Patents Examined by Jonathan G Jelsma
  • Patent number: 11646465
    Abstract: The application discloses a battery pack, vehicle and control method for alleviating spreading of thermal runaway of a battery pack. The battery pack includes: a plurality of secondary batteries, a housing of each of which includes a weakened portion, so that a heat flow resulting from thermal runaway of the secondary battery is able to break through the weakened portion to be discharged; a spray pipeline which is arranged corresponding to and at a spacing from weakened portions of the secondary batteries, at least a portion of the spray pipeline corresponding to the weakened portions being a breakthrough region which is able to form an opening under an action of the heat flow, a spray medium in the spray pipeline being sprayed to an abnormal secondary battery in thermal runaway via the opening; where a weight A of the sprayed spray medium is determined according to an equation (0.8A)0.85×D/B?2.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiaoteng Huang, Jiarong Hong, Wenli Wang, Yanhuo Xiang
  • Patent number: 11646452
    Abstract: A secondary battery according to an embodiment includes an exterior material including an opening portion and including a bottom, a wound electrode group housed in the exterior material in order for an insertion direction to be perpendicular to a winding axis, and a lid attached to the opening portion of the exterior material and including at least a plate-like member, a positive electrode terminal, and a negative electrode terminal. When a minimum distance between the lid and the wound electrode group is AMIN, 0.5 mm<AMIN<2.0 mm is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuaki Murashi, Masahiro Murata, Tatsuya Shinoda
  • Patent number: 11646462
    Abstract: A traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle, having a battery housing having a housing base, on which at least one battery module rests in a heat-conducting manner, which has an installation section, which can be clamped via a threaded bolt on a housing flange of the battery housing, wherein in the clamped state the threaded bolt is screwed together with a housing flange internal thread and the battery module installation section is clamped between a bolt head of the threaded bolt and the housing flange, specifically with a tolerance compensation unit interposed, which is supported between the battery module installation section and a housing flange upper side facing away from the housing base, wherein the tolerance compensation unit has a stop sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Steffen Sinzel, Dirk Hoefner, Norbert Hornbostel
  • Patent number: 11631910
    Abstract: A method monitors the functional capability of the cooling system of an operating high-voltage accumulator for an electric drive unit of a motor vehicle. The method repeatedly measures the temperature of the high-voltage accumulator by use of a temperature sensor mounted on the high-voltage accumulator; checks whether the measured temperature value is above a cooling threshold temperature; determines a profile of the temperature of the high-voltage accumulator using a temporal sequence of the measured temperature values of the high-voltage accumulator which are above the cooling threshold temperature; and diagnoses that the cooling system is operating correctly if the temperature profile does not exceed a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Roemersperger, Benno Schweiger, Othmar Winterling
  • Patent number: 11621409
    Abstract: A battery electrode composition is provided that comprises a composite material comprising one or more nanocomposites. The nanocomposites may each comprise a planar substrate backbone having a curved geometrical structure, and an active material forming a continuous or substantially continuous film at least partially encasing the substrate backbone. To form an electrode from the electrode composition, a plurality of electrically-interconnected nanocomposites of this type may be aggregated into one or more three-dimensional agglomerations, such as substantially spherical or ellipsoidal granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gleb Yushin, Kara Evanoff, Oleksandr Magazynskyy
  • Patent number: 11621435
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of secondary batteries, and a binding band made of fiber reinforced plastic. The binding band has a braid member formed into a braided state with use of a plurality of bundled bodies, and a reinforcing part made of resin impregnated in the braid member. Each of the bundled bodies includes a plurality of fiber materials that have been bundled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Sugiyama, Fumio Nomizo, Yutaroh Gotoh, Kenta Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11621452
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack having a mounting structure including: a frame having a body portion with a plate placed horizontally, and sidewalk bent from opposite ends of the body portion and extending upward to form an inner space above the plate, and a battery module accommodated in the inner space of the frame, and including: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module case having a plurality of hollow tubes into which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells standing upright in an upper and lower direction are inserted; and a connection portion configured to connect the plurality of hollow tubes to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Bae Lee, Kun-Joo Yang, Seog-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11588149
    Abstract: In a method of preparing an immobilized selenium system or body, a selenium-carbon-oxygen mixture is formed. The mixture is then heated to a temperature above the melting temperature of selenium and the heated mixture is then cooled to ambient or room temperature, thereby forming the immobilized selenium system or body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: II-VI DELAWARE, INC., CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CISC)
    Inventors: Wen-Qing Xu, Xiaoming Li, Shailesh Patkar, Elgin E. Eissler, Marta Sevilla Solis, Antonio Benito Fuertes Arias
  • Patent number: 11581606
    Abstract: A bicycle battery system includes a battery tray that mounts within a cavity formed by an opening in a bicycle tube. The battery tray includes a latch mechanism, a first base portion that mounts to the latch mechanism, and a second base portion that mounts to the first base portion. The first base portion includes a cup that is sized to mate with an interior of the bicycle tube. The system also includes a battery that is sized to fit within the battery tray. A first end of the battery includes a protrusion that is sized to fit within the cup of the first base portion, and a second end of the battery includes a secondary latch to secure the second end to the battery tray. The system further includes a battery cover plate mounted to the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Trek Bicycle Corporation
    Inventor: Nathan Paul Bosscher
  • Patent number: 11581608
    Abstract: A battery includes: a casing that includes a plurality of exterior faces having outer faces facing mutually-different directions and has an arrangement concave part formed; a cell that is housed inside the casing; and a connector that includes a connection terminal connected to an electrode terminal of a connection apparatus and is arranged in the arrangement concave part, in which a face forming the arrangement concave part of the casing is formed as a concave part forming face, and the concave part forming face is present between the exterior faces and the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Motoyama, Atsushi Mitani, Atsuhiro Kumagai
  • Patent number: 11575125
    Abstract: Anodic materials for lithium ions batteries include a current collector and a superlattice disposed on at least a portion of the current collector, the superlattice comprising: alternating layers of an anode active material and an anode inactive material; and a plurality of channels that extend from the current collector through the alternating layers of anode active material and anode inactive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Zonghai Chen, Khalil Amine, Rachid Amine, Ali Abouimrane, Ozgul Keles, Billur Deniz Karahan, Osman Levent Eryilmaz
  • Patent number: 11575164
    Abstract: A storage device configured to store electrical energy, includes at least one storage element having an element housing which has at least one accommodating chamber and at least one element base which at least partially downwardly delimits the accommodating chamber in an installation position of the storage device. The storage device includes at least one storage means, accommodated in the accommodating chamber, configured to store electrical energy, wherein the at least one storage means comprises at least one degassing unit configured to discharge fluid, which is released in the accommodating chamber, from the accommodating chamber. The degassing unit is provided on the element base and is configured to downwardly discharge fluid from the accommodating chamber with respect to the installation position of the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Azad Darbandi, Juergen Hildinger, Florian Schoewel
  • Patent number: 11563205
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer electrode and a method of manufacturing the same, and more specifically to a multilayer electrode comprising an electrode collector; and two or more electrode active material layers which are sequentially coated on one surface or both surfaces of the electrode current collector, wherein the electrode active material layers each include a carbon-based material, a binder, and a silicon-based material, wherein in the mutually adjacent electrode active material layers based on the direction of formation of the electrode active material layers, the content of the carbon-based material and the content of the binder in the electrode active material layer located relatively close to the electrode collector are larger than the content of the carbon-based material and the content of the binder in the electrode active material layers located relatively far away from the electrode current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yejin Nam
  • Patent number: 11552361
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle battery device in which components are reduced, a compact configuration can be achieved, and connection with the outside can be easily performed. A vehicle battery device includes: a battery cell mounting part accommodating a battery cell group constituted by a plurality of laminated battery cells; and an interface box integrating connection functions between the battery cell mounting part and the outside, wherein the battery cell mounting part is connected to at least one of two opposing side surfaces in an outer surface of the interface box, and has an end plate on an end surface opposite an end surface connected to the interface box; and the battery cell group of the battery cell mounting part is compressed and sandwiched between the side surface of the interface box and the end plate in a lamination direction of the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sakai, Satoshi Takada, Kyosuke Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11552374
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a stable open-circuit voltage. An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment includes a belt-like current collector, a mixture layer formed on each surface of the current collector, and a lead bonded to an exposed portion of the current collector where the surfaces of the current collector are exposed, the lead extending from one end of the current collector, the one end and another end constituting both ends of the current collector in the width direction. In an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment, a mixture layer is formed on at least one surface of a current collector in the width direction of the current collector and adjacent to an exposed portion on one end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshitaka Moriyama, Motoki Kinugawa, Tomofumi Yanagi
  • Patent number: 11551879
    Abstract: Representative embodiments provide a liquid or gel separator utilized to separate and space apart first and second conductors or electrodes of an energy storage device, such as a battery or a supercapacitor. A representative liquid or gel separator comprises a plurality of particles, typically having a size (in any dimension) between about 0.5 to about 50 microns; a first, ionic liquid electrolyte; and a polymer. In another representative embodiment, the plurality of particles comprise diatoms, diatomaceous frustules, and/or diatomaceous fragments or remains. Another representative embodiment further comprises a second electrolyte different from the first electrolyte; the plurality of particles are comprised of silicate glass; the first and second electrolytes comprise zinc tetrafluoroborate salt in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidalzolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid; and the polymer comprises polyvinyl alcohol (“PVA”) or polyvinylidene fluoride (“PVFD”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Printed Energy Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Vera Nicholaevna Lockett, Mark David Lowenthal, Neil O. Shotton, William Johnstone Ray, Theodore I. Kamins
  • Patent number: 11545711
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module in which a heat radiation effect and manufacturing efficiency are effectively improved. The battery module includes a cell assembly including at least one unit body, each unit body including at least two secondary batteries stacked in a first direction. Each unit body includes an integrated unit sheet folded to surround a top portion, a left surface, a right surface, and a bottom portion of the at least two secondary batteries, opposite ends of a top portion of the integrated unit sheet being positioned to contact each other on any one of the top portion, the left surface, the right surface, and the bottom portion of the at least two secondary batteries, and an electric insulating material coated on at least a part of a perimeter portion of the integrated unit sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Eun-Gyu Shin, Jeong-O Mun
  • Patent number: 11545713
    Abstract: A housing, particularly a battery housing, includes at least one first housing part, at least one second housing part, and at least one connecting member connecting the first housing part to the second housing part. The first housing part and the second housing part are configured such that, in an interconnected state, they separate a housing interior space from an environment situated on the other side of the first housing part and the second housing part. The housing is characterized in that the at least one connecting member is configured as a profile rail engaged with the first housing part and with the second housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PORSCHE EBIKE PERFORMANCE GMBH
    Inventor: Johannes Biechele
  • Patent number: 11545724
    Abstract: A composite membrane with nanostructured inorganic and organic phases is applied as an ion-selective layer to prove processability, prevent dendrite shorting, and increase power output of lithium-metal anodes through better Li-ion conductivity. Nanoconfinement, as opposed to macroscale confinement, is known to dramatically alter the properties of bulk materials. Control over a ceramic's size, shape, and properties is achieved with polymer templates. This is a new composition of matter and unique approach to composite membrane design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Sepion Technologies. Inc.
    Inventors: Peter David Frischmann, Brett Anthony Helms
  • Patent number: 11539061
    Abstract: A redox flow battery system includes a redox flow battery that has a redox flow cell and a supply/storage system. The supply/storage system has first and second electrolytes for circulation through the redox flow cell. At least the first electrolyte is a liquid electrolyte that has electrochemically active species with multiple, reversible oxidation states. A secondary cell is operable to monitor concentration of one or more of the electrochemically active species. The secondary cell has a counter electrode, a flow passage that connects the counter electrode with the redox flow battery to receive the first or second electrolyte, a working electrode, and a separator. The working electrode is isolated from receiving the electrochemically active species of the first and second electrolytes except for a transport passage connecting the flow passage and the working electrode. The transport passage limits movement of the electrochemically active species to the working electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James D. Saraidaridis, Zhiwei Yang