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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1994
Eric Khasin, Rishon LeZion, IL;
Jonathan Goldstein, Jerusalem, IL;
Neal Naimer, Jerusalem, IL;
Binyamin Koretz, Efrat, IL;
Electric Fuel (E.F.L.) Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Abstract
The invention provides a water-activated, deferred-action battery having a housing containing at least one cell, comprising at least one anode selected from the group consisting of magnesium, aluminum, zinc and alloys thereof; a cathode comprising a skeletal frame including conductive metal and having a portion of its surface area formed as open spaces, and further comprising a heat-pressed, rigid static bed of active cathode material encompassing the skeletal frame, the cathode material being formed of cuprous chloride, sulfur, carbon and a water-ionizable salt and being compacted and fused under pressure and heat to itself and to the skeletal frame, to form a heat-fused, conductive, electrochemically active phase; at least one cavity separating the cathode and the at least one anode, and at least one aperture leading to the at least one cavity for the ingress of an electrolyte-forming, aqueous liquid.