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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
David L Chua, Horsham, PA (US);
William C Merz, Aldan, PA (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429101 ; 429194 ; 429199 ;
Abstract
An electrochemical cell having substantially longer storage life comprising a lithium anode, a thionyl chloride depolarizer and solvent, a lithium aluminum chloride electrolyte salt and a quantity of sulfur dioxide admixed in the solvent in an amount sufficient to regulate the growth of lithium chloride crystals formed on the lithium anode. This amount of sulfur dioxide is preferrably sufficient to cause the ratio of moles of lithium aluminum chloride to moles of sulfur dioxide to range from 0.9 to 1.5. A most preferred range is from 1.0 to 1.2.