Patents by Inventor Yingyao Fu

Yingyao Fu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240120557
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a housing, wherein the housing has a bottom portion and side walls extending upward around a periphery of the bottom portion; an upper portion opening is formed at top ends of the side walls extending upward; an upper cover is mounted on the upper portion opening of the housing; and the battery pack comprises: multiple flat battery cells; and a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein when the multiple battery cells are sequentially arranged and mounted into the housing from the upper portion opening, the first end plate and the second end plate are located at two end sides of the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells to laterally fix the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells. The two end plates may absorb deformation of the battery cell while expanding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yingyao Fu, Binbin Fan, Chang Liu, Martin Wiegmann, Joerg Birkholz, Marco Jansen, Xugang Zhang, Jennifer L. Czarnecki
  • Patent number: 11742530
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a housing, wherein the housing has a bottom portion and side walls extending upward around a periphery of the bottom portion; an upper portion opening is formed at top ends of the side walls extending upward; an upper cover is mounted on the upper portion opening of the housing; and the battery pack comprises: multiple flat battery cells; and a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein when the multiple battery cells are sequentially arranged and mounted into the housing from the upper portion opening, the first end plate and the second end plate are located at two end sides of the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells to laterally fix the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells. The two end plates may absorb deformation of the battery cell while expanding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: CPS Technology Holdings LLC, Clarios Advanced Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Yingyao Fu, Binbin Fan, Chang Liu, Martin Wiegmann, Joerg Birkholz, Marco Jansen, Xugang Zhang, Jennifer L. Czarnecki
  • Patent number: 11724606
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack for a hybrid vehicle. The battery pack includes: multiple battery cells, a housing, a first end plate, a second end plate, a bearing plate and an upper cover, wherein the housing is provided with a bottom portion and side walls extending from the periphery of the bottom portion and forming an upper portion opening; the housing is configured for accommodating the multiple battery cells and the two end plates, when the multiple battery cells are sequentially arranged and mounted into the housing, the first end plate and the second end plate are located at two end sides of the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells to laterally fix the multiple battery cells; the bearing plate is mounted above the top portions of the multiple battery cells; and the upper cover is mounted above the housing to cover the upper portion opening of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: CPS Technology Holdings LLC, Clarios Advanced Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Binbin Fan, Liang Cheng, Wei Qu, Peng Song, Yingyao Fu, Chang Liu, Jason D. Fuhr, Martin Wiegmann, Xugang Zhang, Jennifer L. Czarnecki
  • Patent number: 11322794
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including: multiple flat battery cells, a housing, a bearing plate and an upper cover, wherein a middle recessed portion is formed between the protruding battery cell anode and battery cell cathode disposed on the top portion of each of the multiple battery cells; a surface of the middle recessed portion is provided with at least one seal-breakable opening arranged to discharge the gas generated in the battery cell when broken; the multiple middle recessed portions at the top portions of the multiple battery cells form a battery top portion through-slot; a bottom portion of the bearing plate is provided with a bearing plate bottom portion through-slot; the bearing plate bottom portion through-slot is press-fitted with the battery top portion through-slot to form a lateral gas discharging passage wherein one end of the lateral gas discharging passage is provided with an outlet, and another end of the lateral gas discharging passage is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: CPS Technology Holdings LLC, Clarios Advanced Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Chang Liu, Yingyao Fu, Binbin Fan, Joerg Birkholz
  • Publication number: 20220059893
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack for a hybrid vehicle. The battery pack includes: multiple battery cells, a housing, a first end plate, a second end plate, a bearing plate and an upper cover, wherein the housing is provided with a bottom portion and side walls extending from the periphery of the bottom portion and forming an upper portion opening; the housing is configured for accommodating the multiple battery cells and the two end plates, when the multiple battery cells are sequentially arranged and mounted into the housing, the first end plate and the second end plate are located at two end sides of the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells to laterally fix the multiple battery cells; the bearing plate is mounted above the top portions of the multiple battery cells; and the upper cover is mounted above the housing to cover the upper portion opening of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Binbin Fan, Liang Cheng, Wei Qu, Peng Song, Yingyao Fu, Chang Liu, Jason Fuhr, Martin Wiegmann, Xugang Zhang, Jennifer L. Czarnecki
  • Patent number: 11177525
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack for a hybrid vehicle. The battery pack includes: multiple battery cells, a housing, a first end plate, a second end plate, a bearing plate and an upper cover, wherein the housing is provided with a bottom portion and side walls extending from the periphery of the bottom portion and forming an upper portion opening; the housing is configured for accommodating the multiple battery cells and the two end plates, when the multiple battery cells are sequentially arranged and mounted into the housing, the first end plate and the second end plate are located at two end sides of the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells to laterally fix the multiple battery cells; the bearing plate is mounted above the top portions of the multiple battery cells; and the upper cover is mounted above the housing to cover the upper portion opening of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Binbin Fan, Liang Cheng, Wei Qu, Peng Song, Yingyao Fu, Chang Liu, Jason D. Fuhr, Martin Wiegmann, Xugang Zhang, Jennifer L. Czarnecki
  • Publication number: 20200083502
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack for a hybrid vehicle. The battery pack includes: multiple battery cells, a housing, a first end plate, a second end plate, a bearing plate and an upper cover, wherein the housing is provided with a bottom portion and side walls extending from the periphery of the bottom portion and forming an upper portion opening; the housing is configured for accommodating the multiple battery cells and the two end plates, when the multiple battery cells are sequentially arranged and mounted into the housing, the first end plate and the second end plate are located at two end sides of the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells to laterally fix the multiple battery cells; the bearing plate is mounted above the top portions of the multiple battery cells; and the upper cover is mounted above the housing to cover the upper portion opening of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicants: CPS Technology Holdings LLC, Johnson Controls Advanced Power Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Binbin FAN, Liang CHENG, Wei QU, Peng SONG, Yingyao FU, Chang LIU, Jason D. FUHR, Martin WIEGMANN, Xugang ZHANG, Jennifer L. CZARNECKI
  • Publication number: 20190363324
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including: multiple flat battery cells, a housing, a bearing plate and an upper cover, wherein a middle recessed portion is formed between the protruding battery cell anode and battery cell cathode disposed on the top portion of each of the multiple battery cells; a surface of the middle recessed portion is provided with at least one seal-breakable opening arranged to discharge the gas generated in the battery cell when broken; the multiple middle recessed portions at the top portions of the multiple battery cells form a battery top portion through-slot; a bottom portion of the bearing plate is provided with a bearing plate bottom portion through-slot; the bearing plate bottom portion through-slot is press-fitted with the battery top portion through-slot to form a lateral gas discharging passage wherein one end of the lateral gas discharging passage is provided with an outlet, and another end of the lateral gas discharging passage is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Chang Liu, Yingyao Fu, Binbin Fan, Joerg Birkholz
  • Publication number: 20190273230
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a housing, wherein the housing has a bottom portion, on which are disposed a first length side wall and a second length side wall that extend upward along a length direction of the bottom portion and are oppositely disposed, and a first width side wall and a second width side wall that extend upward along a width direction of the bottom portion and are oppositely disposed; the housing comprises a first step and a second step disposed at two ends of the first length side wall; the housing further comprises a first metal wiring terminal and a second metal wiring terminal, wherein the first metal wiring terminal and the second metal wiring terminal are disposed on the first step and the second step, respectively; a material for bearing the first metal wiring terminal and the second metal wiring terminal is a first plastic material, while other parts of the housing are made of a second plastic material, or most of other parts of the housing are made of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Chang Liu, Yingyao Fu, Liang Cheng, Binbin Fan, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190273232
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a housing, wherein the housing has a bottom portion and side walls extending upward around a periphery of the bottom portion; an upper portion opening is formed at top ends of the side walls extending upward; an upper cover is mounted on the upper portion opening of the housing; and the battery pack comprises: multiple flat battery cells; and a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein when the multiple battery cells are sequentially arranged and mounted into the housing from the upper portion opening, the first end plate and the second end plate are located at two end sides of the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells to laterally fix the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells. The two end plates may absorb deformation of the battery cell while expanding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yingyao Fu, Binbin Fan, Chang Liu, Martin Wiegmann, Joerg Birkholz, Marco Jensen, Xugang Zhang, Jennifer L. Czarnecki