Patents Examined by Jane J Rhee
  • Patent number: 11799176
    Abstract: A battery system. The battery system includes a plurality of identically oriented battery cells, whose longitudinal axes are situated in parallel, a first busbar, and a second busbar. The first busbar and the second busbar are situated along the particular longitudinal axes on the same side of the battery cells, respective positive poles of the battery cells being connected to the first busbar with the aid of first bond connections, and respective negative poles of the battery cells being connected to the second busbar with the aid of second bond connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Trif, Haris Alisic, Sara Fanzutti
  • Patent number: 11780983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel secondary battery pack with improved thermal management useful for an all-electric vehicle (EV), a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV), a hybrid vehicle (HEV), or battery packs used for other vehicles batteries, and more particularly, to the use of a specific material for thermally insulating a secondary battery pack and further minimizing the propagation of thermal runaway within a battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Elkem Silicones USA Corp.
    Inventors: Virginia O'Neil, Jessica Hanley, Matthew Kihara, Leeanne Brown, Michael John Watson, Matthew Paul Timmons
  • Patent number: 11777162
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly and a secondary battery. The cap assembly includes a cap plate provided with an electrode lead-out hole; an electrode terminal, covering the electrode lead-out hole and including a main body, wherein the main body is provided with a recess on a side wall; an isolating member including a receiving portion, wherein the main body is received in the receiving portion; and a protrusion, connected to an inner wall of the isolating member and extending towards an axis of the electrode lead-out hole, wherein the protrusion is received in the recess so as to prevent the main body from rotating relative to the isolating member. The cap assembly according to the embodiments of the present application can improve an overcurrent capacity and stability of the electrode terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Fenggang Zhao, Yuqun Zeng, Jian Guo, Quankun Li, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 11777181
    Abstract: Discussed are a metal plate for resistance welding and a resistance welding method using the same, wherein the metal plate is for being resistance-welded to an electrode terminal of a cylindrical battery, and the metal plate includes a body; and a pair of protrusion units located spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the pair of protrusion unit being provided at one side surface of the body, and a slit is formed between the pair of protrusion units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Song Yi Song, Heung Kun Park, Ju Hwan Baek
  • Patent number: 11764443
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a first single cell including a first power generation element and a first inner container which accommodates the first power generation element, a second single cell including a second power generation element and a second inner container which accommodates the second power generation element, and an outer container which accommodates the first single cell and the second single cell, and the first single cell and the second single cell are stacked, and the electrochemical cell includes at least one welded portion in which the first inner container and the second inner container are welded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaaki Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11764429
    Abstract: A battery pouch that is formed to accommodate an electrode assembly, comprising: a first member layer; and a second member layer that is located between the first member layer and the electrode assembly, and contains an elastomer and protrudes toward the electrode assembly at a plurality of locations to be brought into discontinuous contact with the electrode assembly, wherein the second member layer has spaces open to the electrode assembly between the protruding portions. Accordingly, the power output characteristics of the battery can be improved and the damage to the damage to the sealing portion can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: LiBEST INC., KHVATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang Wook Choi, Joo Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 11757157
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly and a secondary battery. The cap assembly includes a cap plate, an electrode terminal, a fixing member and a connection member. The cap plate includes an electrode lead-out hole, the electrode terminal includes a terminal board, the terminal board is located at a side of the cap plate and covers the electrode lead-out hole, the fixing member at least partially surrounds the terminal board to fix the terminal board to the fixing member, the connection member is separated from the electrode terminal by the fixing member, and the connection member is connected with the cap plate. The connection member includes a main body, the main body is provided with a first groove opened downwardly along a top of the main body, and a part of the fixing member is located in the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Huasheng Su, Shoujun Huang, Xinxiang Chen, Yulian Zheng, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 11742541
    Abstract: A secondary battery according to the present invention comprises: an electrode assembly in which a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode are alternately stacked and wound together; a can provided with an accommodation part that accommodates the electrode assembly therein, the can comprising a first can and a second can, which have cylindrical shapes opened in a direction facing each other; and an insulator configured to insulate an overlapping portion between the first can and the second can. The first can forms a first electrode terminal that directly contacts an end of the first electrode, and the second can forms a second electrode terminal that directly contacts an end of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Youn Kim, Jee Ho Kim, Myung Hoon Ko, Jung Il Park, Yong Tae Lee, Gyung Soo Kang
  • Patent number: 11742553
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus can include plate including an opening. The apparatus can include a clamp to couple a battery cell with the plate with a terminal of a cell of the battery module at least partially exposed through the opening. The apparatus can include a spring positioned with the clamp and the plate, the spring to cause the clamp to align the battery cell with a current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Bharat Kathpalia, Bryce Fredrick Alexander Beecher
  • Patent number: 11728539
    Abstract: A method for making a battery system includes applying fast-cure and slow-cure adhesives to interfaces between components. The fast-cure adhesive allows manipulation of the assembly during manufacturing while the slow-cure adhesive cures. The slow-cure adhesive provides desired strength and toughness as needed during use of the final assembly. The fast-cure adhesive and slow-cure adhesive have respective curing schedules. The fast-cure adhesive includes a moisture-curing adhesive or any other suitable adhesive curing on the order of seconds such as UV-activated or cyanoacrylate adhesives. The slow cure adhesive includes any suitable structural adhesive such as a two-part mix-cure epoxy or acrylic. The components adhered using the fast-cure adhesive and slow-cure adhesive include side wall sections, battery cells, mounting bracket, bus bars, or any other suitable components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Travis Cournoyer
  • Patent number: 11715865
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells respectively having electrode terminals formed at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof; a module housing including an accommodation portion having a plurality of hollow structures in which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated; and a module bus bar including a first metal plate having a body portion located at an upper portion or a lower portion of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells to extend in a horizontal direction and a plurality of connection portions configured to extend in a horizontal direction from one side of the body portion to contact the electrode terminals of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells, and a second metal plate bonded to the body portion of the first metal plate and having a metal with a relatively higher electric conductivity than the first metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun-Joo Yang, Seog-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11715859
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other implementations described herein relate to a battery for use in a battery cell assembly that facilitates pack manufacturing. In one embodiment, the battery cell assembly includes a first battery cell having two electrical tabs extending from the first battery cell. The battery cell assembly also includes a second battery cell positioned substantially adjacent to the first battery cell and having two electrical tabs extending from the second battery cell. Additionally, the electrical tabs of the first and second battery cells are prebent. The battery cell assembly further includes a busbar operatively connected to the electrical tabs of the first and second battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: William Koetting, Michael Joseph Nielson
  • Patent number: 11710823
    Abstract: To increase capacity per weight of a power storage device, a particle includes a first region, a second region in contact with at least part of a surface of the first region and located on the outside of the first region, and a third region in contact with at least part of a surface of the second region and located on the outside of the second region. The first and the second regions contain lithium and oxygen. At least one of the first region and the second region contains manganese. At least one of the first and the second regions contains an element M. The first region contains a first crystal having a layered rock-salt structure. The second region contains a second crystal having a layered rock-salt structure. An orientation of the first crystal is different from an orientation of the second crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kawakami, Teruaki Ochiai, Shuhei Yoshitomi, Takuya Hirohashi, Mako Motoyoshi, Yohei Momma, Junya Goto
  • Patent number: 11710882
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a battery, including an electrode assembly, a first tab, a second tab, a cap plate assembly, a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal and a shaping plate. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator arranged between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; each of the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal is arranged on the cap plate assembly; the first electrode terminal is connected to the first electrode plate through the first tab; the second electrode terminal is connected to the second electrode plate through the second tab; the shaping plate is arranged between the cap plate assembly and the electrode assembly, and each of the first tab and the second tab is bent around the shaping plate; the shaping plate is fixed and thermally fused to the cap plate assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventor: Jianxiong Yang
  • Patent number: 11705583
    Abstract: In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the present disclosure or invention is directed to improved battery separators, high conductance separators, improved lead-acid batteries, such as flooded lead-acid batteries, high conductance batteries, improved systems, and/or, improved vehicles including such batteries, and/or methods of manufacture or use of such separators or batteries, and/or combinations thereof. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, the present disclosure or invention is directed to improved lead acid batteries incorporating the improved separators and which exhibit increased conductance. Particular, non-limiting examples may include lead acid battery separators having structure or features designed to improve conductance, lower ER, lower water loss, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: Eric H. Miller, Nicholas R. Shelton, William L. Walter
  • Patent number: 11705608
    Abstract: A battery cell includes: an electrode unit including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a current collector, and a separator; a housing unit accommodating the electrode unit; a first insulator disposed inside the housing unit and between the electrode unit and the housing unit, an internal terminal disposed inside the housing unit and electrically connected to the current collector; a second insulator disposed inside the housing unit and between the internal terminal and the housing unit; and an external terminal disposed outside the housing unit. A contact surface of the first insulator with the electrode unit has indented shape. The first insulator is fixed to the housing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11705605
    Abstract: The present application relates to a battery module. The battery module includes a battery group and an insulating plate. The battery group includes a bus bar and a plurality of battery units, each battery unit includes a tab which includes a connecting segment and a bending segment. The insulating plate includes a plurality of plate assemblies, and the adjacent plate assemblies are connected through a connecting plate. There is an obtuse angle between each plate assembly and the connecting plate connected thereto. Each connecting segment passes through a guiding groove, and the bending segment and the bus bar are fixed and connected. The guiding groove can adjust the altitude of the tab as it passes through the insulating plate. The bending segment can be connected to the bus bar, then the process requirements can be met with a small space, which improves the energy density of the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhiyi You, Hua Zhang, Feng Qin, Liangmei Chen, Liangyi Wang, Runyong He
  • Patent number: 11699365
    Abstract: A flexible battery and a display device are provided. The flexible battery includes: a plurality of flexible electric core blocks; wherein the plurality of flexible electric core blocks are arranged at intervals along a curling traveling direction, a spacing between adjacent flexible electric core blocks is gradually increased along the curling traveling direction; at least one flexible connecting bridge is arranged between the adjacent flexible electric core blocks, and two ends of the flexible connecting bridge are electrically connected with the adjacent flexible electric core blocks respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Cui, Hong Zhu, Boyang Shi, Yuehan Wei
  • Patent number: 11695177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell capable of preventing a meandering in a folding process and reducing non-uniformity of a folding amount by forming a pre-folding line on a pouch wing and folding the pouch wing on the basis of the pre-folding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hyung Kim, Hyung Joon Kim, Gil Yong Choi, Poo Reum Oh
  • Patent number: 11695183
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery cell including first and second surfaces arranged at opposite sides and at which first and second electrodes are respectively located, and a side surface connecting the first and second surfaces to each other; a first circuit board arranged on the first surface and connected to the first electrode; a second circuit board arranged on the second surface; a first flexible line extending from a first side of the first circuit board to the second circuit board while surrounding a portion of the side surface of the battery cell; and a second flexible line extending from a second side of the first circuit board to the second surface of the battery cell while surrounding another portion of the side surface of the battery cell and connected to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sanghun Park