Patents by Inventor Szu-Nan Yang
Szu-Nan Yang 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: 20240136596Abstract: The invention discloses a lithium battery structure and the electrode layer thereof. The lithium battery structure includes two battery units with the two negative active material layers being disposed in face-to-face arrangement. The negative current collector includes a conductive substrate with a plurality of through holes and an isolation layer. The isolation layer is covered on one surface of the conductive substrate and extended along the through holes to another surface to cover the edge of the openings of the through holes. It can be effectively avoided the lithium dendrites depositing near the openings of the through holes on the conductive substrate. Also, the face-to-face arrangement of the negative active material layers is effectively control the locations of the plated lithium dendrites. Therefore, the safety of the battery and the cycle life of the battery is greatly improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
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Publication number: 20240088400Abstract: The invention discloses a lithium electrode. The electrically conductive structure layer has a recess with one-side opening, and the lithium metal layer is disposed on the bottom of the recess. The solid electrolyte layer and the electrolyte storage layer are disposed thereon sequentially. When the lithium metal is plated, the plated lithium metal is restricted by the solid electrolyte layer to push and compress the electrolyte storage layer. Therefore, the growth of the lithium dendrites is limited efficiently. The penetration through issue of the lithium dendrites will not be occurred so that the safety of the lithium metal battery is improved greatly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
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Patent number: 11881560Abstract: The invention discloses a lithium battery structure and the electrode layer thereof. The lithium battery structure includes two battery units with the two negative active material layers being disposed in face-to-face arrangement. The negative current collector includes a conductive substrate with a plurality of through holes and an isolation layer. The isolation layer is covered on one surface of the conductive substrate and extended along the through holes to another surface to cover the edge of the openings of the through holes. It can be effectively avoided the lithium dendrites depositing near the openings of the through holes on the conductive substrate. Also, the face-to-face arrangement of the negative active material layers is effectively control the locations of the plated lithium dendrites. Therefore, the safety of the battery and the cycle life of the battery is greatly improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
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Patent number: 11862802Abstract: The invention discloses a lithium electrode. The electrically conductive structure layer has a recess with one-side opening, and the lithium metal layer is disposed on the bottom of the recess. The solid electrolyte layer and the electrolyte storage layer are disposed thereon sequentially. When the lithium metal is plated, the plated lithium metal is restricted by the solid electrolyte layer to push and compress the electrolyte storage layer. Therefore, the growth of the lithium dendrites is limited efficiently. The penetration through issue of the lithium dendrites will not be occurred so that the safety of the lithium metal battery is improved greatly.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
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Publication number: 20230378562Abstract: The invention provides a battery module with cooling cartridge and battery system thereof. The cooling cartridge is utilized to be disposed between the battery units stacked in a single axis. The supporting portion of the cooling cartridge is directly contacted in a large area to the current collecting sheet of the battery unit. And the wing portions, extended from the two sides of the supporting portion, are directly contacted to the inner sidewalls of the metal housing. Therefore, a large-area heat dissipating path for the battery cell is provided, and the performance and stability of the battery cell are greatly improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventors: Szu-Nan YANG, Meng-Hung WU
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Publication number: 20230352666Abstract: The invention discloses an active material ball composite layer. The active material ball composite layer includes a plurality of active material balls and an outer binder. The active material ball include a plurality of active material particles and a first conductive material. An inner binder is used to adhere the active material particles and the first conductive material to form the active material balls. Then, the outer binder is used to adhere the active material balls to form the composite layer. The elasticity of the inner binder is smaller than the elasticity of the outer binder. Therefore, the scale of expansion of the active material particles is efficiently controlled during charging and discharging. The unrecoverable voids would be reduced or avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
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Publication number: 20230335751Abstract: The present invention provides an auxiliary film comprising a body and a plurality of microstructures formed on a first surface of the body, the microstructures include a concave-convex appearance on the first surface, and the microstructures have two ends extending to the periphery of the first surface respectively. When the auxiliary film is attached to a pre-protected surface of a substrate, the microstructures and the surface of the substrate form several open air channels to increase the separation efficiency of the main body from the substrate and reduce the overall process time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: SZU-NAN YANG, CHEN-CHI WU, HUNG-LIANG HSU, CHIH-YUAN LIN, CHIH-LUNG HSIAO, MING-YUEH HSU
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Publication number: 20230324324Abstract: The present application provides a package structure for a chemical system, which comprises an inner glue frame and a first outer glue frame. The inner glue frame forms an accommodating space for accommodating a chemical system. The first outer glue frame is further disposed outside the inner glue frame and used for isolating the ambient environment and thus avoiding the influence of the ambient environment on the chemical system. A second outer glue frame is further disposed for avoiding damages such as side bumps and falls of the chemical system or contact with foreign metals. Thereby, the performance of the chemical system can be maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: SZU-NAN YANG, CHIN-LIANG LIU, MENG-HUNG WU, WEN-XIN FEI
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Publication number: 20230321971Abstract: A film peeling method is disclosed to peel off a film covered on the surface of an object. The method includes the steps of: setting a fulcrum located at outer side of the object; setting a lift-off position on the film; and picking up the film from the lift-off position with the fulcrum as the axis, and applying a circular traction force with a variable radius on the film for peeling off the film from the object. The film peeling method can peel off the film covered on the surface of the object by different peeling stages, to reduce the peeling path and reduce the force required for peeling the film, thereby reducing the peeling time and improving the peeling efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: SZU-NAN YANG, CHIA-CHIEN HUNG, JIAN-HUA SU
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Patent number: 11757143Abstract: The invention provides a battery module with cooling cartridge and battery system thereof. The cooling cartridge is utilized to be disposed between the battery units stacked in a single axis. The supporting portion of the cooling cartridge is directly contacted in a large area to the current collecting sheet of the battery unit. And the wing portions, extended from the two sides of the supporting portion, are directly contacted to the inner sidewalls of the metal housing. Therefore, a large-area heat dissipating path for the battery cell is provided, and the performance and stability of the battery cell are greatly improved.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventors: Szu-Nan Yang, Meng-Hung Wu
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Patent number: 11742476Abstract: The invention discloses an active material ball composite layer. The active material ball composite layer includes a plurality of active material balls and an outer binder. The active material ball include a plurality of active material particles and a first conductive material. An inner binder is used to adhere the active material particles and the first conductive material to form the active material balls. Then, the outer binder is used to adhere the active material balls to form the composite layer. The elasticity of the inner binder is smaller than the elasticity of the outer binder. Therefore, the scale of expansion of the active material particles is efficiently controlled during charging and discharging. The unrecoverable voids would be reduced or avoided.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
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Publication number: 20230261280Abstract: A suppression element includes a passivation composition supplier and a polar solution supplier. The passivation composition supplier is capable of releasing a metal ion (A), selected from a non-lithium alkali metal ion, an alkaline earth metal ion or a combination thereof, and an aluminum etching ion (B). The polar solution of the polar solution supplier carries the metal ion (A) and the aluminum etching ion (B) to an aluminum current collector to etched through thereof, and the metal ion (A) and the aluminum ion, generated during the etching, are seeped into the electrochemical reaction system. Then, the positive active material is transformed to a crystalline state with lower electric potential and lower energy, and the negative active material is transformed to an inorganic polymer state with higher electric potential and lower energy to prevent the thermal runaway from occurring.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
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Patent number: 11719665Abstract: The present application provides a package structure for a chemical system, which comprises an inner glue frame and a first outer glue frame. The inner glue frame forms an accommodating space for accommodating a chemical system. The first outer glue frame is further disposed outside the inner glue frame and used for isolating the ambient environment and thus avoiding the influence of the ambient environment on the chemical system. A second outer glue frame is further disposed for avoiding damages such as side bumps and falls of the chemical system or contact with foreign metals. Thereby, the performance of the chemical system can be maintained.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignees: Prologium Holding Inc., Prologium Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Szu-Nan Yang, Chin-Liang Liu, Meng-Hung Wu, Wen-Xin Fei
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Publication number: 20230216032Abstract: The invention discloses a composite negative active material ball, which includes an electrically conductive metal core, which is substantially without pores, and a plurality of silicon or silicon compound particles, which is distributed on the surface of electrically conductive metal core. Partial volume of the silicon or silicon compound particles are embedded into the electrically conductive metal core. The silicon or silicon compound particles can maintain the well contact of the electrically conductive metal core during alloying/dealloying with lithium. Therefore, the composite negative active material ball have good electrical transfer characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
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Publication number: 20230216054Abstract: The invention provides a lithium secondary battery including an ionic provider added to the positive electrode. The ionic provider does not involve in the electrochemical reaction of the lithium secondary battery during charging and discharging. The ionic provider can absorb thermal energy caused by the rising temperature of the lithium secondary battery to release the reactive anionic group. The reactive anionic group will react with the positive active material to reduce the reversibility of the positive active material. Also, the positive active material will become to a lower energy state from a higher energy state with lithium-ion extraction to effectively suppress the thermal runaway of the lithium secondary battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
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Publication number: 20230216053Abstract: The invention provides a lithium secondary battery including an ionic provider added to the positive electrode and/or a lithium receiver added to the negative electrode. The ionic provider and/or the ionic provider does not involve in the electrochemical reaction of the lithium secondary battery during charging and discharging. The ionic provider can absorb thermal energy caused by the rising temperature of the lithium secondary battery to release the reactive cation. The reactive cation will insert the location with lithium-ion extraction of the positive electrode to make the lattice structure of the positive active material be stable. Therefore, the release of atomic oxygen is avoided. The lithium receiver receives the diffused lithium from the negative electrode to reduce the lithium concentration of the negative electrode. Therefore, it will present a stable state with lower energy to effectively suppress the thermal runaway.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
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Patent number: 11682805Abstract: A suppression element includes a passivation composition supplier and a polar solution supplier. The passivation composition supplier is capable of releasing a metal ion (A), selected from a non-lithium alkali metal ion, an alkaline earth metal ion or a combination thereof, and an aluminum etching ion (B). The polar solution of the polar solution supplier carries the metal ion (A) and the aluminum etching ion (B) to an aluminum current collector to etched through thereof, and the metal ion (A) and the aluminum ion, generated during the etching, are seeped into the electrochemical reaction system. Then, the positive active material is transferred to a crystalline state with lower electric potential and lower energy, and the negative active material is transferred y to an inorganic polymer state with higher electric potential and lower energy to prevent the thermal runaway from occurring.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
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Publication number: 20230073409Abstract: The invention discloses a lithium electrode. The electrically conductive structure layer has a recess with one-side opening, and the lithium metal layer is disposed on the bottom of the recess. The solid electrolyte layer and the electrolyte storage layer are disposed thereon sequentially. When the lithium metal is plated, the plated lithium metal is restricted by the solid electrolyte layer to push and compress the electrolyte storage layer. Therefore, the growth of the lithium dendrites is limited efficiently. The penetration through issue of the lithium dendrites will not be occurred so that the safety of the lithium metal battery is improved greatly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
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Publication number: 20230068367Abstract: This invention provides a thermal runaway suppression element for lithium batteries and the related applications. The thermal runaway suppression element includes a composite salt layer provided by a eutectic mixture containing at least two single inorganic salts. The composite salt layer has a melting point between 90 to 150° C. At least one of the single inorganic salts comprises a cation, which is an amphoteric metal ion or an alkali metal ion. The thermal runaway suppression element is disposed inside or outside the lithium battery. When the temperature of the lithium battery reaches to 90 to 150° C., the composite slat layer will be molten and reacts with the electrochemical reaction system to passivate the active materials and decrease ionic and electronic conductivity. Therefore, the thermal runaway event and its derived problem are efficiently solved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
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Patent number: 11575158Abstract: The invention discloses a recycling method for oxide-based solid electrolyte with original phase, method of fabricating lithium battery and green battery thereof, which is adapted to recycle the solid-state or quasi-solid lithium batteries after discard. The oxide-based solid electrolyte is only used as an ion transport pathway, and does not participate in the insertion and extraction of lithium ions during charge and discharge cycles. Its crystal structure dose not be destroyed. Therefore, the original phase recycle of the oxide-based solid electrolyte is achieved without damage the structure or materials. The recycled the oxide-based solid electrolyte can be re-used to reduce the manufacturing cost of the related lithium battery.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang