Patents by Inventor Zuchao Liu

Zuchao Liu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240154270
    Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The electrochemical apparatus includes an electrode plate and a tab, where the electrode plate includes a current collector, a first active material layer, and a first insulation layer. The current collector includes a first region, a second region, and a first portion of a third region, where the first region is provided with the first active material layer, and the second region is provided with the first insulation layer. Along a thickness direction of the current collector, an orthographic projection of the second region at least partially surrounds an orthographic projection of the first portion of the third region. In this way, the electrode plate has a small exposed conductive region. This can reduce the safety risk such as a short circuit risk caused during a needle penetration operation on the electrochemical apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventor: Zuchao LIU
  • Publication number: 20230031906
    Abstract: A battery cell, including an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly is formed by stacking in sequence or winding a first electrode plate, a separator, and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first current collector and a first active material layer disposed on two sides of the first current collector. The first electrode plate further includes a conductive layer. The first current collector includes a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface. The conductive layer completely covers the first surface and/or the second surface. The first active material layer is disposed on a surface of the conductive layer. This application further provides a battery containing the battery cell and an electronic apparatus with such battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Zuchao LIU
  • Patent number: 11417914
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery, an electronic device and a battery pack. The battery according to one embodiment comprises a battery cell assembly, the battery cell assembly including a first tab and a protection assembly. The protection assembly is connected to the first tab, and comprises a breaker and a first unidirectional conduction element, the breaker and the first unidirectional conduction element are connected in parallel. The battery, the electronic device and the battery pack provided by the embodiments of the present application may achieve overcharge protection on a soft package battery, and may meet a performance requirement of the soft package battery for discharge at large current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zuchao Liu, Chuantao Song, Zhiwen Xiao, Haiyang Nan
  • Patent number: 11145944
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technical field of cells, and discloses a protection device and a battery. The protection device includes: a first connecting member; a second connecting member; a first element; and an elastic sheet. When the elastic sheet has a temperature lower than a first temperature, the elastic sheet is connected to at least one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member; when the temperature of the elastic sheet is equal to the first temperature, the elastic sheet is deformed to allow the first connecting member, the second connecting member, the elastic sheet and the first element to form a series circuit. When the protection device is not triggered, the temperature of the elastic sheet is lower than the first temperature, and the elastic sheet is connected to at least one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chuantao Song, Zuchao Liu, Haiyang Nan, Zhiwen Xiao, Xinru Su
  • Patent number: 10879520
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a cell and a battery, wherein the cell comprises a body including a first electrode tab; and a choke that triggers after the temperature reaches a certain value to reduce the current passing through it; the choke is electrically connected to the first electrode tab, and a product of the length of connection path from the choke to the first electrode tab and a cooling coefficient of the connection path is smaller than a difference between a first temperature of the first electrode tab and a second temperature of the choke, wherein the second temperature of the choke is a temperature when the choke is triggered. In the above-mentioned cell, if the trigger action of the choke is timely, the body of the cell can be prevented from reaching the overcharge state, and the choke in the above-mentioned cell can further effectively protect the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Haiyang Nan, Chuantao Song, Zhiwen Xiao, Zuchao Liu, Xinru Su, Wei Huang
  • Publication number: 20200194842
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery, an electronic device and a battery pack. The battery according to one embodiment comprises a battery cell assembly, the battery cell assembly including a first tab and a protection assembly. The protection assembly is connected to the first tab, and comprises a breaker and a first unidirectional conduction element, the breaker and the first unidirectional conduction element are connected in parallel. The battery, the electronic device and the battery pack provided by the embodiments of the present application may achieve overcharge protection on a soft package battery, and may meet a performance requirement of the soft package battery for discharge at large current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Zuchao LIU, Chuantao SONG, Zhiwen XIAO, Haiyang NAN
  • Publication number: 20190245192
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technical field of cells, and discloses a protection device and a battery. The protection device includes: a first connecting member; a second connecting member; a first element; and an elastic sheet. When the elastic sheet has a temperature lower than a first temperature, the elastic sheet is connected to at least one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member; when the temperature of the elastic sheet is equal to the first temperature, the elastic sheet is deformed to allow the first connecting member, the second connecting member, the elastic sheet and the first element to form a series circuit. When the protection device is not triggered, the temperature of the elastic sheet is lower than the first temperature, and the elastic sheet is connected to at least one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Chuantao SONG, Zuchao LIU, Haiyang NAN, Zhiwen XIAO, Xinru SU
  • Publication number: 20190229321
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of battery, discloses an electrode-assembly and a battery, wherein the electrode-assembly includes a body with a first wall and a current blocker arranged on the first wall. The first wall of the body is close to the internal structure of the body, and its temperature is relatively close to the internal temperature of the body as compared with the seal side of the electrode-assembly; in above electrode-assembly, since the current blocker is directly attached to the first wall of the body, the heat inside the body can be quickly conducted to the current blocker through the first wall, so the current blocker of the electrode-assembly can be triggered more timely to reduce or cut off the current for effectively protecting the electrode-assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Zuchao Liu, Chuantao Song, Zhiwen Xiao, Haiyang Nan, Wei Huang, Xinru Su
  • Publication number: 20190198852
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a cell and a battery, wherein the cell comprises a body including a first electrode tab; and a choke that triggers after the temperature reaches a certain value to reduce the current passing through it; the choke is electrically connected to the first electrode tab, and a product of the length of connection path from the choke to the first electrode tab and a cooling coefficient of the connection path is smaller than a difference between a first temperature of the first electrode tab and a second temperature of the choke, wherein the second temperature of the choke is a temperature when the choke is triggered. In the above-mentioned cell, if the trigger action of the choke is timely, the body of the cell can be prevented from reaching the overcharge state, and the choke in the above-mentioned cell can further effectively protect the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Haiyang Nan, Chuantao Song, Zhiwen Xiao, Zuchao Liu, Xinru Su, Wei Huang