BATTERY WITH DUPLEX ELECTRODE CONSTRUCTION USING CONTINUOUS METAL CARRIER STRIP HAVING AT LEAST ONE NONREACTIVE METAL SIDE

• Main Authors: YOUNGQUIST J,US, BERGUM B,US
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.01.1974
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Duplex electrodes are constructed by placing intermittent deposits of positive and negative electrodes on opposite sides of a continuous metal carrier strip having two nonreactive metal sides. In another embodiment, duplex electrodes are constructed by placing intermittent deposits of positive electrodes on the only nonreactive side of the bimetal carrier strip, with the reactive side of the bimetal strip functioning as the negative electrode in the duplex electrode. The duplex electrodes are assembled into multicell batteries. The assembly preferably occurs while the duplex electrodes are structurally and electrically connected by the continuous metal carrier strip; the carrier strip is then subsequently cut between duplex electrodes to obtain structurally and electrically unconnected batteries. Alternatively, the carrier strip may be cut between duplex electrodes before those electrodes are assembled into multicell batteries.