Patents by Inventor Zige ZHANG

Zige ZHANG 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: 20240088395
    Abstract: An electrode plate includes an active material layer, a current collector including an insulating layer and first and second conductive layers sandwiching the insulating layer, and a conductive structure. The conductive structure includes a first conductive member including a first section arranged along a side of the first conductive layer and a second section extending from the first section and beyond the current collector in a direction away from the active material layer, and a second conductive member including a first connecting section connected to the second conductive layer, a bent section connected to the first connecting section and bent towards the first conductive member relative to the first connecting section, and a second connecting section bent backward relative to the bent section to be sandwiched between the first section and the first conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Zige ZHANG, Wei LI, Jing LI, Qingrui XUE, Miao JIANG, Yuqian WEN, Long WANG
  • Publication number: 20240088396
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including current collecting sections, an electrode terminal, and an adapter sheet connecting the current collecting sections to the electrode terminal. The electrode assembly includes active material layer(s), current collector(s) each including an insulating layer and first and second conductive layers sandwiching the insulating layer, and conductive structures each including first and second conductive members. A portion of the first conductive member extending beyond the second conductive member forms a current collecting section. The current collecting sections are laminated with each other, with one of the current collecting sections directly contacting the adapter sheet. Neighboring ones of the current collecting sections directly contact each other, without any second conductive member arranged therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Zige ZHANG, Wei LI, Jing LI, Qingrui XUE, Miao JIANG, Yuqian WEN, Long WANG
  • Patent number: 11923547
    Abstract: This application relates to the battery field, and specifically, to a positive electrode plate, an electrochemical apparatus, and an apparatus. The positive electrode plate in this application includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, where the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support layer. A single-sided thickness D2 of the conductive layer satisfies 30 nm?D2?3 ?m. A thickness D1 of the support layer satisfies 1 ?m?D1?30 ?m. The support layer is made of a polymer material or a polymer composite material. The electrode active material layer includes electrode active materials, a binder, and a conductive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing Li, Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Zige Zhang, Yang Zhang, Pengxiang Wang, Yang Lu
  • Publication number: 20240055670
    Abstract: A cylindrical electrode assembly of a coiled structure includes a main body and a first tab. The main body is provided with a first end face, and the first tab extends out of the first end face and is bent toward the first end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Zige ZHANG, Qingrui XUE, Wei LI, Yu ZHANG, Zhengyuan ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20230395809
    Abstract: The electrode plate includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer, the conductive layer has a single-sided thickness D2 satisfying: 30 nm?D2?3 ?m; the electrode active material layer is divided into two regions, an inner region and an outer region in a thickness direction of the electrode active material layer, in which the weight percentage of the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer is higher than the weight percentage content of the conductive agent in the outer region of the electrode active material layer, and the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer includes at least one of a one-dimensional conductive material and a two-dimensional conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Chengdu LIANG, Jing Li, Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Zige Zhang, Xianwel Yang
  • Patent number: 11804604
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of battery, in particular to a positive electrode piece, an electrochemical device and an apparatus. The positive electrode piece of the present application includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the current collector, where the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer arranged on at least one surface of the support layer. The thickness D2 of one side of the conductive layer D2 satisfies 30 nm?D2?3 ?m, the material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and the density of the conductive layer is 2.5 g/cm3 to 2.8 g/cm3, and a primer layer containing a conductive material and a binder is also arranged between the current collector and the electrode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jing Li, Qingrui Xue, Wei Li, Zige Zhang, Yang Zhang, Xianwei Yang
  • Patent number: 11777103
    Abstract: This application relates to an electrode plate that includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector. The current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support layer. A single-side thickness D2 of the conductive layer satisfies 30 nm?D2?3 ?m. The electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material, a binder, and a conductive agent unevenly distributed in a thickness direction of the electrode active material layer. A weight percentage of the conductive agent in an interior area of the electrode active material layer is higher than that in an exterior area of the electrode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing Li, Qingrui Xue, Zige Zhang, Wei Li, Xianwei Yang
  • Patent number: 11769883
    Abstract: The electrode plate includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer, the conductive layer has a single-sided thickness D2 satisfying: 30 nm?D2?3 ?m; the electrode active material layer is divided into two regions, an inner region and an outer region in a thickness direction of the electrode active material layer, in which the weight percentage of the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer is higher than the weight percentage content of the conductive agent in the outer region of the electrode active material layer, and the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer includes at least one of a one-dimensional conductive material and a two-dimensional conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Chengdu Liang, Jing Li, Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Zige Zhang, Xianwei Yang
  • Patent number: 11749808
    Abstract: The electrode plate according to the present application includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support layer, the conductive layer has a single-sided thickness D2 satisfying: 30 nmD23 ?m; and a conductive primer layer containing a first conductive material and a binder is provided between the current collector and the electrode active material layer, and the first conductive material in the conductive primer layer comprises at least one of a one-dimensional conductive material and a two-dimensional conductive material. The electrode plate of the present application has good workability, and the electrochemical device including the electrode plate has high energy density, good electrical performance and long-term reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Chengdu Liang, Jing Li, Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Zige Zhang, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11664486
    Abstract: This application relates to a battery comprising a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and at least two layers of positive active material coated on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and wherein an underlying positive active material layer in contact with the positive electrode current collector comprises a first positive active material, a first polymer material and a first conductive material; and wherein an upper positive active material layer in contact with the underlying positive active material layer and away from the positive electrode current collector comprises a second positive active material, a second polymer material and a second conductive material, and the first polymer material comprises fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material. The battery has good safety and improved electrical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Qingrui Xue, Wei Li, Jing Li, Zige Zhang, Xianwei Yang
  • Patent number: 11658329
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery and an electrode plate thereof. The electrode plate comprises a current collector, an active material layer and a second conducting layer. The current collector comprises an insulating layer and a first conducting layer disposed on at least one surface of the insulating layer; and the active material layer is disposed on a main portion of the first conducting layer. The first conducting layer further includes a protruding portion not coated with the active material layer. The second conducting layer comprises a first portion disposed on a surface of the protruding portion of the first conducting layer opposite to the insulating layer. The secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly comprises the electrode plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Li, Zige Zhang, Chengdu Liang, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Pengxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11631862
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery and an electrode plate. The electrode plate includes a current collector, an active material layer, a conductive structure, and a first protective layer. The current collector includes an insulating layer and a conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer. The conductive layer includes a main body portion and a protrusion portion. A surface of the main body portion facing away from the insulating layer is covered by the active material layer, while a surface of the protrusion portion facing away from the insulating layer is uncovered by the active material layer. The conductive structure is welded to the protrusion portion and thus a welded zone is formed. The first protective layer has elasticity, and is disposed on a side of the protrusion portion facing away from the insulating layer and is located between the welded zone and the active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yaru Zhou, Qingrui Xue, Zige Zhang, Miao Jiang, Jing Li, Wei Li, Long Wang
  • Patent number: 11611064
    Abstract: This application relates to an electrode plate, an electrochemical apparatus, and an apparatus thereof. The electrode plate includes a current collector, an electrode active material layer provided on at least one surface of the current collector, and an electrical connection member electrically connected to the current collector. The electrode active material layer is provided at a zone referred to as a membrane zone on a main body portion of the current collector, the electrical connection member and the current collector are welded and connected at a welding zone referred to as an adapting welding zone at an edge of the current collector, and a transition zone is referred to as an extension zone, where the transition zone is of the current collector between the membrane zone and the adapting welding zone and coated with no electrode active material layer. The current collector is a composite current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Zige Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yang Lu, Pengxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11575134
    Abstract: This application relates to a positive electrode plate and an electrochemical device. The positive electrode plate comprises a metal current collector, a positive electrode active material layer and a safety coating disposed between the metal current collector and the positive electrode active material layer; the safety coating comprises a polymer matrix, a conductive material and an inorganic filler; the positive electrode active material layer comprises Li1+xNiaCobMe(1?a?b)O2, wherein ?0.1?x?0.2, 0.6?a<1, 0<b<1, 0<(1?a?b)<1, and Me is at least one of Mn, Al, Mg, Zn, Ga, Ba, Fe, Cr, Sn, V, Sc, Ti and Zr; and the metal current collector is a porous aluminum-containing current collector. The positive electrode plate can improve safety and electrical performances of an electrochemical device (such as a capacitor, a primary battery, or a secondary battery).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Zige Zhang, Jianbao Xu
  • Publication number: 20220367985
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, an electrical apparatus, and a manufacturing method and device. In those embodiments, the electrode assembly includes: an electrode plate, including a main portion and at least one protruding portion. The main portion includes a metal substrate and an active material layer coated on a surface of the metal substrate. The protruding portion is connected to the metal substrate. The metal substrate protrudes along a length direction of the electrode assembly. Along a thickness direction of the electrode assembly, a size of at least a part of the protruding portion is greater than a size of the metal substrate. The electrode assembly according to the Embodiments aims to solve a technical problem of severe heat emission of a tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Wenwei Chen, Xiaona Wang, Zige Zhang, Qingrui Xue, Chengdu Liang
  • Publication number: 20220352522
    Abstract: Positive plate, electrochemical device including same, and apparatus thereof are disclosed. The positive plate includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the current collector, the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer arranged on at least one surface of the support layer, a single-sided thickness D2 of the conductive layer satisfies: 30 nm?D2?3 ?m. A material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a density of the conductive layer is 2.5 g/cm3-2.8 g/cm3. The electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material, a binder, and a conductive agent, and the binder has an uneven distribution in a thickness direction of the electrode active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing LI, Qingrui XUE, Wei LI, Zige ZHANG, Yang ZHANG, Xianwei YANG
  • Patent number: 11444284
    Abstract: The present application relates to a secondary battery and an electrode member thereof. The electrode member includes an insulating substrate, a conducting layer and an active material layer. The conducting layer is provided on a surface of the insulating substrate, and the conducting layer includes a main portion and a protruding portion extending from the main portion, the main portion is coated with the active material layer, the protruding portion is not coated with the active material layer. The active material layer includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion is positioned at an end of the active material layer away from the protruding portion, the second portion is positioned at a side of the first portion close to the protruding portion, and a thickness of the first portion is less than a thickness of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zige Zhang, Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Pengxiang Wang, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11367932
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of energy storage device, and particularly relates to an electrode member, an electrode assembly and a secondary battery. The electrode member comprises an electrode body and a conductive structure. The conducting layer comprises a first portion having an active material and a second portion extending from the first portion; the second portion comprises a main portion and a transition portion, the transition portion is provided between the main portion and the first portion, and a width of the transition portion is larger than a width of the main portion. The conductive structure is welded with the second portion and extends along a direction away from the first portion, and at least a part of a welding region formed by the second portion and the conductive structure is positioned at the transition portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Qingrui Xue, Zige Zhang, Miao Jiang, Jing Li, Wei Li, Xianwei Yang
  • Publication number: 20220123443
    Abstract: A secondary battery and an electrode member thereof, a battery module, and a related apparatus are provided. The electrode member includes a current collector, an active material layer, an adapting sheet, and an electrode lead. The current collector includes an insulating substrate, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer each include a coated region and an uncoated region, the coated region is coated with an active material layer, and the uncoated region is not coated with an active material layer, a size of the current collector in a length direction is larger than that in a width direction, and the uncoated region is located on a side of the coated region in a length direction. The adapting sheet includes a first conductive member and a second conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Changliang Sheng, Zige Zhang, Qingrui Xue, Wei Li, Jing Li, Pengxiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20220102732
    Abstract: This application relates to an electrode plate, an electrochemical apparatus, and an apparatus thereof. The electrode plate in this application comprises a current collector, an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, and an electrical connection member electrically connected to the current collector, where the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support layer, a single-sided thickness D2 of the conductive layer satisfies: 30 nm?D2?3 ?m, and the support layer is a polymer material layer or a polymer composite material layer; and the electrode active material layer includes an electrode active material, a binder, and a conductive agent, and viewed in a width direction of a coated surface of the electrode plate, the electrode active material layer includes 2n+1 zones based on compacted density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei LI, Jing LI, Qingrui XUE, Zige ZHANG, Xianwei YANG, Yang ZHANG