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US 6,270,921 B1Granted
Air recovery battery
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsAlexander Kaplan, Viet Vu
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Abstract
A prismatic air recovery battery is provided. The battery includes a central longitudinal axis and a cathode having a major surface normal to the central longitudinal axis. The battery can further include a cathode can having at least one air access opening having a central longitudinal axis, wherein the cathode includes a major surface normal to the longitudinal axis of the opening.
Claims20
An air recovery battery comprising:
- a cathode can having sides with outer surfaces;
- a cathode disposed inside the cathode can;
- a separator adjacent to the cathode;
- an anode can having sides with outer surfaces;
- and
- an anode disposed inside the anode can;
- wherein the outer surfaces of the sides of the anode can and the cathode can are substantially flush.
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A method of assembling an air recovery battery, the method comprising:
- (a) placing anode material in an anode can having sides, the sides having outer surfaces;
- (b) placing a cathode in a cathode can having sides, the sides having outer surfaces;
- (c) inserting a separator into the cathode can;
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- (d) sealing the anode can and the cathode can together such that the outer surfaces of the sides of the cans are substantially flush.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.