Patents Issued in March 7, 2017
  • Patent number: 9590180
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound having substructure F: wherein R?1 is a straight or branched chain of two or more non-fused aryl or non-fused heteroaryl groups substituted with Ra, wherein Ra is a non-fused aryl or non-fused heteroaryl, a branched or straight chain of non-fused aryl or a non-fused heteroaryl, or an alkyl substituted non-fused aryl or an alkyl substituted non-fused heteroaryl group. The compounds may be useful in phosphorescent organic light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Brooks, Chuanjun Xia, Raymond Kwong, James Fiordeliso
  • Patent number: 9590181
    Abstract: Triptycene derivatives having symmetric or asymmetric substituents are provided. The triptycene derivatives of the present invention may be applied in phosphorescent lighting devices ranging from deep blue to red and may be applied as a host material, an electron transporting material or a hole transporting material. An OLED device is also herein disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chien-Hong Cheng, Ho-Hsiu Chou, Cheng-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 9590182
    Abstract: The present invention is capable of providing a light emitting device with excellent device lifetime while maintaining low driving voltage and good color purity by using a benzofluorene compound which is substituted with a diaryl amino group having a naphthyl and a phenyl or a heteroaryl and which is represented by general formula (1) as a material for luminescent layers of an organic electroluminescent device, for example. (In the formula, Ar is a phenyl, a heteroaryl, etc., R1 and R2 are fluorine or a substituted silyl, etc., n1 and n2 are an integer of 0-5, and R3 is an alkyl, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: JNC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akiko Kageyama
  • Patent number: 9590183
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel stable benzo[a]naphtho[2,1-c]tetracene compound and an organic light-emitting device including the compound. Provided is an organic compound represented by Formula [1]. In Formula [1], R1 to R16 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cyano group, a diphenylamino group, a pyridyl group, and an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirokazu Miyashita, Jun Kamatani, Akihito Saitoh, Yosuke Nishide
  • Patent number: 9590184
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is provided. The OLED comprises a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode, an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a hole migration region disposed between the first electrode and the emission layer, and an electron migration region disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode. The hole migration region comprises a tertiary amine having one N-substituent comprising a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole moiety and another N-substituent comprising a substituted or unsubstituted fluorene moiety. At least one of the hole migration region and the emission layer comprises a substituted or unsubstituted compound comprising at least two carbazole moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-Young Lee, Yoon-Hyun Kwak, Bum-Woo Park, Jong-Won Choi, Wha-II Choi, So-Yeon Kim, Ji-Youn Lee
  • Patent number: 9590185
    Abstract: Provided are an amine-based compound and an organic light-emitting diode including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-Hee Cho, Mi-Kyung Kim, Se-Hun Kim, Sam-Il Kho, Hyoung-Kun Kim
  • Patent number: 9590186
    Abstract: A material for an organic electroluminescent device having high emission efficiency and long life and an organic electroluminescent device including the same. The material for an organic electroluminescent device is represented by the following Formula 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Itoi, Ichinori Takada, Koushin Matsuoka, Masatsugu Ueno, Naoya Sakamoto, Hiromi Nakano, Nobutaka Akashi, Hideo Miyake, Xiulan Jin, Asami Sakamoto, Junta Fuchiwaki
  • Patent number: 9590187
    Abstract: A substituent-eliminable diketopyrrolopyrrole derivative represented by the following formula (I) is provided. In the formula (I), R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; X represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic group; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Arai, Yoshiki Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 9590188
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9590189
    Abstract: Provided are a host material for a blue phosphor, and an organic thin film and an organic light-emitting device including the same. The host material for a blue phosphor is such that a carbazole compound is bonded around a central atom, wherein the central atom is a Group 14 element, and the carbazole compound bonded around the central atom is 3 or 4, wherein the carbazole compound. includes carbazole in which an alkyl group is substituted The host material for a blue phosphor has high triplet energy (ET) and excellent electrical mobility and thermal stability. As a result, the organic thin film, which includes the host material, and the organic light-emitting device, which includes the organic thin film, implement a deep blue color and have excellent luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Youl Chon Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Yoon Shin
  • Patent number: 9590190
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally activated delayed fluorescence material, a method of synthesizing the same and an OLED device using the same. The thermally activated delayed fluorescence material includes a structure formula 1 as wherein the group Ar1 is identical to or different from the group Ar2, and the group Ar1 and the group Ar2 are consisted of carbazole and/or phenothiazine. The thermally activated delayed fluorescence material has a higher glass transition temperature, high thermal stability and excellent luminous efficiency. The method of synthesizing the same has simplified steps, easily purified product, high yield, and luminous and thermal properties of the product can be adjusted by connecting to differentiated functional groups. The OLED device using the same has a light emitting layer of high fluorescence efficiency and long-term stability, so that luminous efficiency and service life of the OLED device can meet practical demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shidang Xu, Zhenguo Chi, Yi Zhang, Jiarui Xu, Yifan Wang, Qinghua Zou
  • Patent number: 9590191
    Abstract: Discussed is an organic electroluminescent device including a first charge carrying layer being disposed adjacent to a first electrode; and a second charge carrying layer disposed adjacent to a second electrode, wherein the first charge carrying layer includes an emitting part, a hole injection part and a hole transporting part between the hole injection part and the emitting part, wherein at least one of the hole injection part, the hole transporting part and the emitting part includes a host material having an organic compound of Formula: wherein R is substituted or non-substituted C1 to C12 alkyl, and A and B are symmetrically or asymmetrically positioned in 2-position or 7-position of the fluorene core, and wherein each of A and B is independently selected from substituted or non-substituted aromatic group or substituted or non-substituted heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Bum Song, Gee-Sung Chae, Joong-Hwan Yang, Suk-Young Bae, Chun-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 9590192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transistor and a method for manufacturing the same. The transistor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a drain electrode formed on the substrate, a source electrode formed on the substrate and spaced apart from the drain electrode, a channel layer formed on the substrate and including a channel region electrically connecting the drain electrode and the source electrode to each other, a gate electrode formed on the substrate and spaced apart from the channel region, and a liquid crystal layer formed on the substrate to connect the channel layer and the gate electrode to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Youngkyoo Kim, Jooyeok Seo, Hwajeong Kim
  • Patent number: 9590193
    Abstract: The present invention provides flexible polymer diodes in the form of a printable polymer sandwich configuration similar to that found in electroactive polymer transducers. The inventive flexible polymer diodes comprise a dielectric layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes. With appropriate optional additives introduced in the electrode formulation and the proper electrical properties in the electrode, a device may be constructed which allows current to pass through for only one polarity of applied voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Roger N. Hitchcock, Thomas Kridl, Xina Quan, Mikyong Yoo, Fang Yuan
  • Patent number: 9590194
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes having novel ligands. The compounds are useful in organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), particularly as emitting dopants. The incorporation of these novel ligands provides red phosphorescent materials with good external quantum efficiency, good color, and long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Chuanjun Xia, Scott Joseph, David Zenan Li, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael S. Weaver
  • Patent number: 9590195
    Abstract: A compound including a Ligand L of Formula I: as well as, a first device and a formulation containing the same, are disclosed. In the compound including the Ligand L of Formula I: X is selected from the group consisting of S, Se, SiRR? and GeRR?; R1, R2, R, and R? are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; any adjacent substitutions or substituents of R1, R2, R, and R? are optionally linked together to form a ring; the Ligand L is coordinated to a metal M having an atomic number of 40 or greater; and the Ligand L is optionally linked with other ligands to comprise a tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate or hexadentate ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geza Szigethy, Jason Brooks
  • Patent number: 9590196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dinuclear metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from platinum and palladium, where both metal atoms are cyclometalated to the same aromatic group, to OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) which comprise such complexes, to a device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Ute Heinemeyer
  • Patent number: 9590197
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate for an organic electronic device (OED), an OED, and lighting. The substrate capable of forming an OED may have excellent performances including light extraction efficiency and prevent penetration of moisture or a gas from an external environment, and thus an OED having excellent performance and durability may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Choon Park, Jung Ho Jo, Sang Woo Kim, Mi Ra Im
  • Patent number: 9590198
    Abstract: Provided are an integrated conductive substrate simultaneously serving as a substrate and an electrode, and an electronic device using the same. The integrated conductive substrate includes a conductive layer containing iron, which has a first surface having a first root mean square roughness, and a semiconductor layer containing a semiconductor material, which has a second surface having a second root mean square roughness and is formed on the first surface. Here, the semiconductor layer includes a semiconductor-type planarization layer formed by a solution process using at least one of the semiconductor material and a precursor of the semiconductor material to planarize the first surface of the conductive layer, and the second root mean square roughness is smaller than the first root mean square roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY—INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: TaeWoo Lee, YoungHoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9590199
    Abstract: To provide a novel organic compound suitable for an organic light emitting device. This invention provides an organic compound having the skeleton represented by Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Kamatani, Shigemoto Abe, Masashi Hashimoto, Naoki Yamada, Akihito Saitoh
  • Patent number: 9590200
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an organic light emitting display apparatus using the same. In the organic light emitting device, an electron transporting layer is not provided between an emission layer and an electron injecting layer. Instead, the emission layer includes a first emission layer on a hole transporting layer, and a second emission layer on the first emission layer. The second emission layer includes a same material as a material of the first emission layer and further includes an n-type dopant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hak Min Lee, Hee Jin Kim, Sung Soo Park
  • Patent number: 9590201
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display has uniform light emission efficiency over the entire pixel area. The organic light emitting diode display comprises: a substrate having a red pixel area, a green pixel area, and a blue pixel area arrayed in a matrix; an anode electrode in the red, green, and blue pixel areas; a hole injection layer including an organic material with an extinction coefficient less than about 0.13 and on the anode electrode covering a whole surface of the substrate; an emission layer on the hole injection layer; an electron injection layer on a whole surface of the emission layer; and a cathode electrode on a whole surface of the electron injection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeonghaeng Heo, Taesun Yoo, Taeshick Kim, Seung Kim
  • Patent number: 9590202
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate, a first electrode layer including a plurality of first electrodes and an auxiliary electrode on the first substrate, the auxiliary electrode being spaced apart from the first electrodes in a plan view, an organic layer on the first electrode layer, the organic layer overlapping the first electrodes of the first electrode layer, a second electrode layer on the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer overlapping the first electrodes and the auxiliary electrode of the first electrode layer, a second substrate on the second electrode layer, and a connection member penetrating through the second electrode layer and through the organic layer to electrically connect the second electrode layer and the auxiliary electrode, the connection member contacting the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngmo Koo, Woongsik Kim
  • Patent number: 9590203
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device with a plurality of subpixels, each subpixel including an emission region and a non-emission region, the organic light-emitting device including a substrate; an anode on the substrate, the anode including patterns that separately correspond to respective ones of the plurality of subpixels; an organic layer on the anode, the organic layer being common to the plurality of subpixels; and a cathode on the organic layer, the cathode including a plurality of subcathodes that each correspond to at least one of the subpixels and that allow light to pass through in emission regions, wherein adjacent two of the subcathodes overlap with each other in non-emission regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-Gyu Yoon, Dong-Chan Kim, Won-Jong Kim, Eung-Do Kim, Dong-Kyu Seo, Young-Woo Song, Da-Hea Im, Bo-Ra Jung
  • Patent number: 9590204
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-reflecting layer, a first electrode disposed on or above the light-reflecting layer, a semi-transparent reflective second electrode, a light-emitting function layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electron-injection layer disposed between the light-emitting function layer and the second electrode. The second electrode is made of an Ag alloy having an Ag content of from 50% by atoms to 98% by atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kobayashi, Koya Shiratori, Atsushi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 9590205
    Abstract: An organic EL display device of active matrix type wherein insulated-gate field effect transistors formed on a single-crystal semiconductor substrate are overlaid with an organic EL layer; characterized in that the single-crystal semiconductor substrate (413 in FIG. 4) is held in a vacant space (414) which is defined by a bed plate (401) and a cover plate (405) formed of an insulating material, and a packing material (404) for bonding the bed and cover plates; and that the vacant space (414) is filled with an inert gas and a drying agent, whereby the organic EL layer is prevented from oxidizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yasuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 9590206
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OLED package device and a package method of an OLED panel. The package device comprises: a base body (10), a lower stage (30) installed on the base body (10) and a heating device (50) installed between the base body (10) and the lower stage (30), and the lower stage (30) is employed to load a package plate, and the heating device (50) can heat the lower stage (30), and the lower stage (30) passes heat to the package plate for heating up the package plate. Using the device, it is capable of solving issue of existing bubbles in underfill which is under filled as implementing Dam & Fill package, and accordingly to improve the package result, to raise the performance of the OLED elements, and to extend the lifetime of the OLED elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Lindou Chen, Kai Shi
  • Patent number: 9590207
    Abstract: A deposition apparatus is configured to form a deposition layer on a substrate. The deposition apparatus includes a deposition source configured to face a first side of the substrate and to spray one or more depositing materials toward the substrate, a cooling stage configured to support a second side of the substrate that is opposite from the first side of the substrate, and a hardening unit configured to harden the one or more depositing materials sprayed from the deposition source and that have reached the substrate. A method of forming a thin film deposition layer on a substrate by using a deposition apparatus is also provided. The method includes spraying one or more depositing materials toward the substrate by using a deposition source of the deposition apparatus while the substrate is on a cooling stage of the deposition apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-Soo Huh, Sun-Ho Kim, Hyun-Woo Joo, Jae-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9590208
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains at least a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound (host material) having an electron-transport property, and a second organic compound (assist material) having a hole-transport property. The light-emitting layer has a stacked-layer structure including a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer, and the first light-emitting layer contains a higher proportion of the second organic compound than the second light-emitting layer. In the light-emitting layer (the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer), a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Seo, Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo, Takahiro Ushikubo, Toshiki Sasaki, Shogo Uesaka
  • Patent number: 9590209
    Abstract: A mirror device has a plurality of organic EL elements and a plurality of metal mirror surface portions that are divided by banks made of a light-transmissive dielectric material and aligned on a substrate. Each of the organic EL elements has an organic layer that is formed between a light-transmissive electrode and a reflection electrode and contains a light-emitting layer. Each of the metal mirror surface portions and each of the organic EL elements or each group of the metal mirror surface portions and each group of the organic EL elements are alternately disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Yoshida, Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9590210
    Abstract: A method of evaluating an image blur of an optical film includes displaying a test pattern by driving an organic light-emitting display apparatus including the optical film, obtaining an image by capturing the test pattern using a digital camera, obtaining a spatial luminance distribution from the image, transforming the spatial luminance distribution into a sensation curve, and estimating a blur width from the sensation curve, where the blur width is a distance between peaks having negative minimum values, from among a plurality of peaks of the sensation curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, CORNING PRECISION MATERIALS CO., LTD., CHEIL INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Hyunmin Kim, Youmin Shin, Hongshik Shim, Young Oh, Chulho Jeong, Eunyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 9590212
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a first organic layer that is arranged between lower electrodes and an upper electrode, and formed of a plurality of layers including a light emitting layer, a laminated auxiliary line that has a first auxiliary line and a second auxiliary line, and laminated on each other in order, and extend in one direction between two of pixels adjoining each other, and a second organic layer that is formed of a plurality of the same layers as the first organic layer, and arranged in contact with the first auxiliary line in a connection hole opened in the second auxiliary line so as to come out of contact with the first organic layer, in which the upper electrode is arranged in contact with the first auxiliary line around the second organic layer so as to embed the connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Matsumoto, Hirotsugu Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9590213
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a donor substrate and a donor substrate set used to manufacture the organic light-emitting display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Yeon Kim, Ha Jin Song, Sang-Woo Lee, Hye Yeon Shim, Heun Seung Lee, Kyul Han, Ji Hwan Yoon
  • Patent number: 9590214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery structure. The secondary battery structure includes: a can; an electrode assembly accommodated in the can, the electrode assembly including a cathode tab and an anode tab; a cap plate sealing an opened upper end of the can; and an upper insulator disposed between the can and the cap plate, the upper insulator having a cathode tab hole for the cathode tab, an anode tab hole for the anode tab, and an injection/impregnation hole for injecting and impregnating, wherein each of the cathode tab hole, the anode tab hole, and the injection/impregnation hole extends in a length or width direction of the upper insulator and is symmetrical with respect to at least one of a line (a) that equally divides the upper insulator in a width direction and a line (b) that equally divides the upper insulator in a length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Woo, Hang Seob Yoon, Tae Won Kang, Jeoung Soo Kim, Sin Young Park, Sang Bong Nam, Hyang Mok Lee
  • Patent number: 9590215
    Abstract: Disclosed are a power control module and a battery pack having the same. The battery pack includes a housing, a battery cell received in the housing and including a power terminal, a power control module provided at one side thereof with a first connection terminal, provided at an opposite side thereof with a battery connection terminal connected with the power terminal, and having a structure in which chip parts are packaged, and a cell cover coupled with an upper portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dae Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 9590216
    Abstract: An example battery assembly enclosure includes a tray and a lid secured to the tray to provide an interior therebetween. A plurality of molded retention features secure a battery assembly received in the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Yi Zhang, Rodolfo Palma, Hyung Min Baek
  • Patent number: 9590217
    Abstract: A vehicle battery mounting structure is provided for mounting a battery on a vehicle. The vehicle battery mounting structure has a sling is used which is mounted to move a battery and which is removed after the battery is moved to a position for assembly onto the vehicle body. In this structure for mounting a battery on a vehicle, the battery includes a gas discharge hose as an attached component which is assembled onto the vehicle body after the battery is mounted. The sling is provided with a hose holding opening for holding the gas discharge hose. The hose holding opening includes a hose opening for removing the gas discharge hose being held, the hose opening being set on the worker side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Saitou
  • Patent number: 9590218
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, a can having an opening at one side thereof through which the electrode assembly is inserted, the electrode assembly being accommodated in the inside of the can, and a cap plate that seals the opening of the can. The can includes a first vent on a first side surface of the can, and a second vent on a second side surface of the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sae-Weon Roh, Sung-Ho Song
  • Patent number: 9590219
    Abstract: An electrode assembly and a secondary battery including the same, the electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, the first electrode plate including a first electrode collector on which a first active material is coated, and a first electrode tab protruding in parallel with a lengthwise direction of the first electrode collector; a second electrode plate, the second electrode plate including a second electrode collector on which a second active material is coated, and a second electrode tab protruding in parallel with a lengthwise direction of the second electrode collector; a first separator between the first and second electrode plates; and a second separator at an outside of the second electrode plate, wherein the first and second electrode tabs protrude in directions opposite to each other perpendicular to a winding axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Su-Hyung Park
  • Patent number: 9590220
    Abstract: A rotation preventing structure of a terminal bus bar of a battery connector includes a battery pack that includes a pack case in which a battery assembly having arranged batteries is accommodated, a battery connector that is mounted to the battery pack, a terminal bus bar that is formed on the battery connector and has a configuration where an external connection bus bar is fastened to a bolt fixed to one end portion of the terminal bus bar and an electrode of the battery at one end of the arranged batteries is fastened to the other end portion of the terminal bus bar, opposing wall parts that are formed on a case of the battery connector and hold the terminal bus bar, and a pair of support projections that is formed on an end plate of the pack case and holds the opposing wall parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihisa Kikuchi, Masaru Imai, Jun Machida, Tomomi Kurita
  • Patent number: 9590221
    Abstract: A battery cell connector includes a plurality of segments. Each segment defines a respective plane and has a respective longitudinal axis. The battery cell connector further includes a plurality of bends coupling the plurality of segments together into a 3-D object, each bend located between a unique pair of adjacent segments of the plurality of segments, where the unique pair of adjacent segments define two distinct respective planes. A first segment of the plurality of segments includes one or more first connecting elements for a battery pole of a first battery cell and a second segment of the plurality of segments includes one or more second connecting elements for a battery pole of a second battery cell. The one or more first connecting elements are electrically coupled with the one or more second connecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhonglin Zhang, Xiumei Xie, Yanfei Zhou
  • Patent number: 9590222
    Abstract: A battery cell connector includes a plurality of segments. The plurality of segments includes: a first terminal segment with first connecting elements for a battery pole of a first battery cell; a second terminal segment with second connecting elements for a battery pole of a second battery cell; and one or more additional segments connecting the first terminal segment to the second terminal segment. Each additional segment defines a plane and has a longitudinal axis. The battery cell connector further includes a plurality of bends coupling the plurality of segments together into a 3-D object. Each bend is located between a unique pair of adjacent segments of the plurality of segments. The pair of adjacent segments defines two distinct respective planes. The first terminal segment is not parallel to the second terminal segment. The first connecting elements are electrically coupled with the second connecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhonglin Zhang, Xiumei Xie, Yanfei Zhou
  • Patent number: 9590223
    Abstract: A battery cell connector includes a plurality of segments of a metal conducting sheet. Each segment defines a plane and having a longitudinal axis. The battery cell connector further includes plurality of bends coupling the segments together into a 3-D object. Each bend is located between a pair of adjacent segments of the plurality of segments and the pair of adjacent segments defines two distinct respective planes. The battery cell connector further includes at least one spring comprising two segments welded together. A first segment of the plurality of segments includes first connecting elements for a battery pole of a first battery cell. A second segment of the plurality of segments includes second connecting elements for a battery pole of a second battery cell. The first connecting elements are electrically coupled with the second connecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhonglin Zhang, Xiumei Xie, Yanfei Zhou
  • Patent number: 9590224
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof. According to the present disclosure, the influence of heat generated at a welding spot between an electrode tab and an electrode lead on the performance of a secondary battery may be minimized. Accordingly, in the design of a large capacity secondary battery, the battery performance may be close to an ideal condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Sub Jung, Seung-Hun Jung, In-Sun Yoo
  • Patent number: 9590225
    Abstract: A secondary battery including: an electrode assembly including an electrode tab; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; and a lead tab forming a coupling portion inside the case together with the electrode tab, the lead tab drawn out to an outside of the case, and the coupling portion includes a first bent portion including a bent end of the electrode tab, and a second bent portion including a bent end of the lead tab coupled to the bent end of the electrode tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hakkyu Kim
  • Patent number: 9590226
    Abstract: A battery is mounted in a hybrid electric automotive vehicle. The battery is held by a restraining bar across top surfaces of a plurality of cells that comprise the battery. A holder is located between the cells and restraining bar to increase a contact area between the restraining bar and the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TEHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Brian T. Utley
  • Patent number: 9590227
    Abstract: A protection apparatus that is disposed adjacent a first side of a bare cell of a battery having at least one electrode. The protection apparatus comprises a first and a second lead plates that are adapted to be connected to the at least one electrode of the bare cell and a pad unit comprising a plurality of conductive pads that are adapted so that external devices are coupled to the battery via the conductive pads of the pad unit. The protection apparatus also comprises a device unit that includes electrical components that provide protection to the bare cell of the battery; wiring that interconnects the first and second lead plates, the pad unit and the device unit; and an insulator that encapsulates at least a portion of the first and second lead plates, the pad unit, the device unit and the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Seung Kim, Seok Koh
  • Patent number: 9590228
    Abstract: A new battery structure as disclosed allows convective flow of electrolyte through three-dimensional structured electrodes. Hierarchical battery structure design enables three-dimensional metal structures with fluid transport capabilities. Some variations provide a lithium-ion battery system with convective electrolyte flow, comprising: a positive electrode comprising a lithium-containing electrode material and a conductive network with hollow liquid-transport conduits; a negative electrode comprising a lithium-containing electrode material in the conductive network; a separator that electronically isolates the positive and negative electrodes; and a liquid electrolyte contained within the hollow liquid-transport conduits of the conductive network. The hollow liquid-transport conduits serve as structural members, and the walls of these conduits serve as current collectors. The conductive networks may include a micro-lattice structure with a cellular material formed of hollow tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: HRL Laboratroies, LLC
    Inventors: John Wang, Tobias A. Schaedler, Christopher S. Roper, Christopher P. Henry, Alan J. Jacobsen, Ping Liu, Geoffrey P. McKnight, William Carter
  • Patent number: 9590229
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading a powdered electrolyte into a chamber made in a tubular casing of a craft operating in an underwater environment, comprising: a valve carried by the tubular casing, configured to be arranged in a normally closed position and designed to be moved, as a result of manual operation, to an open position to allow the introduction of the powdered electrolyte into the chamber from outside the casing; a feeder-actuator assembly configured to be mounted on the tubular casing to couple with the valve in a fluid-tight manner and enable the opening/closing of the valve; and an electrolyte tank configured to couple with the feeder-actuator assembly and feed powdered electrolyte by gravity to the actuator assembly. The actuator assembly delimits an elongated internal cavity configured to allow a flow of powdered electrolyte from the tank to the chamber through the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: WHITEHEAD SISTEMI SUBACQUEI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Lunadei, Marco Marzocchi
  • Patent number: 9590230
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a battery system includes a negative electrode, a separator adjacent to the negative electrode, a positive electrode separated from the negative electrode by the separator, the positive electrode including an electrode inlet and an electrode outlet, an electrolyte including about 5 molar LiOH located within the positive electrode, and a first pump having a first pump inlet in fluid communication with the electrode outlet and a first pump outlet in fluid communication with the electrode inlet and controlled such that the first pump receives the electrolyte from the electrode outlet and discharges the electrolyte to the electrode inlet during both charge and discharge of the battery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Albertus, John F. Christensen, Timm Lohmann, Nalin Chaturvedi, Christina Johnston