Lockheed Martin Corporation

Ralph E Tate

Toby D Thomas

Thomas Eugene Byrd

Charles T Fixico, Iii

A thermal battery including a casing; a stack of cells disposed within the casing; a pressurizing element; an actuator when actuated, translates the pressurizing element to automatically engage and repressurize the stack of cells; and a latch configured to inhibit movement of the pressurizing element in a direction away from the stack of cells.

Automatic pressurizing thermal battery

An energy-harvesting, self-propelled buoy includes a housing, an inertial power pump for converting wave motion to electrical energy, an electrical energy storage pod operably associated with the inertial power pump, and a propulsion unit for propelling the buoy. The inertial power pump is extensible from the housing.

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Arlington, TX, United States of America

Ralph E Tate