from the reservoir.
Girija S. Chaubey, Tushar Kulkarni, Nathan Myers, Rajeev Menon
Filed: 4 May 20
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Fluorosurfactant as a zinc corrosion inhibitor
2 Nov 20
An alkaline electrochemical cell, preferably a zinc/air cell which includes a container; a negative electrode, a positive electrode, wherein said negative electrode and said positive electrode are disposed within the container, a separator located between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and an alkaline electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode comprises zinc, and a branched chain fluorosurfactant.
Jack W. Marple
Filed: 10 Jun 19
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Voltage and reduced polarization within mercury free zinc air cells
19 Oct 20
The present disclosure is directed to a zinc air cell with improved voltage and reduced polarization.
Paul R. Pratt
Filed: 13 Sep 17
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Process and system for recycling alkaline and carbon zinc batteries
19 Oct 20
The present technology relates to processes for recycling alkaline and/or carbon zinc batteries.
David Muska, Donald Goedde, Richard Resnick
Filed: 7 Apr 16
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Coating on Nickelate Cathode Materials
14 Oct 20
Alkaline electrochemical cells are provided, containing cathodes with a nickel compound active material, wherein active material particles are coated with at least one of a number of materials so as to improve the shelf life of the electrochemical cell.
Guanghong Zheng, Weiwei Huang
Filed: 9 Apr 20
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Substituted lambda manganese dioxides in an alkaline electrochemical cell
12 Oct 20
Substituted λ-MnO2 compounds are provided, where a portion of the Mn is replaced by at least one alternative element.
George Louis Schimek, Robert M. Estanek, Steven J. Limmer, Guanghong Zheng
Filed: 12 Feb 18
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Alkaline Electrochemical Cells
23 Sep 20
An alkaline electrochemical cell includes a cathode; a gelled anode; and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode; wherein the gelled anode includes, an anode active material, an alkaline electrolyte; a gelling agent; and about 10 ppm to 250 ppm of an alkoxylated alkyl phosphate ester surfactant; and wherein from about 15% to about 60% by weight of the anode active material relative to a total amount of anode active material has a particle size of less than about 75 μm
M. Edgar Armacanqui, Andrew J. Roszkowski, Donald Raymond Crowe
Filed: 18 Nov 18
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Electrochemical cell with electrode filled protrusion
21 Sep 20
An electrochemical cell comprises a can comprising a cylindrical side wall extending from a closed end wall.
Johnson Mark
Filed: 1 Mar 18
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Separator for Alkaline Cells
16 Sep 20
An alkaline electrochemical cell includes a cathode; a gelled anode having an anode active material and an electrolyte; and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode; wherein the separator includes a non-conductive, porous material having a mean pore size of about 1 micron to about 5 microns, a maximum pore size of about 19 microns, and an air permeability of about 0.5 cc/cm2/s to about 3.8 cc/cm2/s at 125 Pa.
M. Edgar ARMACANQUI, Andrew J. ROSZKOWSKI, Donald Raymond CROWE, Gloria ZHU, John L. HADLEY, Matthew HENNEK, Tim F. TURBA
Filed: 13 Sep 18
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Lighting device
14 Sep 20
David J. Hine, Jeffrey J. Smith
Filed: 14 Mar 18
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Alkaline battery cathode structures incorporating multiple carbon materials and orientations
7 Sep 20
Cathode active materials for alkaline cells are disclosed.
Weiwei Huang
Filed: 27 Nov 18
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Hearing aid battery packaging
17 Aug 20
A battery package includes a card, a cover, a tray, and batteries.
William R. Dorr, Christopher A. Harris, Dave Young, Tom Anderson, Jason Lahaye, Marek Kokoszka, Dan R. Teteak
Filed: 9 Apr 19
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Lantern
27 Jul 20
Jason Robert Bennett, Angelo Kotsis
Filed: 1 Apr 18
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Feedthrough device
27 Jul 20
A feedthrough device includes a body having longitudinally spaced first and second end faces and an inner surface defining an opening extending longitudinally through the body, a conductor extending within the opening of the body, and an insulator extending within the opening of the body transversely intermediate the conductor and the inner surface of the body to insulate the conductor from the body, where the conductor includes an interior portion surrounded by the insulator and an exterior portion extending beyond the insulator, the exterior portion having a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the interior portion.
William C. Bushong, Gregory J. Davidson, Terrance W. Gurrie, Jr., Sarah L. Westcott
Filed: 5 Jan 17
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Alkaline Electrochemical Cells Comprising Increased Zinc Oxide Levels
22 Jul 20
Alkaline electrochemical cells are provided, wherein dissolved zinc oxide or zinc hydroxide is included at least in the free electrolyte solution, and/or solid zinc oxide or zinc hydroxide is included in the anode, so as to slow formation of a zinc oxide passivation layer on a zinc electrode.
Robert P. Johnson, Robert E. Ray, JR., Weiwei Huang, Zhufang Liu, Steven J. Limmer
Filed: 4 Nov 19
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Metal-air Cells with Minimal Air Access
1 Jul 20
Ian Pozdol, Marc Syvertsen, Tony Rubsam, Kokkie Schnetz
Filed: 23 Dec 19
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Coatings for mitigation of coin cell ingestion
29 Jun 20
A system and method for mitigating the impact of ingested lithium coin cell batteries is described.
Marc Boolish, Michael Wemple
Filed: 5 Sep 17
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Carbon Coating of Alkaline Cathode Materials
24 Jun 20
Cathodes are provided, wherein at least one of the cathode's active material, binder, or graphite are in the form of carbon-coated particles.
Philip J. Slezak
Filed: 17 Dec 19