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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:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Toby D. Thomas, Southlake, TX (US);
Thomas E Byrd, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Charles T Fixico, III, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Ralph E. Tate, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/00 (2006.01); H01M 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.