Abstract: The present invention provides a protection circuit disposed in a lithium-ion cell for protection of the lithium-ion cell. The protection circuit includes a first protection module, a second protection module, an integrated circuit module, a thermal sensor or thermocouple, a switch, a fuse and/or a resistor.
Abstract: The present invention provides electrochemical cells and batteries having one or more electrically conductive tabs and carbon sheet current collectors, where the tabs are connected to the carbon sheet current collectors; and methods of connecting the tabs to the carbon based current collectors. In one embodiment, the electrically conductive tabs are metallic tabs.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 4, 2012
Publication date:
June 7, 2012
Applicant:
Leyden Energy Inc.
Inventors:
Marc Juzkow, Aakar Patel, Jun Lui, Konstantin Tikhonov, Michael Erickson, Hashmat Haidari, Thomas Nagy, Hongli Dai