Patents by Inventor Heinrich J. Hess

Heinrich J. Hess 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).

  • Battery casing and sealed primary sodium-halogen battery
    Patent number: 3959020
    Abstract: A battery casing and a sealed primary sodium-halogen battery are disclosed wherein the casing includes an open ended inner casing of a solid sodium ion-conductive material, an electronic conductor within the interior of the inner casing, an outer metallic casing including an opening therein and a cover with a central opening therein surrounding the inner casing, fill tubes associated with the respective openings, and a glass sealing the outer casing to the inner casing. A sealed primary sodium-halogen battery has the above type of casing with a sodium anode in one casing and a cathode of a halogen in conductive material in the other casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fritz G. Will, Heinrich J. Hess