Patents by Inventor Jurgen Besenhard

Jurgen Besenhard 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).

  • Primary or secondary electrochemical cell
    Patent number: 3960594
    Abstract: A primary or secondary electrochemical cell having a negative electrode consisting of a light metal or an alloy predominantly consisting of a light metal (especially lithium), a nonaqueous aprotic preferably organic electrolyte, and a positive electrode which consists at least predominantly of a metal or metalloid which is capable of electrochemically forming an intermetallic compound with the light metal upon cathodic liberation thereof. The positive electrode may consist of, at least in major part, arsenic, antimony or other semimetal, metalloid or semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1973
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: Rheinisch-Westfalisches Elektrizitatswerk Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Peter Fritz, Jurgen Besenhard