Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Ian W Clelland

Rick A Price

Paul Richard Jelonek

A double layer capacitor (DLC) containing at least one double layer capacitor cell is provided. Each double layer capacitor cell contains two current collectors, each containing a metallized carrier film with upper and lower planar surfaces, two thin electrode layers in direct contact with the lower and upper planar surfaces of the metallized carrier films of the first and second current collectors, and a polymer electrolyte layer in direct contact with the first and the second thin electrode layers. The polymer electrolyte is applied as a liquid which impregnates and encases the electrode layers and then solidified to form the electrolyte layer. The resulting DLC is preferably no thicker than about 20 microns, and may be as thin as 5 microns. Methods of producing a DLC and for forming a cross-linked electrolyte are also provided.

Double layer capacitor using polymer electrolyte in multilayer construction

A capacitor having opposed first and second metallic films separated by a dielectric. The first metallic film includes a first relatively narrow metal-free zone spaced from an edge thereof so as to form a first marginal metal film band at an edge which is spaced by the first metal-free zone from the remainder of the first metallic film. The first metallic film further includes a first metal-free margin lane arranged between the metal-free zone and an edge thereof to separate the first metallic film into first and second segments. The second metallic film includes a second relatively narrow metal-free zone spaced from an edge thereof so as to form a second marginal metal film band at an edge which is spaced by the second metal-free zone from the remainder of the second metallic film. The second metallic film further includes a second metal-free margin lane arranged between the second metal-free zone and an edge thereof to separate the second metallic film into third and fourth segments.

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Boonsboro, VA, United States of America

Ian W Clelland