Patents Examined by Gregg Cantelmo
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Patent number: 11658363Abstract: A battery for an aircraft. The present embodiments further relate to an aircraft with at least one such battery. The battery may include a battery casing with a casing wall that forms an interior volume, a plurality of battery cells that is arranged in the interior volume, and a functional layer that is arranged at the casing wall between the plurality of battery cells and the battery casing. The functional layer may include an intumescent material that, in case of a breach of the battery casing, is adapted to ensuring flame containment within the interior volume and mitigation of uncontrolled heat and gas emission from the interior volume through the breach of the battery casing.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Johannes Roethinger, Manuel Kempf, Maximo Henares-Extremera
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Patent number: 11646463Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack and an electric vehicle. The battery pack includes a casing wherein the battery is placed, a cooling plate located below the casing in a height direction, and a bracket assembly located below the cooling plate in a height direction and fixedly connected to the casing, the bracket assembly is used for direct contact with a mounting plate of the electric vehicle. When the battery pack of the present disclosure is used in an electric vehicle, since the bracket assembly separates the cooling plate from the mounting plate of the electric vehicle, the cooling plate does not need to directly exchange heat with the mounting plate, thereby reducing the influence of the temperature of the mounting plate on the cooling plate, and increasing the cooling or heating efficiency of the cooling plate to the battery inside the casing.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xingdi Chen, Peng Wang, Linggang Zhou
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Patent number: 11646440Abstract: An electricity storage module includes: an electricity storage device; a case that houses the electricity storage device and includes a bottom surface part and the opening part located at a side opposite to the bottom surface part; a lid that covers an opening part; and a sealing member that seals between the case and the lid. The case has a first case surface that surrounds the opening part along an outer periphery of the opening part. The lid has a first lid surface facing the first case surface. The sealing member is disposed between the first case surface and the first lid surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Kiyoshi Wakinaka
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Patent number: 11637338Abstract: A battery module assembly with a plurality of unit modules stacked therein is provided. Each of the plurality of unit modules includes a cartridge including a cooling plate having a plate shape and two pouch type battery cells mounted on each of both side surfaces of the cooling plate with the cartridge therebetween. A partition having a tetragonal frame shape and including an internal empty space is disposed between adjacent unit modules among the plurality of unit modules.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Ki Hyeon Kim
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Patent number: 11637344Abstract: The present invention provides a nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can (1), having a nickel layer with a nickel amount of 4.4 to 26.7 g/m2 on a steel sheet (11), wherein when the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured along the depth direction from the surface of the nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can, by using a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the difference (D2-D1) between the depth (D1) at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth (D2) at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is less than 0.04 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota Sadaki, Koh Yoshioka
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Patent number: 11631917Abstract: A connection structure of an electrical junction box includes: a first housing which is fixed to a vehicle and in which a through hole is formed; and a terminal block that is inserted into the through hole, has a conductor, and is supported by the first housing, wherein the conductor includes a first terminal portion placed on one side of the through hole in a penetrating direction in which the through hole penetrates the first housing, and a second terminal portion that protrudes from the first housing toward the other side in the penetrating direction and that is connected to an electric wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki Kobayashi, Shinya Oishi, Chihiro Takahashi, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Kensuke Matsuo, Michihiro Ishihara
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Patent number: 11631882Abstract: A method for producing a traction battery of a motor vehicle. A battery housing of the traction battery has a receptacle for receiving a cell module. It is provided that support surfaces for supporting the cell module spaced apart from a bottom of the battery housing are formed on walls of the battery housing delimiting the receptacle compartment, and that a distance between the support surfaces and the base is measured, an amount of heat conducting calculated from the distance is applied to the bottom, and then the cell module is inserted into the receptacle compartment supported on the support surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Tobias Benker, Michael Frauenhofer, Oliver Schieler, Andreas Buer
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Patent number: 11621417Abstract: The present embodiment provides a lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode containing LiaNixCoyMzO2 (0.9?a?1.2, 0.3?x?0.8, 0.2?y+z?0.7, where M is a metal element other than Li, Ni, and Co) as a positive active material, and a negative electrode containing non-graphitic carbon as a negative active material. In this lithium ion secondary battery, at a portion where the positive electrode and the negative electrode face each other, a basis weight (P) of the positive active material and a basis weight (N) of the negative active material satisfy a relational expression of 0.65?P/N?1.05.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.Inventors: Sumio Mori, Tomonori Kako, Akihiko Miyazaki, Masashi Takano, Ukyo Harinaga
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Patent number: 11611068Abstract: The present application relates to a cathode material and an electrochemical device comprising the same. In particular, the present application relates to a cathode material having a surface heterophasic structure, wherein the cathode material includes a lithium cobalt oxide and an oxide of cobalt, wherein a Raman spectrum of the cathode material has characteristic peaks in the range of about 470 cm?1 to about 530 cm?1, about 560 cm?1 to about 630 cm?1 and about 650 cm?1 to about 750 cm?1, and wherein the surface heterophasic structure of the cathode material includes the lithium cobalt oxide and the oxide of cobalt. The electrochemical device using the cathode material having a surface heterophasic structure of the present application can exhibit excellent cycle performance and thermal stability.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Kai Wang, Tao Li, Meng Wang, Pengwei Chen
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Patent number: 11611118Abstract: A method for assembling a traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle, in which at least one battery module is inserted into a battery housing in a module setting process, with the formation of an air gap between the battery module and a housing base of the battery housing, which is filled with a highly viscous thermal paste, which builds up a viscosity force due to internal friction when it is distributed in the air gap, which acts on the housing base until the thermal paste is distributed in the air gap by the flow of material and the accompanying reduction in the viscosity force. The housing base is supported on its housing base lower side by a counter holder in order to limit a deflection of the housing base due to the viscosity force of the thermal paste.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Oliver Schieler, Marc Gormanns, Pedro De Sousa Schmiech
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Patent number: 11605832Abstract: A nanoconfined metal-containing electrolyte comprising a layer of enclosed nanostructures in which each enclosed nanostructure contains a liquid metal-containing electrolyte, wherein said enclosed nanostructures are in physical contact with each other. Metal-ion batteries containing the nanoconfined electrolyte in contact with an anode and cathode of the battery are also described. Methods for producing the nanoconfined electrolyte are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Sheng Dai, Jinshui Zhang, Xiao-Guang Sun
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Patent number: 11594774Abstract: A method for assembling a battery, wherein the battery has a plurality of battery modules each including multiple battery cells, a battery housing at least partially enclosing the battery modules, and a temperature control unit thermally contacted with the battery housing. A thermally conductive cavity filling compound for thermally contacting the battery cells of the respective battery module with the temperature control unit is arranged in a cavity between an outside of a respective battery module inserted into the battery housing and an inside of the battery housing facing toward the outside of the respective battery module.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Martin Rieblinger, Martin Schuessler
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Patent number: 11588183Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a cell housing and an electrode assembly disposed in the cell housing. The electrode assembly includes an electrode pair that is arranged to form a winding having a polygonal spiral wound shape in which a radius of the corner portions of each turn of the winding is constant, regardless of the number of turns. In addition, a length of the linear portions of one turn of the winding is different than a length of the linear portions of another turn of the winding. Since each turn of the winding includes the corner portions having a desired radius, the volumetric efficiency of the electrode assembly including the winding within a cell housing is improved relative to some cells that use conventional windings. An apparatus and method of forming a polygonal spiral wound winding are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignees: Robert Bosch Battery Systems LLC, Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Mehul Botadra, Eugene Levin, Mark Kotik, Paul Frick
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Patent number: 11588206Abstract: A pressure balancing device comprises a mounting seat, a breathable film and a drying component. The mounting seat comprises a mounting seat housing and a support portion connected to the mounting seat housing. A fluid channel is formed in the mounting seat housing, the support portion is disposed in the fluid channel, and the fluid channel is capable of fluidly communicating an interior space of a component to be depressurized with the external environment. The breathable film covers on the fluid channel. The drying component is disposed on the support portion and is located between the support portion and the breathable film, and the drying component is configured to absorb moisture entering the fluid channel. In the present disclosure, the drying component is provided inside of the breathable film of the pressure balancing device, and water vapor entering the pressure balancing device is absorbed by the drying component.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventors: Jiahui He, Mengli Sun
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Patent number: 11581519Abstract: Provided is a post-treatment method of a lithium secondary battery including: an activation step of charging a heated lithium secondary battery to an activation voltage and maintaining the battery at the voltage, in a state in which the lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode including a nickel-rich (Ni-rich) lithium-transition metal composite oxide having a layered structure containing 0.8 moles or more of Ni based on a total of 1 mole of transition metals as a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte solution, which are built in a battery case, is heated, the activation voltage being equal to or higher than a voltage generating phase transition of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyun Wook Kim
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Patent number: 11569490Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for continuous production of composites of carbon nanotubes and electrode active material from decoupled sources. Composites thusly produced may be used as self-standing electrodes without binder or collector. Moreover, the method of the present disclosure may allow more cost-efficient production while simultaneously affording control over nanotube loading and composite thickness.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NANOSYNTHESIS PLUS, LTD.Inventors: Neal Pierce, Avetik Harutyunyan, Elena Mora Pigos
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Patent number: 11569551Abstract: A busbar module includes a case to be attached to a battery assembly, busbars and electric wires having a connection end to be connected to the busbars. The case includes busbar accommodation portions to accommodate the busbars and an electric wire routing groove portion to accommodate the electric wires. The electric wire routing groove portion includes a connection end accommodation portion to accommodate the connection end, an accommodation portion cover and an electric wire lead-out portion configured such that the electric wires are drawn out from the connection end accommodation portion toward a direction. An outer surface of the accommodation portion cover is to form a bottom surface of a routing path configured such that the electric wires drawn out from the connection end accommodation portion extend in the routing path.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masamichi Doi, Shinichi Yanagihara, Masaki Shimada, Shuta Ito
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Patent number: 11569543Abstract: A battery cassette is disclosed. The battery cassette may include a frame including one or more hollow tubes. The battery cassette may further include a seal component having one or more hollow tubes aligned with the hollow tubes of the frame. The frame and the seal component may be configured to receive one or more battery cells in the hollow tubes.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Proterra Operating Company, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas H. Herron, Derek R. Paul, Dustin Grace
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Patent number: 11563254Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery stack having a plurality of batteries; a plurality of first restraining members and a plurality of second restraining members; and connecting members. The first restraining members and the second restraining members define a housing space for the battery stack. Each of the first restraining members has a first housing part extending in a direction intersecting a planar direction in which the battery stack, the first restraining members, and the second restraining members are arranged, and each of the second restraining members has a second housing part extending in the planar direction. Each of the connecting members connects each of the first restraining members and each of the second restraining members to each other by being housed in the first housing part of each of the first restraining members and in the second housing part of each of the second restraining members.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota Norimine, Mitsutoshi Tajima, Hirotaka Ogino
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Patent number: 11563231Abstract: To provide a storage battery including a carbon-based material. To provide a graphene compound film having desired ion conductivity and mechanical strength while preventing direct contact between electrodes in a storage battery. To achieve long-term reliability. A lithium-ion storage battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an exterior body, and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In the lithium-ion storage battery, one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is wrapped in a first film, and the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator are stored in the exterior body. The first film may include a first region in which the first film includes a first functional group. The first film may further include a second region in which the first film includes a second functional group different from the first functional group. The first film may be a graphene compound film.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Teppei Oguni, Satoshi Seo, Hiroshi Kadoma