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US 12,658,529 B2Granted
Batteries and battery manufacture methods
AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorsJie Xiao, Bingbin Wu, Z. Daniel Deng
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Abstract
Batteries and associated methods of manufacture are described. According to one aspect, a battery includes a battery case, an anode within the battery case, a cathode within the battery case, a separator configured to electrically insulate the anode from the cathode and the battery case, an electrolyte in contact with the anode and the cathode, and first and second terminal connections connected with respective ones of the anode and the cathode, and wherein the first and second terminal connections are configured to conduct electrons between the anode and the cathode via a load which is external of the battery case.
Claims38
A battery comprising:
- a cylindrical battery case;
- a first electrode having a first electrical polarity within the battery case;
- a second electrode having a second electrical polarity within the battery case, wherein the first and second electrical polarities are different;
- a separator configured to electrically insulate the first electrode from the second electrode and the battery case;
- an electrolyte in contact with the first and second electrodes;
- first and second terminal connections connected with respective ones of the first and second electrodes, and wherein the first and second terminal connections are configured to conduct electrons between the first and second electrodes via a load which is external of the battery case;
- and
- wherein the separator encapsulates the first electrode.
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A battery comprising:
- a cylindrical battery case;
- a first electrode having a first electrical polarity within the battery case;
- a second electrode having a second electrical polarity within the battery case, wherein the first and second electrical polarities are different;
- a separator configured to electrically insulate the first electrode from the second electrode and the battery case;
- an electrolyte in contact with the first and second electrodes;
- first and second terminal connections connected with respective ones of the first and second electrodes, and wherein the first and second terminal connections are configured to conduct electrons between the first and second electrodes via a load which is external of the battery case;
- and
- wherein the first electrode comprises a plurality of different structures within the battery case, and the second electrode is within different volumes defined by the different structures of the first electrode.
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A battery comprising:
- a cylindrical battery case;
- a first electrode having a first electrical polarity within the battery case;
- a second electrode having a second electrical polarity within the battery case, wherein the first and second electrical polarities are different;
- a separator configured to electrically insulate the first electrode from the second electrode and the battery case;
- an electrolyte in contact with the first and second electrodes;
- first and second terminal connections connected with respective ones of the first and second electrodes, and wherein the first and second terminal connections are configured to conduct electrons between the first and second electrodes via a load which is external of the battery case;
- and
- wherein the first electrode is an annular ring.
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A battery comprising:
- a cylindrical battery case;
- a first electrode having a first electrical polarity within the battery case;
- a second electrode having a second electrical polarity within the battery case, wherein the first and second electrical polarities are different;
- a separator configured to electrically insulate the first electrode from the second electrode and the battery case;
- an electrolyte in contact with the first and second electrodes;
- first and second terminal connections connected with respective ones of the first and second electrodes, and wherein the first and second terminal connections are configured to conduct electrons between the first and second electrodes via a load which is external of the battery case;
- and
- wherein the first electrode comprises a plurality of separate structures.
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A battery comprising:
- a cylindrical battery case;
- a first electrode having a first electrical polarity within the battery case;
- a second electrode having a second electrical polarity within the battery case, wherein the first and second electrical polarities are different;
- a separator configured to electrically insulate the first electrode from the second electrode and the battery case;
- an electrolyte in contact with the first and second electrodes;
- first and second terminal connections connected with respective ones of the first and second electrodes, and wherein the first and second terminal connections are configured to conduct electrons between the first and second electrodes via a load which is external of the battery case;
- and
- wherein the second electrode comprises a void space to accommodate swelling of the second electrode.
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A battery comprising:
- a battery case;
- a first electrode comprising anodic material and having a first electrical polarity within the battery case;
- a second electrode comprising cathodic material and having a second electrical polarity within the battery case, wherein the first and second electrical polarities are different;
- a separator configured to electrically insulate the first electrode from the second electrode and the battery case;
- an electrolyte in contact with the first and second electrodes;
- a first terminal connection member in contact with the anodic material of the first electrode;
- a second terminal connection member in contact with the cathodic material of the second electrode;
- and
- wherein the first and second terminal connection members extend outwardly of the battery case.
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A battery comprising:
- a battery case;
- a first electrode comprising anodic material and having a first electrical polarity within the battery case;
- a second electrode comprising cathodic material and having a second electrical polarity within the battery case, wherein the first and second electrical polarities are different;
- a separator configured to electrically insulate the first electrode from the second electrode and the battery case;
- an electrolyte in contact with the first and second electrodes;
- first and second terminal connections connected with respective ones of the first and second electrodes, and wherein the first and second terminal connections are configured to conduct electrons between the first and second electrodes via a load which is external of the battery case;
- and
- wherein the second electrode comprises a void space within the cathodic material to accommodate swelling of the second electrode during discharge of the battery.
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A battery manufacture method comprising:
- providing a cylindrical battery case;
- providing a first electrode having a first electrical polarity within the cylindrical battery case;
- providing a second electrode having a second electrical polarity within the cylindrical battery case, wherein the first and second electrical polarities are different;
- providing a separator configured to electrically insulate the first electrode from the second electrode and the cylindrical battery case;
- providing an electrolyte in contact with the first and second electrodes;
- providing first and second terminal connections connected with respective ones of the first and second electrodes, and wherein the first and second terminal connections are configured to conduct electrons between the first and second electrodes via a load which is external of the cylindrical battery case;
- and
- wherein the separator encapsulates the first electrode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.