Patents Examined by Sarah A Slifka
  • Patent number: 12030402
    Abstract: An example battery swap system may include a battery transport. The battery transport may include a support frame, a connector coupled to the support frame and configured to connect to a powered vehicle for moving the battery transport, and a battery carriage movably coupled to the support frame and configured to horizontally carry a battery from a transport supported position to a tractor received position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Zimeno Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Alexander Boyce, Zachary Meyer Omohundro, Praveen Varma Penmetsa
  • Patent number: 12034168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite of a cobalt-based perovskite material with a negative thermal expansion material, and a preparation method of the same, and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) comprising the same, and belongs to the technical field of fuel cells. In the present invention, a negative thermal expansion material is introduced into a cobalt-based perovskite oxide to successfully prepare an SOFC cathode material with excellent electrochemical performance and low thermal expansivity. The composite electrode achieves prominent mechanical tolerance in SOFC, which can moderate a volume change during the whole calcination process and enable a smooth transition to a high-temperature stage. The composite electrode has a thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) only of 12.9×10?6 K?1, which is perfectly matched with that of an SDC electrolyte. In addition, the composite shows excellent oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity, high TEC, and extremely-excellent anti-CO2 poisoning performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Zhou, Yuan Zhang, Chuan Zhou, Guangming Yang, Zongping Shao
  • Patent number: 12027736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane-electrode assembly which can prevent the corrosion of a carbon-based carrier caused by reducing and/or stopping the supply of hydrogen gas, as well as platinum loss caused by such corrosion, without degrading the performance of a fuel cell, and thus can improve the reverse voltage durability of the fuel cell. Also disclosed are a method for manufacturing the membrane-electrode assembly, and a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly. The membrane-electrode assembly according to the present invention includes: an electrolyte membrane having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; an anode on the first surface; an OER catalyst layer on the first surface; and a cathode on the second surface, wherein the OER catalyst layer includes a catalyst for an oxygen-generating reaction, and at least a portion of the OER catalyst layer is disposed on the same layer as the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kolon Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nak Won Kong, Kyoung Sik Nam, Kah Young Song, Jun Young Kim
  • Patent number: 12027701
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material of which capacity properties are excellent. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material to be used for a fluoride ion battery, the active material comprising: a composition represented by M1Nx in which M1 is at least one kind of Cu, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Nb, In, Sn, Ta, W, and Bi, and x satisfies 0.05?x?3; or a composition represented by M2LnyNz in which M2 is at least one kind of Cu, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Nb, In, Sn, Ta, W, and Bi, Ln is at least one kind of Sc, Y, and lanthanoid, y satisfies 0.1?y?3, and z satisfies 0.15?z?6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi Tojigamori
  • Patent number: 12021186
    Abstract: An all-solid-state battery system having a solid-state electrolyte composite is provided. The solid-state electrolyte composite includes a porous framework providing support and mechanical strength for the solid-state electrolyte composite and a plurality of ionic conductors filling voids of the porous framework for maximizing ionic conductance of the solid-state electrolyte composite. The porous framework may be made of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) polymers and the plurality of ionic conductors may be made of poly(ethylene oxide)-LiN(SO2CF3)2 (PEO-LiTFSI) polymers. The all-solid-state battery system includes battery cells each including a cathode current collector, a cathode disposed beneath and connected to the cathode current collector, the solid-state electrolyte composite disposed beneath and connected to the cathode, an anode disposed beneath and connected to the solid-state electrolyte composite, and an anode current collector disposed beneath and connected to the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ping Gao, Minhua Shao, Jiadong Li, Qiao Gu, Jin Li
  • Patent number: 12021230
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery including a silicon-based anode active material for a lithium secondary battery and an anode formed using the same. The silicon-based anode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to exemplary embodiments includes a surface coated with carbon and doped with lithium. A ratio of a peak area at 102.5 eV to a total area of a peak area at 100 eV, the peak area at 102.5 eV, and a peak area at 104 eV, which appear in an Si2p spectrum when measuring by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), is 40% or less, thereby allowing an electrode to be stably manufactured without changing physical properties of the slurry during manufacturing the electrode. In addition, the anode active material for a secondary battery may be usefully used to manufacture a lithium secondary battery having high discharge capacity and high energy density characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Ho Chung, Gwi Ok Park, Joon Sup Kim, Eun Jun Park, Dong Il Jang
  • Patent number: 12021273
    Abstract: A separator includes a base including projections. The base is made of a metal plate. The separator includes a conductive layer arranged on a top surface of each of the projections of the base. The conductive layer includes conductive carbon materials, conductive particles, and a thermosetting resin. The conductive carbon materials and the conductive particles are dispersed in the resin and are in contact with each other over an entirety of the conductive layer in a thickness direction of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichiro Morozumi, Takayuki Suzuki, Michi Hashiba
  • Patent number: 12015181
    Abstract: An electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cells that includes a ceramic plate body having a warpage height of not more than 300 ?m, wherein a maximum value among values of 100×Q/LX, 100×R/LY, and 100×S/LX is not greater than 1, where Q is a maximum difference between a second side D2 and a second virtual straight line V2 in an X coordinate, R is a maximum difference between a third side D3 and a third virtual straight line V3 in a Y coordinate, S is a maximum difference between a fourth side D4 and a fourth virtual straight line V4 in the X coordinate, LX is a length of a virtual rectangle in an X-axis direction, and LY is a length of the virtual rectangle in a Y-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Nakai
  • Patent number: 12009527
    Abstract: A catalytic arrangement for an electrolyzer system or a fuel cell system includes a catalyst support unit and a catalyst layer, wherein the catalyst layer has a carbon matrix with a metal, non-metal and/or metalloid doping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jeevanthi Vivekananthan, Yashar Musayev, Edgar Schulz, Moritz Wegener, Ladislaus Dobrenizki
  • Patent number: 12010819
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a power delivery system includes one or more fuel cells to provide a source of electrical power for a datacenter, where waste heat produced by a fuel cell is to be captured and provided to an absorption chiller to produce a cooled liquid for use in a cooling system for this datacenter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: Ali Heydari
  • Patent number: 12002922
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly having a one directionally spiral-wound structure with a separator sheet interposed between a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet, wherein the electrode assembly has a horizontal length (x) equal to or more than three times a vertical length (y), and both side end portions of the electrode assembly are bent together in the same direction by a curvature radius (R) satisfying the following Equation 1: S[{1/ln(x/y)}*t]=R??1 wherein t is an average thickness (mm) of the spiral-wound electrode assembly, x is the horizontal length of the electrode assembly, and y is the vertical length of the electrode assembly, and S is a constant of 8 or more, and ln(x/y)?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, Sung Joong Kang, Ji Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11990627
    Abstract: The carrier metal catalyst achieves suppression of internal resistance of a fuel cell. A carrier metal catalyst includes: a carrier powder; and metal fine particles supported on the carrier powder; wherein: the carrier powder is an aggregates of carrier fine particles; the carrier fine particles includes a chained portion structured by a plurality of crystallites being fusion bonded to form a chain; the carrier fine particles include titanium oxide; the carrier fine particles are doped with an element having a valence different from a valence of titanium; the titanium oxide of the carrier powder has an anatase phase/rutile phase ratio of 0.2 or lower; the metal fine particles have a mean particle size of 3 to 10 nm; the metal fine particles include platinum; and a cell resistance measured under standard conditions of a fuel cell prepared using the carrier metal catalyst is 0.090 ?cm·2 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Kakinuma, Makoto Uchida, Akihiro Iiyama
  • Patent number: 11984616
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery exhibiting excellent life characteristic and stability is discussed, in which side reactions of an electrolyte are minimized, and non-uniform growth of lithium dendrite is effectively inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunwoong Yun, Youngdeok Kim, Hoejin Hah
  • Patent number: 11984577
    Abstract: A method of making an electrode includes the step of mixing active material particles, radiation curable resin precursors, and electrically conductive particles to create an electrode precursor mixture. The electrode precursor mixture is electrostatically sprayed onto a current collector to provide an electrode preform. The electrode preform is heated and calendered to melt the resin precursor such that the resin precursor surrounds the active particles and electrically conductive particles. Radiation is applied to the electrode preform sufficient to cure the radiation curable resin precursors into resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Zhijia Du, Christopher James Janke, Jianlin Li, David L. Wood, III, Claus Daniel
  • Patent number: 11978879
    Abstract: The present application provides a deviation-correcting method and apparatus for double-sided coating, and relates to the technical field of manufacturing of batteries. The method includes: acquiring a first distance between an edge of a coating area on a first surface of an electrode plate substrate and an edge of the electrode plate substrate from a deviation-correcting cross section; acquiring a second distance between an edge of a coating area on a second surface of the electrode plate substrate and the edge of the electrode plate substrate from the deviation-correcting cross section; determining edge deviation information of the coating areas; determining a first deviation-adjusting range; and in a case that a first intersection is present in the first deviation-correcting range, determining a deviation-correcting quantity of the electrode plate substrate. According to the method, the problem of the deviation of the coating areas in the coating process can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yunfei Ma, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11973223
    Abstract: Provided is a precursor of a positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which allows a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery to have excellent battery characteristics. A manganese composite hydroxide is obtained by adjusting the pH value of an aqueous solution for nucleation containing cobalt and/or manganese to 7.5 to 11.1 on the basis of a liquid temperature of 25° C. to form plate-shaped crystal nuclei, and adjusting the pH value of a slurry for particle growth containing the plate-shaped crystal nuclei to 10.5 to 12.5 on the basis of a liquid temperature of 25° C., and supplying a mixed aqueous solution including a metal compound containing at least manganese to the slurry, thereby performing particle growth of the plate-shaped crystal nuclei.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuomi Ryoshi, Kensaku Mori
  • Patent number: 11952475
    Abstract: A novel or improved base film for impregnation, impregnated base film, product incorporating the impregnated base film, and/or related methods as shown, claimed or described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Takahiko Kondo, Masaaki Okada, Stefan Reinartz, Daniel R. Alexander
  • Patent number: 11942628
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a negative electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, to a method for preparing the same, and to a lithium secondary battery including the same, the negative electrode active material including a porous core in which scaly silicon fragments are connected in an entangled manner; and a shell layer covering the core, where the shell layer includes a carbon-based material and silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seman Kwon, Soonho Hong, Hyeonwoo Shim, Sunghwan Kang, Byunghoon Park
  • Patent number: 11929459
    Abstract: Slurry compositions, tape casting binder systems and fabrication methods for the fabrication of lithium-garnet electrolyte scaffolds for use in solid state batteries and other devices are provided. Slurry compositions may be optimized mixtures of LLZO powder, a dispersant, a lithium salt, a wetting agent a binder, a plasticizer and at least one solvent. The optimized ceramic slurry compositions may include MgO as a sintering additive to improve density and ionic conductivity of the doped-LLZO sheets and produce a fine-grained microstructure. Sintering protocols for cast slurries of commercially available doped LLZO powders eliminate the requirement of mother-powder coverings or externally applied pressure. An environmentally friendly water-based system using methylcellulose as a binder is also provided producing green tape and final properties comparable to those obtained with organic solvent-based systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Robert Jonson, Michael Tucker
  • Patent number: 11929472
    Abstract: A battery diagnosing apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure discharge capacity and temperature of a battery, an ohmic resistance determining unit configured to determine an ohmic resistance of the battery based on an impedance profile generated for the battery, and a control unit configured to calculate a capacity change rate by comparing the discharge capacity of the battery measured by the measuring unit with a reference capacity, calculate a resistance change rate by comparing the ohmic resistance determined by the ohmic resistance determining unit with a reference resistance, judge an internal gas generation level of the battery by comparing magnitudes of the calculated resistance change rate and a criterion resistance change rate, and judge an internal gas generation cause of the battery by comparing magnitudes of the calculated capacity change rate and a criterion capacity change rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Woo, Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha