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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Hollingsworth & Vose Company, East Walpole, MA (US);

Inventors:

Akshay Ashirgade, Northborough, MA (US);

Zhiping Jiang, Westford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Hollingsworth & Vose Company, East Walpole, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/16 (2006.01); H01M 2/18 (2006.01); H01M 10/06 (2006.01); H01M 10/12 (2006.01); H01M 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/1613 (2013.01); H01M 2/1686 (2013.01); H01M 2/18 (2013.01); H01M 10/06 (2013.01); H01M 2/145 (2013.01); H01M 2/166 (2013.01); H01M 2/1646 (2013.01); H01M 10/12 (2013.01); Y02E 60/126 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a battery separator, comprising two fiber regions comprising glass fibers, and a middle fiber region disposed between them comprising larger average diameter fibers and specified amounts of silica, or fine fibers, or both; and processes for making the separator. Also disclosed is a battery separator, comprising a fiber region and either one or two silica-containing region(s) adjacent thereto, each of the regions containing a specified amount of silica; and processes for making the separator. Such separators are useful, e.g., in lead-acid batteries.


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