US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on Feb. 24 for "Enclosures for electrochemical cells" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,421, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Enclosures for electrochemical cells" was invented by Glenn G. Amatucci (Peapack, N.J.), Kimberly Scott (New Brunswick, N.J.), Linda Wu-Sung (Morris Plains, N.J.) and Ryan Mitchell (New Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hermetic seal for electrochemical cells. The seal is formed between first and second electronically conductive barrier members. The seal is formed by a cold weld between the first and second barrier members. At least one of the first barrier member and the second barrier member are configured to f...