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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeremy Barker, Henderson, NV (US);
Feng Gao, Henderson, NV (US);
Assignee:
Valence Technology, Inc., Henderson, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429342 ;
Abstract
An electrochemical cell comprising a first electrode; a counter-electrode which forms an electrochemical couple with the first electrode; and an electrolyte comprising a solvent and a solute. The solvent comprises a dialkyl carbonate of the formula R'OCOOR' where each of R' and R' represents an alkyl, and having at least one of R' and R' selected from the group consisting of non-linear, branched alkyls where R' and R' are preferably different from one another.