US Patent Issued to Enlighten Innovations on Sept. 23 for "Molten metal battery system with self-priming cells" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,668, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Enlighten Innovations Inc. (Calgary, Canada).

"Molten metal battery system with self-priming cells" was invented by Sai V. Bhavaraju (West Jordan, Utah), Daniel S. Taggart (Broomfield, Colo.), Mykola Makowsky (Calgary, Canada), Joshua D. Johnston (Westminster, Colo.) and Steven W. Hughes (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell capable of self-priming with molten metal produced within the battery cell includes a cathode compartment configured to contain a catholyte that releases metal ions, an anode compartment configured to receive electrons from an external power suppl...