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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence A. Tinker, Woodstock, GA (US);
R. Dennis Bentz, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
AER Energy Resources, Inc., Smyrna, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/00 ;
Abstract
A cylindrical metal-air cell has a cylindrical housing, an axially extending cylindrical air cathode adjacent an interior surface of the housing, and a plurality of elongate plenums defined between the oxygen electrode and the interior surface of the housing. Isolating passageway are positioned between the ambient environment and each of the plenums, and an air moving device is operable to force air through the isolating passageways and into at least one of the plenums. The air moving device may be a micromachined blower controlled by a circuit integrated into the housing of the blower.