Patents Examined by Amanda C. Walke
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Patent number: 11964930Abstract: An organic compound represented by formula [1]. In the formula rings Q represented by formula [1-1] are each independently present at positions *1 and *2 such that positions * of the rings Q correspond to the positions *1 and *2. The rings Q may be the same or different. R4 and R5 represent groups each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. The rings Q are aromatic hydrocarbons. R1 to R3 represent groups each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a cyano group. At least one of R1 to R3 represents a cyano group.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Ohrui, Hirokazu Miyashita, Satoru Shiobara, Yosuke Nishide, Naoki Yamada, Jun Kamatani
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Patent number: 11967709Abstract: The present invention provides a composite oxide that can achieve a high low-temperature output characteristic, a method for manufacturing the same, and a positive electrode active material in which the generation of soluble lithium is suppressed and a problem of gelation is not caused during the paste preparation. A positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including a lithium-metal composite oxide powder including a secondary particle configured by aggregating primary particles containing lithium, nickel, manganese, and cobalt, or a lithium-metal composite oxide powder including both the primary particles and the secondary particle, wherein the secondary particle has a hollow structure inside as a main inside structure, the slurry pH is 11.5 or less, the soluble lithium content rate is 0.5 [% by mass] or less, the specific surface area is 2.0 to 3.0 [m2/g], and the porosity is 20 to 50 [%].Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroko Oshita, Kazuomi Ryoshi, Taira Aida, Koji Yamaji, Jiro Okada
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Patent number: 11961986Abstract: A battery module includes a battery column, a heat insulation pad and a side plate. The battery column includes a plurality of batteries, and the batteries are arranged in a first direction. The heat insulation pad is disposed between two adjacent batteries in the battery column. The side plate is disposed on a side surface of the battery column and extends in the first direction. At least one heat-resistant region is disposed on the side plate and corresponds to a position of the heat insulation pad. The heat-resistant region is any one of a through hole, a blind hole, and a notch or a combination of two or more of the foregoing communicated with each other. At least a portion of an orthographic projection of the heat insulation pad on the side plate is disposed within the heat-resistant region.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: CALB Co., Ltd., CALB Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhouli Li, Li Niu, Guohua Sun, Xinjian Li, Qixin Guo
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Patent number: 11960208Abstract: A photosensitive element comprising a support film, a barrier layer, and a photosensitive layer in this order, wherein the barrier layer contains a water-soluble resin and an ultraviolet absorber.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Kume, Hiroshi Ono
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Patent number: 11962002Abstract: The present disclosure concerns lithium zirconium phosphate (LZP) chemical oxides for coated cathode active materials, which are useful in cathodes (i.e., positive electrodes) of rechargeable lithium-batteries for reversibly storing lithium ions (Li+).Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: QuantumScape Battery, Inc.Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Chao, Sarah Chavez, Hyeseung Chung, Seitaro Ito, Yuki Katoh, Konstantin Lokshin, Akinari Ohash, Jessa Silver, Yaosen Tian, Virgil Xu, Zhenfeng Yu
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Patent number: 11955658Abstract: The present application provides a battery cell and a manufacturing method and manufacturing system, a battery, and a power consumption apparatus. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly, a housing, a pressure relief mechanism and a cover assembly. The housing is provided with an accommodating space for accommodating the electrode assembly, and the housing includes a first side plate located on a side in a first direction; the pressure relief mechanism is disposed on the first side plate; and the cover assembly is configured for sealing the housing, where an inner surface of the first side plate of the housing is provided with a first flow channel extending along the inner surface, and the first flow channel is configured to guide a gas in the accommodating space to the pressure relief mechanism so that the pressure relief mechanism is actuated when a pressure reaches a threshold, and relieve the pressure.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventor: Yuyong Lei
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Patent number: 11949068Abstract: A polymer electrolyte includes a polymer matrix including a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the formula and an ionic liquid. R1 to R3 are each one of a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, or combinations thereof. Each R4 is one of hydrogen, a halogen group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C14 heteroaryl group, or combinations thereof. Substituents of R1 to R4 are each one of a halogen group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-C8 alkyl group, or combinations thereof, x is an integer of 1 to 8, and n is an integer of 60 to 3200.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, University of Seoul IndustryInventors: Ho Taek Lee, Yong Min Kim, Hong Chul Moon
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Patent number: 11949129Abstract: Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a refuelable battery for the power grid to provide a sustainable, cost-effective, and/or operationally efficient solution to energy source variability and/or energy demand variability. In particular, the systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a refuelable primary battery solution that addresses bulk seasonal energy storage needs, variable demand needs, and other challenges.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: FORM ENERGY, INC.Inventors: Mateo Cristian Jaramillo, Ian Salmon McKay, William Henry Woodford
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Patent number: 11936069Abstract: A layered double hydroxide is represented by the following formula (I): Ni2+1?(x+y+z)Fe3+xV3+yCo3+z(OH)2An?(x+y+z)/n·mH2O . . . (I). In one embodiment, in the formula (I), (x+y+z) is from 0.2 to 0.5, “x” represents more than 0 and 0.3 or less, “y” represents from 0.04 to 0.49, and “z” represents more than 0 and 0.2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Ozora Kano, Naomi Hashimoto, Naomi Saito, Yukari Sakurayama
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Patent number: 11936040Abstract: To provide electrolytic manganese dioxide excellent in low rate characteristics and middle rate characteristics when used as a cathode material for alkaline manganese dry cells, and a method for its production. Electrolytic manganese dioxide of which the apparent density is at least 4.0 g/cm3 and at most 4.3 g/cm3, and the mode particle size is at least 30 ?m and at most 100 ?m; a method for its production and its application.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Suzuki, Akinori Eshita
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Patent number: 11929533Abstract: A flow battery having at least one rechargeable cell is disclosed. The at least one rechargeable cell can include an anolyte compartment, a catholyte compartment, and an anion exchange membrane positioned between the anolyte and catholyte compartments. The anion exchange membrane can have a thickness of less than 100 ?m and a steady state diffusivity of less than 0.4 ppm/hr/cm2 with respect to a cation species in an electrolyte of the rechargeable cell. A method of facilitating use of a flow battery including providing the anion exchange membrane is also disclosed. A method of facilitating storage of an electric charge comprising providing the flow battery is also disclosed. A method of producing an anion exchange membrane is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLCInventors: George Y. Gu, Savvas Hadjikyriacou, Michael J. Shaw, Simon P. Dukes
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Patent number: 11929467Abstract: A secondary battery including an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, an electrolyte, and an exterior body housing the electrode assembly and the electrolyte. The exterior body has at least two step portions adjacent to each other and having top surfaces with different heights, the at least two step portions including a low step portion and a high step portion. A stepped surface is formed between the top surface of the low step portion and the top surface of the high step portion, and at least part of a board is arrangeable on the top surface of the low step portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Kawai, Masahiro Otsuka
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Patent number: 11912913Abstract: A quantum dot-polymer composite pattern including at least one repeating section configured to emit light of a predetermined wavelength, and a production method and a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite are disclosed. The quantum dot-polymer composite includes a polymer matrix including linear polymer including a carboxylic acid group-containing repeating unit and a plurality of cadmium-free quantum dots dispersed in the polymer matrix, has an absorption rate of greater than or equal to about 85% for light at wavelength of about 450 nm, and has an area ratio of a hydroxy group peak relative to an acrylate peak of greater than or equal to about 2.6 in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shang Hyeun Park, Tae Gon Kim, Shin Ae Jun
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Patent number: 11899363Abstract: A salt represented by formula (I), an acid generator and a resist composition: wherein R1, R2 and R3 each represent a hydroxy group, —O—R10, —O—CO—O—R10, —O-L1-CO—O—R10; R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 each represent a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, etc.; L1 represents an alkanediyl group; R10 represents an acid-labile group; X1, X2 and X3 each represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; m1 and m7 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m2 to m6 and m8, m9 represent an integer of 0 to 4, in which 0?m1+m7?5, 0?m2+m8?4, 0?m3+m9?4, and at least one of m1, m2 and m3 represents an integer of 1 or more; X4 represents a single bond, —CH2—, —O—, —S—, etc.; and AI? represents an organic anion.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Katsuhiro Komuro, Koji Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11888122Abstract: An electrolyte solution including a solvent, the solvent containing a compound (1a) represented by the following formula (1a); and a compound (2) represented by the following formula (2): wherein Re is a C1-C5 linear or branched alkyl group optionally containing an ether bond; Rf is a C1-C5 linear or branched alkyl group optionally containing an ether bond; and at least one of Re or Rf contains a fluorine atom. Also disclosed is an electrochemical device including the electrolyte solution, a lithium-ion secondary battery including the electrolyte solution, and a module including the electrochemical device or the lithium-ion secondary battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigeaki Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Arima, Kenzou Takahashi
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Patent number: 11886113Abstract: The present invention provides an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition with which a pattern having an excellent pattern collapse suppressing property and excellent LWR performance can be obtained. In addition, the present invention also provides a resist film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each regarding the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention includes a resin whose solubility in a developer is changed by the action of an acid, a photoacid generator represented by General Formula (b1), and a solvent, in which the photoacid generator represented by General Formula (b1) is a compound that generates an acid having a pka of 1.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Keita Kato, Michihiro Shirakawa, Akiyoshi Goto, Takashi Kawashima, Masafumi Kojima
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Patent number: 11881573Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery pack, and more particularly, to a battery pack, the temperature of which is maintained within a certain range by a heating component or a heat dissipating component attached thereto.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Ji Myong An, Seog Jin Yoon
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Patent number: 11881564Abstract: Provided is a method of improving the cycle-life of a lithium metal secondary battery, the method comprising implementing an anode-protecting layer between an anode active material layer (or an anode current collector layer substantially without any lithium when the battery is made) and a porous separator/electrolyte assembly, wherein the anode-protecting layer is in a close physical contact with the anode active material layer (or the anode current collector), has a thickness from 10 nm to 500 ?m and comprises an electrically and ionically conducting network of cross-linked polymer chains having a lithium ion conductivity from 10?8 to 5×10?2 S/cm and an electron conductivity from 10?8 to 103 S/cm and wherein the anode active material layer contains a layer of lithium or lithium alloy, in a form of a foil, coating, or multiple particles aggregated together, as an anode active material.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Global Graphene Group, Inc.Inventor: Bor Z. Jang
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Patent number: 11880137Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for minimizing line edge/width roughness in lines formed by photolithography are provided. In one example, a method of processing a substrate includes applying a photoresist layer comprising a photoacid generator to on a multi-layer disposed on a substrate, wherein the multi-layer comprises an underlayer formed from an organic material, inorganic material, or a mixture of organic and inorganic materials, exposing a first portion of the photoresist layer unprotected by a photomask to a radiation light in a lithographic exposure process, and applying an electric field or a magnetic field to alter movement of photoacid generated from the photoacid generator substantially in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Huixiong Dai, Mangesh Ashok Bangar, Srinivas D. Nemani, Ellie Y. Yieh, Steven Hiloong Welch, Christopher S. Ngai
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Patent number: 11880135Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising forming a radiation-sensitive film on a substrate; wherein the radiation-sensitive film comprises a radiation-sensitive composition comprising a photoacid generator; a quencher; an acid labile polymer formed from monomers comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer and a monomer comprising an acid decomposable group; and a solvent; patternwise exposing the radiation-sensitive film to activating radiation; and contacting the radiation-sensitive film with an alkaline developing solution to form a resist pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLCInventors: Mitsuru Haga, Kunio Kainuma, Shugaku Kushida