Patents Examined by Omar M Kekia
  • Patent number: 11973193
    Abstract: Provided are a battery winding method, a battery winding system, a battery and an electrical device. The battery winding method includes: winding; photographing a picture of a current winding layer; acquiring position data of a first point and of a second point according to the picture of the current winding layer, converting the position data of the first point to obtain the converted position data of a converted first point using a preset conversion matrix corresponding to the current winding layer based on the number of the current winding layers and calculating data of displacement between the first and second electrode plates based on the converted position data of the converted first point and the position data of the second point, and determining if the data of displacement is within a threshold value scope, if so, returning to wind a next winding layer, and if not, sending an alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhipeng Chen, Chao Chen, Jinghua Huang, Yaohui Wang, Qichao Huang
  • Patent number: 11962039
    Abstract: A method of mounting a bus-bar frame includes: forming a plurality of cell lead blocks and a battery cell stacked body by alternately stacking a cell lead block and at least one battery cell; disposing a top cover with respective ends on which a bus-bar frame is installed so as to cover the battery cell stacked body; removing the lead blocks from a space between the battery cell stacked body and the bus-bar frame; and installing the bus-bar frame on the battery cell stacked body by rotating the bus-bar frame. The alternately stacking of the cell lead block and the at least one battery cell includes positioning an electrode lead protruding from each battery cell between neighboring ones of the cell lead blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Bum Cho, Kyung Mo Kim, Sung Won Seo, Seung Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11945729
    Abstract: A method for producing a nickel cobalt complex hydroxide includes first crystallization of supplying a solution containing Ni, Co and Mn, a complex ion forming agent and a basic solution separately and simultaneously to one reaction vessel to obtain nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles, and a second crystallization of, after the first crystallization, further supplying a solution containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese, a solution of a complex ion forming agent, a basic solution, and a solution containing said element M separately and simultaneously to the reaction vessel to crystallize a complex hydroxide particles containing nickel, cobalt, manganese and said element M on the nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles crystallizing a complex hydroxide particles comprising Ni, Co, Mn and the element M on the nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Yoshida, Masato Sonoo, Takahiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11949059
    Abstract: A winding method may comprise clamping heads of an anode plate, a cathode plate and a separator between a first half winding needle and a second half winding needle of a winding needle assembly at a winding station; and rotating the winding needle assembly at the winding station to wind the anode plate, the cathode plate and the separator to form an electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhiyang Wu, Yiruo Wang, Gang Lin, Guohang Liao
  • Patent number: 11949128
    Abstract: This application provides a current collecting member, a secondary battery, and a fabrication method. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing, a top cover assembly and current collecting members. The electrode assembly includes a main body portion and a first tab extending from an end of the main body portion along a transverse direction. The top cover assembly includes a top cover plate and a first electrode terminal disposed on the top cover plate connected to the housing. The current collecting member is connected to the first tab and the first electrode terminal. The current collecting member includes a substrate and a support plate, the substrate being provided at a side of the main body portion along a transverse direction, the support plate extending from an end part of the substrate in a longitudinal direction, and the first tab being connected to the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu Xu, Miaomiao Ren, Yuanbao Chen, Long Xu, Donglai Zheng, Lingbo Zhu, Yongshou Lin
  • Patent number: 11929528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for determining the ratio of oxidized and reduced forms of a redox couple in solution, each method comprising: contacting first and second stationary working electrodes and first and second counter electrode to the solution; applying a first potential at the first stationary working electrode and a second potential at the second stationary working electrode relative to the respective counter electrodes and measuring first and second constant currents for the first and second stationary working electrodes, respectively; wherein the first and second constant currents have opposite signs and the ratio of the absolute values of the first and second constant currents reflects the ratio of the oxidized and reduced forms of the redox couple in solution. When used in the context of monitoring/controlling electrochemical cells, additional embodiments include those further comprising oxidizing or reducing the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Evan R. King, Kean Duffey, Adam Morris-Cohen, John Goeltz, Steven Y. Reece
  • Patent number: 11894523
    Abstract: A wearable device needs to have a design corresponding to complicated surfaces of human bodies. Thus, an electronic device that can fit the characteristics of each individual human body after being purchased and can be worn naturally and comfortably is provided. The electronic device includes a secondary battery which can be transformed. By using a secondary battery which can be transformed, for example, a secondary battery can be efficiently placed in a narrow and elongated space in the electronic device, and the elongated secondary battery can be bent together with the electronic device. Furthermore, the weight balance of the electronic device can be easily adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Tajima, Masaaki Hiroki, Daisuke Furumatsu
  • Patent number: 11876244
    Abstract: A electrode body of a power storage cell is accommodated in an inner space of a housing to form an upper clearance on a side opposite to a bottom surface of the housing and form a side clearance between the electrode body and each of a first side surface and a second side surface of the housing. Gas discharge valves include a first discharge valve provided on the first side surface and a second discharge valve provided on the second side surface. At least a portion of an opening of the first discharge valve is located at a region of the first side surface to which the upper clearance is projected, and at least a portion of an opening of the second discharge valve is located at a region of the second side surface to which the upper clearance is projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11870099
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery cell; a main circuit board electrically connected to the battery cell and extending in a first direction; and a flexible circuit board extending in the first direction in parallel with the main circuit board and including an external connection terminal located at a position outside the main circuit board, and the main circuit board and the flexible circuit board respectively include first and second coupling pads overlapping each other and coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seokbong Lee
  • Patent number: 11862768
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a winding type electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; the positive electrode plate includes a first positive winding end portion and a positive winding middle section; the negative electrode plate includes a first portion and a second portion; and an active material layer of the negative electrode plate exceeds an active material layer of the positive electrode plate, and a difference between a maximum width of a negative active material layer of the first portion and a minimum width of a positive active material layer of the first positive winding end portion is larger than a difference between a maximum width of a negative active material layer of the second portion and a minimum width of a positive active material layer of the positive winding middle section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Huihui Shangguan, Daichun Tang, Xinxin Du, Ziyu Bai, Ruihuan Qin
  • Patent number: 11855304
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly, a packaging bag, and electrode leads. The electrode assembly is accommodated in the packaging bag and comprises a first electrode member, a second electrode member and a separator. The separator separates the first electrode member from the second electrode member. The first electrode member comprises an insulating substrate, a conductive layer, an active material layer and a conductive structure. The conductive layer is provided on the surface of the insulating substrate, and the conductive layer is provided with a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is coated with the active material layer. The second portion is not coated with the active material layer. The conductive structure is welded to the second portion to form a first welding area. The electrode leads are connected to the conductive structure and extend to the outside of the packaging bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Mianyu Xie, Guangjun Wang
  • Patent number: 11837700
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes an electrode assembly having a negative electrode plate and a separator wound around a tubular core material. The core material has a first line part and a second line part extending along a first imaginary line and a second imaginary line parallel to a long side surface of a case, respectively. At least one of the first line part and the second line part has a curved portion that protrudes toward the other beyond the first imaginary line or the second imaginary line. An inner peripheral edge of the negative electrode plate is located at a position other than the curved portion in at least one of the first line part and the second line part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuya Oji
  • Patent number: 11831012
    Abstract: Methods, anode material particles, mixtures, anodes and lithium-ion batteries are provided, having passivated silicon-based particles that enable processing in oxidizing environments such as water-based slurries. Methods comprise forming a mixture of silicon particles with nanoparticles (NPs) and a carbon-based binders and/or surfactants, wherein the NPs comprise at least one of: metalloid oxide NPs, metalloid salt NPs and carbon NPs, reducing the mixture to yield a reduced mixture comprising coated silicon particles with a coating providing a passivation layer (possibly amorphous), and consolidating the reduced mixture to form an anode. It is suggested that the NPs provide nucleation sites for the passivation layer on the surface of the silicon particles—enabling significant anode-formation process simplifications such as using water-based slurries—enabled by disclosed methods and anode active material particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: STOREDOT LTD.
    Inventors: Ohad Goldbart, Nitzan Shadmi, Hani Farran, Daniel Aronov
  • Patent number: 11831042
    Abstract: Exemplary battery cell designs, such as those for use within electrified vehicle traction battery packs, for example, may include an electrode assembly that includes a plurality of current collector tabs. The current collector tabs may be arranged in one or more tab groupings when the electrode assembly is positioned in a folded configuration. The current collector tabs of the one or more tab groupings may be joined together to establish an enlarged current collector tab that is larger than any individual one of the current collector tabs of the one or more tab groupings. The enlarged current collector tab is an optimized tab configured to reduce internal resistance, reduce heat buildup, and increase the power capability of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Mackenzie, Thomas J. Coupar, Jonathan Barker
  • Patent number: 11831037
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a battery including a cell array and a case is provided. The cell array includes a plurality of single cells arranged in a certain direction. The case includes a pair of compartment members of which a longitudinal direction is a direction in which the single cells are arranged, and a first end member provided at a first end in the longitudinal direction. In the manufacturing method, in space surrounded by the compartment members and the first end member, the cell array and a second end member facing the first end member across the cell array are placed. In a direction to compress the cell array from an outside part of the second end member, each compartment member is joined with the second end member at a second end in the longitudinal direction while a predetermined load is applied to bind the cell array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Fujiwara, Taichi Egawa, Tomotaka Osakabe
  • Patent number: 11824168
    Abstract: A first angle (?1) formed between a second straight line (L2) and a third straight line (L3) is more than 55°. A first length (D1) represents a straight line distance between a first point (A) and a second point (B), and a second length (D2) represents a length of a first electrode core body between the first point (A) and the second point (B). On this occasion, the second length (D2) is 1 time or more and 1.1 times or less as large as the first length (D1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Tanimoto, Kohji Umemura, Tomokazu Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11799134
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery case, an electrode body, and a collector member connecting the battery case and the electrode body. A positive electrode includes an insulation layer provided so as to be adjacent to a positive electrode active material layer. The collector members include first portions, and second portions continuous to the first portions and bent relative to the first portions. The first portions are fixed to the battery case. The second portions are connected, at ends thereof opposite to the bent portions, to collector regions, respectively. The collector members further include ribs connected, at the bent portions, to the first portions and the second portions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuo Hara
  • Patent number: 11799178
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid injection device for injection of electrolytic solution into a bag-shaped film exterior containing a generation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Takata
  • Patent number: 11791512
    Abstract: A method for producing a button cell includes providing a metal cell cup, providing a metal cell top, and providing a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode includes a first current collector partially coated with a first active electrode material and having an active material-free region. The second electrode includes a second current collector partially coated with a second active electrode material and having an active material-free region. The method further includes attaching a first metal foil conductor to the active material-free region of the first current collector, attaching a second metal foil conductor to the active material-free region of the second current collector, and forming a cylindrical electrode winding by winding, in a spiral, an electrode assembly. The first and second metal foil conductors extend out of the cylindrical electrode winding from first and second end faces of the cylindrical electrode winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: VARTA MICROBATTERY GMBH
    Inventor: Winfried Gaugler
  • Patent number: 11784313
    Abstract: Provided is a slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode that has excellent fibrous carbon nanomaterial dispersibility and is capable of forming an electrode mixed material layer having excellent close adherence to a current collector. The slurry composition is obtained using a conductive material paste composition for a secondary battery electrode that contains a fibrous carbon nanomaterial, a binder, and a solvent. The binder includes a first copolymer that includes an alkylene structural unit and a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and has a weight average molecular weight of at least 170,000 and less than 1,500,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Matsumura, Jun Mikami