Blowout Type Patents (Class 429/56)
  • Patent number: 11949128
    Abstract: This application provides a current collecting member, a secondary battery, and a fabrication method. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing, a top cover assembly and current collecting members. The electrode assembly includes a main body portion and a first tab extending from an end of the main body portion along a transverse direction. The top cover assembly includes a top cover plate and a first electrode terminal disposed on the top cover plate connected to the housing. The current collecting member is connected to the first tab and the first electrode terminal. The current collecting member includes a substrate and a support plate, the substrate being provided at a side of the main body portion along a transverse direction, the support plate extending from an end part of the substrate in a longitudinal direction, and the first tab being connected to the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu Xu, Miaomiao Ren, Yuanbao Chen, Long Xu, Donglai Zheng, Lingbo Zhu, Yongshou Lin
  • Patent number: 11909066
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery end cover assembly, an energy storage apparatus and an electric device. The battery end cover assembly includes an end cover; terminal assemblies connected to the end cover; and a pressure relief mechanism disposed on the end cover, wherein the area of a figure formed by an outer contour of the end cover is a first area S1, the area of a projection of the pressure relief mechanism on the end cover is a second area S2, and the second area S2 accounts for 0.5% to 5% of the first area S1. According to the present application, the probability of untimely pressure relief is reduced, and the safety of a battery is improved. Moreover, the overall structural strength of the battery end cover assembly can be guaranteed, and the probability that the pressure relief mechanism falls off to be invalid is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Shenzhen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyun Liang, Liangliang Zhang, Wancai Zhang, Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 11909068
    Abstract: A battery includes a cylindrical battery cell having a cylindrical side surface provided with a pressure relief mechanism, an electrical chamber configured to accommodate the battery cell, a collection chamber configured to collect emissions from the battery cell when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated, and an isolation component configured to isolate the electrical chamber from the collection chamber. The isolation component includes a first region and a second region. The first region is used for accommodating a first portion of the battery cell such that the first portion protrudes, towards the collection chamber, from a surface of the second region facing towards the collection chamber, and the pressure relief mechanism is disposed in a region of the cylindrical side surface located in the first portion such that the emissions are allowed to enter the collection chamber when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Ou Qian, Piaopiao Yang, Yufeng Zhang, Xiaobo Chen
  • Patent number: 11881601
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a box of a battery. The box includes: an electrical chamber configured to accommodate a plurality of battery cells, a battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism, and the pressure relief mechanism being configured to be actuated when an internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold, to relieve the internal pressure; a thermal management component configured to accommodate a fluid to adjust the temperature of the battery cell; and a collection chamber configured to collect emissions discharged from the battery cell when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated, where the electrical chamber and the collection chamber are disposed on both sides of the thermal management component, a wall of the collection chamber is provided with a first pressure relief zone, and the first pressure relief zone is configured to relieve the emissions in the collection chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xianda Li, Xiaobo Chen, Lu Hu, Piaopiao Yang, Jinru Yue, Mingguang Gu
  • Patent number: 11876185
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes accommodating an electrode assembly in a battery case including an accommodation part and a gas pocket part connected to the accommodation part to collect a gas generated in the accommodation part, performing sealing along an outer circumferential surface of the battery case except for an end of the gas pocket part, injecting an electrolyte into the accommodation part through the end of the gas pocket part, performing double sealing on the end of the gas pocket part so that a first sealing part is formed at a side closer to the accommodation part, and a second sealing part is formed at a side that is farther from the accommodation part, removing a portion, on which the second sealing part is formed, from the battery case, and applying electricity to the electrode assembly to charge the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: In Young Cha
  • Patent number: 11843133
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a cylindrical housing that encloses an interior space having a first end face and a second end face that are interconnected by an annular shell, and a positive and a negative electrode are arranged in the interior of the housing, wherein the negative electrode is electrically connected, either directly or via a separate conductor, to the first end face to constitute a negative pole, and the positive electrode is electrically connected, either directly or via a separate conductor, to the second end face to constitute a positive pole, and a contact lug is fastened to the first or second end face of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: VARTA Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Nestle, Sunil Siddannavar
  • Patent number: 11757153
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery with an opening sealing body that seals an opening of a battery can. The opening sealing body includes a valve member, a metal plate disposed on an inner side of the battery with respect to the valve member, and an annular insulating member interposed between the valve member and the metal plate. The valve member and the metal plate are connected to each other at respective central portions. The valve member has an annular thin-walled portion which is deformable when an internal pressure of the battery increases. The metal plate and the insulating member have respective holes which communicate with each other. The insulating member has a section that covers a surface, on the valve member side, of the metal plate, and a section that is provided subsequent to the section and covers a lateral surface of the hole of the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Enomoto, Kazutoshi Kohira
  • Patent number: 11749837
    Abstract: In a battery pack disclosed herein, a plurality of single cells are aligned in an alignment direction. In this battery pack, a spacer is disposed in a gap between adjacent ones of the single cells, and a convex rib is formed on the spacer. In a flat surface of each single cell, a region where the rib is in contact is a confined region, and a region where the rib is not in contact is a non-confined region. In the non-confined region within the battery case, an internal pressure adjusting bag filled with a gas is housed. In addition, gas supplying means (soluble part) for supplying the gas held in the internal pressure adjusting bag to an internal space of the battery case is provided. Thus, a negative pressure within the single cell is removed, and deterioration of high-rate performance otherwise caused by outflow of an electrolyte can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keiichiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11742543
    Abstract: A secondary battery with an exterior body having a novel scaling structure, and a structure of a sealing portion that relaxes a stress of deformation are provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and an exterior body enclosing at least part of the positive electrode, at least part of the negative electrode, and the electrolyte solution. The exterior body includes a first region having a shape with a curve, a shape with a wavy line, a shape with an arc, or a shape with a plurality of inflection points, and a second region having the same shape as the first region. The first region is in contact with the second region. Alternatively, the first region has a shape without a straight line. The secondary battery may be flexible, and the exterior body in a region having flexibility may include the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Takahashi, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11677123
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery includes introducing a first material to the battery, providing an anode, a cathode and a separator of the battery; and assembling the anode, the separator and the cathode. The first material is configured and arranged to increase the internal impedance of the battery upon mechanical or thermal loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yu Qiao, Weiyi Lu, Yang Shi, Anh V. Le
  • Patent number: 11664561
    Abstract: This disclosure presents an electrode lead plate (6) for a cylindrical secondary cell (1) comprising a terminal part (4) and an electrode roll (3) comprising a conductive sheet (3a). The electrode lead plate (6) comprises an inner contact region (6c) configured to be arranged in direct electrical contact with the terminal part (4) and an outer contact region (6e) configured to be arranged in direct electrical contact with the conductive sheet (3a), wherein the inner contact region (6c) is recessed in relation to the outer contact region (6e). Further, a terminal part (4) and a cylindrical secondary cell (1), as well as uses and methods of manufacture, are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NORTHVOLT AB
    Inventors: Tetsuya Makino, Brendan Sexton, Kenya Shatani, Marouene Ben Messaoud
  • Patent number: 11664523
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a secondary battery. A technical problem to be solved is to provide a secondary battery in which, when a can is compressed in a lateral direction thereof, a bending direction thereof is controlled such that a cap assembly (or a circuit interrupt device (CID)) is bent in an opposite direction of an electrode assembly and an electrical short-circuit phenomenon between the cap assembly and the electrode assembly can be thus prevented. To this end, the present invention provides a secondary battery comprising: a cylindrical can; an electrode assembly received in the cylindrical can; and a cap assembly for sealing the cylindrical can, wherein the cap assembly comprises a cap-down having a notch for inducing bending, which allows the cap assembly to be bent in an opposite direction of the electrode assembly when the cylindrical can is compressed in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dae Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11600887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure relief element (11) to be used as an overpressure safety means in devices where a gaseous medium must be rapidly released in case of overpressure, wherein the pressure relief element (11) has at least one notch (9) which is designed as a predetermined breaking point where the pressure relief element (11) breaks at a certain level of overpressure, thereby irreversibly opening an exhaust path for the gaseous medium. The present invention also relates to a pressure relief device of an electrochemical battery, comprising such a pressure relief element and a battery comprising such a pressure relief device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CLARIOS ADVANCED SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Joswig, Martin Wiegmann, Helge Brenner, Markus Hoh, Kevin Chladek
  • Patent number: 11578808
    Abstract: A pressure relief device includes a mounting seat, a valve core, and a pressure relief member. The mounting seat is internally provided with a fluid channel, and the fluid channel is capable of communicating with an internal space of a component to be subject to pressure relief. The valve core is arranged to be aligned with the fluid channel in the mounting seat, and a pressure relief channel is formed between an outer edge of the valve core and an inner wall of the fluid channel of the mounting seat. The pressure relief member is sleeved on the outer edge of the valve core and is deformable and configured to open and close the pressure relief channel by means of its deformation. The pressure relief device of the present application utilizes the deformable property of the pressure relief member to achieve the effect of repeated use and multiple pressure reliefs of the pressure relief device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Guofeng Yue, Qihong Teng
  • Patent number: 11522256
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate, and electrode uncoated portions protruding at opposite sides of the electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a current collector including an electrode connecting portion located at a region corresponding to an electrode uncoated portion of the electrode uncoated portions and including a coupling groove located in a surface of the electrode connecting portion, and a terminal connecting portion bent from the electrode connecting portion and extending over the electrode assembly; and a sub-tab including a first region coupled to the coupling groove, and a second region bent from the first region and connected to the electrode uncoated portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Lee, Ho Jun Shin, Jun Min Choi, Sang Won Kim, Sang Won Byun
  • Patent number: 11522250
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present application is provided with a battery box, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method for producing a battery and an apparatus for producing a battery. The box of the battery includes: an electrical chamber, configured to accommodate a battery cell group; a collection chamber, configured to collect emissions of the battery cell provided with the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; an isolation component for isolating the electrical chamber and the collection chamber, such that the electrical chamber and the collection chamber are arranged on both sides of the isolation component; wherein a surface of the isolation component that is close to the battery cell group is provided with an avoidance opening, the avoidance opening extends along the first direction, and the plurality of pressure relief mechanisms of the battery cell group face the avoidance opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yao Li, Xiaobo Chen, Mingguang Gu
  • Patent number: 11489213
    Abstract: The power supply device including: a plurality of secondary battery cells each including a gas discharge valve for discharging internal gas; a plurality of voltage detection lines for detecting voltage of the corresponding plurality of secondary battery cells; a plurality of current fuses provided in the respective plurality of voltage detection lines to shut off current flow when currents flowing through the respective voltage detection lines exceed a predetermined value; and gas guide path communicating with the gas discharge valve to discharge gas discharged from the gas discharge valve to the outside. At least one of the plurality of current fuses is disposed in gas guide path, and is composed of thermal fuse that shuts off current flow depending on temperature of the gas discharged from the gas discharge valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Egashira, Noriharu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11476550
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention pertain to a secondary battery, and a technical problem thereof to be solved is providing a secondary battery that is capable of equalizing internal/external pressure. To this end, disclosed in the present invention is a secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly; a case that accommodates the electrode assembly; a cap plate that seals the case, and that has a safety vent that is ruptured when internal pressure of the case rises; a terminal portion that is electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and that extends outwardly from the cap plate; and a pressure equalization structure that is formed on the cap plate so as to equalize the internal pressure and external pressure of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Seok Koo, Sang Won Byun, Hyun Soo Lee, Hyun Young Lim, Jun Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11456508
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery module having at least one battery cell, wherein the battery cell includes a cell housing, which includes a lower side and an upper side opposite to the lower side in a first direction, wherein an opening releasable in the event of an overpressure in the battery cell is arranged in the upper side. In this case, the battery module includes an atomizing device, which is arranged in the first direction above the releasable opening of the at least one battery cell, and which comprises at least one flame passage opening, through which flames escaping from the releasable opening of the battery cell can penetrate, and which comprises a passage area which is smaller than an area of the releasable opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Dirk Hoefner
  • Patent number: 11437683
    Abstract: A battery cell of a venting structure using taping is disclosed. The battery cell includes a battery case including a first case and a second case, at least one of the first and second cases being provided with a receiving part for receiving the electrode assembly, thermally bonded edges for sealing the receiving part being provided outside the receiving part, a positive electrode lead and a negative electrode lead protruding outward from the battery case, and an electrode assembly received in the battery case, the electrode assembly having electrode tabs protruding from one end thereof, the electrode tabs being coupled to the positive electrode lead and the negative electrode lead, wherein seal reinforcement tapes are attached to some of the thermally bonded edges so as to surround outer ends of the some thermally bonded edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Seong Yoon Lim, Ji Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11355813
    Abstract: A venting device inserted into a sealing part of a pouch of a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a housing inserted between confronting surfaces of the sealing part so as to be sealed together with the sealing part, the housing being made from a metal plate; a gasket made of a polymer and disposed in the housing and through which a passage is defined providing gas communication between an inside and an outside of the pouch; and a plate spring made of a metal, the plate spring being disposed in the housing and assembled with the gasket, the plate spring being configured to open and close the passage in response to a change in an internal pressure of the pouch, wherein the housing includes a crimping part crimped together with the gasket on an upper end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yong Su Choi, Sang Hun Kim, Na Yoon Kim, Hyung Kyun Yu
  • Patent number: 11355823
    Abstract: A prismatic lithium ion battery cell includes a packaging having a cover sealed to a can, wherein the cover includes a reversal disk. A conductive member is disposed above the reversal disk and a power assembly is disposed within the packaging. A first terminal pad and a second terminal pad are disposed above the conductive member and respectively coupled to the power assembly. The reversal disk is configured to deflect upwards and to displace the conductive member to contact the first and second terminal pads in response to a pressure within the packaging being greater than a first predefined pressure threshold and thereby form an external short-circuit between the first and second terminal pads via the conductive member. Subsequently, a portion of the power assembly fails in response to the external short-circuit and interrupts current flow between the first and second terminal pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Xugang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11335971
    Abstract: A battery module comprising a battery cell having a battery cell housing, and a battery module housing, wherein a coolant fluid intake is configured between the battery module housing and the battery cell housing, such that a direct and thermal contact is provided between the coolant fluid and the battery cell housing, wherein the battery cell housing further comprises a gas venting opening, which is configured to discharge gas from the interior of the battery cell housing directly to a surrounding environment, wherein the gas venting opening of the battery cell housing is isolated from the coolant fluid intake in a fluid-tight manner, wherein one lateral surface of the battery cell housing of the at least one battery cell, on which the gas venting opening is arranged, other than in the region of the gas venting opening, is essentially entirely enclosed by the coolant fluid intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Gerald Pflueger, Markus Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11316230
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle electrical system includes a casing for receiving one or more battery modules. The battery modules are insertable into a casing of the battery pack. Additionally, the battery modules may include cooling plate to cool the battery module and provide coolant to another battery module in response to a triggering event. Additionally, the battery modules may include a top cover with a frangible insulating material to further thermally insulate one battery module from another battery module and allow gasses and active material to escape the battery module in response to a triggering event. The battery pack may additionally be configured with vents for venting the gases and active material, such as those generated by a battery module in a thermal runaway event. Additionally, the battery modules may include a heat shield to direct vented gases and active material away from a cabin of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Moritz Boecker, Robert Alan Ng, Justin Michael Russell
  • Patent number: 11316237
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a secondary battery and an auxiliary case configured for use during manufacturing of the secondary battery. A gas generated in the secondary battery may be discharged to prevent an electrode assembly and the secondary battery from increasing in thickness, and an electrolyte may be efficiently injected into the secondary battery. A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes: an accommodation step of accommodating an electrode assembly into a battery case; a connection step of connecting an auxiliary case to the battery case, the auxiliary case having an inner space therein; an injection step of injecting an electrolyte into the battery case and the auxiliary case; an electrolyte supply step of moving some of the electrolyte from the auxiliary case into the battery case; and a gas supply step of moving a gas from the battery case into the auxiliary case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Jin Uk Do, Je Jun Lee, Sang Suk Jung, Min Ki Jo
  • Patent number: 11303002
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery which is capable of more reliably cutting off current by increasing a deformation amount of a member, which is deformed by a rise of an internal pressure of a battery container and cuts off current. The secondary battery is provided with a current cut-off mechanism in a current path between an external terminal and an electrode inside a battery container. The current cut-off mechanism is accommodated in the battery container, and is provided with a diaphragm connected to the external terminal and a current collector connected to the electrode. The diaphragm is disposed on an outer side of the battery container than the current collector and has a convex shape toward an inside of the battery container. The current collector includes a concave portion on a surface facing the outer side of the battery container, and the diaphragm is bonded to the concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sawada, Kazuaki Urano, Takuro Tsunaki
  • Patent number: 11296386
    Abstract: A containment system (100) includes a housing (106). A battery pack (104) is situated within the housing. One or more ports (114) are disposed along a surface of the housing. An effluent containment pouch (108) is coupled to the surface of the housing. The effluent containment pouch spans the one or more ports. The effluent containment pouch expands when an electrochemical cell (105) experiences a thermal runaway condition, capturing expelled effluent (116).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: GS Yuasa Lithium Power Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Aldrich
  • Patent number: 11264673
    Abstract: A sealing body closes an opening of an energy storage device including an exterior can having the opening. The sealing body includes a metal plate, a gas discharging valve that is integrally formed with the metal plate and that opens when the inner pressure of the energy storage device increases to a predetermined pressure, and a ceramic layer that is disposed on a surface of the metal plate, the surface being an inner surface of the energy storage device, and that is disposed around the gas discharging valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiki Shimada
  • Patent number: 11264665
    Abstract: Battery housings and batteries are presented for accommodating swelling of an electrode assembly. In one aspect, a battery includes an electrode assembly that includes a cathode and an anode. The battery also includes a receptacle that includes at least one feedthrough disposed through one or more sides of the receptacle. A lid is sealed to the receptacle. The receptacle, the at least one feedthrough, and the lid form a sealed volume in which the electrode assembly and an electrolyte are disposed. The lid is configured to displace from a first position to a second position in response to a swelling of the electrode assembly within the sealed volume. The receptacle is configured to strain less than the lid during the swelling of the electrode assembly. The second position of the lid may correspond to an expanded volume of the electrode assembly that is 15% greater than an initial volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qingcheng Zeng, Donald G. Dafoe, Kenzo Nagai
  • Patent number: 11251500
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module includes: a battery set including a plurality of batteries arranged in an array, each of the batteries includes an explosion-proof valve; a cover plate disposed on the battery set; and a thermosensitive assembly disposed between the battery set and the cover plate, the thermosensitive assembly being connected with the cover plate, the thermosensitive assembly including a thermosensitive wire, and thermosensitive wire can provide a prompt signal indicating that the explosion-proof valve of the battery is burst. The battery module according to embodiments of the present disclosure can accurately and effectively transmit the information regarding thermal runaway occurring in the battery to the outside, such that the battery module has a performance of alerting the thermal runaway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xianchun Zhu, Chao Zeng, Hua Cao, Chong Wang
  • Patent number: 11233292
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery representing an embodiment of a sealed battery of the present invention includes a bottomed cylindrical exterior case, a sealing member, a cylindrical wound electrode assembly and an electrolyte. An open end of the exterior case is crimped together with the sealing member via an insulating gasket so as to form a seal. The sealing member includes a lid having a thin and fragile portion, an insulating ring, and a terminal plate having a thin and fragile portion. The terminal plate is electrically connected to a positive electrode current collector leading out from the cylindrical wound electrode assembly. The lid and the terminal plate are electrically connected within an opening of the insulating ring. The lid is disposed so as to expose an outer side of at least a portion of the lid opposed to the opening of the insulating ring directly to an outside environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Miyata, Kazutoshi Kohira
  • Patent number: 11217849
    Abstract: A battery unit for a traction battery of a motor vehicle is provided. The battery unit includes at least two battery cells arranged adjacent to one another, which each include at least one venting unit for venting the cell housing thereof. The venting units are arranged on sides of the battery cells that are facing each other, and at least two shield units are arranged between the sides of the battery cells that face each other and at a distance from one another. Each shield unit includes a shield wall having at least one opening and at least one closure element. The opening of each shield wall is arranged aligned with the venting unit of the battery cell arranged closest to this shield wall in each case. The closure element, in a closing position, in which the closure element closes the opening, is arranged fully against the shield wall and in an open position, in which the closure element at least partially reveals the opening, is at least partially separated from the shield wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sebastian Scharner
  • Patent number: 11165088
    Abstract: A button battery and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The button battery includes a housing with a positive electrode shell and a negative electrode shell, wherein a plurality of positive electrode plates and a plurality of negative electrode plates are provided in the housing. The positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates are stacked at intervals to form a columnar cell. The positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates are connected to the positive electrode shell and the negative electrode shell through a current collector respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHONGQING VDL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuanqin Zhu, Xianmao Zhou
  • 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: 11145937
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a series of battery cells, a series of bus bars electrically connecting the series of battery cells, and a terminal member. The terminal member includes a first metal layer extending from an internal connection position connected to at least one of the series of bus bars to an external connection position for supplying output power of the battery pack. The terminal member also includes a second metal layer covering the first metal layer at the external connection position. The second metal layer includes a second metal different from a first metal of the first metal layer. Therefore, the battery pack has an improved structure for stable and low-resistance connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungwoo Yang, Eungyeong Gu, Junyoung Kim, Kyungho Cho
  • Patent number: 11101576
    Abstract: A connection assembly is provided and includes a first conductor, a second conductor and a friction stir welded connection connecting the first conductor and the second conductor, with the second conductor having a bundle of conductor wires. The friction stir welded connection is provided by a friction stir welding tool having a pin connecting a front side of the second conductor pressed onto the first conductor along a connecting direction between the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Technical University of Ilmenau
    Inventors: Uwe Hauck, Helge Schmidt, Andre Martin Dressel, Rudi Blumenschein, Jean Pierre Bergmann, Anna Regensburg
  • Patent number: 11095002
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a series of battery cells, a series of bus bars electrically connecting the series of battery cells, and a terminal member. The terminal member includes a first metal layer extending from an internal connection position connected to at least one of the series of bus bars to an external connection position for supplying output power of the battery pack. The terminal member also includes a second metal layer covering the first metal layer at the external connection position. The second metal layer includes a second metal different from a first metal of the first metal layer. Therefore, the battery pack has an improved structure for stable and low-resistance connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungwoo Yang, Eungyeong Gu, Junyoung Kim, Kyungho Cho
  • Patent number: 11094985
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a top cover assembly of a secondary battery. The top cover assembly includes: a top cover plate and a gas exhaust valve mounted in the top cover plate. The gas exhaust valve includes a valve body, a valve sleeve and a valve cover. The valve body includes a valve part, and the valve part is provided with a gas exhaust hole that communicates with an interior of the secondary battery. The valve cover seals and is connected to the valve body to form an accommodation space. The valve sleeve is located in the accommodation space, and the valve sleeve covers the valve part. A gas exhaust passage is disposed between the valve sleeve and the valve part, the valve cover is provided with a venting hole that communicates with outside, and the gas exhaust passage communicates with the gas exhaust hole and the venting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xinxiang Chen, Chengyou Xing, Shoujun Huang, Yulian Zheng, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 11081738
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling and containing packaged battery cells includes a first structure disposed on a printed circuit board for encasing a first battery cell, the first battery cell being electrically coupled to the circuit board, the first structure includes an external surface and an internal surface defining a first cavity in which the first battery cell is located. The apparatus further includes a first seal surrounding the first battery cell between the printed circuit board coupled to the first structure. The apparatus further includes a first thermal interface material located in the first cavity, wherein a first portion of the first thermal interface material is thermally coupled to an interior surface and a second portion of the first thermal interface material is thermally coupled to the first battery cell. The apparatus further includes a plurality of heatsink fins located on the external surface of the first structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert B. Schlak, Noah Singer, John Torok, Xiaojin Wei, Mitchell Zapotoski
  • Patent number: 11063328
    Abstract: A conductive member (61) is disposed near a side of the sealing plate (2) facing the inside of a battery with a first insulating member (10) disposed therebetween. The conductive member (61) has a conductive-member opening portion (61f) at a side facing the electrode assembly. An inserting portion (7b) of a positive electrode terminal (7) is inserted through a third terminal-receiving hole (61c) in the conductive member (61) and connected to the conductive member (61). The conductive-member opening portion (61f) of the conductive member (61) is sealed by a deformation plate (62), and the deformation plate (62) is connected to a first positive-electrode current collector (6a), which is electrically connected to positive electrode plates. The conductive member (61) includes a pressing projection (61e) that projects toward the first insulating member (10) from a portion thereof that faces the first insulating member (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11050127
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode body and an internal terminal attached to the electrode body. The electrode body includes positive electrode sheets, negative electrode sheets, and separators. The positive electrode sheets and the negative electrode sheets are alternately stacked in a stacking direction, with each separator interposed between associated adjacent ones of the positive electrode sheets and the negative electrode sheets. The positive electrode sheets and the negative electrode sheets each include a collector foil. At least either portions of the collector foils of the positive electrode sheets or the negative electrode sheets are protruded beyond the separators in one direction. The protruded portions of the collector foils are piled in a stack in the stacking direction. The internal terminal includes a connector connected to the stack of the protruded portions of the collector foils. The stack of the protruded portions is bent around a base end of the protruded portions of the collector foils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Koike, Yoshinori Shibata, Kousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11024922
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cap assembly disposed on an open upper end part of a cylindrical can of a battery, the battery being configured to have an electrode assembly mounted in the cylindrical can, the cap assembly including a safety vent configured to rupture in order to exhaust gas when the interior pressure of the battery reaches a predetermined pressure limit, an upwardly-protruding cap plate disposed on the upper part of the safety vent, the cap plate having a through-opening configured to receive the gas exhausted therethrough, a current interrupt member attached to the lower end of the safety vent, the current interrupt member configured to interrupt electric current when the interior pressure of the battery reaches the predetermined pressure limit, and a guide member attached to the inside of the cap plate, the guide member being configured to prevent escape of a ruptured portion of the safety vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Gu Ji, Sang Uck Kim, Cheon Hee Bok, Myung An Lee, Geun Young Park, Yong Han Kim, Da Na Kim
  • Patent number: 11011812
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a diaphragm which is disposed on a current path between a current collector plate connected to a wound electrode group in a battery container and an external terminal, deforms when an internal pressure of the battery container increases, and breaks the current path. The diaphragm has a convex portion which protrudes to the current collector plate. The current collector plate has a through-hole into which the convex portion is inserted. An inner wall portion of the through-hole and a side wall portion of the convex portion facing each other are welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Urano, Keisuke Sawada, Shou Saimaru, Naoki Kojima
  • Patent number: 10998539
    Abstract: A secondary battery is disclosed. According to the present invention, when an internal pressure exceeding a certain level occurs, current may be interrupted to stop an operation of the secondary battery, thereby preventing the secondary battery from being ignited or exploded by the increase in internal pressure of the secondary battery and improving safety of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Hun Kim, Yong Kim, Yong Su Choi, Hyung Kyun Yu, Soo Ji Hwang, Na Yoon Kim, Min Hyeong Kang
  • Patent number: 10971780
    Abstract: A device can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a battery bay that includes a first surface; a battery package disposed in the battery bay and operatively coupled to the processor, where the battery package includes a second surface; and materials disposed between the first surface and the second surface, where the materials include an adhesive and a thermoplastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Philip John Jakes, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Patent number: 10950829
    Abstract: A sealing body of a cylindrical battery, including: a sealing plate with a through-hole formed at a center of a metallic disk and a thin-walled portion formed into a groove in a planar surface of the disk, the sealing plate mounted to a cylindrical battery can having a closed bottom, so as to seal an opening of the battery can, the battery can doubling as an electrode current collector of either a positive or negative electrode and housing a power generating element; an electrode terminal of another of the positive or negative electrode, the electrode terminal including a shaft portion inserted into the through-hole and fitted to the sealing plate; and a sealing gasket made of resin and interposed between the shaft portion and the through-hole. The thin-walled portion has an arc shape and is not formed along a circle concentric with an outer periphery of the sealing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kanji Urushihara
  • Patent number: 10910627
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a battery formation system and probe supporting structure thereof. The battery formation system includes a base, a holder, a probe supporting structure and at least one probe. The base is adaptive to bear at least one battery, and the holder is located on one side of the base. The probe supporting structure is disposed on the holder. The probe supporting structure has an air flow passage and at least one air discharge channel connected to each other, and an extension direction of the air flow passage intersects an extension direction of the at least one air discharge channel. The at least one probe is disposed on the probe supporting structure, and a probing end of the at least one probe and an air outlet of the at least one air discharge channel are located at a same side of the probe supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHROMA ATE INC.
    Inventors: Hsu-Chang Hsu, Kuo-Yen Hsu, Kuan-Chen Chen, Chuan-Tse Lin
  • Patent number: 10873060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery can, in particular for a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, configured to receive an electrode assembly formed by winding an anode and a cathode that are isolated by a separator, wherein the battery can is configured to be closed by cap assembly. The battery can comprises a cylindrical can body for containing the electrode assembly and has a first end forming a base and a peripheral side wall extending from the base in a longitudinal direction to a second end of the can body comprising an opening, wherein the side wall of the can body ends in an end edge at the second end, and wherein the side wall of the can body is adapted to be crimped inwardly at the second end of the second end to attach a cap assembly that is inserted into the can body opening to the can body. According to the invention, the end edge of the peripheral side wall is formed in an inwardly extending loop into an annular shoulder surrounding the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: H&T Rechargeable LLC
    Inventors: Volker Seefeldt, Florian Schröder, Patrick Hefer
  • Patent number: 10873066
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vent for a secondary battery top cover, a top cover assembly, a secondary battery and a vehicle. The vent includes a flat base and a protrusion protruding outward with respect to flat base. The protrusion has a main nick and at least one branch nick connected to at least one end of the main nick. An angle formed between the main nick and the branch nick is more than zero. When the pressure inside the case increases excessively, gas causes stress concentration at the protrusion such that the vent is torn along the main nick and the at least one branch nick, thereby releasing the gas in the case, reducing explosion risk of the secondary battery, and improving safety of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiang Li, Peng Wang, Chengyou Xing, Rulai Cai
  • Patent number: 10862079
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insulation plate for a secondary battery and a secondary battery. The insulation plate includes two side portions and a top portion between the two side portions. Each of the two side portion includes a transverse covering portion and a longitudinal covering portion that are used to cover a transverse transition part and a longitudinal transition part of an electrode assembly of the secondary battery, respectively. During placing the electrode assembly into a case of the secondary battery, since transition parts of the electrode assembly are covered by the insulation plate, the transition parts of the electrode assembly are prevented from directly contacting the case, thereby reducing the possibility of being scratched and rubbed by the opening of the case. Therefore, electrical connection between negative and positive electrode plates of the electrode assembly is avoided and thus the reliability of the secondary battery is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Xiang Li