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Honeycomb battery separator

US5554464A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 1995
Grant dateSep 10, 1996
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49108
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An elongated, rigid, porous, ceramic separator for a rechargeable battery assembly, the separator having a honeycomb structure in which open cells are separated from adjacent cells by thin, porous, ceramic walls, the open cells and separating walls running lengthwise of the honeycomb, the cell walls being porous and the open cells and wall pores being adapted to be filled with an electrolyte to permit ion flow between electrodes in a battery.

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