Patents Examined by Matthew T Martin
  • Patent number: 12159991
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method includes forming a battery electrode on a substrate. Forming the battery electrode on the substrate includes depositing a first electrode active material layer on a first portion of a surface of the substrate and depositing, to form a current collector, a conductive material using a thin film deposition process on a surface of the first electrode active material layer. The conductive material is deposited over an edge of the first electrode active material layer and onto a second portion of the surface of the substrate, the second portion of the substrate being adjacent to the first portion of the substrate. The method includes removing the battery electrode from the substrate, the battery electrode including the first electrode active material layer and the current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Phalgun Madhusudan
  • Patent number: 12155096
    Abstract: A method for flattening the proton exchange membrane for the fuel cell and an apparatus therefor are used in flattening the proton exchange membrane which is soaked with phosphoric acid. The control precision of this method can be higher than the traditional adsorption method. The mechanical transfer of proton exchange membrane can be realized so that the processing efficiency of proton exchange membrane in the process of fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Suli Wang, Xi Chen, Gongquan Sun
  • Patent number: 12155076
    Abstract: A secondary battery including an electrode assembly including a negative electrode plate having a negative electrode tab, a positive electrode plate having a positive electrode tab, and a separator between the negative electrode plate and the positive electrode plate; a pouch accommodating the electrode assembly, the pouch having a sealing portion at an edge thereof that is sealed with the electrode assembly accommodated in the pouch; and a strip terminal, including a negative electrode lead electrically connected to the negative electrode tab, a positive electrode lead electrically connected to the positive electrode tab, and a tab film having one end coupled to the negative electrode lead and another end coupled to the positive electrode lead, the tab film insulating the negative electrode lead, the positive electrode lead, and the pouch from one another and including a through-hole passing therethrough between the one end and the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Seino, Jae Hyuck Cha, Jeong Chull Ahn, Sang Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12155073
    Abstract: A method for preparing an iron sulfide (FeS2) with selective and high purity by a simple process, a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery including the iron sulfide (FeS2) prepared therefrom, which can adsorb the lithium polysulfide produced during the charging and discharging process of the lithium secondary battery, thereby increasing the charging and discharging efficiency of the battery and improving its lifetime characteristics; and a lithium secondary battery provided with the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seongji Ye, Suenghoon Han
  • Patent number: 12155085
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a battery pack, including: an upper cover including an upper cover body and an explosion-proof exhaust structure, the upper cover body including a top plate in an upper part and a side plate, and an opening in a lower part, the explosion-proof exhaust structure being disposed on the side plate, and an exhaust duct being provided between the top plate and the explosion-proof exhaust structure; and a lower housing, where the upper cover is disposed above the lower housing, the lower housing is disposed with batteries, and each of the batteries is provided with an explosion-proof valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Liwen Jiang, Haihua Huang
  • Patent number: 12148887
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a compound represented by Formula 1 having an excellent effect of scavenging a decomposition product generated from a lithium salt in the electrolyte solution, as a first additive, and lithium difluorophosphate as a second additive. The lithium secondary battery include the non-aqueous electrolyte solution has improved high-temperature durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Seung Kim, Yu Ha An, Chul Haeng Lee, Jeong Woo Oh
  • Patent number: 12148953
    Abstract: A cell module for a high-voltage battery having round cells polarized on one side and a common cell frame with cell connectors. The cell frame connects the cell connectors in a predefined arrangement. The cell connectors are configured for a low-voltage contact of the round cells. Also described is a method for producing the module, a corresponding use of the module and a corresponding high-voltage battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Fadi Renz, Philip Ulrich, Martin Kohel
  • Patent number: 12148927
    Abstract: A lithium battery including an anode having an active anode material, a cathode having an active cathode material. The cathode material includes lithium nickel cobalt manganese cobalt oxide (NCM). An electrolyte separates the anode and cathode. The electrolyte includes a solvent or solvent mixture and lithium hexafluorophosphate, and a germanium organyl-based electrolyte additive. Also disclosed are uses of the germanium organyl-based electrolyte additive in the lithium battery for enhancing one characteristic selected from the group consisting of reversible capacity, Coulombic efficiency, cyclic stability and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Sven Klein, Jan-Patrick Schmiegel, Hao Jia, Tobias Placke, Martin Winter, Jakub Reiter, Lydia Terborg, Quan Fan
  • Patent number: 12148950
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a separator for a zinc secondary battery that can inhibit short circuiting in a zinc secondary battery. The separator for a zinc secondary battery of the disclosure has a porous substrate layer and a titanium oxide-containing porous layer laminated onto the porous substrate layer, wherein the titanium oxide-containing porous layer comprises a titanium oxide represented by TixOy, where 0<x, 0<y, and y<2x. The titanium oxide may be TiO, Ti2O, Ti2O3, Ti3O, Ti3O5, Ti4O5, Ti4O7, Ti5O9, Ti6O, Ti6O11, Ti7O13, Ti8O15 or Ti9O17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Suyama
  • Patent number: 12148957
    Abstract: An electrode body of a secondary battery described herein includes: a core portion where electrode mixture layers of a plurality of electrode sheets are laminated; terminal connecting portions where respective current collector foil exposed portions are laminated, and a mixture layer non-facing portion where the electrode mixture layer faces the current collector foil exposed portion, the mixture layer non-facing portion being formed in a boundary between the terminal connecting portion and the core portion. In the secondary battery described herein, a short-circuit promoting portion having a predetermined depth (d) is formed in a separator provided between the electrode sheets in the mixture layer non-facing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kosuke Iwase
  • Patent number: 12142771
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices integrated with flexible batteries wherein the flexible batteries can be wearable and can provide an integration platform for various electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Avetik R. Harutyunyan
  • Patent number: 12142772
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a pouch-type secondary battery. According to embodiment of the present invention, the pouch-type secondary battery includes: an case configured to house an electrode assembly from which electrode tab are drawn out; sealing parts formed by adhering the case along outer peripheries of the electrode assembly; and folding parts formed by folding the sealing parts of surfaces on which the electrode tab drawn to an outside of the case is not formed, wherein a length of the folding part has a relationship with a thickness of the electrode assembly as the following equation: H?T/2 (wherein, H is the height of the folded folding part, T is the thickness of the electrode assembly, based on a cross-section perpendicular to a direction in which the electrode tabs of the electrode assembly are drawn out).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Il Kim, Jin Go Kim, Seung Noh Lee
  • Patent number: 12142776
    Abstract: A battery for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of battery cells and a housing. The battery cells are arranged within the housing and designed for storing energy and discharging electrical energy. The housing includes at least a first housing element and a second housing element. The first housing element and the second housing element are fixedly connected to each other. The first housing element and the second housing element each include a base surface and two lateral surfaces. The base surface is arranged between the lateral surfaces. A first distance by which the lateral surfaces extends away from the base surface is greater than a second distance by which the lateral surfaces are spaced apart from each other. The base surface and the lateral surfaces of the first housing element have the same dimensions as the base surface and the lateral surfaces of the second housing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: RĂ¼diger Klutinus, Dominik Grass, Christian Wendland, Martin Kinscher, Jens Maurer, Tim Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12142734
    Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly, a battery housing, a terminal and a cap. The electrode assembly can have a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode can have a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material. The battery housing can have a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end. The terminal can be electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Su Hwangbo, Do-Gyun Kim, Geon-Woo Min, Hae-Jin Lim, Min-Ki Jo, Su-Ji Choi, Bo-Hyun Kang, Jong-Sik Park, Jae-Won Lim, Yu-Sung Choe, Hak-Kyun Kim, Je-Jun Lee, Byoung-Gu Lee, Duk-Hyun Ryu, Kwan-Hee Lee, Jae-Eun Lee, Jae-Woong Kim, Ji-Min Jung, Jin-Hak Kong, Soon-O Lee, Kyu-Hyun Choi, Pil-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 12142795
    Abstract: This application relates to a top pressing plate, a secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing a secondary battery. The top pressing plate is used for a secondary battery, the secondary battery including a top cover sheet, an insulating separator and an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including a main body portion and electrode tabs connected to the main body portion, the electrode tabs each including a welding end portion, the top pressing plate includes: a first surface and a second surface provided oppositely in a thickness direction of the top pressing plate and an accommodating groove recessed from the second surface toward the first surface, the top pressing plate can be provided between the insulating separator and the main body portion, the first surface faces the main body portion, the second surface faces the insulating separator, and the accommodating groove is disposed to accommodate the welding end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (HONG KONG) Limited
    Inventors: Baojian Zhu, Lei Chen, Shoujiang Xu, Chunyan Feng
  • Patent number: 12142760
    Abstract: A cathode active material for an all-solid-state battery includes: active material particles; and a coating layer covering at least a portion of the surface of the active material particles, wherein the coating layer includes lithium (Li), niobium (Nb), and at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium (V), zirconium (Zr) and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, ULSAN National Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: A Reum Ha, Ju Yeong Seong, Yong Gu Kim, In Woo Song, Hong Seok Min, Yong Sub Yoon, Yun Sung Kim, Sung Woo Noh, Yong Jun Jang, Sang Heon Lee, Jae Phil Cho, Hyo Myoung Lee
  • Patent number: 12136706
    Abstract: A battery, includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator, wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through the second opening at the second end and electrically connected to the second portion of the second electrode; a terminal electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end; and a cap covering and sealing the second opening at the second end of the battery housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Su Hwangbo, Do-Gyun Kim, Geon-Woo Min, Hae-Jin Lim, Min-Ki Jo, Su-Ji Choi, Bo-Hyun Kang, Jong-Sik Park, Jae-Won Lim, Yu-Sung Choe, Hak-Kyun Kim, Je-Jun Lee, Byoung-Gu Lee, Duk-Hyun Ryu, Kwan-Hee Lee, Jae-Eun Lee, Jae-Woong Kim, Ji-Min Jung, Jin-Hak Kong, Soon-O Lee, Kyu-Hyun Choi, Pil-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 12136707
    Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode can have a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides extending between the pair of first sides, a first portion including an active material extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator along a winding direction. The battery can further include a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, a first current collector including a support portion positioned on the electrode assembly, and a housing cover which seals the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Won Lim, Hak-Kyun Kim, Je-Jun Lee, Ji-Min Jung, Su-Ji Choi, Kwang-Su Hwangbo, Do-Gyun Kim, Geon-Woo Min, Hae-Jin Lim, Min-Ki Jo, Jae-Woong Kim, Jong-Sik Park, Yu-Sung Choe, Byoung-Gu Lee, Duk-Hyun Ryu, Kwan-Hee Lee, Jae-Eun Lee, Bo-Hyun Kang, Jin-Hak Kong, Soon-O Lee, Kyu-Hyun Choi, Pil-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 12132178
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stirring mechanism for extracting lithium from a waste liquid of a lithium iron phosphate battery, including a pedestal, a clamping jaw and a stirring mechanism; the stirring mechanism includes a first motor, a rotating member and a stirring member; the rotating member includes a second motor, a connecting end and a rotating shaft; the rotating shaft includes an inner shaft and an outer shaft; the stirring member includes a jaw-shaped connecting base, a separating frame, a material guide wheel and a collecting frame; the jaw-shaped connecting base is connected to an outside lower end of the outer shaft; the separating frame is connected to a bottom end of the jaw-shaped connecting base; the collecting frame is connected to a bottom portion of the separating frame; and the material guide wheel is fixed to a lower end of an inner cavity of the collecting frame and is connected with a bottom end of the inner shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGDONG BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HUNAN BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aixia Li, Haijun Yu, Changdong Li, Yinghao Xie
  • Patent number: 12132166
    Abstract: A solid-state battery and a method of making the same are disclosed. The battery includes a base frame or support, first and second exterior contacts on the base frame/support, stacked solid-state battery unit cells, first and second electrical connections, and encapsulation in contact with the base frame/support and covering the solid-state battery unit cells and the electrical connections. Each stacked solid-state battery unit cell is on a metal substrate and has exposed cathode and anode current collectors. The electrical connections respectively electrically connect the exposed cathode and anode current collectors to the first and second exterior contacts. The method includes forming the stacked solid-state battery unit cells on the base frame/support, forming the exterior contacts on the base frame/support, electrically connecting the exposed cathode and anode current collectors to the respective exterior contacts, and encapsulating the solid-state battery unit cells and the electrical connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Ensurge Micropower ASA
    Inventors: Aditi Chandra, Richard Van Der Linde, Paul Butler, Mao Ito, Jonathon Y. Simmons, Miki Trifunovic, Alex Yan, Arvind Kamath, Shoba Rao