Patents by Inventor Fatima Birke-Salam

Fatima Birke-Salam has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7141333
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrochemical element having at least one lithium-intercollating electrode and an organic electrolyte, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode and at least one separator are joined together to form an element, with the separator being a porous matrix composed of at least about 60% by weight of a ceramic material A, which contains lithium ions, and a polymer as a binding agent. The resulting element is then introduced into a housing and impregnated with a liquid organic electrolyte B, whose conductive salt contains lithium ions, so that the ionic total conductivity of the separator is formed by adding the ion conductivities of A and B and the reciprocal of the specific contact resistance of the phase boundary between A and B, and is then closed such that it is sealed. A copolymer composed of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene is used as the binder polymer. Material A is a naturally occurring mineral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Varta Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Birke, Fatima Birke-Salam, Thomas Woehrle, Peter Haug, Konrad Holl, Heinrich Stelzig, Dejan Ilic
  • Patent number: 7073723
    Abstract: A thin electronic chip card with an IC chip and a galvanic element as an energy store, which has at least one lithium-intercalating electrode and has a thin, flexible housing comprising two metal foils, which bear directly against the electrodes and are connected to each other in a sealed manner with an adhesive or sealing layer, the element is arranged in a recess in the chip card and the chip card and the element are covered on both sides by an overlay plastic film, which is firmly bonded to the chip card and the element with an elastic stress-compensating adhesive, which adheres simultaneously on metals and plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Varta Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Fürst, Michael Moser, Heinrich Stelzig, Claudia Rathmann, Fatima Birke-Salam, Dejan Ilic, Ulrich Bosch, Thomas Woehrle
  • Publication number: 20040182939
    Abstract: A thin electronic chip card with an IC chip and a galvanic element as an energy store, which has at least one lithium-intercalating electrode and has a thin, flexible housing comprising two metal foils, which bear directly against the electrodes and are connected to each other in a sealed manner with an adhesive or sealing layer, the element is arranged in a recess in the chip card and the chip card and the element are covered on both sides by an overlay plastic film, which is firmly bonded to the chip card and the element with an elastic stress-compensating adhesive, which adheres simultaneously on metals and plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: VARTA Microbattery GmbH, a corporation of Germany
    Inventors: Stefan Furst, Michael Moser, Heinrich Stelzig, Claudia Rathmann, Fatima Birke-Salam, Dejan Ilic, Ulrich Bosch, Thomas Woehrle
  • Patent number: 6780545
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing galvanic elements having a liquid organic electrolyte that contain an electrode-separator assembly that has at least one lithium intercalating electrode in whose polymer matrix insoluble, electrochemically active materials are finely distributed in the polymer involved, the electrolyte contains about 2% to about 15% by weight of a hydrocarbon-oxygen compound (carbonate) that has a central carbon atom, to which one oxygen atom is doubly bonded and two oxygen are singly bonded, where the singly bonded oxygen is not saturated by any other atoms or groups and a hydrocarbon chain having a length of four carbon atoms or less is bonded to each of those singly bonded oxygen atoms and these two chains differ by at least one, but no more than three, CH2 groups, and this electrode-separator assembly is initially impregnated with this electrolyte, then cut to size, and subsequently inserted into a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Varta Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: Fatima Birke-Salam, Peter Birke, Konrad Holl, Heinrich Stelzig, Dejan Illic
  • Publication number: 20030232244
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrochemical element having at least one lithium-intercollating electrode and an organic electrolyte, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode and at least one separator are joined together to form an element, with the separator being a porous matrix composed of at least about 60% by weight of a ceramic material A, which contains lithium ions, and a polymer as a binding agent. The resulting element is then introduced into a housing and impregnated with a liquid organic electrolyte B, whose conductive salt contains lithium ions, so that the ionic total conductivity of the separator is formed by adding the ion conductivities of A and B and the reciprocal of the specific contact resistance of the phase boundary between A and B, and is then closed such that it is sealed. A copolymer composed of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene is used as the binder polymer. Material A is a naturally occurring mineral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: VARTA Microbattery GmbH, a corporation of Germany
    Inventors: Peter Birke, Fatima Birke-Salam, Thomas Woehrle, Peter Haug, Konrad Holl, Heinrich Stelzig, Dejan Ilic
  • Publication number: 20030232241
    Abstract: An electrochemical element has at least one lithium-intercalating electrode and a thin flexible housing composed of two metal sheets, which rest directly on the electrodes and are connected to one another in a sealing manner via an adhesive or sealing layer. At least one of the metal sheets is provided on the outside with a plastic layer, which increases the robustness and strength. An adhesion layer is arranged between the metal sheet and the plastic layer. The metal sheet is composed, for example, of copper. The plastic layer is composed, for example, of polyimide. The adhesion layer is based, for example, on rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: VARTA Microbattery GmbH, a corporation of Germany
    Inventors: Thomas Woehrle, Peter Birke, Fatima Birke-Salam, Claudia Rathmann, Stefan Fuerst, Heinrich Stelzig, Dejan Ilic
  • Publication number: 20030118894
    Abstract: A thin, flat and flexible galvanic element, its metallic housing including a foil fabricated from a copper material having a copper content of at least about 95% by weight and a light-metal alloying additive, where the copper and alloying light metal differ in atomic number by at least 15, but no more than 26, and have melting points that differ by at least about 400° C., but no more than about 950° C., the alloying metal is monovalent to trivalent in compounds and modifies the face-centered cubic hard-sphere packing of the copper during alloying such that its mass density of about 8.94 g/cm3 is altered by at least about 0.03 g/cm3, and the foil has an adhesive coating on its side facing the interior of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: VARTA Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: Fatima Birke-Salam, Thomas Wohrle, Peter Birke, Konrad Holl, Stefan Furst, Heinrich Stelzig, Dejan IIic
  • Publication number: 20030113637
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing galvanic elements having a liquid organic electrolyte that contain an electrode-separator assembly that has at least one lithium intercalating electrode in whose polymer matrix insoluble, electrochemically active materials are finely distributed in the polymer involved, the electrolyte contains about 2% to about 15% by weight of a hydrocarbon-oxygen compound (carbonate) that has a central carbon atom, to which one oxygen atom is doubly bonded and two oxygen are singly bonded, where the singly bonded oxygen is not saturated by any other atoms or groups and a hydrocarbon chain having a length of four carbon atoms or less is bonded to each of those singly bonded oxygen atoms and these two chains differ by at least one, but no more than three, CH2 groups, and this electrode-separator assembly is initially impregnated with this electrolyte, then cut to size, and subsequently inserted into a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Varta Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: Fatima Birke-Salam, Peter Birke, Konrad Holl, Heinrich Stelzig, Dejan Illic
  • Publication number: 20030072999
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing electrode-separator assemblies for galvanic elements includes hot-lamination at temperatures close to the melting point or softening point of at least a portion of the surface of an electrode or separator to a separator or electrode, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Varta Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Birke, Fatima Birke-Salam, Konrad Holl, Peter Haug, Heinrich Stelzig, Dejan Ilic
  • Publication number: 20020177037
    Abstract: A method for producing a separator/electrode assembly for electrochemical elements which contain at least one lithium-intercalating electrode finely dispersing insoluble active materials in a polymer matrix to form a paste; directly applying the paste to a porous separator material or to a layer composed of solid ion conductors; and drying the paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: Microbatterie GmbH
    Inventors: Fatima Birke-Salam, Alfons Joas, Peter Birke, Heinrich Stelzig, Konrad Holl, Dejan Ilic