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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4292182 ; 420900 ;
Abstract
A hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode having on a conductive support a layer which contains as a main component a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder capable of absorbing and releasing hydrogen electrochemically and is covered with a fluorine-containing water repellent layer on the surface side; with the fluorine-containing water repellent layer being a layer formed by coating and curing a water repellent agent comprising (A) a straight-chain perfluorinated compound having at least two secondary amino groups per molecule and a divalent perfluoroalkylene or perfluoropolyether structure in the main chain and (B) a fluorine-containing epoxy compound having at least three epoxy groups per molecule.