Abstract: An adhesive tape which can bond electronic parts at the environs of a lead frame, such as leads, diepads and radiant plate semiconductor chips, to each other and is superior in adhesiveness, thermal resistance and electrical properties. The adhesive tape is produced by coating on one side or both sides of a thermal resistant film an adhesive composition including an acryl resin, a mixed epoxy resin of a bisphenol A-type epoxy resin and a cresol novolak epoxy or a phenol novolak epoxy resin, a maleimide compound containing at least two intramolecular maleimide groups, an aromatic diamine compound, an epoxy-containing liquid silicon resin and an organic or inorganic filler and drying it.

Abstract: A polymer for imparting light resistance to fibers is prepared by radical polymerizing a monomer composition including a specific ultraviolet stabilizable monomer and/or ultraviolet absorptive monomer. A highly light resistant fiber includes the light resistance imparting polymer inside or on the surface of the fiber. The polymer can impart a satisfactory light resistance to fibers over a long time, and the fiber is highly resistant to light.

Abstract: A combination door stopper and mat is made with natural fibre twisted into fiber rods, and with pads and binding wire. The components are tied with binding wire to take the shape of a turtle having a shell and a belly, legs, head, tail and anti-skid pads or any other animal or inanimate object.

Abstract: A process of producing a vinyl chloride fiber with a small fineness having seven-tenth to half of the full luster surface and feel remarkably similar to human hair is provided. The process provides the vinyl chloride fiber comprising a vinyl chloride resin composition obtained by formulating (a) 1-35 parts by weight of ethylene-vinyl acetate resin, (b) 0.2-5.0 parts by weight of thermal stabilizer, and (c) 0.2-5.0 parts by weight of lubricant to 100 parts of a vinyl chloride mixture consisting of 100-60% by weight of a vinyl chloride resin and 0-40% by weight of chlorinated vinyl chloride resin. The process also provides the vinyl chloride fiber obtained by melt spinning the resin composition described above. The vinyl chloride fiber is useful for an artificial hair fiber for the decoration of hair or a doll's hair fiber such as a doll hair.

Abstract: A cationic dyeability modifier for incorporation into polyesters and polyamides to increase their affinity for basic dyes, said cationic dyeability modifier having the following formula: R1OOC—(CH2)n—CH(CH2CH2SO3X)—(CH2)m—COOR2 where n is an integer from 1 to 10, m is an integer from 1 to 10, X is an alkali metal selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium and potassium, and R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl groups having one to four carbon atoms is disclosed. Basic dyeable copolyesters and copolyamides containing the cationic dyeability modifier incorporated into the polymer chain of the copolymer are also disclosed. A process for preparing a basic dyeable copolyester by combining poly(alkylene terephthalate)-forming monomers or polyoxyalkylene glycol oligomers with the cationic dyeability modifier, and mixing and heating at a temperature sufficient to cause copolymerization to form a copolyester is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides load leveling and impact energy absorption webbing comprising warp yarn. If the webbing is used in seat belts, the webbing provides load leveling behavior from about 450 pounds (about 2,000 Newtons) to about 1,800 pounds (about 8,000 Newtons) in vehicle collision. The yarn has a force-displacement profile such that: (a) when the yarn is subjected to an initial barrier stress of from about 0.2 gram/denier to less than or equal to about 1.4 grams/denier, the yarn elongates to less than 3 percent and the initial modulus ranges from about 20 grams/denier to about 150 grams/denier; (b) upon subjecting the yarn to greater than the initial barrier stress and less than or equal to 1.8 grams/denier, the yarn elongates further to at least about 10 percent and the energy absorbed from 0 to the elongation at 1.8 grams/denier is at least about 0.0008 Joule/denier·meter; and (c) upon subjecting the yarn to greater than 1.

Abstract: Described are polymeric core/shell particles wherein the core comprises a ultraviolet absorber.

Abstract: A substrate is coated with a hydrophobic coating system including diamond-like carbon (DLC) and at least one fluoro-alkyl silane (FAS) compound. In certain embodiments, the coating system includes an FAS inclusive layer provided over at least one DLC inclusive layer in order to increase the initial contact angle of the coated article.

Abstract: A substrate having a dendrimer monolayer film thereon is provided. The film can comprise either dendrimers, or dendrons (dendrimer branches). In each case, the monolayer films are covalently bonded to the desired surface. The resulting structure can be employed in a variety of applications including chemical sensors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a halogen-free flameproof mesh sheet for use outdoors. The flameproof sheet contains a flame retardant which does not have an increase in viscosity during storage, has excellent gloss and flexibility, and does not generate harmful halogen gas at the time of combustion. A mesh sheet woven out of a coated yarn, typically a multifilament fiber, is impregnated with the flame retardant and heat treated. The fabric is impregnated with the flame retardant such that 60-350 parts by weight of the flame retardant is contained with respect to 100 parts by weight of the mesh sheet fabric. The flameproof mesh sheet are suitable for use in building construction and is suitable for outside exposure for extended lengths of time.

Abstract: The photochromic compounds of the invention correspond to the formula: in which Th2 represents a bithienyl group in one of the positions 5 to 10 of the naphthenic ring system system, R1 denotes a bithienyl or trithienyl group and R2 denotes a bithienyl, trithienyl, aryl, naphthyl, thienyl, furyl, pyrrolyl or N-alkylpyrrolyl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal substrate coated with a first pretreatment composition including a transition element-containing material having one or more Group IIIB elements, Group IVB elements, lanthanide series elements or mixtures thereof; and a second pretreatment composition including a reaction product of at least one epoxy-functional material or derivative thereof and at least phosphorus-containing material, amine-containing material and/or sulfur-containing material deposited upon the first pretreatment composition. If desired, the first and second pretreatment compositions can be combined into a single pretreatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition paint capable of forming a coating film with uniform coating surface and small film thickness difference and excellent in gloss and levelling property, characterized by containing a cationizable resin having crosslinkable functional group (A), a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B) and benzoic acid and/or salicylic acid (C).

Abstract: Fluoropolymer compositions containing melt-fabricable functionalized fluoropolymer and high temperature resistant thermoplastic form laminates to metal at low concentrations of high temperature resistant thermoplastic.

Abstract: A system for protecting surfaces and facilitating the removal of unwanted substances therefrom is disclosed, the system including a polymeric coating having a low volatile organics content (VOC) which is safe for the environment, and a cleaner for application to the coating to remove material from the coating, such as graffiti. The coating may be either a water-based epoxy comprising a bisphenol A resin and polyamide resin, or an aliphatic urethane comprising a polymer having reactive sites which react with a isocyanate and an aliphatic isocyanate. The cleaner is suitable for removing all manner of epoxy and urethane based spray paints, indelible inks, industrial chemicals, and the like. The cleaner comprises N-methyl pyrrolidone in a concentration of fifty percent by weight or greater and a surfactant.

Abstract: A modified PbZrTiO3 perovskite crystal material thin film, wherein the PbZrTiO3 perovskite crystal material includes crystal lattice A-sites and B-sites at least one of which is modified by the presence of a substituent selected from the group consisting of (i) A-site substituents consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba and Mg, and (ii) B-site substituents selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta. The perovskite crystal thin film material may be formed by liquid delivery MOCVD from metalorganic precursors of the metal components of the thin film, to form PZT and PSZT, and other piezoelectric and ferroelectric thin film materials. The thin films of the invention have utility in non-volatile ferroelectric memory devices (NV-FeRAMs), and in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) as sensor and/or actuator elements, e.g., high speed digital system actuators requiring low input power levels.

Abstract: A roller for use in a fusing assembly for receiving a polymeric release agent including a core and multiple layers secured over the core; and the multiple layers including at least one outer layer formed of a silicone mixture which absorbs the polymeric release agent and has toner release properties, and an intermediate layer formed of a silicone mixture selected so that its swelling in 1000 cts poly(dimethylsiloxane) is less than 1% by weight.

Abstract: A curable release coating composition is provided, comprising (a) a cationically curable functionalized polyorganosiloxane; (b) a photoinitiator; and (c) an adhesion promoter having the following formula (1): wherein R1 to R3 and R7 to R9 are independently alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy or alkenyl hydrocarbon or halohydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R4 and R6 are are independently alkyl, aryl, or alkenyl hydrocarbon or halohydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and R5 is an alkyl, aryl, or alkenyl hydrocarbon or halohydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Cured release coatings from theses compositions exhibit less rub off than other coatings, particularly on plastic substrates.

Abstract: A thin film structure is provided including a silicon substrate with a layer of silicon dioxide on a surface thereof, and a layer of cubic oxide material deposited upon the layer of silicon dioxide by ion-beam-assisted-deposition, said layer of cubic oxide material characterized as biaxially oriented. Preferably, the cubic oxide material is yttria-stabilized zirconia. Additional thin layers of biaxially oriented ruthenium oxide or lanthanum strontium cobalt oxide are deposited upon the layer of yttria-stabilized zirconia. An intermediate layer of cerium oxide is employed between the yttria-stabilized zirconia layer and the lanthanum strontium cobalt oxide layer. Also, a layer of barium strontium titanium oxide can be upon the layer of biaxially oriented ruthenium oxide or lanthanum strontium cobalt oxide.

Abstract: Improved autodeposited coatings on metallic surfaces are formed by contacting the metallic surfaces with an autodepositing composition comprising an acidic aqueous coating solution containing dispersed solid resin particles of either an internally stabilized or externally stabilized vinylidene chloride polymer, an exemplary internally stabilized polymer being prepared from vinylidene chloride and a monomeric surfactant which includes an inorganic ionizable group, and an exemplary externally stabilized polymer being prepared from vinylidene chloride and a reactive comonomer, the resulting resin particles having surfactant adsorbed thereon, said autodeposited coatings having extremely good corrosion resistant properties without treatment with a reaction rinse such as a chromium rinse.

Abstract: The coating structure having a corrosion resistance of the invention contains a formation film formed on the surface of an aluminum alloy material. The formation film is subjected to a zirconium phosphate treatment. Because the zirconium phosphate reacts with an oxide film on the surface of the aluminum alloy to form a zirconium boehmite layer and to increase the adhesion of the coating material, a corrosion resisting structure is obtained without need of a sealing treatment while restraining the increase of the product cost. Also, a primer layer is formed on the outer surface of the formation film and the primer layer is composed of phosphomolybdic acid.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polyolefin composition suitable for use as a coating for a photographic support includes an optical brightener and a polar additive. The polar additive substantially compatibilizes the polar optical brightener with the non-polar polyolefin. A method for adding a polar additive to a polyolefin is also disclosed.

Abstract: A compostable multilayer film includes a core layer having a first surface and a second surface, a first blocking reducing layer covering the first surface of the core layer, and a second blocking reducing layer covering the second surface of the core layer. The core layer comprises a lactic acid residue-containing polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) below 20° C. At least one of the first and second blocking reducing layers comprise a semicrystalline aliphatic polyester. The core layer may be peroxide modified polylactide polymer which exhibits bridging between polylactide polymer chains.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition that exhibits good adhesion to polyamide material and other materials, comprising 60 to 99 weight percent of a copolyester elastomer, and 1 to 40 weight percent of a novolac resin, based on the total weight of the copolymer elastomer and the novolac resin only, wherein the composition comprises greater than 50 weight percent copolyester elastomer based on the total weight of the composition. The invention also concerns an article comprising at least two materials bonded together at one or more defined contact surfaces, a first one of the bonded materials comprising a copolyester elastomer and a novolac resin. Such bodies can be welded, injection molded, and extruded simultaneously or sequentially.

Abstract: A multi layer film having enhanced barrier properties with respect to oxygen and water vapor transmission as well as an excellent surface for film laminating, printing and coating processes is provided. The multi layer film includes a polyolefin core layer having a wax therein, a first surface layer including a polyolefin copolymer or terpolymer layer, and a second surface layer including a polar layer having ester functionality. Multi layer films according to the present invention are particularly useful as packaging films for food products, and are particularly well suited for subsequent laminating, printing or coating operations.

Abstract: Biodegradable, agricultural mulches are prepared by coating paper with a cross-linked drying oil or a cross-linked, functionally modified drying oil. These mulches are inexpensive to produce, and are also water-resistant, mechanically stable and highly effective as weed barriers. The reactivities of various drying oils permit the development of a broad spectrum of coating systems and coating properties. In one embodiment of the invention, it is contemplated to complete cross-linking of coated paper in the field through either oxidative or photoinitiated processes.

Abstract: Described is a method for manufacture of a pre-impregnate, characterized in that a base paper is impregnated with an impregnation solution, which contains: a) a watery dispersion on basis of an acrylic acid ester/styrol-copolymer, b) a dry hardener on basis of a copolymerisate from (meth)acrylamide and (meth)acrylic acid, and c) water whereby per weight part of dry copolymerisate from (meth)acrylamide and (meth)acrylic acid, approximately 0.3 to 13 parts by weight of dry acrylic acid ester/styrol-copolymer are employed. The pre-impregnate obtained with the method serves for fabrication of decorative compound structures, such as decorative laminates and different furniture components.

Abstract: The packaging material for a photographic photosensitive material of the invention is formed of a thermoplastic resin composition containing 50 wt. % or more of a thermoplastic resin manufactured using a catalyst capable of producing 10,000 g or more of the thermoplastic resin per 1 g of solid catalyst component. The catalyst includes a single site catalyst, such as zirconium based metallocene, hafnium based metallocene, titanium based metallocene and vanadium based metallocene and aluminoxane. By using the thermoplastic resin composition, adverse effects on photographic properties can be removed, and rusting of manufacturing apparatus can be decreased.

Abstract: Provided is a novolak epoxy resin having a GPC area percentage of a binuclear compound of 15% or more. Said novolak epoxy resin has a low viscosity and is useful for an electric and electronic material such as adhesives, paints, insulating materials, laminates and the like.

Abstract: One embodiment of the invention involves a refractory layer formed over a substrate during rapid thermal processing in which ambient hydrogen is used in a thermal processing chamber. Rapid thermal processing may occur at a temperature approximately in the range of 350° C. to approximately 550° C.

Abstract: The invention is a substrate having a surface coated with a singular metal oxide film wherein the metal consists essentially of titanium and tin and the film is made from a liquid mixture of a titanate, a tin compound, and an anhydrous organic liquid. The substrate may be glass and the film applied by pyrolytic decomposition of the liquid mixture in air. Preferably, the film has a refractive index of greater than 2.2 and no visible light absorption to give it an optimal neutral appearance.

Abstract: A low thermal conductivity heat barrier coating deposited on a superalloy substrate is characterised in that it comprises a homogeneous mixture of oxides and has a composition containing a zirconia base, a zirconia-stabilizing oxide, and from 0.5 to 12 weight % of an additional metal element selected from nickel, cobalt, iron and mixtures thereof. The additional metal element may be added in an oxidised form, and the coating may also contain from 0.01 to 1 weight % of carbon.

Abstract: A multilayered wiring layer having high thermal stability, high stress migration resistance and low electrical resistance. The wiring layer includes at least two layers formed on a substrate wherein each layer has substantially the same component and wherein the relationship between grain size and thickness of each of the at least two layers is 0.5<d/h<2, wherein d is the grain size of each layer and h is the thickness of each layer.

Abstract: The present invention, which is aimed at providing a method for manufacturing a clad material that can be used for the anode cases and cathode cases of button-type microbatteries and other miniature electronic devices requiring the use of comparatively thin, drawable sheets, allows the difference between r values, or Lankford values (which characterize the plastic anisotropy between the rolling/bonding direction of a clad material and a direction at a prescribed angle to the rolling/bonding direction) to be reduced by preforming cold rolling at a reduction of 30% or lower in addition to performing a conventional method for manufacturing a clad material, making it possible to substantially enhance the mechanical strength of the clad material and to mass-produce clad materials that have low reduction anisotropy.

Abstract: Heterocyclic organoaluminum and organoboron coordination complexes that are photoluminescent and electroluminescent, emitting intense blue light. Methods of synthesizing such compounds, methods of producing photoluminescence and electroluminescence, methods of applying the compounds in thin films, and uses of the compounds of the invention in luminescent probes, electroluminescent displays and the like.

Abstract: A new method for tuning the emission spectrum of OLEDs while retaining a high luminescence efficiency wherein the emission spectrum of a polar luminescent molecule is wavelength shifted by as much as 70 nm when doped into a conductive host in a vacuum-deposited molecular organic light emitting device. The effect may be attributed to changes in the average dipole moment of the host thin film that are induced by the addition of highly dipolar dopant molecules. This phenomenon may be referred to as a “solid state solvation effect” in analogy to similar effects previously identified in solution chemistry. In experiments using singly doped devices, different concentrations of a polar laser dye known as DCM2 are doped in non-polar triaryl amine conductive host films. In these experiments, DCM2 performs the dual role of functioning both as the luminescent center and as the source of the increased spatially averaged dipole moment.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element (“organic EL element”) capable of emitting light with high luminance by driving at a low voltage, and inhibiting deterioration in organic layers is provided. A surface treatment of an indiumtin oxide (ITO) transparent electrode with a titanate coupling agent containing phosphorus in the side chain thereof improves adhesion between the ITO transparent electrode and an organic hole transport layer. As a result, it is possible to increase the efficiency of injection of holes, improve low-voltage driving and luminance, and prevent deterioration in the organic layers.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device of the type comprises an organic layer 5, 5a or 5b having a luminescent region and provided between an anode 2 and a cathode 3. The organic layer contains a distyryl compound represented by the following general formula (1). Chemical Formula 1 general formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are, respectively, groups which may be the same or different and independently represent an aryl group of the following general formula (2). general formula (2): in which R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 may be the same or different and, respectively, represent a hydrogen atom provided that at least one of them is a saturated or unsaturated alkoxyl group or an alkyl group, and R5, R6, R7 and R8 may be the same or different and, respectively, represent a hydrogen atom provided that at least one of them represents a cyano group, a nitro group or a halogen atom.

Abstract: A blue-light emitting compound having fluorene side chains and an organic electroluminescence (EL) device adopting the blue-light emitting compound as a color developing substance. The blue-light emitting compound with fluorene side chains has the formula (1) The compound having the formula (1) hereinabove, as a blue light-emitting substance, is useful as a color developing substance for a display device with improved emission efficiency. The organic EL device adopts the compound having the formula (1) for its organic layer, for example, the emitter layer, which results in improved emission efficiency and luminance, compared to common blue light-emitting compounds.

Abstract: A magnetic tunnelling element in which the tunnel current flows reliably in an insulating layer to exhibit a stable magnetic tunnelling effect. To this end, the magnetic tunnelling element at least includes a first magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed on the first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer formed on the tunnel barrier layer. The tunnel current flows via the tunnel barrier layer between the first magnetic metal layer and the second magnetic metal layer. The surface of the first magnetic layer carrying the tunnel barrier layer has a surface roughness (Ra) of 0.3 nm or less.

Abstract: To produce a substrate for information recording media, a substrate consisting essentially of glass for information recording media is subjected to treatment for retarding the extract of the glass component from the substrate by contacting it with a molten salt that contains at least one of hydrogensulfates and pyrosulfates, while being subjected to additional treatment for retarding the crystallization of the molten salt. In the method, preferably, the glass component to be prevented from being extracted from the substrate is a group of alkali ions, and the treatment for retarding the crystallization of the molten salt is water addition treatment of any one of treatment of supplying water to the molten salt or treatment of compensating for water being away from the molten salt.

Abstract: The invention is a water retention system for a fuel cell power plant having at least one fuel cell and a coolant loop with a coolant reservoir and coolant passages for directing a coolant fluid through the fuel cell. An air conditioning unit is provided for directing a refrigerant to a first heat exchanger that cools secondary process air and for directing water condensed from the secondary process air to the coolant reservoir. The air conditioning unit also directs the refrigerant to a second heat exchanger that cools the coolant fluid within the coolant loop, and to a third heat exchanger that cools a plant exhaust stream exiting the plant. Water condensed from the plant exhaust is also directed from the third heat exchanger into the coolant reservoir.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fuel cell apparatus in which a discharge gas having a pressure energy even after an oxygen has been consumed at the fuel cell is expanded at an expander to collect the pressure energy in the discharge gas as a mechanical energy for assisting driving of a compressor. A clutch (20) is disposed between the electric motor (16) and the expander (15) for connecting/interrupting the expander with/from the electric motor, and a control means (21, 22) for controlling the clutch is provided. The control means detects a pressure in the gas discharge tube (13) between the fuel cell (10) and the expander (15), to interrupt the clutch as long as a detected pressure is lower than a predetermined value, and to connect the clutch when the detected pressure becomes higher than the predetermined value.

Abstract: Disclosed are metal-air fuel-cell battery (FCB) systems adapted to discharge a supply of (re)charged metal-fuel cards supplied from a cassette-type storage device, wherein each (re)charged metal-fuel card is physically disconnected from each other (re)charged metal-fuel card. Each (re)charged metal-fuel card is automatically loaded from the cassette-type cartridge into the discharging bay of the system, and after discharged, transported back into the cassette-type storage device. In the illustrative embodiments, a metal-air FCB system is disclosed, wherein the system is adapted to one or more discharged metal-fuel cards supplied from the cassette-type storage device. In such a system, each discharged metal-fuel card is automatically loaded from the cassette-type cartridge into the (re)charging bay of the system, and after (re)charging, transported back into the cassette-type storage device.

Abstract: An electrochemical fuel cell having a membrane electrode assembly and a flow field adjacent thereto wherein the flow field comprises an electrically conductive porous material having a porosity of at least about 50 percent and a mean pore size of at least about 35 microns. This fuel cell is able to operate at relatively high current densities and relatively high voltages at reduced gas flow rates.

Abstract: A fuel cell is disclosed which is formed on a semiconductor wafer by etching channel in the wafer and forming a proton exchange membrane PEM barrier in the etched channel. The barrier divides the channel into two. A hydrogen fuel is admitted into one of the divided channels and an oxidant into the other. The hydrogen reacts with a catalyst formed on an anode electrode at the hydrogen side of the channel to release hydrogen ions (protons) which are absorbed into the PEM. The protons migrate through the PEM and recombine with return hydrogen electrons on a cathode electrode on the oxygen side of the PEM and the oxygen to form water.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a base tube for a fuel cell produced by forming a film of a fuel electrode and a film of an air electrode on a surface of the base tube, the base tube comprising a mixture of a raw material for the base tube, and coarse particles of metal oxide, whereby the mixture shrinks nonuniformly when sintered to increase the porosity of the base tube. Thus, the gas permeability and the cell electrical efficiency can be increased.

Abstract: An electrical accumulator having a case in the form of a button cell which is closed such that it is gastight, including a case cover and a case cup with an interposed electrically insulating seal, which contain an electrode set including positive and negative electrodes as well as interposed separators, with at least two electrodes of one polarity being mechanically. and electrically connected at at least two points on their circumference in such a manner that a mechanically robust electrode packet results. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing such a rechargeable battery.

Abstract: A battery cell sleeve assembly includes a continuous cylindrical thermal sleeve extending between proximal and distal ends and has a plurality of substantially unidirectional longitudinally extending elongated heat conduction fibers having a thermal conductivity no less than that of aluminum embedded in an adhesive matrix. The thermal sleeve is received on the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical battery cell and in a contiguous relationship with the battery cell. A cylindrical base member having an annular flange is attached to the thermal sleeve such that the distal ends of the heat conduction fibers are contiguous with the annular flange. With this construction, the annular flange operates as a heat shunt for drawing heat away from the thermal sleeve by conduction between the heat conduction fibers and the annular flange. In one embodiment, the heat conduction fibers are graphite and the thermal sleeve is between about 0.010 and 0.

Abstract: A current collector and seal assembly for use in an electrochemical cell is provided. An electrochemical cell comprises a container generally having a closed bottom end, an open top end, and side walls extending between the top and bottom ends. Electrochemically active materials are disposed in the container, and generally include a positive electrode and a negative electrode. A current collector and seal assembly is provided to close the open end of the container and includes a resilient and electrically non-conductive seal body having an upstanding wall defining an opening therethrough. A current collector is inserted through the opening and into one of the electrochemically active components. A polymeric compression bushing compresses the upstanding wall so that the collector and compression bushing cooperate to exert radial compressive stress and tangential compressive stress on the upstanding wall after insertion of the current collector through the opening.