Air manager system for metal air battery
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsKevin Molloy, John A. Thompson, Bikram Yonjan, Robert Yoppolo
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Abstract
A method for controlling air flow in a metal air battery includes confining at least one metal air cell within a cartridge, which has an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening, and moving air through any of a plurality of air flow paths within the cartridge. Each of the paths passes through the air inlet opening of the cartridge, through a diffusion tube, through a distributor tube, across an active surface of at least one metal air cell, and through the air outlet opening of the cartridge, wherein all of the paths are substantially equal in length.
Claims42
A method for controlling air flow in a metal air battery comprising:
- (a) confining at least one metal air cell within a cartridge, said cartridge having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening;
- and
- (b) moving air through any of a plurality of air flow paths within said cartridge,
- wherein each of said paths passes through the same air inlet opening of said cartridge, through a diffusion tube, through a distributor tube, across an active surface of at least one of metal air cell, and through the same air outlet opening of said cartridge, and wherein all of said paths are substantially equal in length.
A method for controlling air flow in a metal air battery, the method comprising:
- (a) confining at least one metal air cell within a cartridge, the cartridge having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening;
- and
- (b) moving air through any of a plurality of air flow paths within the cartridge,
- wherein each of the paths passes through the air inlet opening of the cartridge, then through a diffusion tube, then through a distributor tube, then across an active surface of at least one metal air cell, the active surface being distinct from the distributor tube, and then through the air outlet opening of the cartridge, and wherein all of the paths are substantially equal in length.
A method for controlling air flow in a metal air battery, the method comprising:
- (a) confining at least one metal air cell within a cartridge, the cartridge having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening;
- and
- (b) moving air through any of a plurality of air flow paths within the cartridge,
- wherein each of said paths passes through said air inlet opening of said cartridge, through a diffusion tube, through a distributor tube, and across an active surface of at least one of metal air cell, and
- wherein all of said paths pass through one air outlet opening of said cartridge and are substantially equal in length.
A method for controlling air flow in a metal air battery, the method comprising:
- (a) confining at least one metal air cell within a cartridge, said cartridge having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening;
- and
- (b) moving air through any of a plurality of air flow paths within said cartridge,
- wherein each of said paths passes through said air inlet opening of said cartridge, through a first diffusion tube, through a first distributor tube, across an active surface of at least one of metal air cell, through a second distributor tube, through a second diffusion tube, and through said air outlet opening of said cartridge, and wherein all of said paths are substantially equal in length.
A method for controlling air flow in a metal air battery, the method comprising:
- (a) confining at least one metal air cell within a cartridge, said cartridge having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening;
- and
- (b) moving air through any of a plurality of air flow paths within said cartridge,
- wherein each of said paths passes through the same air inlet opening of said cartridge, across an active surface of at least one of metal air cell, and through the same air outlet opening of said cartridge, and wherein all of said paths are substantially equal in length.
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