mPhase Technologies has declared that it has received a major U.S patent for multi-chemistry battery architecture, an innovative battery layout that could incorporate several battery chemistries within a single battery pack.
The patented technique could be utilized to develop a new category of reserve batteries that would function in several applications like electronic systems and sensors utilized in varying temperature environments or in other conditions, in which battery functionality is difficult to accomplish on the basis of individual non-effective battery chemistry.
The patented techniques are based on the concept of developing single cells enclosed in an individual battery pack, in which every cell could comprise a custom arrangement of electrode and electrolyte. The patent explains the method of activation of distinct cells within a battery on the basis of environments like ambient temperatures and energy drain needs, which can be utilized in finding, which cells to be triggered. For instance, in case of sub freezing external temperature, cells in the battery configuration whose battery chemistry is adjusted for cold conditions could be triggered. If the outside temperature is too hot, a separate group of cells in the battery pack would be made active.
The techniques explained in the patent may be deployed in future battery layouts by battery suppliers and are also assessed for using it in future mPhase Smart NanoBattery designs. mPhase Smart NanoBattery utilizes electrowetting and microfluidic methods to preferentially trigger and manipulate the electricity produced by the cells in the reserve battery.
Ron Durando, CEO of mPhase Technologies, stated that the new U.S patent has depicted a significant business and technological accomplishment in building new methods of developing batteries that could be deployed in several applications demanding extended shelf life and other modifiable factors. He added that the new idea can be incorporated in their existing products and also in third party products.
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