With Insulating Separator, Spacer Or Retainer Means Patents (Class 429/246)
  • Patent number: 11967718
    Abstract: A negative active material includes a carbon material. The carbon material satisfies the following relationship: 6<Gr/K<16, Gr is a graphitization degree of the carbon material, measured by X-ray diffraction; and K is a ratio Id/Ig of a peak intensity Id of the carbon material at a wavenumber of 1250 cm?1 to 1650 cm?1 to a peak intensity Ig of the carbon material at a wavenumber of 1500 cm?1 to 1650 cm?1, and is measured by using Raman spectroscopy, and K is 0.06 to 0.15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lihong He, Jia Tang, Jiali Dong, Yuansen Xie
  • Patent number: 11967734
    Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a radical unit in which electrodes and separators are alternately stacked, the radical unit having a structure in which one electrode is stacked at the uppermost end. An auxiliary unit is provided with a separation sheet disposed at the uppermost end side of the radical unit. The separation sheet includes a separation part disposed at the uppermost end side of the radical unit and a side surface protection part connected to each of side surfaces of the separation part and folded to contact a side portion of the radical unit to cover the side portion of the radical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwan Bo Lee, Chang Bum Ahn, Seung Ho Na, Su Ho Lee, Hak Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11961958
    Abstract: A composition includes an electrode made of Lithium Manganese Oxyfluoride (LMOF). A single layer separator adheres to a surface of the electrode, is a dielectric that is conductive for Lithium ions but not electrons, and has top and bottom sides. A solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) saturates the electrode so that the LMOF is between 55 percent and 85 percent by mass of a composition of the LMOF electrode and the SPE is between 7.5 percent and 20 percent by mass of the composition of the LMOF electrode. The SPE saturates the separator so that the SPE resides both on the separator top and bottom sides so that the SPE residing on the separator top side contacts the surface. The LMOF exhibits X-Ray Diffraction spectrum peaks between twenty-two and twenty-four 2-theta degrees, between forty-eight and fifty 2-theta degrees, between fifty-four and fifty-six 2-theta degrees, and between fifty-six and fifty-eight 2-theta degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Collins, Bucknell C. Webb, Paul S. Andry, Teodor Krassimirov Todorov, Devendra K. Sadana
  • Patent number: 11961992
    Abstract: An electrode includes a current collector, an active material layer, a first layer including first particles, and a second layer including second particles, wherein an average cross-sectional area of the first particles in a plane substantially parallel to the electrode surface is smaller than an average cross-sectional area of the second particles in a plane substantially parallel to the electrode surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Junpei Morita, Kazuya Mimura
  • Patent number: 11942620
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state electrochemical cell having a uniformly distributed solid-state electrolyte and methods of fabrication relating thereto. The method may include forming a plurality of apertures within the one or more solid-state electrodes; impregnating the one or more solid-state electrodes with a solid-state electrolyte precursor solution so as to fill the plurality of apertures and any other void or pores within the one or more electrodes with the solid-state electrolyte precursor solution; and heating the one or more electrodes so as to solidify the solid-state electrolyte precursor solution and to form the distributed solid-state electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yong Lu, Zhe Li, Xiaochao Que, Haijing Liu, Meiyuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11942656
    Abstract: New, improved or optimized battery separators, components, batteries, industrial batteries, inverter batteries, batteries for heavy or light industrial applications, forklift batteries, float charged batteries, inverters, accumulators, systems, methods, profiles, additives, compositions, composites, mixes, coatings, and/or related methods of water retention, water loss prevention, improved charge acceptance, production, use, and/or combinations thereof are provided or disclosed. More particularly, the present invention is directed to one or more improved battery separators having various improvements that may result in decreased water loss for a battery in which such a separator is incorporated, enhanced charge acceptance, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: Surendra K. Mittal, Jeffrey K. Chambers, Jörg Deiters
  • Patent number: 11936045
    Abstract: A negative active material includes a carbon material. The carbon material satisfies the following relationship: 6<Gr/K<16, Gr is a graphitization degree of the carbon material, measured by means of X-ray diffraction; and K is a ratio Id/Ig of a peak intensity Id of the carbon material at a wavenumber of 1250 cm?1 to 1650 cm?1 to a peak intensity Ig of the carbon material at a wavenumber of 1500 cm?1 to 1650 cm?1, and is measured by using Raman spectroscopy, and K is 0.06 to 0.15. The negative active material according to this application can significantly improve an energy density, cycle performance, and rate performance of the electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Lihong He, Jia Tang, Jiali Dong, Yuansen Xie
  • Patent number: 11936034
    Abstract: A negative electrode active substance particle according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a mother particle that has: a silicate phase that includes Na, Si, and at least one element selected from M, M1, M2, M3 and M4 (M is an alkali earth metal, and M1, M2, M3 and M4 are elements other than alkali metals, alkali earth metals or Si); and silicon particles dispersed in the silicate phase. The contents of the elements in the silicate phase are: 9-52 mol % of Na; 3-50 mol % of M, M1, M2, M3 and M4; and at least 25 mol % of Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Uchiyama, Norihisa Yamamoto, Tatsuya Akira
  • Patent number: 11929487
    Abstract: A method of preparing a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which includes forming a negative electrode mixture layer including a negative electrode active material on a negative electrode current collector, disposing lithium metal powder on at least a part of the negative electrode mixture layer, pressing the negative electrode mixture layer on which the lithium metal powder is disposed, wetting the pressed negative electrode mixture layer with a first electrolyte solution, and drying the wet negative electrode mixture layer. A battery including the negative electrode of the present invention has enhanced rapid charge/discharge characteristics and enhanced lifespan characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Oh Byong Chae, Sang Wook Woo, Je Young Kim, Yoon Ah Kang, Jun Hyuk Song
  • Patent number: 11929522
    Abstract: Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include a housing including a first terminal disposed on a first side of the housing and a second terminal disposed on the first side of the housing. The batteries may include an electrode stack positioned within the housing. The electrode stack may include an anode current collector. The anode current collector may define an anode tab along a first side of the anode current collector, and be electrically coupled with the first terminal. The electrode stack may include a cathode current collector. The cathode current collector may define a cathode tab along a second side of the cathode current collector. The cathode tab may extend from the cathode current collector in a direction normal to a direction the anode tab extends from the anode current collector. The cathode tab may be electrically coupled with a busbar disposed within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher T. Campbell, Nivay Anandarajah, William A. Braff, Oskar Dondelewski, Russell A. McLellan
  • Patent number: 11923530
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a cathode, a separator and an anode. The cathode includes a cathode current collector, a first cathode active material layer including a first cathode active material, a second cathode active material layer including a second cathode active material, and an insulating layer. The first cathode active material layer is disposed between the cathode current collector and the second cathode active material layer, and the first cathode active material layer is disposed on a first region of a surface of the cathode current collector facing an anode active material layer of the anode, and the thickness of the first cathode active material layer is greater than Dv50 of the first cathode active material. The insulating layer is disposed on a second region of the surface of the cathode current collector not facing the anode active material layer of the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Chaowang Lin
  • Patent number: 11916253
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte membrane for a lithium-air battery, a method of manufacturing the same, a cathode for a lithium-air battery, a method of manufacturing the same, and a lithium-air battery including the electrolyte membrane and the cathode. Particularly, the lithium-air battery includes i) an electrolyte membrane, which is manufactured using an inorganic melt admixture including two or more nitrogen-oxide compounds and thus may have a very low eutectic point, and ii) a cathode, which is manufactured by reducing a metal at a fast speed on a carbon material. As such, the lithium-air battery is capable of stably operating even at low temperatures and providing high power output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Eun Ji Kwon, Samuel Seo, Gwang Seok Oh, Seok Ju Kang, Kyung Eun Baek
  • Patent number: 11870039
    Abstract: An electrode assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises: a first electrode formed in the form of a single sheet and repetitively in-folded and out-folded at a predetermined interval; a second electrode formed into a plurality of pieces and respectively interposed in spaces formed by folding the first electrode; and a separator formed in the form of a single sheet and interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode so as to be repetitively in-folded and out-folded at a predetermined interval together with the first electrode, wherein the first electrode is a single-sided electrode in which a first electrode active material is applied to only one surface of a first electrode collector, and the second electrode is a double-sided electrode in which a second electrode active material is applied to all both surfaces of a second electrode collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Han Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11848458
    Abstract: A system including a battery module configured for use in an electric aircraft includes at least a battery cell and a battery module casing. The at least a battery cell includes at least a pair of cell tabs and at least a conductor. The battery module casing includes at least a lithiophobic surface with an ejecta barrier and at least a nonlithiphobic surface that is configured to vent the cell ejecta. The battery module casing closely matches the dimensions of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Cuberg, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Lawes, Seamus Bannon, Sam Meyjes, Stuart Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11837696
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte including: an oxide represented by Formula 1 LiyMzHfO3-x??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M is a divalent element, a trivalent element, or a combination thereof, and 0?x<3, 0<y<1, and 0<z<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangbok Ma, Donghwa Seo
  • Patent number: 11811092
    Abstract: Disclosed are a ceramic and polymer compositely coated lithium ion separator and a preparation method therefor. The ceramic and polymer compositely coated lithium ion separator comprises a polyolefin porous membrane, a ceramic coating coated onto one or both sides of a membrane surface, and a polymer coating coated onto a ceramic surface or the membrane surface. The composite separator prepared in the present disclosure significantly enhances heat resistance of the separator and bonding strength thereof with positive and negative pole pieces, improves the wettability of an electrolyte, can effectively prevent an internal short circuit due to layer dislocation between the separator and the electrodes, and also improves hardness and safety performance of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peilong Liao, Xiang Ping, Yongqiang Yao, Liuhao Zhang, Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 11769908
    Abstract: Presented are new, earth-abundant lithium superionic conductors, Li3Y(PS4)2 and Li5PS4Cl2, that emerged from a comprehensive screening of the Li—P—S and Li-M-P—S chemical spaces. Both candidates are derived from the relatively unexplored quaternary silver thiophosphates. One key enabler of this discovery is the development of a first-of-its-kind high-throughput first principles screening approach that can exclude candidates unlikely to satisfy the stringent Li+ conductivity requirements using a minimum of computational resources. Both candidates are predicted to be synthesizable, and are electronically insulating. Systems and methods according to present principles enable new, all-solid-state rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Zhuoying Zhu, Shyue Ping Ong, Erik Wu, Han Nguyen, Ying Shirley Meng, Iek Heng Chu
  • Patent number: 11757155
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a separator for secondary batteries, configured to provide insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the separator comprises no polyolefin substrate, is configured to have a layer structure comprising a fibrous support, inorganic particles, and a binder, and has improved dimensional stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Ji Kim, Kwan Woo Nam, Seung Hyun Lee, Je An Lee
  • Patent number: 11753554
    Abstract: The technology concerns methods for stabilizing slurries and/or electrophoretic deposition (EPD) bath suspensions for the preparation of electrodes and/or separation area or any other coating and specifically, to electrodes and separators for use in energy storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: 3DBATTERIES LTD.
    Inventors: Doron Burshtain, Erez Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11742528
    Abstract: A zinc bromine electrochemical cell comprises an anode-side subassembly, an insulating porous separator, and a cathode-side subassembly. The anode-side subassembly comprises an anode current collector, an anode sheet, and an anode insulating net. The cathode-side subassembly comprises a cathode insulating mesh, a cathode graphite felt, and a cathode current collector. The zinc bromine electrochemical cell is rollable, foldable, or stackable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Science Cadets, Inc.
    Inventor: Saroj Kumar Sahu
  • Patent number: 11735740
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a battery including a cathode, an anode positioned opposite the cathode and a carbon interface layer. The carbon interface layer includes an electrically insulating flaky carbon layer conformally encapsulating the anode. A plurality of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) defining a plurality of interstitial pore volumes are interspersed throughout the electrically insulating flaky carbon layer. An electrolyte is in contact with the carbon interface layer and the cathode. A separator is positioned between the anode and the cathode. The electrically insulating flaky carbon layer can include graphene oxide (GO). The plurality of interstitial pore volumes can be configured to transport lithium (Li) ions between the anode and the cathode via the plurality of interstitial pore volumes in a bulk phase of the electrolyte. The carbon interface layer can be configured to inhibit growth of Li dendritic structures from the anode towards the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bell, You Li, Jesse Baucom, John Thorne, Qianwen Huang, Anurag Kumar, Jerzy Gazda, Bruce Lanning, Michael W. Stowell, Prashanth Jampani Hanumantha, James McKinney, George Clayton Gibbs
  • Patent number: 11710820
    Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery including an electrode assembly includes a positive electrode including a positive current collector and a positive active material layer disposed on the positive current collector; a negative electrode including a negative current collector, a negative active material layer disposed on the negative current collector, and a negative electrode functional layer disposed on the negative active material layer; and a separator, wherein the positive active material layer includes a first positive active material including at least one of a composite oxide of metal selected from cobalt, manganese, nickel, and a combination thereof and lithium and a second positive active material including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, the negative electrode functional layer includes flake-shaped polyethylene particles, and a battery capacity is greater than or equal to about 3.5 Ah. LiaFe1?x1Mx1PO4??[Chemical Formula 1] In Chemical Formula 1, 0.90?a?1.8, 0?x1?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongmyung Lee, Kijun Kim, Heeeun Yoo, Yeonhee Yoon, Kyuseo Lee, Jaehwan Ha
  • Patent number: 11710815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative electrode for a secondary battery which comprises a negative electrode collector, a negative electrode active material layer formed on the negative electrode collector, and a lithium metal layer, wherein an adhesive layer is disposed between the negative electrode active material layer and the lithium metal layer, and the lithium metal layer comprises lithium and metal oxide in a weight ratio of 50:50 to 99:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Oh Byong Chae, Sang Wook Woo, Eun Kyung Kim, Yoon Ah Kang, Jun Hyuk Song
  • Patent number: 11677079
    Abstract: An electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which may be applied to the lithium secondary battery to increase cycling performance and efficiency of the battery, and a manufacturing method thereof. When the electrode for the lithium secondary battery of the present invention is applied to the lithium secondary battery, uniform deposition and stripping of lithium metals occur throughout the surface of the electrode when charging/discharging the battery, thereby inhibiting uneven growth of lithium dendrites and improving cycle and efficiency characteristics of the battery. Further, the electrode for the lithium secondary battery of the present invention exhibits remarkably high flexibility, as compared with existing electrodes including a metal current collector and an active material layer, thereby improving processability during manufacture of the electrode and assembling the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ohbyong Chae, Sangwook Woo, Yeri Kim
  • Patent number: 11664485
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery including a pre-lithiated negative electrode. A composite of lithium and a negative electrode active material is formed through a lamination process which is a process of manufacturing a battery. In the case of the lithium secondary battery to which the negative electrode having the composite formed by lithium and the negative electrode active material is applied, when the battery starts to operate, the negative electrode active material is pre-lithiated, and thus the charging/discharging process proceeds in the state where the lithium alloy is already formed on the negative electrode, thereby showing an effect of reducing initial irreversible phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoonah Kang, Eun Kyung Kim, Sangwook Woo
  • Patent number: 11637353
    Abstract: Articles and electrochemical devices containing electrodes, current collectors, heaters, and/or sensors and associated systems and methods, are provided. The sensors, when present, may be temperature sensors or pressure sensors. In some cases, the heaters and/or sensors are adjacent to the article or electrochemical device. In certain cases, the heaters and/or sensors are thin films that are integrated into the article or electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventor: Michael G. Laramie
  • Patent number: 11631840
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming metal electrode structures, more specifically lithium-containing anodes, high performance electrochemical devices, such as primary and secondary electrochemical devices, including the aforementioned lithium-containing electrodes. In one implementation, the method comprises forming a lithium metal film on a current collector. The current collector comprises copper and/or stainless steel. The method further comprises forming a protective film stack on the lithium metal film, comprising forming a first protective film on the lithium metal film. The first protective film is selected from a bismuth chalcogenide film, a copper chalcogenide film, a tin chalcogenide film, a gallium chalcogenide film, a germanium chalcogenide film, an indium chalcogenide film, a silver chalcogenide film, a dielectric film, a lithium fluoride film, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Subramanya P. Herle
  • Patent number: 11621409
    Abstract: A battery electrode composition is provided that comprises a composite material comprising one or more nanocomposites. The nanocomposites may each comprise a planar substrate backbone having a curved geometrical structure, and an active material forming a continuous or substantially continuous film at least partially encasing the substrate backbone. To form an electrode from the electrode composition, a plurality of electrically-interconnected nanocomposites of this type may be aggregated into one or more three-dimensional agglomerations, such as substantially spherical or ellipsoidal granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gleb Yushin, Kara Evanoff, Oleksandr Magazynskyy
  • Patent number: 11616223
    Abstract: The present application relates to an electrochemical device and an electronic device including the same. The electrochemical device includes a cathode, a separator and an anode, wherein the cathode includes a cathode current collector; a first cathode active material layer including a first cathode active material; a second cathode active material layer including a second cathode active material, wherein the first cathode active material layer is disposed between the cathode current collector and the second cathode active material layer, and the first cathode active material layer is disposed on a first surface, facing the anode, of the cathode current collector; and an insulating layer, wherein the insulating layer is disposed on a second surface, that is not facing the anode, of the cathode current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Chaowang Lin
  • Patent number: 11575140
    Abstract: To provide a liquid composition with which a catalyst layer and a polymer electrolyte membrane will hardly be broken at the time of their formation and a method for producing the liquid composition; and a method for producing a membrane/electrode assembly by which a catalyst layer and a polymer electrolyte membrane will hardly be broken at the time of their formation. A liquid composition comprising a polymer having ion exchange groups, water and an organic solvent, wherein the average secondary particle size of the polymer having ion exchange groups is from 100 to 3,000 nm, and the primary particle size parameter represented by the product of the average primary particle size (nm) and the ion exchange capacity (meq/g dry resin) of the polymer having ion exchange groups, is from 12 to 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watabe, Satoru Hommura, Jun Kato, Tatsuya Miyajima
  • Patent number: 11532853
    Abstract: Provided is a battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolytic solution, and a particle-containing resin layer that contains particles and a resin. A shape of the particles includes a plane, a plane rate of the particles is greater than 40% and equal to or less than 100%, and a refractive index of the particles is equal to or greater than 1.3 and less than 2.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Hatta, Keiichi Kagami, Nobuaki Shimosaka, Keizo Koga
  • Patent number: 11527748
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, an electrode was provided. The electrode includes an electrode composite layer and a porous insulating layer on the electrode composite layer. The electrode composite layer contains an active material. A surface roughness Rz of the electrode composite layer is smaller than an average film thickness of the porous insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiko Hibino, Hiromichi Kuriyama, Satoshi Nakajima, Shigeo Takeuchi, Toru Ushirogochi, Hideo Yanagita, Keigo Takauji, Miku Ohkimoto
  • Patent number: 11522197
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that allows more suitably suppressing short circuits between a positive electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer, even when the battery generates heat. Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery 1 that includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode active material layer, and an insulating layer provided on another part of the surface of the positive electrode collector, so as to be adjacent to the positive electrode active material layer. The insulating layer contains an inorganic filler and a binder. A penetration strength of the insulating layer in a thickness direction perpendicular to the surface of the positive electrode collector is 0.05 N/mm2 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu Yamada, Tetsuya Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11522253
    Abstract: An object to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that allows more suitably suppressing short circuits between a positive electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer, even when the battery generates heat. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode active material layer, and an insulating layer provided on another part of the surface of the positive electrode collector, adjacent to the positive electrode active material layer. The insulating layer contains an inorganic filler and a binder; and is configure to exhibit a value of 13% or less of a thermal shrinkage factor in a direction parallel to the surface of an evaluation sample of an insulating layer formed to a square shape having a length of each side of 5 cm and heated at 150° C. for 1 hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu Yamada, Tetsuya Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11509019
    Abstract: The present application relates to an electrochemical device. The electrochemical device includes: at least one electrode, the at least one electrode having a first surface; and a fiber coating layer, the fiber coating layer including a fiber and being disposed on the first surface. The electrochemical device has the advantages of high energy density, strong liquid retention ability, good drop resistance, good chemical stability and the like since its fiber coating layer has small thickness, high porosity and stronger interfacial adhesion to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yibo Zhang, Xiang Li, Bin Wang, Ying Shao
  • Patent number: 11508958
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer, an insulating layer, and a boundary layer which are provided on the positive electrode current collector. The boundary layer is positioned between the positive electrode active material layer and the insulating layer, and is in contact with the positive electrode active material layer and the insulating layer. The positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material. The insulating layer contains an inorganic filler. The boundary layer contains the positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode active material layer and the inorganic filler contained in the insulating layer. The boundary layer contains hydrated alumina. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains lithium fluorosulfonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuri Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11508966
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a battery including a cathode, an anode positioned opposite the cathode and a carbon interface layer. The carbon interface layer includes an electrically insulating flaky carbon layer conformally encapsulating the anode. A plurality of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) defining a plurality of interstitial pore volumes are interspersed throughout the electrically insulating flaky carbon layer. An electrolyte is in contact with the carbon interface layer and the cathode. A separator is positioned between the anode and the cathode. The electrically insulating flaky carbon layer can include graphene oxide (GO). The plurality of interstitial pore volumes can be configured to transport lithium (Li) ions between the anode and the cathode via the plurality of interstitial pore volumes in a bulk phase of the electrolyte. The carbon interface layer can be configured to inhibit growth of Li dendritic structures from the anode towards the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bell, You Li, Jesse Baucom, John Thorne, Qianwen Huang, Anurag Kumar, Jerzy Gazda, Bruce Lanning, Michael W. Stowell, Prashanth Jampani Hanumantha, James McKinney, George Clayton Gibbs
  • Patent number: 11456460
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate, a negative electrode current collector lead joined to the inner peripheral end of the negative electrode plate, and a negative electrode current collector-exposed part where a negative electrode active material layer is not formed at the outer peripheral-side end. The negative electrode current collector-exposed part at the outer peripheral end comes in contact with a battery case, and in a plane vertical to the axis of an electrode body, a line connecting the axis and the center of a positive electrode current collector lead does not coincide with a line connecting the axis and the center between the coating end of the outer peripheral-side negative electrode active material layer of the negative electrode plate and the terminal part of the outer peripheral-side positive electrode plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ishiguro, Atsushi Mizawa
  • Patent number: 11417888
    Abstract: An electrode including an electrode active material and a ceramic hydrofluoric acid (HF) scavenger is provided. The ceramic hydrofluoric acid (HF) scavenger includes M2SiO3, MAlO2, M2O—Al2O3—SiO2, or combinations thereof, where M is lithium (Li), sodium (Na), or combinations thereof. Methods of making the electrode are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Xingcheng Xiao, Jin Liu, Jiagang Xu, Mei Cai, Sherman H. Zeng
  • Patent number: 11398351
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body and first and second external electrodes. The first and second external electrodes include first and second underlying electrode layers, first and second main-surface-side resin layers, and first and second plated layers, respectively. The first and second main-surface-side resin layers cover respective ends of the first and second underlying electrode layers on a first main surface and cover respective portions of a first side surface and a second side surface continuously from the first main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hidetaka Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11394085
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a ceramic-based separator onto an electrode is disclosed. A separator is formed on the electrode via a dry, solvent-free application of a ceramic-based separator to the electrode. An electrode is provided to an application area via a feed mechanism and a separator layer is then applied to the electrode that is comprised of a binder including at least one of a thermoplastic material and a thermoset material and an electrically non-conductive separator material, with the separator layer being applied to the electrode via a dry dispersion application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Eskra Technical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Eskra, Paula Margaret Ralston
  • Patent number: 11367889
    Abstract: An electrochemical stack includes a solid electrolyte membrane as one of the components of a membrane electrode assembly. The membrane may have been formed during stack assembly via an in situ reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Divyaraj Desai, Scott A. Elrod, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest
  • Patent number: 11362389
    Abstract: A pouch type secondary battery in which an electrode lead of the pouch type secondary battery and an electrode lead of an adjacent different pouch type secondary battery are welded together to construct a battery module is provided. The electrode lead of the pouch type secondary battery includes a length extended part so that, after cutting a welded part of the electrode leads of the pouch type secondary battery and the adjacent different pouch type secondary battery to form electrode leads of remaining length, the electrode leads of remaining length are welded together again. A battery module and method of reusing the battery module are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Jun Jin, Sung-Won Seo, Yoon-Koo Lee, Eun-Ah Ju, Jeong-O Mun
  • Patent number: 11342551
    Abstract: There is provided a secondary zinc battery including: a unit cell including; a positive-electrode plate including a positive-electrode active material layer and a positive-electrode collector; a negative-electrode plate including a negative-electrode active material layer containing zinc and a negative-electrode collector; a layered double hydroxide (LDH) separator covering or wrapping around the entire negative-electrode active material layer; and an electrolytic solution. The positive-electrode collector has a positive-electrode collector tab extending from one edge of the positive-electrode active material layer, and the negative-electrode collector has a negative-electrode collector tab extending from the opposite edge of the negative-electrode active material layer and beyond a vertical edge of the LDH separator. The unit cell can thereby collects electricity from the positive-electrode collector tab and the negative-electrode collector tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junki Matsuya, Yuichi Gonda, Takeshi Yagi, Kenshin Kitoh
  • Patent number: 11342591
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly is provided. The method includes a preparation step of preparing a plurality of separators and a plurality of electrodes; an electrode unit manufacturing step of manufacturing an electrode unit having a structure in which the separators and the electrodes are alternately disposed; a pre-sealing step of forming a pre-sealing part in which at least a partial region of each separator of the plurality of separators within the electrode unit are attached to each other; and a separator cutting step of cutting a region of the pre-sealing part. An apparatus for performing the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Il Un Chu, Sang Wook Kim, Dong Hyeuk Park, Nam Hyuck Kim, Su Ho Jeon
  • Patent number: 11287478
    Abstract: A separator damage detecting apparatus detects a separator damage of a secondary battery by applying a voltage while pressing an electrode assembly having a structure in which a positive electrode plate, a separator and a negative electrode plate are stacked, to induce a temporary short circuit of a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate. The separator damage detecting apparatus includes a short circuit measuring unit configured to apply a voltage to the electrode assembly and detect a leakage current; and a pressing jig configured to roll-press at least one surface of the electrode assembly or consecutively press predetermined regions of the at least one surface of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hoon Min, Chan-Woo Park, Byung-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11283135
    Abstract: A membrane includes a porous membrane or layer made of a polymeric material having a plurality of surface treated (or coated) particles (or ceramic particles) having an average particle size of less than about 1 micron dispersed therein. The polymeric material may be selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters, co-polymers thereof, and combinations thereof. The particles may be selected from the group consisting of boehmite (AlOOH), SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, BaSO4, CaCO3, BN, and combinations thereof, or the particles may be boehmite. The surface treatment (or coating) may be a molecule having a reactive end and a non-polar end. The particles may be pre-mixed in a low molecular weight wax before mixing with the polymeric material. The membrane may be used as a battery separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: C. Glen Wensley, Lie Shi
  • Patent number: 11242440
    Abstract: This polyolefin microporous membrane has a TD thermal shrinkage at 120° C. of 8% or less, and the TD thermal shrinkage at 130° C. thereof is 3 to 5 times greater than the TD thermal shrinkage at 120° C. and at least 12% greater than the TD thermal shrinkage at 120° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihisa Yamashita, Masaki Katayama
  • Patent number: 11239504
    Abstract: Articles and methods including layers for protection of electrodes in electrochemical cells are provided. As described herein, a layer, such as a protective layer for an electrode, may comprise a plurality of particles (e.g., crystalline inorganic particles, amorphous inorganic particles). In some embodiments, at least a portion of the plurality of particles (e.g., inorganic particles) are fused to one another. For instance, in some embodiments, the layer may be formed by aerosol deposition or another suitable process that involves subjecting the particles to a relatively high velocity such that fusion of particles occurs during deposition. In some embodiments, the layer (e.g., the layer comprising a plurality of particles) is an ion-conducting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Laramie, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Hui Du, Joern Kulisch, Marina Safont-Sempere, Klaus Leitner, Holger Schneider
  • Patent number: 11233242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode slurry composition, and a positive electrode for a secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode slurry composition, and particularly, to a positive electrode slurry composition which includes a positive electrode active material, a fluorine-containing polymer, a conductive agent, a solvent, and a polymer or oligomer containing a unit represented by Formula 1, and a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode slurry composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Sung Lee, Yun Feng Xue, Myung Soo Ko, In Seong Chang