Patents Examined by Amanda C. Walke
  • Patent number: 11679690
    Abstract: Thermal management systems are provided for thermally managing electrified vehicle battery packs. An exemplary battery thermal management system may monitor the availability and effectiveness of a radiator for thermally managing a battery pack. A control unit may be configured to actuate a valve from an open position to a closed position that prevents the flow of the coolant to the radiator when a coolant temperature of the coolant is less than a modified ambient temperature. The modified ambient temperature may be derived as a function of a vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mary Bellino, Nicholas David Moore, Joseph George, Jordan Mazaira
  • Patent number: 11681220
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resist composition including a compound represented by formula (I), a resin having an acid-labile group and an acid generator: wherein, in formula (I), R1 represents a halogen atom or an alkyl fluoride group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, m1 represents an integer of 1 to 5, and when m1 is 2 or more, a plurality of R1 may be the same or different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukako Anryu, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Koji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11673984
    Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode that can form a slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode having excellent viscosity stability and a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent cycle characteristics. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains: a polymer that includes a monomer unit including a functional group that is bondable with a cationic group and a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit; and an organic compound that includes at least two cationic groups. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode has a viscosity change rate of 400% or less when left at rest at a temperature of 60° C. for 30 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Murase, Taku Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11675267
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resist composition including a compound represented by formula (I), a resin having an acid-labile group and an acid generator, the resin having an acid-labile group including at least one selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by formula (a1-1) and a structural unit represented by formula (a1-2):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji Kita, Nobuhiko Nishitani, Koji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11670814
    Abstract: An electricity storage block includes: an element stacked body in which a plurality of square electricity storage elements is stacked and arranged such that wide surfaces of the adjacent square electricity storage elements are opposed to each other; and a pressing device that presses the element stacked body toward the thermally-conductive sheet arranged on the heat transfer plate. The element stacked body includes holders having wide surface abutment parts in abutment with one of the wide surfaces in a pair in at least the predetermined square electricity storage element. The outer surfaces of the bottom plates of the square electricity storage elements are set as heat transfer surfaces thermally connected to the heat transfer plate via the thermally-conductive sheet. The heat-transfer surfaces protrude toward the heat transfer plate more than the end surfaces of the wide surface abutment parts at the heat transfer plate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN, INC.
    Inventors: Osamu Kubota, Akira Sato, Kazunori Ojima, Sadayuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 11667605
    Abstract: A resist composition including a compound represented by formula (b1) in which Rb1 represents an aryl group which may have a substituent; Rb2 and Rb3 each independently represents an aryl group which may have a substituent or an alkyl group which may have a substituent; provided that at least one of the aryl group represented by Rb1 and the aryl group or the alkyl group represented by Rb2 or Rb3 has a substituent containing a halogen atom, and at least one of the aryl group represented by Rb1 and the aryl group or the alkyl group represented by Rb2 or Rb3 has a substituent containing a sulfonyl group; and X? represents a counteranion
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Yamazaki, Masatoshi Arai, Yoshitaka Komuro
  • Patent number: 11664547
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell utilizes an air flow device that draws air through the cell from a scrubber that may be removed while the system is operating. The negative pressure generated by the air flow device allows ambient air to enter the cell housing when the scrubber is removed, thereby enabling continued operation without the scrubber. A moisture management system passes outflow air from the cell through a humidity exchange module that transfers moisture to the air inflow, thereby increasing the humidity of the air inflow. A recirculation feature comprising a valve allow a controller to recirculate at least a portion of the outflow air back into the inflow air. The system may comprise an inflow bypass conduit and valve that allows the humidified inflow air to pass into the cell inlet without passing through the scrubber. The scrubber may contain reversible or irreversible scrubber media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: FORM ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ramkumar Krishnan, Joel Hayes, Shawn Fink, Scott Klug, Patrick Samuelson
  • Patent number: 11664557
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. New or improved mats, separators, batteries, methods, and/or systems are also disclosed, shown, claimed, and/or provided. For example, in at least one possibly preferred embodiment, a composite separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. In at least one possibly particularly preferred embodiment, a PE membrane separator is provided with at least one fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: Eric H. Miller, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, James P. Perry, J. Kevin Whear
  • Patent number: 11658297
    Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode active material with which a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high energy density can be obtained, a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide suitable as a precursor of the positive electrode active material, and production methods capable of easily producing these in an industrial scale. Provided is a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide represented by General Formula (1): NixMnyMz(OH)2+? and containing a secondary particle formed of a plurality of flocculated primary particles. The nickel-manganese composite hydroxide has a half width of a diffraction peak of a (001) plane obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement of at least 0.10° and up to 0.40° and has a degree of sparsity/density represented by [(void area within secondary particle/cross section of secondary particle)×100](%) of at least 0.5% and up to 10%. Also provided is a production method of the nickel-manganese composite hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Kaneda, Yuki Koshika, Takaaki Ando
  • Patent number: 11656548
    Abstract: The present invention provides an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition that can provide a resist film with excellent sensitivity and a pattern with excellent LER performance, and can suppress pattern collapse during pattern formation. In addition, the present invention also provides a resist film, a pattern forming method, a mask blank with a resist film, a method for producing a photomask, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each using the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotaka Tsuchimura, Takashi Kawashima, Akihiro Kaneko, Michihiro Ogawa, Michihiro Shirakawa, Hajime Furutani, Kyohei Sakita
  • Patent number: 11656549
    Abstract: A resist composition including a resin component (A1) having a structural unit (a01), a structural unit (a02) and a structural unit (a03) derived from compounds represented by general formulae (a01-1), (a02-1) and (a03-1), respectively (W01 represents a polymerizable group-containing group containing no oxygen; W02 represents a polymerizable group-containing group containing oxygen; W03 represents a polymerizable group-containing group which may contain oxygen; Wa01 and Wa02 represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group; Xa03 represents a group which forms an alicyclic hydrocarbon group together with Ya03; Ra00 represents a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Yahagi, Yoichi Hori
  • Patent number: 11650506
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Huixiong Dai, Mangesh Bangar, Christopher S. Ngai, Srinivas D. Nemani, Ellie Y. Yieh, Steven Hiloong Welch
  • Patent number: 11650501
    Abstract: Provided are an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin (A), in which the resin (A) includes a repeating unit having an acidic group and a repeating unit having an acid-decomposable group, a content of the repeating unit having an acidic group is 15% by mole or more with respect to all the repeating units in the resin (A), a content of the repeating unit having an acid-decomposable group is more than 20% by mole with respect to all the repeating units in the resin (A), a glass transition temperature of the resin (A) is 145° C. or lower, and the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition is used for formation of a film having a film thickness of 2 ?m or more; and a resist film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each using the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yoshimura, Yasunori Yonekuta, Naoya Hatakeyama, Kohei Higashi, Yoichi Nishida
  • Patent number: 11646468
    Abstract: A wearable battery pack includes a battery pack body, a battery cell and a housing accommodating a battery cell and a wearable device capable of wearing so that the battery pack body at least be worn on a user's back. The battery pack body has a heat dissipation channel running through one side of the battery pack body to the opposite side. The side of the battery pack body which is penetrated by the heat dissipation channel is located between the back of the user and the other side when the user carries the battery pack body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuexiang Zhang, Xiaohong Lin, Xiangyang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11644751
    Abstract: A resist composition that generates an acid upon exposure is soluble in a developing solution, and is changed by action of an acid. The resist composition contains a resin component having solubility in a developing solution, which is changed by action of an acid, and has a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a01-1) and a constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by General Formula (a02-1). In General Formula (a01-1), R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogenated alkyl group; Yax01 represents a single bond or a linking group; Ax represents a sulfonyl group or a sulfoxide group; and Rax01 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, or a halogenated alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Miyakawa, Masatoshi Arai, Takashi Nagamine
  • Patent number: 11644753
    Abstract: A resist composition is provided comprising a base polymer and a quencher comprising a salt compound consisting of a cyclic ammonium cation and a 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propoxide anion having a trifluoromethyl, hydrocarbylcarbonyl or hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl group bonded thereto. The resist composition has a high sensitivity and forms a pattern with improved LWR or CDU, independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 11646426
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode having a three-dimensional structure, the electrode including: a porous nonwoven web including a plurality of polymer fibers that form an interconnected porous network; an active material composite positioned among the polymer fibers and including active material particles and a first conductive material; and a second conductive material positioned on an outer surface of the active material composite, wherein the interconnected porous network is filled homogeneously with the active material composite and the second conductive material to form a super lattice structure, and an electrochemical device including the electrode having a three-dimensional structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: In-Sung Uhm, Sang-Young Lee, Sung-Joong Kang, Jeong-A Kim, Je-Young Kim, Ju-Myung Kim, Yong-Hee Lee, Jae-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11637288
    Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, a lithium-ion battery negative electrode material, as well as a lithium-ion battery and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Goda, Naoki Sasagawa, Shinji Ozaki, Satoru Aoyama, Katsuya Okubo, Katsuhiko Ikeyatsu
  • Patent number: 11635687
    Abstract: A resist composition that generates an acid upon exposure and has solubility in a developing solution, which is changed by action of an acid, the resist composition containing a resin component having a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a01-1) and a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a02-1). In General Formula (a01-1), R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogenated alkyl group; Yax01 represents a linking group; Ax represents a sulfonyl group or a sulfoxide group; Rax01 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, or a halogenated alkyl group; s0 and v0 represent an integer of 0 to 6; and 1?s0+v0?6 and u0?s0+v0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Miyakawa, Masatoshi Arai, Takashi Nagamine
  • Patent number: 11626605
    Abstract: The control method for a flow battery includes acquiring a current electrolyte capacity decay rate of the flow battery; comparing the current electrolyte capacity decay rate with a first preset decay rate and a second preset decay rate; when the current electrolyte capacity decay rate is greater than the first preset decay rate and less than the second preset decay rate, adjusting a liquid level of positive electrolyte and a liquid level of negative electrolyte, such that a difference between these two liquid levels is less than a preset value, a ratio of the total amount of vanadium in the positive electrolyte to the total amount of vanadium in the negative electrolyte remains in a first preset ratio range, or a ratio of a vanadium ion concentration in the positive electrolyte to a vanadium ion concentration in the negative electrolyte remains in a second preset ratio range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN RONGKEPOWER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiangkun Ma, Huamin Zhang, Ting Chigan, Xinliang Gao, Hongbo Wang, Yang Huo