US4220693A
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Composite separator/absorbent
Assignee: Duracell Inc USA
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Filing: 1978-08-23
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Granted: 1980-09-02
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Expires: 1998-08-23
Abstract
Abstract An electrochemical cell having a thin separator film such as grafted polypropylene thermally adhered, at limited sites, to a synthetic heat sealable electrolyte absorbent.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph B. Di Palma
- 👤 Anthony Loh, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 21:03
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/12; B32B27/30; B32B27/302; B32B27/304; B32B27/32; B32B27/34; B32B5/00; B32B5/02; B32B5/022; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/12; H; H01; H01M; H01M50/00; H01M50/40; H01M50/489; H01M50/497; B32B2250/00; B32B2250/24; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/02; B32B2262/0253; B32B2305/00; B32B2305/10; B32B2305/20; B32B2309/00; B32B2309/08; B32B2309/10; B32B2309/105; B32B2323/00; B32B2323/04; B32B2323/10; B32B2325/00; B32B2327/00; B32B2327/06; B32B2377/00; B32B2457/00; B32B2457/10; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
An electrochemical cell comprising an anode, a cathode, a fluid electrolyte, with separating means and electrolyte absorbent means between said anode and cathode characterized in that said separating means comprises at least one layer of a thin ionically permeable film comprised of a member of the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, nylon, acrylonitrile, polyhalogenated carbon resins, polystyrene, ion exchange grafts thereof and mixtures thereof and said electrolyte absorbent means comprises at least one layer of a synthetic non-woven, fibrous, thermally bondable mat wherein said thin film layer and said thermally bondable non-woven mat layer have contiguous surfaces between said anode and cathode with said surfaces being thermally adhered to one another by heat seals which are distributed over said contiguous surfaces and which occupy a minor area of said contiguous surfaces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
An electrochemical cell comprising an anode, a cathode, a fluid electrolyte, with separating means and electrolyte absorbent means between said anode and cathode characterized in that said separating means comprises at least one layer of a thin ionically permeable film comprised of a member of the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, nylon, acrylonitrile, polyhalogenated carbon resins, polystyrene, ion exchange grafts thereof and mixtures thereof and said electrolyte absorbent means comprises at least one layer of a synthetic non-woven, fibrous, thermally bondable mat wherein said thin film layer and said thermally bondable non-woven mat layer have contiguous surfaces between said anode and cathode with said surfaces being thermally adhered to one another by heat seals which are distributed over said contiguous surfaces and which occupy a minor area of said contiguous surfaces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 1 wherein said minor area do not exceed 40% of the surface area of said absorbent means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 2 wherein said minor area do not exceed 10% of the surface area of said absorbent means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 1 wherein said thin film has a thickness up to 2 mils (0.005 cm).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 4 wherein said mat has a minimum thickness of 2 mils (0.005 cm).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 1 wherein said thin film is comprised of a member of the group consisting of graft polyethylene and graft polypropylene.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 6 wherein said thin film is comprised of radiation grafted polypropylene.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 7 wherein said separator means and said absorbent means are in the configuration of a heat sealed container.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 8 wherein said cathode is comprised of a member of the group consisting mercuric oxide and silver oxide.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
86 words
An electrochemical cell comprising an anode, a cathode, a fluid electrolyte, a thin film radiation grafted polypropylene film as cell separator, and at least one mat of non-woven polypropylene fibers as cell electrolyte absorbent, with said film and said mat positioned between said anode and cathode and having contiguous surfaces which surfaces are thermally adhered to one another by heat seals which are distributed over said contiguous surfaces in an area not exceeding 40% of the surface area of said absorbent, between said anode and cathode.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
86 words
An electrochemical cell comprising an anode, a cathode, a fluid electrolyte, a thin film radiation grafted polypropylene film as cell separator, and at least one mat of non-woven polypropylene fibers as cell electrolyte absorbent, with said film and said mat positioned between said anode and cathode and having contiguous surfaces which surfaces are thermally adhered to one another by heat seals which are distributed over said contiguous surfaces in an area not exceeding 40% of the surface area of said absorbent, between said anode and cathode.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 10 wherein said cathode is comprised of mercuric oxide.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
The electrochemical cell of claim 11 wherein said anode is comprised of zinc.
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