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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:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
May. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanford R Ovshinsky, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Michael A Fetcenko, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Arthur Holland, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Kevin Dean, Waterford, MI (US);
Donn Fillmore, Waterford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ovonic Battery Company, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429101 ; 429120 ; 429 62 ;
Abstract
A sealed prismatic metal hydride battery greater than 10 Ah in size comprising a battery case of high thermal conductivity; and at least one bundle of metal hydride electrodes of high thermal conductivity in thermal contact with said battery case. Batteries according to the invention prevent the accumulation of heat that can damage nickel metal hydride batteries particularly during overcharge.