Patents Examined by Stewart A Fraser
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Patent number: 12040441Abstract: A method of forming a battery electrode includes spraying a suspension of nanoparticle sized metal oxide to create an active layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: HHeLi, LLCInventors: Paige L. Johnson, James Dean Fleetwood, II
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Patent number: 12040518Abstract: A connector includes a protrusion. The protrusion protrudes toward a distal end side to serve as a distal end of the connector. The connector moves in a diagonal direction relative to a first separator. A worker positions the connector in a Z direction, before moving the connector. With an upward protrusion and an inward protrusion formed, the worker standing by a first side wall looks into a casing from above to see a portion around an attachment portion. When the connector is positioned close to the attachment portion, the worker looking into the casing from above cannot see a bottom surface of the connector. The worker can see the protrusion even when he or she cannot see the bottom surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masahiro Imanishi
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Patent number: 12034166Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector, and an anode including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer formed on the anode current collector. The anode active material layer has an area larger than that of the cathode active material layer. The anode active material layer includes an overlapping portion overlying the cathode active material layer in a planar direction and a margin portion around the overlapping portion. The margin portion has an electrical resistance greater than that of the overlapping portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji Hyung Kim, Young Ha Kim, Sang Bin Lee, Ho Jin Hwang
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Patent number: 12034164Abstract: A negative electrode for a secondary battery includes: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer formed on the current collector and containing a first active material; and a second negative electrode active material layer formed on the first negative electrode active material layer and containing a second active material. The second active material is a bimodal active material including small particles and large particles having different particle sizes, a particle size (D2) of the second active material is smaller than a particle size (D1) of the first active material, and the particle size of the second active material is an average particle size of the small particles and the large particles.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kwang Ho Jeong, Hyun Joong Jang, Da Bin Chung
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Patent number: 12034128Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery cell having a cell tab extending outwardly; a protection circuit module electrically connected to the cell tab to prevent over-charging and over-discharging of the battery cell; and a module case accommodating the protection circuit module and mounted on the battery cell, wherein the module case includes a first region, a second region positioned on the first region, and a third region extending from the first region through the second region, and the protection circuit module is accommodated in a cavity provided between the first region and the second region.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyun Cho
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Patent number: 12025901Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a plurality of core-shell particles and a non-polar fluid. The core-shell particles comprise an organic pigment particles core and a shell comprising a metal oxide layer and a silane layer. The metal oxide layer may have a thickness of 0.4 to 2 nm. It may be formed using a fluidized bed reactor by inserting the organic pigment into the reactor as a powder bed, contacting the powder bed with a gaseous stream comprising a metal oxide precursor and an inert gas, and contacting the powder bed with a gaseous stream of a reagent and an inert gas. The silane layer is formed from a silane compound comprising a first functional group, wherein the first functional group reacts with the metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: Jay William Anseth, Brandon MacDonald, Craig Alan Breen
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Patent number: 12027687Abstract: A metal metal-air battery includes: an anode layer including a metal, a cathode layer spaced apart from the anode layer and including a hybrid conductive material having both electron conductivity and ionic conductivity; and a separator disposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer, wherein the hybrid conductive material includes a channel for metal ion transfer from the anode layer and a channel for electron transfer between the cathode and the anode.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Heungchan Lee, Dongmin Im, Hwiyeol Park, Hyunchul Lee, Huisu Jeong, Junhyeong Lee, Jin S. Heo
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Patent number: 12027730Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes stacked cells, each including a sheet-shaped power generation portion, two separators, a gas passage defining plate that includes a gas passage portion through which reactant gas flows, and a frame member that includes a supply port and a discharge port. The gas passage portion includes opposing portions extended in a flow direction of the reactant gas and arranged in parallel in an orthogonal direction and wavy portions each having a wavy cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the orthogonal direction. The gas passage portion includes a first passage portion adjacent to the supply port in the flow direction and a second passage portion adjacent to the first passage portion in the orthogonal direction. The connection passages of the second passage portion each have a larger cross-sectional flow area than the connection passages of the first passage portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Shinozaki, Satoshi Futami
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Patent number: 12021276Abstract: An embodiment fuel cell system includes a fuel cell enclosure configured to output electrical energy generated by a fuel cell stack through a stack bus bar, a high-voltage box disposed on the fuel cell enclosure, the high-voltage box including an air inlet port formed at one side thereof, the air inlet port being configured to introduce cold air from outside, and a terminal block assembly including a vent port connected to the fuel cell enclosure, the vent port being configured to deliver the cold air introduced through the air inlet port to the stack bus bar.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Ki Wook Ohm
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Patent number: 12021208Abstract: A battery pack module includes a cooling plate having thermal breaks strategically aligned with respect to adjacent cell chambers to reduce thermal propagation from one cell chamber to an adjacent cell chamber via thermal conductance through the cooling plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Ethan T. Quy, Nicholas R. Bratton, Harikrishna Ketha
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Patent number: 12021268Abstract: A secondary battery is provided, including an electrode assembly, a packaging bag, an electrode lead and an insulating member. The electrode assembly is housed in the packaging bag, an edge of the packaging bag has a sealing portion, and the electrode lead is connected to the electrode assembly and passes through the sealing portion; the sealing portion includes a main body region, a first step region and a first transition region, the first step region is located on two sides of the electrode lead in a thickness direction, the main body region and the first transition region are located on a same side of the first step region in a width direction, and the first transition region is connected between the first step region and the main body region; the insulating member surrounds an outer side of the electrode lead and isolates the sealing portion from the electrode lead.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Mianyu Xie, Yongbin Wu
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Patent number: 12014884Abstract: An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor includes an anode electrode body including a base material part having a porous body portion, and a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the porous body portion. The anode electrode body has a first main surface in which pores of the porous body portion are opened, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and an end surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface. In the porous body portion, a first film thickness of the dielectric layer in an end surface vicinity region is larger than a second film thickness of the dielectric layer in a deep inner region, the end surface vicinity region being a region within a predetermined distance from the end surface, the deep inner region being a region located away from the first main surface and at a central portion in a direction parallel to the first main surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuhisa Yoshimura, Tatsuji Aoyama, Naomi Kurihara, Miwa Ogawa
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Patent number: 12013631Abstract: A mask blank including a light shielding film pattern having high ArF light fastness. The light shielding film is on a transparent substrate. In the mask blank, the light shielding film is a single layer film formed of a material containing silicon and nitrogen, and the light shielding film has an optical density to an ArF excimer laser exposure light of 2.5 or more, a surface reflectance to the exposure light of 40% or less, a back-surface reflectance to the exposure light of 40% or less, a transmittance to a light having a wavelength of 900 nm of 50% or less, an extinction coefficient to a light having a wavelength of 900 nm of 0.04 or more, and a thickness of 60 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroaki Shishido
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Patent number: 12005807Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for control a power of a battery, a control apparatus, and an electric vehicle. By adjusting the actual power according to a difference between the rated powers and the current actual power, the power output by the battery and the power fed back to the battery can be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: CALB Co., Ltd.Inventor: Peipei Qiao
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Patent number: 12009514Abstract: A perovskite material represented by Formula 1: LixAyMzO3-???Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, 0<x?1, 0<y?1, 0<x+y<1, 0<z?1.5, 0???1, A is H, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, or a combination thereof, and M is Ni, Pd, Pb, Fe, Ir, Co, Rh, Mn, Cr, Ru, Re, Sn, V, Ge, W, Zr, Mo, Hf, U, Nb, Th, Ta, Bi, Li, H, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Mg, Al, Si, Sc, Zn, Ga, Ag, Cd, In, Sb, Pt, Au, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangbok Ma, Hyukjae Kwon, Hyunpyo Lee, Donghwa Seo, Dongmin Im
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Patent number: 12003005Abstract: A method of selecting a thermoplastic-resin adhesive provided so as to be exposed to a fluid flow path of a power generation cell includes a load application step, an exposing step, a measurement step, and a selecting step. In the load application step, a compressive load is applied to a laminate body in a laminating direction thereof, the laminate body being formed by sandwiching an adhesive between a first resin film and a second resin film. In the exposing step, the laminate body is exposed to an environment heated to a predetermined temperature and humidified to a predetermined humidity. In the measurement step, a flow amount of the adhesive during the exposing step is measured. In the selecting step, the adhesive having the flow amount equal to or less than a predetermined amount is selected as an adhesive used for the power generation cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuma Yamawaki, Masaru Oda, Takaaki Shikano, Shohei Toyota
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Patent number: 12002941Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for a privacy cover in an electronic device. The battery system can be configured to monitoring one or more condition of a battery using a battery electrolyte controller that is separate from the battery, adjusting one or more properties of an electrolyte in an electrolyte conduit, where the electrolyte conduit is coupled to an inlet and an outlet on the battery, and activating a pump to move the electrolyte with the adjusted one or more properties into the battery.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Hunt Energy Enterprises, L.L.C.Inventors: Nestor Pimentel Solorio, Denyce Alvarez, Fantai Kong
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Patent number: 11996564Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nano-engineered coating for cathode active materials, anode active materials, and solid state electrolyte materials for reducing corrosion and enhancing cycle life of a battery, and various process for applying the disclosed coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Forge Nano Inc.Inventors: Fabio Albano, Kevin Dahlberg, Erik Anderson, Subhash Dhar, Srinivasan Venkatesan
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Patent number: 11990586Abstract: A secondary battery including an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte encapsulated in an exterior body. The exterior body has a shape with a cutout portion in planar view thereof, and the exterior body has a seal portion along a peripheral edge portion thereof. The seal portion is folded in a thickness direction of the secondary battery to form a folded seal portion having an end on a cutout portion side to form a stopper portion for a board disposed in the cutout portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Otsuka, Toru Kawai
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Patent number: 11990650Abstract: An assembly for an electrochemical system, which comprises a first separator plate, a second separator plate, and a membrane electrode assembly arranged between the separator plates for forming an electrochemical cell between the separator plates. A stack comprising a plurality of such assemblies, and an electrochemical system comprising a plurality of such assemblies and/or a stack. The electrochemical system may be a fuel cell system, an electrochemical compressor, an electrolyzer, a redox flow battery, or a humidifier for an electrochemical system.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: REINZ-DICHTUNGS-GMBHInventor: André Speidel