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Title: Battery cell structure with limited cell penetrations

Abstract

Light is transmitted from a light source through or from a separator of a battery cell and received by one or more light detectors. The light that is normally transmitted through the separator is scattered, absorbed, wavelength-shifted or otherwise distorted by an impending fault in the vicinity of or within the separator. The change in light due to the impending fault is measured by a detector and a signal from the detector is processed to identify the impending fault so that a warning can be generated indicative of the impending fault. In particular, one or both of the light source and detector are enclosed within a battery cell housing and receive power from the electrodes of the battery cell.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1495660
Patent Number(s):
10177421
Application Number:
14/620,635
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000272
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Feb 12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Saunders, James H., Risser, Steven M., and Morrow, C. Alexander. Battery cell structure with limited cell penetrations. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Saunders, James H., Risser, Steven M., & Morrow, C. Alexander. Battery cell structure with limited cell penetrations. United States.
Saunders, James H., Risser, Steven M., and Morrow, C. Alexander. Tue . "Battery cell structure with limited cell penetrations". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1495660.
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