Lithium secondary battery
One object of the invention is to provide an improved lithium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode active material of high energy density, which can solve the above-mentioned problems. An... Read More
Inventors: Kamauchi, Masahiro; Soejima, Hiroshi; Kubota, Shuji; Sasaki, Kouzou;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd. (Amagasaki, JP) |
Rechargeable positive electrodes
In one aspect, the present invention provides a battery cell that may be characterized as including the following elements: (a) a negative electrode including a metal or an ion of the metal; (b) a sul... Read More
Inventors: Chu, May-Ying;, Assignee: PolyPlus Battery Company, Inc. (Berkeley, CA) |
Battery electrode and manufacturing method thereof
It is an object of the present invention to provide a battery electrode which permits sufficient connection to a current collecting plate to improve battery performance by avoiding the formation of op... Read More
Inventors: Kawamura, Hiroshi;, Assignee: Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, JP) |
Phase shifting mask and process for forming
The present invention provides a phase shifting photomask that can be used with steppers having different wave lengths of exposure light. The present invention also provides a method for designing suc... Read More
Inventors: Pierrat, Christophe; Rolfson, J. Brett;, Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) |
Non-sintered nickel electrode for an alkaline electrolyte secondary electrochemical cell
OF THE INVENTION Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent on reading the following description of embodiments of the invention which is given by way of illustrative... Read More
Inventors: Audry, Claudette; Baudry, Michelle; Bernard, Patrick; Jan, Olivier;, Assignee: Alcatel (Paris, FR) |
Non woven gel electrolyte for electrochemical cells
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT While the specification concludes with claims defining the features of the invention that are regarded as novel, it is believed that the invention will be better understoo... Read More
Inventors: Gies, Paul J.; Oliver, Manuel; Eschbach, Florence O.; Reichert, Veronica R.; Coalson, Christen E.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc., (Schaumburg, IL) |
Battery case with edge seal
A battery seal is disclosed whereby a cellulose-based separator or separators, placed between undulating matching edges of a mating case halves suitably made of thermoplastic resin and occupying, in d... Read More
Inventors: Cheiky, Michael; Robles, Glen;, Assignee: Zinc Matrix Power, Inc. (Santa Barbara, CA) |
Nonaqueous electrochemical cell and a method of manufacturing the same
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The preferred embodiments of the invention are described below, taking a thionyl chloride-lithium cell as an example and referring to the accompanying drawing. EXAMPLE 1 ... Read More
Inventors: Morigaki, Kenichi; Kobayashi, Shigeo; Fukuda, Hiroshi; Nishino, Shuichi; Mitamura, Tomokazu;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
OF THE INVENTION As discussed above, the anode of the present invention comprises a metal salt or a semi-metal salt of a specific acid or cyanogen. In the following description, salts of a divalent m... Read More
Inventors: Ito, Shuji; Murata, Toshihide; Bito, Yasuhiko; Toyoguchi, Yoshinori;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka-fu, JP) |
Positive electrode plate for nickel-hydrogen cell
It is therefore an object of the present invention to eliminate the aforementioned problems and to provide a positive electrode plate capable of having a lower ohmic resistance than those of conventio... Read More
Inventors: Suzuki, Hiroyuki; Ariga, Kyoichi; Nagai, Kunikazu;, Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo-To, JP); Sanoh Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Koga, JP) |
Method of manufacturing a patterned, colored surface on an object as well as an object manufactured by the method
The principal object of the invention is to provide a simplified method of two-color patterning of a surface having higher or elevated portions and lower or depressed portions, respectively, by one si... Read More
Inventors: Holmqvist, Olle;, Assignee: |
Magnetooptical recording medium and method of producing the same
An objective of the present invention is to provide a magnetooptical recording medium which has a magnetooptic effect suitable for ultraviolet radiation. Another objective of the invention is to provi... Read More
Inventors: Suzuki, Takao; Van Drent, William; Itoh, Yusuke;, Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, JP); Toyota School Foundation (Nagoya, JP) |
Voltage monitor and control circuit
Having described what is new and novel and desired to secure by Letters Patent, What is claimed is: 1. A voltage monitoring control circuit connected to a DC to DC power converter utilizing switching ... Read More
Inventors: Hutchinson, Homer F.;, Assignee: GTE Automatic Electric Laboratories Incorporated (Northlake, IL) |
DC-DC converter with surge voltage prevention
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above disadvantages of the prior art by providing an improved power source means in which the occurrence of surge voltages is prevented by... Read More
Inventors: Harada, Kosuke; Sakamoto, Hiroshi;, Assignee: Kyushu University (Fukuoka, JP) |
Synchronous rectification type converter
It is an object of the present invention to provide a synchronous rectifier circuit capable of efficiently utilizing a power supply. In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, ther... Read More
Inventors: Shinada, Yousuke;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (JP) |
Adhesive bonding of scatter coated metal objects
The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional methods, by preventing hydroxides or oxides from forming on the bonding interface, so that an unusually strong bond is at... Read More
Inventors: Maeda, Takao;, Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, JP) |
Circuit arrangement for supplying a load
It is an object of the invention to provide a circuit arrangement which with simple means ensures both a uniform energy supply of the load and a reliable suppression of interferences from the load to ... Read More
Inventors: Albach, Manfred; Raets, Hubert;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
High voltage start-up circuit and method therefor
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, it is an object of this invention to provide an improved high voltage start-up circuit for a switchmode power supply and method therefor. It... Read More
Inventors: Lei, Jimes;, Assignee: Supertex, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Power factor corrected electrical power converter
Broadly stated, the present invention encompasses a power factor corrected electrical power converter having a power factor correction circuit for converting an AC line voltage into an intermediate DC... Read More
Inventors: Cross, David A.;, Assignee: Astec International, Ltd. (Hong Kong, HK) |
Integral composite profile of cellular and non-cellular resins and a dual extrusion method for its manufacture
The subject matter claimed is: 1. An integral composite profile of a cellular thermoplastic resin and a non-cellular thermoplastic resin in which a first profile has a tongue and a second profile has ... Read More
Inventors: Hoffmann, Daniel J.;, Assignee: Gossen Corporation (Milwaukee, WI) |
Detection of DC content in an AC waveform
According to the present invention, the DC content of an AC waveform is determined by measuring and storing the instantaneous value of the AC waveform at a first point in a cycle. A second measurement... Read More
Inventors: Shuey, Kenneth C.; Doughman, Charles L.;, Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Apparatus for correcting DC component of output voltage in inverter
An object of the invention is to provide apparatus for correcting the DC component of the output voltage in an inverter, which can detect DC component in the inverter output voltage and automatically ... Read More
Inventors: Sashida, Nobuo; Yamamoto, Yushin;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
DC content control for an inverter
In accordance with the present invention, a control for an inverter controls DC content in the inverter output in a simple and effective manner. More particularly, a control for an inverter which deve... Read More
Inventors: Roe, Derrick I.; Rozman, Christopher J.; Recker, Bradley J.;, Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation (Rockford, IL) |
Switching power supply with foldback current limiting
What is claimed is: 1. In a switching power supply, apparatus comprising in combination: a transformer having a primary side comprising at least one primary winding and a secondary side comprising at ... Read More
Inventors: Barlage, Francis M.;, Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc. (Morris Township, Morris County, NJ) |
Computer-controlled synthetic waveform generator
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an energy conversion system according to the present invention. An electrical energy generator 10, which may comprise any of a number of conventional means for conver... Read More
Inventors: Gallemore, Elbert M.;, Assignee: |
Inverter for converting a direct voltage into an alternating voltage
It is an object of the invention to provide an inverter which, using minimum circuitry, is able to synthetize from direct voltages an alternating voltage with very fine staging. To this end, in an inv... Read More
Inventors: Schmid, Jurgen; Schatzle, Rainer;, Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e V. (Munich, DE) |
Power converter with current-type inverter
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a power converter comprising a current-type inverter permitting the reduction in the size of a DC reactor. Another object of the invent... Read More
Inventors: Inaba, Hiromi; Nakamura, Kiyoshi; Hokari, Sadao; Sakai, Yoshio; Outi, Naoyuki; Ando, Takeki; Fukuda, Satoshi;, Assignee: Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Hitachi Elevator Engineering and Service Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd. (Ibaraki, JP) |
DC-to-DC converters employing staggered-phase power switches with two-loop control
An object of this invention is to provide for N phase staggered power switches in a dc-to-dc converter with two-loop control using only two feedback loops, one to indicate the state of the power switc... Read More
Inventors: Fletcher, James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space; Wester, Gene W.;, Assignee: |
Regulated power supply having a series arrangement of inverters
What is claimed is: 1. In an A.C.-to-D.C. regulated power supply of the type utilizing inverters in its operation, the combination of the source of A.C. voltage; means for rectifying said A.C. voltage... Read More
Inventors: Perkins, Donald W.; Smith, Marvin W.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC) |
Inductor with centertap switching transistor for reduced radio frequency emissions
According to the teachings of the invention, there is taught a high power, flyback transformer based, power supply which provides a variable direct current (hereafter D.C.) output voltage which may be... Read More
Inventors: Petersen, Alan;, Assignee: Spectra Physics, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Fuel Cells 
