Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power supply apparatus having a battery, a protective housing, a terminal cap and a fuse. SOLUTION: The power supply apparatus is equipped with a battery having a terminal pin extending from a header, a protective housing installed in the battery and having an orifice and a terminal pin located in the orifice, a terminal cap installed in the housing and a fuse welded to the terminal pin and terminal cap.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power providing device with different rated currents by equipping the power providing device with a substrate on which plural fuses each having a predetermined different current limit are mounted. SOLUTION: The power providing device comprises: a battery having a terminal pin extending from a header; the substrate attached to the battery; and the plural fuses each having the predetermined different current limit, electrically connected to the terminal pin and mounted on the substrate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of purifying a capacitor-grade powder. SOLUTION: First, a capacitor-grade powder is placed in a purifying device for diffusing at least one kind of contaminants in the capacitor-grade powder. Then, the powder is placed in a magnetic separator for separating at least one kind of contaminants from the capacitor-grade powder. Subsequently, the capacitor-grade powder is processed in an electrical energy accumulator, and at this time, the capacitor-grade powder contains minimal contaminants.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem, in a molybdenum terminal pin of its connection with a current collector being improved by roughing the surface of the pin, but the terminal pin having the roughed surface being weakened of the glass- metal seal. SOLUTION: For solving this problem, a sleeve 68 is put over the part to be sealed to an insulating glass 69 of the terminal pin 22 having the roughed surface, and both ends of the sleeve 68 are welded to the terminal pin 22. The glass-metal seal 56 is formed among the terminal pin 22 covered with the sleeve 68, the insulation glass 69 and a metal lid 48. The resulting structure comprises the terminal pin 22 partially having the rough surface, which is suitable for performing a firm connection to the current collector of a primary or secondary lithium ion battery, and the part covered with the sleeve 68 has a relatively smooth surface to enable the firm glass-metal seal 56.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent activated slurry from moving through holes on a current collector of an electrochemical cell, having at least one electrode formed by painting a slurry made by dispersing and mixing an activator, a conductive additives, and a binder in a solvent on the porous current collector foil, so that the painting contacts with the electrode. SOLUTION: Holes are blocked while a current collector is covered by a slurry by arranging a barrier at the opposite side of the current collector. After evaporating a solvent, a different activator, in a state of slurry, powder, pellet, or sheet, is painted to the backside of the current collector. As an example of the cathode, there is a structure of SVO/current collector/CF x . The activator on the opposite side of the current collector might be structured by the same chemical composition. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
An improved alkali metal/mixed metal oxide electrochemical cell capable of delivering high current pulses, rapidly recovering its open circuit voltage and having high current capacity, is described. The stated benefits are realized by dissolving a carbon oxide such as CO2 in the electrolyte.
Abstract:
A method for preparing an electrode component comprises mixing an electrode active material in a water-based environment with the aid of surfactants. A preferred embodiment of this process comprises combining a high surface area carbonaceous cathode active material (10) with a water/surfactant mixture (14) and then adding a fluoro-polymer as the binder material to the slurry. The resulting paste (16) is processed and formed into the cathode material. This process replaces the use of isopropyl alcohol with the water/surfactant mixture as the solvent. Preferred surfactants include those of the polyglycol family.
Abstract:
A method for preparing a cathode having as active material silver vanadium oxide formed by chemical addition, reaction or otherwise intimate contact of elemental silver and a vanadium-containing compound present in an anhydrous mixture, is described. The present invention provides alternate preparation techniques for improving chemical control in the formation of a cathode for incorporation into an electrochemical cell.
Abstract:
A method of forming flexible electrodes, preferably cathodes, is described. The method involves casting a slurry of an electrode active material, preferably mixed with a binder material and a conductive diluent, to a conductive substrate followed by pressing the laminate. The conductive substrate can be roughened or etched using an acid solution, or the substrate can be used in a cleaned but untreated condition. The thusly produced cathodes are useful for discharge in alkali metal, nonaqueous electrochemical cells.
Abstract:
A medical grasper device (10) that is useful for holding and manipulating a body organ is described. The grasper device is partially inserted into a body cavity and comprises a flexible strap (14) having a distal section (18) that is deployed from a tube (12) to form a partial closed loop (2). A terminal end of the strap has an aperture (42) that is manipulated by a separate forceps-type device to mate with a connection means (56) provided on the grasper device to complete the loop. The closed loop is then adjustable in size to provide for positioning the loop at a desired location around the target body organ to hold and manipulate the body organ. At such time as the grasper device is no longer needed in the surgical procedure, the strap is either removed from the connection means with the aforementioned forceps-type device or is cut by a separate cutting means to release the loop from the body organ and the grasper device is removed from the body cavity.