25th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110151276 | ANTI TARNISH SILVER ALLOY - The invention relates to a coated product comprising a strip substrate comprising a conductive alloy layer comprising silver and indium provided on the surface of the substrate. The conductive alloy layer has good electrical properties and does not easily react with sulphur in the ambient air. The invention further relates to a method for producing a coated product, comprising the steps of: providing a strip substrate; ion-etching of the substrate; depositing a conductive alloy layer comprising silver and indium on the substrate. The invention also relates to a product for electrical use comprising the coated product. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151277 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An information recording medium ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110151278 | MAGNETIC DEVICES AND MAGNETIC MEDIA WITH GRAPHENE OVERCOAT - A magnetic disk according to one embodiment includes a recording layer; and a layer of graphene formed above the recording layer. A nucleation layer may be formed between the recording layer and the graphene layer in some approaches. A magnetic device according to another embodiment includes a transducer; a nucleation layer formed above the transducer; and a layer of graphene formed on the nucleation layer. A method according to one embodiment includes forming a nucleation layer above a magnetic layer of a magnetic disk or magnetic device; and forming a layer of graphene on the nucleation layer. A method according to another embodiment includes depositing SiC above a magnetic layer of a magnetic disk or magnetic device, the SiC being equivalent to several monolayers thick; and surface heating the SiC to selectively evaporate some of the Si from the SiC for forming a layer of graphene on a SiC layer. Additional products and methods are also presented. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151279 | MAGNETIC WRITE HEAD MANUFACTURED BY AN ENHANCED DAMASCENE PROCESS PRODUCING A TAPERED WRITE POLE WITH A NON-MAGNETIC SPACER AND NON-MAGNETIC BUMP - A magnetic write head having a tapered trailing edge and having a magnetic layer formed over a trailing edge of the write pole at a location recessed from the ABS, the magnetic layer being separated from the trailing edge of the write pole by a thin non-magnetic layer. The thin non-magnetic layer is preferably sufficiently thin that the magnetic layer can function as a portion of the write pole in a region removed from the ABS. A trailing magnetic shield is formed over the write pole and is separated from the write pole by a non-magnetic trailing gap layer. A non-magnetic spacer layer can be formed over the magnetic layer to provide additional separation between the magnetic layer and the trailing magnetic shield. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151280 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - A perpendicular magnetic recording medium including at least a soft under layer, an orientation control layer, a magnetic recording layer and a protective layer on a non-magnetic substrate, wherein the orientation control layer is composed of three or more layers including a seed layer, a first intermediate layer and a second intermediate layer sequentially, formed in that order from the substrate side, the crystal grains that constitute the first intermediate layer are epitaxially grown on the crystal grains of the seed layer, the crystal grains that constitute the second intermediate layer are epitaxially grown on the crystal grains of the first intermediate layer, and the crystal grains that constitute the second intermediate layer are finer than the crystal grains that constitute the first intermediate layer. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151281 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA - A magnetic recording medium which has a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic layer formed on the non-magnetic substrate, in which the magnetic layer contains magnetic powder with a particle size of 40 nm or less and a binder, an autocovariance length Ma of the magnetic layer in its lengthwise direction is 70 nm or less, an autocovariance length Mb of the magnetic layer in its widthwise direction is 80 nm or less, and a ratio Ma/Mb is from 0.80 to 1.20. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151282 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR DATA STORAGE MEDIUM AND GLASS SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a glass substrate for data storage mediums, the method including a chemical strengthening treatment step of dipping a glass for a substrate in a mixed molten salt to form a compressive layer on front and back surfaces of the glass for a substrate, in which the glass for a substrate contains a lithium ion as an alkali component, the mixed molten salt contains sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate and lithium nitrate, an amount of lithium nitrate being from 1 to 6% by mass, and the glass for a substrate is dipped in the mixed molten salt at a treatment temperature of 325° C. or more and 475° C. or less for a treatment time of 30 minutes or less, under the requirement satisfying the following formula: 1900≦T×log(t | 2011-06-23 |
20110151283 | THIN FILM LITHIUM-BASED BATTERIES AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES FABRICATED WITH NANOCOMPOSITE ELECTRODE MATERIALS - Thin-film lithium-based batteries and electrochromic devices ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110151284 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack including a reinforcement plate having a metal layer and a heat sealing layer, wherein the reinforcement plate is attached to a battery cell to reinforce the battery cell, thus improving reliability regarding product quality. The battery pack includes a battery cell, a circuit module electrically connected to the battery cell, a top cover installed on an upper portion of the battery cell, and a reinforcement plate attached to the battery cell. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151285 | Battery pack and method for fabricating the same - A battery pack and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series or in parallel to each other, a protective circuit module (PCM) controlling charging and discharging of the plurality of battery cells, and a coverlay electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells to the PCM, wherein the coverlay includes a plurality of wires, each of the plurality of wires includes battery connecting pads provided at its one end, the battery connecting pads connected to the battery cells, and module connecting pads provided at it's the other end, the module connecting pads connected to the PCM, and a solder layer is formed on the battery connecting pads. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151286 | High performance energy storage devices - A lead-acid battery comprising:
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20110151287 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack that does not utilize an insulating tape simplifies a manufacturing processes of external case and furthermore the battery pack has improved resistance against bending. The battery pack includes a chargeable and dischargeable bare cell, a circuit member electrically coupled to the bare cell, and a frame case to cover an entire outside surface of the bare cell excluding a pair of long sides of the bare cell. The frame case includes at least two round parts. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151288 | METAL TAB AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - A secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof, the secondary battery including a bare cell having an electrode terminal connected thereto; a protection circuit board (PCB) substrate; and a metal tab to connect the PCB substrate to the electrode terminal, disposed in an accommodating groove of the PCP substrate. The metal tab includes wing portions laid across the accommodating groove, a terminal contact portion that comes in contact with the electrode terminal, and curved portions disposed between the terminal contact portion and the wing portions. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151289 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An energy storage device is provided. The energy storage device includes a cathode material and a separator in electrical communication with the cathode material. The cathode material includes zinc. The separator has a first surface that defines at least a portion of a first chamber, and a second surface that defines a second chamber. The first chamber is in ionic communication with the second chamber through the separator. The separator includes an alkali-metal-ion conducting material and a toughening material. A method for operating the energy storage device is also provided. Furthermore, an energy storage system including the energy storage device is provided. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151290 | CRYSTALLINE-AMORPHOUS NANOWIRES FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES - Electrodes, batteries, methods for use and manufacturing are implemented to provide ion-based electrical power sources and related devices. Consistent with one such method, a battery electrode is produced having nanowires of a first material. The electrode is produced using a single growth condition to promote growth of crystalline nanowires on a conductive substrate and of the first material, and promote, by maintaining the growth condition, growth of an amorphous portion that surrounds the crystalline nanowires. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151291 | Battery Power Supply Having a Fluid Consuming Battery with an Improved Fluid Manager - A power source is provided for supplying electrical power to a device. The power source includes a fluid consuming battery comprising a fluid consuming electrode, the battery supplying a battery output power. The power source also includes a fluid manager for controlling the rate of fluid supplied to the fluid consuming battery, a communication link for receiving data defining device criteria for at least one device operating event, a power output for receiving the battery output power and supplying a power source output according to the device criteria, and a controller for controlling operation of the air manager based on the device criteria and a load. The device criteria for the device operating event includes at least one predetermined energy requirement estimate. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151292 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There are a secondary battery having a pouch-type outer casing and a manufacturing method thereof. In one embodiment, a secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and an outer casing. The electrode assembly has positive and negative electrode plates, a separator interposed therebetween, and positive and negative electrode tabs having one ends respectively connected to the positive and negative electrode plates. The outer casing accommodates the electrode assembly so that the other ends of the positive and negative electrode tabs are extracted from a first side to the exterior thereof. The outer casing has a sealing portion sealed at least twice. The sealing portion is primarily sealed to be fractured under a predetermined internal pressure of the outer casing. After the aging of a battery, the sealing portion is fractured under the predetermined internal pressure, thereby exhausting internal gas. After the exhaustion of the internal gas, the sealing portion is secondarily sealed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151293 | Secondary battery - A secondary battery includes a can having an opening at a side thereof, an electrode assembly inside the can, the electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a one-unit cap covering the opening of the can, the one-unit cap including a current interrupt unit, a cap-up on the current interrupt unit, a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device between the current interrupt unit and the cap-up, and an adhesive unit attaching the current interrupt unit to the cap-up to integrate the current interrupt unit, the PTC device, and the cap-up with each other, and an insulating gasket sealing a space between the can and the one-unit cap to seal the can. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151294 | SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a secondary battery that comprises an electrode assembly, a can accommodating the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly coupled to an upper portion of the can and including an upper cap that transfers a current of the electrode assembly to an exterior of the can. The upper cap includes a terminal part including a first flat portion disposed at a center of the upper cap and a second flat portion extending from a periphery of the first flat portion, a peripheral part disposed at a periphery of the terminal part and stepped from the terminal part, and a connection part connecting the terminal part to the peripheral part. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151295 | Electrode assembly and secondary battery using the same - An electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode active material layer and positive electrode uncoated areas on a positive collector, a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode active material layer and negative electrode uncoated areas on a negative collector, the negative electrode active material layer having a negative electrode active material on the negative electrode collector, and the negative electrode uncoated areas having no negative electrode active material, a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, and a positive electrode tab set and a negative electrode tab set. The positive electrode tab set includes a plurality of positive electrode tabs being folded portions of the positive electrode uncoated areas and coupled to each other, and the negative electrode tab set includes a plurality of negative electrode tabs being folded portions of the negative uncoated areas and coupled to each other. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151296 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode group ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110151297 | BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a plurality of batteries | 2011-06-23 |
20110151298 | Battery pack and vehicle including the battery pack - A battery pack and a vehicle including the same, the battery pack including a battery module including at least one battery cell; a support frame for supporting the battery module; and a support portion including a wire for supporting the battery module with respect to the support frame. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151299 | Battery module and method of manufacturing the battery module - A battery module for accommodating a plurality of batteries connected to each other in a battery unit, the battery module including a pair of end plates facing each other; a restrainer coupled to the pair of end plates, the restrainer being configured to restrain expansion of the battery unit; and a coupling unit for coupling the end plates and the restrainer to each other, wherein a portion of the coupling unit that contacts the end plate and the restrainer is free of any screw surface. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151300 | BATTERY ASSEMBLIES - A battery module includes first, second, and third stacked battery cells, the second battery cell being arranged between the first battery cell and the third battery cell. The battery module further includes a first heat transfer layer arranged between the first battery cell and the second battery cell and a second heat transfer layer arranged between the second battery cell and the third battery cell. The battery module may further include a fluid conduit coupled to the first heat transfer layer and the second heat transfer layer. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151301 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules each comprising a plurality of battery cells; and a heat absorber mounted adjacent to at least one of the battery modules, wherein the heat absorber includes a phase change material. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151302 | Battery pack - A battery pack including a battery module including at least one battery cell; and a spray unit above the battery module for spraying an insulation fluid onto the battery module. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151303 | BATTERY MODULE - A secondary battery module with waterproof and cooling functions includes a plurality of battery units and a waterproof shroud. The battery units are arranged by being interspaced to each other. Between any two adjacent battery units, a cooling channel is formed to be communicated to the external fluid. Every battery unit has an electrically conductive part. The waterproof shroud seals and covers the electrically conductive parts correspondingly. Thereby, the electrically conductive part of the battery unit is sealed, so a waterproof function is achieved and an excellent cooling efficiency of battery module is thus obtained. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151304 | ROUND CELL BATTERY - A round cell rechargeable battery includes a plurality of round cells arranged next to one another and a dissipation element that is electrically insulated from the round cells and connects a group of round cells in thermally-conductive fashion so as to dissipate heat. The dissipation element is in the form of a rod and is bent in such a way that it runs in zigzag fashion alternately in each case along a lower side, an adjoining side wall, and an upper side of the round cells. The battery also includes an electrically-insulating, thermally-conductive, rubber-elastic thermoplastic elastomer, which is arranged at least partially between the dissipation element and the round cells to insulate the dissipation element electrically from the round cells and to dissipate heat from the round cells to the dissipation element. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151305 | Battery Cooling in Particular for a Vehicle Battery - A battery having a cooling apparatus for temperature control of the battery is provided. The battery has a plurality of individual cells connected in parallel and/or in series with one another using cell connectors. The individual cells are attached to the cooling apparatus such that they can be prestressed by means of the cell connectors. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151306 | BATTERY PACK WITH INSULATING LOWER PLATE - A battery pack includes battery modules; battery module stacked members including the stacked battery modules; a battery module group including the battery module stacked members arranged in a plane; and a lower plate arranged to hold the battery module group. The lower plate includes a main body made from a resin, the main body supporting the battery module stacked members arranged in parallel, and including mounting surfaces each of which one of the battery module stacked members is mounted on; and metal frames each inserted and molded in one of the mounting surfaces, the metal frames being arranged in an arrangement direction of the battery module stacked members, and electrically insulated with each other. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151307 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery comprises: an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of positive electrode plates, a plurality of negative electrode plates, and a plurality of separators; and a case enclosing the electrode assembly; wherein each separator in the plurality of separators comprises a central portion facing at least one of the positive and negative electrode plates, and an extended portion that extends past the positive and negative electrode plates, and wherein each of the extended portion comprises an adhered portion that is adhered to adjacent extended portions. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151308 | Battery Pack - A battery pack including a plurality of battery modules, each battery module including a plurality of stacked unit battery cells; a frame supporting the plurality of battery modules; and a plurality of elastic coupling members for elastically connecting at least one battery module to another battery module or for elastically connecting at least one of the battery modules to the frame; wherein elastic coupling members connected to one of the battery modules have a different elastic coefficient from elastic coupling members connected to the other battery module. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151309 | Battery module having restrainer and method of fixing restrainer - A battery module in which a plurality of batteries in a battery unit are connected and a method of fixing a restrainer, the battery module including a pair of end plates facing each other; a restrainer coupled to the pair of end plates, the restrainer being for restraining expansion of the battery unit; and a coupling unit for coupling the end plates and the restrainer to each other, wherein the coupling unit includes a variable position coupling device configured to fix the restrainer and the end plate while varying a coupling location between the restrainer and the end plate. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151310 | HIGH ENERGY DENSITY BATTERY FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A high energy density battery is provided that improves energy density through efficient placement of the inter-plate connections within the battery enclosure. The placement of the current carrying leads in the high energy density battery allows for a greater volume of active material to be placed within the battery enclosure. This placement design can also be used to reduce the size of existing power sources. Methods for constructing high energy density batteries and methods for increasing the volumetric energy density of an implantable battery are also provided. The resulting high energy density battery can be used to power electronics associated with a variety of devices such as medical devices. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151311 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules stacked together, at least one of the plurality of battery modules having a plurality of unit battery cells stacked together; and a housing including at least one side support comprising a first support having a longitudinal axis extending in a first direction and a second support having a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a pair of end plates coupled to respective longitudinal ends of the first support. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151312 | BATTERY MODULE HAVING IMPROVED STRUCTURE FOR FIXING END PLATE AND METHOD OF FIXING THE SAME - A battery module includes a battery unit having a plurality of batteries; a pair of end plates, one of the end plates installed at either end of the battery unit; and a fixing band that encircles the end plates and the battery unit, wherein the fixing band is made from a material that expands when heated and contracts when cooled. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151313 | Electrode for Use in a Battery - An electrode and method for preparing the same in which droplets of a first electrode ink composition and droplets of a second electrode ink composition are ejected from an ink jet device onto a base material and the first electrode ink composition contains at least one electrode active material and the second electrode ink composition contains at least one binder material. The resulting electrode is suitable for use in a battery. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151314 | BATTERY PACK STRUCTURE - An object of the present invention is to provide a battery pack structure having a structure to cool batteries and being capable of preventing cooling wind from hitting electrodes of the batteries. To achieve the object, the battery pack structure includes: a sheet ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110151315 | BUS BAR ASSEMBLY - A bus bar assembly includes a flexible member comprising a plurality of apertures provided therein. The bus bar assembly also includes a plurality of electrically conductive members coupled to the flexible member. Each of the plurality of conductive members includes an aperture that is aligned with one of the apertures of the flexible member such that the bus bar assembly is configured for electrically coupling a plurality of electrochemical cells together when at least one terminal of each of the cells is received within an aperture of the flexible member and an associated aperture of one of the plurality of conductive members. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151316 | Battery pack - A battery pack including a plurality of battery cells, the battery cells including positive electrode terminals and negative electrode terminals; and a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate and second substrate being selectively coupleable to the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the first substrate includes a first circuit for connecting the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals to connect the plurality of battery cells together in a first manner, and the second substrate includes a second circuit for electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells in a second manner different from the first manner. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151317 | IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES COMPRISING AN ANIONIC SURFACTANT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES SUCH AS ACCUMULATORS COMPRISING THEM - The invention relates to an ionic liquid electrolyte comprising at least one ionic liquid of formula C | 2011-06-23 |
20110151318 | Secondary battery - A secondary battery including an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including electrode plates and a separator interposed between the electrode plates, at least one of the electrode plates including a coated part, the coated part including a metallic plate having an active material coated thereon, and an uncoated part, the uncoated part including a metallic plate without active material coated thereon, the uncoated part including a folding line in the uncoated part, and a folding part with an end portion folded with respect to the folding line; and a current collector electrically contacting the folding part. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151319 | SECONDARY BATTERY WITH ENHANCED STRUCTURE - A package structure of secondary battery includes a flexible battery cell which is arranged within an accommodation space enclosed by a rigid shell; and a sealing agent which is injected into the gap between the flexible battery cell and the rigid shell. By sealing the rigid body, the secondary battery has a waterproof capability and the structural strength of the flexible battery cell is further enhanced. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151320 | HYDROGEN-ABSORBING ALLOY, FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF AND ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY - An alkaline storage battery has a negative electrode using a hydrogen-absorbing alloy represented by a general formula Ln | 2011-06-23 |
20110151321 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ENERGY STORAGE AND COLLECTION DEVICES CONTAINING EXFOLIATED MICROTUBULES AND SPATIALLY CONTROLLED ATTACHED NANOSCALE PARTICLES AND LAYERS - The present disclosure relates to energy storage or collection devices and methods for making such devices having electrode materials containing exfoliated nanotubes with attached electro- or photoactive nanoscale particles or layers. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151322 | Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery including the same - A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery and a lithium ion secondary battery, the negative electrode including a multilayer film, the multilayer film having three or more layers on a metal base, wherein the multilayer film includes one or more porous layers. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151323 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A secondary battery includes at least one positive electrode plate folded on the basis of a first fold line, and at least one negative electrode plate folded on the basis of a second fold line and stacked to face the at least one positive electrode plate with the second fold line coinciding with the first fold line. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151324 | BATTERY STRUCTURES, SELF-ORGANIZING STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHODS - An energy storage device includes a first electrode comprising a first material and a second electrode comprising a second material, at least a portion of the first and second materials forming an interpenetrating network when dispersed in an electrolyte, the electrolyte, the first material and the second material are selected so that the first and second materials exert a repelling force on each other when combined. An electrochemical device, includes a first electrode in electrical communication with a first current collector; a second electrode in electrical communication with a second current collector; and an ionically conductive medium in ionic contact with said first and second electrodes, wherein at least a portion of the first and second electrodes form an interpenetrating network and wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes comprises an electrode structure providing two or more pathways to its current collector. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151325 | Cathode active material, cathode including the cathode active material, lithium battery including the cathode, and method of preparing the cathode active material - A cathode active material, a cathode including the cathode active material, a lithium battery including the cathode, and a method of preparing the cathode active material, the cathode active material including a lithium-containing metal oxide and an organic material coated on the lithium-containing metal oxide, the organic material including an acrylate or methacrylate organic material including an alkyleneglycol unit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151326 | ANODE AND BATTERY - An anode capable of relaxing the stress concentration and improving the characteristics and a battery using it are provided. The anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer containing silicon (Si) as an element, wherein the anode active material layer has a metal element increasing and decreasing region in which a metal element is contained as an element, and a concentration of the metal element is increased and then decreased in a thickness direction. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151327 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides an electrode active material, an electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The electrode active material comprises a mixture of 10 parts by weight to 900 parts by weight of a first lithium mixed metal oxide and 100 parts by weight of a second lithium mixed metal oxide, wherein | 2011-06-23 |
20110151328 | CATHODE MATERIALS AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY CONTAINING THE SAME - Provided is a cathode active material composed of lithium nickel oxide represented by Formula 1, wherein the lithium nickel oxide contains nickel in an amount of 40% or higher, based on the total weight of transition metals, and the cathode active material comprises a first coating layer provided on the surface thereof and a second coating layer provided on the surface of the first coating layer, wherein the first coating layer is composed of a non-reactive material selected from the group consisting of oxides, nitrides, sulfides and mixtures or complexes thereof and the second coating layer is composed of a carbon-based material. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151329 | LITHIATED OXIDE FOR A POSITIVE ELECTRODE OF AN ALKALINE ACCUMULATOR - A positive electrode of an accumulator with an alkaline electrolyte comprising a nickel-based hydroxide and a lithiated oxide of formula Li | 2011-06-23 |
20110151330 | ANODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES - Primary and secondary Li-ion and lithium-metal based electrochemical cell systems. The suppression of gas generation is achieved through the addition of an additive or additives to the electrolyte system of respective cell, or to the cell itself whether it be a liquid, a solid- or plasticized polymer electrolyte system. The gas suppression additives are primarily based on unsaturated hydrocarbons. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151331 | BATTERY CURRENT COLLECTOR FOIL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BATTERY CURRENT COLLECTOR FOIL, AND BATTERY - A method of manufacturing a battery current collector foil includes: applying wet etching (electrolytic etching) to a surface of a metal foil (aluminum foil) (step S | 2011-06-23 |
20110151332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEALING BATTERY SEPARATOR - One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a battery having a stack of substantially planar battery electrodes, the stack including a first electrode including a first tab, and a second electrode including a second tab, with the first tab electrically connected to the second tab. The embodiment includes a first separator layer and a second separator layer sandwiching the first electrode, with the edges of the first separator layer and the second separator connected with a weld, the first separator layer and the second separator layer defining an interior space in which the first electrode is disposed, with the first tab extending outside the interior space. The embodiment includes a battery housing having electrolyte disposed therein, the housing including at least a first aperture and a feedthrough aperture; a lid conformed and sealed to the first aperture; and a feedthrough conformed and sealed to the feedthrough aperture. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151333 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY - In a lithium ion battery, one or more chelating agents may be attached to a microporous polymer separator for placement between a negative electrode and a positive electrode or to a polymer binder material used to construct the negative electrode, the positive electrode, or both. The chelating agents may comprise, for example, at least one of a crown ether, a podand, a lariat ether, a calixarene, a calixcrown, or mixtures thereof. The chelating agents can help improve the useful life of the lithium ion battery by complexing with unwanted metal cations that may become present in the battery's electrolyte solution while, at the same time, not significantly interfering with the movement of lithium ions between the negative and positive electrodes. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151334 | MERCURY-FREE ALKALINE DRY BATTERY - The present invention provides a mercury-free alkaline dry battery in which a utilization ratio of zinc as a negative electrode active material is increased to improve a discharge characteristic, the mercury-free alkaline dry battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a separator, wherein almond-shaped zinc particles | 2011-06-23 |
20110151335 | Lithium-sulfur cell and method for manufacturing - A lithium-sulfur cell comprising an anode structure, a cathode structure and an electrolyte section abutting to the cathode structure. The cathode structure comprises a continuous layer of nanotubes or nanowires and sulfur particles. The sulfur particles are attached to the nanotubes or nanowires. The continuous layer of nanotubes or nanowires abuts to at least a part of the electrolyte section. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for manufacturing the inventive cell. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151336 | LITHIUM BATTERY - A lithium battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an organic electrolyte solution. The cathode includes cathode active materials that discharge oxygen during charging and discharging. The organic electrolyte solution includes: lithium salt; an organic solvent, and at least one selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula 1 and Formula 2 below: | 2011-06-23 |
20110151337 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM BATTERY AND LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING SAME - An electrolyte for a lithium battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive comprising a) a compound represented by the following Formula (1), and b) a compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfone-based compound, a poly(ester)(metha)acrylate, a polymer of poly(ester)(metha)acrylate, and a mixture thereof: | 2011-06-23 |
20110151338 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention is made to improve charge-discharge cycle performances under high temperature environment in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material of particulate silicon and/or silicon alloy and a binding agent. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151339 | Linear Ether Electrolyte and Asymmetric End Groups for Use in Lithium Batteries - A primary electrochemical cell and electrolyte incorporating a linear asymmetric ether is disclosed. The ether may include EME, used in combination with DIOX and DME, or have the general structural formula R | 2011-06-23 |
20110151340 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CONTAINING AS A SOLVENT A BORATE ESTER AND/OR AN ALUMINATE ESTER - A non-aqueous electrolyte includes: at least one ionically conducting salt, a non-aqueous, anhydrous solvent for the ionically conductive salt, said solvent being selected to achieve a lithium transference number between 0.45 and 1.0, at least one oxide in a particulate form, said oxide being selected such that it is not soluble in said solvent and such that it is water-free. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151341 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a reforming unit, a carbon monoxide decreasing unit, a fuel cell, a burner unit, a raw gas supply device, and a heating unit. The heating unit is controlled at a start-up operation of the fuel cell system, so as to adjust an amount of a desorbed raw gas desorbed out of components of the raw gas adsorbed to at least one of a reforming catalyst and a carbon monoxide decreasing catalyst such that a ratio of an amount of combustion air to an amount of a raw gas in the burner unit falls within a predetermined range. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151342 | ALKALINE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS AND APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING WATER THERETO - A device to produce electricity by a chemical reaction without the addition of liquid electrolyte comprises an anode electrode, a polymer membrane electrolyte fabricated to conduct hydroxyl (OH—) ions, the membrane being in physical contact with the anode electrode on a first side of the membrane, and a cathode electrode in physical contact with a second side of the membrane. The anode electrode and cathode electrode contain catalysts, and the catalysts are constructed substantially entirely from non-precious metal catalysts. Water may be transferred to the cathode side of the membrane from an external source of water. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151343 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system is provided which can constantly control a fuel concentration of a liquid fuel supplied to a fuel cell, such as a DMFC. A DMFC system comprises a high-concentration cartridge in which a methanol aqueous solution having a concentration higher than a target fuel concentration is sealed, a water cartridge in which water is sealed, a mixing tank for mixing the methanol aqueous solution from the high-concentration cartridge with the water from the water cartridge to prepare the methanol aqueous solution having the target fuel concentration, and the DMFC for generating electricity by being supplied with the methanol aqueous solution from the mixing tank and air. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151344 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method of controlling a fuel cell system, the method involving: controlling the power output of the fuel cell system and an amount of a fuel that is supplied to the fuel cell system, so as to increase a fuel utilization rate of a fuel cell, according to variations of the power output of the fuel cell system. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151345 | FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY HAVING FEED-BACK SENSOR - A sensor cell ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110151346 | ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM - An energy supply system comprises an energy supply device ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110151347 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL STATUS DETECTION METHOD - A fuel cell system ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110151348 | Flat plate laminated type fuel cell and fuel cell stack - A flat plate laminated type high-temperature fuel cell, with internal manifold structure, has a laminated body constructed by alternately laminating power generation cells ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110151349 | DOUBLE-ELECTROLYTE FUEL-CELL - A double-electrolyte fuel-cell is presented for generating electrical energy from chemical fuel. The fuel-cell includes an anode, a cathode as well as both an anion-conducting electrolyte and a cation-conducting electrolyte. A fuel-cell stack is also presented consisting of a plurality of double-electrolyte fuel-cells. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151350 | FUEL CELL SUBASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING SUBGASKETED THRIFTED MEMBRANES - A fuel cell roll good subassembly is described that includes a plurality of individual electrolyte membranes. One or more first subgaskets are attached to the individual electrolyte membranes. Each of the first subgaskets has at least one aperture and the first subgaskets are arranged so the center regions of the individual electrolyte membranes are exposed through the apertures of the first subgaskets. A second subgasket comprises a web having a plurality of apertures. The second subgasket web is attached to the one or more first subgaskets so the center regions of the individual electrolyte membranes are exposed through the apertures of the second subgasket web. The second subgasket web may have little or no adhesive on the subgasket surface facing the electrolyte membrane. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151351 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING MIXED CARBON PARTICLES - Gas permeable layers in fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies are provided which comprises a mixture of first and second types of carbon particles, which may provide relatively hydrophilic and relatively hydrophobic pathways. In some embodiments, the first type of carbon particle oxidizes at a lower rate than said second type of carbon particle. In some embodiments, the first type of carbon particle is graphitized and the second type of carbon particle is not graphitized. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151352 | GAS DIFFUSION LAYER - A carbon-fiber-based gas diffusion layer (GDL) for use in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells (FC) having structured hydrophilic properties, wherein materials with hydrophilic properties and selected from the group of metal oxides in an average domain size of 0.5 to 80 μm are present as hydrophilic wicks in the gas diffusion layer. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151353 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODE WITH NANOSTRUCTURED CATALYST AND DISPERSED CATALYST SUBLAYER - Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies (MEA's) are provided which have nanostructured thin film (NSTF) catalyst electrodes and additionally a sublayer of dispersed catalyst situated between the NSTF catalyst and the PEM of the MEA. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151354 | Electrode catalyst for fuel cell, method of manufacturing the same, and fuel cell using the Electrode catalyst - An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell includes a complex support including at least one metal oxide and carbon-based material; and a palladium (Pd)-based catalyst supported by the complex support. A method of manufacturing the electrode catalyst includes dissolving a precursor of a palladium (Pd)-based catalyst in a solvent and preparing a mixture solution for a catalyst; adding a complex support including at least one metal oxide and a carbon-based material to the mixture solution for a catalyst and stirring the mixture solution to which the complex support is added; drying the mixture solution for a catalyst, to which the complex support is added, in order to disperse the precursor of the Pd-based catalyst on the complex support; and reducing the precursor of the Pd-based catalyst dispersed on the complex support. A fuel cell includes the electrode catalyst. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151355 | POLYMER, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE AND USE OF SAME - The present invention provides a polymer, a polymer electrolyte and the use thereof. The polymer has, as a structural unit, a phenylene group in which two or three hydrogen atoms each have been substituted with a group represented by the following formula (A), and is insoluble in water: | 2011-06-23 |
20110151356 | Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction with Reduced Platinum Oxidation and Dissolution Rates - The invention relates to platinum-metal oxide composite particles and their use as electrocatalysts in oxygen-reducing cathodes and fuel cells. The invention particularly relates to methods for preventing the oxidation of the platinum electrocatalyst in the cathodes of fuel cells by use of these platinum-metal oxide composite particles. The invention additionally relates to methods for producing electrical energy by supplying such a fuel cell with an oxidant, such as oxygen, and a fuel source, such as hydrogen. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151357 | EXPOSURE DOSE MONITORING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EXPOSURE DOSE MONITORING MASK - According to one embodiment, a monitoring pattern is transferred to a wafer by irradiation with EUV light by using a reflective mask including the monitoring pattern. Then, the line width of the monitoring pattern transferred to the wafer is measured, and a flare intensity distribution to be generated on the wafer is calculated in accordance with the reflecting region area of the mask and the layout direction of the monitoring pattern. After that, the measured line width of the monitoring pattern is corrected based on the calculated flare intensity distribution. Finally, the exposure dose of the monitoring pattern on the wafer is obtained from the corrected line width. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151358 | REFLECTIVE EXPOSURE MASK, METHOD OF FABRICATING REFLECTIVE EXPOSURE MASK, METHOD OF INSPECTING REFLECTIVE EXPOSURE MASK, AND METHOD OF CLEANING REFLECTIVE EXPOSURE MASK - According to one embodiment, a reflective exposure mask comprises a first layer formed on a substrate and including a first light absorbing part which absorbs exposure light and a light reflecting part which reflects the exposure light, and a second layer formed on the light reflecting part and including a second light absorbing part which absorbs the exposure light. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151359 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT DESIGN - Provided is a photolithography apparatus including a photomask. The photomask includes a pattern having a plurality, of features, in an example, dummy line features. The pattern includes a first region being in the form of a localized on-grid array and a second region where at least one of the features has an increased width. The apparatus may include a second photomask which may define an active region. The feature with an increased width may be adjacent, and outside, the defined active region. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151360 | PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC METHOD AND MASK DEVICES UTILIZED FOR MULTIPLE EXPOSURES IN THE FIELD OF A FEATURE - A photolithographic mask set for creating a plurality of characters on a device includes a plurality of photolithographic masks, wherein each mask includes at least one mask character area and at least one mask character field area that surrounds said mask character area; wherein each said mask character field area has a radiation energy density transmission factor T | 2011-06-23 |
20110151361 | OPTICAL-IMAGE-INTENSITY CALCULATING METHOD, PATTERN GENERATING METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to the embodiment, an optical image intensity distribution to be formed in a resist arranged on a lower layer side of a diffraction pattern is calculated by performing a whole image exposure from an upper surface side of the diffraction pattern formed on a substrate. The optical image intensity distribution is calculated by using a multimode waveguide analysis model or a fractional Fourier transform with respect to the diffraction pattern. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151362 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING GRAY TONER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic image developing gray toner is disclosed. The gray toner is composed of toner particles comprising a binding resin, two species of chromatic color coloring agents and carbon black in an amount of 0 to 0.001 weight % of amount of the chromatic color coloring agents, the toner having brightness L* of 30 to 90 and chroma C* of not more than 10 in L*a*b* color system measured in single solid toner image formed by only the gray toner having an amount of toner attached of 4 g/m | 2011-06-23 |
20110151363 | UNDERCOAT LAYER AND IMAGING MEMBERS COMPRISING SAME - Disclosed are undercoat layers comprising a metal oxide, a polymer, and a citrate of Formula (I): | 2011-06-23 |
20110151364 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor exhibiting not only excellent durability together with high sensitivity but also excellent image reproduction, which is suitable for an image forming method by which imagewise exposure is performed employing a light source having an emission wavelength peak being in the range of 350-500 nm to form a high density electrostatic latent image on a photoreceptor, and also provided are an image forming method employing the electrophotographic photoreceptor, and an image forming apparatus thereof. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor possessing a conductive support and provided thereon, a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, wherein the charge generation layer possesses a pyranthrone pigment, and the charge transport layer possesses at least one of compounds represented by Formula (1) or Formula (2) described below: | 2011-06-23 |
20110151365 | POLYALKYLENE GLYCOL BENZOATE CONTAINING PHOTOCONDUCTORS - A photoconductor that includes a supporting substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an optional hole blocking layer, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer, and where the charge transport layer contains a polyalkylene glycol benzoate. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151366 | SULFONAMIDE CONTAINING PHOTOCONDUCTORS - A photoconductor that includes a supporting substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an optional hole blocking layer, an optional adhesive layer, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer, and where the charge transport layer or layers contains a sulfonamide. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151367 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner capable of reproducing color exhibiting high lightness and chroma, and obtaining a wide color reproduction range. Disclosed is the toner possessing a toner particle containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant possesses a yellowish color nonfluorescent dye exhibiting a peak wavelength of an absorption spectrum being in a wavelength range of 400-480 nm, and a fluorescent dye exhibiting a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum being in a wavelength range of 480-560 nm, wherein the nonfluorescent dye has a content of 2-8 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the binder resin, and the fluorescent dye has a content of 0.05-0.2 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the resin, provided that a content ratio of the nonfluorescent dye to the fluorescent dye is 15-150. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151368 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - An electrophotographic toner including a binder, a colorant and a releasing agent, and a method of preparing the electrophotographic toner. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151369 | TONER - Toner having good dispersibility of a pigment and a release agent therein and having excellent low temperature fixability is provided. The toner includes a binder resin, a pigment and a release agent, and the binder resin includes a graft polymer in which abietic acids and a fatty acid are grafted to a polyfunctional epoxy resin. Image is formed using such a toner. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151370 | TONER - The present invention provides a toner including: a colorant, and a binder resin, wherein the toner is fixed on a recording medium using a fixing liquid containing a softening agent for softening the toner, and wherein a weight average molecular weight of a THF soluble fraction of the toner in a molecular weight distribution measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is 3,000 to 8,300; and a glass transition temperature of the toner measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is 50° C. to 70° C. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151371 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner for electrostatic latent image development is disclosed, comprising colored particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, and an external-additive, wherein the external additive comprises boron nitride particles exhibiting a number average primary particle size of 10 to 500 nm. The production method of the toner is also disclosed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151372 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE TONER - A toner obtained by a toner production method which includes dissolving or dispersing in an organic solvent a toner material containing at least a calixarene derivative and a binder resin or a binder resin precursor, to thereby prepare a solution or dispersion liquid of the toner material, adding the solution or dispersion liquid to an aqueous medium for emulsification or dispersion, to thereby prepare an emulsion or dispersion liquid, and removing the organic solvent from the emulsion or dispersion liquid. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151373 | FULL-COLOR IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - Provided are a toner containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, the toner having a specific hue angle and an absorbance at a specific wavelength in reflectance spectrophotometry, and a full-color image-forming method involving the use of the toner, the method including the steps of: forming an electrostatic image on a charged electrostatic image bearing member; developing the formed electrostatic image with the toner to form a toner image; transferring the formed toner image onto a transfer material; and fixing the transferred toner image to the transfer material to form a fixed image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RAPID CONTINUOUS DROP FORMATION PROCESS TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL TONER AND NANO-COMPOSITE PARTICLES - A process for making particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes a mixing tank for mixing a plurality of droplets dispersed within a liquid media. The process further includes a drop ejector controlling unit in operable communication with a drop ejector array for launching a plurality of droplets, the plurality of droplets including the plurality of particles, and an outlet port for receiving the plurality of droplets. | 2011-06-23 |
20110151375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RAPID CONTINUOUS PROCESS TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL TONER AND NANO-COMPOSITE PARTICLES - A process for making particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes a mixing tank for mixing a plurality of particles dispersed within a liquid media and a vane unit for applying a swirling effect to the plurality of droplets received from the mixing tank through a spray nozzle. The vane unit is in operable communication with a spray nozzle for launching a plurality of droplets, the plurality of droplets including different combinations of the plurality of particles. The process further includes a plurality of outlet ports, where each of a first set of outlet ports includes a filter and of the other outlet port is filterless. | 2011-06-23 |