Patents Represented by Law Firm Beverige, DeGrandi, Kline & Lunsford
  • Current collector for electrochemical cells and method of making
    Patent number: 4212933
    Abstract: A cathode current collector for a sodium sulphur cell is formed of a metal substrate, for example of a nickel alloy such as Inconel 600, which is provided with a firmly adherent coating of carbon which is produced by decomposition of a carbon-containing gas in a glow discharge with the substrate heated to a temperature of 200.degree. C. to 1000.degree. C. in an electric field, conveniently a radio frequency field employed for inductively heating the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: Chloride Silent Power Limited
    Inventors: Trevor L. Markin, Roger J. Bones, Keith R. Linger, Peter J. Bindin, Michael P. J. Brennan, Geoffrey J. May