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Battery package having cubical form

US6245461A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 1999
Grant dateJun 12, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lithium ambient graphite fiber battery includes a battery inner case in which there are provided a series of adjacent cells. Within each of the cells is provided a cubical electrode bundle. The bundle is composed of a pair of flat, elongated carbon fiber electrodes. The electrodes may be of a triaxial or biaxial braid or may be of a unidirectional arrangement. The pair of electrodes is folded, one fold upon the other, to form the general shape of a cube. The cubical electrode bundles are placed adjacent one another in the cells defined within the inner battery case. A cell-to-cell interconnect is made by electrode extensions which carries the electrode over from one cell to the next in semi-bipolar form. Given the known susceptibility of lithium batteries to water, the inner battery case is hermetically sealed within an outer battery case. A pair of terminals are provided.

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