Wafer alkaline cell
First Claim
1. In a wafer alkaline cell comprising a negative and a positive terminal, and a pair of opposing sides comprising at least the majority of the boundary surface of said cell, said opposing sides defining a short cell dimension there-between, said cell comprising an anode assembly and a cathode assembly secured together forming a laminate structure, said anode assembly comprising an anode material therein and said cathode assembly comprising a cathode material therein, wherein said anode assembly comprises a housing for said anode material, and said cathode assembly comprises a housing for said cathode material, said anode and cathode housings comprising an organic polymeric material, said anode and cathode housings being adhesively bonded together with a separator there-between to form a laminate structure, wherein said anode assembly further comprises an anode current collector sheet in electrical contact with the anode material, wherein said cathode assembly further comprises a cathode current collector sheet in electrical contact with the cathode material, the improvement comprising:
- a sheet of metal mesh having openings therethrough bonded to a side of said cathode current collector sheet, and wherein at least a portion of said cathode material is at least partially embedded within said mesh.
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Abstract
A wafer alkaline cell of a laminar structure is disclosed. The cell comprises an anode assembly and a cathode assembly bonded together to form a laminate structure. There may be one and desirably two anode frames securing an anode current collector sheet sandwiched therebetween. There may be a cathode frame bonded to the anode frames. There is an anode current collector sheet within the anode assembly. There is a cathode current collector sheet, optionally with an attached metal mesh embedded within the cathode assembly to assure good electrical contact with the cathode. Alternatively, a cathode endplate with spring action is employed which can move in response to changes of volume or pressure within the cathode, thereby maintaining good contact. The anode current collector may be precoated with a sealing metal forming an alkaline resistant metal oxide film to improve bonding to the frame. The cell is durable and preferably rigid and resists electrolyte leakage.
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68 Claims
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1. In a wafer alkaline cell comprising a negative and a positive terminal, and a pair of opposing sides comprising at least the majority of the boundary surface of said cell, said opposing sides defining a short cell dimension there-between, said cell comprising an anode assembly and a cathode assembly secured together forming a laminate structure, said anode assembly comprising an anode material therein and said cathode assembly comprising a cathode material therein,
wherein said anode assembly comprises a housing for said anode material, and said cathode assembly comprises a housing for said cathode material, said anode and cathode housings comprising an organic polymeric material, said anode and cathode housings being adhesively bonded together with a separator there-between to form a laminate structure, wherein said anode assembly further comprises an anode current collector sheet in electrical contact with the anode material, wherein said cathode assembly further comprises a cathode current collector sheet in electrical contact with the cathode material, the improvement comprising: a sheet of metal mesh having openings therethrough bonded to a side of said cathode current collector sheet, and wherein at least a portion of said cathode material is at least partially embedded within said mesh. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a wafer alkaline cell comprising a negative and a positive terminal, and a pair of opposing sides comprising at least the majority of the boundary surface of said cell, said opposing sides defining a short cell dimension there-between, said cell comprising an anode assembly and a cathode assembly secured together forming a laminate structure, said anode assembly, comprising an anode material therein and said cathode assembly comprising a cathode material therein,
wherein said anode assembly comprises a housing for said anode material, and said cathode assembly comprises a housing for said cathode material, said anode and cathode housings comprising an organic polymeric material, said anode and cathode housings being adhesively bonded together with a separator there-between to form a laminate structure, wherein said anode assembly further comprises an anode current collector sheet in electrical contact with the anode material, wherein said cathode assembly further comprises a cathode current collector sheet in electrical contact with the cathode material, the improvement comprising: said cathode current collector sheet having a plurality of pockmarks forming surface protrusions on at least one side of the cathode collector sheet, said pock marks imparting an overall spring action on said cathode current collector sheet enabling said current collector sheet to exert force on said cathode material during cell storage and discharge. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 60, 61)
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23. A wafer alkaline cell comprising a negative and a positive terminal, and a pair of opposing sides comprising at least the majority of the boundary surface of said cell, said opposing sides defining a short cell dimension there-between, said cell comprising an anode assembly and a cathode assembly secured together forming a laminate structure, said anode assembly comprising an anode material and said cathode assembly comprising a cathode material therein,
wherein said anode assembly comprises a housing for said anode material, and said cathode assembly comprises a housing for said cathode material, said anode and cathode assemblies being adhesively bonded together with a separator there-between to form a laminate structure, wherein said anode housing comprises a first and a second frame member bonded to each other forming a completed anode frame, said completed anode frame having a pair of opposing open ends and side walls therebetween defining the boundary of an anode cavity containing said anode material, wherein one of said open ends of said completed anode frame faces the external environment and the other of said open ends abuts the anode material, said completed frame having an inside surface facing the anode material, and opposing outside surface facing the external environment; - said anode assembly further comprising an anode current collector sheet comprising a body portion and surrounding integrally formed peripheral edge, wherein said anode current collector sheet is bonded along its peripheral edge by adhesive material to an inside surface of said completed anode frame, wherein the remaining body of said anode current collector faces and abuts anode material disposed in said anode cavity.
- View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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