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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:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Paul S. Albertus, Mountain View, CA (US);
John F. Christensen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Timm Lohmann, Mountain View, CA (US);
Roel S. Sanchez-Carrera, Sommerville, MA (US);
Boris Kozinsky, Waban, MA (US);
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/22 (2006.01); H01M 12/08 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 12/08 (2013.01); H01M 8/04089 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01);
Abstract
A metal/air battery in one embodiment includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, wherein the pressure within the positive electrode is maintained at or above 10 bar with compression energy provided by electrons driving electrochemical reaction in the battery during charging of the metal/air battery.