Patents Examined by Allison Bourke
  • Patent number: 12689072
    Abstract: Provided are a lithium plating detection method, a battery management method and apparatus for safety diagnosis using the lithium plating detection method. The lithium plating detection method according to the present disclosure includes detecting, accumulating and tracking each of an open circuit voltage (OCV) after fully charging and an OCV after fully discharging of a battery every charge/discharge cycle of the battery, and determining if lithium plating took place in the battery using a result of tracking the OCV after fully charging and the OCV after fully discharging, wherein a range satisfying a condition of the reduced OCV after fully charging and the reduced OCV after fully discharging in the tracking result is determined as a range in which lithium plating starts to take place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Gi-Min Nam, Won-Tae Joe
  • Patent number: 12689024
    Abstract: Described herein are carbon-silicon composite structures and methods of producing such structures. A carbon-silicon composite structure comprises one or more carbon-containing structures that have pores at least partially filled with silicon-containing structures. Specifically, the silicon-containing structures are attached to the pore walls while maintaining void spaces within these pores. These void spaces can accommodate silicon expansion during lithiation. Carbon-silicon composite structures can be produced by submerging carbon-containing structures into a precursor liquid solution (comprising a precursor) and driving this solution into the pores. The silicon-containing structures are then formed (from the precursor) within the pores either electrochemically (e.g., by applying a voltage to the solution and structures) or chemically (e.g., by introducing the structures into a reducing liquid solution). In some examples, these void spaces are sealed from the environment by additional structures, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Clyra Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaohua Liu, Xiahui Yao, Sa Zhou, Song Han
  • Patent number: 12683155
    Abstract: A cathode active material including a compound represented by Formula 1 and having an olivine structure: Li1??CO1?x?yInxMyPO4??Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, 0??<1, 0.01?x?0.1, and 0.01?y?0.1, and M in Formula 1 is a divalent element, a trivalent element other than In, a tetravalent element, a pentavalent element, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sangbok Ma, Shipeng Jia, Antranik Jonderian, Eric Mccalla
  • Patent number: 12683250
    Abstract: The present application provides an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery and an electrical apparatus. The electrode assembly includes a main body part, a first tab and a second tab. The main body part is cylindrical. The polarities of the first tab and the second tab are opposite, the first tab and the second tab are arranged at the same end of the main body part along an axial direction of the main body part, and the electrical conductivity of the first tab is smaller than the electrical conductivity of the second tab. Along the axial direction of the main body part, the first tab has a first surface away from the main body part, and the second tab has a second surface away from the main body part, the area of the first surface being larger than the area of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu Xu, Siying Huang, Jipeng Guo, Shaojun Niu
  • Patent number: 12683165
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode additive for a lithium secondary battery, and a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and in particular, the positive electrode additive represented by Formula 1 is formed on a surface of a carbon material included in the positive electrode active material and is not dissolved in an electrolyte solution, which functions to electrically separate the positive electrode and a negative electrode, and accordingly, battery performance is enhanced by suppressing side reactions in the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong Soo Kim, Taek Gyoung Kim, Kee Yoon Lee, Kangho Cheon, Hee Jung Park
  • Patent number: 12683193
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium metal secondary battery is provided. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent and provides improved lifespan characteristics and high rate charging performance when applied to a secondary battery including a lithium metal as a negative electrode active material due to fewer side reactions and excellent stability of the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeongbeom Lee, Hoejin Hah, Yeeun Kim
  • Patent number: 12676301
    Abstract: Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) which include a metal phosphate coating material reactive (scavenging) or stable with cathode materials, HF, LiF, PF5?, and LiOH. The metal phosphates may be applied on the cathode material of LIBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Soo Kim, Johnson Mark, Victor Prajapati, Ki Tae Park
  • Patent number: 12671116
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the separator being porous, and a sealing member made of a resin and sealing a space between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator includes a material having a melting temperature higher than a melting temperature of a resin material of the sealing member. The separator has an edge portion sandwiched and held in the sealing member in a state where the edge portion is joined to a melted-then-solidified portion of the resin material of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Toshio Otagiri, Hirokuni Akiyama
  • Patent number: 12671084
    Abstract: An energy storage device comprising an electrode having a borophene layer, which includes borophene particles and an ionic liquid, the energy storage device providing high capacity, fast charging, light weight, and long shelf life, and a method of manufacturing the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: POW-STOR Inc.
    Inventor: Saban Akyildiz
  • Patent number: 12671098
    Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell includes a contact surface configured to contact a power generating unit of the fuel cell. Groove passages are arranged side by side in the contact surface. Reactant gas flows through the groove passages. At least one of the groove passages includes a wavy section that extends in a wavy shape in planar directions of the contact surface. An upstream portion and a downstream portion in a flow direction of the reactant gas in each groove passage are defined as an upstream portion and a downstream portion, respectively. A wavelength of the wavy section is smaller in the downstream portion than in the upstream portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruyuki Aono, Satoshi Kawabe
  • Patent number: 12665203
    Abstract: The present disclosure features organometallic materials and methods for electrical energy storage. For example, molecular redox-active bis(imino)pyridine ligands and Group 13 metal-bis(imino)pyridine complexes for use as Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Battery (NRFB) analytes are provided. Also provided are NRFBs and electrical energy storage systems comprising Group 13 metal-bis(imino)pyridine complexes as analytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Louise A. Berben
  • Patent number: 12665184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell with improved safety and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly including a positive electrode (200) and a negative electrode (300) located so as to be opposite each other in the state in which a separator (400) is interposed therebetween is received in a cell case (100), wherein the positive electrode (200) includes a positive electrode plate (210) and a positive electrode active material layer (220) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the positive electrode plate (210), the negative electrode (300) includes a negative electrode plate (310) and a negative electrode active material layer (320) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the negative electrode plate (310), the positive electrode active material layer (220) includes a first flat portion (221) and a first inclined portion (222) provided at each of opposite sides of the first flat portion (221), and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Cheol Kim, Seok Je Kim, Ki Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 12665194
    Abstract: An object is to provide an electrode active material having a novel structure, said electrode active material enabling Li2S to be used as an electrode. The problem is solved by a solid solution with an antifluorite crystal structure comprising Li, Cu, and S as main constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakuda, Yusuke Kawasaki, Akitoshi Hayashi, Masahiro Tatsumisago
  • Patent number: 12658505
    Abstract: An embodiment of the application provides a battery pack, a manufacturing method therefor, and an electric device. The battery pack includes a battery unit and a support. The battery unit includes two or more secondary batteries, and has an intermediate portion and two ends. The two ends are located on both sides of the intermediate portion in a direction in which the secondary batteries are arranged. The support is configured to support the battery unit, and includes a body and a heat-resistant component arranged thereon. The heat-resistant component is arranged corresponding to at least one of the ends, so that the heat exchange amount of the end passing through the support is less than the heat exchange amount of the intermediate portion passing through the support. The temperature difference between the end and the intermediate portion of the battery unit is reduced, and the working efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Weida Ye, Wei Wang, Peng Yan, Xiaoteng Huang, Yanlong Gu
  • Patent number: 12651800
    Abstract: A battery apparatus includes a casing and at least one first insert disposed on the casing. The first inserts has an electromagnetic shielding layer. The battery apparatus further includes at least one second insert disposed on the casing. The first insert and the second insert are arranged at intervals. The electromagnetic shielding layer of the first insert is electrically connected to the casing through the second insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: CALB Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liqing Guo, Fanming Kong
  • Patent number: 12651787
    Abstract: A coolant containment system for a battery pack includes a coolant retention container defining a containment space, an inlet connected to the coolant retention container, the inlet connected to an inlet line configured to receive a coolant, an outlet connected to the coolant retention container, the outlet connected to an outlet line, the outlet line configured return a coolant, a drain plug connected to the coolant retention container and in communication with the containment space. The inlet line and the outlet line are disposed entirely within the containment space and any coolant from a leak is retained within the containment space and exits the containment space to an environment outside the battery tray via the drain plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: William Yu Chen, Xianfeng Yan, Qaiser Khan
  • Patent number: 12651747
    Abstract: An electrode for an all-solid-state battery includes an active material, a first solid electrolyte, and a second solid electrolyte. A mean particle diameter of the active material is greater than or equal to 0.01 ?m and less than or equal to 0.7 ?m. A mean particle diameter of the first solid electrolyte is greater than or equal to 0.01 ?m and less than or equal to 0.7 ?m. A mean particle diameter of the second solid electrolyte is greater than or equal to 0.7 ?m and less than or equal to 2.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kidosaki
  • Patent number: 12646730
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, a fuel cell system includes a cooling line through which cooling water passing through a plurality of electronic parts circulates and in which a wire for supplying power to the plurality of electronic parts is disposed, a pump that is connected to the cooling line and pumps the cooling water, a cooling fan that cools the cooling water, and a controller that determines a control mode based on a temperature of the wire and controls the number of rotations of the pump and the number of rotations of the cooling fan based on the control mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Yong Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 12646710
    Abstract: The invention relates to active electrode materials and to methods for the manufacture of active electrode materials. Such materials are of interest as active electrode materials in lithium-ion or sodium-ion batteries. The invention provides an active electrode material expressed by the general formula M1aM21-aM3bNb49-bO124-c-dQd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Echion Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Groombridge, Sumithra Santhanam
  • Patent number: 12640373
    Abstract: A negative electrode current collector for a lithium metal battery. The negative electrode current collector includes a metal current collector substrate and a coating layer. The coating layer is formed on at least one surface of the metal current collector substrate. The coating layer includes a ferroelectric material, a metallic material capable of alloying with lithium, a conductive material, and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Ho Ahn, Byoung Woo Kang, Solji Park, Chul Haeng Lee, Wontae Lee, Yongho Shin