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US 4,327,158 AGranted
Metal/gas battery
AssigneeEIC Laboratories, Inc.
InventorGerhard L. Holleck
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Abstract
Metal/gas battery featuring a sealed pressure vessel containing a plurality of electrode stacks encased in hydrophobic cups having a gap between them.
Claims9
A metal/gas battery comprising
- a pressure vessel containing gas under pressure, and
- within said pressure vessel, a plurality of electrode stacks, each said stack comprising an electrolyte and at least one anode/cathode pair and being contained in a cup,
- each said cup comprising
- a bottom portion and
- an uninterrupted side wall contiguous with said bottom portion,
- said cups being stacked such that, between each pair of adjacent cups, a gap is formed, said cups having hydrophobic surfaces along said gap, said gap being sufficiently large so as to allow said gas in said pressure vessel to enter each said stack, and sufficiently small so as to inhibit electrolyte bridging.
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