Patents Examined by Olatunji A Godo
  • Patent number: 11081754
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control modular assembly for a switch. The control modular assembly according to embodiments of the present disclosure comprises: a base housing (203) adapted to carry an operating member for controlling the switch and formed with a base housing notch (206) at an edge of the base housing (203); a first battery (100) being rechargeable and operable to be detachably mounted in the base housing (203) through the base housing notch (206), thereby supplying electric power to the operating member; and a second battery (205) arranged within the base housing (203) to supply electric power to the operating member when the first battery (100) is taken out of the control modular assembly (200), wherein the second battery (205) is chargeable by the first battery (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
    Inventors: Fuhua Shan, Zhen Ma
  • Patent number: 11081725
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte comprises a compound represented by a formula MgxAl2-yMyOz, where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Ti, and Zr; 0<x<1; 0.125?y?0.5; and 3.8?z?4.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Ichikawa, Yu Nishitani, Hideaki Adachi, Takuji Tsujita, Daisuke Matsunaka
  • Patent number: 11075415
    Abstract: An accumulator assembly for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells respectively having mutually opposite bearing faces. The battery cells may be stacked in a stacking direction facing one another with the bearing faces to form a battery block. The assembly may also include a cooling device including a plurality of cooling elements through which a flow of cooling fluid is passable. The plurality of cooling elements may be disposed between neighbouring battery cells and braced in the stacking direction. A respective cooling element of the plurality of cooling elements may at least one of i) include and ii) be formed by a compressible porous intermediate insert having a plurality of pores through which a flow of the cooling fluid is passable. The intermediate insert may be disposed between and connected in a heat-transmitting manner to respective neighbouring battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Kalmbach, Alireza Mirsadraee, Oleksandr Pavlov, Mario Wallisch
  • Patent number: 11069942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery includes: a casing including a receiving cavity having an opening; a top cover assembly, and an electrode assembly disposed in the receiving cavity, wherein the electrode assembly includes two end faces disposed opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to a depth direction of the receiving cavity, a lug extending from each end face; the lug is a layered structure and has a redundant section near the end face and a connecting section connected to the redundant section; the current collecting member includes a current collecting portion fixedly connected to the connecting section. The lug of the secondary battery of the embodiment of the present invention has the redundant section, which can effectively buffer the movement and reduce the possibility that the lug is torn or broken due to an excessive tensile stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongyang Shi, Yuanbao Chen, Haizu Jin, Zhenhua Li, Ning Chen, Fei Hu, Tian Wu
  • Patent number: 11069934
    Abstract: An air-metal battery utilizes a magnesium anode, a carbon cathode, and a conductive fluid including glycol and water. The anode and cathode are provided in a fuel card assembly that is replaceable as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Dan Curfew
  • Patent number: 11063304
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a secondary battery having symmetric multi-tabs, and the technical problem to be solved is providing a secondary battery capable of increasing the insulation level of first and second multi-tabs by forming the first and second multi-tabs of first and second electrode assemblies to be symmetric to each other. To this end, the present invention provides a secondary battery comprising: a case; a first electrode assembly accommodated inside the case and having first multi-tabs; a second electrode assembly accommodated in parallel with the first electrode assembly inside the case and having second multi-tabs; and a cap plate closing the case and having electrode terminals electrically connected to the first and second multi-tabs of the first and second electrode assemblies, wherein the first and second multi-tabs are formed so as to be symmetrical with respect to the boundary area between the first and second electrode assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Lee, Hyung Sik Kim, Kwang Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11050074
    Abstract: An elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell in which a membrane electrode assembly and gas diffusion layers are formed using a pair of sheet-type elastomeric frames without a specific adhesive member and in which channels for the flow of reaction gas and coolant are formed, may include an insert formed by bonding a pair of gas diffusion layers to both sides of a membrane electrode assembly and an elastomeric frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byeong-Heon Jeong, Seong II Heo
  • Patent number: 11050111
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery module and a protecting assembly thereof. The protecting assembly comprises a base and an upper cover. The base is fixed to an end plate, a receiving cavity is formed between the upper cover and the base. An outputting electrode piece extends into the receiving cavity. The base comprises a basic body and a first side plate, the first side plate extends from the basic body, the basic body are provided with first grooves. The upper cover comprises a top wall, a first side wall extending downwardly from the top wall, a second side wall extending downwardly from the top wall and a limiting wall extending downwardly from the second side wall and inclined. The limiting wall is inserted into the first groove, the first side wall latches with the first side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daohui Liu, Chuanlian Chen, Hanqing Gao, Shengtian Cai, Yangzhi Huang
  • Patent number: 11050104
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes: a battery module having at least one battery cell; a pack case having a case body for accommodating the battery module and a case cover configured to be welded to the case body to package the battery module; and at least one weld quality indicator provided on the case body of the pack case to inspect accuracy of welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Gyo-Eun Lee, Seong-Tae Kim, Eui-Hoon Myung
  • Patent number: 11038185
    Abstract: A water detection device is provided for a power generation cell. The power generation cell has a reactant gas flow field (oxygen-containing gas flow field) configured to allow a reactant gas to flow along a membrane electrode assembly. The water detection device includes an electrically conductive member and a support member. The support member is an insulating member. The support member covers, and supports an electrically conductive member, and has an opening which exposes part of the electrically conductive member as an electrode. The opening is provided at a position facing a reactant gas flow field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Haruki, Hidetoshi Utsumi, Eri Terada
  • Patent number: 11038225
    Abstract: A battery is provided that includes a battery module, which includes cylindrical battery cells connected to each other in an electrically conductive manner. A temperature control system includes a container including a fluid space, into which container the battery cells partially protrude, and which includes an inflow and an outflow for a liquid of a liquid circuit. The liquid is an electrically non-conductive liquid, and the container includes a cell holder including openings, through which respective end sides of the battery cells of the battery module protrude into the fluid space of the container and which enclose respective outer surfaces of the battery cells in a liquid-tight manner. The cell holder includes a further opening, through which a contact element protrudes into the fluid space of the container and which surrounds an outer surface of the contact element in a liquid-tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventor: Guido Hofer
  • Patent number: 11038200
    Abstract: A structural component for a vehicle has a battery construction having a solid-electrolyte matrix material, a first layer of carbon fibres having a cathode-active coating, embedded in said solid-electrolyte matrix material, a second layer of carbon fibres without a cathode-active coating, embedded in said solid-electrolyte matrix material, and at least one electrically isolating barrier layer disposed between said first layer and said second layer. The structural component has a first collector layer and a second collector layer disposed on the first layer and the second layer, respectively, on a side that faces away from the barrier layer. The first collector layer and the second collector layer are configured from a flexible, moldable and porous layer of carbon allotropes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Linde, Christian Karch
  • Patent number: 11031590
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-aluminum-titanium oxide formed on a surface of a lithium metal oxide particle having a specific formula. The cathode active material may have an improved structural stability even in a high temperature condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi Jung Noh, Jik Soo Kim, Sang Bok Kim, Ji Hoon Choi, Kook Hyun Han
  • Patent number: 11027589
    Abstract: An example cooling system for an electric includes an electric motor having a supply opening for receiving coolant and a discharge opening for expelling coolant. The discharge opening is connected to the supply opening via a coolant circuit including a first return line in which a heat exchanger is arranged, a bypass line, and a second return line. The discharge opening is connected to the supply opening by both the first return line and the bypass line, and the bypass line bypasses the heat exchanger arranged in the first return line. A battery is arranged in the second return line, and the second return line is selectively connected to a short-circuit line which causes coolant to flow from a point downstream of the battery and return to the second return line upstream of the battery. Further, a heat accumulator is arranged in the short-circuit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Lars Kaufmann, Thomas Zenner, Mehmet Toeremis
  • Patent number: 11024865
    Abstract: Disclosed are an antioxidant for fuel cells and a membrane-electrode assembly including the same. The membrane-electrode assembly may have obtained greatly improved durability by using an antioxidant having a novel composition that may provide excellent antioxidant activity and long-term durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Industry Foundation of Chonnam National University
    Inventors: In Yu Park, Bo Ki Hong, Jae Jun Ko, Aniket Kumar, Sun Ju Song, Jae Woon Hong
  • Patent number: 11018379
    Abstract: Provided are an electrode capable of preventing separation of a short-circuit prevention layer since the short-circuit prevention layer, which is made of a heat-resistant polymer fiber, can be attached with high binding force when formed on the surface of the electrode, in the case that an active material layer includes a predetermined amount of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) as a binder; a secondary battery using the same; and a method of manufacturing the electrode. The electrode includes: an electrode current collector; an active material layer formed on the electrode current collector; and a short-circuit prevention layer formed on the active material layer, wherein the short-circuit prevention layer includes a porous polymer fiber web having a plurality of pores through accumulation of ultrafine fibers of a heat-resistant polymer material, and the active material layer includes PVdF as a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Yun Rho, In Yong Seo, Ju Hyung Kim, Su Yeon Lee, Seung Gon Park, Dong Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 11005116
    Abstract: Disclosed are a membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cells having improved durability and a manufacturing method thereof. Hydrogen peroxide, from which a hydroxyl radical is generated, may be removed using an antioxidant having the structure A1-aA?aBO3-? and including strontium or samarium, thereby improving the durability of an electrolyte membrane and an electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Han Yu, Sukhwan Yun, Jong Kil Oh, In Yu Park, Jae Jun Ko, Bo Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 10998597
    Abstract: A battery module includes a pair of battery cells, each battery cell having an electrode lead, and the battery cells being stacked to face each other; a connector configured to connect the electrode leads of battery cells; and a connector breaking device disposed in a space formed between terrace portions of the battery cells and configured to be operated with a pressure applied to the connector breaking device due to swelling of at least one of the battery cells to cut off an electric connection between the connector and the electrode leads is provided. A method to interrupt an electrical connection in a battery module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk Ryu, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Ji-Su Yoon
  • Patent number: 10995867
    Abstract: A valve includes a holder having an expandable material. The valve includes a retainer coupled to the holder. The valve further includes an umbrella member with a stem coupled to the holder. The expandable material is adapted to expand in size when absorbing a fluid and translate the umbrella member along an axis of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Hall-Snyder, Ian Casimir Dimen, Richard Wurden
  • Patent number: 10998559
    Abstract: An electrical power supply device in an aircraft, the device including an enclosure, the enclosure containing at least: a fuel cell; a dihydrogen generator; a gas feed circuit connecting the dihydrogen generator to the anode of the fuel cell; an oxygen feed device feeding the cathode of the fuel cell; and a cooling circuit of the fuel cell associated with at least one heat exchanger; wherein the enclosure is mounted on an actuator system, the actuator system being configured to move the enclosure from a first position in which the enclosure is housed inside an outer wall of the aircraft, to a second position in which the enclosure projects from the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Fabien Boudjemaa, Adrien Gasse, Matthieu Baron, Denis Real