Patents Examined by Milton I Cano
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Patent number: 11973241Abstract: A traction battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tray, at least one battery module, a lid secured to the tray to provide an enclosure having an interior that houses the at least one battery module, the lid having a lid aperture, and a reinforcement member is secured directly to the lid. The reinforcement member has a reinforcement member aperture. A fastener extends through the lid aperture and the reinforcement member aperture. The fastener is secured to a structure within the interior. The reinforcement member is secured directly to the lid separately from the fastener.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Yongcai Wang, James Lawrence Swoish, Melissa Kathryn Christensen, Yunan Guo, Ahteram Khan, Micah Smith, Michael Luchtman
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Patent number: 11973197Abstract: A lead wire for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery has a conductor, and an insulating film having a plurality of layers and covering at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the conductor, wherein the insulating film has a conductor-covering layer laminated on a surface of the conductor, a first insulating layer laminated on an outermost surface of the insulating film, and a second insulating layer laminated on an inner surface of the first insulating layer; the conductor-covering layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin; and the ratio (E1/E2) of an elastic modulus E1 of the first insulating layer at any one temperature in the range of 80° C. or more and 125° C. or less to an elastic modulus E2 of the second insulating layer at the same temperature as in the first insulating layer, is 0.10 or more and 10.00 or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Matsumura, Kengo Goto, Akira Tsuchiko
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Patent number: 11967715Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is small. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate II type crystal phase, and having a composition represented by NaxSi136, wherein 1.98<x<2.54.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsutoshi Otaki, Jun Yoshida, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Masanori Harata
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Patent number: 11962040Abstract: A battery pack includes a first cell, a second cell, and a third cell arranged along a first axis, the first cell including first tabs extending toward the second cell, the second cell including second tabs extending toward the first cell, and the third cell including third tabs extending toward the second cell, a first circuit body between the first cell and the second cell, a second circuit body between the second cell and the third cell, and a third circuit body connecting the first circuit body and the second circuit body, wherein at least one of the first through third circuit bodies includes a rigid circuit board, and at least another one of the first through third circuit bodies includes a flexible circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hanjun Wang, Chanwoo Kang
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Patent number: 11962042Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a battery cell, a manufacturing method and a manufacturing system therefor, a battery and an electric device. The battery cell according to an embodiment of the application includes: a casing having an opening; an electrode assembly, accommodated in the casing and including a tab portion; an end cover assembly, including an end cover configured to cover the opening and an electrode terminal mounted on the end cover, the end cover being provided with a first through hole; and a current collecting member, configured to electrically connect the electrode terminal and the tab portion. According to the application, impurities attached to the electrode assembly can be reduced during assembly, thereby improving the safety performance of the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Wenwei Chen, Yulian Zheng
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Patent number: 11961956Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery module includes: a plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells respectively having a battery case in which an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated; a cell frame at which the plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed; and a lid coupled to the cell frame and having a flame outlet. The cell frame includes: a plurality of plate members bent and coupled to intersect each other; and a space formed between the plurality of plate members so that the cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Ji-Su Yoon, Su-Chang Kim, Jae-Min Yoo, Jae-Uk Ryu, Dal-Mo Kang, Jeong-O Mun
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Patent number: 11961953Abstract: The negative electrode forms a honeycomb core. The honeycomb core includes a first face, a second face, a partition, and a circumferential wall. The second face faces the first face. The partition is formed between the first face and the second face. In a cross section parallel to the first face, the partition separates a plurality of hollow cells. The separator includes a first layer. The first layer covers at least part of the partition. The cross section parallel to the first face includes a central part and an inner circumferential part. The central part is surrounded by the inner circumferential part. In the central part, the hollow cells have a first average filling factor. In the inner circumferential part, the hollow cells have a second average filling factor. The second average filling factor is 2.1 times or more the first average filling factor.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaharu Senoue
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Patent number: 11955601Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte for all-solid secondary batteries, a method of preparing the same, and an all-solid secondary battery, the sulfide solid electrolyte including lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, and a halogen, wherein: the sulfide solid electrolyte has an argyrodite-type crystal structure, a ratio (I(29.0)/I(30.0) ratio) of a peak intensity at a 2? of 29±0.1° to a peak intensity at a 2? of 30±0.1° is 0.06 or less, the peak intensities being obtained by X-ray diffraction analysis of the sulfide solid electrolyte, and a ratio (I(27.1)/I(30.0) ratio) of a peak intensity at a 2? of 27.1±0.1° to a peak intensity at a 2? of 30±0.1° is 0.06 or less, the peak intensities being obtained by X-ray diffraction analysis of the sulfide solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION GROUP OF SEJONG UNIVERSITYInventors: Dongrak Sohn, Minsang Song, Jungmin Han, Younggyoon Ryu, Kyulin Lee, Jeongdoo Yi, Sangil Han, Keesun Sohn, Sunggeun Shim, Jinhee Lee
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Patent number: 11955664Abstract: A battery module includes an insulating base, a pair of electrodes and multiple battery packs. Each electrode is installed to the insulating base and has a bridge portion and a wire connecting part exposed from the insulating base, and a pair of lugs is extended smoothly from each battery pack, and an end of at least a part of the lugs is attached to each bridge portion correspondingly. Therefore, the lug is not being twisted or deformed easily, and the battery module may have good conductive efficiency, long service life, and convenience of changing the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: AMITA TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Chueh-Yu Ko, Hou-Chi Chen, Chia-Wen Yen, Ming-Hsiao Tsai
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Patent number: 11949066Abstract: A solid ion conductor comprising a compound represented by Formula 1 having an orthorhombic crystal structure, and belonging to a Pnma space group or a Pnma-like space group: Li3?xAxLuCl6?yXy??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, A is a monovalent cation having an ionic radius of 76 picometers or greater, X is a monovalent anion, and 0?x?0.1, 0?y?1, and x+y>0.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gabin Yoon, Wonsung Choi, Jusik Kim
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Patent number: 11936061Abstract: Provided is power supply device configured for safe discharge to the outside of the power supply device even when gas at high temperature and under high pressure is discharged from a secondary battery cell, power supply device including: a plurality of secondary battery cells each having gas discharge valve for discharging internal gas; and cover part disposed on one surface of battery stack with the plurality of secondary battery cells stacked while covering gas discharge valve of each of the plurality of secondary battery cells. Cover part is provided inside with a gas guide path partitioned to discharge gas discharged from gas discharge valve to the outside of cover part, and the gas guide path includes one or more horizontal gas flow bending portions that bend at least a flow direction of some of the gas in plan view of cover part.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Egashira, Naotake Yoshida
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Patent number: 11936057Abstract: A battery module with nano-composite coating includes at least one battery pack which includes a plurality of batteries and at least two busbars, and at least one circuit board. Each battery are connected with two electrodes. The metal barrel body of each battery is coated with a first nano coating. The plurality of the batteries are connected to the two busbars by a plurality of wires, each busbar and the electrodes of the plurality of the batteries exposed outside are coated with a second nano coating. The at least one circuit board is connected to each busbar. The at least one circuit board is coated with a third nano coating. The plurality of the wires are used for being soldered with each battery, each busbar and the at least one circuit board of which soldering positions are coated with a fourth nano coating.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Nano Shield Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: James Cheng Lee
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Patent number: 11926244Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a battery carrier for an electric battery module of a vehicle configured to electrically operate, the method may include: providing a material blank with a blank region; providing a heat exchanger structure in the blank region, that comprises hollow channels that are inseparably connected to the material blank, wherein the hollow channels are provided to regulate a temperature of the electric battery module using a fluid; and forming the material blank into a support tray with a tray base configured to support the electric battery module and with sidewalls that delimit the tray base at the sides of the tray base, wherein the tray base is developed from the blank region.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Christian Handing
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Patent number: 11916243Abstract: A cell case of a secondary battery having a rectangular tube-shaped can body, a can bottom double seamed to a bottom end of the can body, and a can lid double seamed to a top end of the can body, in which cell case of a secondary battery, an area ratio S1 of part of the can bottom, including a portion 1 between a plane vertical to the can body a distance of 0.5 mm above a bottom end of a double seam of the can body and the can bottom and a plane vertical to the can body a distance of 1.0 mm below the bottom end of the double seam, with respect to a cross-sectional area of the can body at the bottom end of the double seam is 50% or more, and a battery module having a plurality of such cell cases are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro Takahashi, Akinobu Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11916250Abstract: This disclosure relates to a battery assembly of an electrified vehicle, and in particular to a battery pack with a vent gas passageway. An example battery assembly includes a battery array having a plurality of battery cells. Each of the battery cells includes a vent configured to release vent gas from a respective one of the battery cells. Further, the battery assembly includes an enclosure assembly surrounding the battery array, and a vent gas passageway within the enclosure assembly. The vent gas passageway includes a plurality of inlet ports, and each of the inlet ports is substantially aligned with a respective one of the vents.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Di Zhu, June Ren, Yafeng Wang
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Patent number: 11912121Abstract: A traction battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes a lower tier of battery arrays, an upper tier of battery arrays, and a support structure disposed between the lower tier and the upper tier. The lower tier is suspended from a downwardly facing side of the support structure. The upper tier is disposed atop an upwardly facing side of the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Francisco Fernandez-Galindo, Nihar Kotak, Daniel Paul Roberts
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Patent number: 11901574Abstract: A battery module includes a housing, battery cells disposed within the housing, and a wedge apparatus disposed within the housing and configured to exert a substantially constant force on the battery cells. The wedge apparatus includes a first wedge having a first thick end tapering to a first thin end, and a second wedge having a second thick end tapering to a second thin end, the first wedge and the second wedge positioned such that the first wedge and the second wedge at least partially overlap. The wedge apparatus further includes a tensioning mechanism disposed at least partially in the first opening and the second opening and configured to move the first wedge in a first direction relative to the second wedge causing a width of the wedge apparatus to expand and exert a first force on the plurality of battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Brian R. Bell, Adam R. Rosenberger
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Patent number: 11888201Abstract: A method of rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system comprises directing hydrogen gas generated on the negative side of the redox flow battery system to a catalyst surface, and fluidly contacting the hydrogen gas with an electrolyte comprising a metal ion at the catalyst surface, wherein the metal ion is chemically reduced by the hydrogen gas at the catalyst surface, and a state of charge of the electrolyte and pH of the electrolyte remain substantially balanced.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: ESS TECH, INC.Inventors: Yang Song, Craig E. Evans
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Patent number: 11876272Abstract: A fuel-cell stack has a first end plate and a second end plate and a plurality of fuel cells arranged between the end plates. At least one elastic tensioning element is tensioned in the stack direction between the end plates. Furthermore, a re-tensioning element is arranged between the tensioning element and a surface section of the fuel-cell stack. The re-tensioning element has a tensioning body and at least one adjusting element arranged between the tensioning body and the surface section. A distance between the tensioning body and the surface section can be variably adjusted and fixed by the at least one adjusting element.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AGInventors: Adel Jilani, Siva Sankar Voosani Krishna
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Patent number: 11870031Abstract: Provided are a solid electrolyte composition including an inorganic solid electrolyte, binder particles which include a polymer having an SP value of 10.5 cal1/2 cm?3/2 or more and have an average particle diameter of 10 nm or more and 50,000 nm or less, and a dispersion medium, a sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, and an all-solid state secondary battery for which the same solid electrolyte composition is used, and methods for manufacturing the electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and the all-solid state secondary battery.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tomonori Mimura, Hiroaki Mochizuki, Masaomi Makino