Patents Examined by Stewart Fraser
  • Patent number: 12136726
    Abstract: An anode for use in an energy storage device is provided. The anode includes a current collector having an electrically conductive substrate and a surface layer overlaying a first side of the electrically conductive substrate. The surface layer may include a metal oxide or a metal chalcogenide. The anode may also include a lithium storage layer overlaying the surface layer. The lithium storage layer may have a total content of silicon, germanium, or a combination thereof of at least 40 atomic %. The lithium storage layer may include less than 10 atomic % carbon. The anode may also include a plurality of lithium storage filamentary structures in contact with a second side of the electrically conductive substrate. The second side is opposite the first side. The plurality of lithium storage filamentary structures may include silicon, germanium, tin, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Graphenix Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrence R. O'Toole, John C. Brewer
  • Patent number: 12132236
    Abstract: A cooling system comprises a liquid hydrogen storage tank, a liquid hydrogen metering pump having a pump inlet in fluid communication with the liquid hydrogen storage tank, and a pump outlet, a hydrogen evaporator heat exchanger having an evaporator inlet in fluid communication with the pump outlet, and an evaporator outlet, a hydrogen gas accumulator having an accumulator inlet in fluid communication with the evaporator outlet, and an accumulator outlet, a hydrogen fuel cell system comprising at least one hydrogen fuel cell having a fuel cell inlet in fluid communication with the accumulator outlet, and a coolant circuit comprising a first coolant path disposed in thermal contact with the hydrogen evaporator heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Shouhao Wu, Grzegorz Siuchta
  • Patent number: 12132215
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell, which includes a battery case having an accommodation portion in which an electrode assembly is mounted, and a sealing portion formed by sealing an outer periphery thereof by heat fusion; an electrode lead electrically connected to an electrode tab included in the electrode assembly and protruding out of the battery case via the sealing portion; and a lead film located at a portion corresponding to the sealing portion in at least one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the electrode lead, wherein the lead film has a dented portion recessed toward an inside of the battery case, and the dented portion is opened toward an outside of the battery case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Hee Lim, Sang-Hun Kim, Soo-Ji Hwang, Min-Hyeong Kang, Eun-Suk Park, Hyung-Kyun Yu
  • Patent number: 12130550
    Abstract: A pellicle frame including a frame base having an anodized film on a surface thereof and covered with a transparent polymer film, where the polymer film is formed without color unevenness, is described. The inside surface of the pellicle frame has reduced glare due to particles and has a light resistance to an ArF laser at 1500 J. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using a photomask with the pellicle is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichi Hamada
  • Patent number: 12132212
    Abstract: A metal-supported catalyst, battery electrode, and battery, each having excellent catalytic activity and durability. The metal-supported catalyst includes: a carbon carrier; and catalyst metal particles supported thereon, wherein, in a photoelectron spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the catalyst exhibits, as a peak derived from a is orbital of a nitrogen atom, a peak to be separated into peaks of first to sixth nitrogen atoms having peak tops in the following respective ranges: (1) 398.6±0.2 eV; (2) 399.5±0.3 eV; (3) 400.5±0.2 eV; (4) 401.3±0.3 eV; (5) 403.4±0.4 eV; and (6) 404.5±0.5 eV, wherein a ratio of a peak area of the second nitrogen atoms to a total peak area of the nitrogen atoms of the (1) to (6) is 0.03 or more, and wherein a ratio of a concentration of the second nitrogen atoms to a concentration of carbon atoms measured by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 0.0005 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NISSHINBO HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Kubota, Ayaka Fujimoto, Takeaki Kishimoto, Takuya Ishizuka, Takuya Isaka, Miki Meguro
  • Patent number: 12126035
    Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery and a method of manufacturing same are capable of completely protecting a metal layer from moisture or air by forming an insulating coating layer including a conformal coating layer on the metal layer exposed at a cut surface of a battery case. The method includes a first step of preparing a battery case including an upper case and a lower case by cutting a laminate sheet including an outer coating layer, a metal layer, and an inner coating layer; a second step of receiving an electrode assembly between the upper case and the lower case; a third step of forming a sealing portion by contacting outer peripheries of the upper case and the lower case; and a fourth step of forming a conformal coating layer on a side surface of the sealing portion so as to prevent exposure of the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Wook Yim, Jun Yeob Seong, Jun Kyu Park, Ki Taek Jung
  • Patent number: 12124198
    Abstract: An image forming method includes: forming a toner image on a sheet by using a toner including a first binder resin; and applying, to the toner image, a fixing solution capable of softening the first binder resin so as to fix the toner image to the sheet. The first binder resin is a condensate of a first alcohol component and a first carboxylic acid component. The first alcohol component contains 1,4-butanediol, and the first carboxylic acid component contains polyvalent carboxylic acid. A molar ratio of the 1,4-butanediol in the first alcohol component is not less than 30 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Higuchi, Kumiko Sakaguchi, Beibei Yang, Norihiro Hirai
  • Patent number: 12125988
    Abstract: In at least select embodiments, the instant disclosure is directed to new or improved battery separators, components, materials, additives, surfactants, lead acid batteries, systems, vehicles, and/or related methods of production and/or use. In at least certain embodiments, the instant disclosure is directed to surfactants or other additives for use with a battery separator for use in a lead acid battery, to battery separators with a surfactant or other additive, and/or to batteries including such separators. In at least certain select embodiments, the instant disclosure relates to new or improved lead acid battery separators and/or systems including improved water loss technology and/or methods of manufacture and/or use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey K. Chambers
  • Patent number: 12126027
    Abstract: An anode for an energy storage device includes a current collector. The current collector includes: i) an electrically conductive substrate including a first electrically conductive material; ii) a plurality of electrically conductive structures in electrical communication with the electrically conductive substrate, wherein each electrically conductive structure includes a second electrically conductive material; and iii) a metal oxide coating. The metal oxide coating includes one or both of: a) a first metal oxide material in contact with the electrically conductive substrate; or b) a second metal oxide material in contact with the electrically conductive structures; or both (a) and (b). The anode further includes lithium storage coating overlaying the metal oxide coating, the lithium storage layer including a total content of silicon, germanium, or a combination thereof. The electrically conductive structures are at least partially embedded within the lithium storage coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Graphenix Development, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Brewer, Terrence R. O'Toole
  • Patent number: 12119459
    Abstract: Described are remote command-enabled battery modules and systems and methods incorporating them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: John E. Waters
  • Patent number: 12119444
    Abstract: Set forth herein are pellets, thin films, and monoliths of lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes having engineered surfaces. These engineered surfaces have a list of advantageous properties including, but not limited to, low surface area resistance, high Li+ ion conductivity, low tendency for lithium dendrites to form within or thereupon when the electrolytes are used in an electrochemical cell. Other advantages include voltage stability and long cycle life when used in electrochemical cells as a separator or a membrane between the positive and negative electrodes. Also set forth herein are methods of making these electrolytes including, but not limited to, methods of annealing these electrolytes under controlled atmosphere conditions. Set forth herein, additionally, are methods of using these electrolytes in electrochemical cells and devices. The instant disclosure further includes electrochemical cells which incorporate the lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes set forth herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: QuantumScape Battery, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnold Allenic, Cheng-Chieh Chao, Lei Cheng, Niall Donnelly, William H. Gardner, Timothy Holme, Sriram Iyer, Shuang Li
  • Patent number: 12119523
    Abstract: A fuel cell system and a method for controlling the same may adjust generation of condensate water in a fuel cell by setting relative humidities and temperature and pressure conditions of the fuel cell so as to maintain a constant current density, and may alleviate performance deterioration of the fuel cell during operation by removing an excessive amount of the generated condensate water by injecting a cathode pressure impulse into the fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seung Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 12113387
    Abstract: A system includes an energy storage system having a plurality of batteries and a monitoring system operably coupled to the energy storage system. The monitoring system is configured to receive a first measurement corresponding to a characteristic from at least one of the plurality of batteries, determine a baseline from the first measurement, receive a second measurement from the at least one of the plurality of batteries, and compare the second measurement with the baseline to identify an issue with the at least one of the plurality of batteries. The monitoring system is also configured to perform a remediation action in response to the identified issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: OneEvent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Joseph Wedig, Daniel Ralph Parent
  • Patent number: 12113220
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector configured to transfer electrons between an outer lead and a negative electrode active material, a first negative electrode mixture layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the current collector and containing natural graphite as a negative electrode active material and a second negative electrode mixture layer formed on the first negative electrode mixture layer and containing artificial graphite as a negative electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Taek Soo Lee, Chang Wan Koo, Sang Hoon Choi, Jung Min Yang, Il Jae Moon
  • Patent number: 12111614
    Abstract: There is provided a toner containing: a toner particle containing a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a colorant; and an iron oxide particle present on a surface of the toner particle, in which the iron oxide particle has a surface containing a compound having a specific structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Hiramatsu, Tomohisa Sano, Kazuyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 12107295
    Abstract: A firefighting method and system for energy storage, and a storage medium are provided in implementations of the present disclosure. The method includes the following. The BMS turns on a first exhaust fan corresponding to a first battery cluster where a first battery module is disposed to exhaust a preset gas from the energy-storage container, when a first gas detector disposed in the first battery module detects the preset gas. The BMS determines whether to turn on a first firefighting apparatus corresponding to the first battery cluster based on a concentration of the preset gas at each moment in a preset period and a temperature of the first battery module at each moment in the preset period, to extinguish a fire at a battery module in the energy-storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: Shenzhen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shangjie Fan
  • Patent number: 12095025
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to devices, systems and methods of producing high energy density batteries having a semi-solid cathode that is thicker than the anode. An electrochemical cell can include a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode current collector and an ion-permeable membrane disposed between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector. The ion-permeable membrane is spaced a first distance from the positive electrode current collector and at least partially defines a positive electroactive zone. The ion-permeable membrane is spaced a second distance from the negative electrode current collector and at least partially defines a negative electroactive zone. The second distance is less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: 24M Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Taison Tan, Yet-Ming Chiang, Naoki Ota, Throop Wilder, Mihai Duduta
  • Patent number: 12095080
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a slurry capable of forming an all solid state battery with low ion resistivity. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a slurry comprising a sulfide solid electrolyte and a solvent, and the solvent includes a first solvent and a second solvent, a boiling point of the first solvent is 80° C. or more and less than a crystallization temperature of the sulfide solid electrolyte, the first solvent is acyclic ether based solvent, acyclic ester based solvent, or acyclic ketone based solvent, and a boiling point of the second solvent is the crystallization temperature of the sulfide solid electrolyte or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Oura, Masaki Adachi
  • Patent number: 12080885
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the active material including a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese, having a layered structure, having a ratio D50/DSEM of from 1 to 4, and having a ratio of a number of moles of nickel to a total number of moles of metals other than lithium of greater than 0.8 and less than 1, a ratio of a number of moles of cobalt to the total number of moles of metals other than lithium of less than 0.2, a ratio of a number of moles of manganese to the total number of moles of metals other than lithium of less than 0.2, and a ratio of the number of moles of manganese to a sum of the number of moles of cobalt and the number of moles of manganese of less than 0.58.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kitano, Hayaki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12080878
    Abstract: An anode layer for all-solid secondary batteries, an all-solid secondary battery, and a method of manufacturing an all-solid secondary battery, the anode layer including an anode current collector; and a first anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the first anode active material layer includes a metal-carbon composite including a metal, carbon, and a polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinkyu Kim, Jinhoon Yang, Yunchae Jung, Byeonggyu Cho, Sangil Han