Patents Examined by Amanda J Barrow
  • Patent number: 10418649
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of cell modules each formed by stacking a plurality of fuel cells, each of the plurality of fuel cells having a membrane electrode assembly having an insulating member at an outer periphery portion thereof and paired separators sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly, and by attaching the insulating members of adjacent fuel cells together, and a seal plate interposed between the stacked cell modules. The seal plate includes a plurality of manifold holes from which two power-generation gases flow separately through the plurality of fuel cells, and a first seal member provided along a peripheral portion of each of the plurality of manifold holes to seal a corresponding one of the two power-generation gases flowing through the manifold hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Numao, Kazuhiro Kageyama
  • Patent number: 10403875
    Abstract: A vehicle traction battery assembly including a pair of battery cells and a busbar is provided. Each of the battery cells may include a terminal and one or more locating features. The busbar may span between the cells and define a pair of arms each having a member sized to at least partially interlock with the one or more locating features. The busbar may span between the cells such that the busbar covers at least a portion of upper surfaces defined by each of the cells. At least one of the terminal apertures may be spaced in between outer edges of the respective arms such that a first and second surface area provide space sufficient for weld spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Rajaram Subramanian, Francisco Fernandez, Stuart Schreiber, Tommy M. Gunther, Yunan Guo
  • Patent number: 10358728
    Abstract: An electrode material for a direct fuel cell or an electrochemical hydrogenation electrolytic tank, includes component A, or component B, or the mixture of component A and component B. The component A is any one of or a mixture of two or more than two of HnNb2O5, HnV2O5, HnMoO3, HnTa2O5 or HnWO3 at any ratio, where 0<n?4. The component B is any one of or a mixture of two or more than two of Nb2O5, V2O5, MoO3, Ta2O5, WO3 at any ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN HYNERTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hansong Cheng, Chaoqun Han, Ming Yang, Gang Ni, Liang Huang, Libin Pei
  • Patent number: 10347946
    Abstract: An electrode body includes: a positive electrode that includes a positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode that includes a negative electrode active material layer; and a separator that electrically separates the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other, in which the positive electrode active material layer and the separator contain N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP). A N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) content in the positive electrode active material layer is 54 ppm to 602 ppm with respect to a total solid content of the positive electrode active material layer, and a N-methylpyrrolidone content (NMP) in the separator is 10 ppm to 26 ppm with respect to the total solid content of the positive electrode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuml Tamaki, Satoru Takehara
  • Patent number: 10320035
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a pouch, an electrode assembly in the pouch, an electrode lead, the electrode lead being electrically coupled to the electrode assembly and extending from a sealing portion of the pouch, the sealing portion having a first thickness in a first region corresponding to the electrode lead and a second thickness in a second region adjacent to the electrode lead, the second thickness being less than the first thickness, and a protecting circuit module, the protecting circuit module including a substrate, a temperature control portion, and a connecting tab, the substrate having a first surface mounted on the first region, the first surface of the substrate being spaced apart from the second region, the connecting tab coupling the temperature control portion to the substrate, the connecting tab being configured such that a first surface of the temperature control portion contacts the second region of the sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Youn Won, Dae-Yon Moon
  • Patent number: 10305140
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material having satisfactory ion conductivity. In the present invention, the above object is solved by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising a Li element, a Si element, a P element, a S element, and an X element (in which X represents at least one of F, Cl, Br and I), the sulfide solid electrolyte material having a crystal phase B having a peak at the position of 2?=30.12°±1.00° measured by X-ray diffractometry using CuK? ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kato, Takamasa Ohtomo
  • Patent number: 10305083
    Abstract: A wiring module to be attached to a power storage element group in which a plurality of power storage elements having cathodes composed of a first metal and anodes composed of a second metal that is different from the first metal are aligned, includes: bus bars having first metal portions composed of the first metal and second metal portions composed of the second metal; an insulating protector for housing the bus bars; and detection terminals connected to the bus bars. The bus bars have overlapping portions at which portions of the first and second metal portions overlap, the overlapping portions have welded portions at which the first and second metal portions are welded, and the bus bars have terminal connection portions on which the detection terminals are overlaid, at positions different from the positions of the welded portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakayama, Naoki Fukushima, Katsushi Miyazaki, Seishi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10297827
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell including at least one nitrogen-containing compound is disclosed. The at least one nitrogen-containing compound may form part of or be included in: an anode structure, a cathode structure, an electrolyte and/or a separator of the electrochemical cell. Also disclosed is a battery including the electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Chariclea Scordilis-Kelley, Joseph Kubicki, Shuguang Cao, Yuriy Mikhaylik
  • Patent number: 10297839
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack has stacked individual fuel cells, each of the fuel cells having a cell frame, and an anode separator and a cathode separator disposed on respective sides of the cell frame, in which an electrolyte membrane joined with an anode side gas diffusion layer and a cathode side gas diffusion layer on respective sides thereof is disposed in the cell frame, an anode side load bearing member that bonds and fixes the anode separator, the cell frame, and the gas diffusion layer to each other, so as to receive a compressive load acting in a stacking direction of the fuel cell, and a cathode side load bearing member that bonds and fixes the cathode separator, the cell frame, and the gas diffusion layer to each other so as to receive a compressive load acting in the stacking direction of the fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kageyama, Takanori Oku, Hiromi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10297799
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a lid for storage battery, an injection molding method of the lid, a storage battery with the lid, and a terminal section for storage battery, which can save trouble of inserting a nut into a cavity portion of a terminal, and can prevent falling of the nut at the time of connection of an external leading wire. In a lid for storage battery in which a terminal section for storage battery 8 made up of a terminal 4 having a cavity portion, a bushing 6, and a conductive portion 7 joining both is insert-molded in a lid made of synthetic resin, and a storage battery with the lid for storage battery, an anchor portion 4T is projected at a location excluding at least a central portion of a bottom portion 4F of the terminal 4, and a nut is inserted into the cavity portion of the terminal to be fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Osaki, Hiroshi Haruyama, Eiji Hojo, Yasuhide Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10297814
    Abstract: A positive electrode includes first positive electrode active material particles and second positive electrode active material particles. The first positive electrode active material particles include 0.1% by mass or more and 1% by mass or less of lithium carbonate and a first lithium transition metal oxide as a remainder. The first lithium transition metal oxide is represented by LiM1(1-z1)Mnz1O2 (0.05?z1?0.20). The second positive electrode active material particles include 0.01% by mass or more and 0.05% by mass or less of lithium carbonate and a second lithium transition metal oxide as a remainder. The second lithium transition metal oxide is represented by LiM2(1-z2)Mnz2O2 (0.40?z2?0.60). An electrolytic solution includes 1% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less of an overcharging additive and a solvent and a lithium salt as a remainder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsubouchi, Motoshi Isono, Masaki Kato, Naoyuki Wada, Keiichi Takahashi, Yukihiro Okada, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10177384
    Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive active material compound including a metal compound for intercalating and deintercalating lithium, a coating particle having an embedded portion embedded into the active material compound and a protruding portion protruding from the surface of the active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the positive active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Young Chu, Sung-Hwan Moon, Jae-Hyuk Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Chang-Ui Jeong, Jong-Seo Choi
  • Patent number: 10153526
    Abstract: A battery unit, a bottomed case, a plate-shaped cooling plate, and first heat transfer material are included. The cooling plate is fastened to a bottom part of the case from the outside of the case, and can cool the battery unit via the bottom part of the case. The first heat transfer material have a plastic property and are held between the bottom part of the case and the cooling plate. The bottom part of the case has heat transfer material housings that house excess first heat transfer material therein when the cooling plate has been fastened to the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Motohashi, Takashi Otsuka, Satoshi Sakuma, Tatsunari Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Shimonosono, Yoshito Sonou, Tomoyuki Hanada
  • Patent number: 10128476
    Abstract: A sealed battery with a battery element housed in a sealed casing. The sealed battery includes a valve brought into a closed state when a pressure of a gas in the casing is less than a first pressure P1, into an open state when the pressure is more than or equal to the first pressure P1 and less than a second pressure P2, and into the closed state when the pressure is more than or equal to the second pressure P2, and a safety mechanism configured to, when the internal pressure reaches a third pressure P3 exceeding the second pressure P2, operate in accordance with the third pressure P3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Umeyama, Hiroaki Imanishi
  • Patent number: 10116018
    Abstract: Methods and devices for providing an even distribution of waste heat in a vehicular battery pack, including a battery pack, a cold plate, a coolant reservoir, a support structure between the battery pack and the coolant reservoir, and a conformable thermal interface material for filling the space between cells of the battery pack and the coolant reservoir so as to provide thermal contact between the cells and the coolant reservoir for distributing the waste heat. In addition, methods and devices for providing an even distribution of waste heat and structural support in any heat source to heat sink for applications such as small devices such as computer motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Herman K. Phlegm, Craig A. Kollar, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Timothy J. Fuller, Andrew H. Leutheuser
  • Patent number: 10103391
    Abstract: An example fuel cell seal assembly includes a seal configured to restrict flow of a fuel cell fluid through at least one of an outer lateral edge of a first gas diffusion layer, an outer lateral edge of a membrane electrode assembly, and an outer lateral edge of a second gas diffusion layer. The outer lateral edge of the first gas diffusion layer is laterally spaced from the outer lateral edge of the second gas diffusion layer. An example method of sealing a fuel cell interface includes limiting flow of a fuel cell fluid using a seal configured to restrict flow through an outwardly facing edge of at least one of a first gas diffusion layer and an outwardly facing edge of a second gas diffusion layer. The outwardly facing edge of the first gas diffusion layer is spaced from the outwardly facing edge of the second gas diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Jason B. Parsons
  • Patent number: 10056601
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a casing having an inner surface and a battery module accommodated in the casing. The battery module includes a battery unit and two end plates. The battery unit includes battery cells that are arranged side by side. The end plates hold the battery unit in between. At least one of the end plates has a projection that projects further toward the inner surface of the casing than the battery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takashi Sakai, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku