Patents Examined by Matthew T Martin
  • Patent number: 11967734
    Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a radical unit in which electrodes and separators are alternately stacked, the radical unit having a structure in which one electrode is stacked at the uppermost end. An auxiliary unit is provided with a separation sheet disposed at the uppermost end side of the radical unit. The separation sheet includes a separation part disposed at the uppermost end side of the radical unit and a side surface protection part connected to each of side surfaces of the separation part and folded to contact a side portion of the radical unit to cover the side portion of the radical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwan Bo Lee, Chang Bum Ahn, Seung Ho Na, Su Ho Lee, Hak Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11967722
    Abstract: A battery includes positive and negative current collectors and a plurality of bipolar electrodes arranged in a stack between the positive and negative current collectors. The positive and negative current collectors and the stack of the plurality of bipolar electrodes are folded in an S-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Qili Su, Zhe Li, Meiyuan Wu, Mengyan Hou, Haijing Liu
  • Patent number: 11967690
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of bus bars serving to form a plurality of parallel battery structures that each have parallel connection of two or more of a plurality of prismatic batteries. The plurality of bus bars electrically connect the plurality of prismatic batteries to connect the plurality of parallel battery structures in series. The plurality of parallel battery structures connected in series form a battery connection structure that includes a turn causing a reversal of direction of series connection of the plurality of parallel battery structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Motokawa, Keisuke Shimizu, Chifumi Murayama
  • Patent number: 11962031
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a ventilation device for a battery, particularly to a multifunctional breathing and venting device for a casing of one of a battery submodule, battery module or battery system, such as for an electric vehicle and an energy storage system (ESS). The ventilation device comprising a housing configured for being attached to a vent opening of a battery casing in a sealing manner and comprising at least one lateral wall, a breathable filter separating an interior of the battery casing from a breathing chamber within the housing, a venting membrane separating the breathing chamber from an exterior environment in a gas tight manner, and a breathing sprout fluidly connecting the breathing chamber and the environment and bypassing the venting membrane. The disclosure further relates to a battery comprising such a ventilation device attached to its casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: XSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bernhard Waha, Alexander Roeck, Kim Dillenkofer, Georg Eichberger
  • Patent number: 11961957
    Abstract: A flexible battery includes an electrode group including a first electrode and a second electrode, a pair of electrode leads connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively and a housing that accommodates the electrode group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LIBEST INC.
    Inventors: Joo Seong Kim, Jin Hong Ha, Gil Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 11962009
    Abstract: A high-performance electrochemically active sodium molten salt catholyte enables a dramatic reduction in molten sodium battery operating temperature from near 300° C. to less than 120° C. As an example, stable electrochemical cycling was demonstrated in a high voltage (3.65 V) sodium battery comprising a sodium iodide-gallium chloride (NaI—GaCl3) molten salt catholyte for over 8 months at 110° C. The combination of high voltage, stable cycling behavior, and practical current densities supported by a molten catholyte enables a new generation of transformative high performance, low temperature molten sodium batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Erik D. Spoerke, Stephen J. Percival, Martha M. Gross, Rose Y. Lee, Leo J. Small
  • Patent number: 11962043
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery, a manufacturing method thereof and an electronic product. The battery cell includes electrodes and tabs, where each of the electrodes includes a current collector and an active material layer, and the current collector includes a coating zone coated with the active material layer and an empty foil zone, and an end of a tab overlaps the empty foil zone and the tab and the empty foil zone are connected by laser welding; the side of the empty foil zone facing away from the tab has a plurality of dot-shaped welding marks arranged at intervals, and the dot-shaped welding marks include a concave part and an annular convex part surrounding the concave part. The contact area between the annular convex part and the separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode is large, and the separator is less likely to be pierced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ning Peng
  • Patent number: 11955644
    Abstract: A power storage cell comprises an electrode assembly, a collector plate that has the first electrode sheet connected thereto, and a laminate film, wherein the collector plate has a peripheral edge portion including an inner side located closer to the electrode assembly and an outer side located on a side opposite to the electrode assembly with respect to the inner side, the collector plate is provided with a welding portion and an adhesive portion, and when a direction from the inner side toward the outer side is defined as a first direction and a direction intersecting the first direction is defined as a second direction, the welding portion and the adhesive portion are aligned in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Kato, Mizuho Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11955665
    Abstract: A secondary battery may include: an electrode assembly in which first and second electrode sheets are stacked and wound with a separation sheet interposed therebetween, wherein a first electrode tab protrudes in the first electrode sheet, and a second electrode tab protrudes in the second electrode sheet; a battery can to accommodate the electrode assembly therein; and a connection part above or below the electrode assembly and facing the electrode assembly, wherein the connection part has a first area made of an electrically conductive gel material; and a second area attached to the first area and made of an electrically insulating material, wherein the second area forms at least a portion of a top surface of the connection part, and at least a portion of the first electrode tab or the second electrode tab is inserted into the first area of the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ha Young Heo, Duk Hyun Ryu, Hyoung Kwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11955652
    Abstract: A battery cell includes a first electrode assembly, a second electrode assembly and a housing. In a thickness direction of the battery cell, the first electrode assembly includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second electrode assembly includes a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. A housing includes an accommodation cavity configured to accommodate the first electrode assembly and the second electrode assembly, the accommodation cavity includes a bottom wall, and the first surface and the third surface are both opposite to the bottom wall. The battery cell further includes: a first adhesive layer, including a first bonding side and a second bonding side. The first bonding side is bonded to both the second surface and the fourth surface, and the second bonding side is bonded to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Shuxian Yu, Kun Wang, Tianjing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11949072
    Abstract: Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising cyanate based compounds are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one 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 comprising at least two electrolyte co-solvents, wherein at least one electrolyte co-solvent comprises a cyanate based compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Enevate Corporation
    Inventors: Liwen Ji, Benjamin Yong Park, Younes Ansari, Hong Zhao
  • Patent number: 11949108
    Abstract: A negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer and an additive. The additive includes a metal sulfide. The additive is distributed in the negative electrode active material layer, and/or distributed on the surface of the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode effectively improves the performance of the lithium ion battery, and greatly improves the capacity and cycle performance of the lithium ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing Jiang, Qiao Zeng, Kefei Wang
  • Patent number: 11949088
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode treat rent method comprising a peeling step that involves grind ng, with a grinding means, an electrode in which an electrode mixture is held on a collector, and peeling the electrode mixture from the collector, the electrode treatment method Characterized in that the grinding means has a first member (3) that has a grinding surface and a second member (4) that has a grinding surface, and the first member (3) and the second member (4) are disposed so that the grinding surfaces of the first member (3) and the second member (4) face each other and a space for grinding the electrode is formed between the members, and at least one among the first member (3) and the second member (4) is a grinder that rotates around the direction in which the grinding surfaces face each other and which serves as the rotational axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Minami, Shigeru Hanaoka
  • Patent number: 11949060
    Abstract: A rechargeable hearing aid battery includes a stack of active materials forming a core, a two-part casing including an inner casing and an outer casing, and a grommet. The grommet includes an opening through which a conductive tab extends. The conductive tab is configured to electrically connect an electrode of the core to one of the outer casing and the inner casing. The grommet is configured to insulate a portion of the tab from the core and to insulate the core from one of the outer casing and the inner casing. Furthermore, the grommet is configured to separate the inner casing from the outer casing and to seal a gap formed between the inner and outer casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ENERGIZER BRANDS, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Sabrowsky, Marc Syvertsen, Casey Imhoff, Danielle Proffit, Jacob Karsseboom
  • Patent number: 11949127
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery. A battery according to various embodiments is characterized by comprising: a cathode including a cathode tab formed at one end; an anode disposed on one surface of the cathode and including an anode tab formed at one end; an electrode assembly including a first separator disposed between the cathode and the anode and separating the cathode from the anode, and a second separator having one surface disposed on the other surface of the cathode or the anode and including an extended portion extending from the other end of the cathode or the anode; and a pouch surrounding the electrode assembly, wherein the cathode, the anode, the first separator, and the second separator are wound so that the extended portion of the first separator is exposed to the outside, and an exposed surface of the extended portion is formed as an adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeyeon Lee, Kwanghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11949116
    Abstract: A battery backup unit module is dimensioned to fit on a height of one rack unit of an electronic rack, and one third of a shelf width of the electronic rack. A cell pack of the battery backup unit module has batteries arranged parallel to the front of the electronic rack. There are 14 groups of battery cells. Each group of battery cells has six battery cells connected in parallel. The 14 groups of battery cells are connected in series. The 14 groups are arranged as two groups in width of the cell pack, one group in height of the cell pack, and seven groups in depth of the cell pack. In each group, the six battery cells are arranged as an upper row three cells deep and a lower row three cells deep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Huawei Yang, Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11942621
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode precursor having a positive electrode active material layer, wherein the mass proportion A1 of a carbon material in the positive electrode active material layer accounts for 15-65 mass %, the mass proportion A2 of a lithium transition metal oxide in the positive electrode active material layer accounts for 5-35 mass %, the mass proportion A3 of an alkali metal compound in the positive electrode active material layer accounts for 10-50 mass %, A2/A1 is 0.10-2.00, A1/A3 is 0.50-3.00, and the positive electrode active material layer has a peel strength of 0.02-3.00 N/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuteru Umetsu, Keita Kusuzaka, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 11942648
    Abstract: In order to produce a battery carrier which has a battery tray with a cooling plate, a tray plate and a cooling plate are joined to one another, wherein the cooling plate has at least one preshaped cooling duct. The tray plate jointly with the cooling plate is then formed by folding to produce the battery tray. During the folding of the tray plate and the cooling plate, a cooling duct section is bent around a bottom edge of the battery tray. The cooling duct is provided with connection elements via which a cooling fluid is supplied and discharged. During the course of the finishing, end shape-producing shaping of the cooling duct can also be performed. Internal pressure is applied to the cooling duct in order to restore the shape of the cooling duct which collapsed due to the forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Handing, Tobias Duepmeier
  • Patent number: 11942622
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for the fabrication of electrode and porous lithium-garnet electrolyte scaffolds for use in solid state batteries and other devices are provided. The methods produce porous structures using phase inversion or high shear compaction processes to fabricate a solid-state battery electrode material from LLZO electrolytes. Engineered electrode structures with a porous scaffold of solid electrolyte material provide lower interfacial resistances and a mechanical support for a thin solid electrode layer improving performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Michael Tucker, Fengyu Shen
  • Patent number: 11942654
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having dual electrolytes, systems of such electrochemical cells, and methods for manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, electrochemical cells can include a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, an anode disposed on an anode current collector, and a separator disposed therebetween. In some embodiments, the separator can include materials that fluidically and/or chemically isolate the anode from the cathode. In some embodiments, the cathode and/or anode can include a slurry of an active material and a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, the anode can be fluidically coupled to an anode degassing port. In some embodiments, the cathode can be fluidically coupled to a cathode degassing port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: 24M Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo Bazzarella, Junzheng Chen