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Nickel-aluminum dry charge reserve battery
Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Filing: 1985-06-18
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Granted: 1986-08-12
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Expires: 2005-06-18
Abstract
Abstract A nickel-aluminum dry charge reserve battery has at least one electrode containing a nickel hydroxide containing active battery material, and at least one aluminum electrode, with a storage reservoir containing electrolyte nearby, and a means to transfer the stored electrolyte to the electrodes.
Inventors
- 👤 William Pollack
- 👤 Edward S. Buzzelli
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 23:30
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M6/00; H01M6/30; H01M6/36; H01M6/38
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A nickel-aluminum reserve battery comprising: (1) a case within which are disposed at least one bipolar plate comprising: (i) an electrode comprising battery material, the battery material consisting essentially of nickel hydroxide, said material containing --OH groups, and (ii) an electrode comprising aluminum, (2) a storage reservoir containing aqueous alkali hydroxide electrolyte near the case, and (3) means to transfer stored electrolyte to the electrodes where the nickel hydroxide containing electrode is connected to a current collector, which current collector is in turn connected to the aluminum electrode of the bipolar plate by means of an electrically conducting bonding medium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A nickel-aluminum reserve battery comprising: (1) a case within which are disposed at least one bipolar plate comprising: (i) an electrode comprising battery material, the battery material consisting essentially of nickel hydroxide, said material containing --OH groups, and (ii) an electrode comprising aluminum, (2) a storage reservoir containing aqueous alkali hydroxide electrolyte near the case, and (3) means to transfer stored electrolyte to the electrodes where the nickel hydroxide containing electrode is connected to a current collector, which current collector is in turn connected to the aluminum electrode of the bipolar plate by means of an electrically conducting bonding medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The nickel-aluminum battery of claim 1, where the nickel hydroxide battery material is a nickel (III) hydroxide material, the battery contains a plurality of bipolar plates, and at least one porous separator is disposed between adjacent bipolar plates.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The nickel-aluminum battery of claim 1, also containing electrical connections and where the storage reservoir is adjacent to the case, allowing transfer of electrolyte.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
The nickel-aluminum battery of claim 3, where the storage reservoir is connected to flow channels leading to the electrodes, the electrolyte is sealed from the flow channels by a thin, non-porous sheet material associated with a punch apparatus capable of penetrating the sheet material and allowing electrolyte flow to the electrodes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The nickel-aluminum battery of claim 1, where the nickel hydroxide containing electrode of the bipolar plate has a fiber metal structure and is connected to a current collector selected from the group consisting of sheet nickel and nickel plated sheet steel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
72 words
The nickel-aluminum battery of claim 1, where the nickel hydroxide containing battery material consists essentially of a cobalt doped nickel (III) hydroxide material, said battery material is disposed within a fiber metal plaque selected from the group consisting of nickel fibers and nickel plated steel wool fibers, and the aluminum electrode consists essentially of sheet aluminum containing minor amounts of a material selected from the group consisting of gallium, indium, and tin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
99 words
A bipolar battery plate comprising: (1) an electrode comprising battery material, the battery material consisting essentially of nickel hydroxide, said material containing --OH groups, and (2) an electrode comprising aluminum, where the nickel hydroxide containing electrode contains battery material disposed within a fiber metal plaque selected from the group consisting of nickel fibers and nickel plated steel wool fibers, where said metal plaque is connected to a current collector selected from the group consisting of sheet nickel and nickel plated sheet, where said current collector is connected to the aluminum electrode by means of an electrically conducting bonding medium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
99 words
A bipolar battery plate comprising: (1) an electrode comprising battery material, the battery material consisting essentially of nickel hydroxide, said material containing --OH groups, and (2) an electrode comprising aluminum, where the nickel hydroxide containing electrode contains battery material disposed within a fiber metal plaque selected from the group consisting of nickel fibers and nickel plated steel wool fibers, where said metal plaque is connected to a current collector selected from the group consisting of sheet nickel and nickel plated sheet, where said current collector is connected to the aluminum electrode by means of an electrically conducting bonding medium.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The bipolar battery plate of claim 7, where the nickel hydroxide battery material is a cobalt doped nickel (III) hydroxide material.
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