US 12,394,817 B2
Methods, systems, and devices for applying forces to electrochemical devices
Daniel G. Milobar, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 17/621,409
Filed by Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/038375
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/257414, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,831, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0359902 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 50/119 (2021.01); H01M 50/159 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/0481 (2013.01) [H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 50/119 (2021.01); H01M 50/159 (2021.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
applying a force to a side of an electrochemical device via a solid surface that is part of a solid article, wherein at least a portion of the solid surface is convex with respect to the side of the electrochemical device in the absence of an applied force, and wherein the applying causes the solid surface and an exterior surface opposite the solid surface to deform such that the solid surface becomes less convex and the exterior surface becomes concave or more concave with respect to the side of the electrochemical device.