Patents Examined by Jordan E Berresford
  • Patent number: 12068453
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte material according to the present disclosure consists essentially of Li, M, O, and X. M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta, and X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tanaka, Koki Ueno, Tetsuya Asano, Akihiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 12051818
    Abstract: This application discloses a battery cushion and a forming method thereof, and a battery module and a forming method thereof. The battery cushion includes a body and breakable bubbles. The breakable bubbles are disposed in the body. The breakable bubbles include at least a first bubble and a second bubble. A breaking pressure of the first bubble is less than a breaking pressure of the second bubble, so that the battery cushion can release a space occupied by the battery cushion in a progressive manner under different external forces. The battery cushion disclosed in this application can not only achieve a pre-tightening force required during assembly of the battery module but also effectively relieve an expansive force generated during working of the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangjun Wang, Yonghuang Ye, Jiawel Zheng, Shaojun Niu
  • Patent number: 12046763
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of secondary battery cells, each including an electrode lead connected to an electrode assembly, a terrace portion forming a periphery of a cell body member in which the electrode assembly is accommodated, and a sealing portion formed to be connected to the terrace portion; a housing in which the plurality of secondary battery cells are accommodated; and a guard unit installed to face at least a portion of the terrace portion and at least a portion of the sealing portion to delay bursting of the sealing portion of at least one of the secondary battery cells. In the guard unit, a gap between internal surfaces facing the terrace portion is formed to be smaller than a thickness of the cell body member to limit expansion thickness of the terrace portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Jin Kim, Jeong Woon Ko, Seul Gi Shin, Seo Roh Rhee
  • Patent number: 12034108
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a wound electrode body having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are stacked on each other with the separator interposed therebetween and are wound about a winding axis. The wound electrode body has a section perpendicular to the winding axis. The section has an elongated shape that includes a flat part and a pair of curved parts. The curved parts oppose each other with the flat part interposed therebetween. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode current collector. A ratio of a second distance to a first distance is less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikako Imoto, Takaaki Matsui, Hideki Nakai
  • Patent number: 12021253
    Abstract: This application discloses a battery box, a battery pack, and a vehicle. The battery box includes: a lower box, including a bottom plate and a side plate connected to and disposed around the bottom plate; an upper box, connected to the side plate, where the upper box contains a cover plate disposed in opposition to the bottom plate, and the upper box and the lower box jointly close in to form an accommodation chamber; and a connector, disposed in the accommodation chamber and connected to the upper box and the lower box. The connector contains a guide channel, and the guide channel runs through the bottom plate and the cover plate along a first direction. The battery box, the battery pack, and the vehicle in this application satisfies requirements on strength of the battery box and connection strength between the battery pack and the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yannan Chu, Mu Qian, Jinqing Ji
  • Patent number: 12009537
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a main frame supporting a battery cell, the main frame including a hook hole and a reinforcer adjacent to the hook hole; and a main cover coupled to the main frame, the main cover including a hook inserted into and retained in engagement with the hook hole, wherein the reinforcer faces the hook hole with the hook therebetween to support the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Hun Park
  • Patent number: 12009539
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an electric power tool system with cordless power tools and removable, rechargeable battery packs that mate with the power tools to provide stored energy to the power tools. The battery packs may include a first battery pack having a basic interface and a second battery pack having an advanced interface. The power tools may include a first power tool having a basic interface and a second power tool having an advanced interface. The basic interface battery pack may mate with both the basic interface power tool and the advanced interface power tool. The advanced interface battery pack may mate with both the basic interface power tool and the advanced interface power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hennesy, Michael Varipatis, Mark Cherry, Nathan J. Osborne
  • Patent number: 12002983
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a service port for an electrical power supply such as a battery. The service port may be an integrated pressure equalization and electrical probe port. In one or more implementations, the service port may include a housing have an open bore within which an electrical header is disposed. A gap may be provided between the electrical header and the housing to allow airflow though the service port into and/or out of an internal chamber of the electrical power supply for pressure equalization of the internal chamber. In one or more implementations, a breather element may be disposed in a distal end of the housing of the service port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Casey Taylor Dunn, Daniel Alfredo Hernandez Saab
  • Patent number: 11990635
    Abstract: A frame structure assembly kit is provided. The frame structure assembly kit includes: a bottom frame structure including a plurality of longitudinal bottom frames and a plurality of lateral bottom frames assembled into a grid or ladder, wherein a part of the longitudinal bottom frames and/or the lateral bottom frames bends or extends upward to form at least one guide for determining the position of each battery unit; a top frame structure including a plurality of top longitudinal frames and a plurality of top lateral frames assembled into a grid or ladder; and a plurality of pillars having a length corresponding to the height of the battery units for connecting four corners of the bottom frame structure to the respective four corners of the top frame structure into a rectangular housing capable of accommodating the battery units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11982712
    Abstract: A configuration is adopted in which a terminal module includes a voltage detection terminal having a terminal connection part connected to an electrode terminal and a wire connection part connected to a wire, and a protector housing at least part of the voltage detection terminal, with two liquid draining parts each including a first extension part extending downward in the direction of gravity being provided between the terminal connection part and the wire connection part in the voltage detection terminal, and the protector having a housing part housing the liquid draining parts and accumulating liquid that travels along the first extension part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Matsumura, Hiroki Shimoda
  • Patent number: 11978896
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a composite oxide phase that contains Li, Si, Al and B; and Si particles that are dispersed in the composite oxide phase. Relative to the total number of moles of elements (excluding O) contained in the composite, oxide phase, the content of Li is from 5% by mole to 20% by mole (inclusive), the content of Si is from 50% by mole to 70% by mole (inclusive), the content of Al is from 12% by mole to 25% by mole (inclusive), and the content of B is from 12% by mole to 25% by mole (inclusive).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamori, Yasunobu Iwami, Mai Yokoi, Yohei Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 11973203
    Abstract: A battery pack is provided including at least one rechargeable secondary battery; a battery frame having a battery accommodation portion configured to accommodate the at least one secondary battery; a packaging member provided in the form of an adhesion sheet having an adhesive surface formed at one surface thereof, the packaging member including a body portion fixedly adhered to an upper portion of the secondary battery accommodated in the battery frame and a fixing portion bent and extended downward from the body portion and having the adhesive surface fixedly adhered to an outer surface of an outermost edge of the battery frame; and an anti-noise member attached to at least one portion of the adhesive surface of the packaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk-Joon Son, Young-Su Son, Young-Kyu Lee, Jae-Young Jang
  • Patent number: 11967737
    Abstract: A busbar for a battery module is provided. The battery module includes a plurality of aligned battery cells, and the busbar includes: a busbar body portion extending in an extension direction and a plurality of legs extending from the busbar body portion in a direction non-parallel to the extension direction of the busbar body portion. The busbar body portion have a length to connect cell terminals of a plurality of the battery cells of the battery module, and the legs are configured to electrically connect the busbar body portion and the cell terminals of the battery cells of the battery module to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Weinberger, Martin Kraker, Matic Blaznik, Jörg Killmann
  • Patent number: 11962026
    Abstract: Power supply device includes: a plurality of secondary battery cells each constituted by closing an open end of quadrangular exterior can opened at one end, with sealing plate; insulating separator interposed between adjacent secondary battery cells; one pair of end plates covering both end faces of battery stack constituted by stacking the plurality of secondary battery cells; and a plurality of fastening members fastening end plates together. Power supply device is configured such that within a region where separator is in contact with secondary battery cell, separator is made less easily deformable in a region on the side of sealing plate than other regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Go Yamashiro
  • Patent number: 11962028
    Abstract: A device for securing a replaceable vehicle battery having a protruding positive terminal and a protruding negative terminal, including a substrate defining a first side and a second side, a first receiving port extending through the substrate, a second receiving port extending through the substrate, and first and second spring-biased clamps mounted on the second side of the substrate, wherein the first receiving port and second receiving port are positioned and dimensioned to receive the positive and negative terminals through the first side of the substrate, whereby the first and second spring-biased clamps respectively engage the positive and negative terminals on the second side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas H Hillery
  • Patent number: 11955630
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material according to the present disclosure includes: a lithium composite oxide which includes Mn and at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, and N, and S. The lithium composite oxide has a crystalline structure which belongs to the space group Fd-3m, and a relationship 1.40?intensity ratio IMn1/IMn2?1.90 is satisfied. The intensity ratio IMn1/IMn2 is a ratio of an intensity IMn1 to an intensity IMn2. The intensity IMn1 and the intensity IMn2 are intensities of a first proximity peak and a second proximity peak, respectively, of the Mn in a radial distribution function of the Mn included in the lithium composite oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Omae, Ryuichi Natsui, Issei Ikeuchi, Kensuke Nakura
  • Patent number: 11936059
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a battery frame, a battery group, a battery pack, and a method for assembling a battery group. The battery frame according to the embodiments of this application includes at least two frames. The at least two frames are sequentially connected along a first direction. Among the at least two frames, any two adjacent frames are rotatably connected to each other, so that the battery frame is foldable. The foldability of the battery frame according to the embodiments of this application diversifies the battery frame effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongguang Wang, Peng Wang, Shenglin Li, Kaijie You, Yu Tang
  • Patent number: 11929518
    Abstract: A traction battery for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of battery cells which are electrically connected to one another, a battery housing which houses the battery cells, several degassing elements for conducting gas away out of the battery housing in the case of a cell outgassing, a sensing system for localizing the cell outgassing, and a control unit which, in the case of a cell outgassing, actuates the degassing elements such that the degassing element situated nearest the cell outgassing remains closed and one or more of the degassing elements that are farther away from the cell outgassing is/are opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Savo Asanin, Felix Laasch, Alexander Mueller
  • Patent number: 11923556
    Abstract: A battery pack for optimizing the structure of the battery pack includes a case, a battery module and a blocking member. The case includes an accommodating cavity and a drain hole in communication with the accommodating cavity. The battery module is contained inside the accommodating cavity. The blocking member is mounted to the case, and located between the drain hole and the battery module to block a binder for fixing the battery module from entering the drain hole. In the above-described technical solution, the blocking member can produce the effect of reducing or even avoiding binder for fixing the battery module from clogging in the drain hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xingdi Chen, Kaijie You, Yongguang Wang, Yu Tang, Yanbo Chen, Long Li
  • Patent number: 11901582
    Abstract: A power supply device disposes an end plate at each end of a battery stack in a stacked direction of the battery stack, and couples a binding bar to the end plate, so as to fix battery cells. The binding bar includes a plate-shaped bar that extends in the stacked direction of the battery stack, and an engagement block that is fixed to the plate-shaped bar and protrudes as a face opposing an outer peripheral face of the end plate. The End plate includes a fitting part to which the engagement block is guided, and a stopper. The fitting part is disposed on the outer peripheral face of the end plate. The stopper is disposed closer to the battery stack with respect to the fitting part, and abuts the engagement block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinobu Terauchi, Tetsuji Omura