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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:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerry Zucker, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
Daramic, Inc., , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429142 ; 429250 ; 429254 ;
Abstract
A recombinant battery separator pad is made from a mat of meltblown ultrafine polymer fibers, with the fibers being treated with an agent to render them permanently wettable. The fibers include at least ten percent of less than one micron, with the majority less than five microns. The mat has a liquid porosity of at least 90% and a surface area of at least 1.0 m.sup.2 /g.