With Control Means Responsive To Battery Condition Sensing Means Patents (Class 429/61)
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Patent number: 11342618Abstract: A secondary battery including an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; an exterior body that has an opening and houses the electrode body; a sealing body that seals the opening; a terminal that is provided in the sealing body, and connected to the positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate; and a conductive member that is disposed on an outer side of the sealing body, and is connected to the terminal. The conductive member has an overlap section in which one end of a conductive plate-shaped member is folded and opposed surfaces are overlaid on other, and a base section in which no surfaces are overlaid on other, and the terminal is connected to the conductive member in the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Panasonic Holdings CorporationInventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Eiji Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11342622Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack comprising: a plurality of battery cells, each including an upper surface through which a pair of electrode terminals are protruded, a lower surface facing the upper surface, and a pair of long side surfaces and a pair of short side surfaces among surfaces connecting the upper surface and the lower surface, the long side surfaces having a relatively large area, and the short side surfaces having a relatively small area; and a cell frame that receives the battery cells, exposes the upper surfaces of the battery cells, and includes side plates for supporting the short side surfaces of the plurality of battery cells and end plates positioned at opposite ends to support the long side surfaces of the battery cells, wherein the end plates include protrusions protruding in a direction opposite to a direction in which the end plates faces long side surfaces of the battery cells at the opposite ends; and a recess located between the protrusions, depressed in a direction of long side surfaceType: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Jang Hyun Song, Myung Chul Kim
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Patent number: 11335938Abstract: A method of operating a redox flow battery string including at least first and second redox flow batteries and an outside power source includes: providing a least first and second redox flow batteries in a string electrically connected in a string, and each redox flow battery having a state-or-charge (SOC); obtaining an SOC value for each redox flow battery in the string; identifying a target SOC value in the string; and adjusting the SOC value for at least one of the first and second redox flow batteries to correspond to the target SOC value.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Chenxi Sun, Jinfeng Wu, Liyu Li, Jacob Parks, David Ridley
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Patent number: 11329332Abstract: A battery structure is provided. The battery structure includes a casing, a jelly roll assembly, electrodes, insulation and a thermal control feature. The casing includes an internal tube defining a central hole. The jelly roll assembly is disposed with an electrolyte in an annular space about the internal tube within the casing. The electrodes are electrically coupled to the jelly roll assembly and disposed to extend out of the casing. The insulation is disposed to insulate the jelly roll assembly and the electrodes from the casing. The thermal control feature is communicative with the central hole and configured to control battery structure temperatures proximate to the central hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Noah Singer, John S. Werner, Budy Notohardjono, Arkadiy O. Tsfasman, John Torok
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Patent number: 11322809Abstract: A cell module stores electrical energy, a battery has such a cell module and a module housing for such a cell module. The module housing includes an internal space in which n cells each having at least one positive and at least one negative electrode are arranged. In this case, n?2 and the module housing here has at least three external electrical connection poles. The battery includes at least two such cell modules. The module housing includes at least three apertures through which electrical conductors are guided from the inside of the module housing to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: VARTA Microbattery GmbH, VW Kraftwerk GmbHInventor: Konrad Holl
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Patent number: 11316235Abstract: An electrode body including positive electrode plate and negative electrode plate includes a positive electrode tab portion at an end portion on the sealing plate side. The positive electrode plate is electrically connected to a positive electrode collector including a collector body portion and a collector connection. A pressure-sensitive current breaking mechanism includes a conductive member including an opening portion on an electrode body side, a deformation plate that seals the opening portion, and a collector body portion that is disposed on the electrode body side of the deformation plate and that is connected to the deformation plate. The collector connection is disposed between the current breaking mechanism and one of the large-area side walls of the prismatic outer package, and the positive electrode tab portion is connected to the collector connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignees: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Kazuhiro Kitaoka, Isao Fujiwara, Hiromasa Yagi
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Patent number: 11302953Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which an unevenness of short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells is suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a stacked battery comprising: a plurality of cells in a thickness direction, wherein the plurality of cells are electrically connected in parallel; each of the plurality of cells includes a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, an anode active material layer, and an anode current collector, in this order; the stacked battery includes a surface-side cell that is located on a surface side of the stacked battery, and a center-side cell that is located on a center side rather than the surface-side cell; and a contact resistance between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector in the surface-side cell is more than a contact resistance between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector in the center-side cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime Hasegawa, Yuki Matsushita, Hideaki Nishimura, Yusuke Okuhata, Norihiro Ose, Mitsuru Tateishi, Shigetaka Nagamatsu, Takayuki Uchiyama, Shigenori Hama, Dai Kato, Naohiro Mashimo, Hideyo Ebisuzaki, Ayano Kobayashi, Hisataka Fujimaki
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Patent number: 11302977Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery pack capable of improving process efficiency and reducing manufacture costs. The secondary battery pack includes a battery cell having an electrode terminal formed at a top end of a battery case; a protection circuit module having a battery cell connection terminal; and at least two terminal connection units having one end connected to the electrode terminal of the battery cell and the other end contacted and electrically connected to the battery cell connection terminal of the protection circuit module, wherein the battery case includes a battery can having an open top portion into which the electrode assembly is inserted, and a cap assembly coupled to the open top portion of the battery can, and wherein the cap assembly includes a body plate, and a connection slot is formed at a top surface of the body plate so that a portion of the terminal connection unit is inserted and accommodated therein to be electrically connected to the electrode terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Ho Oh, Byung-Dae Park, Ju-Hwan Baek
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Patent number: 11302995Abstract: The present disclosure provides a buffering member and a battery module, the buffering member comprises a first member and a second member. The first member comprises a first main body and a first connecting portion, the second member comprises a second main body and a second connecting portion. The first main body and the second main body face each other, and the first connecting portion is cooperated with and fixedly connected to the second connecting portion. Because the first member and the second member are independent members, and they can be formed by separately cutting a sheet. Because the first member and the second member each are small in size and simple in structure, and they can be rapidly formed by using less material, the whole structure of the buffering member is simple and the buffering member uses less material, thereby maximally improving the utilization rate of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Ruiqi Han, Liangyi Wang, Quan Yang, Lin Ma
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Patent number: 11302955Abstract: A battery cell providing a coated lithium reference lead includes at least one anode layer, at least one cathode layer, and a reference lead. The reference lead includes a conductive wire, a layer of lithium metal coupled to the conductive wire, and a polymer coating that covers the layer of lithium metal. The reference lead is inserted into the battery cell with the at least one anode layer and the at least one cathode layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: CHONGQING JINKANG POWERTRAIN NEW ENERGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Brennan Campbell, Ying Liu, Yifan Tang
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Patent number: 11296391Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery and an assembly therefor. The secondary battery includes: a cap plate provided with a first electrode terminal; electrode assemblies, each electrode assembly comprising a first electrode tab; a first connecting piece connected between the first electrode tab and the first electrode terminal. The first connecting piece includes a first electrode terminal connecting portion, a first electrode tab connecting portion and a first fusing portion. The secondary battery further includes an insulating holding block connected with the first electrode terminal connecting portion and the first electrode tab connecting portion respectively, and the insulating holding block is configured to maintain the first electrode terminal connecting portion and the first electrode tab connecting portion in position relative to each other when the first fusing portion is fused.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Jiajun Wang, Youlei Lai, Yulian Zheng, Peng Wang, Tianjun Xia
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Patent number: 11296351Abstract: Energy storage devices, battery cells, and rechargeable batteries of the present technology may include an anode and a cathode. The battery cells may include a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode. The battery cells may include an electrolyte incorporated with the anode and the cathode. The battery cells may also include a pseudo-reference electrode at least partially in contact with the electrolyte. The pseudo-reference electrode may be electrically isolated from the anode and the cathode.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Inventors: Alexander A. Gorer, William A. Braff, Steven Kaye, Cory R. O'Neill
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Patent number: 11289750Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of assembly of a battery pack, and particularly, to a battery pack. The battery pack includes a housing. A plurality of cells is arranged in interior of the housing. A structural adhesive is filled between a bottom of the housing and the plurality of cells, and the plurality of cells is adhered to the housing through the structural adhesive. In the battery pack provided in the present disclosure, the cells are arranged in the interior of the housing, and the housing is adhered to the cells through the structural adhesive. The structural adhesive can functions as fixing the cells, such that a frame structure of a module can be omitted, the number of components in the battery pack can be reduced, manufacture process can be reduced, assembling efficiency can be improved, and manufacturing cost can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Linggang Zhou, Derong Wang, Yanhuo Xiang
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Patent number: 11278837Abstract: A backpack dust collector includes a housing. The housing includes: a suction port; a dust collecting chamber connected to the suction port and configured to accommodate a dust collecting bag; a motor chamber connected to the dust collecting chamber and accommodating a fan and a motor; an exhaust port through which air from the motor chamber is discharged; first and second battery openings; and first and second battery receiving portions respectively corresponding to the first and second battery openings. At least part of the first battery opening is formed on a left side surface of the housing, and at least part of the second battery opening is formed on a right side surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Tahara, Makoto Hotta
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Patent number: 11276887Abstract: A power supplier in one aspect of the present disclosure includes an outputter, a first pack parallel coupler, a second pack parallel coupler, an output voltage switch, and a controller. Each of the first pack parallel coupler and the second pack parallel coupler includes pack couplers. The pack couplers are configured to be coupled by battery packs. The output voltage switch is configured to switch an electrical coupling state between the second pack parallel coupler and the outputter. The controller is configured to determine an output mode of the outputter. The output mode corresponds to a magnitude of voltage to be outputted from outputter. The controller is configured to control the output voltage switch based on a result of determination.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Umemura, Takayoshi Endo, Hironori Kandori
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Patent number: 11258145Abstract: A method for producing a battery includes depositing, via sputter deposition, a coating on at least a portion of a cup shaped first housing part of the battery. The coating includes aluminium, chromium, tin, and/or an alloy having two or more of the group consisting of aluminium, chromium, and tin. The method also includes establishing an electrical connection between a current conductor of the battery and the cup-shaped first housing part of the battery and assembling the cup-shaped first housing part of the battery and a second housing part of the battery to form a housing of the battery. The housing has an interior space that includes a composite body including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and the current conductor. The cup-shaped first housing part has a circular or oval bottom and a ring-shaped side wall.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: VARTA MICROBATTERY GMBHInventors: Goran Kilibarda, Bernd Kreidler, Joachim Rieger
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Patent number: 11245163Abstract: A prismatic lithium ion battery cell includes a packaging having a cover. A power assembly disposed within the packaging has a first (e.g., negative) side and a second (e.g., positive) side. A terminal pad is electrically coupled to the first side, while the cover is electrically coupled to the second side, of the power assembly. The cover includes a spiral disk feature disposed below the terminal pad and a reversal disk disposed below the spiral disk feature. The reversal disk is configured to deflect upwards to displace the spiral disk feature to contact the terminal pad in response to a pressure within the packaging being greater than a first predefined pressure threshold, forming an external short-circuit between the first and second sides of the power assembly. Subsequently, a portion of the power assembly fails in response to the external short-circuit and interrupts current flow within the power assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: CPS TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLCInventor: Xugang Zhang
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Patent number: 11245151Abstract: A battery module is provided that includes a module frame having a top and sides that extend down from two sides of the top. A cell-stacking structure is disposed between the sides of the module frame and include a plurality of stacked battery cells. A bottom plate is disposed under the cell-stacking structure and is bonded to the lower ends of the sides of the module frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Yun Ho Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Yong Hwan Choi
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Patent number: 11207963Abstract: A crossmember for a vehicle battery tray provides a beam that has a closed cross-sectional shape with a top wall coupled with parallel side walls along a length of the beam. A reinforcing top cap is disposed along the beam, where a C-shaped transverse cross-sectional shape of the top cap has a central section that disposed along the top wall and legs of the top cap welded to the side walls. The legs include inward angled tabs that are biased against the beam and welded thereto. The top wall of the beam and the central section of the top cap have aligned fastener openings disposed at spaced intervals along the length of the beam and configured to receive fasteners that secure at least one of a battery module or tray cover to the crossmember.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Shape Corp.Inventors: Zehua Qin, Matthew Kuipers, Mark C. Stephens
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Patent number: 11189890Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cap assembly and a secondary battery. The cap assembly includes: a cap plate including a main portion and a convex portion, the main portion including a first surface, a second surface and an electrode lead-out hole; an electrode terminal including an extension portion that extends beyond a hole wall of the electrode lead-out hole and extends in a circumferential direction of the electrode lead-out hole to form a ring structure, and the extension portion is arranged on a side of the first surface away from the second surface; and a sealing ring at least partially disposed between the extension portion and the main portion. The convex portion is disposed on the second surface and around the electrode lead-out hole, and a top surface of the convex portion extends out of the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.. LimitedInventors: Huasheng Su, Shoujun Huang, Yulian Zheng
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Patent number: 11183744Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery that is capable of being improved in safety. Also, the secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a case accommodating an electrode assembly and an electrolyte, a lead part electrically connected to the electrode assembly and extending to the outside of the case, and a current interruption part disposed between the electrode assembly and the lead part to electrically disconnect the electrode assembly from the lead part at a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Inventors: Su Hyun Kim, Song Taek Oh
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Patent number: 11177538Abstract: The reliability of electrical connection between electrode terminals of power storage devices and bus bars can be improved. A bent portion that is provided on each bus bar is formed at a position shifted in the left-right direction from an intermediate position between one contact portion of two contact portions of the bus bar and the other contact portion positioned next to the one contact portion. In a bus bar housing portion, a beam portion on which a corresponding bus bar is placed is formed extending in the front-rear direction. Each beam portion is formed at a position shifted in the left-right direction from the bent portion in a state where the bus bar is housed in the bus bar housing portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taiji Yanagida, Hiroki Shimoda, Yoshinori Ito
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Patent number: 11171361Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte solution for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery capable of an exerting high average discharge voltage and an excellent low-temperature output characteristic at ?30° C. or lower and an excellent cycle characteristic and an excellent storage characteristic at high temperatures of 50° C. or higher, as well as a non-aqueous electrolyte battery containing the same. The present electrolyte solution comprises a non-aqueous solvent, a solute, at least one silane compound represented by the following general formula (1) as a first compound, and a fluorine-containing compound represented by the following general formula (3), for example, as a second compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Kubo, Takayoshi Morinaka, Mikihiro Takahashi, Masutaka Shinmen, Wataru Kawabata, Hiroki Matsuzaki
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Patent number: 11165271Abstract: A control device for controlling charging of a non-aqueous metal air battery, the control device being configured to: determine a CO2 concentration (Cx) and an increase rate (RCO2) of CO2 concentration in the battery, charge the battery in case both the CO2 concentration (Cx) before starting charging exceeds a predetermined CO2 threshold (CT) and the increase rate of the CO2 concentration (RCO2) during charging is below a predetermined threshold value (?CT/?AhT, ?CT/?t), and stop charging when the increase rate (RCO2) exceeds the predetermined threshold value (?CT/?AhT, ?CT/?t). Also, a corresponding method of controlling charging of a rechargeable battery.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventors: Fanny Barde, Keita Komiyama
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Patent number: 11155168Abstract: A storage device for storing electrical energy includes at least one storage cell which has a cell housing, a receiving chamber delimited by the cell housing, and at least one storage element accommodated in the receiving chamber for storing electrical energy, as well as a safety apparatus. The safety apparatus has a separating device as a first safety device designed to separate at least the storage cell from a circuit of the storage device, a short-circuit device as a second safety device designed to short-circuit at least the storage cell, and a degassing unit as a third safety device designed to degas the receiving chamber. The safety devices are designed to successively switch from a deactivated state into an activated state during a critical variation of the condition of the storage cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Azad Darbandi, Juergen Hildinger, Florian Schoewel, Wladislaw Waag
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Patent number: 11158910Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery busbar including a conductive sheet, at least two bridge portions and at least two terminal contact portions. The conductive sheet has at least one cavity portion. Each of the at least two bridge portions has a first end and a second end which are opposite to each other, and the first ends of the bridge portions are respectively connected to different sides of the at least one cavity portion. The terminal contact portions are spaced apart from each other and are respectively connected to the second ends of the bridge portions. A width direction is defined to be substantially perpendicular to a line passing through the first end and the second end of one of the at least two bridge portions; along the width direction, a width of the bridge portion is smaller than a width of the terminal contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chih-Ting Chen, Chein-Chung Sun
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Patent number: 11145860Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode for a secondary battery to improve stability during overcharge, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and particularly, to a positive electrode for a secondary battery including a positive electrode active material layer formed on a positive electrode collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer has a double-layer structure which includes a first positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer, the first positive electrode active material layer includes a first positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a gas generating agent generating gas during overcharge, and the second positive electrode active material layer includes a second positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Inventors: Kyung Min Lee, Jung Seok Choi, Kyung Min Kim, Song Taek Oh
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Patent number: 11116255Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generation apparatus includes: a power supply capable of discharging to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol source; a controller configured to control the power supply; and a housing configured to house the power supply and the controller. The controller is configured to detect at least one of leakage of a liquid inside the housing and entering of a liquid into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: JAPAN TABACCO INC.Inventors: Kazuma Mizuguchi, Manabu Yamada
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Patent number: 11114874Abstract: A battery-and-handheld-seat assembling structure includes a handheld seat and a battery. A battery-and-charger assembling structure includes a battery and a charger. The battery is detachably mounted on the handheld seat or in the charger. The battery has two first grooves formed on two side surfaces. Each first groove has a transverse segment and a longitudinal segment connected to each other vertically or substantially vertically. The handheld seat has two first assembling segments. The charger has two third assembling segments. The first assembling segments or the third assembling segments are selectively mounted in the two transverse segments respectively. Each of the first assembling segments or each of the third assembling segments engages with or disengages from the corresponding first groove, thereby strengthening the connection between the battery with the handheld seat or the charger.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Inventor: Yu-Tang Lin
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Patent number: 11095163Abstract: A non-contact power reception apparatus is provided, in which a power reception coil for a charging system and a loop antenna for an electronic settlement system are mounted on a battery pack and a cover case of a portable terminal such that the power reception coil is arranged in the center thereof and the loop antenna is disposed outside the power reception coil, so that a mode of receiving a wireless power signal and a mode of transmitting and receiving data are selectively performed, thereby preventing interference from harmonic components and enabling non-contact charging and electronic settlement using a single portable terminal. A jig for fabricating a core to be mounted to the non-contact power reception apparatus is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLCInventors: Chun-Kil Jung, Yoon-Sang Kuk
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Patent number: 11075434Abstract: A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly including uncoated region tabs that protrude toward one side of a coated portion; a case having a first length set in a first direction to receive the electrode assembly; a cap plate having a second length set in a second direction that crosses the first direction and a third length that is shorter than the first length and set in a third direction that crosses the second direction so as to be coupled corresponding to an opening of the case; an electrode terminal that is provided in a terminal hole of the cap plate; and a current collecting member that is disposed between the cap plate and the electrode assembly to connect the electrode terminal and the uncoated region tabs, and includes a fuse in a corresponding region of the electrode terminal, facing in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myungjae Jang, Chiyoung Lee
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Patent number: 11075409Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a stacked battery in which the unevenness of short circuit resistance among a plurality of cells is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime Hasegawa, Yuki Matsushita, Hideaki Nishimura, Yusuke Okuhata, Norihiro Ose, Mitsuru Tateishi, Shigetaka Nagamatsu, Takayuki Uchiyama, Shigenori Hama, Dai Kato, Naohiro Mashimo, Hideyo Ebisuzaki, Ayano Kobayashi, Hisataka Fujimaki
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Patent number: 11075433Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a rechargeable battery that can block a current of a cell without causing quality scatter by removing operating scatter of the overcharge safety device upon occurrence of overcharge in the cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Joonghun Kim
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Patent number: 11056753Abstract: A bus bar module is attached to a battery assembly having a plurality of single cells which are assembled to each other along a first direction. The bus bar module includes a circuit body, a bus bar, and a holder. The circuit body includes a main line that extends in the first direction, a branch line that extends from the main line so as to branch from the main line, and a connection portion provided in a position close to a distal end of the branch line rather than a folded portion of the branch line and configured to be connected to the bus bar.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Kimitoshi Makino, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoji Yasuda
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Patent number: 11038232Abstract: In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, an all front access battery rack system using insulated bus bars is provided. In one embodiment, a battery rack system may comprise: a controller rack module aligned on a rack; a battery rack module aligned on the rack; first and second insulated bus bars aligned perpendicularly to and electrically coupling the controller rack module with positive and negative terminals of the battery rack module along a front side of the rack, wherein each insulated bus bar comprises: a conductive material comprising conductive connector ends operable to electrically engage with the controller rack module and the battery rack module; and an insulative material electrically insulating the conductive material between the conductive connectors.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Toshiba International CorporationInventor: Zaheer Rangwala
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Patent number: 11038210Abstract: A battery system includes a cell, and an integrated circuit and flexible circuitry on and electrically isolated from a container of the cell. The flexible circuitry is arranged with the cell and integrated circuit to form a dipole antenna that wirelessly transmits signals from the integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, John Paul Gibeau, Chingchi Chen
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Patent number: 11031621Abstract: Various examples provide a secondary battery having a positive electrode terminal-and-membrane integrated cap plate, which can cut off a charging current in an overcharge mode by integrating a positive electrode terminal and a membrane into the cap plate, and can cut off a short-circuit current in an external short-circuit mode by placing a fuse in a region of the membrane connected to the current collector plate. In one example embodiment, the secondary battery may include a case having an opening, an electrode assembly housed in the opening of the case housed in the opening of the case, and a cap plate coupled to the opening of the case, wherein the cap plate may include a terminal portion integrated into the cap plate, and a membrane integrated into the terminal portion to be electrically connected to the electrode assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Min Hyung Guen
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Patent number: 11031649Abstract: A housing for a vehicle battery has a cover plate and a bottom plate, and a frame arranged between the cover plate and the bottom plate. The frame is connected to the cover plate and the bottom plate, and at least one crossmember element is arranged in the space which is enclosed by the frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignees: thyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, thyssenKrupp AGInventors: Erik Hilfrich, Andreas Breidenbach
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Patent number: 11024926Abstract: A leadtab assembly may include an electrode non-coating portion having a plurality of stacked electrodes collected inside a battery cell, a leadtab for forming an electrical path to the outside of the battery cell, and a bonding portion for mutually bonding the electrode non-coating portion and the leadtab, wherein a cutting prevention portion is elastically deformed by the force applied to the electrode non-coating portion as the electrode is expanded at the bonding point located between the bonding portion and the leadtab.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang-Joon Lee, Dong-Hui Kim, Sung-Min Choi, Kyo-Min Shin, Sung-Hoon Lim, Seung-Ho Ahn
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Patent number: 11024911Abstract: The disclosure relates to a secondary battery comprising: a cap assembly comprising a cap plate comprising an electrode lead-out hole and an electrode terminal disposed on the cap plate and covering the electrode lead-out hole; a current collector comprising a main body located at a side of the cap plate and an extending portion extending toward the electrode terminal, wherein the extending portion comprises a top plate connected to the electrode terminal and a side plate connected to the main body, the side plate is at least partially disposed in the electrode lead-out hole, and the side plate and the top plate are configured to form a recess; and an insulating protection component comprising a column portion disposed in the recess, wherein surfaces of the side plate and the top plate which form the recess are in contact with the column portion and covered by the column portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventor: Jianxiong Yang
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Patent number: 11018367Abstract: Provided are a secondary battery and a battery pack including the secondary battery. A sealing plate has a positive electrode terminal attachment hole. A positive electrode terminal penetrates the positive electrode terminal attachment hole. An external conductive member is connected to a portion of the positive electrode terminal located on the battery outer side with respect to the sealing plate. The conduction path between a positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal is provided with a current interrupting mechanism. A first insulating member made of resin is disposed between the sealing plate and the positive electrode terminal. A second insulating member having higher thermal resistance than the first insulating member is disposed between the external conductive member and the sealing plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Yohei Muroya, Hiroyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 11011773Abstract: Solid-state battery structures and methods of manufacturing solid-state batteries are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments relate to solid-state batteries having one or more subdivided electrode layers. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bernd Jurgen Neudecker, Shawn William Snyder, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Tor Collins Anderson
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Patent number: 11005131Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of assembly of a battery pack, and particularly, to a battery pack. The battery pack includes a housing. A plurality of cells is arranged in interior of the housing. A structural adhesive is filled between a bottom of the housing and the plurality of cells, and the plurality of cells is adhered to the housing through the structural adhesive. In the battery pack, the cells are arranged in the interior of the housing, and the housing is adhered to the cells through the structural adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Linggang Zhou, Derong Wang, Yanhuo Xiang
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Patent number: 11005145Abstract: This disclosure relates to safety plugs for a battery of an electrified vehicle. An example battery includes a first battery module adjacent a second battery module, with each battery module having a respective housing. Further, the first battery module includes a first electrical contact and the second battery module includes a second electrical contact configured to electrically connect to the first electrical contact in a normal operating condition. The first and second electrical contacts are biased away from one another in a first direction, and the first and second electrical contacts are held together by a positive locking arrangement in the normal operating condition. Additionally, the first and second electrical contacts are configured to move out of contact with one another upon relative movement of the first and second battery modules in a second direction transverse to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marius Sawatzki, Daniel Meckenstock, Joergen Hilmann
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Patent number: 10991979Abstract: A battery is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte. In the battery, a first compound that is an unsaturated fluorine compound and a second compound that is a nitrile compound are contained.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Odani, Tadahiko Kubota
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Patent number: 10985433Abstract: A battery module has a cell stack including a first battery cell and a second battery cell, which respectively have electrode leads and are stacked to face each other. A connector configured to connect the electrode leads of the pair of battery cells. A support frame provided to at least one side of the cell stack and having a pair of lead slits at which the electrode leads are drawn and an injection slit formed at a location corresponding to the connector to give a passage through which a venting gas discharged at venting of the battery cell is injected.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Jae-Uk Ryu, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Ji-Su Yoon
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Patent number: 10983165Abstract: A battery system has a cell, a substrate mounted on the cell, and monitoring circuitry on the substrate and exclusively powered by the cell. The battery system also has a switch on the substrate electrically between the cell and monitoring circuit, and control circuitry on the substrate. The control circuitry, responsive to a value of a parameter of the cell measured by the monitoring circuitry falling outside a predefined range, opens the switch to electrically disconnect the monitoring circuit from the cell.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, John Paul Gibeau, Chingchi Chen
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Patent number: 10971777Abstract: An exemplary support assembly includes a first housing that supports a first battery structure, a second housing that supports a second battery structure, a cover, and a common attachment that secures together the first housing, the second housing, and the cover. An exemplary support method includes securing together a first housing, a second housing, and a cover with a common attachment. The first housing supports a first battery structure that is enclosed by the second housing. The second housing supports a second battery structure that is enclosed by the cover.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Matthew Haag, Eid Farha, Lucas Amber
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Patent number: 10971321Abstract: A protection device and a battery pack are provided, the protection device includes multiple terminal electrodes including a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode; a fusible conductor, where a lower surface of the fusible conductor is disposed on the first and second terminal electrodes, and the fusible conductor is supported by the first and second terminal electrodes, and two ends of the fusible conductor are electrically connected to the first and second terminal electrodes, respectively; and a first heat generating element, where one end of the first heat generating element is coupled to another surface of the fusible conductor different to the lower surface, or one end of the first heat generating element is coupled to a surface of any one of the first and second terminal electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Inventor: Pao-Hsuan Chen
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Patent number: 10964923Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive-electrode sheet and a negative-electrode sheet, a prismatic exterior body that accommodates the electrode body, a sealing plate that seals an opening of the prismatic exterior body, and a negative terminal electrically connected to the negative-electrode sheet. The prismatic secondary battery is arranged such that the sealing plate extends in the vertical direction during use of the prismatic secondary battery. The positive-electrode sheet is electrically connected to the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a recessed portion on an outer surface and a terminal insertion hole formed in the recessed portion. The negative terminal is inserted in the terminal insertion hole. An outer insulating member is disposed between the negative terminal and the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a first groove extending to an end of the recessed portion in the longitudinal direction of the sealing plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yohei Muroya, Kazuki Takeno, Mitsuhiro Okada