Patents by Inventor Yuanbao Chen

Yuanbao Chen 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: 11949128
    Abstract: This application provides a current collecting member, a secondary battery, and a fabrication method. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing, a top cover assembly and current collecting members. The electrode assembly includes a main body portion and a first tab extending from an end of the main body portion along a transverse direction. The top cover assembly includes a top cover plate and a first electrode terminal disposed on the top cover plate connected to the housing. The current collecting member is connected to the first tab and the first electrode terminal. The current collecting member includes a substrate and a support plate, the substrate being provided at a side of the main body portion along a transverse direction, the support plate extending from an end part of the substrate in a longitudinal direction, and the first tab being connected to the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu Xu, Miaomiao Ren, Yuanbao Chen, Long Xu, Donglai Zheng, Lingbo Zhu, Yongshou Lin
  • Patent number: 11881588
    Abstract: The present application relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises: a casing, which is provided with an accommodating hole with an opening; a top cover assembly, which is in sealed connection with the casing to close the opening; an electrode assembly, which is arranged in the accommodating hole, and comprises two end faces opposite to a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the accommodating hole, and tabs extending from the end faces, the electrode assembly comprises two or more electrode units, wherein two or more electrode units are stacked in the axial direction, and in a second direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the first direction, the size of the tabs is smaller than that of the end faces; and a current collector, which comprises a body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang, Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Ning Chen, Quankun Li
  • Patent number: 11715867
    Abstract: The embodiments of the application provides an end cover assembly, a battery cell, a battery module and a device, the end cover assembly is used for the battery cell, the end cover assembly includes an end cover; an electrode terminal disposed on the end cover; an insulating member for insulating the electrode terminal and the end cover and disposed to surround the electrode terminal; wherein the insulating member abuts the electrode terminal, at least one of the insulating member and the electrode terminal is provided with a stress relief groove, the stress relief groove is configured to absorb stress generated by the electrode terminal's abutting the insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Ningsheng Wu, Chengyou Xing, Yuanbao Chen, Peng Wang, Quankun Li
  • Patent number: 11664555
    Abstract: Disclosed are a secondary battery, a battery module and an electric vehicle. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing and a top cover assembly. The housing has an accommodating chamber, the accommodating chamber having an opening, and the electrode assembly being accommodated in the accommodating chamber. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrode units, the plurality of electrode units being stacked in an axial direction of the accommodating chamber. The top cover assembly includes a top cover plate, a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal, the top cover plate being connected to the housing and located on a side of the electrode assembly in the axial direction, and the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal both protruding from the top cover plate and being electrically connected to the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongyang Shi, Zhenhua Li, Haizu Jin, Ning Chen, Fei Hu, Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang
  • Patent number: 11482755
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery pack, and the secondary battery includes: an outer casing, comprising a case and a cap assembly connected to each other, the case is provided with an opening, the cap assembly includes a cap plate and an electrode terminal connected to the cap plate, wherein the cap plate is adapted to cover the opening; an electrode assembly accommodated in the case and including a main body and a tab extending out from the main body, wherein the tab is electrically connected to the electrode terminal; a vent connected to the outer casing; and an insulating member at least partially disposed between the electrode assembly and the vent, wherein a projection of the vent on the main body is at least partially covered by the insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Dongyang Shi, Fei Hu, Zhenhua Li, Yuanbao Chen
  • Patent number: 11476526
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, a battery module and a vehicle. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case and a cap assembly. The case has an accommodating cavity, and the electrode assembly is accommodated in the accommodating cavity. The electrode assembly includes electrode units, and the electrode units are stacked in an axial direction of the accommodating cavity. The cap assembly includes a cap plate and an insulating member provided at an inner side of the cap plate, the cap plate is connected with the case, and the insulating member is positioned at a side of the electrode assembly in the axial direction. The insulating member is provided with a first surface at a side close to the electrode assembly, and the first surface is a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Dongyang Shi, Haizu Jin, Zhenhua Li, Ning Chen, Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang
  • Patent number: 11469481
    Abstract: A battery unit includes: an electrode assembly, including a main body portion, and a negative tab and a positive tab, which respectively extend out from both ends of the main body portion along the length direction; a negative terminal and a positive terminal, arranged at the top of the electrode assembly; a first current collector for electrically connecting the negative tab with the negative terminal; and a second current collector for electrically connecting the positive tab with the positive terminal. The first current collector includes a first guiding plate. The first guiding plate is of a flat plate structure, and the negative tab is bent to one side of the first guiding plate away from the main body portion and is connected with the first guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Hu Xu, Youlei Lai, Yuanbao Chen, Miaomiao Ren, Donglai Zheng, Haizu Jin
  • Publication number: 20220285795
    Abstract: This application provides a secondary battery, a battery module, and a device using a secondary battery as a power supply. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a cap assembly, and current collection members. The electrode assembly includes a main body and tabs that extend from the main body. The cap assembly includes a cap plate, electrode terminals, and an insulation baffle. The electrode terminals are disposed on the cap plate. The insulation baffle is connected to a side of the cap plate, where the side is close to the main body. The current collection members are at least partly located between the insulation baffle and the main body, and each of the current collection members includes a tab connection portion connected to one of the tabs. The insulation baffle contains a first recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu XU, Yuanbao CHEN, Long XU, Jiao DONG
  • Patent number: 11335978
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises: a case comprising a receiving hole having an opening; a cap assembly sealingly connected with the case to close the opening; an electrode assembly disposed in the receiving hole, wherein the electrode assembly comprises two end surfaces opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the receiving hole and tabs extending from respective end surfaces, and the electrode assembly comprises two or more electrode units which are stacked in the axial direction; and a current collecting unit comprising a first sheet and a first current collecting sheet connected to the first sheet, wherein both the first sheet and the first current collecting sheet extend in the axial direction, and the tab is bent with respect to the first direction and is electrically connected to the first current collecting sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang, Dongyang Shi, Ning Chen, Fei Hu, Zhenhua Li
  • Publication number: 20220085448
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of energy storage devices, and provides a battery cell assembly (10), a battery module (100), and a battery pack (200). The battery cell assembly (10) includes: at least two battery cells (1) and an insulation film (2). The at least two battery cells (1) are stacked. Each battery cell (1) includes an electrode assembly (11) and a battery housing (12). The electrode assembly (11) is accommodated in the battery housing (12). The electrode assembly (11) includes a first electrode plate (111), a second electrode plate (112), and a separator (113) disposed between the first electrode plate (111) and the second electrode plate (112). The insulation film (2) surrounds a periphery of the at least two battery cells (1) to wrap the at least two battery cells (1) together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Zhenhua LI, Haizu JIN, Dongyang SHI, Ning CHEN, Fei HU, Yuanbao CHEN
  • Patent number: 11233297
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises a casing, which includes a receiving hole having an opening; a top cover assembly, which includes a top cover plate connected to the casing to close the opening; an electrode assembly disposed within the receiving hole, the electrode assembly has an dimension of 0.01 mm to 1000 mm in an axial direction of the receiving hole, the electrode assembly includes two end faces opposed to each other in a first direction perpendicular to the axial direction and tabs extending from the end faces, the electrode assembly includes two or more electrode units laminated in the axial direction, and in a second direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the first direction, the dimension of the tab is smaller than the dimension of the end face; and a current collecting member electrically connected to the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Zhenhua Li, Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang, Fei Hu
  • Publication number: 20210359365
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an end cover assembly, a battery cell, a battery pack and a device. The end cover assembly includes a cover assembly, a terminal assembly, a sealing piece and a first connected flow channel. The cover assembly is provided with an installation hole, and the installation hole penetrates through the cover assembly along an axial direction of the installation hole; the terminal assembly is installed in the installation hole; the sealing piece is configured to seal the installation hole; the first connected flow channel is arranged in at least one of the terminal assembly and the cover assembly, and the first connected flow channel is configured as follows: when the sealing of the sealing piece is invalid, the first connected flow channel enables the inside and the outside of the housing to be communicated through the installation hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yuanbao CHEN, Quankun LI, Peng WANG, Lingyan JIANG
  • Publication number: 20210359379
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of batteries, in particular to a battery, a battery module and an electric equipment. The battery of the present application includes: a connection member, including a first connection portion configured to be electrically connected with an electrode assembly and a second connection portion configured to be electrically connected with an electrode terminal, and the first connection portion is in a folded state along a crease relative to the second connection portion; the crease is arranged between a first end face and a second end face of the first connection portion; and when the connection member is in an expanded state, the second end face and the first end face are arranged along a length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yuanbao CHEN, Quankun LI, Peng WANG, Lingyan JIANG
  • Patent number: 11177539
    Abstract: The present application relates to a current collector and a secondary battery. The current collector is used to electrically connect a pole and tab of a secondary battery, and comprises: a first sheet; a second sheet that is disposed to intersect the first sheet, the second sheet being used to electrically connect to the pole; a current collection unit, the current collection unit and the second sheet being disposed at two opposite sides of the first sheet in a first thickness direction thereof, and the first thickness direction thereof intersecting with a second thickness direction of the second sheet; the current collection unit comprises a first current collection sheet, the first current collection sheet is used to electrically connect to the tab, and the first current collection sheet is provided with a first connection terminal that is connected to the first sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuanbao Chen, Dongyang Shi, Ning Chen, Haizu Jin, Zhenhua Li, Fei Hu
  • Patent number: 11177542
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises a case, comprising a base plate and a side plate connected with the base plate, wherein the base plate and the side plate form a receiving hole and an opening in communication with the receiving hole, the opening is arranged opposite to the base plate in an axial direction of the receiving hole, and the base plate has a thickness larger than that of the side plate; a cap assembly, sealingly connected with the side plate to close the opening; and an electrode assembly, disposed in the receiving hole and comprising two or more electrode units, which are stacked in the axial direction, and each electrode unit is arranged with a wide side opposite to the base plate and a narrow side toward the side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Zhenhua Li, Ning Chen, Yuanbao Chen
  • Publication number: 20210328313
    Abstract: The embodiments of the application provides an end cover assembly, a battery cell, a battery module and a device, the end cover assembly is used for the battery cell, the end cover assembly includes an end cover; an electrode terminal disposed on the end cover; an insulating member for insulating the electrode terminal and the end cover and disposed to surround the electrode terminal; wherein the insulating member abuts the electrode terminal, at least one of the insulating member and the electrode terminal is provided with a stress relief groove, the stress relief groove is configured to absorb stress generated by the electrode terminal's abutting the insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Ningsheng WU, Chengyou Xing, Yuanbao Chen, Peng Wang, Quankun Li
  • Publication number: 20210328293
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery includes a case including a receiving space with an opening; a cap assembly connected to the case and close the opening; an electrode assembly disposed in the receiving space and including two end faces opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the receiving space, and tabs extending from the end faces and two or more electrode units stacked in the axial direction; and a current collecting unit, including a first piece extending in the axial direction and a first current collecting piece connected to the first piece, the tab extends in the first direction and is connected to the first current collecting piece, and a portion of the tab connected to the first current collecting piece and the first current collecting piece are stacked in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Zhenhua Li, Fei Hu, Yuanbao Chen
  • Publication number: 20210320383
    Abstract: The present application relates to a current collector and a secondary battery. The current collector is used to electrically connect a pole and tab of a secondary battery, and comprises: a first sheet; a second sheet that is disposed to intersect the first sheet, the second sheet being used to electrically connect to the pole; a current collection unit, the current collection unit and the second sheet being disposed at two opposite sides of the first sheet in a first thickness direction thereof, and the first thickness direction thereof intersecting with a second thickness direction of the second sheet; the current collection unit comprises a first current collection sheet, the first current collection sheet is used to electrically connect to the tab, and the first current collection sheet is provided with a first connection terminal that is connected to the first sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuanbao CHEN, Dongyang SHI, Ning CHEN, Haizu JIN, Zhenhua LI, Fei HU
  • Publication number: 20210313661
    Abstract: The present application relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises: a casing, which is provided with an accommodating hole with an opening; a top cover assembly, which is in sealed connection with the casing to close the opening; an electrode assembly, which is arranged in the accommodating hole, and comprises two end faces opposite to a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the accommodating hole, and tabs extending from the end faces, the electrode assembly comprises two or more electrode units, wherein two or more electrode units are stacked in the axial direction, and in a second direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the first direction, the size of the tabs is smaller than that of the end faces; and a current collector, which comprises a body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Comtemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuanbao CHEN, Rui Yang, Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Ning Chen, Quankun Li
  • Patent number: 11114716
    Abstract: A secondary battery, a battery pack and a device using the battery are provided, wherein the end cover assembly includes: an end cover with a through hole for injection of electrolyte and an accommodating part, the accommodating part is arranged on a side far away from a shell of the end cover and is arranged along a circumferential direction of the through hole; a sealing element; and a cover body for covering at least part of the sealing element, the cover body is rotatable and includes a limiting part; when the cover body rotates to a first position, the limiting part is located inside the accommodating part to limit separation of the cover body from the end cover; when the cover body rotates to a second position, the limiting part and the accommodating part are misplaced to realize separation of the cover body from the end cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xinxiang Chen, Peng Wang, Yuanbao Chen, Zhijun Guo, Yulian Zheng, Chengdu Liang, Wei Li