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

Claim 0:
1. A battery, comprising:
an electrochemical cell;
a deformable solid associated with the electrochemical cell, the deformable solid configured to apply an anisotropic force with a component normal to an active surface of an electrode of the electrochemical cell;
a pressure sensor that is different than the deformable solid, the pressure sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of independently addressable pressure sensor segments including a first pressure sensor segment associated with a first region of a surface of the electrochemical cell and a second pressure sensor segment associated with a second region of the surface; and
a battery control system,
wherein at least a portion of the deformable solid is configured to experience a mechanical stress affecting a magnitude of the anisotropic force upon the application of an electrical potential to the deformable solid, and
wherein the deformable solid comprises a two-dimensional array of independently addressable deformable solid segments, including a first independently addressable deformable solid segment associated with the first region and a second independently addressable deformable solid segment associated with the second region, each of which is configured to experience a mechanical stress upon the application of an electrical potential to that deformable solid segment,
wherein the battery control system is configured to change an electrical potential applied to the first independently addressable deformable solid segment, at least in part, in response to an electrical signal generated by the first independently addressable pressure sensor segment indicative of a pressure measurement at the first region, such that a magnitude of anisotropic force applied to the first region is changed, and
wherein the battery control system is configured to change an electrical potential applied to the second independently addressable deformable solid segment, at least in part, in response to an electrical signal generated by the second independently addressable pressure sensor segment indicative of a pressure measurement at the second region and that is independent of any electrical signal generated by the first independently addressable pressure sensor segment, such that a magnitude of anisotropic force applied to the second region is changed.