Patents by Inventor Shaojun Niu
Shaojun Niu 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).
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Publication number: 20240396128Abstract: This application provides a battery cell, a battery, and an electric device. The battery cell includes: an electrode assembly; a housing, where the housing has a first opening for accommodating the electrode assembly; an end cover configured to cover the first opening, where the end cover has a protruding structure, the protruding structure protrudes along a first direction away from the interior of the battery cell, and the first direction is a thickness direction of the end cover; and an electrode terminal, where the electrode terminal has a protruding portion protruding from the protruding structure along a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. The battery cells are interconnected in the second direction through the protruding portions of the electrode terminals, which can enhance the strength of the connection between the battery cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Liangfan Xu, Qianqian Zhang, Hu Xu, Xing Li, Shaojun Niu, Haizu Jin
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Publication number: 20240380038Abstract: The present application relates to a cylindrical cell, a battery, and a power consuming device, and belongs to the field of battery manufacturing technology. The present application provides a cylindrical cell, comprising: a housing, the housing having an opening at an end in a first direction; and an end cap, covering the opening; wherein the housing comprises a side wall, the side wall comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion disposed in the first direction, the second wall portion is located on a side of the first wall portion close to the opening, the second wall portion has a thickness greater than the thickness of the first wall portion, and the second wall portion is welded to the end cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xing CHENG, Wei CHEN, Yongbin WU, Shaojun NIU
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Publication number: 20240372187Abstract: A battery cell, a battery and an electric device are provided. The battery cell includes a casing, which is provided with an opening; an electrode assembly, which is accommodated inside the casing; and a cover body, which closes the opening and forms a sealing structure with the casing. One of the casing and the cover body is provided with a first flange portion; the first flange portion is connected to the other one of the casing and the cover body by means of a connection portion; the connection portion includes a first region and a second region; and the strength of the second region is lower than the strength of the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Hu XU, Shaojun NIU, Haizu JIN, Jipeng GUO, Yikuang JIN
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Publication number: 20240363980Abstract: A battery cell includes: a housing; at least one wound cell arranged in the housing, where each wound cell has a tab, and the tab at at least one end forms a flattened plane covering an end surface of the wound cell; a pole; and an adapting member connecting the pole to the tab of the at least one wound cell. In the battery cell, the tab at at least one end on the wound cell forms the flattened plane covering the end surface of the wound cell, which can reduce the battery space occupied by the tab, and increase the winding space, thereby improving the energy density of the battery cell. The flattened plane can be stably connected to the adapting member, overcoming the need to align a plurality of tabs for a stable connection to the adapting plate. This improves production line efficiency and reduces battery production costs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Hu XU, Xing LI, Jiao DONG, Shaojun NIU
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Publication number: 20240347822Abstract: An end cover assembly includes an end cover and a current collecting member, and the end cover is provided with a pressure relief structure. The current collecting member is located on one side of the end cover facing the interior of the battery cell and including a current collecting portion and an assembling portion. The assembling portion is located between the end cover and the current collecting portion and is configured to be connected to the end cover and the current collecting portion. The current collecting portion is provided with a pressure relief hole for allowing fluid to pass. First supporting members and a second supporting member are separately arranged on two side surfaces, facing each other, of the end cover and the current collecting portion. Projections of the first supporting members and a projection of the second supporting member are intersected in a thickness direction of the end cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Xianglong DU, Yikuang JIN, Hu XU, Shaojun NIU
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Publication number: 20240332762Abstract: A battery cell, a battery and an electricity-consuming apparatus are provided by the present application. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly including an electrode main body that includes an electrode sheet and a separator stacked with each other, and an electrode tab extending from an end face of the electrode main body; and an infiltrating film including a first end and a second end arranged opposite to each other in a length direction thereof, in which the second end is connected to the separator, and the first end extends beyond the electrode main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Liangfan Xu, Wenlin Zhou, Qianqian Zhang, Xing Li, Quankun Li, Shaojun Niu, Haizu Jin
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Publication number: 20240283059Abstract: A battery cell includes: a housing; an electrode unit accommodated in the housing and including a first electrode assembly and a second electrode assembly which are disposed along a first direction, wherein the first electrode assembly and the second electrode assembly are arranged in parallel, the first electrode assembly includes a first body and a first tab, and the second electrode assembly includes a second body and a second tab, and wherein a polarity of the first tab is the same as a polarity of the second tab, and at least a part of the first tab and at least a part of the second tab are located between the first body and the second body; and a first electrode terminal disposed on the housing and electrically connected to the first tab and the second tab to export electric energies of the first electrode assembly and the second electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Hu XU, Xing LI, Haizu JIN, Shaojun NIU, Fenggang ZHAO
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Publication number: 20240283099Abstract: A battery cell, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method and device for producing a battery cell are provided. The battery cell includes: a housing which has an accommodating cavity and an opening at one end. The housing has a first wall which is adjacent to the opening; an electrode terminal, disposed on the first wall; an electrode assembly, accommodated in the accommodating cavity and having a tab; and a connecting component which is configured to electrically connect the electrode terminal and the tab and includes a first portion and a second portion that are relatively bent. The first portion is configured to be electrically connected to the electrode terminal, the second portion is configured to be electrically connected to the tab, and the tab is located between the second portion and the opening or the second portion is located between the tab and the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: Hu Xu, Shaojun Niu, Xing Li
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Publication number: 20240274975Abstract: Some embodiments of this application disclose a battery and an electrical device. The battery includes: a battery cell, where a pressure relief mechanism is disposed on a first wall of the battery cell; and a protection plate, where the protection plate is disposed opposite to the pressure relief mechanism. The protection plate is a polymer-based composite fiberboard. The technical solution provided in this application can protect a box of the battery from airflow impact and high-temperature melting arising from thermal runaway of the battery, thereby enhancing safety performance of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Endong XU, Ting LI, Zhiwei XIAO, Shaojun NIU, Haizu JIN
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Publication number: 20240274962Abstract: A battery cell includes a shell and three electrode assemblies wound into cylinders. The three electrode assemblies are arranged in a row in the shell in such a manner that axes of the three electrode assemblies are parallel to one another, the shell has a thickness middle surface connected to the axes of the three electrode assemblies, the thickness middle surface is in a V shape, the shell has a first side surface and a second side surface both in an arcuate wavy shape, the first side surface and the second side surface are opposite each other relative to the thickness middle surface of the shell, and the three electrode assemblies are arranged between the first side surface and the second side surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Hu XU, Shaojun NIU, Haizu JIN, Xing LI, Fenggang ZHAO
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Publication number: 20240266699Abstract: The present application relates to a battery and a power consuming device, the battery comprising: a box body internally having an accommodating cavity; a battery pack arranged in the accommodating cavity; and a conductive component arranged in the accommodating cavity and comprising at least one of a bus component, a signal transmission component, and a power output component of the battery pack, wherein the external part of at least one of the bus component, the signal transmission component, and the power output component is at least partially wrapped with an insulating medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xing LI, Shaojun NIU, Zhenhua LI, Liangfan XU, Haizu JIN
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Publication number: 20240258584Abstract: A protection method for a secondary battery includes evacuating the secondary battery through an injection opening of the secondary battery to within 100 kPa, introducing a first reactant into the secondary battery through the injection opening until a pressure of the secondary battery rises by more than 1 Pa and maintaining the pressure for more than 1 ms, evacuating the secondary battery through the injection opening to within 100 kPa, and introducing a second reactant into the secondary battery through the injection opening until the pressure rises by more than 1 Pa and maintaining the pressure for more than 1 ms, thereby forming a protection layer on an internal surface of the secondary battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Ting LI, Haizu JIN, Shaojun NIU, Huaichao TANG, Longqing PENG
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Patent number: 12051818Abstract: This application discloses a battery cushion and a forming method thereof, and a battery module and a forming method thereof. The battery cushion includes a body and breakable bubbles. The breakable bubbles are disposed in the body. The breakable bubbles include at least a first bubble and a second bubble. A breaking pressure of the first bubble is less than a breaking pressure of the second bubble, so that the battery cushion can release a space occupied by the battery cushion in a progressive manner under different external forces. The battery cushion disclosed in this application can not only achieve a pre-tightening force required during assembly of the battery module but also effectively relieve an expansive force generated during working of the battery module.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Guangjun Wang, Yonghuang Ye, Jiawel Zheng, Shaojun Niu
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Publication number: 20240250346Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a battery cell, a method and system for manufacturing a battery cell, a battery and an electrical device. The battery cell of the embodiment includes an electrode assembly, a casing, and a first electrode terminal. The casing is for accommodating the electrode assembly, an outer surface of the casing includes an outer side surface parallel to a first direction and a first surface connected with the outer side surface, the outer side surface is arranged surrounding the electrode assembly, the first surface intersects the first direction. The first electrode terminal is convexly arranged on the first surface and for electrically connecting with the electrode assembly, the first electrode terminal does not protrude, in the first direction, from an outermost end of the first surface along the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Hu XU, Haizu JIN, Shaojun NIU, Xing LI, Xiaomei LIU
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Publication number: 20240234989Abstract: A battery cell includes a housing, an end cap, an electrode assembly, and an insulator. An opening is created on the housing. The end cap is configured to fit and cover the opening. The electrode assembly is accommodated in the housing and includes a body portion, a first tab, and a second tab. The first tab and the second tab are of opposite polarities and located on a same side of the body portion. A least a part of the insulator is disposed between the first tab and the second tab and configured to restrict the first tab from deforming toward the second tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Hu XU, Siying HUANG, Haizu JIN, Shaojun NIU, Wenqi ZHU
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Publication number: 20240222759Abstract: A battery cell includes a first electrode assembly and a second electrode assembly, where the first electrode assembly and the second electrode assembly differ in size and/or capacity so as to fit a structure of the battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Hu XU, Haizu JIN, Xing LI, Shaojun NIU
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Publication number: 20240222812Abstract: An electrode assembly is formed by winding an electrode plate and a separator, and the electrode plate includes a coating region and a plurality of tabs. When the electrode assembly is unfolded, the tabs each include a first part and a second part, and the second part is located on a side of the tab that is away from the coating region. Along a length direction of the electrode plate, two sides of the first part respectively have a first side cut and a second side cut that are opposite to each other, and two sides of the second part respectively have a third side cut and a fourth side cut that are opposite to each other. The first side cut and the third side cut are disposed located on a same side and connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Hu XU, Siying HUANG, Jiao DONG, Xing LI, Shaojun NIU
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Patent number: 12021242Abstract: This application provides a lithium-ion battery, a positive electrode plate for a lithium-ion battery, and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode plate that includes a positive current collector and a positive active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the positive current collector. A positive active material in the positive active material layer includes a positive active substance I and a positive active substance II. The positive active substance I is a layered lithium nickel transition metal oxide. The positive active substance II is an olivine-type li-containing phosphate. The positive electrode plate satisfies 2.5?N/(PD×(1?P1)×(1?A))?21. The positive electrode plate for a lithium-ion battery has relatively high energy density, and a high transmission rate of lithium ions, which effectively increases instantaneous discharge power under a low SOC while ensuring high volume energy density of lithium-ion batteries using the positive electrode plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Quanguo Li, Lile Liu, Xia Hu, Shaojun Niu, Yongbin Wu
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Publication number: 20240204317Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a battery, an electric apparatus, a method for manufacturing battery, and an apparatus for manufacturing battery, so as to enhance stiffness and strength of the battery. The battery includes: a box; and a plurality of columns of battery cells accommodated in the box, where the battery cell includes a first wall and a second wall connected to each other, the first wall being a wall with a largest area of the battery cell and perpendicular to a first direction (z), the second wall being oblique to the first direction (z), and the first direction (z) being parallel to the direction of gravity. Each column of battery cells in the plurality of columns of battery cells are stacked along the first direction (z), and in each column of battery cells, adjacent ones of the battery cells are attached to each other via the first wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Hu XU, Shaojun NIU, Haizu JIN, Xing LI
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Publication number: 20240194873Abstract: The present application relates to a secondary battery, comprising (1) a positive electrode plate; and (2) an electrolyte solution; wherein a positive electrode active material is an active material having a chemical formula of AxB1-xMeO2 or AxB1-xMPO4 with dications A and B, where Me, M, A, B, and x are as defined in the specification; and the electrolyte solution comprises an electrolyte salt of the dications A and B, where A and B are as defined in the positive electrode active material; as well as a method for preparing a corresponding positive electrode active material, a corresponding battery module, a battery pack, and an electrical apparatus. The secondary battery of the present application comprises a positive electrode active material comprising the dications A and B and an electrolyte solution of a salt of the same dications.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Zhenhua Li, Jiawei Xu, Hanli Fu, Xiayi Wu, Xing Li, Shaojun Niu, Haizu Jin