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8178227 Method for detecting battery thermal events via battery pack isolation resistance monitoring  
A method for detecting cell failure within a battery pack based on variations in the measured electrical isolation resistance of the battery pack is provided. The method includes the steps of...
8168315 Method for detecting battery thermal events via battery pack isolation monitoring  
A method for detecting cell failure within a battery pack based on variations in the measured electrical isolation resistance of the battery pack is provided. The method includes the steps of...
8163408 Battery with pressure relief channel  
A battery having an outer casing and an anode/cathode assembly within that casing, wherein the anode/cathode assembly includes plural anodes and cathodes and electrolyte therebetween. The battery...
8163407 Method for controlling sodium-sulfur battery  
In a method for controlling a sodium-sulfur battery, a time of correcting or resetting a depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery is determined within a predetermined period based on weather...
8163410 Lithium rechargeable cell with reference electrode for state of health monitoring  
A battery management system includes one or more lithium ion cells in electrical connection, each said cell comprising: first and second working electrodes and one or more reference electrodes,...
8158277 Cross-flow electrochemical batteries  
A cross-flow electrochemical cell for producing electricity is disclosed that incorporates means for cross-flow pumping of electrolyte through both anode and cathode electrodes in the same...
8142918 Flexible cathodes  
This disclosure relates to methods of making a cathode for a lithium battery. The batteries include: (a) treating a cathode current collector with flame or corona; (b) coating a slurry containing...
8137830 High voltage battery composed of anode limited electrochemical cells  
An electrochemical storage device including a plurality of electrochemical cells connected electrically in series. Each cell includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode and an aqueous...
8119269 Secondary battery with auxiliary electrode  
The present invention includes three-dimensional secondary battery cells comprising an electrolyte, a cathode, an anode, and an auxiliary electrode. The cathode, the anode, and the auxiliary...
8084151 Fuel cell system and method therefor  
When an output voltage of a fuel cell is lowered to carry out a catalyst activation process so as to activate a catalyst during an intermittent operation of the fuel cell, if generated power P1...
8084153 Operational guidance device of sodium-sulphur battery  
An operation guidance program of a sodium-sulphur battery includes a unit that input an operation output and a time zone, a unit that continuously inputs the remaining battery capacity and the...
8080325 Covers for electrochemical cells and related methods  
Embodiments of the invention relate to an electrochemical cell system including a cover that affects reactant flow into an electrochemical cell array.
8076024 Electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electromechanical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries  
Electrode protection in electrochemical cells, and more specifically, electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are...
8071256 Electrochemical energy generating apparatus and method for driving the apparatus  
To provide an electrochemical energy generating apparatus which can regulate the operating conditions of an electrochemical device such as a fuel cell, according to a change of the internal...
8067108 Hybrid battery for use over extended temperature range  
A hybrid battery comprising at least two nonaqueous electrochemical systems is described. The first cell comprises an anode of an alkaline earth metal or alloy thereof, and the second cell...
8012616 Advanced apparatus for generating electrical power from aquatic sediment/water interfaces  
An improved benthic microbial fuel cell for generating energy at the interface of aquatic sediment and seawater includes an anode electrode embedded within the aquatic sediment, a cathode electrode...
7993768 Energy storage device and method  
A composition is provided that includes a ternary electrolyte having a melting point greater than about 150 degree Celsius. The ternary electrolyte includes an alkali metal halide, an aluminum...
7981550 Lithium cell  
A primary cell having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The cell can be in the configuration of a coin cell or the anode and cathode...
7968220 Non-aqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery  
A non-aqueous electrolytic solution favorably employable for a lithium secondary battery employs a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which comprises a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte which...
7964299 Method of recycling a battery  
A method of the present invention is directed to recycling a battery that includes a plurality of lithium cells removable from one another. The battery is tested to measure internal resistance of...
7939192 Early detection of battery cell thermal event  
A battery module for use in an electric vehicle is disclosed. The battery module includes a plurality of cells arranged in a predetermined pattern within the module. The battery module also...
7851077 System and method for enhanced information handling system battery safety  
Enhanced safety is provided in the event of an information handling system catastrophic battery failure by extending a flame container outward from the battery to vent flammable gases through holes...
7846571 Lithium reservoir system and method for rechargeable lithium ion batteries  
A lithium-ion battery cell includes at least two working electrodes, each including an active material, an inert material, an electrolyte and a current collector, a first separator region arranged...
7842429 Solid oxide fuel cell device and system  
The invention provides a fuel cell device including an elongate substrate the length of which is the greatest dimension such that the elongate substrate exhibits thermal expansion along a dominant...
7816045 Fuel cell system and control method therefor  
A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack is capable of raising the temperature of a fuel cell stack to a predetermined temperature within a short time without decreasing methanol fuel...
7811689 Biological fuel cell and methods  
A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode...
7807308 Fuel cell system and start-up method  
A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells is provided. An anode supply manifold and an anode exhaust manifold are in fluid communication with the anodes of the...
7803478 Power output apparatus and method of setting secondary battery  
In a power output apparatus of the invention, a battery 36 is constructed by a lithium ion battery satisfying a first requirement of Sb/Pm2max>0.09 (m2/kW) as a relation of a total electrode area...
7794885 Non-aqueous electrolytic solution and lithium secondary battery  
The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery which is improved in cycle characteristics and storage stability at an elevated temperature as well as protection from overcharge. In the...
7785730 Electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries  
Electrode protection in electrochemical cells, and more specifically, electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are...
7771870 Electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries  
Electrode protection in electrochemical cells, and more specifically, electrode protection in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are...
7771861 Method of using an electrochemical cell  
The silicon as an anode material for use in lithium ion batteries according to the present invention provides a method for cell manufacturing. The degree to which the silicon is lithiated during...
7763389 Fuel cell manufacturing device and fuel cell  
There are disclosed a fuel cell manufacturing device in which a time of an assembling operation of a fuel cell can be reduced, and the fuel cell. A fuel cell manufacturing device is for use in...
7749641 Secondary lithium ion cell or battery, and protecting circuit, electronic device, and charging device of the same  
The present invention provides a new method for improving capacity, average operating voltage and specific energy of a secondary lithium ion cell or battery. This method is achieved by means of...
7745026 Direct carbon fueled solid oxide fuel cell or high temperature battery  
A direct carbon fuel electrochemical device and method for generating electricity. The apparatus includes a solid oxide electrolyte having an anode side and a cathode side. Carbon and at least one...
7736799 Method and apparatus for maintaining cell wall integrity during thermal runaway using an outer layer of intumescent material  
A method and apparatus is provided in which a layer of an intumescent material surrounds the casing of a battery, the layer helping to prevent the formation of perforations in the battery casing...
7736791 Dialytic power generator using diffusion gradients  
The invention describes a current generating cell device, which uses concentration gradients to create the electric flux. The cell is preferably defined by the use of a porous separator or bi-polar...
7726975 Lithium reservoir system and method for rechargeable lithium ion batteries  
A lithium-ion battery cell includes at least two working electrodes, each including an active material, an inert material, an electrolyte and a current collector, a first separator region arranged...
7719233 Battery pack  
A battery assembly of a battery pack has a structure in which a substrate holder abuts on a side surface of a cell with a protecting circuit being held. The substrate holder includes a first side...
7678495 Graphitic nanostructured battery  
A method and apparatus are disclosed wherein a battery comprises at least one electrode formed from a graphitic carbon nanostructured surface wherein the nanostructured surface consists of a...
7642001 Non-aqueous secondary battery and its control method  
The invention provides a non-aqueous secondary battery having positive and negative electrodes and non-aqueous electrolyte containing lithium salt which has an energy capacity of 30 Wh or more, a...
7615312 Substituted phenothiazine redox shuttles for rechargeable lithium-ion cell  
A rechargeable lithium-ion cell contains a positive electrode, negative electrode, charge-carrying electrolyte containing charge carrying medium and lithium salt, and an N-substituted or...
7611790 Zinc/air battery with improved lifetime  
A zinc/air battery includes a plurality zinc/air battery cells and an arrangement for exposing the plurality of zinc/air battery cells to air wherein the exposing arrangement opens the plurality of...
7592094 Device, system and method for improving efficiency and preventing degradation of energy storage devices  
Disclosed herein is a method and related device for improving energy performance and substantially preventing degradation of a chemical-to-electrical energy conversion process of an energy storage...
7560188 Nickel-metal hydride rechargeable battery  
In a nickel-metal hydride rechargeable battery comprising a positive electrode of nickel hydroxide and a negative electrode of hydrogen-absorption alloy, prolonged battery life is achieved by...
7550224 Apparatus equipped with metallic manganese anode for generating power from voltage gradients at the sediment-water interface  
An apparatus having a metallic manganese anode; a cathode capable of reducing at least one species found in marine water; and a rig coupled to the anode and the cathode capable of maintaining the...
7527890 Sealed alkaline storage battery, electrode structure and charging method for the same, and charger for sealed alkaline storage battery  
A sealed alkaline storage battery including a nickel electrode as a positive electrode, characterized by having the function of being capable of charge when the gas pressure in the battery and/or...
7525287 Battery pack for driving electric motor of compact engine starting device, engine starting device driven by the battery pack, and manual working machine having the engine starting device  
This invention provides a battery pack for driving a compact electric motor of a compact engine starting device mounted on a working machine, comprising lithium-based secondary battery comprising...
7514173 Water-activated cell and method of power generation  
A water-activated cell comprises an acidic medium including an acidic substance and having a first electrode disposed therein, a basic medium including a basic substance and having a second...
7510797 High capacity battery with integrally-powered cooling assembly  
A high capacity battery including terminals on a terminal-bearing face thereof, and a plate member coupled in spaced-apart relationship to the terminal-bearing face to define a coolant gas flow...
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