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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:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Boyko Aladjov, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Srinivasan Venkatesan, Southfield, MI (US);
Subhash K. Dhar, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Thomas Hopper, Clarkston, MI (US);
Kevin Fok, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ovonic Battery Company, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ;
Abstract
A method of activating a hydrogen storage alloy electrode. The method comprises the step of applying current cycles to the electrode where each current cycle includes a forward pulse effective to at least partially charge the electrode and a reverse pulse effective to at least partially discharge the electrode.