US 9,543,625 B2 · Metal/oxygen battery with multistage oxygen compression

Abstract

A vehicular battery system includes an oxygen reservoir having a first outlet and a first inlet, a multistage compressor supported by the vehicle and having a second inlet and a second outlet, the second outlet operably connected to the first inlet, a cooling system operably connected to the multistage compressor and configured to provide a coolant to the multistage compressor to cool a compressed fluid within the multistage compressor, and a vehicular battery system stack including at least one negative electrode including a form of lithium, the vehicular battery system stack having a third inlet removably operably connected to the first outlet, and a third outlet operably connected to the second inlet.

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Dependent claims

A vehicular battery system comprising:

an oxygen reservoir having a first outlet and a first inlet;
a multistage compressor supported by the vehicle and having a second inlet and a second outlet, the second outlet operably connected to the first inlet;
a cooling system operably connected to the multistage compressor and configured to provide a coolant to the multistage compressor to cool a compressed fluid within the multistage compressor;
and
a vehicular battery system stack including at least one negative electrode including a form of lithium, the vehicular battery system stack having a third inlet removably operably connected to the first outlet, and a third outlet operably connected to the second inlet.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/184,964Filed 20 Feb 2014 · us provisional application

Priority

21 Feb 2013

Published

US 2014/0232349 A121 Aug 2014

Granted

10 Jan 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H01M 12/08
Hybrid cells; Manufacture thereof: composed of a half-cell of a fuel-cell type and a half-cell of the secondary-cell type
B60L 1/003
Supplying electric power to auxiliary equipment of vehicles: to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors
B60L 1/08
Using only one supply: methods and devices for control or regulation
B60L 50/64
Using power supplied by batteries: constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles

Metal/oxygen battery with multistage oxygen compression

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Metal/oxygen battery with multistage oxygen compression

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Abstract

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