Patents Examined by Lucas J O Donnell
  • Patent number: 11650259
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for repairing or testing a used battery pack from an electric vehicle include removing the battery pack from the vehicle. Battery tests are performed on at least some of the plurality of batteries and battery test results for each of the batteries tested are obtained. A cradle is configured to receive at least two different types of batteries. The cradle includes connectors to electrically couple circuitry of a battery tester to the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MIDTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin I. Bertness
  • Patent number: 11648654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power tool and battery pack assembly including a battery pack for connection with the power tool to provide power for the operation of the power tool when connected thereto. The battery pack includes a plurality of power cells and connection means are provided to allow the selective supply of power at least a first or second voltage level to the power tool from the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rients Bakker
  • Patent number: 11652219
    Abstract: A hybrid bipolar plate assembly for a fuel cell includes a formed cathode half plate and a stamped metal anode half plate. The stamped metal anode half plate is nested with and affixed to the formed cathode half plate. Each of the half plates has a reactant side and a coolant side, a feed region, and a header with a plurality of header apertures. The coolant side of the formed cathode half plate has support features that can be different from and need not correspond with cathode flow channels formed on the opposite reactant side. The coolant side of the stamped metal anode half plate has lands corresponding with anode channels formed on the opposite oxidant side. The lands define a plurality of coolant channels on the coolant side of the stamped metal anode half plate and abut the coolant side of the formed cathode half plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Jiangsu Horizon New Energy Technologies CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Zhijun Gu
  • Patent number: 11613502
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ceramic particle comprising a core substrate chosen from yttria-stabilized zirconia, partially stabilized zirconia, zirconium oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and cerium oxide, and a conformal coating of a sintering aid film having a thickness of less than three nanometers and covering the core substrate, and methods for producing the ceramic particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Christopher Bartel, Alan W. Weimer, Rebecca Jean O'Toole, Maila Kodas
  • Patent number: 11611097
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a method of making an electrochemical reactor comprising a) depositing a composition on a substrate to form a slice; b) drying the slice using a non-contact dryer; c) sintering the slice using electromagnetic radiation (EMR), wherein the electrochemical reactor comprises an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte between the anode and the cathode. In an embodiment, the electrochemical reactor comprises at least one unit, wherein the unit comprises the anode, the cathode, the electrolyte and an interconnect and wherein the unit has a thickness of no greater than 1 mm. In an embodiment, the anode is no greater than 50 microns in thickness, the cathode is no greater than 50 microns in thickness, and the electrolyte is no greater than 10 microns in thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Utility Global, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Matthew Dawson, Nicholas Farandos, Jin Dawson
  • Patent number: 11603324
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of making an electrode for an electrochemical reactor including the steps of providing a template and depositing electrode material such that the electrode material is in contact with the template. This template is provided in a form that produces channels in the electrode material. There is also disclosed an electrode for an electrochemical reactor which includes electrode material and a template, with the template occupying channels in the electrode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Utility Global, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Matthew Dawson, Nicholas Farandos, Jin Dawson
  • Patent number: 11605820
    Abstract: An electrical energy generating element includes a first porous electrode, an eggshell membrane, and a second porous electrode. The first porous electrode, the eggshell membrane, and the second porous electrode are stacked on each other in that order. The present application also relates to an electrical energy generating device, a method for generating electrical energy, and a decorative ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dan Gao, Chang-Hong Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11594711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a current collector for a battery or a supercapacitor, the manufacturing method comprising a phase of connecting a metal element and a metal strip coated with a coating, the coating being made of a coating material, the coating material being distinct from the strip material, the connecting phase comprising: a superimposing step of the strip and the metal element on a superposition surface, and a step of applying ultrasound by a sonotrode of an ultrasonic welder on the superimposing surface along a line for welding the superimposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ARMOR
    Inventors: Sjamme Karl Höschen, Jean-François Noel Marcel Evrard
  • Patent number: 11588170
    Abstract: Disclosed are a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, since an external protrusion protruding from the outside of an exterior constituting a body of the secondary battery as a component through which a secondary battery according to a related art is electrically connected to external electric equipment is removed, the secondary battery may be reduced in volume under the same capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Hun Kim, Yong Su Choi, Hyung Kyun Yu, Soo Ji Hwang, Na Yoon Kim, Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 11581541
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery includes: 1) an anode; 2) a cathode; and 3) an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode and including lithium ions. The anode includes a graphene framework film including interconnected graphene sheets, and the graphene framework film has a specific surface area of 600 m2 g?1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Xiangfeng Duan, Yuxi Xu
  • Patent number: 11581669
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multifunctional high-voltage connector and a battery product, the multifunctional high-voltage connector comprises: an upper cover; a pedestal; a conductive connection structure; two mating terminals; and a harness assembly. The conductive connection structure is used to make the two mating terminals be connected in series, and the harness assembly is directly connected to one of the mating terminals. When the upper cover and the pedestal are assembled, the conductive connection structure is simultaneously in contact with the two mating terminals, thereby turning on the high-voltage circuit. When the battery product requires maintenance, the upper cover is directly detached from the base, thereby turning off the high-voltage circuit. The battery product can be electrically connected to an external device via the harness assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jianwei Li, Cong Bao, Mingping Yang, Libing Chan, Linggang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11575147
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to electrolytes for use in various electrochemical devices. In some cases, the electrolytes are relatively safe to use; for example, the electrolytes may be resistant to overheating, catching on fire, burning, exploding, etc. In some embodiments, such electrolytes may be useful for certain types of high-voltage cathode materials. In some cases, the electrolytes may include ion dissociation compounds that can dissociate tight ion pairs. Non-limiting examples of ion dissociation compounds include trialkyl phosphates, sulfones, or the like. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to devices including such electrolytes, methods of making or using such electrolytes, kits including such electrolytes, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Factorial Inc.
    Inventors: Jia Du, Peishen Huang, Karlie Mellott, Dong Ren
  • Patent number: 11557784
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a method of treating a component of a fuel cell, which includes the step of exposing the component of the fuel cell to a source of electromagnetic radiation (EMR). The component comprises a first material. The EMR has a wavelength ranging from 10 to 1500 nm and the EMR has a minimum energy density of 0.1 Joule/cm2. Preferably, the treatment process has one or more of the following effects: heating, drying, curing, sintering, annealing, sealing, alloying, evaporating, restructuring, foaming. In an embodiment, the substrate is a component in a fuel cell. Such component comprises an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte, a catalyst, a barrier layer, a interconnect, a reformer, or reformer catalyst. In an embodiment, the substrate is a layer in a fuel cell or a portion of a layer in a fuel cell or a combination of layers in a fuel cell or a combination of partial layers in a fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Utility Global, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Matthew Dawson, Jin Dawson
  • Patent number: 11545679
    Abstract: A fuel cell arrangement which comprises a fuel cell having a first inlet for a fuel and a second inlet for an oxidizing agent, and comprises a vortex tube having an inlet, a first outlet for heated gas and a second outlet for cooled gas. Here, the first outlet of the vortex tube is fluidically connected to the first inlet or the second inlet of the fuel cell. A fuel cell system may have such a fuel cell arrangement, and a vehicle may have such a fuel cell arrangement or fuel cell system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Barnaby Law
  • Patent number: 11545700
    Abstract: A power storage system includes a power storage element; and a voltage detecting unit configured to detect an output voltage of the power storage element. The power storage element and the voltage detecting unit are formed by integrally forming structural materials of the power storage element and the voltage detecting unit on the same base material, without any point bonding portions formed by solder mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kuriyama, Masami Takai, Satoshi Nakajima, Eiko Suzuki, Toru Ushirogochi
  • Patent number: 11515544
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell using a calendering process. The method includes preparing a stack including an anode support layer (ASL) and an anode functional layer (AFL), calendering the stack to obtain an anode, stacking an electrolyte layer on the anode to obtain an assembly, calendering the assembly to obtain an electrolyte substrate, sintering the electrolyte substrate, and forming a cathode on the electrolyte layer of the electrolyte substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hae-Weon Lee, Ho Il Ji, Byung Kook Kim, Jong Ho Lee, Ji-Won Son, Kyung Joong Yoon, Hyoungchul Kim, Sungeun Yang, Sangbaek Park, Junseok Kim, Jisu Shin
  • Patent number: 11502336
    Abstract: A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Keshavarz, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee, Alex J. Klevay
  • Patent number: 11495831
    Abstract: A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Keshavarz, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee, Alex J. Klevay
  • Patent number: 11495830
    Abstract: A system and method for a liquid electrolyte used in secondary electrochemical cells having at least one electrode including a TMCCC material, the liquid electrolyte enabling an increased lifetime while allowing for fast discharge to extremely high depth of discharge. The addition of dinitriles to liquid electrolytes in electrochemical cells in which energy storage is achieved by ion intercalation in transition metal cyanide coordination compounds (TMCCC) has the advantage of increasing device lifetime by inhibiting common chemical and electrochemical degradation mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Natron Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Keshavarz, Daniel Friebel, Peter Benjamin Herman, Grace Marjorie Yee, Alex J. Klevay
  • Patent number: 11476466
    Abstract: There are provided a method of preparing an irreversible additive in which a content of a Li-based by-product such as unreacted lithium oxide generated in a process of preparing lithium nickel-based oxide is decreased, which may significantly reduce gelation of a composition including the irreversible additive, a cathode material including the irreversible additive prepared by the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the cathode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Hyelim Jeon, Seul Ki Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Wang Mo Jung, Minsuk Kang, Sora Baek, Eunsol Lho