Patents Examined by Nader J Alhawamdeh
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Patent number: 12288857Abstract: A energy storage system includes at least one storage cell. The storage cell is provided at least in sections with a casing. The casing consists of plastic and is provided with a material for increasing a thermal conductivity. The material is configured such that a thermal runaway in the event of a fault is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Peter Kritzer, Mark Boggasch, Daniela Woll, Thomas Kramer, Tanja Heislitz, Armin Striefler, Bjoern Hellbach, Tim Leichner
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Patent number: 12286721Abstract: In a method for chromium upgrading of interconnects made of ferritic steel to be used in solid oxide cell stacks, comprising the steps of shaping the interconnect, depositing a coating comprising Cr on at least one surface of the shaped interconnect and performing one or more thermal treatments at a temperature below 1000° C., the resulting Cr concentration near the surface of the interconnect is higher than the Cr concentration in the ferritic steel before shaping. Specifically, the average Cr concentration of the shaped interconnect is increased to 26 wt % Cr or higher.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: HALDOR TOPSØE A/SInventors: Tobias Holt Nørby, Rainer Küngas, Bengt Peter Gustav Blennow, Jeppe Rass-Hansen, Thomas Heiredal-Clausen
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Patent number: 12283669Abstract: A temperature measuring apparatus for measuring a temperature of a battery pack is provided. A first resistor is connected between a first power supply and a first node, and a second resistor is connected between a second node and a second power supply. A temperature-variable resistive element whose resistance is varied depending on a temperature is connected to between the first node and the second node. A processor measures the temperature of the battery pack based on at least one of a first temperature measured based on a voltage of the first node and a second temperature measured based on a voltage of the second node.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Donghyeon Yu, Seunghyun Lee
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Patent number: 12283704Abstract: A secondary battery unit includes a first secondary battery module disposed at at least either one of a front part or a back part of a body of a humanoid robot, a second secondary battery module disposed around the body in a direction intersecting with a front-and-rear direction of the body, and a base coupling the first secondary battery module to the second secondary battery module. The base is detachably attached to the body, together with the first secondary battery module and the second secondary battery module.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Kamon, So Yukizaki, Junichi Karasuyama, Yuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 12278394Abstract: Provided is a flexible bus bar including at least one folded portion in which one metal member is folded, and a plurality of laminated portions laminated via the folded portion, in which side edges of the plurality of laminated portions provided with the folded portion is formed include a cut portion in which a portion other than the folded portion has been cut.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Nobuyuki Matsumura
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Patent number: 12278368Abstract: A positive electrode is for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The positive electrode includes: a current collector including a current collector main body formed of a metal material; and an active material layer on the current collector. The active material layer includes an active material which includes a compound having an olivine type crystal structure. A volume density of the active material layer is 2.2 g/cm3 to 2.7 g/cm3. The positive electrode suffers no damage when bent once in accordance with a 90° folding endurance test method specified in Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) P 8115 (2001).Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hikaru Yoshikawa, Yuichi Sabi
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Patent number: 12272895Abstract: A recessed D-subminiature connector assembly, and device with D-subminiature connector assembly, with flush mount cover connector is disclosed. The D-subminiature connector assembly may include a flush panel mount solution when using a D-Sub connector that allows the dust cover or cap to be in the same plane as the external side of the panel it is mounted to. The D-subminiature connector assembly also includes a panel-side interface flange sized to receive the second side of the D-shaped connector so a surface of the second side of the D-Shaped connector is parallel to, and recessed from, a plane of the panel-side interface flange and thus recessed from an opening of a panel of a device to which the connector assembly is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Northgate Technologies Inc.Inventor: Scott Carpenter
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Patent number: 12272794Abstract: A method of detecting a lamination defect of an electrode assembly in the initial stage, including: forming an insulating member having a predetermined width and a predetermined height in an overhang region of one end or two ends of one surface of a negative electrode; manufacturing an electrode assembly by sequentially laminating a separator and a positive electrode on one surface of the negative electrode; and determining whether there is a lamination defect in the electrode assembly by measuring a thickness of the electrode assembly. Also provided are an electrode assembly including an insulating member, and a battery cell including the electrode assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Suk Woo Lee, Su Hyun Yun, Dong Sik Yoon
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Patent number: 12261282Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for a secondary battery and a method of manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery. The electrode for a secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electrode current collector including a coated portion and an uncoated portion, an active material layer located on the coated portion of the electrode current collector, a dimple portion formed on the surface of the uncoated portion, and a plastic deformation layer formed on the surface of the dimple portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Ki Hoon Paeng, Hyungkyun Yu, Sang Myeon Lee, Hyung Seok Han, Jaewon Moon
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Patent number: 12261389Abstract: An electrical plug-type connection comprises a first connector including a connector housing and at least one electrical terminal arranged therein, and a mating connector for coupling to the first connector. The mating connector includes at least one mating electrical terminal extending in an axial direction, and a mating terminal touch protection device movable from an initial position into a final position by the connector housing as the first connector and the mating connector are coupled.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbHInventor: Gregor Panitz
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Patent number: 12255302Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes at least one battery rack having at least two battery packs; a container configured to accommodate the at least one battery rack; and an air conditioner provided with a coolant supply part, which includes at least two blowout units respectively having a nozzle with a discharge hole through which a coolant is discharged and configured to individually switch a discharge direction of the coolant, toward any, one of the at least two battery packs and individually increase or decrease a discharge amount of the coolant and a control unit configured to adjust the discharge direction and the discharge amount of the coolant of each of the at least two blowout units, and a coolant suction part configured to suck a heated coolant inside the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Ji-Ho Yoo, Dong-Ho Park, Yong-Tae Lee, Jong-Soo Lee, Sang-Woo Hong
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Patent number: 12249778Abstract: PSAS 5.0 female connector includes a framework member having a main conductive plastic, a terminal member, and a cover member; the terminal member is inserted in the framework member and includes a SATA 7Pin terminal set having a SATA 7Pin terminal, a plastic frame member, and a SATA 7Pin conductive plastic; the SATA 7Pin terminal is inserted in the plastic frame member, and the SATA 7Pin conductive plastic is engaged on the plastic frame member for fastening the SATA 7Pin terminal in the plastic frame member; the cover member includes a SATA 7Pin outer cover plate stably attached to one side of the plastic frame member and a SATA 7Pin inner cover plate stably attached to another side of the SATA 7Pin conductive plastic. The present invention resolves the insufficiency of transmission rate fulfills multiple high frequency performance.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yan-Bin Tan, Xiang Wang, Lei Liao, Wei Luo
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Patent number: 12249683Abstract: A rechargeable lithium-ion battery includes a housing and a battery cell arranged in the housing. The battery cell includes a liquid electrolyte, a composite anode, a composite cathode, and a separator arranged between the composite anode and the composite cathode. The liquid electrolyte includes an ionic liquid, an organic compound, and a lithium salt. The composite anode includes a metal current collector coated with a layer which includes an active material and a binder. The composite cathode includes a metal current collector coated with a layer which includes an active material and a binder. The active material of the composite anode is a lithium titan oxide (LTO). The composite cathode, the composite anode, and the separator, when immersed in the liquid electrolyte, are heat resistant at temperatures of above 150° C. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery is rechargeable in a temperature range of from ?30° C. to 150° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: CUSTOMCELLS HOLDING GMBHInventors: Christopher Wolter, Sebastian Kraas, Stefan Permien
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Patent number: 12244088Abstract: A connector includes a terminal fitting that includes a terminal connection section, and a housing that includes a terminal accommodating section in which the terminal fitting is inserted into a terminal accommodating chamber in the terminal accommodating section in a terminal insertion direction and accommodated at an accommodation completion position, wherein the terminal connection section is a tubular section bent in a tubular shape with end surfaces of two end portions facing each other, and includes a recess that is recessed from a distal end of the terminal connection section on a terminal insertion direction side, in a terminal removal direction opposite to the terminal insertion direction, the terminal insertion direction being a tube axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Yamanashi, Takashi Sone
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Patent number: 12240766Abstract: Substantially defect-free layered lithium nickel oxide materials of Formula (I): Li(1?x)(Ni(1?y)My)(1+x)O2 and Formula (II): LiaNibMc O2 are provided herein, wherein M is one or more metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Al, Mg, Ti, B, Zr, Nb, and Mo; 0?x?0.05; and 0?y?0.1, 0.97?a?1.03; 0.9?b?1; 0?c?0.1; and 0.97?(b+c)?1.03; and the material has a layered structure with no more than about 1.2 percent disorder between lithium and transition metal (TM) layers, as determined by structural refinement calculations on x-ray diffraction (XRD) data, compared to an ideal layered LiNiO2 structure. The materials can be formed by heating Ni(OH)2 or NiO with lithium hydroxide at a temperature in the range of about 650 to 680° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLCInventors: Jihyeon Gim, Eungje Lee, Jinhyup Han, Jason R. Croy
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Patent number: 12237476Abstract: A containment system for a rechargeable energy storage device (RESS) is described includes an enclosure having a first compartment adjoining a second compartment. The first compartment is arranged to house a plurality of power electronics devices, and the second compartment is arranged to house a plurality of battery cells. The second compartment includes a tub that defines a bottom portion, and a floor plate. The tub includes opposed end walls and opposed sidewalls. A top plate is arranged overtop of the first compartment and the second compartment. A first one of the end walls and the top plate define a first slot between the first compartment and the second compartment. A first removable panel is arranged to enclose the first compartment. The plurality of battery cells connect to the plurality of power electronics devices via a high-voltage DC power bus that is arranged to pass through the first slot.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Erik B. Golm, Venkateshwar R. Aitharaju, Gustavo Cibrian Salazar, Bhavesh Shah, Xiaosong Huang
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Patent number: 12234532Abstract: There are a composite material including an aluminum-based matrix and a device adopting the same. The composite material including an aluminum-based matrix may include an aluminum-based matrix including a plurality of grains, wherein each of the grains has a plurality of sub-grains; and a self-organized phase present at a sub-grain boundary between the plurality of sub-grains, wherein the self-organized phase has a band structure and includes a solid solution of aluminum and a non-metal element. The sub-grains and the self-organized phase coming into contact with the sub-grains may form a substantially coherent interface. A plurality of dislocations spaced apart from each other may be provided along the coherent interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITYInventor: Dong Hyun Bae
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Patent number: 12228265Abstract: An electrical connector strip is adapted for structural applications in theater, television and entertainment industries. The connector strip includes an elongated rigid enclosure defining a hollow continuous internal wireway receiving electrical wiring within an interior of the enclosure. At least one outlet pocket is formed in a side wall of the enclosure. A connector adapter plate is located in the outlet pocket and extends within the interior of the enclosure. At least one output connector is carried by the connector adapter plate, and resides within the interior of the enclosure with external access provided through the outlet pocket.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: The Light Source, Inc.Inventor: Eric E. Von Fange
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Patent number: 12230806Abstract: The positive electrode active material layer is placed on a surface of the positive electrode substrate. The positive electrode active material layer includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is interposed between the positive electrode substrate and the second layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material, carbon black, and fibrous carbon. A mass fraction of the carbon black in the first layer is higher than a mass fraction of the carbon black in the second layer. A mass fraction of the fibrous carbon in the second layer is higher than a mass fraction of the fibrous carbon in the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Shinya Suzuki, Akira Tsujiko
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Patent number: 12224539Abstract: A power adapter and an electronic connector are disclosed, the power adapter includes a base, a plug-in mechanism, a reset mechanism and a limiting mechanism; the plug-in mechanism includes a body plug and a swinging piece; the swinging piece is switchable between a first swinging position and a second swinging position through circular motion; a reset mechanism connected to the swing piece and the base is capable of applying a reset force to the swing piece when it is in the first swing position; the limiting mechanism is capable of limiting movement of the swing piece when it is at the first swing position and releasing limitation of the swing piece when it is at the unlocked position. Volumes of the swing piece and the reset mechanism can be smaller to diminish internal space dimension for the plug-in mechanism rotating, the overall volume is further reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: GUANGDONG GOPOD GROUP HOLDING CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhuowen Liao