Patents by Inventor Xinfu XIAO

Xinfu XIAO 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: 10833304
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a one-way valve, a top cover component, a box and a battery module. The one-way valve includes: a valve body including an inlet end, an exhaust end and an air-flow passage, the air-flow passage including a first flow-passing hole, a second flow-passing hole and a protrusion disposed on a bottom wall of the first flow-passing hole, the second flow-passing hole penetrating through the protrusion; an elastic valve cap, the protrusion being sheathed with and in a sealed connection with the elastic valve cap, a flow-passing gap is formed between an outer surface of the elastic valve cap and a hole wall of the first flow-passing hole, the second flow-passing hole includes a conical hole-section; a valve cover in connection with the exhaust end, wherein the valve cover is disposed within the first flow-passing hole and includes an exhaust passage in connection with the first flow-passing hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhiyi You, Xiaofan Wang, Feng Qin, Lin Ma, Zhi Wang, Xinfu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10629871
    Abstract: The present application relates to a housing of battery module and a battery module. The housing includes a lower shell, an upper cover and two output components, the lower shell includes a lower shell body and at least one connecting member; the lower shell body is separated into accommodating chambers for accommodating bare cell; an installation site for connecting member is provided in each accommodating chamber; every two adjacent accommodating chambers are provided with one connecting member between and penetrating through the every two adjacent accommodating chambers; an installation site for output component and an output hole are provided in each of a first one and a last one of the plurality of accommodation chambers; the two output components are sealedly connected with two output holes, respectively. The battery module includes bare cells and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Feng Qin, Lin Ma, Jie Zhang, Zhiyi You, Juan Wang, Xinfu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10629879
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module, including: a housing having two oppositely disposed openings and a hollow chamber communicating with the two openings in a first direction; a battery stack disposed in the hollow chamber and comprising two or more battery cells, wherein each battery cell has first and second vent plates disposed opposite to each other in the first direction; a first end plate corresponding to one of the two openings and connected to the housing, wherein the first end plate is provided with a module output pole electrically connected to the battery stack and a deformable plate disposed opposite to the module output pole, and the deformable plate faces the first vent plate; a second end plate corresponding to the other of the two openings and connected to the housing; and a blocking member disposed between the second end plate and the battery stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Feng Qin, Zhi Wang, Lin Ma, Hua Zhang, Xiaofan Wang, Xinfu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20190245175
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module, including: a housing having two oppositely disposed openings and a hollow chamber communicating with the two openings in a first direction; a battery stack disposed in the hollow chamber and comprising two or more battery cells, wherein each battery cell has first and second vent plates disposed opposite to each other in the first direction; a first end plate corresponding to one of the two openings and connected to the housing, wherein the first end plate is provided with a module output pole electrically connected to the battery stack and a deformable plate disposed opposite to the module output pole, and the deformable plate faces the first vent plate; a second end plate corresponding to the other of the two openings and connected to the housing; and a blocking member disposed between the second end plate and the battery stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Feng QIN, Zhi Wang, Lin Ma, Hua Zhang, Xiaofan Wang, Xinfu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20190245168
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery module. The battery module includes: a housing including a top plate and a bottom plate which are disposed opposite to each other, and two side plates which are connected to the top plate and the bottom plate and spaced along a first direction; two end plates spaced along a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the two side plates are alternately connected with the two end plates; a battery stack including a plurality of batteries arranged side by side between the two side plates, wherein the plurality of batteries extend between the two end plates in the second direction; heat insulators disposed between the battery stack and the side plates; and a cushion disposed between the battery stack and one of the top plate and the bottom plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Feng QIN, Zhi WANG, Lin MA, Wei WANG, Xiaofan WANG, Xinfu XIAO
  • Publication number: 20190245174
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a one-way valve, a top cover component, a box and a battery module. The one-way valve includes: a valve body including an inlet end, an exhaust end and an air-flow passage, the air-flow passage including a first flow-passing hole, a second flow-passing hole and a protrusion disposed on a bottom wall of the first flow-passing hole, the second flow-passing hole penetrating through the protrusion; an elastic valve cap, the protrusion being sheathed with and in a sealed connection with the elastic valve cap, a flow-passing gap is formed between an outer surface of the elastic valve cap and a hole wall of the first flow-passing hole, the second flow-passing hole includes a conical hole-section; a valve cover in connection with the exhaust end, wherein the valve cover is disposed within the first flow-passing hole and includes an exhaust passage in connection with the first flow-passing hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhiyi YOU, Xiaofan WANG, Feng QIN, Lin MA, Zhi WANG, Xinfu XIAO
  • Publication number: 20180183023
    Abstract: The present application relates to a housing of battery module and a battery module. The housing includes a lower shell, an upper cover and two output components, the lower shell includes a lower shell body and at least one connecting member; the lower shell body is separated into accommodating chambers for accommodating bare cell; an installation site for connecting member is provided in each accommodating chamber; every two adjacent accommodating chambers are provided with one connecting member between and penetrating through the every two adjacent accommodating chambers; an installation site for output component and an output hole are provided in each of a first one and a last one of the plurality of accommodation chambers; the two output components are sealedly connected with two output holes, respectively. The battery module includes bare cells and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Feng QIN, Lin MA, Jie ZHANG, Zhiyi YOU, Juan WANG, Xinfu XIAO