US Patent Issued to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army on April 8 for "Pressure activated battery system" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,844, issued on April 8, was assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Pressure activated battery system" was invented by Jason Cahayla (Kinnelon, N.J.) and Barry Schwartz (Newton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery activation device uses ballistic pressure to directly activate a liquid reserve battery and simultaneously complete the battery ground circuit to the electronics system. The gas pressure generated during ballistic launch reacts upon a piston face that transforms the pressure directly into a linear force which is then applied to the liquid reserve battery ...