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Granted Patent B2
US 12,272,386 · App. 18/231,972 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Electronic device that includes a composition that can actively generate and release a gaseous oxidizing agent component into an interior space of the electronic device, and related subassemblies and methods

Inventors: Silvia De Vito Luebben (Golden, CO); Paul Beatty (Fort Collins, CO); Rory S. Goodman (Boulder, CO); Paul S. Tyler (Apple Valley, MN); Scott E. Ryun (Victoria, MN); Hassan Rezayat (Longmont, CO); Dipeshkumar J. Purani (Shakopee, MN); Ted McDonald (Louisville, CO); Kenneth Eugene Schultz (Longmont, CO); Michael R. Fabry (Apple Valley, MN); Dale Herbert Erickson (Edina, MN); Christopher L. Hill (Apple Valley, MN); Jackson W. Nichols (Belle Plaine, MN)
Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
G11B33/022G11B33/1446H05B1/0247H05B3/06H05B3/42H05B3/48H05K5/0217H05K7/20G11B33/1466G11B33/1486H05B2203/005H05B2203/016
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Patent No.
US 12,272,386
App. No.
18/231,972
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electronic devices that include a composition that can generate a gaseous oxidizing agent component; and a generating device configured to actively cause the composition to generate the gaseous oxidizing agent component. The generating device includes at least one metal-air battery that is in electrical communication with a power source that is configured to apply power to the metal-air battery according to a predetermined time interval to recharge the metal-air battery to generate the gaseous oxidizing agent component.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a) a housing having an interior gas space;

b) one or more electronic components disposed within the housing;

c) a composition that can generate a gaseous oxidizing agent component; and

d) a generating device configured to actively cause the composition to generate the gaseous oxidizing agent component, wherein the generating device comprises at least one metal-air battery that is in electrical communication with a power source that is configured to apply power to the metal-air battery according to a predetermined time interval to recharge the metal-air battery to generate the gaseous oxidizing agent component.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the metal-air battery comprises a liquid.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the metal-air battery comprises a first electrode and a second electrode.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first electrode further comprises a carbon film.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the generating device is configured to apply a voltage across the metal-air battery if the metal-air battery has not undergone recharging for a time period of two weeks or more.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the metal-air battery is disposed within an environmental control module.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the environmental control module includes a gaseous oxidizing agent component permeable membrane to permit the gaseous oxidizing agent component to pass from inside to outside of the environmental control module.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the gaseous oxidizing agent component comprises molecular oxygen and the membrane is permeable to molecular oxygen, and wherein the membrane comprises polymer chosen from low density polyethylene (LDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinyl alcohol, ethylene vinyl alcohol, nylon, polycarbonate, polyimide, and combinations thereof.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the gaseous oxidizing agent component comprises molecular oxygen and the membrane is permeable to molecular oxygen, and wherein the membrane has a molecular oxygen permeation coefficient that increases with temperature.

10. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first electrode is a metal electrode.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the metal electrode comprises a metal or metal alloy thereof.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the metal is chosen from potassium, sodium, lithium, zinc, magnesium, calcium, aluminum, iron, and combinations thereof.

13. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the second electrode is a metal oxide that can undergo a redox reaction to produce the gaseous oxidizing agent component when the metal-air battery is recharged.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the metal-air battery comprises a solid electrolyte.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the generating device is configured to apply a voltage across the metal-air battery if the metal-air battery has not undergone recharging for a time period of one week or more.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the generating device is configured to apply a voltage across the metal-air battery if the metal-air battery has not undergone recharging for a time period from two weeks to 5 years.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the generating device is configured to apply a voltage across the metal-air battery for 1 millisecond to 30 minutes.

18. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the generating device is configured to apply a voltage across the metal-air battery for 1 millisecond to 1 minute.

19. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the generating device is configured to apply a voltage across the metal-air battery for 1 millisecond to 1 second.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: DE VITO LUEBBEN, SILVIA; BEATTY, PAUL; GOODMAN, RORY S.; TYLER, PAUL S.; RYUN, SCOTT E.; REZAYAT, HASSAN; PURANI, DIPESHKUMAR J.; MCDONALD, TED; SCHULTZ, KENNETH EUGENE; FABRY, MICHAEL R.; ERICKSON, DALE HERBERT; HILL, CHRISTOPHER L.; NICHOLS, JACKSON W.
To: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
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Continuity (5)
Division 17583746 · Jan 25, 2022
Continuation In Part 17325980 · May 20, 2021
Continuation 16944573 · Jul 31, 2020
Provisional Application 62936816 · Nov 18, 2019
Related Publication 20230386523A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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