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US6731022B2
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Digital battery
Assignee: Denovo Research LLC
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Filing: 2002-10-11
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Granted: 2004-05-04
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Expires: 2022-10-11
Abstract
Abstract A dynamic battery array of individual cells, controllably interconnected for instantaneous dynamic configuration into a plurality of individual power buses having different electrical power output characteristics, each of which is tailored to supply the electrical power required at the instant by a particular electrical load within a circuit. Preferably the cells are fungible and randomly available so that at any given instant any given cell can be poweringly associated with a particular electrical load. The dynamic battery array, consisting of discrete cells lends itself to mounting on physically flexible substrates such as credit cards. The programmable array employs low resistance switch arrays for dynamically and instantaneously forming individual power networks or power buses between selected power cells and individual electrical loads in electrical circuits. The circuits to which such battery arrays are applied are generally complex circuits in which several different loads occur, each of which has a different power requirement.
Inventors
- 👤 Martin S. Silverman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 11:45
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02J; H02J7/00; H01; H01M; H01M6/00; H01M6/40; H01M10/00; H01M10/04; H01M10/0436; H01M10/42; H01M10/4207; H01M10/425; H01M10/4257; H01M50/00; H01M50/50; H02J7/50; H01M10/44; H01M6/50; H01M6/5011; H01M6/5016; H02J7/80; H02J7/84; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10; Y02P; Y02P70/00; Y02P70/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 48
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A digital battery comprising: a substrate that is incapable of producing electrical energy; a plurality of discrete cells supported in an array by said substrate, individual ones of said cells being capable of providing electrical energy, said array being electrically interconnected through an electrical interconnection system, said electrical interconnection system being changeably configurable responsive to signals from an interconnection controller; an electrical circuit operatively connected to said array, said electrical circuit including at least two loads that require different electrical energy conditions, said interconnection controller being adapted to configure said electrical interconnection system so that individual ones of said plurality of discrete cells are interconnected to provide each of said two loads with the required different electrical energy conditions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A digital battery comprising: a substrate that is incapable of producing electrical energy; a plurality of discrete cells supported in an array by said substrate, individual ones of said cells being capable of providing electrical energy, said array being electrically interconnected through an electrical interconnection system, said electrical interconnection system being changeably configurable responsive to signals from an interconnection controller; an electrical circuit operatively connected to said array, said electrical circuit including at least two loads that require different electrical energy conditions, said interconnection controller being adapted to configure said electrical interconnection system so that individual ones of said plurality of discrete cells are interconnected to provide each of said two loads with the required different electrical energy conditions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
96 words
A digital battery comprising: a physically flexible substrate that is incapable of producing electrical energy; a plurality of discrete cells supported in an array by said substrate, individual ones of said cells being capable of providing electrical power, said array being electrically interconnected through a semiconductor switch array; an electrical circuit operatively connected to said array, said electrical circuit including at least two loads that require different instantaneous electrical energy conditions, said semiconductor switch array interconnecting said individual ones of said cells to provide each of said two loads with the required different electrical energy conditions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
96 words
A digital battery comprising: a physically flexible substrate that is incapable of producing electrical energy; a plurality of discrete cells supported in an array by said substrate, individual ones of said cells being capable of providing electrical power, said array being electrically interconnected through a semiconductor switch array; an electrical circuit operatively connected to said array, said electrical circuit including at least two loads that require different instantaneous electrical energy conditions, said semiconductor switch array interconnecting said individual ones of said cells to provide each of said two loads with the required different electrical energy conditions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
100 words
A process of forming a digital battery comprising: selecting a substrate that is incapable of producing electrical energy; forming a plurality of discrete cells supported in an array by said substrate, individual ones of said cells being capable of providing electrical energy, said array being electrically interconnected through an electrical interconnection system; providing an electrical circuit operatively connected to said array, said electrical circuit including at least two components that require different electrical energy conditions, said electrical interconnection system interconnecting said individual ones of said cells to provide each of said two components with the required different electrical energy conditions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
100 words
A process of forming a digital battery comprising: selecting a substrate that is incapable of producing electrical energy; forming a plurality of discrete cells supported in an array by said substrate, individual ones of said cells being capable of providing electrical energy, said array being electrically interconnected through an electrical interconnection system; providing an electrical circuit operatively connected to said array, said electrical circuit including at least two components that require different electrical energy conditions, said electrical interconnection system interconnecting said individual ones of said cells to provide each of said two components with the required different electrical energy conditions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
97 words
A complex electronic device including a plurality of individual power cells, said complex electronic device comprising: a plurality of individual loads; a plurality of power conductive paths conductively and selectively associatable with each of said individual power cells and each of said individual loads; a plurality of semiconductor switches operatively associated with said plurality of power conductive paths, said semiconductor switches being adapted to substantially dynamically selecting at least one of said individual power cells to form a power selection, and to form said power selection into an individual power bus for one of said individual loads.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
97 words
A complex electronic device including a plurality of individual power cells, said complex electronic device comprising: a plurality of individual loads; a plurality of power conductive paths conductively and selectively associatable with each of said individual power cells and each of said individual loads; a plurality of semiconductor switches operatively associated with said plurality of power conductive paths, said semiconductor switches being adapted to substantially dynamically selecting at least one of said individual power cells to form a power selection, and to form said power selection into an individual power bus for one of said individual loads.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A complex electronic device of claim 4 wherein said individual power cells are selected randomly from said plurality of individual power cells to form said power selection.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A complex electronic device of claim 4 including a programmable switch array, said programmable switch array including said semiconductor switches.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
125 words
A system comprising: a power array, said power array including a plurality of separate power generating cells; an electronic circuit, said electronic circuit including at least first and second loads, said first and second loads requiring power for their operation, the power required to operate said first load being different from the power required to operate said second load; and a programmable switch array between said power array and said electronic circuit, said programmable switch array being adapted to dynamically forming individual power buses between said power array and each of said first and second loads, said individual power buses being formed from said separate power generating cells, substantially all of said separate power generating cells being substantially instantaneously fungible between said individual power buses.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
125 words
A system comprising: a power array, said power array including a plurality of separate power generating cells; an electronic circuit, said electronic circuit including at least first and second loads, said first and second loads requiring power for their operation, the power required to operate said first load being different from the power required to operate said second load; and a programmable switch array between said power array and said electronic circuit, said programmable switch array being adapted to dynamically forming individual power buses between said power array and each of said first and second loads, said individual power buses being formed from said separate power generating cells, substantially all of said separate power generating cells being substantially instantaneously fungible between said individual power buses.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system of claim 7 wherein said programmable switch array includes a plurality of semiconductor switches, said semiconductor switches have an ON resistance of less than approximately 0.5 ohms.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A system of claim 7 wherein said power array includes enough of said separate power generating cells to provide a plurality of normally spare separate power generating cells.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system of claim 7 wherein said electronic circuit includes more than two loads and the power requirements of each of said loads is different.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system of claim 7 wherein said power generating cells are electrochemical cells.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system of claim 7 wherein said system is mounted on a physically flexible substrate.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
177 words
A method of providing instantaneous individual power buses for loads in an electronic circuit comprising: selecting a power array including a plurality of power cells; selecting a said electronic circuit including a plurality of loads, said loads requiring power for their operation; dynamically selecting at least a first said power cell from said power array, and poweringly associating said first power cell with a first of said loads to form a first power bus; and dynamically selecting at least a second said power cell from said power array, and poweringly associating said second power cell with a second of said loads to form a second power bus, all of the said power cells on said first power bus being different from the said power cells on said second power bus, said forming of said first and second power buses including establishing electrical connections using semiconductor switches having an ON resistance of less than approximately 0.5 ohms, and said semiconductor switches being actuated to establish said electrical connections responsive to control signals generated by a programmable switch array.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
177 words
A method of providing instantaneous individual power buses for loads in an electronic circuit comprising: selecting a power array including a plurality of power cells; selecting a said electronic circuit including a plurality of loads, said loads requiring power for their operation; dynamically selecting at least a first said power cell from said power array, and poweringly associating said first power cell with a first of said loads to form a first power bus; and dynamically selecting at least a second said power cell from said power array, and poweringly associating said second power cell with a second of said loads to form a second power bus, all of the said power cells on said first power bus being different from the said power cells on said second power bus, said forming of said first and second power buses including establishing electrical connections using semiconductor switches having an ON resistance of less than approximately 0.5 ohms, and said semiconductor switches being actuated to establish said electrical connections responsive to control signals generated by a programmable switch array.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
79 words
A complex electronic device of claim 13 including a plurality of said semiconductor switches operatively associated with said plurality of individual said power buses, said semiconductor switches being adapted to substantially dynamically forming said individual power buses from said individual power cells and maintaining at least one power characteristic on at least one of said individual power busses at substantially a predetermined value by substantially instantaneously switching individual power cells into and out of said one individual power bus.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
84 words
An electrical device comprising: a plurality of individual power cells; a plurality of individual electric loads; a plurality of semiconductor switcher adapted to substantially simultaneously and instantaneously poweringly associating at least a first of said individual power cells with a first of said individual electrical loads and at least a second of said individual power cells with a second of said individual electrical loads, at least said first and second individual power cells being substantially fungible between said first and second individual electrical loads.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
84 words
An electrical device comprising: a plurality of individual power cells; a plurality of individual electric loads; a plurality of semiconductor switcher adapted to substantially simultaneously and instantaneously poweringly associating at least a first of said individual power cells with a first of said individual electrical loads and at least a second of said individual power cells with a second of said individual electrical loads, at least said first and second individual power cells being substantially fungible between said first and second individual electrical loads.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electrical device of claim 15 , substantially all of said individual power cells being substantially fungible between substantially all of said individual electric loads.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
35 words
An electrical device of claim 15 , said plurality of semiconductor switches being adapted to substantially instantaneously poweringly associating at least two of said individual power cells with a first of said individual electrical loads.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of powering an electrical device comprising: selecting a plurality of individual power cells; selecting a plurality of individual electrical loads in said electrical device; selecting a plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches, said plurality of semiconductor switches being power bus formingly associated between said plurality of individual power cells and said plurality of individual electrical loads; actuating said plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches; and allowing at least first and second individual power busses to substantially instantaneously and simultaneously form, said first individual power bus being between at least a first of said individual power cells and a first of said individual electrical loads, and said second individual power bus being between as least a second of said individual power cells and a second of said individual electrical loads.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of powering an electrical device comprising: selecting a plurality of individual power cells; selecting a plurality of individual electrical loads in said electrical device; selecting a plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches, said plurality of semiconductor switches being power bus formingly associated between said plurality of individual power cells and said plurality of individual electrical loads; actuating said plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches; and allowing at least first and second individual power busses to substantially instantaneously and simultaneously form, said first individual power bus being between at least a first of said individual power cells and a first of said individual electrical loads, and said second individual power bus being between as least a second of said individual power cells and a second of said individual electrical loads.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method of claim 18 including allowing at least said first individual power bus to form between at least two of said individual power cells and said first individual electrical load.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method of claim 18 including allowing at least three of said individual power busses to form.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
195 words
A method of powering an electrical device comprising: selecting a plurality of individual power cells; selecting a plurality of individual electrical loads in said electrical device; selecting a plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches, said plurality of semiconductor switches being dynamically power bus formingly associated between said plurality of individual power cells and said plurality of individual electrical loads; actuating said plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches; allowing at least first and second individual power busses to dynamically and substantially instantaneously and simultaneously form, said first individual power bus being between at least a first and second of said individual power cells and a first of said individual electrical loads, and said second individual power bus being between at least a third one of said individual power cells and a second of said individual electrical loads, said first individual power bus having first instantaneous energy characteristics and said second power bus having second instantaneous energy characteristics, said first and second instantaneous energy characteristics being different from one another; and establishing said first and second instantaneous energy characteristics at desired values by dynamically adding and removing said individual power cells to said first and second individual power busses.
Claim 30
Independent Claim
195 words
A method of powering an electrical device comprising: selecting a plurality of individual power cells; selecting a plurality of individual electrical loads in said electrical device; selecting a plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches, said plurality of semiconductor switches being dynamically power bus formingly associated between said plurality of individual power cells and said plurality of individual electrical loads; actuating said plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches; allowing at least first and second individual power busses to dynamically and substantially instantaneously and simultaneously form, said first individual power bus being between at least a first and second of said individual power cells and a first of said individual electrical loads, and said second individual power bus being between at least a third one of said individual power cells and a second of said individual electrical loads, said first individual power bus having first instantaneous energy characteristics and said second power bus having second instantaneous energy characteristics, said first and second instantaneous energy characteristics being different from one another; and establishing said first and second instantaneous energy characteristics at desired values by dynamically adding and removing said individual power cells to said first and second individual power busses.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
135 words
An electrical device comprising: a substrate, said substrate being populated by a plurality of discrete power cells, and discrete power cells being distributed about and integrated with said substrate; a plurality of electrical modules mounted on and distributed about said substrate, the energy requirements for the operation of at least a first of such electrical modules being different from the energy requirements for the operation of a second of said modules; a switch array adapted to substantially instantaneously poweringly associating at least a first of said discrete power cells with said first electrical module and at least a second of said discrete power cells with said second electrical module, said switch array being adapted to dynamically re-poweringly associating said discrete power cells with said electrical modules responsive to at least changes in said energy requirements.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
135 words
An electrical device comprising: a substrate, said substrate being populated by a plurality of discrete power cells, and discrete power cells being distributed about and integrated with said substrate; a plurality of electrical modules mounted on and distributed about said substrate, the energy requirements for the operation of at least a first of such electrical modules being different from the energy requirements for the operation of a second of said modules; a switch array adapted to substantially instantaneously poweringly associating at least a first of said discrete power cells with said first electrical module and at least a second of said discrete power cells with said second electrical module, said switch array being adapted to dynamically re-poweringly associating said discrete power cells with said electrical modules responsive to at least changes in said energy requirements.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
49 words
An electrical device of claim 22 wherein a sub-group of said discrete power cells is physically positioned next to a sub-group of said electrical modules on said substrate, and said switch array is adapted to preferentially poweringly associating said sub-group of discrete power cells with said-sub-group of electrical modules.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
116 words
An electrical device of claim 22 wherein said substrate includes at least first and second physical areas, at least first and second power cell sub-groups, and at least first and second electrical module sub-groups, each of said first and second power cell sub-groups being composed of at least two of said discrete power cells, each of said first and second electrical module sub-groups being composed of at least one of said electrical modules, and first power cell sub-group and said first electrical module sub-group being physically located in said first physical area of said substrate, and said switch array being adapted to preferentially poweringly associating said first power cell sub-group with said first electrical module sub-group.
Claim 35
Independent Claim
235 words
A method of powering an electrical device comprising: selecting a plurality of individual power cells, said power cells being integral with a substrate; selecting a plurality of individual electrical loads in said electrical device, said individual electrical loads resulting from the operation of electrical components mounted on said substrate; selecting a plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches, said actuatable semiconductor switches having ON resistances of less than about 0.5 ohms, said plurality of semiconductor switches being dynamically power bus formingly associated between said plurality of individual power cells and plurality of individual electrical loads; actuating said plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches; allowing at least first and second individual power busses to dynamically and substantially instantaneously form, said firsts individual power bus being between at least a first and second of said individual power cells and a first of said individual electrical loads, and said second individual power bus being between at least a third of said individual power cells and a second of said individual electrical loads, said first individual power bus having first instantaneous energy characteristics, and said second power bus having second instantaneous energy characteristics, said first and second instantaneous energy characteristics being different from one another and changing over time; and establishing said first and second instantaneous energy characteristics at desired values by dynamically adding and removing said individual power cells from time to time to said first and second individual power busses.
Claim 36
Independent Claim
235 words
A method of powering an electrical device comprising: selecting a plurality of individual power cells, said power cells being integral with a substrate; selecting a plurality of individual electrical loads in said electrical device, said individual electrical loads resulting from the operation of electrical components mounted on said substrate; selecting a plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches, said actuatable semiconductor switches having ON resistances of less than about 0.5 ohms, said plurality of semiconductor switches being dynamically power bus formingly associated between said plurality of individual power cells and plurality of individual electrical loads; actuating said plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches; allowing at least first and second individual power busses to dynamically and substantially instantaneously form, said firsts individual power bus being between at least a first and second of said individual power cells and a first of said individual electrical loads, and said second individual power bus being between at least a third of said individual power cells and a second of said individual electrical loads, said first individual power bus having first instantaneous energy characteristics, and said second power bus having second instantaneous energy characteristics, said first and second instantaneous energy characteristics being different from one another and changing over time; and establishing said first and second instantaneous energy characteristics at desired values by dynamically adding and removing said individual power cells from time to time to said first and second individual power busses.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method of claim 25 wherein said plurality of actuatable semiconductor switches includes semiconductor switches ganged in parallel to reduce the total ON resistance of said included semiconductor switches to less than about 0.5 ohms.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electrical device of claim 26 wherein said first and second discrete power cells and said first and second electrical modules are completely embedded within said substrate between said opposed external surfaces.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electrical device of claim 26 wherein substantially all of said discrete power cells and electrical modules are completely embedded within said substrate between said opposed external surfaces.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
193 words
An electrical device comprising: a substrate, said substrate having a thickness between opposed external surfaces and being populated by a plurality of Discrete power cells, said discrete power cells being distributed about and integrated with said substrate, and at least some of such discrete power cells being at lest partially embedded within said substrate between said opposed exrernal surfaces; a plurality of electrical modules mounted on and distributed about said substrate, at least some of said electrical modules being at least partially embedded within said substrate between said opposed external surfaces, said electrical modules having energy requirements for their operation, and the energy requirements for operating a first of said electrical modules being different from the energy requirements for operating a second of said electrical modules; a switch array adapted to substantially instantaneously poweringly associating at least a first of said discrete power cells with said first electrical module and at least a second of said discrete power cells with said second electrical module, said switch array being adapted to dynamically re-poweringly associating said discrete power cells with said electrical modules responsive to changes in said energy requirements or said discrete power cells.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
193 words
An electrical device comprising: a substrate, said substrate having a thickness between opposed external surfaces and being populated by a plurality of Discrete power cells, said discrete power cells being distributed about and integrated with said substrate, and at least some of such discrete power cells being at lest partially embedded within said substrate between said opposed exrernal surfaces; a plurality of electrical modules mounted on and distributed about said substrate, at least some of said electrical modules being at least partially embedded within said substrate between said opposed external surfaces, said electrical modules having energy requirements for their operation, and the energy requirements for operating a first of said electrical modules being different from the energy requirements for operating a second of said electrical modules; a switch array adapted to substantially instantaneously poweringly associating at least a first of said discrete power cells with said first electrical module and at least a second of said discrete power cells with said second electrical module, said switch array being adapted to dynamically re-poweringly associating said discrete power cells with said electrical modules responsive to changes in said energy requirements or said discrete power cells.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
182 words
An electrical device comprising: a substrate, said substrate being physically flexible and being populated by a plurality of discrete power cells, said discrete power cells being capable of generating energy and being distributed about and integrated with said substrate, said substrate having at least first and second areas, said first area comprising at least about 8 such discrete power cells per square inch; a plurality of electrical modules mounted on and distributed about said substrate, said electrical modules having energy requirements for their operation, and the energy requirements for operating a first of said electrical modules being different from the energy requirements for operating a second of said electrical modules; a switch array adapted to substantially instantaneously poweringly associating at least a first of said discrete power cells with said first electrical module and at least a second of said discrete power cells with said second electrical module, said switch array being adapted to dynamically re-poweringly associating said discrete power cells with said electrical modules responsive to changes in said energy requirements or in the energy generation of said discrete power cells.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
182 words
An electrical device comprising: a substrate, said substrate being physically flexible and being populated by a plurality of discrete power cells, said discrete power cells being capable of generating energy and being distributed about and integrated with said substrate, said substrate having at least first and second areas, said first area comprising at least about 8 such discrete power cells per square inch; a plurality of electrical modules mounted on and distributed about said substrate, said electrical modules having energy requirements for their operation, and the energy requirements for operating a first of said electrical modules being different from the energy requirements for operating a second of said electrical modules; a switch array adapted to substantially instantaneously poweringly associating at least a first of said discrete power cells with said first electrical module and at least a second of said discrete power cells with said second electrical module, said switch array being adapted to dynamically re-poweringly associating said discrete power cells with said electrical modules responsive to changes in said energy requirements or in the energy generation of said discrete power cells.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electrical device of claim 30 wherein at least some of said discrete power cells and electrical modules are located substantially between opposed external surfaces of said substrate.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
55 words
An electrical device of claim 30 wherein said substrate has an unbent length and said substrate is adapted to being repeatedly bent to a height such that the ratio of the height of the bent substrate to the unbent length is approximately 0.2 without substantially impairing the integrity or connectivity of said discrete power cells.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
156 words
An electrical device comprising: a substrate comprising at least a first area, said substrate being populated by a plurality of discrete power cells, said discrete power cells being distributed about and integrated with said substrate, and said first area having at least about 8 of said discrete power cells per square inch; a plurality of electrical modules mounted on and distributed about said substrate, the energy requirements for the operation of at least a first of such electrical modules being different from the energy requirements for the operation of a second of said modules; a switch array adapted to substantially instantaneously poweringly associating at least first of said discrete power cells with said first electrical module at least a second of said discrete power cells with said second electrical module, said switch array being adapted to dynamically re-poweringly associating said discrete power cells with said electrical modules responsive to at least changes in said energy requirements.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
156 words
An electrical device comprising: a substrate comprising at least a first area, said substrate being populated by a plurality of discrete power cells, said discrete power cells being distributed about and integrated with said substrate, and said first area having at least about 8 of said discrete power cells per square inch; a plurality of electrical modules mounted on and distributed about said substrate, the energy requirements for the operation of at least a first of such electrical modules being different from the energy requirements for the operation of a second of said modules; a switch array adapted to substantially instantaneously poweringly associating at least first of said discrete power cells with said first electrical module at least a second of said discrete power cells with said second electrical module, said switch array being adapted to dynamically re-poweringly associating said discrete power cells with said electrical modules responsive to at least changes in said energy requirements.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electrical device of claim 33 wherein said discrete power cells are electrochemical cells and the components of at least some of said electrochemical cells are under pressure.
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