Battery having a housing for electronic circuitry

US6979502B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS · US

Inventors

• Vladimir Gartstein · Cincinnati, US
• Dragan Nebrigic · Carlsbad, US
• Eric Richard Bartsch · Cincinnati, US
• Robert J. Peterson · Loveland, US
• Chow-Chi Huang · Sharonville, US
• Edward Lawrence Schmidt · Monroe, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2005
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/10
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A battery is disclosed that includes a container having a positive terminal and a negative terminal and an electrochemical cell disposed within said container, said cell having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a cell voltage measured across said positive and said negative electrodes of said cell. The battery further includes a housing containing electronic circuitry associated with said container, said electronic circuitry electrically connected between said electrodes of said cell and said terminals of said container to create an output voltage measured across said positive and said negative terminals of said container and wherein the container and housing substantially enclose the electrochemical cell.