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James Sudworth, Bretby GB
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20140132221 | COMPOSITION, ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, AND RELATED PROCESS - A positive electrode composition is provided. The positive electrode composition includes at least one electroactive metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, niobium, molybdenum, nickel, iron, cobalt, chromium, manganese, silver, antimony, cadmium, tin, lead, copper, zinc, and combination thereof, an alkali metal halide, and aluminum, present in an amount of at least 0.5 weight percent, based on the weight of the positive electrode composition. Optionally, an amount of sodium iodide of up to about 1.0 weight percent, based on the weight of the sodium halide in the positive electrode composition, is included. The composition may be included in a positive electrode with a molten electrolyte salt comprising the reaction product of an alkali metal halide and an aluminum halide. An energy storage device including the composition is provided, as well as a method of operating the device. | 05-15-2014 |
James Sudworth, Burton Upon Trent GB
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20130169234 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - A system and method of use including a controller responsive to a deviation in absolute value or relative slope and operable to terminate a discharge operation in an energy storage device is provided. The absolute value or relative slope is determined at sampling frequency based upon a combination of measured operating parameters, for example, potential and current. Any deviation in the absolute value or relative slope indicates that a threshold limit in the available energy of the system has been reached, for example when active materials in the device are at a point of depletion, indicating a need to cease the discharge operation. The system and method operate on a real-time basis, providing instantaneous SOH information with regard to the device. | 07-04-2013 |
James Sudworth, Staffordshire GB
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20100068610 | CATHODE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - The invention provides a cathode for an electrochemical cell comprising: a first particulate material having particles comprising a mixture of at least one alkali metal halide and at least one metal; and a second particulate material comprising at least one alkali metal halide, wherein the second particulate material has a particle size smaller than that of the first particulate material. | 03-18-2010 |
20130171487 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND METHOD - A method of assembling a rechargeable battery is disclosed. The method includes inserting rechargeable energy storage cells into a battery housing, the battery housing having a base portion, a side portion extending from the base portion, and an aperture defined by the side portion, wherein the rechargeable energy storage cells are inserted into the battery housing through the aperture; installing an insulator on the rechargeable energy storage cells; and securing a housing cover to the battery housing such that the insulator and the rechargeable energy storage cells are maintained in compression between the housing cover and the housing base portion. Also disclosed is a rechargeable battery including a battery housing, a housing cover, a plurality of rechargeable energy storage cells disposed within the battery housing, and an insulator disposed between the rechargeable energy storage cells and the housing cover and maintained in compression. | 07-04-2013 |
James Lowe Sudworth, Burton On Trent GB
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20110206984 | PRESEALED ANODE TUBE - A pre-sealed anode tube assembly for a sodium-metal-halide energy storage device includes an anode tube and a feed-through current collector assembly at least partially sealed within the anode tube. The pre-sealed anode tube assembly can be independently transported prior to being integrated with a desired sodium-metal-halide energy storage device. | 08-25-2011 |
James Lowe Sudworth, Burton Upon Trent GB
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20120040230 | RECHARGEABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RECHARGEABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - An electrochemical cell includes an outer casing defining at least a portion of an anode electrode chamber, an ionically conducting separator disposed within the outer casing, an inner surface of the separator defining a cathode electrode chamber, a cathode electrode disposed within the cathode chamber, a conductive current collecting body coupled with the cathode electrode, an alkali metal-containing electrolyte disposed in the cathode electrode chamber, and a sealing body coupled with the outer casing and sealing the anode electrode chamber from an external atmosphere disposed outside of the outer casing. The electrolyte supplies alkali metal through the separator to the anode electrode chamber in response to an electric charge applied to the conductive current collecting body. A first content of a gas component in the anode electrode chamber is in the anode electrode chamber in an amount that is less than an amount of a second content of the gas component in ambient air. | 02-16-2012 |
20130143110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCLOSING AN ENERGY STORAGE CELL - A terminal apparatus for an energy storage cell is presently disclosed. The terminal apparatus includes a terminal body with a peripheral edge extending substantially around a perimeter of the terminal body such that the terminal body is configured to be secured to a cell housing to retain an electrochemical cell in the cell housing, a terminal connector extending from the peripheral edge forming a first terminal for an energy storage cell, a sealable vacuum port extending through the terminal body, and an aperture in the terminal body configured to receive a second terminal of the energy storage cell. A method of manufacturing an energy storage cell is also disclosed. | 06-06-2013 |
20130309544 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS, AND RELATED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES - An electrochemical cell is presented. The cell includes a housing having an interior surface defining a volume, and an elongated, ion-conducting separator disposed in the volume. The separator usually extends in a vertical direction relative to a base of the housing, so as to define a height dimension of the cell. The separator has a first circumferential surface defining a portion of a first compartment. The cell further includes a shim structure disposed generally parallel to the first circumferential surface of the separator between the interior surface and the first circumferential surface of the separator. The structure includes at least two shims, a first shim and a second shim, that substantially overlap each other. An energy storage device including such an electrochemical cell is also provided. | 11-21-2013 |
James Lowe Sudworth, Derbyshire GB
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20130004828 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS, AND RELATED DEVICES - An electrochemical cell is presented. The cell includes a housing having an interior surface defining a volume, and an elongated, ion-conducting separator disposed in the volume. The separator usually extends in a vertical direction relative to a base of the housing, so as to define a height dimension of the cell. The separator has a first circumferential surface defining a portion of a first compartment. The cell further includes a shim structure disposed between the interior surface and the first circumferential surface of the separator. The structure includes at least two shims. Each shim has a circumferential surface generally parallel to the other, and generally parallel to the first circumferential surface of the separator. An energy storage device including such an electrochemical cell is also provided. | 01-03-2013 |
Jan Caspar Sudworth, Fitzroy North AU
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20130270289 | TISSUE PAPER SYSTEMS - A container for containing a stack of interfolded tissue paper sheets, wherein the container includes a dispensing opening and lips so that a sheet passes through the dispensing opening when being withdrawn from the stack and dispensed from the sheet, wherein the lips are in an overlapping state in a direction of withdrawal of the sheets, wherein the lips are configured to be opened into a less overlapping or non-overlapping state by the sheet as the sheet moves therethrough and are configured to return to the overlapping state after withdrawal of the sheet. | 10-17-2013 |
20130292402 | TISSUE PAPER SYSTEMS - A system including a dry absorbent tissue paper sheet dispenser having a dispensing opening through which dry tissue paper sheets can be withdrawn and a moist sheet dispenser having a dispensing opening through which moist sheets can be withdrawn, wherein one of the dry tissue paper dispenser and the moist sheet dispenser is configured to sit atop the other so that the dispensing openings face in opposing directions in a combined configuration, and wherein the dry and moist sheet dispensers have cooperating interfacing surfaces when they are in the combined configuration that resist movement of the moist sheet dispenser with respect to the dry tissue paper dispenser in a first direction perpendicular to a sheet withdrawal direction of the dry tissue paper dispenser and the moist dispenser. | 11-07-2013 |
Jan Caspar Sudworth, Melbourne AU
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20130313279 | TISSUE PAPER SYSTEMS - A package including a stack of tissue paper sheets, wherein the package includes at least one line of weakness that has an unbroken configuration and a broken configuration and wherein the package is configured to be able to be flexed to pull apart the line of weakness when the line of weakness is in the broken configuration to open the package to allow a tissue paper sheet in the stack to be withdrawn through the open package. | 11-28-2013 |
Paul Sudworth, Staffordshire GB
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20130171487 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND METHOD - A method of assembling a rechargeable battery is disclosed. The method includes inserting rechargeable energy storage cells into a battery housing, the battery housing having a base portion, a side portion extending from the base portion, and an aperture defined by the side portion, wherein the rechargeable energy storage cells are inserted into the battery housing through the aperture; installing an insulator on the rechargeable energy storage cells; and securing a housing cover to the battery housing such that the insulator and the rechargeable energy storage cells are maintained in compression between the housing cover and the housing base portion. Also disclosed is a rechargeable battery including a battery housing, a housing cover, a plurality of rechargeable energy storage cells disposed within the battery housing, and an insulator disposed between the rechargeable energy storage cells and the housing cover and maintained in compression. | 07-04-2013 |
Paul Sudworth, Burton Upon Trent GB
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20130068755 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A thermal management device is presently disclosed. The thermal management device includes an insulator with a maximum use temperature of at least 200 degrees Celsius, and a heating element having at least one heater leg, where the heater leg contacts the insulator and is configured to supply thermal energy. The heating element also has lead wires configured to provide a parallel electrical connection between the heater leg and a current source. | 03-21-2013 |
20130071716 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A thermal management device is presently disclosed. The device includes a plurality of insulator panels with a maximum use temperature of at least 500 degrees Celsius, and a heating element having at least two heater legs electrically connected in parallel, each heater leg contacting at least one of the insulator panels, and lead wires configured to provide a parallel electrical connection between the heater legs and a current source. Also disclosed is a thermal management device having an insulator and a heating element, where each of the electrically parallel heater legs is configured to provide substantially uniform heat flux over at least one surface of the device. Also disclosed is an energy storage device that includes a plurality of energy storage cells, and a thermal management device configured to supply thermal energy to the cells. | 03-21-2013 |
Paul Sudworth, Ashby De La Zouch Leics GB
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20130143110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCLOSING AN ENERGY STORAGE CELL - A terminal apparatus for an energy storage cell is presently disclosed. The terminal apparatus includes a terminal body with a peripheral edge extending substantially around a perimeter of the terminal body such that the terminal body is configured to be secured to a cell housing to retain an electrochemical cell in the cell housing, a terminal connector extending from the peripheral edge forming a first terminal for an energy storage cell, a sealable vacuum port extending through the terminal body, and an aperture in the terminal body configured to receive a second terminal of the energy storage cell. A method of manufacturing an energy storage cell is also disclosed. | 06-06-2013 |
Paul Sudworth, Ashby De La Zouch GB
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20130052491 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-CELL ARRAY - A thermal management system for an energy storage system that controls the temperature of an array of electrochemical cells of the energy storage system. Fluid channels or pathways are provided around outer side regions of an array of electrochemical cells. Fluid flow is directed along one pathway to a next subsequent pathway, absorbing thermal energy generated by the array of electrochemical cells along the way. The fluid flow is eventually discharged from the energy storage system by the thermal management system, thereby removing thermal energy from the energy storage system. | 02-28-2013 |