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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2016
Applicant:

Nantenergy, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Ramkumar Krishnan, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Mark Naden, Oro Valley, AZ (US);

Jonathan Goldberg, Chandler, AZ (US);

Joel Hayes, Chandler, AZ (US);

Todd Trimble, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignee:

NANTENERGY, INC., Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 12/08 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/30 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 12/08 (2013.01); H01M 10/0413 (2013.01); H01M 10/0445 (2013.01); H01M 10/30 (2013.01); H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H01M 10/34 (2013.01); Y02E 60/128 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a hybrid electrochemical cell having two (or more) sub-cells each with different cell chemistry. For example, a second electrochemical sub-cell has a metal fuel electrode with the same type of metal fuel in a first electrochemical sub-cell, but has a different battery chemistry than the first sub-cell. A controller is configured to selectively generate an electrical current from at least one sub-cell in a discharge mode and selectively apply an electrical current to at least one sub cell in a charge mode, e.g., by controlling an open or closed state of switches. The operating modes may be controlled based on input parameters.


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