Patents by Inventor Qiao ZENG

Qiao ZENG 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: 20230261335
    Abstract: A battery includes a housing including includes a first housing body and a second housing body mounted on the first housing body, and electrically isolated from each other; a battery cell accommodated in the housing and including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator located between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a first conductive member and a second conductive member forming a conductive structure are accommodated in the housing and electrically isolated from each other. The first conductive member electrically connects the first electrode plate and the first housing body. The second conductive member electrically connects the second electrode plate and the second housing body. The first electrode plate, the separator, and the second electrode plate are wound around the conductive structure to form the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Qiao ZENG, Xinghua TAO, Zaibin XIE
  • Publication number: 20230246247
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly and a housing. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator. The housing includes a curved surface and a plurality of side walls, the housing further includes a concave part accommodating the electrode assembly, the plurality of side walls enclose to form the concave part, and any three adjacent side walls are connected through the curved surface to form a junction. The three adjacent side walls include a first side wall formed by a main plane parallel to the first direction, a second side wall disposed parallel to the first direction and at an angle to the first side wall, and a third side wall disposed at an angle to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Liangzhen XIAO, Qiao ZENG, Qiaoshu HU
  • Patent number: 11712457
    Abstract: A Syringa microphylla seed extract includes the following components by weight based on a total weight of the Syringa microphylla seed extract: 0.4944-0.7142 mg/g of echinacoside, 6.624-7.617 mg/g of oleuropein, 0.4276-0.6309 mg/g of verbascoside, 3.927-4.684 mg/g of syringin, and 4.505-5.250 mg/g of forsythiaside B. A method of preparing the Syringa microphylla seed extract is disclosed. A composition for treating antibiotic-resistant infections that includes the Syringa microphylla seed extract is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qianqian Zhao, Jialin Li, Dan Yang, Jingyi Li, Liang Xin, Chunyang Shi, Xiaolin Xie, Dezhu Zhang, Ruina Bian, Xingke Ju, Chengyuan Liang, Yanjun Li, Qiao Zeng
  • Publication number: 20230238664
    Abstract: An electrode assembly comprises: a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a first layer containing an insulating material, the first layer is sandwiched between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, and the first electrode plate, the second electrode plate and the first layer are stacked and then partially folded back to form the electrode assembly; the first electrode plate includes a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to and connected with each other, the first surface and the second surface are formed by the folding-back and separated by an inflection point of the folding-back; a first distance is provided between the first surface and the second surface in a first direction; the first distance is different along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, DONGGUAN AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuyang Dong, Dongyang Yan, Qiao Zeng
  • Publication number: 20230238520
    Abstract: A battery including a negative electrode active material layer, a positive electrode active material layer and a separator. In a first direction, the positive electrode active material layer includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. The second portion includes a first end, and the first portion includes a first surface. The first surface is connected to the second portion through a first connection, the first end is away from the first connection and is an end of the positive electrode active material layer, and a thickness of the second portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction decreases from the first connection to the first end in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Liangzhen XIAO, Qiao ZENG
  • Publication number: 20230238655
    Abstract: A battery includes a negative electrode active material layer, a positive electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer includes a first portion and a second portion including a first surface and a first end. The first surface is connected to the first portion by using a first connection part. A thickness of the second portion decreases from the first connection part to the first end. The positive electrode active material layer includes a third portion and a fourth portion including a second surface and a second end. The first surface is at least partially opposite to the second surface, and the second surface is connected to the third portion by using a second connection part. A thickness of the fourth portion gradually decreases from the second connection part to the second end. The first connection part is located between the second connection part and the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Liangzhen XIAO, Qiao ZENG
  • Publication number: 20230231205
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly; and a housing assembly made of a conductive material for accommodating the electrode assembly. The housing assembly includes a first housing and a second housing electrically insulated from each other. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate having a first current collector and a first active material layer; a second electrode plate having a second current collector and a second active material layer; and a separator. The first current collector includes a first blank foil region located at an edge region of the first current collector, extending from a winding start end toward a winding termination end of the first electrode plate and electrically connected to the first housing. The second current collector includes a second blank foil region located at a winding start end and/or a winding termination end of the second electrode plate; and electrically connected to the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Qiao ZENG, Dongyang YAN, Zaibin XIE
  • Publication number: 20230231144
    Abstract: An electrode plate includes: a current collector, including, in a width direction, a first edge region, a second edge region, and a middle region located between the first edge region and the second edge region; a first coating layer, including a first portion and a second portion disposed on the first edge region and the second edge region respectively; and a second coating layer. A part of the second coating layer is disposed on the middle region, another part of the second coating layer is disposed on the first coating layer. The second coating layer includes an active material. A first bonding force between the first portion and the first edge region and a second bonding force between the second portion and the second edge region are both greater than a third bonding force between the second coating layer and the middle region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Shan ZHU, Ting GUAN, Fei WU, Qiao ZENG
  • Publication number: 20230223602
    Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus including an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator disposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a current collector and an active material layer, the current collector includes a first zone and a second zone, the second zone is provided with an active material layer, the first zone includes a third zone and a fourth zone, the third zone is arranged in overlap with the separator, and the fourth zone is provided with a conductive layer. The conductive layer is disposed in a zone of the current collector that has no active material layer disposed thereon and that does not overlap the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mingyue YUANYIN, Dongyang YAN, Qiao ZENG
  • Publication number: 20230140763
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes: an electrode assembly and a first adhesive tape. The electrode assembly includes a body portion and a first metal portion. The body portion includes a first part and a second part, the first part is electrically connected to the first metal portion. A junction between the first part and the first metal portion in the first direction is a first boundary line, and a junction between the first part and the second part is a second boundary line. The first adhesive tape includes a first tape edge. The first adhesive tape is disposed on the first surface and the third surface. Viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first surface, the first tape edge is located between the first boundary line and the second boundary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Liangzhen Xiao, Qiaoshu Hu, Qiao Zeng
  • Publication number: 20230128988
    Abstract: An electrolyte including a dinitrile compound, a trinitrile compound, and propyl propionate. Based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the weight percentage of the dinitrile compound is X, the weight percentage of the trinitrile compound is Y, and the weight percentage of the propyl propionate is Z, wherein, about 2.2 wt %?(X+Y)?about 8 wt %, about 0.1?(X/Y)?about 2.3, about 5 wt %?Z?about 50 wt %, 1 wt %<Y<5 wt %, and about 0.02?(Y/Z)?about 0.3; wherein wherein the dinitrile compound is one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of butanedinitrile, adiponitrile, and 1,4-dicyano-2-butene; and the trinitrile compound is one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of 1,3,6-hexanetricarbonitrile, 1,2,6-hexanetricarbonitrile and 1,2,3-tris(2-cyanoethoxy)propane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kefei WANG, Qiao ZENG, Liangzhen XIAO, Fei WU
  • Publication number: 20230102805
    Abstract: An electrolyte including a dinitrile compound, a trinitrile compound, and propyl propionate. Based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the weight percentage of the dinitrile compound is X, the weight percentage of the trinitrile compound is Y, and the weight percentage of the propyl propionate is Z, wherein about 2.2 wt %?(X+Y)?about 8 wt %, about 0.1?(X/Y)?about 6, 1 wt %?Y<5 wt %, about 5 wt %?Z?about 50 wt %, and about 0.02<(Y/Z)?about 0.3. The electrolyte further includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a cyclic carbonate ester having a carbon-carbon double bond, a fluorinated chain carbonate ester, a fluorinated cyclic carbonate ester, and a compound having a sulfur-oxygen double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kefei WANG, Qiao ZENG, Liangzhen XIAO, Fei WU
  • Publication number: 20230096112
    Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator. The separator is positioned between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate. A first electrode plate and a second electrode plate are stacked. The electrode assembly further includes a first tab positioned on the first electrode plate, and a second tab and a third tab that are positioned on the second electrode plate. Projections of the first tab, the second tab, and the third tab on the first electrode plate do not overlap. The electrode assembly is provided with a multi-tab structure to achieve purposes of enhancing a current-carrying capacity of the battery and reducing a temperature rise. This application further provides a battery containing the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jiao Tian, Yujiang Xu, Qiao Zeng
  • Publication number: 20230037223
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly, a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, and at least one first adhesion portion. The electrode assembly includes a first surface and a second surface provided back away from the first surface; the first insulation layer is provided on the first surface; the second insulation layer is provided on the first surface and spaced apart from the first insulation layer; and the first adhesion portion is provided on the first surface and located in a zone between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Yuyang DONG, Dongyang YAN, Qiao ZENG
  • Publication number: 20220407108
    Abstract: An electrolyte including a dinitrile compound, a trinitrile compound, and propyl propionate. Based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the weight percentage of the dinitrile compound is X, the weight percentage of the trinitrile compound is Y, and the weight percentage of the propyl propionate is Z; where about 2 wt %?(X+Y)?about 11 wt %, about 0.1?(X/Y)?about 8, and about 0.01?(Y/Z)?about 0.3. The dinitrile compound comprises a compound of Formula (5): N—R2—(O—R3)n—O—R4—CN (5). The electrolyte is capable of effectively inhibiting the increase in DC internal resistance of an electrochemical device so that the electrochemical device has excellent cycle and storage performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kefei WANG, Qiao ZENG, Liangzhen XIAO, Fei WU
  • Publication number: 20220407109
    Abstract: An electrochemical device, including an electrode and an electrolyte. The electrolyte including a dinitrile compound, a trinitrile compound, and propyl propionate. Based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the weight percentage of the dinitrile compound is X, the weight percentage of the trinitrile compound is Y, and the weight percentage of the propyl propionate is Z. Wherein about 2 wt %?(X+Y)?about 11 wt %, about 0.1?(X/Y)?about 8. The electrode including a coating, which including a single-sided sub-coating and a double-sided coating, the electrode with the single-sided sub-coating has an electrode compaction density D1, and the electrode with the double-sided coating has an electrode compaction density D2, where about 0.8?D1/D2?about 1.2. The electrolyte and D1/D2 of the electrodes has a significant effect on the cycle performance of the electrochemical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kefei WANG, Qiao ZENG, Liangzhen XIAO, Fei WU
  • Patent number: 11527776
    Abstract: An electrolyte includes a dinitrile compound, a trinitrile compound, and propyl propionate. Based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the content X of the nitrile compound and the content Y of the trinitrile compound meet the conditions represented by Formula (1) and Formula (2): {about 2 wt %?(X+Y)?about 11 wt % . . . (1), about 0.1?(X/Y)?about 8 . . . (2)}. The trinitrile compound includes at least one selected from the group consisting of: 1,3,5-pentanetricarbonitrile; 1,2,3-propanetrinitrile; 1,3,6-hexanetricarbonitrile; 1,2,6-hexanetricarbonitrile; 1,2,3-tris(2-cyanoethoxy)propane; 1,2,4-tris(2-cyanoethoxy)butane; 1,1,1-tris(cyanoethoxymethylene)ethane; 1,1,1-tris(cyanoethoxymethylene)propane; 3-methyl-1,3,5-tris(cyanoethoxy)pentane; 1,2,7-tris(cyanoethoxy)heptane; 1,2,6-tris(cyanoethoxy)hexane; and 1,2,5-tris(cyanoethoxy)pentane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kefei Wang, Qiao Zeng, Liangzhen Xiao, Fei Wu
  • Patent number: 11522222
    Abstract: An electrolyte including a dinitrile compound, a trinitrile compound, and propyl propionate. Based on the total weight of the electrolyte, the content X of the nitrile compound and the content Y of the trinitrile compound meet the conditions represented by Formula (1) and Formula (2): {about 2 wt %?(X+Y)?about 11 wt % . . . (1), about 0.1?(X/Y)?about 8 . . . (2)}. The electrolyte further includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a cyclic carbonate ester having a carbon-carbon double bond, a fluorinated chain carbonate ester, a fluorinated cyclic carbonate ester, and a compound having a sulfur-oxygen double bond. The electrolyte is capable of effectively inhibiting the increase in DC internal resistance of an electrochemical device so that the electrochemical device has excellent cycle and storage performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kefei Wang, Qiao Zeng, Liangzhen Xiao, Fei Wu
  • Publication number: 20220384885
    Abstract: A battery includes a conductive piece, an electrode assembly, and a housing including a first wall provided with an opening, a second wall disposed opposite to the first wall along a first direction, and a sidewall. An accommodation cavity accommodating the electrode assembly is formed between the first wall, the second wall, and the sidewall. In the first direction, a projection of the conductive piece is at least partly located in a region of a projection of the opening. The battery further includes a sealing structure disposed at an end of the first wall towards the conductive piece and connected to the first wall and an insulation piece disposed between the sealing structure and the conductive piece. A thermal expansion coefficient of at least one of the sealing structure or the conductive piece is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the insulation piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Dongyang Yan, Fei Wu, Qiao Zeng
  • Patent number: 11482740
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power battery pack having a heat superconducting heat exchanger, and a power battery pack system. The power battery pack includes a heat superconducting heat exchanger and a plurality of battery cells. The heat superconducting heat exchanger includes a heat radiator, a heater, and a plurality of heat superconducting plates arranged at intervals in parallel. The heater is located at one side of the heat radiator. The heat superconducting plates are located between the heat radiator and the heater, a heat superconducting pipeline is formed inside each heat superconducting plate, each heat superconducting pipeline is a closed pipeline, and each heat superconducting pipeline is filled with a heat transfer medium. The battery cells are located between the heat radiator and the heater, and each battery cell is in contact with the corresponding heat superconducting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG JIAXI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aixing Tong, Qiao Zeng