Current collector with integral tab for high temperature cell
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsChristopher J. Pulley, Steven J. Specht, Geoffrey Barlow
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Abstract
A current collector for use in a cell. The current collector has a thin sheet of conductive material having oppositely directed planar faces. The sheet is preferably graphite. The current collector also has a metal tab having oppositely directed planar faces. A face of the tab is in planar contact with a face of the sheet. The current collector may further have a second thin sheet of conductive material, preferably graphite, having oppositely directed planar faces. The second sheet is placed in planar contact with the tab such that the tab is disposed between the two conductive sheets.
Claims9
A current collector for use in a cell, the current collector comprising:
- a sheet of conductive material having oppositely directed planar faces;
- a tab of conductive material having oppositely directed planar faces, wherein the tab is in planar contact with the conductive sheet;
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- wherein the tab having oppositely directed planar faces and having at least one tang extending outward from a face thereof, and wherein the tab is attached to the conductive sheet by having the tab being placed into contact with one face of the conductive sheet and disposing at least one tang through said conductive sheet and then pressing the tang back into contact with an opposite face of the conductive sheet.
A current collector for use in a cell, the current collector comprising:
- a sheet of conductive material having oppositely directed planar faces;
- a tab of conductive material having oppositely directed planar faces, wherein the tab is in planar contact with the conductive sheet;
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- wherein selected portions of said tab are fabricated of expanded metal foil mesh.
A current collector for use in a cell, the current collector comprising:
- a sheet of conductive material having oppositely directed planar faces;
- a tab of conductive material having oppositely directed planar faces, wherein the tab is in planar contact with the conductive sheet;
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- a second sheet of conductive material having oppositely directly planar faces, wherein the second sheet is in planar contact with a face of the tab, such that the tab is disposed between the two conductive sheets.
A current collector for use in a cell, the current collector comprising:
- a sheet of graphite having oppositely directed planar faces;
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- a tab of molybdenum having oppositely directed planar faces, and having at least one tang extending outward from a face thereof, wherein one face of the molybdenum is in planar contact with a face of the graphite sheet, and wherein at least one tang is disposed through said graphite sheet and is in flat contact with an opposite face of the graphite sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.