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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. 29, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael F. Cahill, Mentor, OH (US);
Greg S. Shaw, University Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Stork, N.V., , NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/12 ; H01M 6/46 ; H01M 6/04 ; H01M 4/64 ; H01M 4/80 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/12 ; H01M 6/46 ; H01M 6/04 ; H01M 4/64 ; H01M 4/80 ;
Abstract
A metal foam support, plus an electrode comprising same, as well as methods of making both, are disclosed, in which there is provided for both the support and the electrode a metal foam member with at least one stacked edge. The stacked edge has a plurality of layers to which a metal connection tab member can be secured. Such an electrode can serve as a negative electrode for a secondary battery.