Abstract: A charger that charges at least one first battery from at least one second battery, with the first battery to be charged and the second charging battery arranged in a charger, and with the capacity of the first battery to be charged being substantially less than that of the second charging battery and wherein the charger is in the form of a thin substantially cylindrical pen.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 2, 2006
Publication date:
December 24, 2009
Applicant:
Varta Microbattery GmbH, A corporation of Germany, Am Leineufer 51
Inventors:
Herbert Schein, Bernd Behnle, Eduard Pytlik, Dejan Ilic
Abstract: A galvanic element with an alkaline electrolyte and a zinc negative electrode, in a housing in the form of a button cell, where at least the outer surface of the cell's cap is coated with a Cu—Sn-alloy containing no nickel or with a Cu—Sn—Zn-alloy containing no nickel. The alloy contains about 20% to about 90% Cu, preferably about 50% to about 60% Cu, with the remainder being Sn, or about 50% to about 60% Cu and about 25% to about 35% Sn, with the remainder being Zn.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 26, 2003
Publication date:
November 13, 2003
Applicant:
VARTA Microbattery GmbH, a corporation of Germany, Am Leineufer 51,30419 Hannover, Germany
Inventors:
Eugen Braunger, Konrad Holl, Bernd Kreidler, Dejan Ilic