Owner General Electric Company

Inventors Tysoe, Steven Alfred; Iacovangelo, Charles Dominic; Sundararajan, Guruprasad; Vallance, Michael Alan; Seshadri, Hari Nadathur; Bogdan Jr., David Charles; Zappi, Guillermo Daniel; Gourishankar, Karthick Vilapakkam

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2007338533

PCT Pub. Number WO2008/079563

Priority 11/763,787 15.06.07 US; 11/769,752 28.06.07 US; 60/870,843 19.12.06 US

Filing date 20 November 2007

Wipo publication date 3 July 2008

Acceptance publication date 3 May 2012

H01M 2/10 (2006.01) Constructional details, or processes of manufacture, of the non-active parts - Mountings

H01M 2/16 (2006.01) Constructional details, or processes of manufacture, of the non-active parts - characterised by the material

H01M 2/18 (2006.01) Constructional details, or processes of manufacture, of the non-active parts

H01M 4/38 (2006.01) Electrodes - of elements or alloys

H01M 4/58 (2006.01) Electrodes - of inorganic compounds other than oxides or hydroxides, e.g. sulfides, selenides, tellurides, halogenides or LiCoFy

H01M 10/39 (2006.01) Secondary cells

H01M 10/42 (2006.01) Secondary cells - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells