Patent ID: 6383673
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60L,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
An apparatus for use in a metal-air fuel cell battery device wherein metal fuel is placed in ionic contact with at least one air-cathode element, a first conductive pathway electrically couples the air-cathode element to a first output terminal, and a second conductive pathway is electrically coupled to a second output terminal, the apparatus comprising:a metal-fuel anode card including a substantially rigid and planar substrate comprising a non-electrically-conductive material, the substrate having a first side opposite a second side, and at least one metal fuel element disposed on the first side of the substrate; and at least one anode contacting element, corresponding to the at least one metal-fuel element, electrically coupled to the second conductive pathway and disposed on the second side of the substrate; wherein the substrate of the metal-fuel card includes a plurality of apertures for electrical contact between the metal-fuel element disposed on the first side of the substrate and the corresponding anode contacting element disposed on the second side of the substrate when the metal-fuel card is spatially registered to the anode contacting element.