Patents Examined by Maria Laios
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Patent number: 10547030Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a case having an internal space; an electrode assembly inserted in the case and including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a cap plate sealing the case, electrically connected to the first electrode plate of the electrode assembly, and including a safety vent on a region of the cap plate; an upper insulation member on the cap plate; a sub terminal plate on the upper insulation member and electrically connected to the safety vent through a connector part extending at an end of the sub terminal plate; and a terminal plate making contact with and coupled to a top portion of the upper insulation member and coupled to the sub terminal plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun soo Lee, Yunki Baik
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Patent number: 10541411Abstract: Provided is an anode active material for energy storage devices capable of electrochemically inserting and extracting lithium ions and production method thereof, an electrode structure including the active material and flake graphite, and an energy storage device using the electrode structure as an anode. The anode active material includes secondary particles that are aggregates of 10-300 nm primary particles containing silicon as a main component. The primary particles each include, as a surface layer, a composite metal oxide layer containing at least one or more metal elements selected from at least Al, Zr, Mg, Ca, and La and Li.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Soichiro Kawakami
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Patent number: 10541433Abstract: An energy storage system for an electrical grid running on a renewable energy source includes a baseload power module, a waste converter module, and a load-following power module. The baseload power module includes a first fuel cell system configured to provide a baseload power to the electrical grid. The waste converter module is configured to extract and store hydrogen from an exhaust stream produced by the first fuel cell system. The load-following power module includes a second fuel cell system configured to receive hydrogen from the waste converter module and convert the hydrogen to electrical energy to support the electrical grid.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.Inventors: Pinakin Patel, Ludwig Lipp, Nicholas Pasquale
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Patent number: 10535846Abstract: A secondary battery having reinforced stability and durability is provided. The secondary battery includes a case having an opening; an electrode assembly in the case with an electrolyte, a cap plate sealing the opening of the case, a terminal assembly electrically connected to the electrode assembly and protruding through the cap plate, and an insulation bag between the electrode assembly and the case to receive the electrode assembly and to hermetically seal the electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dukjung Kim
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Patent number: 10530000Abstract: An exhaust assembly for a fuel cell system, comprising a plenum having an inlet configured to receive a gas flow from the fuel cell system and an outlet configured to vent said gas flow to atmosphere, the plenum including a louvre assembly for controlling the flow through the plenum between the inlet and outlet, wherein the plenum includes a purge gas inlet downstream of the louvre assembly configured to introduce a purge gas of the fuel cell system into the gas flow for dilution thereof, the louvre assembly configured to induce, in use, a lower pressure region proximal the purge gas inlet relative to a region distal the purge gas inlet within the plenum.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Intelligent Energy LimitedInventors: Karl Blackmore, Gareth Coates
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Patent number: 10522851Abstract: A relation of X×?T×CTEt<L×t is satisfied, where X represents a distance between a circumferentially innermost position of a bonded portion of a resin frame bonded to first projections of separators and a circumferentially inner end of the resin frame; L represents a distance between the circumferentially inner end of the resin frame and a circumferentially outermost position of a held portion of a membrane electrode gas-diffusion-layer assembly that is interposed and held between second projections of the separators: ?T represents a temperature difference from a low temperature T1 of ?40° C. to a high temperature T2 of 100° C. CTEf represents an average coefficient of linear expansion of the resin frame within a range of the low temperature T1 to the high temperature T2; t represents a breaking elongation of the electrolyte membrane at the low temperature T1; and the distances X, L represents dimensions at the high temperature T2.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumishige Shizuku, Sachio Okada, Takashi Kajiwara
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Patent number: 10522806Abstract: A composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains a binder and inorganic particles including a sulfonate group. A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a functional layer for a non-aqueous secondary battery that is formed using this composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromi Takamatsu, Yuuki Ohkubo, Yujiro Toyoda
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Patent number: 10522874Abstract: A solid state battery system and methods of forming a solid state battery system. The solid state battery system has a plurality of fiber battery cells formed into a pattern. Each fiber battery cell has a fiber inner core which may be a carbon-graphite, carbon-nanotube, boron-nanotube or boron-nitride-nanotube fiber and serves as the anode. In addition, the fiber battery cell has an electrolyte layer formed over the fiber inner core and an outer conductive layer (the cathode) formed over the electrolyte layer. A first terminal is electrically coupled to the fiber inner core of each of the plurality of fiber battery cells. A second terminal is electrically coupled to the outer conductive layer of each of the plurality of fiber battery cells. The solid state battery system may be incorporated into a composite part for a vehicle, such as an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Daniel Park
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Patent number: 10522867Abstract: An end plate includes a plate body, fastening portions, and ribs. The plate body is rectangular and includes two long sides and two short sides. The plate body is arranged on an end of a cell stack of a fuel cell. The fastening portions are fastened to a case containing the cell stack. The fastening portions extend along edges of the plate body. The ribs are arranged in a grid-like manner on the plate body surrounded by the fastening portions. The ribs are arranged so that recesses defined between the ribs each have a quadrilateral shape in which two diagonals have different lengths. The ribs are arranged so that the recesses extend in a direction in which the ribs extend and so that a longer one of the two diagonals of each of the recesses extends parallel to the short sides of the plate body.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kunihiro Yamaura
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Patent number: 10494729Abstract: A module for an HTE reactor or an SOFC fuel cell, the module including a circuit for the circulation of a gas, in addition to the reactive gases required for the electrolysis reaction or the reverse reaction in an SOFC cell, the circuit enabling, during the operation under pressure, the additional gas to equalise, on one side of the glass- and/or vitroceramic-based seals, the pressure of the reactive gases generated on the other side.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Michel Planque, Magali Reytier, Guilhem Roux
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Patent number: 10497918Abstract: A device (10; 10?) for connecting battery cells (30), characterized by: a multiplicity of cell connectors (14) for electrically connecting terminals (36) of the battery cells (30), and a carrier (12; 12?) for mechanically connecting the cell connectors (14) to one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Lemke, Thomas Kretschmar, Alfons Doerr, Davide Bossi, Martin Gerlach, Gerhard Schubert, Stefan Baumann
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Patent number: 10490839Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode; a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly and having an opening; a cap plate configured to be combined to the opening; a first current collecting member and a second current collecting member configured to be electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively; and a first terminal and a second terminal configured to be electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively, and the first current collecting member may include a first current collecting plate electrically connected to the first electrode, and a first connecting protrusion which protrudes from the first current collecting plate and has a first terminal hole into which the first terminal is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min-Seok Koo, Sang-Won Byun, Hyun-Soo Lee, Hyun-Young Lim
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Patent number: 10490835Abstract: An exhaust assembly for a fuel cell system, comprising a plenum having an inlet configured to receive a gas flow from the fuel cell system and an outlet configured to vent said gas flow to atmosphere, the plenum including a louvre assembly for controlling the flow through the plenum between the inlet and outlet, wherein the plenum includes a purge gas inlet downstream of the louvre assembly configured to introduce a purge gas of the fuel cell system into the gas flow for dilution thereof, the louvre assembly configured to induce, in use, a lower pressure region proximal the purge gas inlet relative to a region distal the purge gas inlet within the plenum.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Intelligent Energy LimitedInventors: Karl Blackmore, Gareth Coates
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Patent number: 10483511Abstract: A method for insulating a battery module (100) which has a multiplicity of battery cells (10), having at least one foldable insulation element (20), having at least the following steps: a) forming a receptacle pocket (21) from the insulation element (20) for receiving at least one battery cell (10), b) closing the receptacle pocket (21) by means of attachment sections (22) which are arranged laterally on the insulation element (20), as a result of which the battery cell (10) is surrounded at least on five sides by the insulation element (20), as a result of which the individual battery cell (10) is insulated with respect to an adjacent battery cell (10).Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Claus Gerald Pflueger, Klaus Wipfler, Timo Kegel, Tomas Korinek, Torsten Koller
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Patent number: 10476088Abstract: A manifold device of a fuel cell stack is provided which prevents moisture condensed in gases supplied to the fuel cell stack from excessively flowing into specific cells of the stack by heating gases supplied into the stack using heat of the stack. The manifold device also prevents flooding that is caused by liquid generated in cells disposed away from a gas inlet by removing a flow rate difference of gases generated in respective cells based on distances from the gas inlet of the stack.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Bu Kil Kwon, Yong Gyu Noh, Hyun Joon Lee, Young Mo Goo, Seung Eul Yoo
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Patent number: 10468716Abstract: A solid silicon secondary battery, by substitutions of silicon for lithium, enables decreasing of preparations cost and minimizing of environmental pollutions. By laminate pressing multiple times a positive or negative electrode material, the present invention enables increasing of the density of a positive or negative electrode active material, thereby increasing current density and capacity. By having mesh plates equipped inside the positive electrode active material and the negative electrode active material, the present invention enables effective moving of electrons. By enabling common use of an electrode, of a silicon secondary battery, connected during a serial connections of the silicon secondary battery, the present invention enables decreasing of the thickness of a silicon secondary battery assembly and increasing of output voltage. By being integrally formed with a PCB or a chip and supplying a power source, the present invention functions as a backup power source for instant discharging.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: REKRIX CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Hoon Ryu, Jae Kyung Kong
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Patent number: 10468641Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a battery. The battery includes a metallic outer can, a wound electrode group, a positive electrode-lead, a negative electrode-lead, a positive electrode insulating cover, and a negative electrode insulating cover.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tatsuya Shinoda, Hideyuki Ishii, Kengo Kurata, Yoshiaki Asami, Tsutomu Matsui, Eiki Kashiwazaki, Kenichi Takahashi
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Patent number: 10461338Abstract: An electronic device includes: a casing; a through hole which penetrates a bottom plate of the casing; a pin inserted into the through hole; a battery mounted on the pin inside the casing, wherein the battery includes a first lead terminal connected to an upper face of the battery, and a second lead terminal connected to a lower face of the battery; a first wiring layer disposed inside the casing and connected to the first lead terminal; and a second wiring layer disposed inside the casing to overlap with the second lead terminal in planar view. An upper face of the pin is higher in height than an upper face of the second wiring layer. The pin separates the second lead terminal and the second wiring layer from each other such that the second lead terminal and the second wiring layer are electrically insulated from each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuyuki Kubota
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Patent number: 10461382Abstract: The invention relates to a receptacle (34) for at least partially compressively receiving at least one battery cell (12) for a battery module, wherein the receptacle (34) has at least two end plates (10) which can be arranged on two opposing sides of the at least one battery cell (12), wherein the end plates (10) are connected to one another by a plurality of connecting means (24), which are fixed to the end plates (10) and in each case have at least two plug elements (28), in such a way that the plug elements (28) of the connecting means (24) for fixing the connecting means (24) to the end plates (10) engage in bushings (22) of the end plates (10) in a plane arranged substantially at right angles to the direction of extension of the connecting means (24).Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Steffen Benz, Dirk Liepold, Eduard Reimer, Ionut Marian Lica, Jochen Schweinbenz, Jonas Schuetz, Kushtrim Krasniqi, Lukasz Paczkowski, Markus Kohlberger, Nicolai Joerg, Ulrich Lange
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Patent number: 10439212Abstract: Composite cathode materials are provided herein. Disclosed composite cathode materials include those comprising an aluminum borate coating. Systems making use of the cathode active materials are also described, such as electrochemical cells and electrodes for use in electrochemical cells. Methods for making and using the composite cathode materials are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ratnakumar V. Bugga, Candace S. Seu