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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:
May. 30, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas J Weiss, Plymouth, MN (US);
Boone B Owens, Wrightsville Beach, NC (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429-7 ; 429190 ; 429194 ;
Abstract
An electrochemical device for production of electrical energy including a case, a primary Faradaic component in the case comprising an active metal anode and a cathode material, an electrochemical capacitor component in the case comprising first and second layers of conductive carbon separated by an electrolyte layer, and means for operatively combining the capacitor component and the primary Faradaic component to charge the capacitor component from the Faradaic component and to maintain the capacitor component in a charged state.