Patents by Inventor Meng Kang

Meng Kang 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).

  • Patent number: 12668491
    Abstract: Disclosed are a composite graphite material, a method for preparing the same, a negative electrode sheet, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an electrical apparatus. The composite graphite material comprises a bulk particle and a cladding layer located on at least a partial surface of the bulk particle, the bulk particle is a secondary particle formed by aggregation of more than two primary particles, the bulk particle comprises artificial graphite, the cladding layer comprises amorphous carbon, and an air oxidation temperature T0 of the composite graphite material is from 630° C. to 730° C. The composite graphite material in the present application can enable the secondary battery to not only have a high energy density, but also have significantly improved fast charging performance and low-temperature power performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Kang, Libing He
  • Patent number: 12633540
    Abstract: This application provides a negative electrode active material and a preparation method thereof. The negative electrode active material may be self-embedded graphite composed of graphite A and graphite B, where the surface of the graphite A may have a tenon structure, the surface of the graphite B may have a mortise structure, the tenon structure of the graphite A and the mortise structure of the graphite B may be mutually embedded, and a hydrogen bond may be formed between the tenon structure of the graphite A and the mortise structure of the graphite B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Baida Deng, Meng Kang, Chen Zeng, Libing He
  • Publication number: 20260045501
    Abstract: A negative-electrode active material, a negative electrode plate, a battery and an electrical apparatus. The negative-electrode active material includes an artificial graphite particle and a carbon layer disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the artificial graphite particle, where a volume average particle size Dv50 of the negative-electrode active material satisfies: 3 ?m?Dv50?7 ?m; and a volume distribution particle size Dv1 of the negative-electrode active material satisfies: Dv1?1.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Mingyang CHEN, Meng KANG
  • Publication number: 20250372650
    Abstract: A battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator. The negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer located on at least one side of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material includes graphite. A quantity proportion of secondary particles in the negative electrode active material is greater than or equal to 65%; an oil absorption value of the negative electrode active material is 40 mL/100 g to 65 mL/100 g; and a particle size by volume Dv1 of the negative electrode active material is 4 ?m to 8 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Chen ZENG, Meng KANG, Libing HE
  • Publication number: 20250349839
    Abstract: A secondary battery and an electric apparatus are provided. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film layer disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode film layer includes a lower region and an upper region. The lower region comprises a first negative electrode active material, and the upper region comprises a second negative electrode active material. A median Raman value I_D/I_G of the first negative electrode active material is denoted as R150, and a median Raman value I_D/I_G of the second negative electrode active material is denoted as R250, where R150<R250. The first negative electrode active material has a higher graphitization degree than the second negative electrode active material. The disclosed design improves the fast-charging performance and energy density of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Peiming Bai, Meng Kang
  • Patent number: 12431496
    Abstract: A secondary battery, a preparation method thereof, and a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus containing such secondary battery are provided. In some embodiments, the secondary battery includes a negative-electrode plate, where the negative-electrode plate includes a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode film layer, the negative-electrode film layer includes a first negative-electrode film layer and a second negative-electrode film layer, and the second negative-electrode film layer is located between the negative-electrode current collector and the first negative-electrode film layer; and the first negative-electrode film layer includes a first negative-electrode active material, the first negative-electrode active material includes a first graphite, the first graphite is artificial graphite, and a distribution of volume-based particle size Dv99 of the first negative-electrode active material is ?23 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Erling Li, Meng Kang, Baida Deng, Libing He
  • Patent number: 12412892
    Abstract: A secondary battery and an electric apparatus are disclosed. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film layer with a thickness of H; a first surface away from the negative electrode current collector; and a second surface opposite the first surface. A first region of the negative electrode film layer includes a first active material with a thickness range from the second surface of the negative electrode film layer to 0.3H. The first active material comprises a first silicon-based material, which comprises secondary particles formed by aggregation of primary particles. A second region of the negative electrode film layer comprises a second active material with a thickness range from the first surface of the negative electrode film layer to 0.3H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Chen Zeng, Meng Kang, Liangbin Liu, Libing He, Jiazheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20250263301
    Abstract: The present application relates to a negative electrode active material, its preparation method, a negative electrode plate, a lithium-ion battery, and an electrical apparatus. The lithium-ion battery comprises one or more battery cells, each containing a negative electrode plate. The negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film layer on at least one surface. The film layer comprises a negative electrode active material, which comprises an inner core and a coating layer. The inner core is graphite, while the coating layer contains hard carbon. In a cumulative distribution curve of R values under a laser microscopic confocal Raman spectrometer, the R50 value (50% cumulative distribution) ranges from 0.15 to 0.40. This negative electrode active material enhances the battery's energy density, kinetic performance, and cycling performance, making it highly efficient for lithium-ion battery applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Peiming Bai, Meng Kang
  • Publication number: 20250253331
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material, a method for its preparation, a negative electrode plate, a lithium-ion battery, and an electrical apparatus are disclosed. The lithium-ion battery includes one or more battery cells, each containing a negative electrode plate comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film layer on at least one surface. The negative electrode film layer includes a negative electrode active material with an inner core of graphite and a coating layer of amorphous carbon. In a cumulative distribution curve of R values obtained via laser microscopic confocal Raman spectroscopy in surface scanning mode, the centralization of R values is ?2.0. The disclosed negative electrode active material enhances both energy density and kinetic performance of the battery, improving its overall efficiency and cycle life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Peiming Bai, Meng Kang
  • Patent number: 12334557
    Abstract: This application discloses a negative-electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a secondary battery, and a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus that include such secondary battery. The negative-electrode active material includes a core and a coating layer covering at least part of a surface of the core, where the core includes artificial graphite, the coating layer includes amorphous carbon, a volume-based particle size distribution of the negative-electrode active material satisfies Dv99?24 ?m, a volume-based median particle size Dv50 of the negative-electrode active material satisfies 8 ?m?Dv50?15 ?m, Dv99 is a particle size corresponding to a cumulative volume distribution percentage of the negative-electrode active material reaching 99%, and Dv50 is a particle size corresponding to a cumulative volume distribution percentage of the negative-electrode active material reaching 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Baida Deng, Meng Kang, Erling Li, Libing He
  • Publication number: 20250192145
    Abstract: This application provides a secondary battery and an electric apparatus. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate. The negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode film layer that is provided on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and includes a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material includes a carbon-based material and a silicon-based material. The carbon-based material includes secondary particles formed by aggregation of primary particles. The silicon-based material includes secondary particles formed by aggregation of primary particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Liangbin LIU, Jiazheng WANG, Chen ZENG, Meng KANG, Zijian LV, Jingxian DENG, Yingwei SU
  • Publication number: 20250174666
    Abstract: A secondary battery and an electric apparatus are disclosed. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film layer with a thickness of H; a first surface away from the negative electrode current collector; and a second surface opposite the first surface. A first region of the negative electrode film layer includes a first active material with a thickness range from the second surface of the negative electrode film layer to 0.3H. The first active material includes a first carbon-based material and a first silicon-based material. The first carbon-based material includes primary particles. The first silicon-based material includes secondary particles formed by aggregating the primary particles. A second region of the negative electrode film layer includes a second active material and has a thickness range from the first surface of the negative electrode film layer to 0.3H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Liangbin LIU, Jiazheng WANG, Chen ZENG, Meng KANG, Jingxian DENG, Zijian LV, Shuai XIE
  • Publication number: 20250174641
    Abstract: A secondary battery and an electric apparatus are disclosed. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film layer with a thickness of H; a first surface away from the negative electrode current collector; and a second surface opposite the first surface. A first region of the negative electrode film layer includes a first active material with a thickness range from the second surface of the negative electrode film layer to 0.3H. The first active material comprises a first silicon-based material, which comprises secondary particles formed by aggregation of primary particles. A second region of the negative electrode film layer comprises a second active material with a thickness range from the first surface of the negative electrode film layer to 0.3H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Chen ZENG, Meng KANG, Liangbin LIU, Libing HE, Jiazheng WANG
  • Patent number: 12315918
    Abstract: This application relates to a secondary battery, a process for preparing the same and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. In particular, the negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative electrode film, wherein the negative electrode film comprises a first negative electrode film and a second negative electrode film, the first negative electrode film is comprises a first negative electrode active material, and the particle size uniformity of the first negative electrode active material is from 0.4 to 0.6; the second negative electrode film comprises a second negative electrode active material, and the particle size uniformity of the second negative electrode active material is from 0.25 to 0.45, and a ratio of the particle size uniformity of the first negative electrode active material to the particle size uniformity of the second negative electrode active material is from 1.05 to 1.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Meng Kang, Jiazheng Wang, Xiaobin Dong, Libing He
  • Patent number: 12300810
    Abstract: The present application relates to a secondary battery, a process for preparing the same and an apparatus containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Jiazheng Wang, Meng Kang, Xiaobin Dong, Yuliang Shen, Libing He
  • Publication number: 20250140992
    Abstract: This application discloses a secondary battery and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. The secondary battery secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a cell and tabs extending from the cell, the cell includes a negative electrode plate, the negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a negative electrode film arranged on at least one surfaces of the negative current collector and including a negative active material, wherein the negative active material includes artificial graphite including secondary particles; and the cell satisfies 5 cm?0.5×?{square root over (a2+b2)}?15 cm, and a?15 cm, wherein a is the maximum size of the cell in the direction that the tabs extend, in cm; and b is the maximum size of the cell in a direction perpendicularly intersecting with the direction that the tabs extend, in cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Xiaobin DONG, Jiazheng Wang, Meng Kang, Libing He
  • Publication number: 20250070141
    Abstract: This application relates to a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material includes a core structure and a shell structure disposed around surface of the core structure, the core structure and the shell structure both have pores, and an average pore size of pores in the shell structure is greater than an average pore size of pores in the core structure. The negative electrode active material of this application can provide excellent kinetic performance under the condition of high compacted density. When used in a battery, this negative electrode active material can increase the energy density of the battery and achieve the objective of fast charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Chen ZENG, Meng KANG, Libing; HE
  • Patent number: 12230810
    Abstract: This application discloses a secondary battery and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. The secondary battery secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a cell and tabs extending from the cell, the cell includes a negative electrode plate, the negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a negative electrode film arranged on at least one surfaces of the negative current collector and including a negative active material, wherein the negative active material includes artificial graphite including secondary particles; and the cell satisfies 5 cm?0.5×?{square root over (a2+b2)}?15 cm, and a?15 cm, wherein a is the maximum size of the cell in the direction that the tabs extend, in cm; and b is the maximum size of the cell in a direction perpendicularly intersecting with the direction that the tabs extend, in cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Xiaobin Dong, Jiazheng Wang, Meng Kang, Libing He
  • Patent number: 12218354
    Abstract: This application discloses a negative-electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a secondary battery, and a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus that include such secondary battery. The negative-electrode active material includes a core and a coating layer covering at least part of a surface of the core, where the core includes artificial graphite, the coating layer includes amorphous carbon, a volume-based particle size distribution of the negative-electrode active material satisfies Dv99?24 ?m, a volume-based median particle size Dv50 of the negative-electrode active material satisfies 8 ?m?Dv?15 ?m, Dv99 is a particle size corresponding to a cumulative volume distribution percentage of the negative-electrode active material reaching 99%, and WO is a particle size corresponding to a cumulative volume distribution percentage of the negative-electrode active material reaching 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Baida Deng, Meng Kang, Erling Li, Libing He
  • Patent number: 12199231
    Abstract: The present application relates to a negative electrode plate and a secondary battery. Specifically, the present application provides a negative electrode plate comprising a negative electrode current collector and an negative electrode film coated on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and containing the negative active material, wherein the negative electrode plate satisfies 0.6?0.7×P×(D90?D10)/D50+B/3?8.0, wherein P refers to the porosity of the negative electrode film; B refers to the active specific surface area of the negative electrode film, and the unit thereof is m2/g; D10 refers to the particle size corresponding to the cumulative volume percentage of the negative active material reaching 10%, D90 refers to the particle size corresponding to the cumulative volume percentage of the negative active material reaching 90%, and D50 refers to the particle size corresponding to the cumulative volume percentage of the negative active material reaching 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuliang Shen, Meng Kang, Jiazheng Wang, Libing He