Cover Only Patents (Class 429/175)
  • Patent number: 11923556
    Abstract: A battery pack for optimizing the structure of the battery pack includes a case, a battery module and a blocking member. The case includes an accommodating cavity and a drain hole in communication with the accommodating cavity. The battery module is contained inside the accommodating cavity. The blocking member is mounted to the case, and located between the drain hole and the battery module to block a binder for fixing the battery module from entering the drain hole. In the above-described technical solution, the blocking member can produce the effect of reducing or even avoiding binder for fixing the battery module from clogging in the drain hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xingdi Chen, Kaijie You, Yongguang Wang, Yu Tang, Yanbo Chen, Long Li
  • Patent number: 11728534
    Abstract: A jelly-roll type of electrode assembly in which a negative electrode sheet, a positive electrode sheet, and a separation membrane interposed between the negative electrode sheet and the positive electrode sheet are wound together is provided. The electrode assembly also includes: at least one electrode tab attached to the negative electrode sheet or the positive electrode sheet and at least a portion extending outside; and a heat radiation tape adhered to the electrode. The electrode tab to which the heat radiation tape is adhered is positioned between the center part of the wound electrode assembly and an external circumferential surface, or on the external circumferential surface, the heat radiation tape includes a heat diffusion layer, and the heat diffusion layer includes at least one of graphite and a metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung Kwon Kim, Duk Hyun Ryu, Jeeeun Kim, Hayoung Heo
  • Patent number: 11710871
    Abstract: An end cover assembly, a battery cell and an electrolyte injection method therefor, a battery, and a power consumption device are provided. The end cover assembly may include an end cover provided with a through hole for injecting an electrolyte and an accommodating portion; a seal configured to seal the through hole; and a cover body covering at least part of the seal, the cover body including a limiting portion, the limiting portion being located within the accommodating portion to restrict the cover body from separating from the end cover, and the cover body being movable together with the seal by movement of the limiting portion relative to the accommodating portion, wherein when the cover body moves to a first position, the seal covers the through hole, and when the cover body moves to a second position, the seal avoids the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xinxiang Chen, Yulian Zheng, Shoujun Huang, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 11575183
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: an electrode assembly in which a separator is interposed in between a first electrode and a second electrode; a case for accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate for sealing an opening at the upper end of the case, wherein a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode of the electrode assembly is integrally formed with the cap plate; at least one stepped portion protruding upward from the cap plate; and a plate terminal arranged on the exterior of the cap plate, wherein the plate terminal is provided with, on a bottom part thereof, a recessed groove having a size and a depth corresponding to the size and the height of the stepped portion. A secondary battery, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is provided with the protruding stepped portion on the cap plate so that the terminal can be fixed so as to prevent shifting to the left or to the right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Lee, Sang Won Byun
  • Patent number: 11387497
    Abstract: Provided herein are energy storage devices. In some cases, the energy storage devices are capable of being transported on a vehicle and storing a large amount of energy. An energy storage device is provided comprising at least one liquid metal electrode, an energy storage capacity of at least about 1 MWh and a response time less than or equal to about 100 milliseconds (ms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ambri Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Bradwell, Hari P. Nayar, Zachary T. Modest, Stephanie L. Golmon
  • Patent number: 11309602
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a casing for a battery pack and a battery pack. The casing has a receiving space and an opening in communication with the receiving space, the receiving space is formed by a wall portion of the casing, and the wall portion is formed from two or more stacked base plates, between which a plurality of cavities are formed, wherein an island is disposed within the cavity. By disposing islands in the plurality of cavities, the casing provided by the present disclosure not only can improve the structural strength of the casing and of the cavities, but also can change the flow capacity and flow rate of the fluid in the cavities, which can make the temperature distribution of the casing more uniform, increase the heat exchange efficiency of the battery assembly, and further improve the thermal management of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Xingdi Chen, Linggang Zhou, Peng Wang, Derong Wang
  • Patent number: 11302983
    Abstract: A battery module frame includes first and second frame sections each having a main body, an upper side wall extending from the main body, and a lower side wall extending from the main body. The main body has a bus bar pad for a bus bar that is configured to be electrically connected to battery cells of the battery module. The upper and lower side walls include upper and lower mounting features. The first and second frame sections are coupled at a seam with the upper mounting features removably coupled together at an upper separable interface and with the lower mounting features removably coupled together at a lower separable interface. The first and second frame sections are coupled together with the bus bar pads of the main bodies coplanar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Weiping Zhao, Jeremy Christin Patterson, Amadeu Luiz Fazani Cavallieri
  • Patent number: 11264679
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body that includes a positive-electrode sheet and a negative-electrode sheet, an exterior body that accommodates the electrode body, a sealing plate that seals an opening of the exterior body, a positive-electrode terminal that is secured to the sealing plate, a positive-electrode tab that is connected to the positive-electrode sheet, a first positive-electrode current collector that is connected to the positive-electrode terminal and electrically connected to the positive-electrode tab, an inner insulating member that is disposed between the sealing plate and the first positive-electrode current collector, and a cover that is composed of a resin and disposed between the first positive-electrode current collector and the electrode body. The cover includes a cover portion that faces the first positive-electrode current collector and a cover joint that extends from the cover portion toward the sealing plate. The cover joint is connected to the inner insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 11251486
    Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes, among other things, an enclosure providing an interior area that houses one or more battery arrays, a bracket secured relative to the enclosure, and a bracket fastener having a stem extending longitudinally from a head along a longitudinal axis of the bracket fastener. The head is enlarged radially relative to the stem. The head is captured between the bracket and a surface of the enclosure. A battery pack securing method includes, among other things, securing a bracket relative to an enclosure of a battery pack to capture a head of a bracket fastener between the bracket and a surface of an enclosure. The bracket fastener has a stem that extends longitudinally from the head of the bracket fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Popovski, Ihab Grace, Abigail Evelyn Christensen, John Jardine, Anil Reddy Pullalarevu
  • Patent number: 11211641
    Abstract: Provided herein are energy storage devices. In some cases, the energy storage devices are capable of being transported on a vehicle and storing a large amount of energy. An energy storage device is provided comprising at least one liquid metal electrode, an energy storage capacity of at least about 1 MWh and a response time less than or equal to about 100 milliseconds (ms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Ambri Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Bradwell, Greg A. Thompson, Donald R. Sadoway, Michael J. McNeley, David S. Deak
  • Patent number: 11211655
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure, a high voltage component housed inside the enclosure and a blocking member configured to restrict access to the high voltage component along a path that extends through the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Miller, Dave Moschet, Anil Reddy Pullalarevu, Saravanan Paramasivam, Louis Paspal
  • Patent number: 11205816
    Abstract: A battery housing for a vehicle driven by electric motor has a first housing part and a second housing part connected to the first housing part. A battery chamber is enclosed by the housing parts. The housing parts have a connecting flange. The connecting flange of at least one of the two housing parts has at least one supporting projection, which extends in the direction of the connecting flange of the other housing part as support for the connecting flange of the other housing part. The two connecting flanges of the housing parts are connected to one another at a distance from the supporting projection and are put under tension. A plurality of supporting projections spaced a distance apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the connecting flange is arranged on the flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: KIRCHHOFF AUTOMOTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Günther
  • Patent number: 11196091
    Abstract: Provided herein are energy storage devices. In some cases, the energy storage devices are capable of being transported on a vehicle and storing a large amount of energy. An energy storage device is provided comprising at least one liquid metal electrode, an energy storage capacity of at least about 1 MWh and a response time less than or equal to about 100 milliseconds (ms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AMBRI INC.
    Inventors: David J. Bradwell, Hari Nayar, Alex Vai, Tom Kinney, Sean Theriault, Garrett Lau
  • Patent number: 11133549
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack and a vehicle. The battery pack comprises a battery module, a box assembly and a first adhesive member. The battery module comprises first batteries arranged sequentially in a horizontal direction. The first battery comprises an electrode assembly and a case, and the electrode assembly is received in the case. The electrode assembly comprises a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator. The box assembly has a connection portion, and the connection portion is positioned at a side of the battery module in the vertical direction. An outer surface of the case comprises a first surface, and the first surface is connected with the connection portion via the first adhesive member. An area A of the first surface and an elastic modulus B of the first adhesive member satisfy a relationship: 0.02 cm2/MPa?A/B?9 cm2/MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongyang Shi, Haizu Jin, Rui Yang, Fei Hu, Peng Wang, Yuqun Zeng, Yongshou Lin
  • Patent number: 11101515
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack and a vehicle. The battery pack comprises a battery module, a box assembly and a first adhesive member. The battery module comprises first batteries arranged sequentially in a horizontal direction. The first battery comprises an electrode assembly and a case, and the electrode assembly is received in the case. The electrode assembly comprises a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator. The box assembly has a connection portion, and the connection portion is positioned at a side of the battery module in the vertical direction. An outer surface of the case comprises a first surface, and the first surface is connected with the connection portion via the first adhesive member. An area A of the first surface and an elastic modulus B of the first adhesive member satisfy a relationship: 0.02 cm2/MPa?A/B?9 cm2/MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongyang Shi, Haizu Jin, Rui Yang, Fei Hu, Peng Wang, Yuqun Zeng, Yongshou Lin
  • Patent number: 11043711
    Abstract: A battery wrapping film, a battery component, and a terminal, where a first glue dot area and a second glue dot area are disposed in a first plane of the battery wrapping film to connect the battery and the battery wrapping film. The first glue dot area corresponds to a protruding area in a first plane of a housing, and the second glue dot area corresponds to a recessed area in the first plane of the housing. Hence, sparse glue dots are dispensed on the wrapping film corresponding to the protruding area on the housing, and dense glue dots are dispensed on the wrapping film corresponding to the recessed area on the housing, ensuring that the battery of the battery component is uniformly forced and is easy to detach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Renwei Guo
  • Patent number: 10998593
    Abstract: A battery cover including a main body, an opening/closing part provided on the main body, a flexible rib having a locking projection provided on the opening/closing part, an abutting rib provided on the main body, which has a locking recess to be engaged with the locking projection while the opening/closing part is opened to the main body, a contact portion that abuts on the locking projection and deflects the flexible rib when the opening/closing part is opened to the main body, and a flat portion provided on the contact portion, which abuts on the locking projection first when the opening/closing part is opened to the main body and extends in the direction orthogonal to the direction of force input when abutting on the locking projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Shiohama, Tatsuya Aoki, Ryouzou Hikosaka, Takuma Shimamura, Kengo Sato
  • Patent number: 10985432
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery having a terminal is disclosed. In one aspect, the rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The battery also includes a case housing the electrode assembly. The case defines a hole at the bottom of the case and an opening at the top of the case. The battery further includes a cap plate connected to the opening in the case and a first terminal bonded to the first electrode and penetrating through the hole so as to protrude beyond the exterior of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hye-Ran Lee
  • Patent number: 10985419
    Abstract: A battery packaging material which is slim, has excellent moldability, effectively prevents curl after molding, and moreover, is capable of imparting sufficient surface insulation to a battery. This battery packaging material is configured from a laminate which is at least provided with a polyester film layer, an aluminum alloy foil layer, and a thermally-fusible resin layer in this order. The thickness of the polyester film layer is 23-27 ?m, the thickness of the aluminum alloy foil layer is 33-37 ?m, the thickness of the thermally-fusible resin layer is 55-65 ?m, the thickness of the laminate is 130 ?m or less, and the insulation breakdown voltage of the polyester film layer-side surface is 13 kV or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Yasuda, Takanori Yamashita, Rikiya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10892448
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pouch exterior capable of easily mounting an electrode assembly at an accurate position between accommodating parts, having an integrated form to minimize sealing parts contacting the air and to increase a lifetime of a battery, capable of preventing a rupture of the pouch exterior in an assembly process, and capable of increasing an energy density of a cell, a pouch-type secondary battery using the pouch exterior, and a method of manufacturing the pouch-type secondary battery. A pouch exterior for a secondary battery, according to the present disclosure, includes two corresponding accommodating parts configured to mount an electrode assembly therebetween and symmetrically formed at both sides by disposing a protruding part therebetween, and is folded along two folding lines outside a center part of the protruding part by vertically mounting a side surface of the electrode assembly on the protruding part, such that folded parts surround side edges of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tai-Jin Jung, Jeong-O Mun, Byoung-Cheon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10680225
    Abstract: A connection apparatus for connecting a battery module and an electronic device is for connecting a battery module in which a plurality of electric cells are arranged in a line and are connected to each other, and an electronic device arranged on a side of the battery module. The connection apparatus includes: a connection bus bar in which a welding plate to be connected to a connection electrode in the battery module is provided at one end, and the other end portion to be connected to a connecting portion of the electronic device is provided at the other end; and an insulating cover that is made of a synthetic resin and is attached to a lower face of the connection bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakayama, Koichiro Mochizuki, Tetsuya Fujita, Seishi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10673051
    Abstract: An energy storage arrangement, includes multiple energy storages, each energy storage having a housing and a terminal connection, wherein the terminal connection lies on an electrostatic potential of a first terminal of the energy storage and is arranged on an end side of the energy storage, wherein the housing lies on an electrostatic potential of a second terminal of the energy storage. The energy storage arrangement further has a first busbar electrically conductively fastened on the terminal connection of each of the energy storages, and a second busbar electrically conductively fastened on the housing on the end side of the energy arrangement on which the first busbar is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Heiner Fees, Ralf Maisch, Torsten Kärcher
  • Patent number: 10665888
    Abstract: To provide a flexible, highly reliable, and sheet-like power storage device. The power storage device including a flexible substrate; a positive electrode lead and a negative electrode lead over the flexible substrate; and a plurality of power storage elements over the flexible substrate. The plurality of power storage elements each includes a stack body including a sheet-like positive electrode; a sheet-like negative electrode; and an electrolyte therebetween in an exterior body. An edge portion of the sheet-like positive electrode which extends to the outside of the exterior body is electrically connected to the positive electrode lead through a positive electrode tab provided for the exterior body. An edge portion of the sheet-like negative electrode which extends to the outside of the exterior body is electrically connected to the negative electrode lead through a negative electrode tab provided for the exterior body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Takahashi, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 10632848
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module configured in a structure in which a plurality of battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’) are stacked, and a heat sink is mounted to electrical connection regions between the unit cells and/or to outsides of battery module connection members connected to the electrical connection regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Kyu Lee, Jaeseong Yeo, Yongshik Shin, Hee Soo Yoon, BumHyun Lee, Dal Mo Kang
  • Patent number: 10629859
    Abstract: A coin type battery includes: a battery case having a bottom plate and a side portion rising from a rim of the bottom plate; a sealing plate having a top plate and a rim portion extending from the top plate to the inside of the side portion; a gasket compressed and interposed between the side portion and the rim portion; and a power generation element sealed by the battery case and the sealing plate. At least one of the battery case and the sealing plate includes a plated layer disposed on the outer surface side, and a substrate layer disposed on the inner surface side of the plated layer. The plated layer includes at least two metals selected from a set consisting of nickel, zinc, and tin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yagishita, Tadayoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10529967
    Abstract: A battery pack has a base plate including one surface on which two or more battery module assemblies respectively having a plurality of battery cells arranged therein are mounted in a separated state from each other with a predetermined interval therebetween. A cover member battery is coupled at one surface of the base plate in a state that the module assemblies are incorporated therein. A reinforcement supporting member is positioned at a separation part between the battery module assemblies while supporting a mounting state of the cover member for the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun hee Jung, Min Sung Kim, Yoon Hee Lee, Hak Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 10497915
    Abstract: A battery structure including a first battery unit, a second battery unit, a separation membrane and a packing is provided. The first and the second battery units respectively include at least one anode, at least one cathode and a dielectric layer located between the at least one anode and the at least one cathode close to each other. The at least one anode and the at least one cathode are alternately stacked with each other. The second battery unit is stacked on the first battery unit. A dimension of the first battery unit is smaller than that of the second battery unit. The separation membrane is disposed between the first and the second battery units. The packing covers the first and the second battery units and the separation membrane. An electronic device including the battery structure, and a manufacturing method of the battery structure, are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wan-Hsieh Liu, Shu-Feng Lin, Chih-Kai Hu, Yung-Ling Chou
  • Patent number: 10389145
    Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure provides an apparatus for conveying wireless power. The apparatus comprises a circuit board disposed along one or more planar coils and a plurality of feeds. The circuit board is divided into a first area separate from a second area. The first area has a plurality of first voltage components and the second area has a plurality of second voltage components. The first voltage components operates at a lower voltage than the second voltage components. The plurality of feeds are coupled to the one or more planar coils and the circuit board. The plurality of feeds pass through the circuit board within the second area along a side of the circuit board and couple to one or more of the second voltage components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Islinger, Rafal Scibor, Marcel Fischer, Leandro Percebon, Stefan Raabe, Martin Pavlovsky, Jonas Friedel
  • Patent number: 10381630
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes: a casing 30 having an opening; an energy storage element 20 housed in the casing 30; a lid plate 40 mounted in the opening of the casing 30; a positive electrode terminal member 100 and a negative electrode terminal member 71 integrally fixed to the lid plate 40 in an insulation state by an insulating synthetic resin; a positive electrode current collector 60P configured to electrically connect the energy storage element 20 and the positive electrode terminal member 100 to each other; and a negative electrode current collector 60N configured to electrically connect the energy storage element 20 and the negative electrode terminal member 71 to each other, wherein an easy-to-break portion 65 is formed on at least either one of the positive electrode terminal member 100 or the positive electrode current collector 60P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Shun Ito
  • Patent number: 10381677
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a rolled electrode body, a case main body that has a shape of an open cylinder with a bottom; a case cover, a first electrode terminal, and a second electrode terminal. The first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal support the rolled electrode body. The first electrode terminal is fixed to the case cover, with one end being exposed to the outside of the case main body, and the other end being connected to a first collector portion. The second electrode terminal is fixed, together with the negative-electrode electrode terminal, to the case cover, with one end being exposed to the outside of the case main body, and the other end being connected to a second collector portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Kato, Mizuho Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10290841
    Abstract: A battery includes a cell element that is disposed in a housing, and the housing is sealed with a top cover made primarily of plastic. The top cover may include a layer of metallic foil, which may make the top cover more impermeable to moisture. The top cover may also include a vent, which may or may not utilize the metallic foil to determine the primary opening force of the vent. The top cover may also have one or more stiffening ribs that extend downwardly from a bottom portion of the top cover to contact the cell element, so as to limit movement of the cell element within the housing. In addition, the top cover may have one or more conductive terminals that are at least partially overmolded by the plastic of the top cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Matthew R. Tyler, Jason D. Fuhr
  • Patent number: 10205150
    Abstract: A battery assembly utilizing a compact and robust bus bar configuration is provided. The batteries within the assembly are divided into groups with each group formed from at least two rows of batteries. The batteries within each battery group are connected in parallel and the groups are connected in series. The batteries are interconnected using a plurality of non-overlapping bus bars configured in an alternating pattern with the plurality of battery groups, where each of the bus bars includes multiple interconnect mounting platforms. The interconnect mounting platforms simplify coupling multiple rows of batteries to each bus bar while minimizing bus bar current density variations and insuring that individual interconnect resistance remains relatively low and at about the same level per battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: ATIEVA, INC.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Wynn, Stephan Carl Wintner, Richard J. Biskup, John Louis D'Atri
  • Patent number: 10193123
    Abstract: A battery assembly utilizing a compact and robust bus bar configuration is provided. The batteries within the assembly are divided into groups, for example where each group is formed from two rows of batteries. The batteries within each battery group are connected in parallel and the groups are connected in series. The batteries are interconnected using a plurality of non-overlapping bus bars configured in an alternating pattern with the plurality of battery groups, where each of the bus bars includes multiple interconnect mounting platforms. The interconnect mounting platforms simplify coupling multiple rows of batteries to each bus bar while minimizing bus bar current density variations and insuring that individual interconnect resistance remains relatively low and at about the same level per battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: ATIEVA, INC.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Wynn, Stephan Carl Wintner, Richard J. Biskup, John Louis D'Atri
  • Patent number: 10193127
    Abstract: A battery terminal unit with a current sensor includes a bus bar for a battery terminal and a receiving portion. The bus bar includes an attachment part attached to a battery post, an extension part extended from the attachment part, and a connection part which continues to the extension part and is configured to connect a wire harness. The receiving portion receives a board on which a magnetic detection element is mounted so that the board is opposed to a surface of the extension part. The attachment part, the extension part and the connection part are integrally formed. The connection part continues to the extension part through an extending portion bent from the extension part so as to be positioned laterally to the extension part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Hashio, Toshirou Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10147917
    Abstract: A secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes preparing an electrode assembly comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed therebetween. The method also includes freezing the electrode assembly after the electrode assembly is filled with an electrolyte solution, dipping the frozen electrode assembly in a liquid polymer material, retrieving the dipped electrode assembly from the liquid polymer material, and curing an external surface of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jee-Won Kang, Byong-Gon Lee, Ki-Soo Lee, Jake Kim, Maeng-Eun Lee, Jee-Hoon Han, Seon-Hong Lee, Jong-Man Kim, Young-Woong Kwon, Hee-Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 10141554
    Abstract: An equipment enclosure includes an inner chamber having a top, a bottom opposing the top, and a plurality of sides between the top and the bottom, an outer chamber adjacent one of said plurality of sides of the inner chamber, and a wall extending between the inner chamber and the outer chamber. The inner chamber is configured to house one or more rechargeable batteries capable of releasing hydrogen gas over time. The wall includes one or more perforations to allow hydrogen gas released by the one or more rechargeable batteries to pass from the inner chamber into the outer chamber. The outer chamber includes an exterior wall having one or more perforations to allow the hydrogen gas in the outer chamber to exit the enclosure. Other example enclosures and methods of exhausting hydrogen gas from enclosures are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Vertiv Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Adarsh Khandelwal, Jin Harrison Elkins
  • Patent number: 10115948
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is formed at one or both sides of the porous substrate, that contains polyvinylidene fluoride resin A and polyvinylidene fluoride resin B, and that has a porosity of from 30% to 60% and an average pore size of from 20 nm to 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Ayumi Iwai
  • Patent number: 10115938
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery case made of a laminate sheet including an outer coating layer made of a weather-resistant polymer, an inner sealant layer made of a thermally bondable polymer, and a barrier layer interposed between the outer coating layer and the inner sealant layer, wherein an electrode assembly configured to be bent or curved in conformity with the shape of a device, in which a battery cell is mounted, is received in the battery case, and a pattern is formed on at least one surface of the battery case that faces an outer surface of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Jin Lim, Jung Koo Kang, Seong Min Kim, Ju Bin Kim, Joo Hwan Sung, Seunghe Woo, Sung Pil Yoon, Jin Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 10096803
    Abstract: A thin pouch battery, which is used as a power source of a portable electronic apparatus, a portable electronic terminal, or the like, includes protrusions, into which an electrode group is inserted, formed in both a laminate film on the upper side and a laminate film on the lower side. Then, concentrically concave and convex wave shapes (concentric crest ridges or trough furrows) are formed on the top surface of each of the protrusions such that the protrusion can extend or shrink in any direction, or the protrusion has a side surface that is gradually inclined and a wave shape is formed on the side surface of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Iseri, Tomohiro Ueda, Yuya Asano, Haruhisa Yagi
  • Patent number: 10096811
    Abstract: A separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery including a porous substrate, and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on one side or both sides of the porous substrate and contains the following resin A and the following resin B. Resin A: a polyvinylidene fluoride resin containing structural units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and structural units derived from hexafluoropropylene (HFP), a total content ratio of structural units derived from HFP in each of the VDF copolymers being from 0.5 mol % to 1.5 mol % of a total content of structural units in each of the VDF copolymers; and Resin B: a polyvinylidene fluoride resin containing structural units derived from VDF and structural units derived from HFP, a total content ratio of structural units derived from HFP in each of the VDF copolymers being greater than 1.5 mol % of a total content of structural units in each of the VDF copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Yoshitomi, Atsuhiro Otsuka, Ayumi Iwai
  • Patent number: 10090504
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes a two or more cell elements stacked internally to create a single cell with a non-uniform height. A first bus bar may electrically couple to a first side or first end of the cell elements in order to connect the terminals of the battery elements. A second bus bar may electrically couple to a second side or second end of the cell elements in order to connect the terminals of the battery elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Andy Keates
  • Patent number: 10014498
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a prismatic battery cell wherein a cap plate is mounted at an open top of a prismatic cell case in a state in which an electrode assembly configured to have a structure in which a separator is disposed between a cathode and an anode is mounted in the prismatic cell case, the cap plate is provided with an anode terminal or a cathode terminal as a protruding terminal, and the prismatic cell case is configured to have a structure in which two or more case members divided in a major axis direction, in a minor axis direction, or in the major axis direction and the minor axis direction based on a horizontal sectional shape of the cap plate with respect to the protruding terminal are coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Wook Kim, Seog Jin Yoon, Hyung Ku Yun
  • Patent number: 9966643
    Abstract: An electrochemical battery cell is provided having a housing formed by a can and a cup, with a sealing gasket disposed therebetween. First and second electrodes and electrolyte are disposed within the housing. The first electrode is provided in an electrode assembly that is bonded to the can in an air diffusion region to prevent doming of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy L. Allen, Robert M. Janmey
  • Patent number: 9871230
    Abstract: The positive electrode substrate exposed portions or the negative electrode substrate exposed portions, or both, of an electrode assembly is split into two groups, and therebetween is disposed an intermediate member made of a resin material and holding one or more connecting conductive members. Collector members for the substrate exposed portions split into two groups is electrically joined by a resistance welding method to the substrate exposed portions split into two groups, together with the connecting conductive member(s) of the intermediate member. The resin material portion of the intermediate member protrudes, in the extension direction of the substrate exposed portions split into two groups, beyond the ends of the substrate exposed portions split into two groups and the ends of the collector member to a prismatic outer can. This structure enables enhanced resistance between the substrate exposed portions and the collector member and curbs variation in the welding strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hattori, Takenori Kimura, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Nohma
  • Patent number: 9843066
    Abstract: Solid-state battery structures and methods of manufacturing solid-state batteries, such as thin-film batteries, are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments relate to solid-state batteries having an intermediate adhesive layer between several electrochemical cells. In an embodiment, an anode current collector at least partially fills a notch in a periphery of the intermediate adhesive layer. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn William Snyder, Brian Menzel, Bernd Jurgen Neudecker, Keiichiro Yumiba, Timothy Wallen Scales
  • Patent number: 9771941
    Abstract: A closing cover integrally includes a cover main body, and a ventilation cap body. The ventilation cap body has a connecting portion that is integrally connected to the cover main body, and at least one ventilation passage hole that is disposed in the connecting portion to perpendicularly extend, and has a depth smaller than a plate thickness of the cover main body. A ventilation recessed portion is formed at a location that is positioned on an inner surface of the ventilation cap body of the closing cover. An inner wall surface defining the ventilation recessed portion is formed in such a shape that a deep side of the ventilation passage hole is opened to the inner wall surface defining the ventilation recessed portion to form a ventilation passage. A ventilation filter is installed on an inner opening portion of the ventilation recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshioka, Sayaka Sugano
  • Patent number: 9768426
    Abstract: A cell contacting system for an electro-chemical device is provided, which has a reduced weight and yet a high security against damage. The electro-chemical device includes a plurality of electro-chemical cells, a cover which includes a carrier element, on which there is arranged at least one cell connector for the electrically conductive connection of a first cell terminal of a first electro-chemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electro-chemical cell, and a cover element for covering the at least one cell connector, the cover element including a covering film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: ElringKlinger AG, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mark Laderer, Wolfgang Fritz, Hubertus Goesmann, Axelle Hauck, Christian Zachar
  • Patent number: 9728762
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a rechargeable battery with an external short-circuit part having an advantage of preventing foreign materials and moisture from the outside from permeating as well as discharging internal pressure when a membrane is inversely deformed. A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a case for accommodating an electrode assembly; a cap plate for sealing an opening of the case; a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal provided to penetrate the cap plate so as to be electrically connected to the electrode assembly; and an external short-circuit part electrically separating or short-circuiting the first and second electrode terminals outside of the electrode assembly. The external short-circuit part includes a membrane for sealing a short-circuit hole formed in the cap plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Hyung Guen, Chi-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 9722274
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a secondary battery includes a first sealing process that stores a power generation element inside an exterior body formed by overlapped exterior films and that seals the exterior body at a first sealing part, the power generation element being arranged with a space from at least a part of the first sealing part, a conditioning process that performs conditioning, an hole forming process that forms a degassing hole between the first sealing part and the power generation element, and a second sealing process that seals the degassing hole, in which the hole forming process includes a pressing process that presses, from both sides of the exterior body, a portion where the degassing hole is formed in the exterior body so that the overlapped exterior films are brought into contact with each other, before the degassing hole is formed in the exterior body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Akutsu, Masaaki Tsukano, Akira Okahata
  • Patent number: 9705152
    Abstract: A pouch cell includes a battery unit and a structure mounted on the battery unit. The structure is configured to limit an expansion of the battery unit and accommodate an electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sang Joon Lee, Woo Jin Shin, Jung Young Cho, Byung Jo Jeong