Patents Examined by Maria Laios
  • Patent number: 11223068
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a compacted strip-shaped electrode plate including: an undried layer forming step of forming, on a current collector foil, a strip-shaped undried active material layer by rolling out a particle aggregate; a drying step of drying the undried active material layer to form an active material layer; and a pressing step of pressing the active material layer by rollers to compact the active material layer. The particle aggregate is a mixed particle aggregate in which first wet particles manufactured with the content ratio of conductive particles to the total solid content set to W1 and second wet particles manufactured with the content ratio of conductive particles to the total solid content set to W2, W2 being higher than W1, are mixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Hayashi, Shun Okuda
  • Patent number: 11223062
    Abstract: A stack holding apparatus comprising a stacking platform on which sheet members are stacked, a pressing mechanism constantly pressing the stacking platform toward an upper side in the stacking direction of the sheet members stacked on the stacking platform, a pair of clamp rods arranged in parallel with a front-back direction of the stacking platform so as to face the two left and right sides of the stacking platform, clamp arms fixed to the clamp rods and clamping the sheet members stacked on the stacking platform from an upper side in the stacking direction, slide mechanisms making the clamp rods move parallel to the stacking direction, and tilt mechanisms making the clamp rods tilt so that the clamp arms open to an upper side in the stacking direction while moving away from the stacking platform and further so that the clamp arms approach the stacking platform while closing to the lower side in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhira Abe
  • Patent number: 11223037
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an anode for a cable-type secondary battery, includes forming a lithium-containing electrode layer on the outer surface of a wire-type current collector; and surrounding the outer surface of the lithium-containing electrode layer with a substrate for forming a polymer layer spirally, and pressing the outside of the substrate for forming a polymer layer to form a polymer layer on the lithium-containing electrode layer, wherein the polymer layer includes a hydrophobic polymer, an ion conductive polymer, and a binder for binding the hydrophobic polymer and the ion conductive polymer with each other. An anode obtained from the method and a cable-type secondary battery including the anode are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hun Choi, Dong-Hyeon Kang, Sung-Joong Kang, Byoung-Kuk Son, In-Sung Uhm, Dong-Chan Lee, Yong-Hee Lee, Min-Chul Jang
  • Patent number: 11217864
    Abstract: A battery module is provided. The battery module includes pouch-type battery cells stacked on each other and electrically connected in series and/or in parallel. Toward an electrode lead of one pouch-type battery cell, electrode leads of other pouch-type battery cells are biased to allow ends of the electrode leads to be overlapped. In particular, each of the pouch-type battery cells has an R bending portion at which a boundary region between a terrace of a pouch case and the electrode leads is bent toward a direction in which the electrode leads are biased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Ho-June Chi, Hang-June Choi
  • Patent number: 11217857
    Abstract: A system comprising one or more battery modules mounted in a rack assembly has a structure which defines a cooling air pathway for flowing cooling air across the side and/or bottom of each battery module thereby cooling the battery module, or alternatively, across the energy calls in the battery module. Further, the system has a structure which defines a thermal runaway gas pathway for flowing thermal runaway gases from a battery module out of the system. The system structure is configured to ensure that the cooling air pathway and thermal runaway gas pathway are physically separated, thereby minimizing the risk of the thermal runaway gas substantially mixing with cooling air thereby potentially resulting in a spontaneous ignition and an explosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CORVUS ENERGY INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Lindstrom, David Lokhorst
  • Patent number: 11211658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a housing for a battery. In the case of coolant leakage, the housing includes an absorbent layer disposed on a bottom portion and an insulating film covering a portion of the absorbent layer in order to improve operational safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ralph Wuensche, Thomas Trathnigg, Guido Poscharnig, Wolfgang Luidold
  • Patent number: 11211649
    Abstract: A battery module includes a cooling plate including a housing, a first manifold coupled to one end of the housing, and a second manifold coupled to another end of the housing; and at least one battery pack arranged on the cooling plate, wherein the housing includes therein a plurality of flow paths and a plurality of hollows passing through the housing from the one end to the other end, and the plurality of flow paths and the plurality of hollows are arranged alternately and in parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Janggun Ahn
  • Patent number: 11208745
    Abstract: A method for horizontally splitting rolled-up web material in the sample thickness. A carbon fiber nonwoven is moved in relation to a knife structure in order to split off a layer or successively several layers from a roll web. The one layer or several layers are continuously removed in the form of a roll from the carbon fiber nonwoven after the splitting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SGL Carbon SE
    Inventors: Stefan Woehner, Dirk Schneider, Michael Steinroetter
  • Patent number: 11205781
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a filamentary positive electrode for solid battery, a solid battery having the filamentary positive electrode for solid battery, a manufacturing method of the filamentary positive electrode for solid battery, and a manufacturing method of the solid battery having the filamentary positive electrode for solid battery. The structure of a positive electrode that constitutes a solid battery is a filamentous structure. A positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material is provided on a surface of a conductive positive electrode filament, and a positive electrode electrolyte layer including an electrolyte is further provided on an outer side of the positive electrode active material layer to form a filamentary positive electrode for solid battery. The filamentary positive electrode for solid battery and a filamentary negative electrode for solid battery, which has a filamentous structure, are laminated to form a solid battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pu Qian, Toshio Tokune, Mitsumoto Kawai
  • Patent number: 11196040
    Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode material including: a lithium silicate phase that contains a lithium silicate; and silicon particles that are dispersed in the lithium silicate phase, wherein the silicon particles have a crystallite size of 10 nm or more, and the lithium silicate has a composition represented by the following formula: Li2Si2O5.(x?2)SiO2, where 2<x?18 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Uchiyama, Taisuke Yamamoto, Tatsuya Akira, Norihisa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Minami
  • Patent number: 11196131
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, which includes an electrode assembly, a case, a cap assembly and a first insulating tape. The electrode assembly comprises an electrode unit. The electrode unit comprises a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator. The electrode unit is a winding structure and in a flat shape, and an outermost turn of the negative electrode plate is positioned at an outer side of an outermost turn of the positive electrode plate. The case comprises a first side wall and an accommodating cavity, the electrode assembly is accommodated in the accommodating cavity, the case is electrically connected with the positive electrode plate, and the cap assembly is connected with the case. The first insulating tape is positioned between the electrode assembly and the first side wall and closely attached to an outer surface of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: QINGHAI CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhiling Li, Hui Li, Tingting Zhang, Yong Zhou, Jianing He, Weiqing Wu, Baiqing Li
  • Patent number: 11196119
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a battery coupled to the housing, and a battery cover which covers at least a portion of the battery. The battery cover includes an expandable portion. The expandable portion is moveable from a collapsed position to an expanded position. When the expandable portion is in the collapsed position, the battery cover has a first internal area. When the expandable portion is in the expanded position the battery cover has a second internal area. The first internal area is less than the second internal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
    Inventors: Halle Elliott, Brianna E. Williams
  • Patent number: 11189867
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods of providing electric power to components in electric vehicles are detailed herein. A housing can have a bottom panel and side walls defining a cavity. The bottom panel can define an inlet port and an outlet port. A battery module can be disposed within the cavity. A support structure can be on one side wall. The support structure can have a conduit to pass coolant through the housing. A cold plate can be disposed within the cavity and thermally coupled with the battery module. The cold plate can have an inlet, an outlet, and a channel to circulate the coolant from the inlet to the outlet. A distribution plate can be disposed along a bottom surface of the bottom panel. The distribution plate can have a main channel to convey the coolant from the conduit to the cold plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CHONGQING JINKANG POWERTRAIN NEW ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiaxian Wang
  • Patent number: 11183730
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery block including a battery cell, and a battery holder configured to accommodate the battery cell and having at least a first opening portion; a battery pack case configured to accommodate the battery block and having at least a second opening portion; a first sealant disposed at least between a first peripheral end face of a first terminal portion of the battery cell and the battery holder; and a second sealant disposed at least between a second peripheral end face of a second terminal portion of the battery cell and the battery holder, wherein the first sealant is fixed by the first peripheral end face of the first terminal portion and the battery holder, and the second sealant is fixed by the second peripheral end face of the second terminal portion and the battery holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Masaaki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11183713
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a Lithium-Ion reserve battery, the method including: assembling an operational Lithium-ion battery having an anode, cathode, separator membrane between the anode and cathode and an electrolyte; charging the assembled Lithium-ion battery; disassembling the Lithium-ion battery by separating the anode, cathode and separator membrane and removing the electrolyte; rinsing and drying the disassembled cathode and anode; reassembling the rinsed and dried cathode and anode with a new separator membrane between the anode and cathode and without the electrolyte to provide the Lithium-Ion reserve battery; and discharging the Lithium-Ion reserve battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: OMNITEK PARTNERS, LLC
    Inventor: Jahangir S Rastegar
  • Patent number: 11177532
    Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween, a pouch-type case configured to wrap around the electrode assembly, a first pair of insulative films disposed in a predetermined region of an edge of the pouch-type case, a positive electrode lead, one side of which is electrically connected to a positive electrode current collector of the electrode assembly and another side of which protrudes out of the case between the first films, a second pair of insulative films disposed in a predetermined region of the edge of the pouch-type case, a negative electrode lead, one side of which is electrically connected to a negative electrode current collector of the electrode assembly and another side of which protrudes out of the case between the second films, and a gas discharge member interposed between the first or second films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Hun Kim, Myung Hwan Kim, Yong Su Choi, Na Yoon Kim, Hyung Kyun Yu
  • Patent number: 11158895
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes: at least one battery cell having electrode leads protruding at first and second opposite sides thereof; and at least one cell case each covering the first and second sides and an upper side of a corresponding one of the at least one battery cell and each including a pair of bus bars each having one end connected to a corresponding one of the electrode leads and another end exposed at an upper side of the cell case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventors: Ji-Su Yoon, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jae-Uk Ryu, Ho-June Chi
  • Patent number: 11158881
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polymer solid electrolyte comprising a high molecular polymer and a lithiated carbon dot, wherein the lithiated carbon dot is obtained by lithiating a carbon dot with lithium hydroxide. The present application also provides a method for preparing a lithiated carbon dot and a method for preparing a polymer solid electrolyte. In the polymer solid electrolyte provided in the present application, the lithiated carbon dot is used as lithium salts, and the introduction of the lithiated carbon dot effectively reduces the crystal phase of the polymer matrix in the electrolyte, and significantly improves the electrochemical properties such as the ionic conductivity and ionic mobility of the polymer solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Feng, Zeyu Li, Yu Li, Chen Cao
  • Patent number: 11158898
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shinoda, Hideyuki Ishii, Kengo Kurata, Yoshiaki Asami, Tsutomu Matsui, Eiki Kashiwazaki, Kenichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11152661
    Abstract: Provided by the present disclosure is a batten pack in which both battery performance and durability of an all solid state battery are improved. Provided is a battery pack provided with a plurality of single batteries and a constraining mechanism. The constraining mechanism constrains the arranged single batteries in such a way that stress exists in the direction of compression along the arrangement direction. In addition, in a direction which intersects the arrangement direction, when a direction in which the external connection terminals extend is deemed to be a first direction and the direction opposite the first direction is deemed to a second direction, the constraining mechanism is configured in such a way that the stress increases from the first direction towards the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satomi Yamamoto, Koichi Tanimoto