Patents by Inventor Wenlong KANG
Wenlong KANG 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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Patent number: 11923551Abstract: Embodiments provide a battery cell, a battery, an electric apparatus, and a manufacturing method and system of battery cell. In those embodiments, the battery cell includes a housing, an electrode assembly, and an end cover assembly. The housing provides an opening. The electrode assembly is disposed in the housing. The electrode assembly includes a body portion and a tab. The tab extends from an end of the body portion to the opening. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator. The first electrode plate and the second electrode plate each have a coated area and an uncoated area. A part of the electrode assembly corresponding to the coated areas of the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate is the body portion. The uncoated area of the first electrode plate or the second electrode plate forms the tab.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Yuqun Zeng, Chengyou Xing, Wenlong Kang, Huasheng Su, Quankun Li
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Patent number: 11757161Abstract: A battery cell is provided. The battery cell includes a tab, an electrode terminal, an adapter for electrical connection between the electrode terminal and the tab. The adapter includes a first connecting portion for electrical connection with the electrode terminal; a second connecting portion for electrical connection with the tab; a third connecting portion for connecting the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion; and a bending portion, the third connecting portion is connected with the first connecting portion by the bending portion and the third connecting portion is connected with the second connecting portion by the bending portion; the third connecting portion includes a reinforcing portion, and the reinforcing portion is located at the connection of the third connecting portion and the bending portion; the minimum distance L from an edge of the reinforcing portion to a center line of the bending portion satisfies: R<L<(R+2).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Huasheng Su, Chengyou Xing, Kun Fang, Quankun Li, Wenlong Kang, Peng Wang
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Publication number: 20230246223Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell, a battery, an electricity consuming device, a manufacturing method and a manufacturing system are provided. The cylindrical battery cell includes a shell, including an opening; and an electrode assembly, disposed in the shell, the electrode assembly including a separator and a tab, and along an axial direction of the electrode assembly, the tab being located at one end of the electrode assembly and extending toward the opening, the tab including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion surrounding a periphery of the first portion, and the separator wrapping the second portion to isolate the second portion from the shell, wherein along the axial direction, the first portion extends beyond the second portion and the separator, and the second portion does not extend beyond the separator. The battery cell of the present application solves a problem of short circuit in the battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Kai Wu, Chengyou Xing, Wenlong Kang, Huasheng Su, Quankun Li
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Patent number: 11688907Abstract: An end cap assembly includes an end cap configured to close a housing of a battery cell, an adapting member configured to electrically connect an electrode assembly of the battery cell to an electrode terminal of the battery cell, and a supporting member between the adapting member and the end cap. An explosion-proof mechanism provided at the end cap is configured to be actuated to release an internal pressure of the battery cell when thermal runaway occurs in the battery cell. The supporting member is made of a high-temperature-resistant material. An orthographic projection of the adapting member on a first surface of the end cap at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the explosion-proof mechanism on the first surface of the end cap and an orthographic projection of the supporting member on the first surface. The first surface is a surface of the end cap facing the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Huasheng Su, Chengyou Xing, Wenlong Kang, Quankun Li, Peng Wang
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Publication number: 20230125202Abstract: Embodiments provide a battery cell, a battery, an electric apparatus, and a manufacturing method and system of battery cell. In those embodiments, the battery cell includes a housing, an electrode assembly, and an end cover assembly. The housing provides an opening. The electrode assembly is disposed in the housing. The electrode assembly includes a body portion and a tab. The tab extends from an end of the body portion to the opening. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator. The first electrode plate and the second electrode plate each have a coated area and an uncoated area. A part of the electrode assembly corresponding to the coated areas of the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate is the body portion. The uncoated area of the first electrode plate or the second electrode plate forms the tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Chengyou Xing, Wenlong Kang, Huasheng Su, Quankun Li
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Publication number: 20230112464Abstract: An end cover assembly for a battery cell includes an end cover provided with a through hole, a sealing member configured to seal the through hole and connected to the end cover to form a joint, and a barrier member provided at the through hole with a channel formed between at least part of the barrier member and a side wall of the through hole. The channel is configured to guide fluid in the battery cell to the joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Wenlong KANG, Xiaoping ZHANG, Chengyou XING
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Publication number: 20230006317Abstract: A battery cell is provided. The battery cell includes a tab, an electrode terminal, an adapter for electrical connection between the electrode terminal and the tab. The adapter includes a first connecting portion for electrical connection with the electrode terminal; a second connecting portion for electrical connection with the tab; a third connecting portion for connecting the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion; and a bending portion, the third connecting portion is connected with the first connecting portion by the bending portion and the third connecting portion is connected with the second connecting portion by the bending portion; the third connecting portion includes a reinforcing portion, and the reinforcing portion is located at the connection of the third connecting portion and the bending portion; the minimum distance L from an edge of the reinforcing portion to a center line of the bending portion satisfies: R<L<(R+2).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Huasheng Su, Chengyou Xing, Kun Fang, Quankun Li, Wenlong Kang, Peng Wang
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Publication number: 20220359958Abstract: Embodiments provide a battery cell, a battery, an electric apparatus, and a manufacturing method and system of battery cell. In some embodiments, the battery cell includes a housing, an electrode assembly, and an end cover assembly. The housing provides an opening. The electrode assembly is disposed in the housing. The electrode assembly includes a body portion, a tab, and an isolation portion. The tab extends from an end of the body portion to the opening. The isolation portion is disposed on a periphery of the tab. The end cover assembly is configured to cover the opening. The end cover assembly includes an end cover and a first insulator. The end cover is configured to cover the opening and is connected to the housing. The first insulator is disposed on a side of the end cover proximate to an inside of the housing. The first insulator has a concave portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Wenlong Kang, Chengyou Xing, Peng Wang, Quankun Li, Huasheng Su, Wenzhong Liu
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Publication number: 20220344751Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery, a battery module, and a device using the secondary battery as a power source. The secondary battery includes a casing and a top cover for connecting with the casing. The casing includes an end portion provided with an opening. The top cover is used to cover the opening of the casing. The top cover includes an inserting portion extending into the casing from the opening. A plurality of notches are provided on an inner side of the end portion of the casing or on a side wall of the inserting portion facing the casing. In the secondary battery, the battery module, and the device using the secondary battery as a power source according to the present disclosure, the secondary battery can reduce the possibility of short circuit occurring in the electrode assembly and improve the operational safety of the secondary battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technologly Co., LimitedInventors: Chengyou XING, Chengdu LIANG, Ningsheng WU, Wenlong KANG, Peng WANG, Quankun LI, Lingyan JIANG
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Publication number: 20220320643Abstract: An end cap assembly includes an end cap configured to close a housing of a battery cell, an adapting member configured to electrically connect an electrode assembly of the battery cell to an electrode terminal of the battery cell, and a supporting member between the adapting member and the end cap. An explosion-proof mechanism provided at the end cap is configured to be actuated to release an internal pressure of the battery cell when thermal runaway occurs in the battery cell. The supporting member is made of a high-temperature-resistant material. An orthographic projection of the adapting member on a first surface of the end cap at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the explosion-proof mechanism on the first surface of the end cap and an orthographic projection of the supporting member on the first surface. The first surface is a surface of the end cap facing the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Huasheng SU, Chengyou XING, Wenlong KANG, Quankun LI, Peng WANG
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Patent number: 11424500Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery, a battery module, and a device using the secondary battery as a power source. The secondary battery includes a casing and a top cover for connecting with the casing. The casing includes an end portion provided with an opening. The top cover is used to cover the opening of the casing. The top cover includes an inserting portion extending into the casing from the opening. A plurality of notches are provided on an inner side of the end portion of the casing or on a side wall of the inserting portion facing the casing. In the secondary battery, the battery module, and the device using the secondary battery as a power source according to the present disclosure, the secondary battery can reduce the possibility of short circuit occurring in the electrode assembly and improve the operational safety of the secondary battery.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Contemporain Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Chengyou Xing, Chengdu Liang, Ningsheng Wu, Wenlong Kang, Peng Wang, Quankun Li, Lingyan Jiang
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Publication number: 20220102824Abstract: The present application relates to a top cap assembly, a secondary battery, a battery module, and a device. The top cap assembly includes a top cap plate, having electrode lead-out hole; an electrode terminal, arranged at the top cap plate and covering the electrode lead-out hole; a current collecting member, in which the current collecting member includes a convex portion having an accommodating cavity, at least part of the convex portion is arranged in the electrode lead-out hole, and welded and connected to the electrode terminal to form a welding portion facing the accommodating cavity, and the current collecting member has a connecting hole; an insulating protection member, in which the insulating protection member is arranged at a side of the current collecting member away from the electrode terminal, and the insulating protection member includes a shielding portion and a connecting portion connected with the shielding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co,, LimitedInventors: Yuyong Lei, Chengyou Xing, Peng Wang, Jianxiong Yang, Wenlong Kang
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Publication number: 20220052404Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a battery cell, a battery, an electrical device and a device for preparing a battery cell. The battery cell includes a housing being hollow and including an opening, and an end cover assembly includes an end cover and an insulator. The end cover is configured to be connected to the opening of the housing and at least the part of the end cover is inserted into the housing. A part of the end cover inserted into the housing includes an end surface and a first side surface. The end surface is substantially perpendicular to an insertion direction of the end cover. The first side surface is distributed along a periphery of the end surface and is opposite to an inner wall surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Ningsheng WU, Chengyou XING, Peng WANG, Chengdu LIANG, Quankun LI, Wenlong KANG, Lingyan JIANG, Weigan XIE
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Publication number: 20210376303Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery, a battery module, and a device using the secondary battery as a power source. The secondary battery includes a casing and a top cover for connecting with the casing. The casing includes an end portion provided with an opening. The top cover is used to cover the opening of the casing. The top cover includes an inserting portion extending into the casing from the opening. A plurality of notches are provided on an inner side of the end portion of the casing or on a side wall of the inserting portion facing the casing. In the secondary battery, the battery module, and the device using the secondary battery as a power source according to the present disclosure, the secondary battery can reduce the possibility of short circuit occurring in the electrode assembly and improve the operational safety of the secondary battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Chengyou XING, Chengdu LIANG, Ningsheng WU, Wenlong KANG, Peng WANG, Quankun LI, Lingyan JIANG