Patents by Inventor Kenneth S. Rumsey

Kenneth S. Rumsey 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for pasting battery current collectors
    Patent number: 5385587
    Abstract: An apparatus for pasting a battery collector assembly having a current collector and enlarged members having a top surface and a bottom surface and a thickness greater than the current collector is provided. The current collector has at least one predetermined area into which paste is to be filled. The apparatus comprises a paste-dispensing nozzle having an orifice located in a dispensing end of the nozzle. The nozzle is mounted to dispense paste in at least one paste area of the collector assembly. The nozzle dispensing end is adapted to size a first level of paste dispensed in the paste area on one side of the current collector, and a surface is provided opposite the dispensing end of the nozzle which is adapted to size a second level of paste dispensed in the paste area on the other side of the current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: GNB Battery Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Lund, Donald W. Groff, James J. Bonk, Kenneth S. Rumsey