Duel Configuration Rechargeable Battery and Vehicle
First Claim
1. A dual configuration rechargeable battery comprising:
- a two state electrolyte with a reduced state and an compound state where chemical reactions change the states with a resultant electrical flow or an electrical flow changes the state with resultant chemical reactions;
a dual use electrode associated with the two state electrolyte, which serves as a cathode in a first configuration and an anode in a second configuration;
an atmospheric electrode acting as an anode in the first configuration where atmospheric gases can enter into chemical reactions with the two state electrolyte in the reduced state resulting in the compound state and electrical flow with the dual use electrode as a cathode;
a reducing chemical electrode acting as a cathode in the second configuration where the reducing chemical enters into a chemical reaction with the two state electrolyte in the compound state resulting in the reduced state, depletion of the reducing chemical electrode, and electrical flow with the dual use electrode as an anode;
where the battery in the first configuration generates an electrical flow with the atmospheric electrode by a chemical reaction changing the two state electrolyte from the reduced state to the compound state and in the second configuration generates an electrical flow with the reducing chemical by a chemical reaction changing the two state electrolyte from the compound state to the reduced state.
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Abstract
The present invention is a dual configuration rechargeable battery for an electric powered vehicle where the battery in a first configuration provides a first chemical reaction discharging a battery electrolyte to generate an electrical current and with a reverse current, recharging the battery; and in a second configuration provides a second chemical reaction to generate a reverse electrical current and recharging the battery so that the battery returned to the first configuration is charged. The chemical for the second reaction is depleted and must be replenished to repeat the cycle. The battery in the second configuration provides both the recharging of the electrolyte and an electrical current for an electric powered vehicle while recharging. The charging current are equivalent to the discharging current so that the battery can be designed for operational current and not higher charging currents. Unlike recharging from an external source such as the power grid, the battery is used while recharging.
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18 Claims
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1. A dual configuration rechargeable battery comprising:
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a two state electrolyte with a reduced state and an compound state where chemical reactions change the states with a resultant electrical flow or an electrical flow changes the state with resultant chemical reactions; a dual use electrode associated with the two state electrolyte, which serves as a cathode in a first configuration and an anode in a second configuration; an atmospheric electrode acting as an anode in the first configuration where atmospheric gases can enter into chemical reactions with the two state electrolyte in the reduced state resulting in the compound state and electrical flow with the dual use electrode as a cathode; a reducing chemical electrode acting as a cathode in the second configuration where the reducing chemical enters into a chemical reaction with the two state electrolyte in the compound state resulting in the reduced state, depletion of the reducing chemical electrode, and electrical flow with the dual use electrode as an anode; where the battery in the first configuration generates an electrical flow with the atmospheric electrode by a chemical reaction changing the two state electrolyte from the reduced state to the compound state and in the second configuration generates an electrical flow with the reducing chemical by a chemical reaction changing the two state electrolyte from the compound state to the reduced state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electric powered vehicle with a reducing chemical tank and a dual configuration rechargeable battery used to power a vehicle electric motor where the dual configuration rechargeable battery comprises:
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a two state electrolyte with a reduced state and an compound state where chemical reactions change the states with a resultant electrical flow or an electrical flow changes the state with resultant chemical reactions; a dual use electrode associated with the two state electrolyte, which serves as a cathode in a first configuration and as an anode in a second configuration; an atmospheric electrode acting as an anode where atmospheric gases can enter into chemical reactions with the two state electrolyte in the reduced state resulting in the compound state and electrical current flow with the dual use electrode as a cathode; a reducing chemical electrode acting as a cathode where the reducing chemical enters into a chemical reaction with the two state electrolyte in the compound state resulting in the reduced state, depletion of the reducing chemical electrode, and electrical flow with the dual use electrode as an anode; a reducing chemical that coverts the atmospheric anode to the reducing chemical cathode by adding the reducing chemical and converted back from the reducing chemical cathode to an atmospheric anode by removing the reducing chemical; where the battery in the first configuration generates an electrical current to power the vehicle motor by chemical reaction with the atmospheric anode changing the two state electrolyte from the reduced state to the compound state and in the second configuration generates an electrical current to power the vehicle motor by chemical reaction with the reducing chemical changing the two state electrolyte from the compound state to the reduced state and the reducing chemical depleted. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A reducing chemical recovery station for a vehicle with a dual configuration battery and storage tank with an external input and external output for a reducing chemical, where the reducing chemical is in either a depleted state or a non-depleted state, comprising:
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a connector with an input matching the external output and an output matching the external input; a processing unit providing; means to extract depleted reducing chemical from a vehicle storage tank though the connector; means to store the depleted reducing chemical; means to convert depleted reducing chemical to non-depleted reducing chemical by applying an electrical current; means to store the non-depleted reducing chemical; means to fill the vehicle storage tank with non-depleted reducing chemical through the connector.
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