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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Allen, Saugus, MA (US);
James R Giallombardo, Beverly, MA (US);
Assignee:
De Nora S.p.A., , IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 33 ; 429 29 ; 429 40 ; 429 46 ; 134-1 ; 134-12 ; 134-13 ; 427 38 ; 427 39 ; 20419214 ;
Abstract
The invention is to a dual beam process for providing an ion-conducting membrane with a thin metal or metal-oxide film. The process includes the cleaning of a membrane surface with a low energy electron beam followed by the deposition of the metal or metal-oxide film by a high energy electron beam of ions.