Patents Examined by Jonathan Jelsma
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Patent number: 9887047Abstract: The described embodiments provide an energy storage device that includes a positive electrode including an active material that can store and release ions, a negative electrode including an active material that is a lithiated nano-architectured active material including tin and at least one stress-buffer component, and a non-aqueous electrolyte including lithium. The negative electrode active material is nano-architectured before lithiation.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: IMRA AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Bing Tan, Zhendong Hu, Guanghui He, Yong Che
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Patent number: 9882226Abstract: The compact fuel cell which can efficiently perform heating and can be repeatedly used includes a solid electrolyte, an anode that is formed on one surface of the solid electrolyte, a cathode that is formed on another surface of the solid electrolyte, an anode fuel material, a heating portion for heating and maintaining the solid electrolyte and the anode fuel material at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined level, and a sealing portion that is installed in the solid electrolyte, forms a sealed space sealing the anode and the anode fuel material together with the solid electrolyte and the heating portion, and can repeatedly open and close, in which a helium leak rate of the sealed space is maintained at 1×10?2 Pa·m3/sec or a lower rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Connexx Systems CorporationInventor: Naoyoshi Kachi
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Patent number: 9882182Abstract: A cell housing is disclosed. The cell housing may include a case extending between a first side, a second side, an open top end and an integrated bottom end. The cell housing may additionally include a body extending between an inner surface and an outer surface and the body may include a first layer comprising a first three-dimensional network of fibers including ?-glucan and chitin, a second layer comprising a second three-dimensional network of fibers including ?-glucan and chitin and include a plurality of cellulosic fibers positioned between the first layer and the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Kenneth Stonecipher
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Patent number: 9882177Abstract: The invention relates to an energy storage module for a device for supplying voltage, in particular, of a motor vehicle, comprising a plurality of in particular prismatic storage cells, which are stacked together at least in one row, are arranged one behind the other and are braced between at least two end plates by means of at least one tie rod or a wrapping, wherein at least one of the end plates comprises a layer structure of at least three layers and/or the tie rod consists of a fiber composite material.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Markus Thurmeier, Hubertus Goesmann, Robert Lustig, Eva Vietze, Stephan Zuegner
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Patent number: 9882228Abstract: The invention describes an air-breathing fuel cell for the oxidation of ions with air or oxygen, having an anode half cell and a cathode half cell. A first ion-conducting membrane and a second ion-conducting membrane is introduced between the half cells, and the second ion-conducting membrane is coated at least in regions on the side orientated towards the cathode half cell with a catalyst for the reduction of oxygen. According to the invention, the air-breathing fuel cell is characterised in that an oxidation zone for the oxidation of ions with negative standard electrode potential is provided between the ion-conducting membranes.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Jens Noack, Thomas Berger, Jens Tuebke, Karsten Pinkwart
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Patent number: 9876246Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a method of fabricating a fuel cell membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) having an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a membrane disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, includes fabricating each of the anode electrode, the cathode electrode, and the membrane separately by electrospinning; and placing the membrane between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, and pressing then together to form the fuel cell MEA.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYInventors: Peter N. Pintauro, Jason Ballengee, Matthew Brodt
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Patent number: 9865905Abstract: A battery pack for an electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells arranged into at least a first row and a second row. The first row may be parallel to the second row. The battery pack may also include a coolant loop with at least one channel through which liquid can flow. The coolant tube may run between the first row and the second row. The battery pack may additionally include a thermal pad comprising a first side and a second side. The first side of the thermal pad may be shaped to conform to the coolant loop and the second side of the thermal pad may be shaped to conform to curvatures of the first row.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: THUNDER POWER NEW ENERGY VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Yung-Kang Yang
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Patent number: 9865893Abstract: This invention is directed to aqueous redox flow batteries comprising ionically charged redox active materials and separators, wherein the separator is about 100 microns or less and the flow battery is capable of (a) operating with a current efficiency of at least 85% with a current density of at least about 100 mA/cm2; (b) operating with a round trip voltage efficiency of at least 60% with a current density of at least about 100 mA/cm2; and/or (c) giving rise to diffusion rates through the separator for the first active material, the second active material, or both, of about 1×10?7 mol/cm2-sec or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Lockheed Martin Advanced Energy Storage, LLCInventors: Arthur J. Esswein, Steven Y. Reece, Thomas H. Madden, Thomas D. Jarvi, John Goeltz, Desiree Amadeo, Evan R. King, Nitin Tyagi
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Patent number: 9853328Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries including 10 wt % to 90 wt % of an ester based solvent and 10 wt % to 90 wt % of a carbonate based solvent with respect to the total weight of a non-aqueous solvent, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Young Geun Choi, Jong Mo Jung, Jonghyun Chae, Chul Haeng Lee, Geun Chang Chung, Yourim Yoon, Young Cheol Choi, Seung Jae Yoon
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Patent number: 9853266Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vent and a cap assembly of a power battery. The vent comprises a vent body and a vent body protective sheath having a wall portion and a hollow portion, the vent body is fixedly connected to a lower portion of the wall portion and sealing the hollow portion from below, an upper portion of the wall portion is fixedly connected to a cap plate for sealing a vent hole. The cap assembly of the power battery comprises a cap plate provided with a vent hole and an electrolyte-injection hole; a first electrode post connected to the cap plate; a second electrode post connected to the cap plate; and a vent fixedly provided to the vent hole; wherein the vent is the above vent.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Quankun Li, Pinghua Deng, Peng Wang, Jibin Geng, Kai Wu
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Patent number: 9847521Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing, first and second batteries and a conductive plate. The first and second batteries are disposed in a battery slot of the casing. The conductive plate is clamped between the first and second batteries, and has a mounting portion that is mounted pivotally into a mounting groove of the casing such that the conductive plate is pivotable between a clamped position where a conductive body of the conductive plate is clamped between the first and second batteries, and an unclamped position where the conductive body is spaced apart from the first and second batteries for removal and installment of one of the first and second batteries.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Bionime CorporationInventors: Chun-Mu Huang, Chieh-Hsing Chen, Hsi-Wen Huang
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Patent number: 9847523Abstract: The battery pack includes a battery cell for supplying electric power to an external device connected thereto, a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of a place on which the temperature sensor is arranged, a switch member for making and breaking an electric path between the external device and the battery cell; and a controller configured to control the switch member to turn on and off according to the temperature sensed by the temperature sense. The temperature sensor is arranged on a position between the battery cell and the switch member so as to be affected by the temperatures of both of the battery cell and the switch member.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norihiro Iwamura, Masaaki Sakaue, Masaki Ikeda, Naoki Shimizu
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Patent number: 9837683Abstract: The invention concerns a battery pack (1), comprising a plurality of electrically connected battery cells (2), wherein the battery cells (2) are substantially flat with two opposite sides (2a, 2b) and a peripheral edge (2c), and wherein the battery cells (2) are arranged side by side as to form a layered structure, and an electronic arrangement configured to monitor and control the battery cells (2). The invention is characterized in that the electronic arrangement comprises a plurality of individual electronic circuit units (30), each of which being associated with a corresponding battery cell (2), wherein each of the electronic circuit units (30) is configured to be capable of monitoring and controlling its corresponding battery cell (2), and wherein each electronic circuit unit (30) is arranged on a thin and flexible circuit carrying sheet (3) that is arranged at one of the sides (2a, 2b) of the corresponding battery cell (2). The invention also concerns a method for manufacturing of a battery pack (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: ALELION ENERGY SYSTEMS ABInventor: Dag Lundström
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Patent number: 9837664Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode for a secondary battery including an electrode current collector, an electrode active material combination layer formed on one or both sides of the electrode current collector, and a polyurethane-based coating layer formed on the electrode active material combination layer, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Kyoung Ho Ahn, Min Jung Kim, Jung Hoon Lee, Yi Jin Jung, Doo Kyung Yang, Chul Haeng Lee
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Patent number: 9837690Abstract: A vehicle having: vehicle structure including a pair of opposed sides and a rear, with a floor extending horizontally between the sides and rear; a battery-pack mounted above the floor; a fan assembly having a housing with a motor mounted therein directly behind the battery-pack, with the housing including a pair of flanges having U-slots with slot openings facing downward; and fasteners extending horizontally through the U-slots and secured to the battery-pack.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Suriyaprakash A. Janarthanam, Masahiro Kimoto
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Patent number: 9831484Abstract: A battery includes a case, first and second electrodes in the case, and a switch to change an electrical state of the case between a first state and a second state, when the first state corresponds to an electrically neutral state and the second state corresponds to an electrical polarity of the first electrode. The switch may reciprocally change the electrical state of the case between the first state and the second state.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: In Kim, Jae-Kyung Kim, Sang-Won Byun, Won-Jun Lee
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Patent number: 9825343Abstract: The present disclosure includes a battery system with a battery module having electrochemical cells inside of a housing. The housing includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The battery module includes a heat sink coupled with the second side of the housing and a thermal interface disposed between, and in contact with, the heat sink and the electrochemical cells. The thermal interface contacts base ends of the electrochemical cells. The system includes a cage disposed about the battery module. The cage includes a cage side positioned next to the second side of the housing and having openings disposed in the cage side. The openings enable air to be drawn into the cage. The air passes over the heat sink of the battery module.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Kem M. Obasih, Richard M. DeKeuster
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Patent number: 9818998Abstract: A separator for a rechargeable electrochemical cell that has a conductive first layer and a non-conductive second layer. The non-conductive second layer and the conductive first layer are adhered to one another, wherein the separator has a higher threshold voltage than a threshold voltage of the conductive first layer alone. At a predetermined voltage, the separator becomes conductive and stops further ionic transfers.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Freya Energy, Inc.Inventors: Andrew James Manning, Ethirajulu Dayalan
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Patent number: 9812718Abstract: A fuel cell system that generates electric power by supplying anode gas and cathode gas to a fuel cell includes a control valve adapted to control the pressure of the anode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell; a buffer unit adapted to store the anode-off gas to be discharged from the fuel cell; a pulsation operation unit adapted to control the control valve in order to periodically increase and decrease the pressure of the anode gas at a specific width of the pulsation; and a pulsation width correcting unit adapted to correct the width of the pulsation on the basis of the temperature of the buffer unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetaka Nishimura, Yasushi Ichikawa
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Patent number: 9806367Abstract: A fabrication process for production of planar type solid oxide fuel cell with high electrical conductivity and low fuel gas impedance is disclosed. It is a tape casting to produce an anode substrate furnished with a pore array structure on one or plurality of layers of the anode green tape on the utmost outside of the anode. It is to implement the process of solid oxide fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (SOFC-MEA) with precision abrasion to remove nickel depleted layer on the anode surface to complete the production of a unit cell. The fabrication of anode with pore array structure provides a good conduction effect for fuel gas and the solid oxide fuel cell with this treatment has features of high electrical conductivity and low fuel gas impedance to improve the performance of SOFC unit cell.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: Tai-Nan Lin, Jen-Yuan Kuo, Hong-Yi Kuo, Wei-Xin Kao, Chun-Yen Yeh