Patents Assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
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Patent number: 11664524Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module includes a plurality of battery units connected in series; at least two electrode output connecting pieces each disposed at an output end of the plurality of battery units; a plurality of bridging busbars, each connecting two battery units spaced by one or more other battery units among the plurality of battery units; and an adjacent busbar connecting two adjacent battery units among the plurality of battery units. An electrical connection path is formed in the battery module by the electrode output connecting pieces, the bridging busbars and the adjacent busbar. The battery module according to the present disclosure is applicable in diverse situations, and capable of improving safety performance and energy density.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Yuqun Zeng, Fenggang Zhao, Chuanlian Chen, Yangzhi Huang, Pengfei Gao, Jihua Yao
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Patent number: 11664555Abstract: Disclosed are a secondary battery, a battery module and an electric vehicle. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing and a top cover assembly. The housing has an accommodating chamber, the accommodating chamber having an opening, and the electrode assembly being accommodated in the accommodating chamber. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrode units, the plurality of electrode units being stacked in an axial direction of the accommodating chamber. The top cover assembly includes a top cover plate, a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal, the top cover plate being connected to the housing and located on a side of the electrode assembly in the axial direction, and the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal both protruding from the top cover plate and being electrically connected to the electrode assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Dongyang Shi, Zhenhua Li, Haizu Jin, Ning Chen, Fei Hu, Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang
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Patent number: 11662036Abstract: Provided in the embodiments of the application are a bidirectional pressure relief valve, a battery and an electric device. The bidirectional pressure relief valve includes a valve seat, a first valve element and a second valve element, where the valve seat has a first end and a second end opposite each other, a channel and a partition plate, the channel penetrating the first end and the second end, a first pressure relief hole being provided on the partition plate, and the partition plate being arranged on an inner wall of the channel, and dividing the channel into a first cavity and a second cavity in an axial direction of the channel. The bidirectional pressure relief valve of the application can be applied to the battery to maintain balance between internal pressure and external pressure of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Fan Zhang, Lei Chen, Heyuan Li, Langchao Hu
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Patent number: 11664486Abstract: This application relates to a battery comprising a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and at least two layers of positive active material coated on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and wherein an underlying positive active material layer in contact with the positive electrode current collector comprises a first positive active material, a first polymer material and a first conductive material; and wherein an upper positive active material layer in contact with the underlying positive active material layer and away from the positive electrode current collector comprises a second positive active material, a second polymer material and a second conductive material, and the first polymer material comprises fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material. The battery has good safety and improved electrical properties.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Qingrui Xue, Wei Li, Jing Li, Zige Zhang, Xianwei Yang
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Patent number: 11664495Abstract: This application provides a negative electrode plate, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus. The negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a plurality of active substance layers on the negative current collector. The plurality of active substance layers include at least a first active substance layer and a second active substance layer. The first active substance layer includes a first negative active substance, and the second active substance layer includes a second negative active substance. A ratio of gram capacity of the negative active substance of the first active substance layer to thickness of the first active substance layer is 3.5-10.0. A ratio of gram capacity of the negative active substance of the second active substance layer to thickness of the second active substance layer is 6.5-23.0.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jianjun Ma, Libing He
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Patent number: 11658330Abstract: This application relates to a battery comprising a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and at least two layers of positive active material coated on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and wherein an underlying positive active material layer in contact with the positive electrode current collector comprises a first positive active material, a first polymer material and a first conductive material; and wherein an upper positive active material layer in contact with the underlying positive active material layer and away from the positive electrode current collector comprises a second positive active material, a second polymer material and a second conductive material, and the first polymer material comprises fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material. The battery has good safety and improved electrical properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Haizu Jin, Xiaowen Zhang, Zhenhua Li
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Patent number: 11656289Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for correcting a state of health of a battery, a battery management system, and a storage medium, and relates to the field of battery technologies. The method includes: determining whether a current voltage value of a battery cell is within a correction OCV section of the battery cell; if yes, using the current voltage value of the battery cell as a correction voltage value; and acquiring an SOC correction value, and correcting a state of health (SOH) of the battery cell. According to the method, the apparatus, the battery management system, and the storage medium in this disclosure, reliability of an SOH correction result is improved, thereby providing accurate estimation of the state of health of the battery, a prolonged service life of the battery, and better user experience.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11658294Abstract: The present application refers to secondary battery and battery module, battery pack and apparatus including the secondary battery. In particular, the secondary battery includes a housing as well as an electrode assembly and an electrolyte contained in the housing; the electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator, and the positive electrode plate includes a positive current collector and a positive electrode film that is disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector and includes a positive electrode active material; the positive electrode active material includes one or more of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide and lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide; the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film that is disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and includes a negative electrode active material.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xin Feng, Jinyang Song, Xin Sun, Huisen Su, Chuanmiao Yan
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Patent number: 11658335Abstract: Embodiments provide a secondary battery and a preparation method thereof, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such secondary battery. In those embodiments, a negative electrode plate includes a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode film layer that is disposed on at least one surface of the negative-electrode current collector and that includes a negative-electrode active material. The negative-electrode active material contains graphite, and the negative electrode plate satisfies that, when the negative electrode plate and a lithium metal sheet constitute a button battery which is discharged to 5.0 mV at 0.05 C, a capacity increment curve V-dQ/dV of the button battery has a third-order lithiation phase transition peak of graphite at position 0.055V-0.085V.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Meng Kang, Xiaobin Dong, Jiazheng Wang, Libing He
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Patent number: 11658329Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery and an electrode plate thereof. The electrode plate comprises a current collector, an active material layer and a second conducting layer. The current collector comprises an insulating layer and a first conducting layer disposed on at least one surface of the insulating layer; and the active material layer is disposed on a main portion of the first conducting layer. The first conducting layer further includes a protruding portion not coated with the active material layer. The second conducting layer comprises a first portion disposed on a surface of the protruding portion of the first conducting layer opposite to the insulating layer. The secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly comprises the electrode plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Wei Li, Zige Zhang, Chengdu Liang, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Pengxiang Wang
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Patent number: 11656672Abstract: The present application provides a method for controlling a power-down detection circuit, a controller and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving, by a controller of a power-down detection circuit, a power-down signal, wherein the power-down signal is sent from a power-down detection sub-circuit of the power-down detection circuit when it is determined by the power-down detection sub-circuit that an output voltage of a low-voltage side power supply of the power-down detection circuit is smaller than a threshold, and wherein the power-down detection sub-circuit and the controller are powered by the low-voltage side power supply; controlling, by the controller, a memory of the power-down detection circuit to record fault information, wherein the fault information comprises current information of a high voltage bus sensed by a high-voltage side current sensor of the power-down detection circuit; and performing, by the controller, a fault diagnosis based on the fault information.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Yuqun Zeng, Kai Wu, Le Chu, Jianwei Zhuo, Qiandeng Li
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Publication number: 20230155262Abstract: Disclosed are a case, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical apparatus. The case includes a case body and a pressure relief structure, the case body accommodates an electrode assembly, and the pressure relief structure included a plurality of first pressure relief grooves disposed at intervals on the case body along the circumferential direction of the case body. The case body ruptures along the first pressure relief grooves when the pressure or temperature inside the case body reaches a threshold to release the pressure inside the case body. During a pressure relief process, even if one of the first pressure relief grooves is shielded, the case body can still rupture along other first pressure relief grooves, so as to ensure the normal pressure relief of the case body, reduce the risk of fire and explosion of the battery cell, and improve the safety of the battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO, LIMITEDInventors: Haibo KE, Quankun Li, Peng Wang, Xiaobo Chen
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Patent number: 11652262Abstract: This application relates to the technical field of energy storage devices, and in particular, to a device, a battery pack, and a battery module. The battery module includes a battery cell and an insulation board. The insulation board includes a body portion and a first bulge. The first bulge includes a sidewall and a top wall that close in to form an accommodation cavity. At least a part of an electrode terminal is accommodated in the accommodation cavity, and the top wall covers a part of the electrode terminal, thereby reducing a risk of letting metal particles or other impurities enter a position between the battery cells, where the metal particles are generated during welding. This reduces difficulty of cleaning the battery module, and improves safety and reliability of the battery module.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Haihua Huang, Shenglin Li
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Patent number: 11652244Abstract: The present application discloses a battery module and an apparatus, which relates to the field of battery technology and is used for optimizing the structure of the battery module. The battery module includes a battery, a connecting piece, a wire harness board and a temperature collecting component. The battery includes an electrode terminal and a top cover. The connecting piece is fixed with the electrode terminal; the wire harness plate is arranged on the top outside of the top cover, and is provided with an installation part and an elastic pressing part. The temperature collecting component is installed in the installation part and is located between the wire harness plate and the top cover. Among them, the elastic pressing part abuts against the connecting piece, and the temperature collecting component abuts against the top cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xuguang Wang, Jihua Yao, Gen Cao, Yanyan Niu
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Patent number: 11652245Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to technical field of the battery cooling technical and provide a battery cooling assembly, including: a cooling tube; a collecting tube, provided with at least one collecting opening; a connecting aid, including a base plate provided with a through hole, and a hole wall of the through hole extends outwardly to form an extension. An end of the cooling tube is connected to the extension through the through hole, the base plate is connected with the collecting tube, and the through hole being in communication with the collecting opening. The battery cooling assembly of the present disclosure can increase the connection strength between the cooling tube and the collecting tube, thereby reducing a risk of leakage of a cooling medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Kaiyuan Mao, Xiaoteng Huang, Yanlong Gu
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Patent number: 11652352Abstract: The present application provides a charge and discharge circuit, and relates to the field of battery power. The charge and discharge circuit comprises: a charge circuit comprising a battery pack, a first switch set and a charging device connected in series; and a discharge circuit comprising the battery pack, a second switch set and an electrical device connected in series; both the first switch set and the second switch set comprise at least one switch, and the at least one switch in the first and/or second switch set is a semiconductor switch.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Zhimin Dan, Jinbo Cai, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Xiong Zheng
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Patent number: 11650261Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and a battery management system, the detection apparatus including a waveform generator, where the waveform generator is integrated in a battery monitoring chip; an excitation resistor; a detection resistor; and an MOS switch, wherein the waveform generator is configured to generate a pulse waveform, a gate electrode of the MOS switch is configured to receive the pulse waveform; the excitation resistor is configured to enable the battery to generate an excitation current when the gate electrode of the MOS switch receives the pulse waveform; the detection resistor is configured to convert the excitation current into an excitation voltage, the excitation voltage is configured to calculate an electrochemical impedance of the battery, The detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in embodiments of the present application can lower cost and volume of EIS detection.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Fangjie Zhou, Yizhen Hou, Xiyang Zuo, Qiandeng Li, Le Chu
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Publication number: 20230144700Abstract: This application discloses an electrical system and an electrical apparatus. The electrical system includes: a first-stage conversion module including a plurality of first controllable switches; a second-stage conversion module including a plurality of second controllable switches; a first digital signal processor configured to control the first controllable switch; and a second digital signal processor configured to control the second controllable switch, where a first output crossbar switch of the first digital signal processor is configured to supply a first internal signal to a first output port, so that the second digital signal processor receives the first internal signal within a preset time through a second input port. The internal signal of the first digital signal processor can be enabled to be transmitted to the second digital signal processor within a relatively short time, thereby reducing a time interval for triggering a protection action between the two digital signal processors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Yuan YAO, Weichen HE, Huaisen ZHANG, Guiying LIN, Jinfeng GAO, Zhimin DAN
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Publication number: 20230146274Abstract: The present application provides a silicon carbon negative electrode material, a negative electrode sheet including the same, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack and a power consumption apparatus. A battery composed of a negative electrode prepared by the silicon carbon negative electrode material in the present application as a working electrode, metal lithium as a counter electrode and an electrolyte containing a lithium ion conductive substance may be charged and discharged, and in a case of drawing a relationship graph between a differential value dQ/dV obtained by differentiating a charging and discharging capacity Q by a working electrode potential V and the working electrode potential V, when energizing the negative electrode material in a direction of delithiation, a ratio of a maximum Y of dQ/dV between 400-480 mV to a maximum X of dQ/dV between 200-255 mV may be in a range of 3.5 to 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Yingjie GUAN, Yuzhen ZHAO, Qingyan MA, Yan WEN, Qisen HUANG, Fenggang ZHAO
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Publication number: 20230145039Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of power source control technologies, and disclose a control system and a charging and discharging control system. The control system includes a control circuit and an intermediate computer, where the control circuit includes a pressure sensor, a piezoelectric valve, and a controller; the pressure sensor is configured to collect pressure information; the controller is configured to receive the pressure information collected by the pressure sensor and transmit the pressure information to an intermediate computer; the intermediate computer is configured to transmit the pressure information to an upper computer, receive a preset pressure value generated by the upper computer based on the pressure information, and transmit the preset pressure value to the controller; and the controller is further configured to control the piezoelectric valve based on the preset pressure value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Jia WANG, Zhihui WANG