US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on May 19 for "Stackable battery cells with individual cell management" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,579, issued on May 19, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Stackable battery cells with individual cell management" was invented by Theodore Bloomstein (Medford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery array comprising a plurality of batteries. Each battery comprises a plurality of stacked battery cells, wherein the battery cells have varying properties. Each battery cell comprises an anode layer; a cathode layer; an ion conducting membrane positioned between the anode layer and the cathode layer; a top layer; a bottom layer; and circuitry disposed on the top layer, bottom layer, or both. ...