Patents Examined by Tracy M. Dove
  • Patent number: 12139416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the new process of preparation of a Li-rich layered oxide based on Mn and optionally on Ni and/or Co in which F is incorporated within the crystal of the oxide (or “fluorinated oxide”). It also relates to the new fluorinated oxide its use as a component in a cathode of a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: LE CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, COLLEGE DE FRANCE, SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Tarascon, Jiwei Ma, Laure Bertry, Robin Amisse, Marc-David Braida, Thierry Le Mercier, Valérie Buissette
  • Patent number: 12136742
    Abstract: Power supply device is power supply device to be fixed to power supply target equipment, the power supply device including: a plurality of battery cells each having a prismatic outer covering can; a pair of end plates that cover both side end faces of a battery stack in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked; a plurality of fastening members that are plates extending in a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells and are arranged on opposed side faces of the battery stack to fasten end plates to each other; bracket for fixing the pair of end plates to power supply target equipment; guide mechanism that slides end plate in the stacking direction of the battery stack at at least one interface between end plate and bracket; and elastic body arranged at at least one interface between end plate and bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12132240
    Abstract: An electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cells includes a ceramic plate body having rounded corners in a plan view from a thickness direction of the ceramic plate body, the ceramic plate body having a thickness of 200 ?m or less, and each of the rounded corners having a ratio Dmax/Dmin of 1.0 to 1.1, wherein Dmax and Dmin respectively represent maximum and minimum values between distances D from an intersection of extension lines of two sides of the ceramic plate body adjacent to a respective corner to starting points of the respective extension lines in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Oie
  • Patent number: 12126004
    Abstract: There is disclosed a hybrid composite anode for lithium-ion batteries comprising silicon nanoparticles, multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) flakes, and a polymer binder which enables enhanced capacity retention of the hybrid composite anode. A process of fabrication of an anode for a lithium-ion battery is also disclosed, the process comprising the steps of fabricating carbon nanotube (CNT) mats on an anode current collector; dispersing the fabricated CNT mats in a mixture of deionized (DI) water to ethanol using a probe sonicator and magnetic stirrer; and adding silicon nanoparticles, multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) flakes, and a polymer binder to the mixture, forming Si-MWCNT nanocomposite (SMC) anodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: HEIDRON ENERGY RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY CO LLC, KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Daniel Sunghoi Choi, Aamna Hameed Khan
  • Patent number: 12119476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode of a double-layer structure including a different type of particulate active material having a different average particle diameter, and a secondary battery including the same, and according to the present invention, the mechanical strength and stability of the electrode increases, and the secondary battery to which they are applied exhibits excellent discharge capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Jin Lee, Dong Hwi Kim, Jin Tae Hwang, Hyeong Il Kim, Seul Ki Chae, Wang Mo Jung, Dong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 12109886
    Abstract: A control device includes a first accumulation unit configured to accumulate first energy, a second accumulation unit configured to accumulate second energy different from the first energy, and a supply unit configured to supply either or both of second energy obtained by converting first energy accumulated by the first accumulation unit and second energy accumulated by the second accumulation unit to an external device. The amount of second energy that is supplied from the supply unit to the external device is calculated on the basis of the amount of second energy supplied to a drive unit via the supply unit to move the moving body to a destination, the amount of first energy accumulated by the first accumulation unit, and the amount of second energy accumulated by the second accumulation unit, and a display device is caused to display a supply available time according to the calculated amount of second energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryoji Sakai
  • Patent number: 12107208
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a sulfur-containing positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a cation exchange resin layer which is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and has a first surface having a roughness factor of 3 or more. A method for producing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a sulfur-containing positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a cation exchange resin layer which is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and has a first surface having a roughness factor of 3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaname Nakajima, Heisuke Nishikawa, Shuji Hitomi
  • Patent number: 12100860
    Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device and an electrochemical device comprising the same. The separator comprises a porous polymer substrate and a heat resistant coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The heat resistant coating layer is a porous polymer layer having pores, and comprises a polyvinyl pyrrolidone-based polymer and a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Myeong-Soo Kim, Hye-Jin Kwon, Su-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 12100843
    Abstract: A positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode plate, a battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus including the positive electrode current collector are provided. In some embodiments, a positive electrode current collector is provided, including an organic support layer and an aluminum-based conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the organic support layer, where the aluminum-based conductive layer contains Al and at least one modifying element selected from O, N, F, B, S, and P, an XPS spectrogram of the aluminum-based conductive layer with a surface passivation layer removed through etching has at least a first peak falling in a range of 70 eV to 73.5 eV and a second peak falling in a range of 73.5 eV to 78 eV, and a ratio x of peak intensity of the second peak to that of the first peak satisfies 0<x?3.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xin Liu, Qisen Huang, Mingling Li, Xianghui Liu, Cheng Li, Jia Peng, Chengdu Liang
  • Patent number: 12051800
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material including: silicon-containing composite particles including SiOx (0<x<2) and pores; and a carbon layer on a surface of the silicon-containing composite particles and in the pores, in which the carbon layer includes a metal, the metal includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K, and the pores have an average diameter in a range of 2 nm to 45 nm, a negative electrode including the same, a secondary battery including the negative electrode and a method for preparing the negative electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Semi Park, Sun Young Shin, Ilgeun Oh, Su Min Lee, Yong Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 12046754
    Abstract: An aluminum battery negative electrode structure includes an aluminum foil and a coating layer. The coating layer is arranged on the aluminum foil. A material of the coating layer includes a high specific surface area carbon material. A specific surface area of the high specific surface area carbon material ranges from 500 m2/g to 3,000 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: APh ePower Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jui-Hsuan Wu, Shih Po Ta Tsai, Yi Hsiu Wang, Wei-An Chen
  • Patent number: 12040450
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, a first additive, and a second additive, wherein the first additive is lithium 4,5-dicyano-2-(trifluoromethyl)imidazolide, and the second additive is tetravinylsilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Seung Kim, Chul Haeng Lee, Yu Ha An, Jeong Woo Oh
  • Patent number: 12040439
    Abstract: A method for forming a battery anode can include: forming a slurry including active material comprising silicon particles, wherein the silicon particles can be derived from silica fumes, depositing the slurry on an current collector, drying the deposited slurry to form a deposited film, and compacting the deposited film to form the battery anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: ionobell, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Ionescu, Chueh Liu
  • Patent number: 12009503
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode material and methods of preparation and use relating thereto. The electrode material comprises a plurality of electroactive material particles, where each electroactive material particle includes an electroactive material core and an electronically conductive coating. The method includes contacting an electroactive material precursor including a plurality of electroactive material particles with a solution so as to form an electronically conductive coating on each of the electroactive material particles. The solution includes a solvent and one or more of copper fluoride (CuF2), titanium tetrafluoride (TiF3 or TiF4), iron fluoride (FeF3), nickel fluoride (NiF2), manganese fluoride (MnF2, MnF3, or MnF4), and vanadium fluoride (VF3, VF4, VF5). The electronically conductive coating includes a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions. The plurality of first regions include lithium fluoride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mark W. Verbrugge, Xingcheng Xiao, Qinglin Zhang, Xingyi Yang, Raghunathan K
  • Patent number: 12009521
    Abstract: An active material layer of a metal negative electrode includes: active material particles including a negative active material; and an additive having particles larger in average particle size than the active material particles. The metal negative electrode is immersed in an alkaline aqueous solution, and the additive is eluted into the alkaline aqueous solution. In a place where the additive is previously found, a space is defined in the active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sata, Hirotaka Mizuhata
  • Patent number: 12002947
    Abstract: This application relates to an electrode active composition, a preparation method thereof, an electrode, a battery, and an apparatus. The electrode active composition includes: a first component, the first component being lithium cobalt oxide particles; and a second component, the second component being ternary material particles. The first component includes lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size greater than 11 ?m and lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size less than 6 ?m, and a ratio in number of the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size greater than 11 ?m to the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size less than 6 ?m is 0.2-4.8, and in some embodiments, 0.2-2.8. A summed number of the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size greater than 11 ?m and the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size less than 6 ?m accounts for above 90% of a total number of particles in the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yingjie Guan, Yongchao Liu, Qisen Huang, Na Liu, Chengdu Liang
  • Patent number: 11990613
    Abstract: The Li-ion paradigm of battery technology is fundamentally constrained by the monovalency of the Li-ion. A straightforward solution is to transition to multivalent ion chemistries, with Mg2+ the most obvious candidate due to considerations of size and mass. Despite early interest, the realization of Mg batteries has faced myriad obstacles, including a sparse selection of cathode materials demonstrating the ability to reversibly insert divalent ions. Disclosed herein is evidence of reversible topochemical and electrochemical insertion of Mg2+ into a metastable one-dimensional polymorph of V2O5. Not only does ?-V2O5 represent a rare addition to the pantheon of functional Mg battery cathode materials, but is also distinctive in exhibiting a combination of high stability, high specific capacity due to ion insertion, and moderately high operating voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Sarbajit Banerjee, Justin L. Andrews, Abhishek Parija, Luis R. De Jesus Baez
  • Patent number: 11984576
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell with a lithium-metal anode that suppresses dendrite formation and can be fabricated using a simple, inexpensive, and solvent-free process. The anode is coated with a layer of disordered nanomaterial, saturated with lithium ions, that suppresses dendrite formation during charging. The dendrite-suppression coating can be applied simply using a dry, abrasive technique in which the lithium-metal anode is alternately abraded to roughen the surface and polished using a polishing powder of a material that alloys with the lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Rodrigo Villegas Salvatierra, Duy Xuan Luong
  • Patent number: 11978881
    Abstract: A set of liquid compositions used to form a positive or negative electrode layer is provided. The set of liquid compositions includes a first liquid composition having a first electrode material dissolving or dispersing in a first liquid; and a second liquid composition having a second electrode material dissolving or dispersing in a second liquid, the second electrode material differing from the first electrode material, and the second liquid differing from the first liquid, wherein the second electrode material dissolves or disperses easily in the second liquid than in the first liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakajima, Hiromichi Kuriyama, Tomomasa Kajita, Toshiya Sagisaka, Masayoshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 11973215
    Abstract: The present application discloses a negative active material, preparation process thereof and a secondary battery and the related battery module, battery pack and device. The negative active material comprises a core material and a modified polymer coating layer coated on at least a part of the outer surface of the core material, the core material comprises one or more of silicon-based materials and tin based materials, the coating layer comprises carbon element and nitrogen element, wherein the nitrogen element is present in the negative active material in a mass percentage of 0.1%˜0.66%, and the coating layer comprises a —C?N-linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Chengdu Liang, Yingjie Guan, Yuzhen Zhao, Yan Wen, Qisen Huang