Apparatus and method for transporting electrochemical cells
AssigneeGenius Patentverwertung GmbH & Co. KG
InventorKlaus-Michael PASEWALD
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Abstract
Apparatus for transporting used, damaged or defective electrochemical cells while preventing and controlling safety-critical states of the electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion-based cells and/or lithium ion polymer cells, having an outer surrounding wall, a base and a cover which can be closed, which surrounding wall, base and cover define a chamber between them. An intermediate chamber is filled with a fire-retardant material which is composed of only inert, non-conductive and non-combustible and absorbent hollow glass granules as bulk material, and a basket which is permeable to the fire-retardant material is arranged in the chamber for receiving an electrochemical cell.
Claims22
An apparatus for transporting used, damaged or defective galvanic cells while preventing and controlling safety critical conditions of the galvanic cells, said apparatus comprising a container, which defines a space, wherein the space is filled with a flame retardant of only inert, non-conductive and non-combustible and absorbent hollow glass granulate in the form of a loose filling, and wherein arranged in the space there is a basket, which is permeable for the flame retardant for receiving at least one galvanic cell.
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A method of storing and transporting used, damaged or defective galvanic cells for preventing safety critical conditions, said method comprising:
- directly embedding one or more used, damaged or defective galvanic cells in a flame retardant contained in an apparatus, wherein the flame retardant comprises only inert, non-conductive and non-combustible and absorbent hollow glass granulate in the form of a loose filling, wherein the apparatus comprises a container, which defines a space, and wherein the space is filled with the hollow glass granulate, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a permeable basket arranged in the space with the basket being permeable for the hollow glass granulate;
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- storing and/or transporting the galvanic cell in the apparatus/
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.