Patents by Inventor Rongcai Chen

Rongcai Chen 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: 11799142
    Abstract: This application relates to a battery module, a device, and a failure handling method for a failed battery cell. The battery module includes: battery cells, where each battery cell includes a housing, a top cover, and an electrode assembly, the housing is connected to the top cover, the housing includes a first accommodation cavity, the electrode assembly is located inside the first accommodation cavity, the top cover is provided with a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal, and the battery cells further include a failed battery cell; and a conductive component, connected to the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of the failed battery cell. After being connected to the electrode terminals, the conductive component does not occupy space outside the failed battery cell, improving safety of the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Di Zhou, Ye Xu, Bin Zhao, Rongcai Chen
  • Publication number: 20220123380
    Abstract: This application relates to a battery module, a device, and a failure handling method for a failed battery cell. The battery module includes: battery cells, where each battery cell includes a housing, a top cover, and an electrode assembly, the housing is connected to the top cover, the housing includes a first accommodation cavity, the electrode assembly is located inside the first accommodation cavity, the top cover is provided with a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal, and the battery cells further include a failed battery cell; and a conductive component, connected to the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of the failed battery cell. After being connected to the electrode terminals, the conductive component does not occupy space outside the failed battery cell, improving safety of the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Di ZHOU, Ye XU, Bin ZHAO, Rongcai CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220123440
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present application provides a battery module, a battery group, a power consumption device, and a failure handling method. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery units, each of the plurality of battery units including a top cover, where the plurality of battery units includes a failed battery unit after the battery module fails; a connecting plate for connecting the plurality of battery units in series, where the connecting plate includes a first connecting plate connected to the failed battery unit; and a conductive component for electrically connected to the top cover of the failed battery unit, where at least one of the connecting plate and the conductive component is provided with a mating portion for being mated with the other of the connecting plate and the conductive component, so that the battery module resumes working.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Rongcai CHEN, Huihui SHANGGUAN, Di ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20220109211
    Abstract: A bracket, a battery assembly, and a power consumption device are provided. The bracket is configured for being connected to batteries and a power consumption device body; each of the batteries includes a sealed box body and a battery cell accommodated in the box body; the bracket includes a pair of first beams which are oppositely arranged and at least one support beam, and each support beam is connected to the pair of first beams, the at least one support beam separates a space between the pair of first beams into a plurality of subspaces, the plurality of subspaces are arranged along a length direction of the first beam, each subspace is used for accommodating at least one of the batteries, and each support beam separates two adjacent subspaces and is used for installing the box bodies of the batteries accommodated in the two adjacent subspaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Kangyu WANG, Mu QIAN, Wenhui ZHANG, Rongcai CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210143518
    Abstract: This application relates to a battery module, a battery pack, an apparatus, and a failure handling method. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery units configured to be serially-connected, where the plurality of battery units include a failed battery unit and at least one non-failed battery unit after the battery module fails; and a conductive part, electrically connected to the at least one non-failed battery unit, and configured to make a current bypass an electrode assembly of the failed battery unit so that the battery module resumes working. This application simplifies a maintenance process of the battery module, reduces maintenance cost, and improves working efficiency of the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Di ZHOU, Ye Xu, Bin Zhao, Rongcai Chen