Patents Examined by Lisa S Park
  • Patent number: 11881601
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a box of a battery. The box includes: an electrical chamber configured to accommodate a plurality of battery cells, a battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism, and the pressure relief mechanism being configured to be actuated when an internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold, to relieve the internal pressure; a thermal management component configured to accommodate a fluid to adjust the temperature of the battery cell; and a collection chamber configured to collect emissions discharged from the battery cell when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated, where the electrical chamber and the collection chamber are disposed on both sides of the thermal management component, a wall of the collection chamber is provided with a first pressure relief zone, and the first pressure relief zone is configured to relieve the emissions in the collection chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xianda Li, Xiaobo Chen, Lu Hu, Piaopiao Yang, Jinru Yue, Mingguang Gu
  • Patent number: 11876200
    Abstract: An electric vehicle battery pack with a thermal shield that protects internal components from, for example, battery ventilation, and in particular allows battery pack electrical components to be placed above venting ends of batteries. The thermal shield is positioned above the venting ends of one or more batteries, and various battery pack electrical components may be placed above the thermal shield. Gases and particulate matter from battery venting are thus intercepted and deflected by the thermal shield, instead of damaging battery pack electrical components. In this manner, various battery pack electrical components may be placed above battery venting ends without risk of damage. This allows for a more compact and versatile arrangement of battery pack components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Baseri, Kyle Butterfield, Vignesh Sekar
  • Patent number: 11870094
    Abstract: A battery module has a reduced risk of secondary fire or explosion. The battery module includes at least two cell assemblies including a plurality of secondary batteries, a module housing having a gas passage on at least one of left side or right side of the cell assembly for circulation of gas generated from the cell assembly, and a flame retardant plate including a body interposed between the at least two cell assemblies, and a flame barrier extending in a left-right direction from at least one of left end or right end of the body and disposed in part of the gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Gyu Shin, Jeong-O Mun, Jae-Min Yoo, Yoon-Koo Lee, Yong-Seok Choi, Jee-Soon Choi
  • Patent number: 11855259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery including the same and, more specifically, to a flame retardant or nonflammable lithium secondary battery electrolyte having excellent stability even at a high voltage and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: RENEWABLE ENERGY PLATFORM CO., LTD., THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hee Cheol Kim, Younggil Kwon, Eui Hyeong Hwang, Ji Hee Jang, Sang Ho Lee, Seung Wan Song, Quang Hieu Pham
  • Patent number: 11855268
    Abstract: A battery apparatus for an electrically driven vehicle, having at least one battery module including individual battery cells is provided. The battery module has a module housing, which, for the purpose of regulating the temperature of the battery cells, is at least partly filled with temperature-regulating liquid and has a primary sealing apparatus to prevent leakage of the temperature-regulating liquid from the module housing. The battery module is furthermore accommodated in a module space of an enveloping housing, which has a secondary sealing apparatus to prevent leakage of temperature-regulating liquid from the enveloping housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LION SMART GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Mayer, Christian Behlen
  • Patent number: 11855301
    Abstract: An electrical storage system includes an electric storage zone, an electric storage positioned within the electric storage zone, a cooling fluid source in fluid communication with the electric storage zone via a fluid flow path, a modulating valve in the fluid flow path downstream from the cooling fluid source and upstream from the electric storage zone, and a detector in fluid communication with the electric storage zone. A method for operating an electrical storage system includes adjusting a modulating valve in a fluid flow path to reduce a cooling airflow to an electric storage zone, operating a detector in fluid communication with the electric storage zone configured and adapted to sense at least one of smoke, gas, or other particulates during a detection period with a detection system, and adjusting the modulating valve to increase the cooling airflow to the electric storage zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: John N. Buzzard, Chase Whitman
  • Patent number: 11837742
    Abstract: A partition member which has a thickness direction and a planar direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and which constitutes a partition between single batteries in the thickness direction or between a single battery and a member other than the single battery, wherein the partition member includes a thermal insulation material, and an auxiliary member which is disposed so as to be adjacent to the thermal insulation material in the planar direction and regulates a degree of contraction of the thermal insulation material in the thickness direction. A ratio of a density of the auxiliary member relative to a density of the thermal insulation material is 0.50 to 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Honda, Naoto Maru
  • Patent number: 11837740
    Abstract: A power storage device comprises: a cell group in which a plurality of battery cells each having a terminal on a first surface are stacked; a cylindrical housing part that houses the cell group; a first plate member extending from the first surface of each of the battery cells in the cell group to side surfaces of each of the battery cells, the side surfaces being adjacent to the first surface, the first plate member being housed in the housing part together with the cell group; a cell side protrusion portion protruding from a portion extending on each of the side surfaces of each of the battery cells toward an inner wall surface of the housing part in the first plate member; and an insertion member that is press-fitted to contact both of the cell side protrusion portion and the inner wall surface disposed closer to the first surface side than the cell side protrusion portion, and presses the cell group against an opposite side of a side facing the first surface via the cell side protrusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Miyoshi, Shoshi Hidaka
  • Patent number: 11837708
    Abstract: A temperature control device of a vehicle may include an energy storage device, a first coolant circuit configured to temperature control the energy storage device, a refrigerant circuit, at least one refrigerant evaporator, a second coolant circuit, a refrigerant condenser, and a coolant cooler for transferring heat to an exterior environment. At least one section of the first coolant circuit and at least one section of the second coolant circuit may be defined by a shared circuit section. The coolant cooler may be fluidically connectable with at least one of the first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit via the shared circuit section. The first coolant circuit may include a bypass for at least partially bypassing the coolant cooler. The first coolant circuit may include a valve device structured and arranged to distribute a first coolant flow to at least one of the shared circuit section and the bypass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Patent number: 11824174
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus for use in a battery electric vehicle having a traction battery for driving the electric vehicle and a refrigerated compartment that, in use, is cooled by the refrigeration apparatus, the refrigeration apparatus including: a power supply system for powering a refrigeration unit of the refrigeration apparatus, the power supply system comprising a controller; wherein the power supply system is configured to be connected to the traction battery and the controller is configured to monitor a charge level of the traction battery; wherein the power supply system is configured to draw power for the refrigeration unit from the traction battery; wherein the controller is configured with a pre-cooling mode to be used during a period of charging of the traction battery from a mains power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guillaume Emmanuel Jean Charoulet, Jamal Zarrabi
  • Patent number: 11817578
    Abstract: Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising silyl amine compounds or derivatives thereof are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, where one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte, and at least one electrolyte additive selected from silyl amine compounds or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Enevate Corporation
    Inventors: Liwen Ji, Benjamin Yong Park, Hong Zhao
  • Patent number: 11811097
    Abstract: A tab for use in a battery comprises a metal piece that comprises a cross-sectional area geometry that is a rhombus, a parallelogram or a trapezoid when viewed in a lateral direction. The metal piece further comprises a cross-sectional area geometry having a variable thickness when viewed in a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to the lateral direction. When viewed in the longitudinal direction, a tab thickness t1 at a point where the tab is in contact with an electrode is less than the tab thickness t2 at a point where the tab contacts a pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Schlaupitz
  • Patent number: 11799123
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack apparatus (1) for an electric handheld power tool, including a housing device (10) and a rechargeable battery pack (20) which has at least one pouch cell (21, 22, 23, 24) is. In this case, a detecting device (50) having a detecting element (52), which is coupled to the rechargeable battery pack (20), and a sensor (51), which is arranged fixed to the housing, are provided, wherein the sensor (51) is designed for detecting the detecting element (52) when a distance between the detecting element (52) and the sensor (51) is below a defined distance. A method for operating a rechargeable battery pack apparatus (1) of this kind is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Mohammad Hukan
  • Patent number: 11784369
    Abstract: Described herein are swappable battery modules comprising immersion-thermally controlled prismatic battery cells and methods of operating thereof. A module comprises a tubular enclosure attached (e.g., glued) to different surfaces of the cells and forming two fluid channels with one side of the cells and two additional fluid channels with the opposite side. The module also comprises a first end plate, which is attached to the tubular enclosure and comprises two electrical terminals for connecting to an electric vehicle (EV) and/or external charger. The first end plate also comprises a first fluidic port (fluidically coupled with two fluid channels) and a second fluidic port (fluidically coupled to the remaining two fluid channels), both are configured to form fluidic coupling to the electric vehicle and/or the external charger. The module also comprises a second end plate that fluidically interconnects paid fluid channels from different cell sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DIMAAG-AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Wright, David Kieke
  • Patent number: 11777182
    Abstract: In a power supply device, a plurality of battery modules are connected in series, the plurality of battery modules including fuse connected in series with battery. In the power supply device, fuse included in the plurality of battery modules is fast-blow fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichiza, Osamu Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11777183
    Abstract: A battery housing for a motor vehicle battery includes a housing for accommodating at least one battery cell in an interior space delimited by the housing; a drainage device communicates with the interior space; a detection device detects an air moisture content and/or a liquid fill level in the interior space; and an evaluation unit which is connected to the detection device. The evaluation unit is connected to the drainage device and the drainage device is designed to open and/or close in a manner dependent on the liquid fill level ascertained in the evaluation unit. By way of the linking of the drainage device to the detection device by way of the evaluation unit, it can be ensured that the drainage device is opened only in particularly expedient situations, such that good protection of a motor vehicle battery against moisture is made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Werner, Alexander Klausmann
  • Patent number: 11769903
    Abstract: A separator for a lithium battery having (a) a porous polymeric layer, such as a polyethylene layer, and (b) a nanoporous inorganic particle/polymer layer on both sides of the polymeric layer, the nanoporous layer having an inorganic oxide and one or more polymers; the volume fraction of the polymers in the nanoporous layer is about 15% to about 50%, and the crystallite size of the inorganic oxide is 5 nm to 90 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: David W. Avison, Steven A. Carlson, Benjamin Sloan
  • Patent number: 11769902
    Abstract: To provide a novel structure of a separator in a secondary battery. A nonaquesous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, a first separator, and a second separator. The first separator and the second separator are provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The first separator is provided with a first pore, the second separator is provided with a second pore, and the size of the first pore is different from the size of the second pore. Furthermore, the proportion of the volume of the first pores in the first separator is different from the proportion of the volume of the second pores in the second separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11757136
    Abstract: A power storage module includes an electrode laminate including a laminate of a plurality of bipolar electrodes and a negative terminal electrode disposed on one end side of the laminate in a laminating direction, a sealing body provided to surround a side surface of the electrode laminate and sealing an internal space formed between electrodes adjacent to each other, and an electrolytic solution containing an alkaline solution that is housed in the internal space, both surfaces of a metal plate of the negative terminal electrode are bonded to the sealing body, and a first surplus space surrounded by the sealing body and the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakamura, Takayuki Hirose, Nobuyasu Haga, Motoyoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 11749865
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery and a related apparatus, production method and production device therefor. The battery includes: a battery cell, the battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism configured to be capable of being actuated when an internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold, to relieve the internal pressure; an attachment component adapted to be attached to the battery cell by an adhesive; and an isolation component configured to be capable of preventing the adhesive from being applied between the attachment component and the pressure relief mechanism. By providing the isolation component, it is possible to prevent the adhesive from being applied between the attachment component and the pressure relief mechanism in an effective manner in a process of battery production. Meanwhile, application efficiency and accuracy of the adhesive could be improved, thereby improving production efficiency of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingguang Gu, Xiaobo Chen, Yao Li, Xianda Li, Jinru Yue, Piaopiao Yang, Lu Hu