Patents Examined by Allison Bourke
  • Patent number: 12785197
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a frame member. The frame member includes a cell receiving recess, an adhesive introduction port, an adhesive passage, and a ventilation port. The cell receiving recess is able to receive a cell. The adhesive introduction port is able to receive an adhesive therethrough. The adhesive passage extends at least partially about the cell receiving recess. The adhesive passage is in fluid communication with the adhesive introduction port and with the cell receiving recess. The ventilation port is in fluid communication with the adhesive passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Barrowclift, Kyle C. Fassbender
  • Patent number: 12785079
    Abstract: A carbon composite for an electrode of a battery, method for manufacturing the same, an electrode including the same, and a battery including the same are provided. The carbon composite comprises a porous carbon material including an outer surface and pores comprising an inner surface, the porous carbon material being doped with a heteroelement, and a catalyst comprising a transition metal formed on the outer surface or the inner surface of at least a plurality of the pores, and provides improved kinetic activity in electrochemical reaction during charge and discharge of the battery and cost efficiency for commercialization of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, LTD.
    Inventors: Yo-Chan Jeong, Jinwoo Lee, Cheol-Young Park, Kwon-Nam Sohn, Seung-Bo Yang, Won-Gwang Lim
  • Patent number: 12776518
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery according to the present disclosure comprises a cathode, an anode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. A lithium metal is precipitated on a surface of the anode during charge of the lithium secondary battery. The lithium metal is dissolved from the surface of the anode in the non-aqueous electrolyte during discharge of the lithium secondary battery. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a solvent and a lithium salt. The lithium salt includes a first lithium salt and a second lithium salt. The second lithium salt is different from the first lithium salt. The first lithium salt is composed of a lithium ion and an ate complex anion. A sum of concentration of the first lithium salt and the second lithium salt which are contained in the non-aqueous electrolyte is not less than 3.0 mol/L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Sakamoto, Akira Kano
  • Patent number: 12776551
    Abstract: A battery is provided. The battery includes: a housing and a plurality of accommodating cavities provided in the housing. Two adjacent accommodating cavities are separated by a partition plate. An electrode core assembly is arranged in each of the accommodating cavities. A plurality of electrode core assemblies are sequentially arranged along the first direction and connected in series. A spacer is arranged between the end of the electrode core assembly along the first direction and the partition plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Jianhua Zhu, Yan Zhu, Xinyue Wang
  • Patent number: 12776509
    Abstract: An electrochemical device including an electrode assembly including a first section, a first bend section, a second section, and a second bend section connected in sequence along a winding direction. A first bonding piece includes a first body portion disposed on the first bend section and a first extension portion disposed on the first section. The first body portion is configured to bond the first bend section to the housing. A second bonding piece includes a second body portion disposed on the second bend section and a second extension portion disposed on the first section. The second body portion is configured to bond the second bend section to the housing. A third bonding piece is disposed between the electrode assembly and the housing. The third bonding piece is bonded to the housing, the first extension portion, and the second extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventor: Xuecheng Li
  • Patent number: 12770924
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes Li6CoO4 containing excess lithium, or the like as an irreversible additive in a positive electrode, and at the same time, includes an electrolyte additive of Formula 1 having a specific molecular weight in an electrolyte to realize low battery resistance and effectively prevent metal ions from being exsolved from the irreversible additive, and thus has advantages of excellent battery performance and lifespan, wherein R1 to R5, p, q, r, m and n are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hyeok Han, Su Hyeon Ji, Chul Haeng Lee, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Won Kyung Shin, Won Tae Lee, Young Ho Oh, You Kyeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 12770976
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes electrode plates and a separation layer formed on a surface of an electrode plate. The separation layer includes a porous layer formed on the surface of the electrode plate. The porous layer includes nanofibers. It takes 15 seconds or less for an electrolytic solution to infiltrate into the separation layer. The separation layer exhibits functions of a separator. Therefore, the electrochemical device achieves at least a relatively high energy density without using a stand-alone separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Yibo Zhang, Shengbo Lu, Chi Ho Kwok, Hong Sun, Chenmin Liu
  • Patent number: 12767545
    Abstract: A method for preparing a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to one aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of: uniformly mixing silicon and metal oxide; and heating or ball-milling the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
    Inventors: Heyong Jin Kim, Seok Ho Suh
  • Patent number: 12770974
    Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device of the present disclosure includes a porous substrate and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous substrate. The coating layer includes a polymer binder, inorganic particles, and hexagonal boron nitride. The inorganic particles have a dielectric constant of 150 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Ji Kim, Ji Hyeon Kim, Seon Woo Hwang, Kyung Ryun Ka, Min Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 12763408
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of battery technology, and discloses a cylindrical battery structure including a cover plate and a housing. The cover plate includes a cover plate main portion and a cover plate connecting portion fixedly connected to each other. One of an edge of the cover plate connecting portion and an edge of the housing is bent to form a bent portion, and another of the edge of the housing and the edge of the cover plate connecting portion is bent to form a hook portion. The hook portion is configured to hang on the bent portion to connect the cover plate and the housing. The cylindrical battery structure disclosed in the application has simpler connection mode, lower connection cost, and faster connection. In addition, the connection mode has lower requirements on assembly accuracy of workpieces in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: EVE POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, He Zhao, Liming Huang, Yuebin Xu, Wei He
  • Patent number: 12763426
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module including a case, a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the case, and a flame blocking member including a plurality of exhaust passages connecting an inside and an outside of the case together, and a partition wall part disposed between the plurality of exhaust passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Ryong Jeon, Seo Roh Rhee, Tae Il Kim, Dong Ha Hwang
  • Patent number: 12756045
    Abstract: A battery frame for providing structural support for a battery pack for retaining rows of stacked battery cells is provided. The battery frame includes a plurality of longitudinal beams and a plurality of crossbeams arranged between and connected to the longitudinal beams. The crossbeams are arranged in parallel to each other and include two outer crossbeams and an inner crossbeam. The inner crossbeam is arranged between the outer crossbeams. A retaining section for retaining one of the rows of stacked battery cells is provided between any neighboring pair of the crossbeams so that the rows of stacked battery cells and the inner crossbeam are alternately arranged between the two outer crossbeams. Each of the crossbeams is connected to the longitudinal beams by a plurality of fasteners extending in a longitudinal direction of the crossbeams through the longitudinal beams and into the crossbeams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Matthias Pucher
  • Patent number: 12756000
    Abstract: A positioning member, a winding device for an electrode assembly, and a battery manufacturing device are disclosed in the present application. The positioning member may be used for being inserted into a first groove on an outer peripheral surface of the winding pin, which may be used for winding an electrode sheet and a separator. The positioning member may be provided with a second groove, which may be configured for a clamping pin to insert so as to position relative positions of the first groove and the clamping pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Pan Tong, Song Zhang, Lei Song, Guangcheng Zhong
  • Patent number: 12756047
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an energy storage device, pertaining to the field of energy storage technology. The energy storage device includes a casing and a plurality of battery cells, where the casing has a battery compartment, the plurality of battery cells being accommodated within the battery compartment, and the battery cell includes a housing and electrode terminals, the electrode terminals being disposed on the housing. A volume of the battery compartment is denoted as V1, a sum of volumes of the housings of all the battery cells in the battery compartment is denoted as V2, and 0.4?V2/V1?0.95. This ensures that all battery cells occupy a relatively large proportion of volume within the battery compartment, thereby enhancing the space utilization of the battery compartment and enhancing the volumetric energy density of the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Kai Wu, Xuefang Zhang, Shuangjiang He, Jinmei Xu, Zhonghong Li, Haibin Su, Guangsheng Luo
  • Patent number: 12749758
    Abstract: A modular bipolar solid-state battery includes T solid-state battery modules, where T is an integer greater than one. Each of the T solid-state battery modules includes an enclosure, a first terminal arranged on a first side of the enclosure, a second terminal arranged on a second side of the enclosure opposite to the first side of the enclosure, and N solid-state battery cells arranged and interconnected in the enclosure, where N is an integer greater than one. The T solid-state battery modules are connected in at least one of series and parallel. A positive terminal of the modular bipolar solid-state battery is connected to at least one of the T solid-state battery modules. A negative terminal of the modular bipolar solid-state battery is connected to at least another one of the T solid-state battery modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Qili Su, Zhe Li, Meiyuan Wu, Haijing Liu, Dave G. Rich
  • Patent number: 12749716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stack type jelly roll for a secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and a separator. More particularly, the present invention relates to a stack type jelly roll for a secondary battery having a hybrid form of a winding stack manner and a zigzag type stack manner, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Gyoung Kang, Tae Il Kim
  • Patent number: 12749745
    Abstract: An electrical device, having a feedthrough through a housing part which has a material thickness T of the housing of the device and is made of metal. The metal being iron, iron alloys, iron-nickel alloys, iron-nickel-cobalt alloys, KOVAR, steel, high-grade steel, aluminum, aluminum alloys, AlSiC, magnesium, magnesium alloys, titanium or titanium alloys. The housing part having at least one opening, wherein the opening receives a contact element, being a conductor consisting of a conductive material in a glass or glass ceramic material. The housing part has a collar in the region of the opening and thus forms an inner wall of the feedthrough opening having a height H, which is greater than material thickness T, wherein glazing length EL of the glass or glass ceramic material preferably corresponds to height H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventor: Helmut Hartl
  • Patent number: 12747382
    Abstract: A fluid composition which is able to exhibit elastic turbulence while pumped through a flow path which compels changes of direction of flow streamlines and comprise a solution of two or more flexible linear polymers in two categories. The first category has an average molecular weight of at least 10 MegaDaltons and the second category has an average molecular weight in a range from 0.25 to 5 MegaDaltons. The concentration of the first polymer is sufficient to enable elastic turbulence with or without the second category. The concentration of the second category is greater than that of the first. When flowing under low shear towards or away from a chamber where the flow path will induce elastic turbulence, the second category polymer reduces elastic instabilities and consequent pressure drop, thereby reducing pumping energy requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Clarke, Anand Raghavan
  • Patent number: 12749750
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells; and a housing providing an accommodation space configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells and comprising a side wall and a bottom wall which are in contact with each other at a corner position that faces a corner position of each of the battery cells, the housing having a spacing portion which is concavely recessed at the bottom wall to space the corner position of the battery cell apart from the corner position of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mansik Cho, Jaemin Kim, Soomin Ahn
  • Patent number: 12745827
    Abstract: A battery comprising a battery element housed between a battery cover and a back plate, wherein the battery element, battery cover, and back plate have a slight curvature or contour adapted to conform to a curvature or a contour of a load-bearing platform. Further, the battery comprises flexible omnidirectional leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: LAT Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Thiel, Giancarlo Urzi, Carlos Cid