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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:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry L. Kinn, Franklin, MA (US);
Ashish Mathur, Wilmington, DE (US);
Gregory Neil Henning, Charlotte, NC (US);
Timothy L. Ritter, Selinsgrove, PA (US);
Assignee:
Ahlstrom Mount Holly Springs, LLC, Mount Holly Springs, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/16 ;
Abstract
A battery separator material comprising a nonwoven web of a wettable fiber matrix, wherein the wettable fiber matrix are thermoplastic polymeric fibers blended with at least one. hydrophilic melt additive. In alternate embodiments, the nonwoven web further includes binder fibers which may be wettable or non-wettable or combinations of both.