ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,305, issued on April 14, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Arlington, Va.).

"Redox flow battery with improved efficiency" was invented by James D. Saraidaridis (Hartford, Conn.) and Zhiwei Yang (South Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for maintaining a redox flow includes draining a first battery electrolyte solution from a redox flow battery cell, the cell including a separator layer arranged between a first electrode and a second electrode, a first circulation loop configured to provide the first battery electrolyte solution to the first electrode and a second circulation loop configured to provide a second battery e...