IP Library Granted Patent US 8,778,520
Granted Patent B2
US 8,778,520 · App. 13/700,609 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Liquid electrolyte battery with mixing device

Inventors: Charles Robert Sullivan (Schwerte, DE); Steffen Tschirch (Zschopau, DE)
Assignee: IQ Power Licensing AG
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Patent No.
US 8,778,520
App. No.
13/700,609
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a liquid electrolyte battery having a mixing device ( 5 ), wherein the liquid electrolyte battery has a battery case ( 1 ), an electrode stack ( 2 ), an electrolyte having an electrolyte level ( 3 ), and a mixing device ( 5 ) and the mixing device ( 5 ) has the following characteristics: a channel plate ( 6 ) arranged vertically in the battery case ( 1 ) in the installed state, a drainage plate ( 7 ) arranged horizontally in the battery case in the installed state, and a hinge ( 8 ) connecting the channel plate ( 6 ) to the drainage plate ( 7 ), wherein the hinge ( 8 ) has a pivot angle that is dimensioned such that an electrode stack ( 2 ) can be inserted into the battery case ( 1 ) when the drainage plate ( 7 ) is pivoted upward.

Claims (11)

1. Liquid electrolyte battery with a mixing device ( 5 ), wherein the liquid electrolyte battery comprises

a battery case ( 1 ),

an electrode stack ( 2 ),

an electrolyte with an electrolyte level ( 3 ) defining a horizontal position in an installed state of the battery, and

a mixing device ( 5 ) and wherein the mixing device ( 5 ) has the following features:

a channel plate ( 6 ) arranged vertically in the battery case ( 1 ) in the installed state,

a drainage plate ( 7 ) arranged horizontally in the battery case in the installed state, and

a hinge ( 8 ) connecting the channel plate ( 6 ) with the drainage plate ( 7 }, wherein

the hinge ( 8 ) has a pivot angle, which is dimensioned so that an electrode stack ( 2 ) can be inserted into the battery case ( 1 ) when the drainage plate ( 7 ) is pivoted upward from the horizontal position with a pivot angle of at least 100 degrees from the horizontal position.

2. Electrolyte battery with mixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot angle is at least 180 degrees.

3. Electrolyte battery with mixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the hinge ( 8 ) of the mixing device ( 5 ) is a foil hinge.

Assignments (2)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 8, 2018
From: IQ POWER LICENSING AG; N4 INNOVATIONS, LLC
To: EXWORKS CAPITAL FUND I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 047455/0020 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2013
From: SULLIVAN, CHARLES ROBERT; TSCHIRCH, STEFFEN
To: IQ POWER LICENSING AG
Reel/Frame 029775/0312 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 021 868 · May 28, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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