Class 429: CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL CURRENT PRODUCING APPARATUS, PRODUCT, AND PROCESS ( Manual of U.S. Patent Classification )

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429
CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL CURRENT PRODUCING APPARATUS, PRODUCT, AND PROCESS


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ClassTitle ===> CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL CURRENT PRODUCING APPARATUS, PRODUCT, AND PROCESS
1[Patents]HAVING POLARITY SAFETY FEATURE
2[Patents]HAVING LIVING MATTER, E.G., MICROORGANISM, ETC.
3[Patents]HAVING PULSE FEATURE
4[Patents]WITH SONIC OR ULTRASONIC FEATURE
5[Patents]RADIO ACTIVE MATERIAL CONTAINING
6[Patents]WITH PRESSURE EQUALIZING MEANS FOR LIQUID IMMERSION OPERATION
7[Patents]WITH NONBATTERY ELECTRICAL COMPONENT ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED WITHIN CELL CASING OTHER THAN TESTING OR INDICATING COMPONENTS
8[Patents]HAVING DISPARATE NONELECTRICAL FUNCTION
9[Patents]HAVING DIVERSE CELLS OR DIVERSE REMOVABLE CELLS IN A SUPPORT MEANS
10[Patents]HAVING MAGNETIC FIELD FEATURE
11[Patents]CURRENT PRODUCTION DEPENDENT UPON TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN A PAIR OF ELECTRODES
12[Patents]FUEL CELL, SUBCOMBINATION THEREOF OR METHODS OF OPERATING
13[Patents] . Process of operating
14[Patents] . . Circulating or feeding electrolyte
15[Patents] . . . Active material in electrolyte
16[Patents] . . Fused or molten electrolyte
17[Patents] . . Generating, regenerating or recycling reactant
18[Patents] . Plural cells having means to reduce ionic short circuit
19[Patents] . Having means for active material generation or regeneration
20[Patents] . . By heating or cooling
21[Patents] . . By electrical current
22[Patents] . Automatic control means
23[Patents] . . Electrical output dependent
24[Patents] . . Temperature dependent
25[Patents] . . Pressure dependent
26[Patents] . Having heat exchange means
27[Patents] . Active material electrode-type cell or subcombination thereof
28[Patents] . . Envelope cathode-type or subcombination thereof
29[Patents] . . And chemically specified electrolyte material
30[Patents] . Solid electrolyte
31[Patents] . . Tubular
32[Patents] . . Plural disc or modules
33[Patents] . . Electrolyte composition chemically specified
34[Patents] . Housing member, seal, spacer or fluid distributing or directing means
35[Patents] . . Having sealing feature
36[Patents] . . . Having bonded seal, e.g., welded, adhesive, molded in situ, etc.
37[Patents] . . . . Having clamping means
38[Patents] . . . Having support or spacers with fluid distribution means
39[Patents] . . . . And fluid directing means
40[Patents] . Catalytic electrode structure or composition
41[Patents] . . Having electrolyte matrix or barrier layer
42[Patents] . . Having organic constituent as part of the electrode
43[Patents] . . . Organic catalyst
44[Patents] . . Having an inorganic matrix, substrate or support
45[Patents] . . . Of sintered particles
46[Patents] . Chemically specified electrolyte
47[Patents]HAVING EARTH FEATURE
48[Patents]PRESERVING CELL IN STORAGE FEATURE
49[Patents]REGENERATING, SALVAGE OR REPAIR FEATURE OTHER THAN ONLY ADDITION OF ELECTROLYTE TO CELL OR ELECTRICALLY CHARGING PER SE
50[Patents]PROCESS OF CELL OPERATION
51[Patents] . Electrolyte circulation
52[Patents] . Activation of inactive cell
53[Patents]MEANS EXTERNALLY RELEASING INTERNAL GAS PRESSURE FROM CLOSED CELL, I.E., VALVE ETC.
54[Patents] . Elastic, resilient or spring biasing valve means
55[Patents] . . Elastic band or O-ring valve member
56[Patents] . Blowout type
57[Patents]SEALED CELL HAVING GAS PREVENTION OR ELIMATION MEANS
58[Patents] . Prevention means controlling an auxiliary device
59[Patents] . Prevention or elimination means is one of the cell electrodes or is electrically connected to an electrode
60[Patents] . . Electrodes having different total capacity or one electrode with charge or discharge reserve
61[Patents]WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO BATTERY CONDITION SENSING MEANS
62[Patents] . Temperature control
63[Patents] . Electrolyte feeding control from reserve supply
64[Patents] . . Having valve in control
65[Patents]TERMINAL PROTECTOR OTHER THAN SEAL THROUGH CASING
66[Patents]HAVING MEANS TO ACCOMMODATE ELECTRODE EXPANSION
67[Patents]HAVING MOVABLE MECHANICAL MEANS TO PROVIDE RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN ELECTRODE AND ELECTROLYTE
68[Patents] . Means moves electrode
69[Patents] . . Rotary motion
70[Patents] . Means moves electrolyte externally of electrode chamber
71[Patents]WITH SYSTEM HAVING MEANS TO MOVE VENTILATING FLUID
72[Patents]HAVING SPECIFIED VENTING, FEEDING OR CIRCULATION STRUCTURE (OTHER THAN FEEDING OR FILLING FOR ACTIVATING DEFERRED ACTION-TYPE BATTERY)
73[Patents] . Single filling opening and means to equalize fluid level in plural cells
74[Patents] . Having means to control electrolyte level when liquid is added, other than a visual reference point
75[Patents] . . For different levels
76[Patents] . . Float valve
77[Patents] . . By establishing an air lock
78[Patents] . . . Liquid seal only
79[Patents] . . . Movable valve structure supported within the filler opening
80[Patents] . Having (manual) electrolyte storage feeding a device
81[Patents] . Having nonmovable means providing motion between electrolyte and electrodes, i.e., circulation
82[Patents] . Venting structure
83[Patents] . . Separate ventilating inlet and exhaust openings
84[Patents] . . Nonspill fluent electrolyte type other than gas diffusive type
85[Patents] . . . Weight actuated valve type
86[Patents] . . Reactive, absorbable or diffusive type
87[Patents] . . Gang type
88[Patents] . . . Having manifold
89[Patents] . . Other stopper, cap or plug type
90[Patents]WITH MEASURING, TESTING, OR INDICATING MEANS
91[Patents] . For charge or liquid level
92[Patents] . . Having electrical circuitry
93[Patents] . . . External type
94[Patents]PLURAL CONCENTRIC OR SINGLE COILED ELECTRODE
95[Patents]HAVING MEANS FOR DRAINING OR REMOVING ELECTROLYTE FROM A CELL OTHER THAN FILLER OPENING
96[Patents]CELL SUPPORT FOR REMOVABLE CELL
97[Patents] . Having switch or interlock means
98[Patents] . Having disparate support structure, e.g., eyeglass temple, etc.
99[Patents] . For plural cells
100[Patents] . Support or holder per se
101[Patents]FLUID ACTIVE MATERIAL OR TWO-FLUID ELECTROLYTE COMBINATION HAVING AREAS OF NONMIXTURE
102[Patents] . Active material in molten state
103[Patents] . . With fused electrolyte, i.e., molten
104[Patents] . . With solid-state electrolyte
105[Patents] . Active material in solution
106[Patents] . . Copper sulfate solution
107[Patents] . . Iron containing material
108[Patents] . . Nitrogen containing material
109[Patents] . . Chromium containing material
110[Patents]DEFERRED ACTION TYPE
111[Patents] . Responsive to light
112[Patents] . Responsive to heat
113[Patents] . Responsive to movement of electrode on contained electrolyte
114[Patents] . . Activated by spin or set back
115[Patents] . . Activated by explosive charge
116[Patents] . . Frangible separation means
117[Patents] . . By orientation of the cell
118[Patents] . Responsive to addition of liquid
119[Patents] . . Activated by immersion, e.g., sea water type
120[Patents]WITH HEAT EXCHANGE FEATURE
121[Patents]ADJUNCTS IN COMBINATION WITH OR FOR CONNECTION TO AN EXTERNAL ELECTRICAL ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING MEMBER OF A BATTERY OTHER THAN TERMINAL PROTECTORS, E.G., TERMINAL ADAPTER, CAPS, LIFTERS, ETC. AND CONNECTORS PER SE
122[Patents]CURRENT PRODUCING CELL, ELEMENTS, SUBCOMBINATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREWITH AND ADJUNCTS
123[Patents] . Having means to interchangeably connect plural individual cells or means to conectively support cell to current seeking apparatus
124[Patents] . Printed cell type
125[Patents] . Standard cell or counter emf type
126[Patents] . Cell with protective layer on electrolyte
127[Patents] . Tape or flexible-type cell including tape fuel cells or subcombination thereof
128[Patents] . Electrode or plural tablets, pellets or discs
129[Patents] . Separator, retainer or spacer insulating structure (other than a single porous flat sheet, or either an impregnated or coated sheet not having distinct layers)
130[Patents] . . Insulator structure is only spacer of the rod, button, strip, or frame type
131[Patents] . . Having electrode enclosing feature
132[Patents] . . . Separating material in bulk form about electrode
133[Patents] . . . Cylindrical unit cell type, flat unit cell type or porous cup type
134[Patents] . . . . Paste or gel
135[Patents] . . . . . With layer of material or spacing means
136[Patents] . . . Envelope type
137[Patents] . . . . Coating on electrode
138[Patents] . . . . Having support frame or cover
139[Patents] . . . . Having edge bond or seal
140[Patents] . . . Tubular type
141[Patents] . . . . Having plural layers of diverse material
142[Patents] . . Having plural distinct components
143[Patents] . . . Ribs or projections attached to sheet material
144[Patents] . . . Plural layers
145[Patents] . . . . Having defined porosity either functional or by size (i.e., semipermeable, permselective, ionpermeable, microporous, etc.)
146[Patents] . . Having electrode spacing projections
147[Patents] . . . Projections are deformed portions, of a sheet material, i.e., corrugations, etc.
148[Patents] . Plural housing having spacing means or channels for air circulation and short prevention
149[Patents] . Plural cells
150[Patents] . . With integral switch means
151[Patents] . . Casing having interlocking structure
152[Patents] . . Individual cells connected in repeating contiguous layered units
153[Patents] . . . Having unit enclosing housing
154[Patents] . . . . Having sectional component
155[Patents] . . . . . Of tray, cup or dish shape in nested or telescopic relationship
156[Patents] . . Complete cells
157[Patents] . . . In end-to-end contact, e.g., stacked button-type cell, etc.
158[Patents] . . . Having intercell connector
159[Patents] . . . . And common external casing, tray or clamp means
160[Patents] . . Having intercell connector
161[Patents] . Intracell assembly having cell electrode connector
162[Patents] . Flat-type unit cell and specific unit cell components
163[Patents] . Cell enclosure structure, e.g., housing, casing, container, cover, etc.
164[Patents] . . Cylindrical unit cell type, e.g., cup container electrode, tubular electrode, casing, etc.
165[Patents] . . . Having centrally located anode, i.e., "inside-out" type cell
166[Patents] . . . Reactive metallic can, cup or tubular electrode
167[Patents] . . . . Having outer nonreactive housing, casing, or jacket
168[Patents] . . . . . Having metallic or conductive outer casing
169[Patents] . . . . . . Outer casing electrically connected to reactive electrode
170[Patents] . . . . . Electrical contact terminal plate or cap clamped to or embedded in a portion of the housing
171[Patents] . . . . Having seal
172[Patents] . . . . . Mechanical clamping pressure seal
173[Patents] . . . . . . And sealing mass or compound
174[Patents] . . . Having seal material
175[Patents] . . Cover only
176[Patents] . . Container only
177[Patents] . . Housing or casing with plural covers
178[Patents] . . Having terminal
179[Patents] . . . On or through a side of housing
180[Patents] . . . Sealing sleeve embedded or molded in cover
181[Patents] . . . And terminal seal
182[Patents] . . . . Means to stop rotational movement between cover and terminal
183[Patents] . . . . Having threaded compression means
184[Patents] . . . . Sealing mass or compound
185[Patents] . . Having seal feature
186[Patents] . . Having cell assembly support feature
187[Patents] . . Having handle or lifting device
188[Patents] . Include electrolyte chemically specified and method
189[Patents] . . Precursor composition
300[Patents] . . The electrolyte is gelled
301[Patents] . . . Carbohydrate or derivative containing (e.g., starch, cellulose, etc.)
302[Patents] . . . Silicon containing
303[Patents] . . . Organic polymer containing
304[Patents] . . The electrolyte is solid
305[Patents] . . . Temperature range of electrolyte operation or electrolyte processing is specified
306[Patents] . . . Organic component containing
307[Patents] . . . . Chemically specified organic solute
308[Patents] . . . . Carbohydrate or derivative
309[Patents] . . . . Two or more polymers (i.e., polymer mixture)
310[Patents] . . . . Hetero ring containing polymer
311[Patents] . . . . . Oxygen is a ring member of the hetero ring
312[Patents] . . . . . . The hetero ring is three membered
313[Patents] . . . . Silicon containing polymer
314[Patents] . . . . Sulfur, nitrogen, or phosphorus containing polymer
315[Patents] . . . . . Nitrogen and phosphorus in the polymer
316[Patents] . . . . Halogen containing polymer
317[Patents] . . . . Oxygen containing polymer
318[Patents] . . . Silver containing component
319[Patents] . . . Aluminum containing component (e.g., LiAlCl4, etc.)
320[Patents] . . . . The component is alumina (i.e., aluminum oxide)
321[Patents] . . . Alkali metal containing component
322[Patents] . . . . The alkali metal is lithium
323[Patents] . . . . . Lithium and halogen containing compound
324[Patents] . . Chemically specified organic solvent containing
325[Patents] . . . And chemically specified inorganic solvent
326[Patents] . . . Plural organic solvents (i.e., solvent mixture)
327[Patents] . . . . One of the organic solvents contains a hetero ring
328[Patents] . . . . . Nitrogen is ring member of the hetero ring
329[Patents] . . . . . Oxygen is ring member of the hetero ring
330[Patents] . . . . . . The hetero ring is a cyclic carbonate
331[Patents] . . . . . . . Plural cyclic carbonate solvents
332[Patents] . . . . . . . And acyclic carbonate or acyclic carboxylic acid ester solvent
333[Patents] . . . . . . . And acyclic ether solvent
334[Patents] . . . . . . And acyclic oxygen or nitrogen containing solvent compound
335[Patents] . . . . . . . The acyclic oxygen containing solvent compound is an acyclic ether
336[Patents] . . . Hetero ring in the organic solvent
337[Patents] . . . . Oxygen is the only ring hetero atom in the hetero ring (e.g., dioxolane, gamma butyrolactone, etc.)
338[Patents] . . . . . The hetero ring is a cyclic carbonate (e.g., ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, etc.)
339[Patents] . . . Nitrogen containing organic solvent compound (e.g., acetonitrile, etc.)
340[Patents] . . . Sulfur containing organic solvent compound
341[Patents] . . . Oxygen containing organic solvent compound
342[Patents] . . . . Acyclic carbonate solvent
343[Patents] . . . . Acyclic carboxylic acid ester solvent
344[Patents] . . Chemically specified inorganic solvent other than water
345[Patents] . . . Sulfur or phosphorus in the inorganic solvent
346[Patents] . . . . Sulfur dioxide containing inorganic solvent
347[Patents] . . Organic solute component in aqueous electrolyte
199[Patents] . . Halogen containing
200[Patents] . . . Hydrogen containing
201[Patents] . . . . Ammonium
202[Patents] . . Chromium containing
203[Patents] . . With acid containing N or P constituent
204[Patents] . . Sulphuric acid
205[Patents] . . . Sulphate containing
206[Patents] . . Alkaline
207[Patents] . . . With salt or acid component
208[Patents] . Electrode support for suspending or holding an electrode in a battery
209[Patents] . Electrode
210[Patents] . . Bipolar type
211[Patents] . . Having connector tab
212[Patents] . . Having active material with organic component
213[Patents] . . . Organic component is active material
214[Patents] . . . Organic component is an antioxidant
215[Patents] . . . Organic component is an expander or addition agent for improving electrode capacity or plating characteristics
216[Patents] . . . . Dendrite or "tree" forming inhibitor
217[Patents] . . . Organic component is a binder
218.1[Patents] . . Chemically specified inorganic electrochemically active material containing
218.2[Patents] . . . Hydrogen storage material is active material
219[Patents] . . . Silver component is active material
220[Patents] . . . Copper component is active material
221[Patents] . . . Iron component is active material
222[Patents] . . . Cadmium component is active material
223[Patents] . . . Nickel component is active material
224[Patents] . . . Manganese component is active material
225[Patents] . . . Lead component is active material
226[Patents] . . . . Alloy
227[Patents] . . . . Metal sulphate or carbonate
228[Patents] . . . . Lead oxide
229[Patents] . . . Zinc component
230[Patents] . . . . With mercury
231[Patents] . . . . Zinc oxide
231.1[Patents] . . . Alkalated transition metal chalcogenide component is active material
231.2[Patents] . . . . Alkalated vanadium (V) chalcogenide
231.3[Patents] . . . . Alkalated cobalt (Co) chalcogenide
231.4[Patents] . . . Alkalated carbon, graphite, or carbonaceous component is active material
231.5[Patents] . . . Vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), titanium (Ti), or tungsten (W) component is active material
231.6[Patents] . . . Alkaline earth metal or magnesium (Mg) component is active material
231.7[Patents] . . . Halogenated carbon, graphite, or carbonaceous component is active material
231.8[Patents] . . . Carbon, graphite, or carbonaceous component is active material
231.9[Patents] . . . Alkali metal component is active material
231.95[Patents] . . . . The alkali metal is lithium
232[Patents] . . Having inorganic binder or conductive filler
233[Patents] . . Grid or holder for active material
234[Patents] . . . Grid or holder has nonconducting component portion thereof
235[Patents] . . . Having particulate or fibrous porous mass including a sintered mass
236[Patents] . . . . Having coating in the pores
237[Patents] . . . . Having support or reinforcing member
238[Patents] . . . Having longitudinal electrically conducting tubes or cores
239[Patents] . . . Having conductive receptacle or mechanical locking means for the active material
240[Patents] . . . . Locking means being bendable tabs
241[Patents] . . . Open mesh or perforated plate
242[Patents] . . . . Expanded metal
243[Patents] . . . . Having members in a face plane of the grid being offset from members in the plane of the opposite face
244[Patents] . . . . . Distinct elements or members intermediate the face members
245[Patents] . . . Materials chemically specified
246[Patents] . . With insulating separator, spacer or retainer means
247[Patents] . Separator, retainer, spacer or materials for use therewith
248[Patents] . . Having additive for effecting the charge capacity, life, etc., of a cell
249[Patents] . . Organic material
250[Patents] . . . And wetting agent or surface acting agent
251[Patents] . . . And inorganic material
252[Patents] . . . . Silicon containing
253[Patents] . . . Phenolic or thermosetting resin
254[Patents] . . . Rubber or thermoplastic resin
255[Patents] . . . Natural or treated plant materials
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FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
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Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collection listed below. These collections contain ONLY foreign patents or nonpatent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived
CURRENT PRODUCING CELL, ELEMENTS, SUBCOMBINATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREWITH AND ADJUNCTS
. Include electrolyte chemically specified and method
FOR 100 . . Gelled (429/190)
FOR 101 . . Solid (429/191)
FOR 102 . . . Organic (429/192)
FOR 103 . . . Metal oxide component (429/193)
FOR 104 . . Nonaqueous solvent (429/194)
FOR 105 . . . With water (429/195)
FOR 106 . . . Inorganic solvent (429/196)
FOR 107 . . . Plural nonaqueous system (429/197)
FOR 108 . . Having organic solute component (429/198)
. Electrode
FOR 109 . . Having inorganic active material chemically specified (429/218)


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