Patents Examined by Carlos Barcena
  • Patent number: 11631915
    Abstract: A gasket for a secondary battery includes a base resin and a rust inhibitor, wherein the base resin includes polybutylene terephthalate and the rust inhibitor includes an anti-rust material and a polymer resin, and the base resin and the polymer resin are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Byoung Gu Lee, Do Gyun Kim, Sang Suk Jung, Hang Soo Shin, Chan Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 11631838
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite particulate comprising a plurality of active material particles; and a single graphene sheet or a plurality of graphene sheets surrounds the plurality of active material particles and a surface of the composite particulate, wherein a single graphene sheet or a plurality of graphene sheets provides an electron-conducting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Jinjun Shi, Guorong Chen, Qing Fang, Bor Z. Jang
  • Patent number: 11626587
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to a configuration includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing nickel (Ni) in an amount of greater than or equal to 80 mol %, in which boron (B) is present at least on a particle surface of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide. In the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, when particles having a larger particle size than a volume-based 70% particle size (D70) are first particles and particles having a smaller particle size than a volume-based 30% particle size (D30) are second particles, a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the first particles is larger than a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the second particles by 5% or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Natsumi Goto, Takashi Ko, Shinya Suzuki, Fumiharu Niina, Sho Tsuruta, Ryo Hanazaki
  • Patent number: 11621412
    Abstract: The cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to embodiments of the present invention includes lithium-transition metal composite oxide particles including a plurality of primary particles, and the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particles have a lithium-potassium-containing portion formed between the primary particles. Thereby, it is possible to improve life-span properties and capacity properties by preventing the layer structure deformation of the primary particles and removing residual lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Min Park, Tae Kyoung Lee, Sang Bok Kim, Jik Soo Kim, Sang Hye Shin, Yu Na Shim, Jeong Bae Yoon
  • Patent number: 11611074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive active material for lithium secondary battery, its manufacturing method, and lithium secondary battery including the same, and it provides that a positive active material for lithium secondary battery, comprising: a core and a coating layer, wherein, the core is lithium metal oxide, the coating layer comprises boron, the boron compound in the coating layer comprises a lithium boron oxide and a boron oxide, the lithium boron oxide is included 70 wt % or more and 99 wt % in the entire coating layer, the lithium boron oxide comprises Li2B4O7, with respect to the lithium boron oxide 100 wt %, the content of Li2B4O7 is 55 wt % or more and 99 wt % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: POSCO HOLDINGS INC., RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, POSCO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hwan Min, Jeong Han Kim, Jung Hoon Song
  • Patent number: 11605816
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive-electrode active substance layer, the positive-electrode active substance layer contains a pre-lithiation agent, and a molecular formula of the pre-lithiation agent is LixNiaCu1?a?bMbO2, where 1?x?2, 0<a<1, and 0?b <0.1, and M is selected from one or more of Zn, Sn, Mg, Fe, and Mn. The negative electrode includes a negative-electrode active substance layer including graphite and silicon-containing material. The electrolyte contains fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC). A weight percentage of the pre-lithiation agent in the positive-electrode active substance layer, a weight percentage of silicon content in the negative-electrode active substance layer, and a weight percentage of FEC in the electrolyte satisfy 0.2×WSi?WFEC?7.5%?0.6×WL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xingbu Chen, Xin Sun, Xiao Chen, Zhenglun Chen, Haotian Xie, Bangrun Wang, Geng Li
  • Patent number: 11605815
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite oxide that can achieve a high low-temperature output characteristic, a method for manufacturing the same, and a positive electrode active material in which the generation of soluble lithium is suppressed and a problem of gelation is not caused during the paste preparation. A positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including a lithium-metal composite oxide powder including a secondary particle configured by aggregating primary particles containing lithium, nickel, manganese, and cobalt, or a lithium-metal composite oxide powder including both the primary particles and the secondary particle. The secondary particle has a porous structure inside as a main inside structure, the slurry pH is 11.5 or less, the soluble lithium content rate is 0.5[% by mass] or less, the specific surface area is 3.0 to 4.0 [m2/g], and the porosity is more than 50 to 80[%].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroko Oshita, Kazuomi Ryoshi, Taira Aida, Koji Yamaji, Jiro Okada
  • Patent number: 11600818
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to prelithiated Si electrodes, methods of prelithiating Si electrodes, and use of prelithiated electrodes in electrochemical devices are described. There are several characteristics of electrode prelithiation that enable the superior battery performance. First, a prelithiated silicon anode is already in its expanded state during SEI formation, and therefore less of the SEI layer breaks down and reforms during cycling. Second, the prelithiated anode has a lower anode potential, which may also help the cycle performance of an electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ENEVATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Yong Park, Frederic Bonhomme, Shiang Jen Teng, Victor E. House
  • Patent number: 11597736
    Abstract: A lithium boron fluorophosphate complex compound including a compound A that is one selected from a group of lithium boron fluorophosphates represented by Formula (I), and a compound B that is one selected from a group of compounds represented by Formulae (II) to (IX). R0 represents a hydrocarbon group, R1 to R7 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R8, R9, R10, R11, and R13 to R21 each independently represent a substituent, and R12, R22, and R23 each independently represent a divalent linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Han Zhang, Yusuke Shimizu, Kenichi Goto, Hitoshi Onishi, Gen Miyata
  • Patent number: 11594726
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for obtaining a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein capacity, electron conductivity, durability, and heat stability at the time of overcharge are improved, durability and heat stability being achieved at a high level, and including: a lithium nickel manganese composite oxide composed of secondary particles, in which a plurality of primary particles are flocculated, wherein the composite oxide is represented by a general formula (1): LidNi1-a-b-cMnaMbTicO2 (wherein, M is at least one kind of element selected from Co, W, Mo, V, Mg, Ca, Al, Cr, Zr and Ta, 0.05?a?0.60, 0?b?0.60, 0.02?c?0.08, 0.95?d?1.20), at least a part of titanium in the composite oxide is solid-solved in the primary particles, and, a lithium titanium compound exists on a surface of the positive electrode active material for the lithium ion secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakamura, Haruki Kaneda, Yuki Koshika
  • Patent number: 11594733
    Abstract: Systems and methods utilizing aqueous-based polymer binders for silicon-dominant anodes may include an electrode coating layer on a current collector, where the electrode coating layer is formed from silicon and an aqueous-based suspension-solution binder composition comprising a water soluble (aqueous-based) polymer as part of a multi-component binder composition that also contains an water insoluble polymer. The electrode coating layer may include more than 70% silicon and the anode may be in a lithium ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Enevate Corporation
    Inventors: Sanjaya Perera, Benjamin Yong Park, Rahul Kamath, Younes Ansari
  • Patent number: 11581579
    Abstract: The present application discloses a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film provided on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and the positive electrode film comprises a first positive electrode active material represented by chemical formula Li1+xNiaCobMe1-a-bO2-yAy and a second positive electrode active material represented by chemical formula Li1+zMncN2-cO4-dBd; the positive electrode plate has a resistivity r of 3500 ?·m or less; and the electrolyte comprises a fluorine-containing lithium salt type additive. The lithium ion secondary battery provided by the present application is capable of satisfying high safety performance, high-temperature storage performance and cycle performance simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Li, Changlong Han
  • Patent number: 11575134
    Abstract: This application relates to a positive electrode plate and an electrochemical device. The positive electrode plate comprises a metal current collector, a positive electrode active material layer and a safety coating disposed between the metal current collector and the positive electrode active material layer; the safety coating comprises a polymer matrix, a conductive material and an inorganic filler; the positive electrode active material layer comprises Li1+xNiaCobMe(1?a?b)O2, wherein ?0.1?x?0.2, 0.6?a<1, 0<b<1, 0<(1?a?b)<1, and Me is at least one of Mn, Al, Mg, Zn, Ga, Ba, Fe, Cr, Sn, V, Sc, Ti and Zr; and the metal current collector is a porous aluminum-containing current collector. The positive electrode plate can improve safety and electrical performances of an electrochemical device (such as a capacitor, a primary battery, or a secondary battery).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Zige Zhang, Jianbao Xu
  • Patent number: 11575169
    Abstract: A metal-oxygen battery can provide improved energy storage and transportation applications due to high gravimetric energies, and such a metal-oxygen battery can include a polyolefin including a plurality of functional groups such as sulfamide, sulfoxy, carbonyl, phosphoramide or heterocyclic groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yang Shao-Horn, Jeremiah Johnson, Wenxu Zhang, Mingjun Huang, Shuting Feng, Livia Giordano
  • Patent number: 11569491
    Abstract: A method for producing an all-solid multilayer battery, and an all-solid multilayer battery. The all-solid multilayer battery may be produced by depositing, by electrophoresis without any binder, at least one anode layer, at least one electrolyte layer, and at least one cathode layer. The at least one electrolyte layer, and the at least one cathode layer are obtained from a colloidal suspension containing nanoparticles that are not agglomerated with each other to create clusters and remain isolated from each other. A layer of Ms bonding material is then deposited on a surface of the at least one electrolyte layer. Next, two layers from the at least one dense anode layer, the at least one dense electrolyte layer, and the at least one dense cathode layer, are stacked face-to-face to obtain the all-solid multilayer battery having an assembly of a plurality of elementary cells connected with one another in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: I-TEN
    Inventor: Fabien Gaben
  • Patent number: 11569510
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of electrochemistry, and in particular, to a positive electrode material. The positive electrode material of this disclosure includes a substrate, with a formula of the substrate being LixNiyCozMkMepOrAm, where 0.95?x?1.05, 0.50?y?0.95, 0?z?0.2, 0?k?0.4, 0?p?0.05, 1?r?2, 0?m?2, m+r?2; a coating layer is disposed on the subs hate, where the coating layer includes a coating element; and absorbance of nickel leachate per unit mass of the positive electrode material w?0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Rui Du, Sihui Wang, Yongchao Liu, Chi Luo, Deyu Zhao, Na Liu
  • Patent number: 11563213
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a positive electrode active material, which includes mixing a nickel cobalt manganese hydroxide precursor containing nickel in an amount of 60 mol % or more based on a total number of moles of transition metals in the precursor, a lithium-containing raw material, and a doping raw material represented by Formula 2 (set forth herein), and sintering the mixture to prepare a positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1 (set forth herein).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Soon Park, Dong Joon Ahn, Moon Kyu Cho
  • Patent number: 11557791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, the non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, a first additive including at least one of compounds represented by chemical formulas 1 to 4, and a second additive comprising a cyclic sulfide-based compound, wherein the mixing ratio of the first additive and the second additive is a weight ratio of 0.2:1 to 10:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Soo Kim, Yunhee Kim, Yongchan You, Erang Cho, Seonju Choi
  • Patent number: 11557763
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a center portion including a first lithium transition metal oxide with an average composition represented by Formula 1, Li1+a1(Nib1Coc1Mnd1Ale1M1f1)O2??[Formula 1] wherein, in Formula 1, ?0.1?a1?0.2, 0.8?b1<1.0, 0<c1?0.2, 0<d1?0.1, 0<e1?0.05, 0?f1?0.05, b1/c1?25, and b1/d1?20, and M1 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Nb, and W, and a surface portion including a second lithium transition metal oxide with an average composition represented by Formula 2, Li1+a2(Nib2Coc2Mnd2Ale2M1f2)O2??[Formula 2] wherein, in Formula 2, ?0.1?a2?0.2, 0.6?b2?0.95, 0?c2?0.2, 0?d2?0.1, 0?e2?0.05, 0?f2?0.05, b2/c2?13, and b2/d2?3, and M1 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Nb, and W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Byung Chun Park, Ji Hye Kim, Jung Min Han, Wang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 11552285
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including electrode body having structure in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated with separator and non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes positive electrode current collector, positive electrode active material layer which is disposed on positive electrode current collector and contains first positive electrode active material, and insulating layer which is disposed along one end of positive electrode active material layer in predetermined width direction, and contains inorganic filler and second positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu Yamada, Yasushi Tsuchida