Patents by Inventor Meiyuan Li

Meiyuan Li has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240170719
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gel membrane for a battery cell includes supplying a first substrate to a first roller; heating a gel membrane solution in a tank, wherein the gel membrane solution includes a polymer and a liquid electrolyte comprising one or more lithium salts; arranging a slot die within a predetermined distance of the first substrate located on the first roller; pumping the gel membrane solution into an inlet of the slot die; depositing a gel membrane layer from an outlet of the slot die onto the first substrate supported by the first roller; and cooling the gel membrane layer on the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Zhe LI, Qili SU, Meiyuan WU, Haijing LIU, Mengyan HOU
  • Patent number: 11967722
    Abstract: A battery includes positive and negative current collectors and a plurality of bipolar electrodes arranged in a stack between the positive and negative current collectors. The positive and negative current collectors and the stack of the plurality of bipolar electrodes are folded in an S-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Qili Su, Zhe Li, Meiyuan Wu, Mengyan Hou, Haijing Liu
  • Patent number: 11942620
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state electrochemical cell having a uniformly distributed solid-state electrolyte and methods of fabrication relating thereto. The method may include forming a plurality of apertures within the one or more solid-state electrodes; impregnating the one or more solid-state electrodes with a solid-state electrolyte precursor solution so as to fill the plurality of apertures and any other void or pores within the one or more electrodes with the solid-state electrolyte precursor solution; and heating the one or more electrodes so as to solidify the solid-state electrolyte precursor solution and to form the distributed solid-state electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yong Lu, Zhe Li, Xiaochao Que, Haijing Liu, Meiyuan Wu
  • Publication number: 20240079655
    Abstract: A bipolar solid-state battery includes N solid-state battery cells. Each of the N solid-state battery cells includes M solid-state cores each comprising a first current collector, cathode active material, a separator, anode active material, and a second current collector, where N and M are integers greater than one. The M solid-state cores are connected in parallel by connecting the first current collectors of the M solid-state cores in each of the N solid-state battery cells together and by connecting the second current collectors of the M solid-state cores in each of the N solid-state battery cells together. N?1 clad plates including a first side made of a first material and a second side made of a second material. The N?1 clad plates are arranged between adjacent ones of the N solid-state battery cells and the N solid-state battery cells are connected in series by the N?1 clad plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Qili SU, Zhe LI, Meiyuan WU, Haijing LIU, Dave G. RICH
  • Publication number: 20240079699
    Abstract: A bipolar battery includes N battery cores each comprising a cathode electrode, an anode electrode, and a separator, where N is an integer greater than one. N?1 bipolar plates include a first layer made of a first material, a second layer made of a second material, a center portion, and first and second sides extending transversely relative to the center portion. A battery enclosure including a cover and a lower portion including sides defining a cavity. The N?1 bipolar plates are arranged in the cavity between adjacent ones of the N battery cores and the N battery cores are connected in series by the N?1 bipolar plates. The first and second sides of the N?1 bipolar plates are one of inserted into ā€œLā€-shaped slots in the sides of the lower portion, and molded into the sides of the lower portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Zhe LI, Meiyuan WU, Qili SU, Yong LU, Haijing LIU
  • Publication number: 20170306970
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an extrapolation method of low rotational speed characteristics of a compressor, which is suitable for acquisition the low rotational speed characteristics of a gas turbine on the ground or an aircraft engine, the extrapolation method takes into account an application condition of a similarity principle and specialties of the low rotational speed operation condition of the compressor, and comprises modifying exponents of the similarity principle to obtain the optimal exponents by an optimization algorithm, and applying a coefficient fitting method for a variable operating condition calculation of the gas turbine to the extrapolation of low rotational speed characteristic of the compressor to obtain the low rotational speed characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Detang Zeng, Chunqing Tan, Qing Gao, Meiyuan Li, Yongjun Zhang, Haisheng Chen