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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. 24, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M. Spillman, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Esther S. Takeuchi, East Amherst, NY (US);
Assignee:
Wilson Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/58 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/58 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to providing a lithium carbonate passivation layer on lithium through exposure of the active material to gaseous carbon dioxide prior to cell assembly. This results in an electrochemical cell which possesses improved safety and voltage delay characteristics in comparison to prior art cells comprising unexposed lithium. The preferred cell is of a lithium oxyhalide chemistry.