Little Silver inventor receives patent

Mark Salomon of Little Silver, along with five other inventors, received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for inventing "lithium metal anode construction for seawater or air semi-fuel cells having pouch packaging."

Salomon developed the invention with Ian Kowalczyk of Harleysville, PA., William Eppley of Skippack, Pa., David Chua of Wayne, Pa. and Benjamin Meyer of Landsdale, PA.

"Lithium metal anode protection, and various semi-fuel cell constructions for use in deep, high pressure seawater or air media are provided," states the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's abstract of the invention. "The described lithium semi-fuel cells achieve record high energy densities, due to the high energy density of lithium anode and the use of the cathode reactant from the surrounding media, which is not part of the cell weight, and the use of ultralight and flexible packaging materials. These features make the described semi-fuel cells the ideal choice for powering underwater and air vehicles."