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Stack of electric batteries including series of fluidly connected unit cells

US12237548B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FORM ENERGY, INC. · US

Inventors

Mitchell Terrance WESTWOOD · Boston, US
Alexander H. Slocum · Bow, US
William Henry WOODFORD · Cambridge, US
Yet-Ming Chiang · Weston, US
Ian Salmon McKay · San Jose, US
Mateo Cristian Jaramillo · San Francisco, US
Eric Weber · Pittsburgh, US
Jarrod David MILSHTEIN · Cambridge, US
Liang Su · Medfield, US
Rupak CHAKRABORTY · Brookline, US
Rachel Elizabeth MUMMA · Somerville, US
Marc-Antoni Goulet · Cambridge, US
Brian Beggan · Boston, US
Marco Ferrara · Boston, US
Theodore Alan Wiley · Somerville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2019
Grant date	Feb 25, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 28, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a battery including a rolling diaphragm configured to move to accommodate an internal volume change of one or more components of the battery. Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a battery housing including a rolling diaphragm seal disposed between an interior volume of the battery and an electrode assembly within the battery. Various embodiments may provide an air electrode assembly including an air electrode supported on a buoyant platform such that the air electrode is above a surface of a volume of electrolyte when the buoyant platform is floating in the electrolyte.

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