Patents by Inventor William Maurer

William Maurer 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).

  • Use of hydrogen-absorbing electrode in alkaline battery
    Patent number: 3980501
    Abstract: Alkaline batteries are described in which a special electrode is incorporated in the positive electrode in order to give added protection against electrochemical damage due to battery reversal. This special electrode contains a hydrogen-absorbing material which also acts as a hydrogen electrode for the conversion of hydrogen ions into elemental hydrogen. Such alkaline batteries are particularly well protected against hydrogen overpressure due to battery reversal with only a small penalty in energy density. Particularly suitable for this application is the use of a hydrogen-absorbing material with nominal formula LnM.sub.5 in which Ln represents a lanthanide metal and M is either cobalt or nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: David Oscar Feder, Dean William Maurer