摘要:
A mechanical component for electrochemical batteries having porous members. A disc has two or more circular grooves in one side. The grooves are intended to accept the porous members and an electrode member of the battery. The opposite side of the disc has one or more radial channels which intersect with the circular grooves. When used in a battery, the component facilitates distribution of electrolyte, while also minimizing electrolyte leakage between cells.
摘要:
A reserve cell has a cylindrical housing with a closed end. A cylindrical battery stack is located within the housing, surrounding a cell component container and separated from the closed end by a channeled ring. A disc is located with the ring for transmitting pressure from the closed end of the container.
摘要:
A type of electrochemical cell has elements wound in a coil and inserted in a sealed can. One element has a metal substrate carrying a plurality of holes. The metal substrate supports layers of an electrode material such as porous carbon. Both edges and one end of the substrate is kept free of the material. The bare end of the substrate is on the outside of the coil. The substrate is wider than other elements of the coil, so that when the coil is inserted in the can, the substrate makes contact with all the internal surfaces of the can.
摘要:
A primary electrochemical cell capable of selective operation at one of several possible discharge rates. The electrochemical cell in accordance with the present invention includes a pair of battery stacks positioned one above the other in a housing of the cell in a spaced-apart relationship. One of the battery stacks includes a first plurality of anode structures of first thicknesses and a first plurality of carbon electrode structures of first thicknesses arranged in alternation with the first plurality of anode structures. Similarly, the other battery stack includes a second plurality of anode structures of second thicknesses and a second plurality of carbon electrode structures of second thicknesses arranged in alternation with the second plurality of anode structures. The relative thicknesses of the abovementioned components of the two stacks, together with the number of components in the two stacks, can be controlled so as to achieve different discharge rates and durations of discharge of the cell at the different rates. The battery stacks may be operated during discharge either individually or together to achieve three possible discharge rates for the cell.
摘要:
Methods for fabricating anode structures for electrochemical cells. An anode structure is fabricated in accordance with a first method of the invention by positioning a first plurality of lithium anode pellets, in the form of round balls, in a spaced-apart pattern adjacent to a first side of an expanded metal screen, pressing the lithium anode pellets into the screen so as to be embedded within the screen, and then repeating the above steps with a second plurality of lithium anode pellets relative to the other side of the screen.An anode structure is fabricated in accordance with a second method of the invention by executing the steps as described hereinabove and, in addition, embedding into the screen a heat absorbing porous insulative separator material between the lithium anode pellets.
摘要:
A method for assembling a primary electrochemical cell. The method in accordance with the invention includes the initial step of arranging a plurality of cell components, each having an opening extending therethrough, relative to an elongated, slotted, expandable metal tube so that the tube is loosely disposed within and along the openings in the cell components and the cell components loosely surround the tube in a stacked array. The cell components employed in this step include a plurality of anode structures each having a plurality of resilient, deflective portions facing in the direction of the terminal member and lying within a flat, common plane. Each of the deflective portions further has a contact edge facing in the direction of the terminal member. An expanding member in the form of a solid metal rod is inserted into and progressively advanced along the expandable tube. The expanding member causes the tube to progressively and permanently expand outwardly by an amount to make direct physical contact with the contact edges of the deflective portions of the multiple anode structures, in succession, deflect the deflective portions of each anode structure, and thereafter maintain direct physical contact with the contact edges of such anode structure. By virtue of the above expansion operation, the anode structures are secured to the expanded metal tube.
摘要:
A method for assembling a primary electrochemical cell including a carbon cathode structure. The carbon cathode structure is assembled by arranging a selected number of individual annular-shaped porous carbon elements, each having an opening extending therethrough, together with an elongated, hollow, cylindrical metal current collector tube so that the carbon elements are in a stacked array and the tube is loosely disposed within and along the openings in the array of carbon elements. The current collector tube is an expandable member and is initially in a non-expanded state and loosely surrounded by the stacked array of carbon elements. A porous separator and an anode structure are then placed around the aforementioned assembly of the carbon elements and the current collector tube, and the resultant assembly, representing a battery stack, is placed within an elongated housing of an electrochemical cell. A tool is then employed to permanently expand the current collector tube outwardly so that the tube makes direct physical contact with the array of carbon elements. An electrolytic solution is placed within the cell in contact with the battery stack and the hollow opening of the tube. The electrolytic solution permeates the carbon elements directly and also by way of a large number of small holes formed in the tube, causing the porous carbon elements to be permeated with the electrolytic solution and expand outwardly. The expansion of the carbon elements causes constituent particles thereof to fill the openings in the current collector thus thereby permanently locking the carbon elements to the current collector tube.
摘要:
A primary electrochemical cell includes a thermal switch electrically connected between one of the electrodes and its associated terminal to prevent the cell from being discharged when the temperature inside the cell exceeds a predetermined level.
摘要:
A primary electrochemical cell is described in which a novel granular cathode material is utilized. The cathode is formed from about 40 to 99 weight percent of carbon black, at least 1 weight percent of a binder which is inert in the primary electrochemical cell and the remainder thereof is graphite. The cathode material may be formed by mixing the individual components together with a quantity of a suitable liquid to form a uniform slurry. The slurry is then dried at room temperature to remove the liquid. The dried mixture is crumbled into fine particles. The particles are cured at an elevated temperature to stablize the binder. The resulting material when utilized as the cathode material of a primary electrochemical cell provides a porous carbon structure of high surface area in which a network of large channels exists for continual diffusion of electrolytic solution to the carbon cathodic particles throughout the entire volume of the cell cathode regardless of the cell size.
摘要:
A primary electrochemical cell is described which is capable of achieving high discharge currents. The primary electrochemical cell incorporates a novel cathode structure. That cathode structure has a cathode current collector which is comprised with a plurality of electrically interconnected layers of a porous metallic material such as a nickel screen. Interposed between the layers of the cathode current collector are layers of globules of a cathode material. This material has a composition of from about 40 to 99 weight percent of carbon black, at least 1 weight percent of a mechanical binder which is inert in the primary electrochemical cell and the remainder is graphite. When such a cathode structure is incorporated into a primary electrochemical cell, two features are obtained which contribute to the high discharge current capability of the cell. Firstly, because a multitude of globules of cathode material are utilized in the cathode structure along with a porous current collector, large channels are maintained throughout the cathode structure thereby greatly facilitating the diffusion of the electrolytic solution of the cell, throughout the cathode structure. Secondly, the conductive cathode current collector extends throughout the cathode structure and is in close contact with all of the cathode material.