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Sealed sodium-based thermal batteries and methods of sealing same

US9735401B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Sundeep Kumar · Mainz, DE
Mohamed Rahmane · Clifton Park, US
Neil Anthony Johnson · Niskayuna, US
Patrick Daniel Willson · Clifton Park, US
Raymond R. Cole · Saratoga Springs, US
Timothy James Yosenick · Glenville, US
Thomas Martin Angeliu · Clifton Park, US
Tobias Juetting · Niskayuna, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2013
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present application provides configurations, components, assemblies and methods for sealing cells of sodium-based thermal batteries, such as NaMx cells. In some embodiments the cells may include an integrated bridge member hermetically sealed to an electrically conductive case and a ceramic collar of the cell to hermetically seal an anodic chamber of the cell. In some embodiments the cells may include the ceramic collar hermetically sealed to an electrolyte separator tube of the cell to hermetically seal the anodic chamber of the cell. In some embodiments the anodic chamber may be defined, at least in part, by the case, integrated bridge member, ceramic collar and electrolyte separator tube. In some embodiments the cells may include a current collector hermetically sealed to the ceramic collar, and a cap member hermetically sealed to the current collector tube to hermetically seal a cathodic chamber of the cell.

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