Patent ID: 11923495
Assignee: SION POWER CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A method, comprising:
applying an electrical potential to a first independently addressable deformable solid segment of a deformable solid associated with an electrochemical cell, the deformable solid comprising a two-dimensional array of independently addressable deformable solid segments that includes the first independently addressable deformable solid segment and a second independently addressable deformable solid segment, such that:
the first independently addressable deformable solid segment experiences a mechanical stress, and
the at least a portion of the first independently addressable deformable solid segment applies a first anisotropic force to a first region of a surface of the electrochemical cell, the force having a component normal to an active surface of an electrode of the electrochemical cell;

changing the electrical potential applied to the first independently addressable deformable solid segment, at least in part, in response to an electrical signal received from a first independently addressable pressure sensor segment indicative of a pressure measurement at the first region of the surface, the first independently addressable pressure sensor segment and a second independently addressable pressure sensor segment being part of a two-dimensional array of independently addressable pressure sensor segments of a pressure sensor that is different than the deformable solid, such that:
the mechanical stress experienced by the first independently addressable deformable solid segment changes, and
the first independently addressable deformable solid segment applies a second anisotropic force to the first region of the surface, the second anisotropic force applied to the first region having a component normal to the active surface having a magnitude that is different than that of the first anisotropic force applied to the first region or is zero;

applying an electrical potential to the second independently addressable deformable solid segment such that:
the second independently addressable deformable solid segment experiences a mechanical stress, and
the second independently addressable deformable solid segment applies a first anisotropic force to a second region of the surface of the electrochemical cell, the first anisotropic force applied to the second region having a component normal to the active surface of the electrode; and

changing the electrical potential applied to the second independently addressable deformable solid segment, at least in part, in response to an electrical signal received from the second independently addressable pressure sensor segment indicative of a pressure measurement at the second region of the surface and that is independent of the electrical signal from the first independently addressable pressure sensor segment, such that:
the mechanical stress experienced by the second independently addressable deformable solid segment changes, and
the second independently addressable deformable solid segment applies a second anisotropic force to the second region of the surface, the second anisotropic force applied to the second region having a component normal to the active surface having a magnitude that is different than that of the first anisotropic force applied to the second region or is zero.