Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20100203377A1/en
Timestamp: 2019-10-18 00:24:01
Document Index: 314344574

Matched Legal Cases: ['§120', '§119', '§120', '§119', '§120', '§120']

US20100203377A1 - Metal Film Encapsulation - Google Patents
US20100203377A1
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2010-04-21 Priority to US12/764,180 priority patent/US8404376B2/en
2010-04-21 Application filed by Infinite Power Solutions Inc filed Critical Infinite Power Solutions Inc
2010-08-12 Publication of US20100203377A1 publication Critical patent/US20100203377A1/en
2013-03-26 Publication of US8404376B2 publication Critical patent/US8404376B2/en
2013-04-08 Assigned to INFINITE POWER SOLUTIONS, INC. reassignment INFINITE POWER SOLUTIONS, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: NARAYAN, PRATIVADI B, SNYDER, SHAWN W, KEATING, JOSEPH A, BRADOW, TIMOTHY N, BRANTNER, PAUL C, NEUDECKER, BERND J
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The present application is a divisional, and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120, of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/687,032, filed Mar. 16, 2007; which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119 of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/782,792, filed Mar. 16, 2006; and is a continuation-in-part, and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120, of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/561,277, filed Nov. 17, 2006, which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119 of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/737,613, filed Nov. 17, 2005, U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/759,479 filed Jan. 17, 2006, and U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/782,792, filed Mar. 16, 2006, and is a continuation-in-part, and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120, of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/209,536, filed Aug. 23, 2005; which is a continuation, and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120, of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/374,282, converted from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/690,697, and filed Jun. 15, 2005; all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. The teachings of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/215,190, filed Aug. 9, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,916,679 are also incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIG. 2B shows a perspective view of one corner of an electrochemical device with a notch in the encapsulation layer according to an exemplary, embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12A shows a side view of a conductor 1120 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The top view of three exemplary types of conductors, a wire 1121, a tab 1122, and a wire mesh 1123, are shown in FIG. 12B. FIG. 13A shows a side view and FIG. 13B shows a top view of a slit 1130 cut within a bonding layer 1110. FIG. 14A shows a side view of a conductor 1120, for example, woven through the bonding layer. FIG. 14B shows a top view of a mesh wire conductor 1123 woven through the bonding layer 1110. FIG. 15A shows the conductor 1120 embedded within the bonding layer. The conductor 1120 maybe embedded within the bonding layer 1110, for example, by heating the bonding layer 1110 to the point where the conductor 1120 may be pressed within the bonding layer 1110. The surfaces of the conductor 1120 and bonding layer 1110 may preferably be flush after this process. FIG. 15B shows a top view of a wire mesh conductor 1123 embedded within the bonding layer.
2. The device of claim 1 further comprising a hole in said contact area.
3. The device of claim 1 further comprising at least one opening in said metal foil.
4. The device of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of openings in said metal foil.
5. The device of claim 1 wherein said contact tab is a lead extending from said electrochemical device.
6. The device of claim 1 further comprising a second electrochemical device.
7. The device of claim 6 wherein said metal foil also encapsulates said second electrochemical device with at least one notch and a portion of said metal foil extends over said notch providing an electrical contact tab on said metal foil over the notched portion of said electrochemical device.
8. The device of claim 7 wherein said contact tab is a lead extending from said metal foil.
9. The device of claim 1 wherein the metal foil acts as a cathode element of said electrochemical device.
10. The device of claim 1 wherein the metal foil acts as an anode element of said electrochemical device.
11. The device of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of electrochemical devices with at least one notch in each electrochemical device stacked one upon another with at least one metal foil encapsulating each electrochemical device.
12. The device of claim 11 further comprising a plurality of cell structures.
13. The device of claim 1 wherein said electrochemical device comprises a substrate and said metal foil is conductively attached to said substrate.
14. The device of claim 1 wherein said metal foil lays over said electrochemical device.
15. The device of claim 1 wherein said metal foil comprises stainless steel.
16. The device of claim 1 wherein said portions of said metal foil are coated with an insulating material.
17. The device of claim 1 wherein said metal foil is less than approximately 100 microns thick.
18. The device of claim 1 wherein said metal foil is less than approximately 50 microns thick.
19. The device of claim 1 wherein said metal foil is less than approximately 25 microns thick.
20. The device of claim 1 wherein said cathode is not annealed.
21. The device of claim 1 wherein said cathode is annealed via rapid thermal anneal.
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