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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. 22, 2001
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander Kaplan, Providence, RI (US);
Sean A. Sargeant, Westford, MA (US);
Viet H. Vu, Medway, MA (US);
Douglas Woodnorth, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/00 ; H01M 2/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/00 ; H01M 2/26 ;
Abstract
A battery includes a housing, a first electrode, a second electrode having a plurality of cavities within the first electrode, a separator between each cavity and the first electrode, a seal positioned above the first electrode and the cavity, and a current collector. The current collector includes a member passing through the seal, a prong extending into each cavity, and a branch member connecting each prong to the member beneath the seal.