Patents Examined by Nicholas P D'Aniello
  • Patent number: 11646409
    Abstract: Provided are a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a cathode and a lithium secondary battery each including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a core including a lithium metal oxide and a coating layer formed on a surface and the inner grain boundaries of the core, wherein the coating layer includes a metal sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seung-Min Oh, KiSeok Koh, Yeolmae Yeo, Yoon Sung Lee, Jieun Lee, Dongjun Kim, Sang Mok Park
  • Patent number: 11646441
    Abstract: A shear-thickening electrolyte solution includes a polar solvent; an electrolyte dissolved in said polar solvent; and ceramic filler dispersed in said polar solvent, said ceramic filler having an aspect ratio, length to width, of greater than 1:1 and being functionalized to provide terminal end groups that interact with the polar solvent to form a solvation layer around said ceramic filler and support the suspension of said ceramic filler in said polar solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Yu Zhu, Kewei Liu
  • Patent number: 11631887
    Abstract: Provided is a sulfide-based solid electrolyte comprising lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, and a halogen, as a novel solid electrolyte capable of suppressing generation of hydrogen sulfide and securing ionic conductivity. The solid electrolyte is characterized by comprising Li7?aPS6?aHaa (wherein Ha represents a halogen, and “a” satisfies 0.2<a?1.8) having an argyrodite-type crystal structure, and Li3PS4, wherein, in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern obtained through measurement by an X-ray diffraction method, the ratio of the peak intensity of a peak appearing at a position in a range of diffraction angle 2?=26.0° to 28.8° derived from Li3PS4, relative to the peak intensity of a peak appearing at a position in a range of diffraction angle 2?=24.9° to 26.3° derived from the argyrodite-type crystal structure, is 0.04 to 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakayama, Tsukasa Takahashi, Takahiro Ito, Norihiko Miyashita
  • Patent number: 11631848
    Abstract: Disclosed are a positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The positive electrode includes a current collector and a positive electrode layer on the current collector, the positive electrode layer including a nickel-based positive active material of Chemical Formula 1 having a BET specific surface area of about 0.5 m2/g to about 2.5 m2/g, a metal fluoride, a conductive material, and a binder, wherein an amount of the metal fluoride is about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % based on 100 wt % of the positive electrode layer. In Chemical Formula 1, 0.9?a?1.1, 0.8?x?0.98, 0.01?y?0.01?z?0.1, x+y+z=1, and A is Mn or Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeho Choi, Jungmin Han
  • Patent number: 11631905
    Abstract: A battery module includes battery cells being arrayed, a cell-monitoring unit configured to monitor each battery cell of the battery module, a battery cell side circuit board electrically connected to the battery cells, and a cell-monitoring unit side circuit board electrically connected to the cell-monitoring unit and the battery cell side circuit board. The battery cell side circuit board and the cell-monitoring unit side circuit board are connected to each other and voltage detection lines on the battery cell side circuit board and a voltage detection lines on the cell-monitoring unit side circuit board are electrically connected. The electric circuits of the voltage detection lines on the battery cell side circuit board are aligned in order of their electric potentials and the electric circuits of the voltage detection lines on the cell-monitoring unit side circuit board are aligned in order of their electric potentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Oota, Yoshiki Aoshima, Kazuya Harakawa
  • Patent number: 11603321
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery using a solution of an aluminum salt as an electrolyte is disclosed, as well as methods of making the battery and methods of using the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Everon24, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Mukherjee, Nikhil A. Koratkar
  • Patent number: 11600816
    Abstract: The present application discloses a negative electrode, a secondary battery and a device comprising the same. The negative electrode includes: a current collector; a first active material layer close to the current collector, the first active material layer including a first active material; and a second active material layer disposed on a surface of the first active material layer away from the current collector, the second active material layer including a second active material; wherein the first active material and the second active material are independently oval-like particles with through holes and/or blind holes, and the first active material has an average pore size greater than that of the second active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Mingkui Guo, Tiansheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11600877
    Abstract: The invention relates to an accumulator module (10) having optimized heat dissipation, namely, an accumulator module (10) having at least one carrier (18) that is placeable in the interior of a housing (12) of the accumulator module (10) and providable with a plurality of accumulator cells (14), wherein each accumulator cell (14) in the carrier (18) is electrically contacted solely from one side, and wherein the or each carrier (18) that is equipped with accumulator cells (14) is placeable in the interior of the housing (12) in a form that thermally couples the free end faces of the accumulator cells (14) to the housing (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: COMMEO GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Schnakenberg
  • Patent number: 11594780
    Abstract: A battery module having excellent cooling efficiency and allowing easy recycling of inner components at disposal applies a heat-shrinkable tube serving as a module housing and a heatsink to the battery module. The battery module includes a cell assembly including a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries having electrode leads formed to protrude in a front and rear direction and stacked on each other in a left and right direction; a heatsink located to contact an outer surface of the cell assembly and having a coolant flow path for allowing a coolant to move therein; and a heat-shrinkable tube having a tubular shape with a hollow structure in which the cell assembly and the heatsink are located, the heat-shrinkable tube being thermally shrunken so that the cell assembly and the heatsink are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jae-Min Yoo, Eun-Gyu Shin, Jeong-O Mun, Yoon-Koo Lee
  • Patent number: 11594776
    Abstract: A battery module includes a heat-shrinkable tube serving as a module housing. The battery module includes a cell assembly having a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries; a bus bar assembly having a bus bar frame and a bus bar mounted to an outer surface of the bus bar frame; and a heat-shrinkable tube formed to be shrunk by heat and configured so that the cell assembly is located therein, the heat-shrinkable tube being provided to surround a side surface of the cell assembly and a portion of the bus bar assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jae-Min Yoo, Eun-Gyu Shin, Hee-Jun Jin, Dal-Mo Kang, Jeong-O Mun
  • Patent number: 11594779
    Abstract: Certain aspects relate to a battery pack for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Exemplary battery pack includes a first pouch cell, a second pouch cell, at least a sensor, where the at least a sensor is configured to sense battery pack data and transmit the battery pack data to a data storage system, and a vent configured to vent the ejecta from the first pouch cell. In some embodiments, battery pack may be configured to power at least a propulsor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Denson Schreiber, Nathan William Joseph Wiegman, Tom Michael Hughes
  • Patent number: 11594754
    Abstract: This solid electrolyte is a zirconium phosphate-based solid electrolyte in which a part of phosphorous or zirconium that is contained in the solid electrolyte is substituted with an element with a variable valence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Tetsuya Ueno, Gakuho Isomichi
  • Patent number: 11588186
    Abstract: A battery module, a device, and a failure handling method for a failed battery cell. The battery module includes: a battery cell arrangement structure, including a plurality of battery cells arranged along a length direction, where the battery cells include electrode terminals, and the battery cells include a failed battery cell; a box body, having an accommodation cavity in which the battery cell arrangement structure is located; a mounting beam, located in the accommodation cavity and at an end of the battery cell arrangement structure along the width direction; a pressing plate; and a conductive component, connected to a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal of the failed battery cell. The conductive component is easily connected to electrode terminals of a failed battery cell, so that a maintenance process can be simplified and maintenance costs can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Peng Wang, Xingdi Chen, Mingdi Xie, Linggang Zhou, Zhanyu Sun, Kai Wu
  • Patent number: 11588156
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a copper foil which comprises a copper layer and an anticorrosive film placed on the copper layer, and has a Young's modulus of 3800 to 4600 kgf/mm2 and a modulus bias factor (MBF) less than 0.12, wherein the modulus bias factor (MBF) is obtained by formula 1 below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SK NEXILIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11588198
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to a battery pack assembly. The battery pack assembly includes a housing and a plurality of battery cells. The housing includes a pair of sidewalls and a pair of end walls that define a cavity, and a pair of lids. Each lid of the pair of lids has an interior surface and each lid of the pair of lids moves between an open position and a closed position. A plurality of terminal connectors are positioned on each inner surface of each of the pair of lids. The plurality of battery cells are positioned within the cavity. Each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells has a pair of terminals. When each lid is in the closed position, each of the plurality of terminal connectors are communicatively coupled to a corresponding terminal of the pair of terminals of each battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey D. Gaither
  • Patent number: 11575165
    Abstract: An electrical energy storage unit for a motor vehicle, having at least one storage unit cell designed to store electrical energy, which storage unit cell has a cell housing in which an electrolyte and an electrode device are arranged, and having a temperature control device that has at least one temperature control channel arranged outside the cell housing, which temperature control channel is able to be flowed through by a temperature control fluid in order to control the temperature of the storage unit cell. At least one heating device is able to be supplied with the electrical energy stored in the storage unit cell and thereby able to be electrically operated. By way of the heating device, the storage unit cell is able to be heated, wherein the heating device is able to be operated without any damage only when the storage unit cell has a state of charge that is not more than 60% of the maximum state of charge of the storage unit cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Korbinian Antwerpen, Martin Mittermaier, Simon Nuernberger, Carsten Spengler
  • Patent number: 11563215
    Abstract: A binder for preparing a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery, and a method for preparing a positive electrode using the same. The binder includes two or more different lithium-substituted polyacrylic acids with different molecular weights. The lithium-substituted polyacrylic acids include two different lithium-substituted polyacrylic acids differing in weight average molecular weight by 500,000 or more from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Choonghyeon Lee, Doo Kyung Yang, Taek Gyoung Kim, Joo Hyeong Lee
  • Patent number: 11560234
    Abstract: A lightweight, high power density, fault-tolerant fuel cell system, method, and apparatus for full-scale clean fuel electric-powered aircraft having a fuel cell module including a plurality of fuel cells working together to process gaseous oxygen from air compressed by turbochargers, superchargers, blowers or local oxygen supply and gaseous hydrogen from liquid hydrogen transformed by heat exchangers, with an electrical circuit configured to collect electrons from the plurality of hydrogen fuel cells to supply voltage and current to motor controllers commanded by autopilot control units configured to select and control an amount and distribution of electrical voltage and torque or current for each of the plurality of motor and propeller assemblies, wherein electrons returning from the electrical circuit combine with oxygen in the compressed air to form oxygen ions, then the protons combine with oxygen ions to form H2O molecules and heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Alakai Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Brian D. Morrison
  • Patent number: 11557790
    Abstract: This solid electrolyte is a zirconium phosphate-based solid electrolyte in which a part of phosphorous or zirconium that is contained in the solid electrolyte is substituted with an element with a variable valence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Tetsuya Ueno, Gakuho Isomichi
  • Patent number: 11548824
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte, in which a part of an element contained in a mobile ion-containing material is substituted, and an occupied impurity level that is occupied by electrons or an unoccupied impurity level that is not occupied by electrons is provided between a valence electron band and a conduction band of the mobile ion-containing material, and a smaller energy difference out of an energy difference between a highest level of energy in the occupied impurity level and an energy and a LUMO level difference between a lowest level of energy in the unoccupied impurity level and a HOMO level is greater than 0.3 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Tetsuya Ueno, Gakuho Isomichi