MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY HAVING CONTOURED ELECTRODE CONTACT SURFACES
First Claim
1. A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly, the method comprising:
- contouring the surface of at least one electrode contact;
depositing a protective coating on the contoured surface;
molding a carrier member about the array of electrode contacts, wherein the contoured surface of the at least one electrode contact is covered by a layer of the carrier member material; and
removing the protective coating and the layer of carrier member material on the surface of the at least one electrode contact.
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly. The method comprises: forming a comb having a plurality of electrode contacts, wherein the surface of at least one of the electrode contacts comprises a plurality of indentations such that the effective surface area per area unit of a center region of the at least one electrode contact is larger than the effective surface area per area unit of the of the region of the surface outside the center region; assembling an array of electrode contacts from the comb; molding a carrier member about the assembled array of electrode contacts, wherein a surface of the at least one electrode contact is covered by a layer of the carrier member material; and removing the layer of carrier member material on the surface of the at least one electrode contact.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly, the method comprising:
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contouring the surface of at least one electrode contact; depositing a protective coating on the contoured surface; molding a carrier member about the array of electrode contacts, wherein the contoured surface of the at least one electrode contact is covered by a layer of the carrier member material; and removing the protective coating and the layer of carrier member material on the surface of the at least one electrode contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for manufacturing an electrode assembly comprising:
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means for contouring the surface of at least one electrode contact; means for depositing a protective coating on the contoured surface; means for molding a carrier member about the array of electrode contacts, wherein the contoured surface of the at least one electrode contact is covered by a layer of the carrier member material; and means for removing the protective coating and the layer of carrier member material on the surface of the at least one electrode contact. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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