The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2013
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Michael L. Perry, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Andrew Smeltz, Manchester, CT (US);
Wei Xie, East Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/20 (2006.01); H01M 8/04276 (2016.01); H01M 8/04186 (2016.01); H01M 8/0444 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04186 (2013.01); H01M 8/0444 (2013.01); H01M 8/04276 (2013.01); H01M 8/04783 (2013.01); H01M 8/188 (2013.01); H01M 8/20 (2013.01); Y02E 60/528 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flow battery that includes an electrochemical cell having first and second half-cells and an ion-selective separator there between wherein a fluid pressure differential across the ion-selective separator for a controlled amount of time is selectively utilized to urge a concentration imbalance of the electrochemically active species between the first and second electrolytes toward a concentration balance.