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).

  • Patent number: 11046055
    Abstract: An air-floating thin film bonding apparatus and its air-floating roller is provided. The apparatus is composed of an air-floating rollers, which can blow out airflow at a specific angle to be applied to the base film with three-dimensional obstacles. The positive pressure provided by the airflow can be utilized to fill the gap space caused by the three-dimensional obstacles. Therefore, the base film can bond to the bonding film tightly to overcome the wrinkles and defects caused by the three-dimensional obstacle and the problem of unflatness of the film-bonding can be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventors: Szu-Nan Yang, Ching-Ho Wang
  • Publication number: 20210126294
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
  • Publication number: 20210119194
    Abstract: The invention provides a ceramic separator, which mainly includes a plurality of passive ceramic particles and an ion-conductive material located between the passive ceramic particles. The mass content of the passive ceramic particles is greater than 40% of the total mass of the ceramic separator. The ion-conductive material is mainly composed of a polymer base material which is capable of allowing metal ions to move inside the material, and an additive, which is capable of dissociating metal salts and is served as a plasticizer. The ceramic separator of the present invention has high-temperature stability and high-temperature electrical insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventors: Szu-Nan YANG, Dmitry BELOV
  • Publication number: 20210119245
    Abstract: The invention provides a contact surface adjusting material for solid electrolytes and composite electrolyte system thereof. The contact surface adjusting material is mainly composed of a polymer base material, which is capable of allowing metal ions to move inside the material, and an additive, which is capable of dissociating metal salts and is served as a plasticizer. The contact surface adjusting material is applied to a surface of the solid electrolytes to construct a face-to-face transmission mode. Therefore, the problems of the high resistances caused by the directly contact of the solid electrolytes are eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventors: Szu-Nan YANG, Dmitry BELOV
  • Publication number: 20210043927
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
  • Publication number: 20210043936
    Abstract: The invention discloses an active material ball electrode layer structure, which mainly includes the active material balls made of the active material particles, a first mixed electrolyte located inside the active material balls, and a second mixed electrolyte located outside the active material balls. The first mixed electrolyte is mainly made of the deformable electrolyte. The second mixed electrolyte is mainly made of the electrolyte with relatively lesser deformation than the deformable electrolyte of the first mixed electrolyte. The invention utilizes the first mixed electrolyte to effectively active material ball reduce the derived problems of the volume change of the active materials. Moreover, the different configuration of the first mixed electrolyte and the second mixed electrolyte inside and outside the active material balls is utilized to reduce the charge transfer resistance. Also, the expansion resistance is provided for the active material balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
  • Patent number: 10873078
    Abstract: The invention discloses a composite electrode materials with improved structure. The composite electrode materials of this invention includes at least one active material. The active material is coated an artificial passive film on its surface to effectively prevent or reduce the contact of the electrolyte and the active material to avoid unnecessary consumption of Li-ions. Also, there have a middle layer and an outer layer outside of the artificial passive film. Both of the middle layer and the outer layer are composed of the deformable electrolyte and the undeformable electrolyte, but with different concentration ratios. Therefore, the better ion-conduction is achieved with reduced charge-transfer resistance and reduced usage amount of organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
  • Publication number: 20200363364
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: SZU-NAN YANG, CHIN-LIANG LIU, MENG-HUNG WU, WEN-XIN FEI
  • Patent number: 10826030
    Abstract: A package structure of electronic modules includes two substrates and a sealing frame. The sealing frame comprises two first silicone frames, a second silicone frame and two crystalline interfaces. The sealing frame is disposed between and within the two substrates to form a space thereof. The sealing frame serves as an excellent moisture barrier of the package structure due to the intrinsic properties of silicone. Meanwhile, the silicone can withstand the corrosion of the polar solvents and/or the plasticizers. A manufacturing method of the package structure is disclosed in this invention as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
  • Publication number: 20200280089
    Abstract: A flexible battery is disclosed in the present invention. One of a first active material layer, an intermediate layer, a second active material layer, a first interface located between the first active material layer and the intermediate layer, and a second interface located between the second active material layer and the intermediate layer includes a first adhesive. The first adhesive includes at least one first linear polymer and at least one first crystallization inhibitor. Therefore, the active material layers, the intermediate layer or the interfaces have sufficient adhesion and flexibility. The electrochemical reaction element would not easy to be cracked or separated after bending, and the ionic and electrical conductivities of the battery is greatly improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
  • Patent number: 10673044
    Abstract: An electrical insulator and its related battery are provided. The electrical insulator includes a separation region and a supporting region. The supporting region covers the edge of at least one of opposite surfaces of the separation region and at least a part of a lateral surface of the separation region. The battery includes the electrical insulator. The electrical insulator is disposed between cathode and anode active material layers of the battery and contacts the active material layers directly. The cathode and the anode active material layers are completely electrically isolated because the electrical insulator totally covers at least one active material layer. Hence, the inner short of the battery is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
  • Patent number: 10665844
    Abstract: A lithium metal electrode and a lithium metal battery that includes the lithium metal electrode are disclosed. The lithium metal electrode includes a current collector; a lithium metal layer on exposed portions of the current collector; an ionic diffusion layer on the lithium metal layer; and a porous electrical insulation layer. The porous electrical insulation layer includes an insulation layer disposed on the current collector and having at least one through hole that completely surrounds the lithium metal layer and the ionic diffusion layer; and an inhibition layer disposed on the insulation layer and having a plurality of second through holes. Lithium dendrites will mostly plate in the at least one through hole of the insulation layer and will not plate upwards due to the inhibition layer. Hence, the lithium dendrites will not penetrate through the electrical insulator so that safety of the lithium metal battery is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
  • Publication number: 20200144607
    Abstract: The invention discloses a composite electrode materials with improved structure. The composite electrode materials of this invention includes at least one active material. The active material is coated an artificial passive film on its surface to effectively prevent or reduce the contact of the electrolyte and the active material to avoid unnecessary consumption of Li-ions. Also, there have a middle layer and an outer layer outside of the artificial passive film. Both of the middle layer and the outer layer are composed of the deformable electrolyte and the undeformable electrolyte, but with different concentration ratios. Therefore, the better ion-conduction is achieved with reduced charge-transfer resistance and reduced usage amount of organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
  • Patent number: 10637049
    Abstract: The invention discloses a composite electrode materials. The composite electrode materials of this invention includes at least one active material. The active material is coated an artificial passive film on its surface to effectively block the contact of the electrolyte and the active material to prevent unnecessary consumption of Li-ions. Also, there have a middle layer and an outer layer outside of the artificial passive film. Both of the middle layer and the outer layer are composed of the gel/liquid electrolyte and the solid electrolyte, but with different concentration ratios. Therefore, the better ion-conduction is achieved with reduced charge-transfer resistance and reduced amount of organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
  • Patent number: 10622591
    Abstract: A battery container includes a flexible pack including an accommodation region; and at least one reservation region substantially connected to the accommodation region; and a battery set that is bent and disposed within the accommodation region, and that has two ends, at least one end forming a fan-shaped end after bending, and being disposed within one reservation region, and that includes a plurality of battery cells that are stacked and electrically connected; at least one friction-reducing layer disposed on at least one surface of each battery cell; and at least one fixing element that fixes the plurality of battery cells to one another, wherein the two ends have respective shapes that are due to different deformations of each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells as the flexible pack and the battery set are bent. Structural integrity, safety and bending ability of the battery set is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
  • Patent number: 10615391
    Abstract: A lithium metal electrode and its related lithium metal battery is disclosed in the present invention. The lithium metal electrode comprises a current collector, a lithium metal layer, an insulation frame, a porous electrical insulation layer and an ionic diffusion layer. The current collector has at least a well. The lithium metal layer is disposed on the bottom surface of the well. The insulation frame is disposed along the opening of the well. The insulation frame extends radially outward the opening to cover a top surface of the current collector partially and extends vertically toward the inner sidewall of the well. The lithium dendrites will mostly plate in the well and will not plate upwards due to the inhibition layer. Hence, the lithium dendrites will not penetrate through the electrical insulator so that the safety of the lithium metal battery can be improved greatly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
  • Publication number: 20200076004
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
  • Publication number: 20200058943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible lithium battery comprising a first current collector layer and a second current collector layer, wherein the first current collector layer has a first outer surface and a first inner surface, and the second current collector layer has a second outer surface and a second inner surface; there is a glue frame sandwiched between the first inner surface and the second inner surface to form a sealed and enclosed space, wherein there is an electrochemical system layer disposed in this sealed and enclosed space, with the electrochemical system layer comprising a first active material layer, a second active material layer, and an electrically insulating layer disposed between the first active material layer and the second active material layer; and there is a flexible adhesive layer disposed between the first inner surface and the first active material layer and/or between the second inner surface and the second active material layer, wherein this flexible adhesive layer con
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Prologium Holding Inc.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan YANG
  • Publication number: 20200052000
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a horizontal composite electricity supply structure, which comprises a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, two patterned conductive layers, and a plurality of electrochemical system element groups. The two patterned conductive layers are disposed on the first and second insulation layers, respectively. The plurality of electrochemical system element groups are disposed between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and connected serially and/or parallelly via the patterned conductive layers. The electrochemical system element group is formed by serially connecting one or more electrochemical system elements. Each electrochemical system element includes a package layer on the sidewall, so that their electrolyte systems don't circulate. Thereby, the high voltage produced by connection will not influence any single electrochemical system element nor decompose their electrolyte systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: SZU-NAN YANG
  • Publication number: 20200052341
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a horizontal composite electricity supply element group, which comprises a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, a first patterned conductive layer, a second patterned conductive layer, and a plurality of electricity supply element groups. The first patterned conductive layer is disposed on the first insulation layer. The second patterned conductive layer is disposed on the second insulation layer. The plurality of electricity supply element groups are disposed between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and connected serially and/or parallelly via the first patterned conductive layer and the second patterned conductive layer. The electricity supply element group is formed by serially connecting one or more independent electricity supply elements without circulation of their electrolyte systems. Thereby, the high voltage produced by connection will not influence any single electricity supply element nor decompose their electrolyte systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: SZU-NAN YANG