Sodium sulfur battery seal

Patent · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:863776

Mikkor, Mati

This disclosure is directed to an improvement in a sodium sulfur battery construction in which a seal between various battery compartments is made by a structure in which a soft metal seal member is held in a sealing position by holding structure. A pressure applying structure is used to apply pressure on the soft metal seal member when it is being held in sealing relationship to a surface of a container member of the sodium sulfur battery by the holding structure. The improvement comprises including a thin, well-adhered, soft metal layer on the surface of the container member of the sodium sulfur battery to which the soft metal seal member is to be bonded.

• Research Organization: Ford Aerospace and Communications, Newport Beach, CA (United States); Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-79CH10012
• Assignee: Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI)
• Patent Number(s): 4,245,012
• Application Number: 06/070361
• OSTI ID: 863776
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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