Patents by Inventor Lingbo Zhu

Lingbo Zhu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • 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: 11936049
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery unit and a battery module, the battery unit includes an electrode assembly, including a main body portion and a tab; two electrode terminals; and two current collecting members respectively connecting the tabs on both sides of the main body portion with the respective electrode terminals; the current collecting member includes a guiding plate and a supporting plate, the guiding plate is located on one side of the main body portion along the length direction, a reinforcement portion is arranged on the guiding plate and is configured to reduce the deformation of the guiding plate towards the main body portion; and the supporting plate is connected to an end of the guiding plate along the width direction, the tab is bent relative to the length direction and connected to the supporting plate. The battery unit can reduce the bending deformation of the guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xing Li, Xiangyan Bu, Qingyuan Jiang, Guijiu Qu, Xiaowen Zhang, Quankun Li, Lingbo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220158197
    Abstract: An electrode assembly and a battery cell is disclosed. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first current collector and a first active material layer, the first current collector includes a first main body and a first tab, and the first tab extends from one end of the first main body in a longitudinal direction. The second electrode plate includes a second current collector and a second active material layer, the second current collector includes a second main body and a second tab, the second tab extends from one end of the second main body in the longitudinal direction, and the second active material layer is applied on a surface of the second main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu XU, Miaomiao REN, Yongshou LIN, Long XU, Youlei LAI, Haizu JIN, Lingbo ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210265709
    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: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Hu XU, Miaomiao Ren, Yuanbao Chen, Long Xu, Donglai Zheng, Lingbo Zhu, Yongshou Lin
  • Publication number: 20200343559
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery unit and a battery module, the battery unit includes an electrode assembly, including a main body portion and a tab; two electrode terminals; and two current collecting members respectively connecting the tabs on both sides of the main body portion with the respective electrode terminals; the current collecting member includes a guiding plate and a supporting plate, the guiding plate is located on one side of the main body portion along the length direction, a reinforcement portion is arranged on the guiding plate and is configured to reduce the deformation of the guiding plate towards the main body portion; and the supporting plate is connected to an end of the guiding plate along the width direction, the tab is bent relative to the length direction and connected to the supporting plate. The battery unit can reduce the bending deformation of the guiding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Xing LI, Xiangyan BU, Qingyuan JIANG, Guijiu QU, Xiaowen ZHANG, Quankun LI, Lingbo ZHU
  • Patent number: 10629866
    Abstract: The secondary battery of the present invention includes: a top cover, a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, an electrode-tab pad-plate, an electrode assembly, a first electrode-tab and a second electrode-tab; the first and second electrode terminal are arranged on the top cover, the electrode-tab pad-plate is a strip-plate shaped structure, and is located between the top cover and electrode assembly, the first electrode-tab includes a connecting part, a folding part and a welding part, the connecting part is beneath the electrode-tab pad-plate, the welding part is above is the electrode tab pad plate, and the connecting part is connected with the electrode assembly, the welding part is connected with the first electrode terminal, the folding part is connected with the connecting part and welding part bypassing the electrode-tab pad-plate; the second electrode terminal is connected with the electrode assembly through the second electrode-tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Guo, Quankun Li, Pinghua Deng, Peng Wang, Lingbo Zhu, Qingkui Chi
  • Patent number: 10516151
    Abstract: The present application provides a top cover of power battery, including top cover plate, first electrode unit and second electrode unit, the first electrode unit includes insulation piece, conductive plate, deformable plate and sealing piece, the top cover plate is provided with deformable plate connecting hole and fixing hole, the deformable plate seals the deformable plate connecting hole, the insulation piece is provided with top cover plate connecting portion and conductive plate connecting portion, the insulation piece is fixed underneath the top cover plate through cooperation of top cover plate connecting portion and fixing hole, the conductive plate is insulated from and fixed with the top cover plate through the conductive plate connecting portion, the conductive plate is electrically connected with the deformable plate, the sealing piece seals path from the fixing hole to interior of the power battery passing through gap between insulation piece and top cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Quankun Li, Pinghua Deng, Peng Wang, Jian Guo, Lingbo Zhu, Yongshou Lin
  • Patent number: 10476048
    Abstract: The secondary battery of the present invention includes: a top cover, a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, an electrode-tab pad-plate, an electrode assembly, a first electrode-tab and a second electrode-tab; the first and second electrode terminal are arranged on the top cover, the electrode-tab pad-plate is a strip-plate shaped structure, and is located between the top cover and electrode assembly, the first electrode-tab includes a connecting part, a folding part and a welding part, the connecting part is beneath the electrode tab pad plate, the welding part is above the electrode tab pad plate, and the connecting part is connected with the electrode assembly, the welding part is connected with the first electrode terminal, the folding part is connected with the connecting part and welding part bypassing the electrode-tab pad-plate; the second electrode terminal is connected with the electrode assembly through the second electrode-tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Guo, Quankun Li, Pinghua Deng, Peng Wang, Lingbo Zhu, Qingkui Chi
  • Patent number: 10418619
    Abstract: The present application provides a top cover of a power battery and the power battery. The top cover of the power battery includes a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit, the second electrode unit includes a deformable plate, an insulation piece and a conductive plate, the top cover plate is provided with a deformable plate connecting hole, the deformable plate seals the deformable plate connecting hole, the insulation piece is located underneath the top cover plate, the insulation piece is connected with the top cover plate, the conductive plate is insulated from and fixed with the top cover plate through the insulation piece and is electrically connected with the deformable plate. The power battery includes the above top cover of the power battery. The power battery provided by the present application can effectively prevent breaking, losing efficacy or deformation of the conductive plate during using process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Quankun Li, Jian Guo, Lingbo Zhu, Pinghua Deng, Peng Wang, Kai Wu
  • Patent number: 10305086
    Abstract: This application provides a top cover of a power battery and a power battery, the top cover includes a top cover sheet, a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit, the first electrode unit includes a turning sheet, an insulating piece and a current cutting-off structure, the current cutting-off structure is fixed in radial projection range of an assembling hole and is electrically connected with the top cover sheet, the turning sheet is fixed at an underneath of the top cover sheet through the insulating piece, the turning sheet is electrically connected with the top cover sheet merely through the current cutting-off structure, and the turning sheet is capable of turning and breaking the current cutting-off structure when an internal pressure of the power battery exceeds a reference pressure, so as to cut off an electrical connection of the current cutting-off structure with the top cover sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Quankun Li, Peng Wang, Pinghua Deng, Lingbo Zhu, Jian Guo
  • Publication number: 20190123313
    Abstract: The secondary battery of the present invention includes: a top cover, a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, an electrode-tab pad-plate, an electrode assembly, a first electrode-tab and a second electrode-tab; the first and second electrode terminal are arranged on the top cover, the electrode-tab pad-plate is a strip-plate shaped structure, and is located between the top cover and electrode assembly, the first electrode-tab includes a connecting part, a folding part and a welding part, the connecting part is beneath the electrode tab pad plate, the welding part is above the electrode tab pad plate, and the connecting part is connected with the electrode assembly, the welding part is connected with the first electrode terminal, the folding part is connected with the connecting part and welding part bypassing the electrode-tab pad-plate; the second electrode terminal is connected with the electrode assembly through the second electrode-tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jian GUO, Quankun LI, Pinghua DENG, Peng WANG, Lingbo ZHU, Qingkui CHI
  • Publication number: 20190074487
    Abstract: The secondary battery of the present invention includes: a top cover, a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, an electrode-tab pad-plate, an electrode assembly, a first electrode-tab and a second electrode-tab; the first and second electrode terminal are arranged on the top cover, the electrode-tab pad-plate is a strip-plate shaped structure, and is located between the top cover and electrode assembly, the first electrode-tab includes a connecting part, a folding part and a welding part, the connecting part is beneath the electrode-tab pad-plate, the welding part is above is the electrode tab pad plate, and the connecting part is connected with the electrode assembly, the welding part is connected with the first electrode terminal, the folding part is connected with the connecting part and welding part bypassing the electrode-tab pad-plate; the second electrode terminal is connected with the electrode assembly through the second electrode-tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Jian GUO, Quankun LI, Pinghua DENG, Peng WANG, Lingbo ZHU, Qingkui CHI
  • Patent number: 10205141
    Abstract: The secondary battery of the present invention includes: a top cover, a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, an electrode-tab pad-plate, an electrode assembly, a first electrode-tab and a second electrode-tab; the first and second electrode terminal are arranged on the top cover, the electrode-tab pad-plate is a strip-plate shaped structure, and is located between the top cover and electrode assembly, the first electrode-tab includes a connecting part, a folding part and a welding part, the connecting part is beneath the electrode-tab pad-plate, the welding part is above the electrode-tab pad-plate, the connecting part is connected with the electrode assembly, the welding part is connected with the first electrode terminal, the folding part is connected with the connecting part and welding part bypassing the electrode-tab pad-plate; the second electrode terminal is connected with the electrode assembly through the second electrode-tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Guo, Quankun Li, Pinghua Deng, Peng Wang, Lingbo Zhu, Qingkui Chi
  • Patent number: 10199627
    Abstract: The invention provides a secondary battery which comprises a cap plate and at least one cell. The secondary battery further comprises connecting pieces, each connecting piece is parallel to the cap plate and positioned at an inside of the cap plate in a thickness direction of the cap plate, a longitudinal direction of each connecting piece is parallel to a length direction of the cap plate, a transverse direction of each connecting piece is parallel to a width direction of the cap plate. Each connecting piece has: a tab welding portion for being welded to the corresponding tab of each cell; and an electrode terminal welding portion connected to the tab welding portion along the longitudinal direction of each connecting piece for being welded to the corresponding electrode terminal of the cap plate so as to electrically connect the corresponding electrode terminal and the corresponding tab of each cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Guo, Quankun Li, Pinghua Deng, Lingbo Zhu, Qingkui Chi
  • Patent number: 10153476
    Abstract: The present application relates to an electrode tab pad plate, the electrode tab pad plate is of a fork shape, including a joint part and two first fork feet, the two first fork feet are arranged in parallel, and a first gap is provided between the two first fork feet, both the first fork feet are connected with the joint part. The electrode tab pad plate provided by the present application, through gathering the electrode tabs at inner sides of the electrode tab pad plate, so that the electrode tabs are gathered toward the direction away from the battery housing, so as to guarantee the safety performance of the Li-ion battery, since the space occupied by the electrode tab pad plate is small, which facilitates the improvement of the cell capacity, thereby improving the performance of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jian Guo, Quankun Li, Pinghua Deng, Peng Wang, Lingbo Zhu
  • Patent number: 10074842
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, which comprises a cap plate, at least two cells and two connecting pieces. The cap plate is provided with two electrode terminals which are opposite in electrical polarity. Each cell has two tabs which are opposite in electrical polarity. Each connecting piece has: an electrode terminal electrical connecting portion for electrically connecting with the corresponding electrode terminal of the cap plate; a plurality of tab electrical connecting portions for electrically connecting with the corresponding tabs of the cells respectively; and a plurality of fusing portions electrically connecting the corresponding tab electrical connecting portion to the electrode terminal electrical connecting portion, a width of each fusing portion is less than a width of the electrode terminal electrical connecting portion. A configuration of the connecting piece is simple, thereby reducing the cumulative heat of the secondary battery and reducing the temperature rise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Qingkui Chi, Kaifu Zhong, Lingbo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180145288
    Abstract: This application provides a top cover plate of power battery, including a top cover plate, a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit, the top cover plate is provided with a deformable plate connecting hole and a first connecting portion integrated with the top cover plate as a whole, the first electrode unit includes the deformable plate, a conductive plate and an insulation piece, the insulation piece is provided with a second connecting portion and a conductive plate connecting portion, the deformable plate seals the deformable plate connecting hole, the conductive plate is located underneath the deformable plate, and electrically connected with the deformable plate, the insulation piece is fixed underneath the top cover plate through cooperation of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, the conductive plate is insulated from and fixed with the top cover plate through the conductive plate connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Quankun LI, Lingbo ZHU, Jian GUO, Pinghua DENG, Peng WANG
  • Publication number: 20170373301
    Abstract: This application provides a top cover of a power battery and a power battery, the top cover includes a top cover sheet, a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit, the first electrode unit includes a turning sheet, an insulating piece and a current cutting-off structure, the current cutting-off structure is fixed in radial projection range of an assembling hole and is electrically connected with the top cover sheet, the turning sheet is fixed at an underneath of the top cover sheet through the insulating piece, the turning sheet is electrically connected with the top cover sheet merely through the current cutting-off structure, and the turning sheet is capable of turning and breaking the current cutting-off structure when an internal pressure of the power battery exceeds a reference pressure, so as to cut off an electrical connection of the current cutting-off structure with the top cover sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO .. LIMITED
    Inventors: Quankun LI, Peng WANG, Pinghua DENG, Lingbo ZHU, Jian GUO
  • Publication number: 20170352845
    Abstract: Provided is a top cover for power battery, including a top cover plate, a first electrode unit including a connecting plate, a deformable plate, an insulating piece and a current interrupt plate, and a second electrode unit, insulating piece, an assembling hole is formed in the top cover plate, the current interrupt plate is in the assembling hole and electrically connected with the top cover plate, the connecting plate is insulated from the top cover plate through the insulating piece, an accommodating chamber facing to the assembling hole is formed in the connecting plate, the deformable plate is attached to the connecting plate and covers the accommodating chamber, the second electrode unit is electrically insulated from the top cover plate, and the deformable plate configured to uncouple from the current interrupt plate when internal pressure of power battery goes beyond reference pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Quankun Li, Jian Guo, Peng Wang, Pinghua Deng, Lingbo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170352860
    Abstract: The present application provides a top cover of power battery, including top cover plate, first electrode unit and second electrode unit, the first electrode unit includes insulation piece, conductive plate, deformable plate and sealing piece, the top cover plate is provided with deformable plate connecting hole and fixing hole, the deformable plate seals the deformable plate connecting hole, the insulation piece is provided with top cover plate connecting portion and conductive plate connecting portion, the insulation piece is fixed underneath the top cover plate through cooperation of top cover plate connecting portion and fixing hole, the conductive plate is insulated from and fixed with the top cover plate through the conductive plate connecting portion, the conductive plate is electrically connected with the deformable plate, the sealing piece seals path from the fixing hole to interior of the power battery passing through gap between insulation piece and top cover plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Quankun LI, Pinghua DENG, Peng WANG, Jian GUO, Lingbo ZHU, Yongshou LIN