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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2018
Zaf Energy Systems, Incorporated, Bozeman, MT (US);
Adam Weisenstein, Bozeman, MT (US);
Allen Charkey, Winter Haven, FL (US);
Melissa D. McIntyre, Butte, MT (US);
Blaine D. Latimer, Bozeman, MT (US);
Benjamin J. Washburn, Bozeman, MT (US);
ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated, Bozeman, MT (US);
Abstract
A battery cell includes an electrode assembly having a negative electrode, positive electrode, and separator bathed in an alkaline electrolyte, a pouch encapsulating the electrode assembly, and first and second tabs respectively extending from the positive and negative electrodes through the pouch. The first tab has thereon a coating including acrylic paint and the second tab has thereon a coating including lacquer to discourage creepage of the alkaline electrolyte along the first and second tabs and out of the pouch.