Means for storage and transportation of electric fuel
    1.
    发明授权
    Means for storage and transportation of electric fuel 失效
    储存和运输电动燃料的手段

    公开(公告)号:US5516599A

    公开(公告)日:1996-05-14

    申请号:US353828

    申请日:1994-12-12

    摘要: The invention provides a rigid reusable transport and storage vessel for retaining a plurality of anode cassettes of pressed zinc particles saturated with aqueous alkaline solution, and utilizable as an electric fuel in a zinc-air battery, the vessel having a sealably covered aperture and being provided with a hydrogen recombination device, the device being provided with an external surface at least part of which projects into the air surrounding the vessel for venting any hydrogen produced by the anode cassettes into the air surrounding the vessel, and the vessel being internally compartmentalized to contain a plurality of sealable internal compartments for retaining the plurality of anode cassettes, each of the internal compartments being provided with a gas non-return valve venting from the internal compartment to an interior space of the vessel for venting generated hydrogen from the cassettes via the gas non-return valve to the vessel for elimination via the hydrogen recombination device while preventing ingress of air to the internal compartments, whereby hydrogen internally generated and emitted from the vessel is safely combined with the oxygen in the air surrounding the vessel, thus eliminating potentially explosive hydrogen.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种刚性可重复使用的输送和储存容器,用于保持饱和碱性水溶液的压制锌颗粒的多个阳极盒,并且可用作锌 - 空气电池中的电动燃料,该容器具有可密封地覆盖的孔并被提供 具有氢复合装置,该装置设置有外表面,其至少一部分突出到容器周围的空气中,用于将由阳极盒产生的任何氢气排放到围绕容器的空气中,并且该容器在内部被分隔以包含 多个可密封的内部隔室,用于保持多个阳极盒,每个内部隔室都设有从内部隔室排放到容器的内部空间的气体止回阀,用于通过气体从盒中排出产生的氢气 通过氢复合将止回阀保持在容器中以进行消除 装置,同时防止空气进入内部隔室,由此从容器内部产生和排出的氢气与围绕容器的空气中的氧气安全地组合,从而消除潜在的爆炸性氢气。

    Zinc-oxygen battery
    2.
    发明授权
    Zinc-oxygen battery 失效
    锌氧电池

    公开(公告)号:US5445901A

    公开(公告)日:1995-08-29

    申请号:US286539

    申请日:1994-08-05

    IPC分类号: H01M2/20 H01M10/50 H01M12/06

    CPC分类号: H01M2/20 H01M12/065

    摘要: The invention provides a multi-cell, sealed, zinc-oxygen battery, comprising a container containing (a) a plurality of bi-cells, each cell having a housing provided with two major surfaces and accommodating a pair of oppositely-disposed, spaced-apart, air-permeable, liquid-impermeable cathodes in the form of oxygen-reduction electrodes, and defining between themselves a cavity configured to accommodate an anode of the battery and electrolyte, substantial portions of the major surfaces of the housing being removed, thus exposing major portions of the oxygen electrodes, and wherein the two major surfaces are partly recessed in such a way as to form, in conjunction with a similarly-recessed outer surface of a major wall of an adjacent cell housing, an inter-cathode gas space between adjacent cells with a plurality of oxygen access openings leading thereto; (b) a dead space volume between inner surfaces of the housing and the plurality of bi-cells; and (c) pressurized oxygen supply means for feeding oxygen to the dead space volume, for consumption in the inter-cathode gas spaces.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种多池密封的锌氧电池,其包括容纳(a)多个双电池的容器,每个电池单元具有设置有两个主表面的壳体,并且容纳一对相对设置的间隔开的电池, 分开的,具有氧还原电极形式的透气的液体不可渗透的阴极,并且在它们之间限定被配置为容纳电池和电解质的阳极的空腔,壳体的主要表面的大部分被去除,从而暴露 氧电极的主要部分,并且其中两个主表面部分地凹入,以便与相邻电池壳体的主壁的类似凹陷的外表面一起形成阴极间气体空间 相邻的电池具有通向其的多个氧气进入开口; (b)壳体的内表面与多个双电池之间的死空间体积; 和(c)用于将氧气输送到死空间体积的加压氧供给装置,用于在阴极间气体空间中消耗。

    Mechanically rechargeable electric batteries and anodes for use therein
    3.
    发明授权
    Mechanically rechargeable electric batteries and anodes for use therein 失效
    用于其中的机械可充电电池和阳极

    公开(公告)号:US5360680A

    公开(公告)日:1994-11-01

    申请号:US964644

    申请日:1992-10-21

    IPC分类号: H01M4/02 H01M12/06

    摘要: A mechanically rechargeable electric battery includes at least one electrical cell which has a pair of generally planar outer electrodes configured to define therebetween an interior space for an electrical power storage medium, and inner electrodes removably-mounted between the pair of outer electrodes so as to be in electrically conductive contact with the electrical power storage medium and configured to provide mechanical support for the electrical power storage medium and to be removable as a unit therewith from the cell. The cell is a metal-gas battery cell and the electrical power storage medium contained in the interior space contains a slurry containing active porous zinc particles saturated with an electrolyte solution. The outer electrodes define an opening communicating with the interior space, and the inner electrodes are configured for their removal from the interior space, via the opening, thereby enabling the simultaneous removal of the inner electrodes and the slurry from the interior space.

    摘要翻译: 一种机械可再充电电池包括至少一个电池,其具有一对大致平面的外电极,其被配置为在其间限定用于电力存储介质的内部空间,以及可拆卸地安装在所述一对外电极之间的内电极, 与电力存储介质导电接触并且被配置为为电力存储介质提供机械支撑,并且与电池一起作为其单元可移除。 电池是金属 - 气体电池单元,并且内部空间中包含的电力存储介质包含含有电解质溶液饱和的活性多孔锌颗粒的浆料。 外部电极限定与内部空间连通的开口,并且内部电极构造成经由开口从内部空间移除,从而能够从内部空间同时移除内部电极和浆料。

    Cell for a metal-air battery
    5.
    发明授权
    Cell for a metal-air battery 失效
    电池用于金属空气电池

    公开(公告)号:US5447805A

    公开(公告)日:1995-09-05

    申请号:US275588

    申请日:1994-07-15

    IPC分类号: H01M2/20 H01M10/50 H01M12/06

    摘要: A modular cell for a multi-cell metal-air battery system, comprises a relatively flat cell housing having two major surfaces and accommodating a pair of oppositely disposed, spaced-apart, air-permeable, liquid-impermeable cathodes in the form of air electrodes defining between themselves a space open towards the upper edges of the cell housing and closed at the lateral edges and the bottom of the cell housing, the space being configured to accommodate an anode of said battery, substantial portions of the major surfaces of the housing being removed, thus exposing major portions of the air electrodes. The two major surfaces of the housing are partly recessed in such a way as to form, in conjunction with a similarly recessed outer surface of a major wall of an adjacent cell housing, an air space with air access and exits, and the exposed portions of the air electrodes are supported and reinforced by ribbing constituted at least by a plurality of slender rails, which rails define ducts for guiding a flow of air across the portions of the air electrodes from the air access toward the exits. An upper portion of at least one major surface of the housing is provided with a fluid flow channel having an inlet and an outlet provided in a wall of a minor surface of the housing for guiding a cooling fluid introduced into the inlet across an upper area of the cell, in heat exchange with electrolyte contained in upper portions of the open space, via an inner wall of the housing portion.

    摘要翻译: 用于多电池金属 - 空气电池系统的模块化电池包括具有两个主表面并且以空气电极形式容纳一对相对设置的间隔开的透气性液体不可渗透的阴极的相对扁平的电池壳体 在它们之间限定朝向电池壳体的上边缘敞开并且在电池壳体的侧边缘和底部处封闭的空间,该空间被配置为容纳所述电池的阳极,壳体的主要表面的大部分是 从而暴露空气电极的主要部分。 壳体的两个主表面部分地凹入,以便与相邻电池壳体的主壁的类似凹陷的外表面一起形成具有空气进入和离开的空气空间,并且暴露部分 空气电极由至少由多个细长的轨道构成的肋条支撑和加强,该轨道限定用于引导空气流穿过空气电极部分的空气从空气进入到出口的导管。 壳体的至少一个主表面的上部设置有流体流动通道,该流体流动通道具有设置在壳体的小表面的壁中的入口和出口,用于引导导入入口中的冷却流体跨过上部区域 通过壳体部分的内壁,与开放空间的上部容纳的电解质进行热交换。

    Electrodes for metal/air batteries and bipolar metal/air batteries
incorporating the same
    6.
    发明授权
    Electrodes for metal/air batteries and bipolar metal/air batteries incorporating the same 失效
    用于金属/空气电池的电极和包含其的双极金属/空气电池

    公开(公告)号:US5145752A

    公开(公告)日:1992-09-08

    申请号:US633514

    申请日:1990-12-31

    摘要: The invention provides a bipolar electrode for use in a primary metal/air battery of the type having a metallic slurry anode, the electrode comprising a current-collecting, electrolyte-impervious metallic structure having a first surface for collecting current from the metallic slurry anode, and a metallic air cathode spaced from the structure and having a plurality of electrically-conductive protrusions extending at least from a central area of a first surface thereof and attached to a second surface of the structure, a second surface of the air cathode being provided with an inner hydrophobic waterproof barrier layer which is impermeable to electrolyte but permeable to oxygen gas and coated with an outer active catalytic layer.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于具有金属浆料阳极的一次金属/空气电池的双极电极,该电极包括集流电解质不透金属结构,其具有用于从金属浆料阳极收集电流的第一表面, 和与所述结构间隔开的金属空气阴极,并且具有至少从其第一表面的中心区域延伸并连接到所述结构的第二表面的多个导电突起,所述空气阴极的第二表面设置有 内部疏水性防水阻隔层,其不可渗透电解质,但是可渗透氧气并涂覆有外部活性催化剂层。

    Internally illuminated sign
    7.
    发明申请
    Internally illuminated sign 审中-公开
    内部照明标志

    公开(公告)号:US20090021210A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-22

    申请号:US12081613

    申请日:2008-04-18

    摘要: An illuminated sign, internally illuminated by a source such as one or more LED'S generally located at one end, and having a character panel with at least partially transmissive portions to define the characters of the sign. The character panel is curved so as to face the source more squarely at distances further from the source. By this arrangement, the geometric fall-off of illumination with increasing distance from the source is compensated for by the curvature of the character panel, such that more uniform illumination is provided than with prior art flat panels. Power management systems for solar charged illuminated signs are also described, in which the illumination level of the sign is adjusted according to the ambient solar flux and according to the charge-holding capacity of the battery. The system also warns of the impending end of battery life without interrupting the sign functionality.

    摘要翻译: 由诸如通常位于一端的一个或多个LED的源内部照明的照明标志,并且具有至少部分透射部分的字符面板以限定符号的字符。 字符面板是弯曲的,以便在更远离源的距离处更平直地面对源。 通过这种布置,通过字符面板的曲率来补偿距离源的距离增加的照明的几何脱落,使得提供比现有技术的平板更均匀的照明。 还描述了用于太阳能充电照明标志的电源管理系统,其中根据环境太阳能通量并根据电池的充电容量调节符号的照明水平。 该系统还警告即将结束电池寿命,而不会中断符号功能。

    Metal-air battery-powered electric vehicle
    8.
    发明授权
    Metal-air battery-powered electric vehicle 失效
    金属空气电池动力电动汽车

    公开(公告)号:US5515939A

    公开(公告)日:1996-05-14

    申请号:US350548

    申请日:1994-12-07

    IPC分类号: B60L3/00 B60K28/00

    摘要: The invention provides a metal-air battery-powered electric vehicle of the type having a motor powered by a plurality of metal-air cells wherein air is continuously provided to the cells by a blower system energized from a power source, in combination with a collision-activated switch for disconnecting the air blower system from the power source, wherein upon activation of the switch the air in the cell is immediately depleted and the battery is rendered substantially inert in less than 5 seconds.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种金属空气电池供电的电动车辆,其具有由多个金属空气电池供电的电动机,其中空气通过从电源通电的鼓风机系统连续地提供给电池,结合碰撞 用于将鼓风机系统与电源断开连接的开关,其中在开关激活时,电池中的空气立即耗尽,并且电池在不到5秒钟内基本上呈惰性。

    Cooled zinc-oxygen battery
    9.
    发明授权
    Cooled zinc-oxygen battery 失效
    冷却的锌氧电池

    公开(公告)号:US5487955A

    公开(公告)日:1996-01-30

    申请号:US387277

    申请日:1995-02-13

    IPC分类号: H01M4/02 H01M10/50 H01M12/06

    摘要: The invention provides a multi-cell, sealed, cooled, zinc-oxygen battery, comprising a container containing a plurality of bi-cells, each cell having a housing provided with two major surfaces and accommodating a pair of oppositely-disposed, spaced-apart, air-permeable, liquid-impermeable cathodes in the form of oxygen-reduction electrodes, and defining between themselves a cavity configured to accommodate an anode of the battery and electrolyte, substantial portions of the major surfaces of the housing being removed, thus exposing major portions of the oxygen-reduction electrodes, and wherein two major surfaces are partly recessed in such a way as to form, in conjunction with a similarly-recessed outer surface of a major wall of an adjacent cell housing, an inter-cathode gas space between adjacent cells with a plurality of oxygen access openings leading thereto; an anode positioned within the cavity and comprising an active zinc anode component compacted into a rigid static bed of active anode material of tight interparticulate structure, the anode being provided with at least one internal fluid-carrying passage with inlet and outlet means, for circulating cooling fluid therethrough; a dead space volume between inner surfaces of the housing and the plurality of bi-cells; and pressurized oxygen supply means for feeding oxygen to the dead space volume, for consumption in the inter-cathode gas spaces.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种多单元,密封,冷却的锌氧电池,其包括容纳多个双电池的容器,每个电池单元具有设置有两个主表面并容纳一对相对布置的间隔开的壳体 以氧还原电极形式的透气的不透液体阴极,并且在它们之间限定构造成容纳电池和电解质的阳极的空腔,外壳的主要表面的大部分被去除,从而暴露主要 氧还原电极的一部分,并且其中两个主表面部分地凹入,以便与相邻电池壳体的主壁的类似凹陷的外表面一起形成阴极间气体空间 相邻的电池具有通向其的多个氧气进入开口; 阳极位于空腔内并且包括活性锌阳极组件,该活性锌阳极组件压实成紧密的颗粒间结构的活性阳极材料的刚性静态床,阳极设置有至少一个具有入口和出口装置的内部流体输送通道,用于循环冷却 流体通过; 所述壳体的内表面与所述多个双电池之间的死空间体积; 以及用于将氧气供给死空间体积的加压供氧装置,用于在阴极间气体空间中消耗。

    Internally illuminated sign
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20060265921A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-30

    申请号:US11374833

    申请日:2006-03-14

    IPC分类号: G09F13/06

    摘要: An illuminated sign, internally illuminated by a source such as one or more LED'S generally located at one end, and having a character panel with at least partially transmissive portions to define the characters of the sign. The character panel is curved so as to face the source more squarely at distances further from the source. By this arrangement, the geometric fall-off of illumination with increasing distance from the source is compensated for by the curvature of the character panel, such that more uniform illumination is provided than with prior art flat panels. Power management systems for solar charged illuminated signs are also described, in which the illumination level of the sign is adjusted according to the ambient solar flux and according to the charge-holding capacity of the battery. The system also warns of the impending end of battery life without interrupting the sign functionality.