Patents by Inventor William Koetting

William Koetting 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: 11942590
    Abstract: A battery module having a battery cell assembly that is free from module banding is provided. The assembly includes an expandable battery cell having a first and second face. The assembly further includes a growth plate having a first and second face. The first face of the battery cell contacts the second face of the growth plate. The battery cell assembly further includes a first cell frame securing the growth plate on at least two sides and a second cell frame that contacts the second face of the battery cell. The first face of the growth plate includes a plurality of spacing features disposed along the first face of the growth plate that offset the first face of the growth plate from the first cell frame, which creates a cavity between the growth plate and the first cell frame. The cavity decreases when the battery cell expands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Prime Energy Contract Services LLC
    Inventors: William Koetting, Michael Joseph Nielson
  • Publication number: 20230327271
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other implementations described herein relate to a battery for use in a battery cell assembly that facilitates pack manufacturing. A method of manufacturing the battery cell assembly for the battery pack includes providing at least one battery cell in the battery cell assembly. The battery cell includes at least one prebent electrical tab. The method further includes operatively connecting a busbar to the prebent electrical tab on the battery cell, without substantially deforming the prebent electrical tab, whereby subsequent bending of the at least one prebent electrical tab is unnecessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: William Koetting, Michael Joseph Nielson
  • Patent number: 11715859
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other implementations described herein relate to a battery for use in a battery cell assembly that facilitates pack manufacturing. In one embodiment, the battery cell assembly includes a first battery cell having two electrical tabs extending from the first battery cell. The battery cell assembly also includes a second battery cell positioned substantially adjacent to the first battery cell and having two electrical tabs extending from the second battery cell. Additionally, the electrical tabs of the first and second battery cells are prebent. The battery cell assembly further includes a busbar operatively connected to the electrical tabs of the first and second battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: William Koetting, Michael Joseph Nielson
  • Publication number: 20220302537
    Abstract: A battery module having a battery cell assembly that is free from module banding is provided. The assembly includes an expandable battery cell having a first and second face, and the first face moves away from the second face as a result of the battery cell expanding. The assembly further includes a first and second cell frame. The first cell frame includes an outer peripheral extending toward the second cell frame. The second cell frame includes an outer peripheral extending away from the second face of the battery cell. Additionally, the outer peripheral of the second cell frame and the battery cell are disposed within the outer peripheral of the first cell frame with the first face facing the first frame and the second face facing the second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: William Koetting, Michael Joseph Nielson
  • Publication number: 20210344070
    Abstract: A battery module having a battery cell assembly that is free from module banding is provided. The assembly includes an expandable battery cell having a first and second face. The assembly further includes a growth plate having a first and second face. The first face of the battery cell contacts the second face of the growth plate. The battery cell assembly further includes a first cell frame securing the growth plate on at least two sides and a second cell frame that contacts the second face of the battery cell. The first face of the growth plate includes a plurality of spacing features disposed along the first face of the growth plate that offset the first face of the growth plate from the first cell frame, which creates a cavity between the growth plate and the first cell frame. The cavity decreases when the battery cell expands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: William Koetting, Michael Joseph Nielson
  • Publication number: 20210296741
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other implementations described herein relate to a battery for use in a battery cell assembly that facilitates pack manufacturing. In one embodiment, the battery cell assembly includes a first battery cell having two electrical tabs extending from the first battery cell. The battery cell assembly also includes a second battery cell positioned substantially adjacent to the first battery cell and having two electrical tabs extending from the second battery cell. Additionally, the electrical tabs of the first and second battery cells are prebent. The battery cell assembly further includes a busbar operatively connected to the electrical tabs of the first and second battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: William Koetting, Michael Joseph Nielson
  • Patent number: 11121426
    Abstract: A battery module having a battery cell assembly that is free from module banding is provided. The assembly includes an expandable battery cell having a first and second face. The assembly further includes a growth plate having a first and second face. The first face of the battery cell contacts the second face of the growth plate. The battery cell assembly further includes a first cell frame securing the growth plate on at least two sides and a second cell frame that contacts the second face of the battery cell. The first face of the growth plate includes a plurality of spacing features disposed along the first face of the growth plate that offset the first face of the growth plate from the first cell frame, which creates a cavity between the growth plate and the first cell frame. The cavity decreases when the battery cell expands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: William Koetting, Michael Joseph Nielson
  • Publication number: 20190165345
    Abstract: A battery module having a battery cell assembly that is free from module banding is provided. The assembly includes an expandable battery cell having a first and second face. The assembly further includes a growth plate having a first and second face. The first face of the battery cell contacts the second face of the growth plate. The battery cell assembly further includes a first cell frame securing the growth plate on at least two sides and a second cell frame that contacts the second face of the battery cell. The first face of the growth plate includes a plurality of spacing features disposed along the first face of the growth plate that offset the first face of the growth plate from the first cell frame, which creates a cavity between the growth plate and the first cell frame. The cavity decreases when the battery cell expands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: William Koetting, Michael Joseph Nielson
  • Patent number: 9759495
    Abstract: A battery cell assembly is provided. The battery cell assembly includes a battery cell and a heat exchanger disposed adjacent the battery cell configured to cool the battery cell. The heat exchanger has an outer housing. The outer housing defines an interior region and first and second flow guide members. The first and second flow guide members define a serpentine flow path in the interior region. The first and second flow guide members are tilted generally upwardly in the interior region. The serpentine flow path extends from an inlet aperture in the outer housing to another flow path in the outer housing. The another flow path extends from the serpentine flow path to an outlet aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Josh Payne, Igor Isayev, Heekook Yang, William Koetting, Peter Morris, Venkatachala Moorthi Natarajan
  • Patent number: 9337456
    Abstract: A frame member for housing a battery cell, frame assembly and frame/battery cell assembly made therefrom, as well as respective methods of making the same, are disclosed. A frame member for housing a battery cell includes an integral frame having a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall having an attachment face and an opposed cooling face, and an attachment feature located on the attachment face and a complementary attachment feature located on the attachment face that is symmetrically opposed to the attachment feature about a plane of symmetry of the frame, the peripheral wall defining an opening that is configured to matingly receive a battery cell therein. A pair of frame members having a cooling member placed therebetween and attached to the respective attachment faces comprises a frame assembly. A frame/battery cell assembly includes a pair of frame assemblies having at least one battery cell placed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: William Koetting, Kwok Tom, Josh Payne
  • Publication number: 20160072121
    Abstract: An electrochemical storage device comprises a plurality of layer electrodes each including a first charged sector and a second charged sector. The plurality of layer electrodes are assembled with respect to each other such that the first charged sector of a first plate of the plurality of layer electrodes is laid below the second charged sector of a second plate of the plurality of layer electrodes located immediately above the first plate. The charges of the first charged sectors of the first and second plates have a first sign and the charges of the second charged sectors of the first and second plates have a second sign that is opposite the first sign. The device also comprises a separator sector located, and enabling ionic charge exchange, between the first charged sector of the first plate and the second charged sector of the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: ENERGY POWER SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Subhash Dhar, William Koetting, Kwok Tom, Frank Martin, Jorge Espinel, Michael Nielson
  • Patent number: 9263721
    Abstract: An electrochemical storage device comprises a plurality of layer electrodes each including a first charged sector and a second charged sector. The plurality of layer electrodes are assembled with respect to each other such that the first charged sector of a first plate of the plurality of layer electrodes is laid below the second charged sector of a second plate of the plurality of layer electrodes located immediately above the first plate. The charges of the first charged sectors of the first and second plates have a first sign and the charges of the second charged sectors of the first and second plates have a second sign that is opposite the first sign. The device also comprises a separator sector located, and enabling ionic charge exchange, between the first charged sector of the first plate and the second charged sector of the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Energy Power Systems LLC
    Inventors: Subhash Dhar, William Koetting, Kwok Tom, Frank Martin, Jorge Espinel, Michael Nielson
  • Patent number: 9203125
    Abstract: A battery cell assembly in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is provided. The assembly includes a first frame member having a first plurality of tabs extending away from a first peripheral edge of the first frame member. Each tab of the first plurality of tabs has a first coupling feature at a distal end of the respective tab. The assembly further includes a second frame member having a plurality of slots extending into a second peripheral edge of the second frame member. The assembly further includes a battery cell disposed between the first and second frame members, and each first coupling feature of each tab of the first plurality of tabs is configured to engage a respective slot of the plurality of slots of the second frame member to fixedly hold the first and second frame members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven A. Bronczyk, Kwok Tom, William Koetting
  • Publication number: 20150303436
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a lead-acid battery, the method including: (i) extending a current collector from an end of a cell pack; and (ii) laser-welding a bus bar to the current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: William Koetting, Kwak Tom, Art Holland, James Carlson, Michael Nielson, Fabio Albano, Subhash Dhar, Will Koederitz, Joshua Payne, Jorge Espinel, Jean-Paul Ortiz
  • Patent number: 9147916
    Abstract: A battery cell assembly in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is provided. The assembly includes a first frame member having a first plurality of tabs extending away from a first peripheral edge of the first frame member. Each tab of the first plurality of tabs has a first coupling feature at a distal end of the respective tab. The assembly further includes a second frame member having a plurality of slots extending into a second peripheral edge of the second frame member. The assembly further includes a battery cell disposed between the first and second frame members, and each first coupling feature of each tab of the first plurality of tabs is configured to engage a respective slot of the plurality of slots of the second frame member to fixedly hold the first and second frame members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven A. Bronczyk, Kwok Tom, William Koetting
  • Patent number: 9140501
    Abstract: A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cell assemblies having a plurality of heat exchangers therein. The battery module includes a first rubber cooling manifold configured to route a fluid into the plurality of heat exchangers. The first rubber cooling manifold has a first tubular member, a first inlet port, a first plurality of outlet ports, and first and second end caps. The first end cap is coupled to a first end of the first tubular member. The second end cap is coupled to a second end of the first tubular member. The first inlet port is disposed on a top portion of the first tubular member for routing the fluid into the first tubular member. The first plurality of outlet ports is disposed collinearly and longitudinally along an outer surface of the first tubular member and spaced apart from one another. The first plurality of outlet ports extend outwardly from the outer surface of the first tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Niedzwiecki, William Koetting, Josh Payne, Igor Isayev, Venkatachala Moorthi Natarajan
  • Patent number: 9034129
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding system and a method are provided. The system includes an ultrasonic welding device having an ultrasonic welding horn. The system further includes a controller generating control signals for inducing the welding device to form a first weld joint. The system further includes a power adjusting unit that induces the ultrasonic welding controller to increase a power level output by the ultrasonic welding controller to the ultrasonic welding device if a first displacement of the welding horn is less than the desired displacement during partial completion of forming the first weld joint, such that upon completion of the first weld joint an ending position of the ultrasonic welding horn is at a desired ending position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: William Koetting, Alexander Khakhalev, Michael Nielson
  • Publication number: 20150010807
    Abstract: An electrochemical storage device is disclosed. The device comprises a first electrochemical cell and a second electrochemical cell disposed in a common casing and each comprising an anode and a cathode. The anode of the first electrochemical cell is disposed opposite the cathode of the second electrochemical cell. The device further comprises a separator disposed between the anode of the first electrochemical cell and the cathode of the second electrochemical cell. The anode of the first electrochemical cell and the cathode of the second electrochemical cell are electrically insulated and in communication through an ionically conductive medium adsorbed in the separator. The device further comprises a common current collector disposed on the anode of the first electrochemical cell and the cathode of the second electrochemical cell. The first and second electrochemical cells are electrically connected and insulated from ionic conduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Subhash DHAR, William KOETTING, Michael NIELSON, Kwok TOM, Jorge ESPINEL, Fabio ALBANO
  • Publication number: 20140377596
    Abstract: An electrochemical energy storage system is provided for an application having design energy and power requirements. The electrochemical energy storage system comprises first and second energy storage system components having different electro-chemistries and formed in different units. Said first energy storage system component includes a non-lead-acid battery adapted to provide the energy requirements of the application. Said second energy storage system component includes a lead-acid battery adapted to provide the power requirements of the application. Said first and second energy storage system components have a combined capacity that is less than a capacity of a mono-electrochemical energy storage system adapted to supply both the power and energy requirements of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Subhash K. DHAR, Dennis TOWNSEND, Fabio ALBANO, Srinivasan VENKATESAN, William KOETTING, Franklin MARTIN, Lin HIGLEY
  • Patent number: 8816692
    Abstract: A test system for a battery module is provided. The system includes a housing having a bottom plate; and first, second, third and fourth side walls coupled to the bottom plate that defines an interior region. The system further includes a mounting fixture that fixedly holds the battery module thereon. The system further includes first, second, third and fourth coupling members. The system further includes a lid coupled to the housing utilizing the first, second, third and fourth coupling members. The system further includes a battery charging system that charges the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwok Tom, William Koetting, Steve Howay