Patents Examined by Kimberly Wyluda
  • Patent number: 11101501
    Abstract: An example electrolyte includes a solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive selected from the group consisting of a mercaptosilane, a mercaptosiloxane, and combinations thereof. The electrolyte may be used in a method for making a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer on a surface of an electrode. A negative electrode structure may be formed from the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Fang Liu, Qiangfeng Xiao, Yunfeng Lu, Mei Cai, Fang Dai, Li Yang
  • Patent number: 11094921
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for an electrochemical device and a method for manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an electrode having a small difference in porosity along the thickness direction of the electrode, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Song-Yi Han, Ji-Eun Lee, Song-Taek Oh, Young-Geun Choi
  • Patent number: 11081740
    Abstract: A power storage device includes: a power storage module; a housing case having a housing space formed therein and configured to house the power storage module in the housing space; a cooler arranged in the housing case and configured to cool air sent toward the power storage module; a storage portion configured to store condensation water generated as a result of cooling by the cooler; and an air permeable film configured to allow a vapor generated from the condensation water stored in the storage portion to pass therethrough. The storage portion and the air permeable film are provided in a separated space separated from the housing space. The vapor passes through the separated space and reaches the air permeable film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Uchiyama, Shigeyuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11075416
    Abstract: A temperature control device for a battery housing of a vehicle driven by electric motor. The temperature control device is divided into a plurality of temperature control cells. Each cell has a heat exchanger surface for transmitting heat from a battery module to the temperature control device or vice versa, and at least one temperature control agent channel, which is fluidically connected on an inlet or outlet side to a first temperature control agent collector and on its other side to a second temperature control agent collector. The temperature control device has at least one first temperature control agent collector and at least one second temperature control agent collector, wherein each temperature control cell is connected to a first temperature control agent collector and a second temperature control agent collectors by its at least one temperature control agent channel, without connecting to the at least one temperature control agent channel of another temperature control cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: KIRCHHOFF AUTOMOTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Günther
  • Patent number: 11069899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative electrode for a secondary battery. The negative electrode for the secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material integrated with at least a portion of a surface of the negative electrode collector, wherein the negative electrode collector has a plurality of delamination prevention current collection grooves with which the negative electrode active material is integrated, and the negative electrode active material is disposed on an inner surface of each of the delamination prevention current collection grooves so that a space part in which a passivation layer is formed is defined during charging and discharging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hyun Cho, Hyun Woong Yun
  • Patent number: 11056680
    Abstract: A battery includes negative electrode material and positive electrode material where the materials are in a solid phase except for selected portions that are heated to transform the selected portions into a fluid. The fluid portion of negative electrode material is directed to a negative electrode region of a reaction chamber and the fluid portion of positive electrode material is directed to a positive electrode region of the reaction chamber where a solid electrolyte containing ions of the negative electrode separates the positive electrode region from the negative electrode region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Vissers Battery Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel R. Vissers
  • Patent number: 11045058
    Abstract: A cleaner includes: a battery housing: a main body terminal that is disposed in the battery housing; and a battery that is separably coupled to the battery housing, wherein the battery includes: a plurality of battery cells; a battery management unit to manage voltage of the battery cells; and a battery terminal that is connected to the battery management unit and is connected to the main body terminal when the battery is inserted into the battery housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Philjae Hwang, Mantae Hwang, Jungbae Hwang, Eunji Sung, Taekgi Lee
  • Patent number: 11043675
    Abstract: The present application provides a positive electrode material and a lithium-ion battery. The positive electrode material comprises a lithium composite oxide comprising lithium and at least one selected from a group of cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), and a compound on the surface thereof comprising strontium (Sr) and at least one selected from a group of silicon (Si), titanium (Ti). By using above positive electrode material, the increased DC resistance during the circulation of the lithium-ion battery is greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventor: Chunfeng Zheng
  • Patent number: 11043664
    Abstract: A battery comprises an electrode group including a separator, a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode core, negative electrode mixture layers retained to the negative electrode core, and a fluorine resin layer disposed on the surface of the negative electrode mixture layers. The negative electrode mixture layers include a first outermost peripheral region located at the outermost periphery of the electrode group and a second outermost peripheral region located opposite to the first outermost peripheral region. When the amount of the fluorine resin constituting a first fluorine resin layer in a portion of the first outermost peripheral region is represented by A, and the amount of the fluorine resin constituting a second fluorine resin layer in a portion of the second outermost peripheral region is represented by B, a relation A>B is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: FDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Sato, Jun Ishida, Akira Saguchi, Shota Ohata
  • Patent number: 11011740
    Abstract: A battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes LixAl2(OH)7-y.zH2O where 0.9<x<1.1, ?0.1<y<0.1, 0?z<2.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11011777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nitrogen-doped sulfide-based solid electrolyte for all-solid batteries. The a nitrogen-doped sulfide-based solid electrolyte for all-solid batteries includes a compound with an argyrodite-type crystal structure represented by the following Formula 1: LiaPSbNcXd??[Formula 1] wherein 6?a?7, 3<b<6, 0<c?1, 0<d?2, and each X is the same or different halogen atom selected from the group consisting of chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), and iodine (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventors: Ju Yeong Seong, Yong Jun Jang, Hong Seok Min, Sa Heum Kim, Yong Sub Yoon, Pil Gun Oh, Dong Wook Shin, Chan Hwi Park, Jin Oh Son
  • Patent number: 11011754
    Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer that enables production of a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer that has excellent stability and can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics. The binder composition contains a water-soluble polymer and water. The water-soluble polymer has a contact angle with water of at least 40° and not more than 80° and has a degree of swelling in electrolyte solution of more than a factor of 1.0 and not more than a factor of 3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi Asano
  • Patent number: 10998541
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode sheet including an electrode layer on both surfaces of a current collecting foil includes: feeding out an original electrode sheet including an unfinished electrode layer on each surface of the foil from a feeding part; causing a press roll pair to contact with the original sheet fed out to form the unfinished layers into electrode layers; receiving the sheet having passed through the roll pair by a sheet receiving part; and rotating rolls of the roll pair in a feeding direction. The feeding part, roll pair, and receiving part are placed such that the original sheet and the electrode sheet are to be wound on one of the rolls. The rolls are rotated such that a moving speed of cylindrical surface of one roll placed in a position where the sheets are wound thereon is higher than that of the other roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomofumi Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 10985393
    Abstract: In embodiments, a method of forming a membrane electrode assembly comprises pressing a stack comprising a cathode, an anode, a proton exchange membrane between the cathode and the anode, and a porous catalyst layer in contact with the proton exchange membrane, the porous catalyst layer comprising an ionomer, the ionomer coating internal surfaces of pores of the porous catalyst layer, thereby providing internal ionomer-gas interfaces within the porous catalyst layer; for a time, a pressure, and a temperature to bind the ionomer to the proton exchange membrane, whereby steam is generated within the porous catalyst layer. The steam is removed via pores of the porous catalyst layer to increase the hydrophobicity of the internal ionomer-gas interfaces within the porous catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
    Inventors: Trung Van Nguyen, Regis P. Dowd, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10971729
    Abstract: Provided herein are high performance direct deposit electrodes that do not require the use of a binder, as well as processes of manufacturing the same by an electrospray process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: CORNELL UNIVERSITY, DONGJIN SEMICHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Lak Joo, Ling Fei, Sunchan Park, Seon Yeong Gong
  • Patent number: 10971720
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes secondary particles. The secondary particles include a plurality of primary particles. The primary particles include a lithium-containing composite metal oxide. Inside the secondary particles, an electron conducting oxide is disposed at at least a part of a grain boundary between the primary particles. The electron conducting oxide has a perovskite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuta Sugiura, Satoshi Kanada, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Taira Aida
  • Patent number: 10964965
    Abstract: A cathode oxygen depletion (COD) control method is provided. The method includes determining whether a COD heater operates and calculating power generation and power consumption when the COD heater operates. Additionally, the power consumption is adjusted by comparing the calculated power generation and power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeong Kyu Park, Chang Hwan Ye, Gun Hyung Park, Sae Byeok Seung, Sang Chul Yeom, Seung Yoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10964963
    Abstract: A method for calculating voltage loss of a fuel cell is provided. The method includes sensing an open circuit voltage that is generated in a stack when the switch is opened and detecting an operation voltage and an operation current that are generated in the stack when the switch is closed. A first change graph of voltage data over time is calculated using the voltage data and current data from a time when the switch is opened in a state where the switch is closed. A first voltage of a point at which a trend line for an interval where the voltage data linearly varies with the time meets the first change graph is sensed and then an ohmic resistance voltage loss is calculated using a difference between the first voltage and the operation voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Minsu Lee
  • Patent number: 10957938
    Abstract: A sodium-ion electrolyte composition for use in an electrochemical cell, the electrolyte composition comprising a mixture of a phosphonium salt and a sodium salt, wherein the electrolyte composition presents as a solid up to at least 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Deakin University, Monash University
    Inventors: Maria Forsyth, Matthias Hilder, Patrick C. Howlett, Faezeh Makhlooghiazad, Douglas Robert MacFarlane
  • Patent number: 10950868
    Abstract: A gas diffusion electrode in which a microporous layer is provided on at least one surface of a conductive porous substrate, wherein the areas obtained by dividing the cross section perpendicular to the plane of the microporous layer into three equal parts in the thickness direction are a first area, a second area, and a third area, with respect to the conductive porous substrate side, the fluorine strength of the third area being 0.8 to 1.2 times the fluorine strength of the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyo Shigeta, Masamichi Utsunomiya, Yasutaka Okano, Yasuaki Tanimura, Toshiya Kamae