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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wlodek T. Krawiec, Woburn, MA (US);
Denis G. Fauteux, Acton, MA (US);
Martin Van Buren, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/62 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/62 ;
Abstract
An electrode for use in an electrochemical cell comprising a current collecting substrate, an electrode active material cluster having at least one particle wherein the particle includes at least one inclusion, an elastomer binder surrounding at least a portion of the at least one particle, and means associated with the elastomer binder for precluding mechanical degradation of the electrode active material cluster and, in turn, loss of electrical continuity between the at least one particle therein.