Patents Examined by Rena Dye
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Patent number: 10693185Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a solid electrolyte material with excellent fluoride ion conductivity. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a solid electrolyte material to be used for a fluoride ion battery, the solid electrolyte material comprising: a composition of BixM1?xF2+x, in which 0.4?x?0.9, and M is at least one kind of Sn, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Pb; and a crystal phase that has a Tysonite structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuto Ide
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Patent number: 10686168Abstract: A method of manufacturing a short-preventive all-solid-state battery in which a thermosetting insulating resin applied in advance to a pouch-type electrode case provided with an electrode assembly received therein is forced to fill a space between the edges of the electrode assembly during packaging of the electrode assembly to fill vacant spaces between electrodes at the edges of the electrode assembly and may thus prevent physical contact and collision between the electrodes and fundamentally prevent generation of a short circuit caused thereby.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Yong Sub Yoon, Pil Gun Oh, Oh Min Kwon, Hong Seok Min
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Patent number: 10673067Abstract: A method for producing a positive electrode material for non-aqueous secondary batteries includes: performing a heat treatment on zirconium boride particles in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at a heat treatment temperature of not less than 220° C. and not more than 390° C., thereby obtaining heat-treated particles; and mixing the heat-treated particles with a positive electrode active material which contains a lithium transition metal complex oxide particles including at least one of cobalt and nickel in a composition thereof and having a layered structure, such that a content of the heat-treated particles relative to the lithium transition metal complex oxide particles is, as zirconium, not less than 0.25 mol % and not more than 2.2 mol %, thereby obtaining a positive electrode material for non-aqueous secondary batteries.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Keisuke Fujihara
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Patent number: 10665827Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cap assembly for a secondary battery and a secondary battery. The cap assembly for the secondary battery includes a cap plate having an electrode lead-out hole; and a terminal assembly including a terminal board, a fixing member, a deformable sheet, a conductive sheet and an isolator, wherein the deformable sheet is attached to the terminal board; the conductive sheet includes a first portion provided between the terminal board and the cap plate; the terminal board is fixed to a side of the cap plate through the fixing member and covers the electrode lead-out hole, and the terminal board is electrically connected with the first portion through the deformable sheet; the deformable sheet is configured to deform to be electrically disconnected from the first portion in response to an increase in a pressure inside the secondary battery.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Quankun Li, Baisong Chen, Jian Guo, Peng Wang, Taosheng Zhu
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Patent number: 10665890Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive material for a secondary battery, and a secondary battery containing the same, the conductive material comprising carbon nanotubes, having a secondary structure in which carbon nanotube units having a diameter of 20-150 nm are entangled, having a ratio of true density to bulk density (TD/BD) of 30-120, having a metal content of 50 ppm or less, and having both excellent dispersibility and high purity, thereby being capable of improving, by increasing the conductivity within an electrode, battery performance, particularly, battery performance at room temperature and low temperature when applied to a battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Kyung Yeon Kang, Jong Heon Seol, Ji Hee Woo, Ye Lin Kim, Dong Hyun Cho, Sang Hoon Choy
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Patent number: 10658705Abstract: Described are solid-state energy storage devices and methods of making solid-state energy storage devices in which components of the batteries are truly solid-state and do not comprise a gel. Useful electrodes include metals and metal oxides, and useful electrolytes include amorphous ceramic thin film electrolytes that permit conduction or migration of ions across the electrolyte. Disclosed methods of making solid-state energy storage devices include multi-stage deposition processes, in which an electrode is deposited in a first stage and an electrolyte is deposited in a second stage.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Space Charge, LLCInventors: John B. Read, Daniel C. Sweeney
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Patent number: 10658707Abstract: A detection system includes a power generation element; a first outer cover body enveloping the power generation element; a second outer cover body located between the power generation element and the first outer cover body, and enveloping the power generation element; a first space section enclosed by the first outer cover body and the second outer cover body; a second space section enclosed by the second outer cover body; and a detection unit that detects “a gas in the first space section” and “a gas in the second space section.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayumu Fukuoka, Kazuyoshi Honda
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Patent number: 10658673Abstract: A battery is provided in the present disclosure. The battery includes: a positive electrode plate including a positive current collector and a positive active material layer; a negative electrode plate including a positive current collector and a negative active material layer; and an electrolyte. The positive current collector includes an insulation layer used to support a conductive layer and the conductive layer used to support the positive active material layer and located above at least one surface of the insulation layer. The conductive layer has a thickness of D2 which satisfies: 300 nm?D2?2 ?m. A protective layer is arranged on at least one surface of the conductive layer. The negative current collector is a copper foil current collector having a thickness of 6 ?m to 12 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Chengdu Liang, Huafeng Huang, Qisen Huang
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Patent number: 10629907Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery with a high capacity retention rate, and a method for producing the lithium ion secondary battery. The lithium ion secondary battery may comprise a cathode including a cathode active material layer comprising a cathode active material and Li3PO4, an anode including an anode active material layer comprising an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer being disposed between the cathode and the anode and comprising a liquid electrolyte, wherein a C1s element ratio obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement of the Li3PO4 is 18.82 at % or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yohei Shindo, Yoichi Koike
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Patent number: 10629906Abstract: Provided is a lithium nickel complex oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1: LiwNiIIx1NiIIIx2MnyCozFdO2-d??<Chemical Formula 1> where x1+x2+y+z=1, 0.4?x1+x2?0.9, 0<y?0.6 and 0<z?0.6, 0.9?w?1.3, and 0<d?0.3.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Ji Hye Kim, Sung Bin Park, Wang Mo Jung, Sang Seung Oh, Byung Chun Park
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Patent number: 10601074Abstract: Described are solid-state energy storage devices and methods of making solid-state energy storage devices in which components of the batteries are truly solid-state and do not comprise a gel. Useful electrodes include metals and metal oxides, and useful electrolytes include amorphous ceramic thin film electrolytes that permit conduction or migration of ions across the electrolyte. Disclosed methods of making solid-state energy storage devices include multi-stage deposition processes, in which an electrode is deposited in a first stage and an electrolyte is deposited in a second stage.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Space Charge, LLCInventors: John B. Read, Daniel C. Sweeney
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Patent number: 10593926Abstract: An energy storage device includes a positive electrode current collector and a negative electrode current collector which respectively have electric conductivity and are joined to each other, and cover members. The energy storage device includes swaged joint portions which join the positive electrode current collector and the cover members to each other, and are engaged with each other by fitting engagement by a concavo-convex fitting engagement structure which projects from the positive electrode current collector toward the cover members, and swaged joint portions which join the negative electrode current collector and the cover members to each other and, are engaged with each other by fitting engagement by a concavo-convex fitting engagement structure which projects from the negative electrode current collector toward the cover members. The cover members respectively include a strip-shaped projection which forms a rigidity changing part on the side of the swaged joint portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Kazuto Maeda, Hirokazu Kambayashi, Shohei Yamao
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Patent number: 10587020Abstract: A battery pack includes a first battery module level and a second battery module level. The first battery module level includes: a first heat exchanger including a cooling tube that defines a cooling area; a first secondary battery cell in thermal contact with the first heat exchanger at the cooling area; a coolant distributor line outside the first heat exchanger and configured to supply coolant to the cooling tube; a coolant interconnector fluidly connecting the cooling tube or the coolant distributor line to the second battery module level; and an encapsulation element enclosing the coolant interconnector and confining a volume in which the coolant interconnector is arranged between the first battery module level and the second battery module level.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ralph Wuensche, Oliver Stojanovic, Horst Krieger
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Patent number: 10587009Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a metal-ion battery employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a metal halide, a solvent, and an additive. The solvent is an ionic liquid or organic solvent. The molar ratio of the metal halide to the solvent is from 1:1 to 2.2:1. The amount of additive is from 1 wt % to 25 wt %, based on the total weight of the metal halide and the solvent. The additive is monochloroethane, trichlorethylene, dichloroethane, trichloroethane, phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus pentachloride, methyl pyidine, methyl nicotinate, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chien-Chih Chiang, Lu-Yu Wang, Mao-Chia Huang
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Patent number: 10581103Abstract: Parasitic reactions, such as production of hydrogen and oxidation by oxygen, can occur under the operating conditions of flow batteries and other electrochemical systems. Such parasitic reactions can undesirably impact operating performance by altering the pH and/or state of charge of one or both electrolyte solutions in a flow battery. Electrochemical balancing cells configured for addressing the effects of parasitic reactions can include: a first chamber containing a first electrode, a second chamber containing a second electrode, a third chamber disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber, an ion-selective membrane forming a first interface between the first chamber and the third chamber, and a bipolar membrane forming a second interface between the second chamber and the third chamber. Such electrochemical balancing cells can be placed in fluid communication with at least one half-cell of a flow battery.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy, LLCInventor: Steven Y. Reece
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Patent number: 10573927Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode which is a zinc anode or an electrode of any other type, and ensures good durability and sufficiently high ion conductivity, and sufficiently improves the cell performance when used in a cell, and also provides its precursor. The present invention relates to an electrode which includes a current collector and an active material layer containing an active material, and further includes a specific anion conducting material or a specific solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Ogawa, Koji Yonehara, Hiroko Harada, Yasuyuki Takazawa, Hironobu Ono
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Patent number: 10573941Abstract: In one embodiment, a temperature management device is provided with a plurality of battery cells, power sensor(s) each of which detects the charge/discharge power of battery cell(s) at a prescribed time interval, a power representative value calculation section which calculates a power representative value of a time lapse data of the charge/discharge power(s) detected by the power sensor, temperature sensor(s) each of which detects the temperature of battery cell(s) at a prescribed time interval, a temperature representative value calculation section which calculates a temperature representative value of a time lapse data of temperature(s) detected by the temperature sensor, a radiation characteristic identification section which identifies a radiation characteristic from the temperature representative value and the power representative value, and an air conditioning setting calculation section which calculates an air conditioning setting for the battery cell(s) corresponding to the power representative valueType: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenichi Fujiwara, Takahiro Yamamoto, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Masatake Sakuma, Tomohiro Toyosaki, Takenori Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10566599Abstract: A modular power storage and supply system having a plurality of stacked frame members retaining a plurality of pouch cells, each of the frame members having a pair of pressure contact members abutting the cell tab terminals of the pouch cells, the pressure contact members and cell tab terminals being approximately equal in contact surface area, the frame members being separated by a gap, the system having a compression mechanism that applies pressure to the combination of pressure contact members and cell tab terminals.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Inventor: Ammon N. Balaster
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Patent number: 10553877Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrochemical catalyst structure and a method for producing the same. The electrochemical catalyst structure may include a catalyst layer including a perovskite based oxide as an electrochemical oxygen reduction catalyst; and a modifying layer being in contact with the catalyst layer and including a transition metal oxide capable of chemical interaction with a metal of the perovskite based oxide through electron orbital hybridization.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION(UIF), YONSEI UNIVERSITYInventors: Joo Ho Moon, Dae Hee Lee, Jai Wan Tan
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Patent number: 10541090Abstract: The invention pertains to the field of electronic devices and the preparation thereof. In an aspect is an electronic device comprising a nanocomposite of carbon nanodomains homogeneously embedded in an insulating ceramic matrix, wherein the size and distribution of carbon nanodomains is such that the nanocomposite has a permittivity of greater than or equal to 200.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Yigal D Blum, Winston K. Chan, John W. Hodges, David K. Hui, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy, David Brent McQueen, Marc Rippen