Abstract: A cover assembly for a battery module is configured to be coupled to battery cells that are arranged side-by-side in a stacked configuration. The cover assembly includes a housing, a plurality of bus bars, and an electrical cable. The bus bars are held by the housing and are configured to electrically connect to corresponding positive and negative cell terminals of the battery cells to electrically connect adjacent battery cells. The cable extends across the bus bars and is electrically connected to each of the bus bars to monitor voltages across the battery cells. The cable includes plural electrical conductors and a dielectric insulator that surrounds and electrically isolates the conductors. The conductors include exposed segments exposed through the dielectric insulator that are electrically connected to corresponding bus bars via a bonding layer applied between the exposed segment and the corresponding bus bar.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electricity charging/discharging device with insulation package enclose member having electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals, wherein both the electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals and the section of the electric conductive terminal adjacent to the connected electrode plate extending from at least two sides thereof to the external for inputting/outputting electric energy are sealed covered by a packing material with insulation property to form a full-closed type electricity charging/discharging device with insulation package enclose member such as Lithium-ion Batteries, for instance Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) Battery, Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMW) Battery, and Lithium Polymer Battery, or a supercapacity, so the electrode plate pair is able to output or input electric energy to the exterior through an electric conductive interface formed by at least two-sided electric conductive terminal.

Abstract: A co-extrusion print head capable of extruding at least two layers vertically in a single pass having a first inlet port connected to a first manifold, a first series of channels connected to the first inlet port arranged to receive a first fluid from the first inlet port, a second inlet port connected to one of either a second manifold or the first manifold, a second series of channels connected to the second inlet port arranged to receive a second fluid from the second inlet port, a merge portion of the print head connected to the first and second series of channels, the merge portion arranged to receive the first and second fluids, and an outlet port connected to the merge portion, the outlet port arranged to deposit the first and second fluids from the merge portion as a vertical stack on a substrate.

Abstract: An electronic device having a novel structure, specifically, an electronic device having a novel structure that can be changed into various appearances is provided. Specifically, after an active material layer is formed on one or both surfaces of a current collector, the active material layer in a bent region is partly removed. The removed region of the active material layer can be in a linear shape, a dot shape, or a matrix shape, for example. After the active material layer is formed on one or both surfaces of the current collector, laser processing for removing part of the active material layer in an irradiation region is performed using laser light or the like. On the region where the surface of the current collector is exposed, the active material layer is not provided, and this region is a region that does not function as a battery. Owing to this region, a secondary battery with a wide movable region can be achieved.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode for secondary batteries including an electrode mixture coated on one surface or opposite surface of an electrode current collector, and a method of manufacturing the same. The electrode mixture includes an electrode mixture layer A, which is a portion close to a current collector, and an electrode mixture layer, which is a portion distant from a current collector. The electrode mixture layer A includes a mixture of two active materials, average diameters of which are different, and the electrode mixture layer B includes active materials, average diameters of which are the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium ion batteries having excellent battery property. The positive electrode active material for lithium ion batteries is represented by composition formula: LixNi1?yMyO2+?, wherein M is Co as an essential component and at least one species selected from a group consisting of Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Al, Bi, Sn, Mg, Ca, B and Zr, 0.9?x?1.2, 0<y?0.7, ?>0.05, and an average particle size (D50) is 5 ?m to 15 ?m.

Abstract: To provide a cathode active material having excellent cycle characteristics and a small decrease in the discharge voltage, and a process for its production. A process for producing a cathode active material, which comprises a step of mixing at least one sulfate (A) selected from the group consisting of a sulfate of Ni, a sulfate of Co and a sulfate of Mn with at least one carbonate (B) selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate in an aqueous solution state to obtain a coprecipitated compound, a step of mixing the coprecipitated compound with an aqueous phosphate solution, a step of volatilizing a water content from the mixture of the coprecipitated compound and the aqueous phosphate solution to obtain a precursor compound, and a step of mixing the precursor compound with lithium carbonate and firing the mixture at from 500 to 1000° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sodium secondary battery capable of reducing the amount of lithium used, and ensuring a larger discharge capacity maintenance rate when having repeated a charge and discharge, as compared with conventional techniques; and a mixed metal oxide usable as the positive electrode active material therefor. A mixed metal oxide of the present invention comprises Na and M1 wherein M1 represents three or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni with an Na:M1 molar ratio being a:1 wherein a is a value falling within the range of more than 0.5 and less than 1. Also, a mixed metal oxide of the present invention is represented by the following formula (1): NaaM1O2??(1) wherein M1 and a each have the same meaning as above. The positive electrode active material for secondary batteries of the present invention comprises the mixed metal oxide above.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery is described which includes a lithium transition metal complex oxide including a lithium nickel based complex oxide and/or a lithium cobalt based complex oxide, active carbon having a specific surface area of from about 900 m2/g to about 1600 m2/g, and a water-based binder.

Abstract: A nickel-manganese composite oxyhydroxide which is stable in the air, in which manganese oxide (Mn3O4) will not form as a by-product during long term storage or at the time of drying, and which has high metal element dispersibility, its production method, and its use. A nickel-manganese composite oxyhydroxide having a chemical compositional formula represented by Ni(0.25+?)?xM1xMn(0.75??)?yM2yOOH (wherein each of M1 and M2 which are independent of each other, is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn and Zr, 0?x?0.1, 0?y?0.25, and ?0.025???0.025), and having a hexagonal cadmium hydroxide type crystal structure, its production method and its use.

Abstract: The main object of the present disclosure is to provide a composite active material with a capability of improving a battery output. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a composite active material comprising: an oxide active material, an oxide solid electrolyte layer that coats a surface of the oxide active material, and a sulfide solid electrolyte layer that coats a surface of the oxide solid electrolyte layer; wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte layer has a specific surface area in a range of 1.06 m2/g to 1.22 m2/g, and a thickness the sulfide solid electrolyte layer is in a range of 15 nm to 25 nm.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, in which the negative electrode material includes a composite particle including a spherical graphite particle and plural graphite particles that have a compressed shape and that aggregate or are combined so as to have nonparallel orientation planes, and the negative electrode material has an R-value in a Raman measurement of from 0.03 to 0.10, and has a pore volume as obtained by mercury porosimetry of from 0.2 mL/g to 1.0 mL/g in a pore diameter range of from 0.1 ?m to 8 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an anode active material particle having good lithium ion conducting property and good formability. The method for manufacturing an anode active material includes a first step of making a carbon particle with pores have contact with an ionic liquid having a lithium ion conducting property, and making the ionic liquid flow into the pores, and a second step of washing the carbon particle after the first step, while leaving the ion liquid inside the pores.

Abstract: Provided is an aluminum secondary battery comprising an anode, a cathode, a porous separator electronically separating the anode and the cathode, and an electrolyte in ionic contact with the anode and the cathode to support reversible deposition and dissolution of aluminum at the anode, wherein the anode contains aluminum metal or an aluminum metal alloy as an anode active material and the cathode comprises a layer of aligned graphene sheets that are oriented in such a manner that the layer has a graphene edge plane in direct contact with the electrolyte and facing the separator. These aligned/oriented graphene sheets are preferably bonded by a binder for enhanced structural integrity and cycling stability. Such an aluminum battery delivers a high energy density, high power density, and long cycle life.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolytic copper foil having specific resistivity of 1.68 to 1.72 ??·cm and a grain mean diameter of a crystallite less than 0.41 to 0.80 ?m.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a case; an electrode assembly accommodated in the case, and including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates; a first terminal portion electrically connected to the electrode assembly; and a cap plate configured to cover an opening of the case, and the first terminal portion includes a first electrode terminal passing through the cap plate to protrude upward from a first position of the cap plate, and a first current collector including a first end connected to the first electrode terminal, and a second end connected to the first electrode plate, the first current collector including a plurality of notches.

Abstract: A fuel cell with separator includes a fuel cell body having a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode; a plate-like metal separator having first and second main surfaces and an opening which opens at the first and second main surfaces; a joint formed of an Ag-containing brazing filler metal and adapted to join the fuel cell body and the first main surface of the metal separator; and a seal formed of a glass-containing sealing material and disposed closer to the opening than is the joint, the seal being located between the first main surface and the fuel cell body and extending along the entire perimeter of the opening.

Abstract: A bipolar plate (10) for a fuel cell, including a first half plate (20) having a first thickness (21) and a second half plate (30) having a second thickness (31), the first half plate (20) and the second half plate (30) each being situated with one of their flat sides facing one another, and the first half plate (20) forming a first flow field (22) on its outer side for a first operating medium and the second half plate (30) forming a second flow field (32) on its outer side for a second operating medium is provided. It is provided that the first thickness (21) of the first half plate (20) is on average smaller, at least in sections, than the second thickness (31) of the second half plate (30).

Abstract: A fuel cell assembly includes a pair of corrugated bipolar plates. Each of the plates is defined by peak portions and sidewalls connecting the peak portions. The plates are fitted and nested within each other such that the sidewalls are in direct contact. Some of the sidewalls include a stepped shoulder portion such that each of the some of the sidewalls and the peak portions adjacent thereto form a stair-step profile and define a flow channel having a depth greater than a width.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a hydrodesulfurizer configured to remove a sulfur compound in a raw material; a fuel cell configured to generate power by electrochemical reaction using a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas, the fuel gas being obtained by reforming the raw material desulfurized with the hydrodesulfurizer; a heater configured to heat the hydrodesulfurizer by utilizing the heat of an exhaust gas circulated in the fuel cell system including the fuel cell; an introduction passage disposed to guide the exhaust gas to the heater; and a gas supply unit configured to supply a cooling gas to the exhaust gas, the cooling gas being not utilized in the power generation in the fuel cell system, wherein a mixture gas of the exhaust gas and the cooling gas supplied from the gas supply unit is passed through the inside of the heater.

Abstract: A high-temperature operating fuel-cell module includes a fuel-cell stack; a fuel-cell stack container in which the fuel-cell stack is contained and cathode off-gas discharged from the fuel-cell stack flows; a cathode off-gas collector that is provided in the fuel-cell stack container and in which the cathode off-gas is collected; an anode off-gas passage through which anode off-gas discharged from the fuel-cell stack flows; and a combustor that combusts the cathode off-gas collected in the cathode off-gas collector and the anode off-gas flowing through the anode off-gas passage, the combustor comprising: a combustion chamber in which the anode and cathode off-gas are mixed and combusted, an ejector that is connected to the anode off-gas passage and ejects the anode off-gas into the combustion chamber, and a diffusion plate that surrounds the ejector so that the ejector is located at the center of the diffusion plate, and ejects the cathode off-gas into the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A fuel cell stack assembly comprises a stack of fuel cells, each fuel cell having a cooling air conduit with an input/output ventilation aperture disposed on a ventilation face of the stack. The ventilation apertures form an array over said ventilation face of the stack. A first fan is configured to direct air flow through a first portion of the ventilation face and a second fan is configured to direct air flow through a second portion of the ventilation face. A reconfigurable plenum is in fluid communication with the first fan and the second fan and has a first configuration in which air is directed, by the first and second fans, through the first and second portions of the ventilation face in the same direction, and a second configuration in which air is directed, by at least one of the fans, respectively through the first and second portions of the ventilation face in opposing directions.

Abstract: The present invention includes a fuel cell mounted on a vehicle to generate electric power using oxidation gas and fuel gas being supplied thereto; an oil temperature sensor configured to detect oil temperature of a compressor; and a controller configured to control driving of the compressor, and also control pressure of the oxidation gas and pressure of the fuel gas being supplied to the fuel cell. The controller performs a control of decreasing rotational speed of the compressor when the oil temperature has exceeded an oil temperature threshold, and further performs a control of balancing the pressure of the oxidation gas and the pressure of the fuel gas. Therefore, it becomes possible to stably operate the fuel cell.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell including an electrolyte membrane, a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the fuel cell, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the fuel cell to perform a wet operation to increase a water balance at a cathode of the fuel cell to a value higher than a water balance at the cathode during a normal operation of the fuel cell, when the temperature of the fuel cell measured by the sensor is maintained at a first threshold temperature or higher for a prescribed period of time or longer and then the temperature of the fuel cell decreases to below a second threshold temperature that is equal to or lower than the first threshold temperature.

Abstract: A humidifier has a stack unit having a plurality of water-vapor-permeable membranes which are arranged parallel one above the other and spaced apart from one another. The membranes are enclosed at the edges at least in sections by an enclosing part, wherein the enclosing parts of membranes lying one above the other are directly connected to one another in a flow-tight manner.

Abstract: A fuel cell stack is provided which manually increases the temperature of cells arranged in the vicinity of an end plate of the stack to improve starting performance of a fuel cell vehicle at temperatures below zero and driving performance thereof at low temperatures. The fuel cell stack realizes rapid thawing and heating functions in response to freezing of end cells when a vehicle is started at temperatures below zero, using a multilayer current collector having at least one thin collector plate which is structurally and sensitively expandable or contractible based on temperature changes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell arrangement (1) having at least one fuel cell (2) with a cathode (3) and an anode. The cathode (3) and the anode each have a reactant feed (4) and a reactant discharge (5), a humidifying device (10) and sensors (12, 13, 14) being provided at least at one of the reactant feeds (4). In particular, the sensors (12, 13, 14) are at least one fluid mass sensor (12) and two pressure sensors (13, 14), the fluid mass sensor (12) and one of the pressure sensors (13) being arranged upstream of the humidifying device (10) and one of the pressure sensors (14) being arranged downstream of the humidifying device (10). The humidifying device (10) can be operated in a controlled manner on the basis of the measurements of the sensors (12, 13, 14). The invention further relates to a method for controlling the humidity of a reactant for such a fuel cell arrangement (1).

Abstract: A system and method for controlling an output of a dynamic fuel cell is provided. A dynamic fuel cell has a membrane wherein a dimension of the membrane is variable during operation of the dynamic fuel cell in response to a control signal from an intelligent controller. By varying the dimension of the membrane, the output voltage of the dynamic fuel cell can be altered. An intelligent controller is provided that can measure a number of outputs and input parameters of the dynamic fuel cell and approximate input parameters using the measured values to adjust the input of the dynamic fuel cell to the approximated values.

Abstract: A fuel cell system, comprising: a fuel cell stack configured to include a plurality of cells; a number “n” of injectors arranged in parallel to supply an anode gas to the fuel cell stack, where the number “n” represents an integral number of not less than 2; a cell voltage meter configured to measure a voltage of at least one cell among the plurality of cells; a pressure gauge configured to measure a supply pressure that is a pressure of the anode gas supplied to the fuel cell stack; and a controller configured to respectively input control signals into the number “n” of injectors by using the voltage measured by the cell voltage meter and the supply pressure measured by the pressure gauge and to control a driving number that denotes a number of injectors to be driven among the number “n” of injectors, wherein when the measured voltage is equal to or higher than a predetermined voltage value, the controller is configured to set a target value of the supply pressure and the driving number according to a requir

Abstract: A method for controlling an operating point change of a fuel cell stack (10) operated with an anode operating medium and with a cathode operating medium, in which the fuel cell stack (10) is controlled in such a way that, starting from an initial electric power (L1), the fuel cell stack generates a target power (L2) requested by an electrical consumer (51), which is greater than the initial power (L1) is provided. It is provided that the electric power generated by the fuel cell stack (10) is controlled in accordance with a predetermined current-voltage profile (S1, S2, S3), so that a voltage present at the fuel cell stack (10), starting from an initial voltage (U1) corresponding to the initial power (L1), passes through a local voltage minimum (Umin) and then increases to an end voltage corresponding to the target power (L2).

Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes a reformer that generates a hydrogen-containing gas from a source gas and reforming water, a condensed water channel through which condensed water flows, a circulating water channel through which circulating water flows, an ion exchange resin filter provided to the circulating water channel and deionizing the circulating water, a reservoir tank including a first reservoir provided to the condensed water channel and a second reservoir provided to the circulating water channel, a first communicator through which the first and second reservoirs are in communication with each other, and a reforming water channel that extends from a junction of the circulating water channel and supplies the circulating water as reforming water to the reformer. The pressure in the inner space of the first reservoir is maintained to be the same as the pressure in the inner space of the second reservoir.

Abstract: A method of producing a dispersion liquid of a gelatinous electrolyte includes a water content reduction process of concentrating an aqueous dispersion liquid of an electrolyte at a temperature of 50° C. or less and reducing a water content in a concentrate of the electrolyte to 5% by mass or less based on the total mass of the concentrate of the electrolyte, and an alcohol addition process of adding an alcohol to the concentrate of the electrolyte obtained in the water content reduction process to form the dispersion liquid of the gelatinous electrolyte.

Abstract: At below freezing temperatures, ice blockages can be prevented in the reactant outlet manifolds of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks by modifying the internal design of the manifolds. The reactant outlet manifold comprises a divider dividing the manifold into an upper duct section and a lower main flow section and the divider comprises a plurality of ports fluidly connecting the duct section to the main flow section. The reactant manifold also comprises at least one separating wall in the duct section which partially separates the ports from one another in the duct section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stacking device and a method for stacking flat materials, e.g. electrodes having a separation film (1) interposed in a zigzag manner by means of a guiding device (8). The stacking device comprises a stacking table (11), a holder (4; 5) for immobilizing the stack, and grippers (6, 7) for picking the electrodes (2, 3) up and putting them down in a defined manner, said grippers having an excess pressure module (9) for the targeted shaping of a defined film pocket (17) in the separation film (1).

Abstract: Methods, systems and battery modules are provided, which increase the cycling lifetime of fast charging lithium ion batteries. During the formation process, the charging currents are adjusted to optimize the cell formation, possibly according to the characteristics of the formation process itself, and discharge extents are partial and optimized as well, as is the overall structure of the formation process. During operation, voltage ranges are initially set to be narrow, and are broadened upon battery deterioration to maximize the overall lifetime. Current adjustments are applied in operation as well, with respect to the deteriorating capacity of the battery. Various formation and operation strategies are disclosed, as basis for specific optimizations.

Abstract: Articles, compositions, and methods involving ionically conductive compounds are provided. The disclosed ionically conductive compounds may be incorporated into an electrochemical cell (e.g., a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell, a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, an intercalated-cathode based electrochemical cell) as, for example, a protective layer for an electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and/or any other appropriate component within the electrochemical cell. In certain embodiments, electrode structures and/or methods for making electrode structures including a layer comprising an ionically conductive compound described herein are provided.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having semi-solid electrodes that include a gel polymer additive such that the electrodes demonstrate longer cycle life while significantly retaining the electronic performance of the electrodes and the electrochemical cells formed therefrom. In some embodiments, a semi-solid electrode can include about 20% to about 75% by volume of an active material, about 0.5% to about 25% by volume of a conductive material, and about 20% to about 70% by volume of an electrolyte. The electrolyte further includes about 0.01% to about 1.5% by weight of a polymer additive. In some embodiments, the electrolyte can include about 0.1% to about 0.7% of the polymer additive.

Abstract: A film-attached solid electrolyte membrane includes: a film having a surface that has a contact angle with respect to acetonitrile in a range from 35 to 75 degrees and a contact angle with respect to chloroform in a range from 15 to 40 degrees; and a solid electrolyte membrane in contact with the surface of the film. A manufacturing method of a film-attached solid electrolyte membrane includes: coating a solid-electrolyte-membrane-forming composition on a surface of a film that has a contact angle with respect to acetonitrile in a range from 35 to 75 degrees and a contact angle with respect to chloroform in a range from 15 to 40 degrees; and curing the coated solid-electrolyte-membrane-forming composition to form a solid electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte composition for a lithium-ion battery comprising LiPF6 in a liquid carrier comprising a carbonate ester and an unsaturated organoboron compound comprising two or three unsaturated hydrocarbon groups, each unsaturated hydrocarbon group being covalently bonded to a boron atom. The unsaturated hydrocarbon groups are independently selected from vinyl, allyl, propargyl, substituted vinyl, substituted allyl, and substituted propargyl. The substituents of the substituted vinyl, allyl and propargyl groups independently comprise one or more of alkyl and phenyl. The alkyl and phenyl groups optionally can bear one or more substituent selected from halogen (e.g., F), hydroxy, amino, alkoxy, and perfluoroalkoxy.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery proposed herein is configured such that a positive-electrode active material layer includes graphite particles and a gas generant. Further, an electrolyte solution includes an ? solute. Here, a relationship between an upper limit electric potential X of a positive electrode in a predetermined normal use area, an electric potential Y at which an amount of the ? solute in the electrolyte solution begins to decrease due to the graphite particles, and an electric potential Z at which the gas generant begins to generate gas is X<Y<Z.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide acid, comprising: the reaction of sulphamic acid or one of the salts thereof with a halogenosulfuric acid and at least one fluorinating agent selected from SOF2, F—SO2—F and SF4, and the subsequent recovery of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide acid. The invention also relates to a method for producing salts of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide from the bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide acid thus produced.

Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly comprising a first gelated ionic liquid film in contact with a first electrically conductive surface, wherein the first gelated ionic liquid film comprises a first ionic liquid encapsulated within a gel matrix; and a second gelated ionic liquid film in contact with a second electrically conductive surface, wherein the second gelated ionic liquid film comprises a second ionic liquid encapsulated within a gel matrix; wherein the first and second gelated ionic liquid films are in contact with each other. There is also described an electrochemical cell comprising an assembly according to the invention, and methods for producing same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a deformation detection sensor for a sealed secondary battery, that makes it possible to detect deformation resulting from swelling of a cell with a high degree of sensitivity, that does not restrict capacity, and that has excellent stability. The deformation detection sensor for a sealed secondary battery includes a polymer matrix layer 3 and a detection unit 4. The polymer matrix layer 3 contains a magnetic filler that is dispersed therein and that changes an external field in accordance with deformation of the polymer matrix layer 3. The detection unit 4 detects change in the external field. The polymer matrix layer 3 is sandwiched in a gap between adjacent cells 2 and mounted in a compressed state.

Abstract: An electrochemical storage device including a state detector, has an electrochemical storage device, which has a wall that surrounds an electrochemical storage material. The state detector has at least one ultrasonic transmitter and at least one ultrasonic receiver, which are attached to the side of the wall facing away from the electrochemical storage material. The electrochemical storage material is subject to a volume change during operation of the storage device, and the electrochemical storage material is liquid during operation of the storage device and is in direct contact with the wall and the ultrasonic transmitter and the ultrasonic receiver are attached to the wall in such a way that the ultrasonic transmitter and the ultrasonic receiver are acoustically coupled to the wall.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods by which lead from spent lead-acid batteries may be extracted, purified, and used in the production of new lead-acid batteries. The system includes a first phase separation device configured to: receive the first mixture from the basic lead stream digestion device, isolate a liquid component from one or more insoluble components of the first mixture, and output the liquid component. The system also includes a lead salt precipitation device configured to: receive and mix the liquid component and a carboxylate source to form a second mixture including a lead salt precipitate, and output the second mixture. The system further includes a second phase separation device configured to: receive the second mixture from the lead salt precipitation device, isolate the liquid component from the lead salt precipitate of the second mixture, and output the lead salt precipitate.

Abstract: An electric storage apparatus includes a plurality of electric storage devices arranged side by side, each electric storage device including a case having a plurality of walls and an electric storage element which is housed in the case. The apparatus also includes a sheet-shaped heat transfer member which is in contact with outer surfaces of short sidewalls of the plurality of electric storage devices.

Abstract: Examples of battery pack systems that include polymers are a cooling system, a thermal management system, and a liquid leakage control system. The cooling system and the thermal management systems may include an upper critical solution temperature polymer or a lower critical solution temperature polymer. The liquid leakage control system includes a superabsorbent polymer.

Abstract: An ambient-heat engine has a substantially thermally-conductive housing whose interior is divided into a high-pressure chamber and a low-pressure chamber by a substantially gas-impermeable barrier. An ionically-conductive, electrical-energy-generating mechanism forms at least a portion of the barrier. First hydrogen-storage medium is disposed within the high-pressure chamber and second hydrogen-storage medium is disposed within the low-pressure chamber. An electrical-energy storage device connected to the ionically-conductive, electrical-energy-generating mechanism is operable between a charge condition and a discharge condition. In a charge condition, hydrogen atoms within the high-pressure chamber are converted to hydrogen ions and conducted through the electrical-energy-generating mechanism to the low-pressure chamber causing electrical-energy to be generated to the electrical-energy storage device.

Abstract: A circuit for blocking undesired input direct current of AC-coupled broadband circuits. The circuit includes a capacitor coupled to an input port and a common node. The input port receives a RF input signal. Additionally, the circuit includes a current source supplying a DC current to the common node leading a bias current to an output port. Further, the circuit includes a variable voltage source through an internal load and a close loop with an application circuit having an input load coupled to the output port to determine various bias voltages to control the bias current at the output port in association with a RF output signal that is substantially free of any input direct current originated from the RF input signal and is associated with an inherent low cut-off frequency independent of the various bias voltages.

Abstract: This invention relates to assemblies and processes for increasing the bandwidth of differential passive elements. The use of a floating plane in differential transmission lines is disclosed. One such assembly is a broadband balun having high even mode effective impedance, thus degrading the even-mode propagation or matching, and maintaining the desired odd mode effective impedance. Other assemblies can include line couplers, hybrid couplers, RF chokes with back-to-back baluns, and other elements, such as balanced filters.