Patents Issued in March 28, 2017
  • Patent number: 9608236
    Abstract: A display panel includes a lighting device, a color conversion layer, and a reflective sheet. The lighting device at least includes a first lighting part emitting a first light of a first color having a wavelength within the first wavelength range and a second lighting part emitting a second light of the first color having a wavelength within a second wavelength range. The color conversion layer includes a number of bases corresponding to the first lighting part and the second lighting part. The reflective sheet reflects a light having a wavelength within a first wavelength range and lets a light having a wavelength out of the first wavelength range to pass through. The bases corresponding to the first lighting part are doped with a number of quantum dot particles to convert the first light to a third light of a second color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Chiao Huang, Chia-Yi Tsai, Chien-Ming Huang, Kuan-Wei Chou, Shih-Pin Tseng
  • Patent number: 9608237
    Abstract: A frame assembly for a donor film includes a main frame, an extension frame, and a clamping unit. The main frame extends in a first direction. The extension frame includes a cavity region configured to receive at least a portion of the main frame, the extension frame being coupled to at least one side of the main frame and moveable in the first direction relative to the main frame. The clamping unit is configured to detachably couple the donor film to the frame assembly, the extension frame being disposed between the at least one side of the main frame and the clamping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Sul Kim
  • Patent number: 9608238
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display panel including: a flexible substrate; a buffer layer disposed on the flexible substrate; a pixel disposed on the buffer layer and comprising a thin film transistor and an image device connected to the thin film transistor; a barrier layer disposed on the flexible substrate to protect the pixel from a substance from the flexible substrate; and a diffusion prevention layer disposed between the barrier layer and the buffer layer and configured to prevent hydrogen generated from the barrier layer from being diffused into the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jintaek Kim, Jong Yun Kim, Cheolho Yu
  • Patent number: 9608239
    Abstract: A battery includes an external terminal member and an insulating member on an outer surface of a lid member so that an interval between the insulating member and the lid member is smaller in a long side of the lid member than in a short side. A weld mark is formed over the entire circumference of the lid member to extend across the outer surface of the lid member and an open end face of the case body. The weld mark not only extends across the outer surface of the lid member and the open end face of the case body but also reaches an outer side surface of the case body in a zone of the long side of the lid member facing the insulating member, but does not reach the outer side surface of the case body in a zone except the former zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakayama, Satoshi Suzuki, Takashi Harayama, Youichi Naruse, Kaoru Kajita, Toshiya Okada, Takamasa Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 9608240
    Abstract: A battery includes a case accommodating an electrode assembly, the case including an opening at one end and including at least one sidewall, the sidewall having a coupling portion adjacent to the opening, a cap plate that closes the opening, the cap plate having an upper surface, the coupling portion of the sidewall connecting the cap plate to the case, the coupling portion including a top surface of the sidewall, the cap plate overlying a first portion of the top surface of the sidewall, such that the upper surface of the cap plate is entirely above top surface of the sidewall, and a welding bead contacting the cap plate and a second portion of the top surface of the sidewall, the second portion of the top surface being between the first portion and an outer surface of the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tai-Sun You, Yong-Sam Kim, Jang-Hyun Song
  • Patent number: 9608241
    Abstract: A battery cell has an electrode plate pack arranged in a casing and provided with a terminal of lead material that extends through a cover opening of the casing cover of the casing. A plastic material cap is placed onto the terminal. The cap has an inner side provided with a circumferentially extending shoulder and an exterior side provided with a circumferentially extending support web. A sealing element is arranged at the inner side of the cap between cap and terminal and is positionally fixed by the circumferentially extending shoulder. The casing cover rests on the circumferentially extending support web. Cap and casing cover are welded to each other. A threaded sleeve of nonferrous metal is embedded in the lead material of the terminal and is aligned with an insertion opening of the cap. The threaded sleeve receives a connecting screw to be passed through the insertion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hoppecke Batterien GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Heinrich Kesper
  • Patent number: 9608242
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a battery pack for use with a portable electronic device. The battery pack includes a first set of cells with different capacities electrically coupled in a parallel configuration. Cells within the first set of cells may also have different thicknesses and/or dimensions. The first set of cells is arranged within the battery pack to facilitate efficient use of space within a portable electronic device. For example, the first set of cells may be arranged to accommodate components in the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh C. Bhardwaj, Taisup Hwang, Richard M. Mank
  • Patent number: 9608243
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic device includes a detachable battery pack from a casing; and a battery pack loading section in which the battery pack is loaded. The battery pack loading section includes a battery receiving surface that receives a battery and a peripheral wall that is formed at the peripheral edge of the battery receiving surface and faces the side surface of the battery. A connector to be connected to a battery terminal of the battery pack is disposed on the peripheral wall. A raised portion that is raised toward the battery pack is formed on the battery receiving surface and on the peripheral wall in the battery pack loading section. The battery pack has an elastic sealing member surrounding the battery terminal at a portion in contact with the raised portion in a manner disposed in the battery pack loading section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Iwamoto, Tadashi Matsunobe, Masaru Furujiku, Jun Satoh
  • Patent number: 9608244
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including (a) a battery cell stack including two or more battery cells or unit modules electrically connected to each other in a state in which the battery cells or unit modules are vertically stacked, (b) a first housing to cover the entirety of the end of one side of the battery cell stack and portions of the top and bottom of the battery cell stack and (c) a second housing to cover the entirety of the end of the other side of the battery cell stack and the remainder of the top and bottom of the battery cell stack, wherein the first housing and the second housing are provided with coupling holes formed to couple the first housing and the second housing to each other, the coupling holes being horizontal coupling holes, through which coupling members can be inserted in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Shik Shin, Jong Moon Yoon, JaeHun Yang, Jin Kyu Lee, BumHyun Lee, DalMo Kang
  • Patent number: 9608245
    Abstract: A battery module includes a housing configured to receive a plurality of electrochemical cells, a skeletal frame coupled with the housing, and a framework disposed proximate to the skeletal frame. Moreover, the framework is substantially aligned with the skeletal frame and configured to transfer a force applied to the framework to the skeletal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Richard M. DeKeuster, Robert J. Mack
  • Patent number: 9608246
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition comprising the following resin (a) and filler particles. The use of this composition makes it possible to obtain a separator having excellent heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Junji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9608247
    Abstract: An energy storage device including a spiral electrode group in which a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate having polarity reverse to that of the first electrode plate are spirally wound with a separator interposed therebetween, wherein the second electrode plate is opposed to an inner circumference and an outer circumference of the first electrode plate, portions of the separator are reinforced, the reinforced portions of the separator include a first reinforced portion formed between a winding-start end of the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate located on a radially outer side of the winding-start end, and a second reinforced portion formed between the winding-start end of the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate located on a radially inner side of the winding-start end, and the first reinforced portion and the second reinforced portion are arranged apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kakeya, Manabu Kanemoto, Mitsuhiro Kodama, Toshiyuki Nukuda
  • Patent number: 9608248
    Abstract: An assembled battery includes a plurality of secondary battery cell series modules each having a plurality of secondary battery cells connected in series, wherein in each secondary battery cell series module, the secondary battery cells are connected in series by a first connection member, the secondary battery cell constituting the secondary battery cell series module and the secondary battery cell constituting the secondary battery cell series module adjacent to the above secondary battery cell series module are connected in parallel by a second connection member, the electrical resistance value of the second connection member is higher than the electrical resistance value of the first connection member, and the melting point of a material constituting the second connection member is lower than the melting point of a material constituting the first connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Hotta, Shinichi Uesaka
  • Patent number: 9608249
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a fixed bus bar and a first movable bus bar and a second movable bus bar. The fixed bus bar is connected to any of terminals. The first movable bus bar and the second movable bus bar are movable in directions toward and away from a lid portion of a battery cell. When the first movable bus bar is in contact with the fixed bus bar and the second movable bus bar is in non-contact with the fixed bus bar, a plurality of battery cells are connected in series. When the second movable bus bar is in contact with the fixed bus bar and the first movable bus bar is in non-contact with the fixed bus bar, a plurality of battery cells are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakayama, Reo Eto
  • Patent number: 9608250
    Abstract: A wire arrangement body includes: a wire arrangement groove portion of a groove shape that receives one or more wires; a lid portion that is rotatably connected to the wire arrangement groove portion about a first hinge and covers the wire arrangement groove portion so as to seal a groove opening of the wire arrangement groove portion; and a wire drawing piece that is rotatably connected to the lid portion about a second hinge. The wire arrangement body is provided so that a rotation axis of the second hinge crosses at a right angle to a rotation axis of the first hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Ogasawara, Keizo Aoki
  • Patent number: 9608251
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries, each rechargeable battery including a first electrode end and a second electrode end protruding outside a case of the rechargeable battery, a first top insulation member at a bottom of the first electrode end, and an identifier on the first top insulation member, a bus bar electrically connecting ends of neighboring rechargeable batteries, a bottom housing including a space, the rechargeable batteries being arranged in the space of the bottom housing, and a top cover attached to the bottom housing, the top cover including a recognizer the fits with the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Min-Hyung Guen
  • Patent number: 9608252
    Abstract: A secondary battery of a secondary battery module includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to the case, and first and second terminals each having a flat shape and each coupled to the cap plate. The first terminal may include a first terminal plate electrically coupled to the first electrode plate and formed of a first material. The second terminal may include a second terminal plate electrically coupled to the second electrode plate and further including a first part formed of a second material different from the first material, and a second part formed integrally with the first part and formed of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Soo Lee, Jang-Hyun Song, Myung-Jae Jang
  • Patent number: 9608253
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery terminal member includes: a terminal portion which is arranged in a resin-made cover for closing a container; and a cylindrical bushing which is connected to the terminal portion through a conducting portion. The bushing is embedded in the cover, and has a plurality of annular projecting portions formed on an outer periphery thereof. Poles extending from an electrode group arranged in the container are inserted into and are welded to the bushing. Surface roughness of a surface of the annular projecting portion which faces a resin forming the cover in an opposed manner is lower than surface roughness of a surface of a portion other than the annular projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventor: Shin Osaki
  • Patent number: 9608254
    Abstract: A battery terminal clamp, comprising a body portion made of a conductive material and having top and bottom planar elements. The battery terminal clamp includes a first pull bar, and also includes a second pull bar positioned below the first pull bar. A threaded element extends through the upper pull bar and the lower pull bar, and facilitates the movement of the upper and lower pull bar towards and away from each other, so as to close and open the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Royal Die & Stamping Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Freitag, Wayne Irvin Rohr
  • Patent number: 9608255
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 m? or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt. % containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Norio Takami, Hiroki Inagaki, Yoshinao Tatebayashi
  • Patent number: 9608256
    Abstract: The described technology has been made in an effort to provide a rechargeable battery having advantages of protecting an electrode assembly and a case from arc debris generated from a cell fuse. A rechargeable battery in accordance with exemplary embodiment includes: an electrode assembly configured to perform charging and discharging operations; a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein; a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case; an electrode terminal installed on the cap plate; a lead tab configured to connect the electrode assembly to the electrode terminal, and including a fuse; and a side retainer supported in an inner surface of the case to be coupled to the lead tab. The side retainer includes an exhaust guide member that is opened toward the cell fuse and a sidewall of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Ho Kwak, Hui-Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 9608257
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode, a case that receives the electrode assembly therein, a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode, a second terminal electrically connected to the second electrode, a cap plate coupled with an opening of the case and electrically connected to the first electrode, the cap plate including a short circuit hole, a short circuit member located in the short circuit hole, the short circuit member being deformable to electrically connect the cap plate to the second terminal, and an upper cover that covers the short circuit hole. The second terminal includes a positioning groove into which a lateral end of the upper cover is insertable, the upper cover being slidably installed with respect to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Hyung Guen
  • Patent number: 9608258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery manufacturing method including: a step of preparing a thickener aqueous solution by dissolving a thickener in an aqueous solvent (S10); a kneading step of introducing an active material into the prepared thickener aqueous solution and kneading a result (S20); a diluting step of adding an aqueous solvent to a kneaded material resulting from the kneading step such that the kneaded material is diluted, whereby an active material layer forming paste is obtained from the kneaded material (S30); and a step of obtaining an electrode in which an active material layer is formed on a current collector by coating the current collector with the active material layer forming paste and then drying the paste (S40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiwamu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9608259
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a cathode for a secondary battery, which includes a combination of one or more selected from compounds represented by Formula 1 and or more selected from compounds represented by Formula 2, as illustrated below, and a secondary battery having the same, xLi2MO3*(1?x)LiM?O2??(1) (1?u)LiFePO4*uC??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyun Chang, Sinyoung Park, Hong-Kyu Park, Jinhyung Lim
  • Patent number: 9608260
    Abstract: Provided is an anode active material including lithium metal oxide particles having an internal porosity ranging from 3% to 8% and an average particle diameter (D50) ranging from 5 ?m to 12 ?m. According to the present invention, since the high-density lithium metal oxide particles are included, the adhesion to an anode may be significantly improved even by using the same or smaller amount of a binder that is required during the preparation of an anode slurry, and high rate characteristics of a secondary battery may be improved by decreasing the average particle diameter of the lithium metal oxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Hun Oh, Je Young Kim, Hyun Woong Yun, Ye Ri Kim
  • Patent number: 9608261
    Abstract: [Object] Provided is a means for improving cycle characteristics by suppressing electrode deterioration resulting from non-uniformity of voltage across an electrode plane in a high-capacity and large-area non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes lithium nickel-based composite oxide as a positive electrode active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Ohara, Yoshiaki Nitta, Satoru Ichikawa, Gentaro Kano, Manabu Nishijima, Osamu Shimamura, Fumihiro Kawamura, Kousuke Hagiyama, Shigeo Ibuka, Manabu Kaseda, Masanori Suenaga, Tamaki Hirai, Masahiro Takaya, Kuniharu Nomoto
  • Patent number: 9608262
    Abstract: A silicon composite comprises silicon particles whose surface is at least partially coated with a silicon carbide layer. It is prepared by subjecting a silicon powder to thermal CVD with an organic hydrocarbon gas and/or vapor at 900-1,400° C., and heating the powder for removing an excess free carbon layer from the surface through oxidative decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Aramata, Satoru Miyawaki, Hirofumi Fukuoka, Kazuma Momii, Kouichi Urano
  • Patent number: 9608263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing anode materials for use in nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. In the present invention, a metal-semiconductor alloy layer is formed on an anode material by contacting a portion of the anode material with a solution containing metals ions and a dissolution component. When the anode material is contacted with the solution, the dissolution component dissolves a part of the semiconductor material in the anode material and deposit the metal on the anode material. After deposition, the anode material and metal are annealed to form a uniform metal-semiconductor alloy layer. The anode material of the present invention can be in a monolithic form or a particle form. When the anode material is in a particle form, the particulate anode material can be further shaped and sintered to agglomerate the particulate anode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ENOVIX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Murali Ramasubramanian, Robert M. Spotnitz
  • Patent number: 9608264
    Abstract: An air cathode battery is provided that uses a zinc slurry anode with carbon additives. The battery is made from an air cathode and a zinc slurry anode. The zinc slurry anode includes zinc particles, an alkaline electrolyte, with a complexing agent and carbon additives in the alkaline electrolyte. A water permeable ion-exchange membrane and electrolyte chamber separate the zinc slurry from the air cathode. The carbon additives may, for example, be graphite, carbon fiber, carbon black, or carbon nanoparticles. The proportion of carbon additives to zinc is in the range of 2.5 to 10% by weight. The proportion of alkaline electrolyte in the zinc slurry is in the range of 50 to 80% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidayat Kisdarjono, Yuhao Lu, Jong-Jan Lee, David Evans, Long Wang
  • Patent number: 9608265
    Abstract: Disclosed are a precursor of a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a preparation method thereof, and a positive active material and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, and specifically a precursor for a rechargeable lithium battery is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein a manganese ion concentration deviation in the precursor is within 3 wt %. NixCoyMn1?x?y?zMz(OH)2??[Chemical Formula 1] (0<x<1, 0?y<1, 0.5?1?x?y?z, 0?z<1, and M is at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ag, Ca, Na, K, In, Ga, Ge, V, Mo, Nb, Si, Ti, and Zr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jun Ho Song, Young Jun Kim, Jae-Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 9608266
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode active material and a method to produce the same at low cost. The cathode powder comprises modified doped LiCoO2 carrying a secondary phase having either one of space groups Fm-3m or Fd-3mS. The modified LiCoO2 is Ni and Mn bearing and has regions of low and high manganese content, where regions with high manganese content are located in islands on the surface. The cathode material has high cycling stability, a very high rate performance and good high temperature storage properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Umicore
    Inventors: Jens Martin Paulsen, Maxime Blangero
  • Patent number: 9608267
    Abstract: Disclosed is a precursor for preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide. More particularly, a transition metal precursor, including a composite transition metal compound represented by Formula 1 below, used to prepare a lithium transition metal oxide: NiaMbMn1?(a+b)(O1?x)2??(1) wherein M is at least one selected form the group consisting of Ti, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, Cr, Zr, Zn and Period II transition metals; and 0.2?a?0.25, 0?b?0.1, and 0<x<0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chun Park, Seong Hoon Kang, Minsuk Kang, Wang Mo Jung, Ho Suk Shin, Sang Min Park, Geungi Min
  • Patent number: 9608268
    Abstract: A battery structure is provided for making alkali ion and alkaline-earth ion batteries. The battery has a hexacyanometallate cathode, a non-metal anode, and non-aqueous electrolyte. A method is provided for forming the hexacyanometallate battery cathode and non-metal battery anode prior to the battery assembly. The cathode includes hexacyanometallate particles overlying a current collector. The hexacyanometallate particles have the chemical formula A?n?AmM1xM2y(CN)6, and have a Prussian Blue hexacyanometallate crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhao Lu, Jong-Jan Lee, Motoaki Nishijima, Seizoh Kakimoto
  • Patent number: 9608269
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrodes that contain active materials of the formula: NaaXbMcM?d(condensed polyanion)e(anion)f; where X is one or more of Na+, Li+ and K+; M is one or more transition metals; M? is one or more non-transition metals; and where a>b; c>0; d?0; e?1 and f?0. Such electrodes are useful in, for example, sodium ion battery applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FARADION LTD.
    Inventor: Jeremy Barker
  • Patent number: 9608270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium iron phosphate nanopowder, including the steps of (a) preparing a mixture solution by adding a lithium precursor, an iron precursor and a phosphorus precursor in a reaction solvent, and (b) putting the mixture solution into a reactor and heating to prepare the lithium iron phosphate nanopowder under pressure conditions of 1 to 10 bar, and a lithium iron phosphate nanopowder prepared by the method. When compared to a common hydrothermal synthesis method, a supercritical hydrothermal synthesis method and a glycothermal synthesis method, a reaction may be performed under a relatively lower pressure. Thus, a high temperature/high pressure reactor is not necessary and process safety and economic feasibility may be secured. In addition, a lithium iron phosphate nanopowder having uniform particle size and effectively controlled particle size distribution may be easily prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: In Kook Jun, Seung Beom Cho, Myoung Hwan Oh
  • Patent number: 9608271
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by the following formula: LiaNixMn2-xFeyBzO4 wherein 1.00?a?1.30, 0.30?x?0.60, 0.003?y?0.200, and 0.003?z?0.200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomooki Kawasaki, Kenichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9608272
    Abstract: Composite electrode material for a rechargeable battery cell includes an electroactive material; and a polymeric binder including pendant carboxyl groups, characterized in that (i) the electroactive material includes one or more components selected from the group including an electroactive metal, an electroactive semi-metal, an electroactive ceramic material, an electroactive metalloid, an electroactive semi-conductor, an electroactive alloy of a metal, an electroactive alloy of a semi metal and an electroactive compound of a metal or a semi-metal, (ii) the polymeric binder has a molecular weight in the range 300,000 to 3,000,000 and (iii) 50 to 90% of the carboxyl groups of the polymeric binder are in the form of a metal ion carboxylate salt. A method of making a composite electrode material, an electrode, cells including electrodes and devices using such cells are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Nexeon Limited
    Inventors: Melanie J. Loveridge, Michael Jonathan Lain, Fazlil Coowar, Mamdouh Elsayed Abdelsalam
  • Patent number: 9608273
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: an aqueous binder having high adhesiveness, that in particular does not exhibit oxidative degradation in an electrode environment, and having little environmental load; and an electrode and a battery that use same. Disclosed is a battery electrode binder containing: (A) a constituent unit derived from a monomer having a hydroxyl group; and (B) a constituent unit derived from a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having no more than 5 functions. An electrode is prepared using this binder and is used in a battery such as a lithium-ion secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: DAISO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuo, Tomoyuki Yano, Yasushi Miki, Katsuhito Miura
  • Patent number: 9608274
    Abstract: Provided is a sodium secondary battery including a graphite felt having a maximum porosity on a surface facing a solid electrolyte and a decreased porosity in a thickness direction, as a cathode current collector impregnated with an electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Shol Kim, Ku Bong Chung, Jeong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9608275
    Abstract: Provided are an electrically conductive layer coated aluminum material having properties which can withstand long term use; and a method for manufacturing the electrically conductive layer coated aluminum material. The electrically conductive layer coated aluminum material includes: an aluminum material (1); a first electrically conductive layer (2); an interposing layer (3); and a second electrically conductive layer (4). The first electrically conductive layer (2) is formed on a surface of the aluminum material (1) and includes an organic substance having electrical conductivity. The interposing layer (3) is formed between the aluminum material (1) and the first electrically conductive layer (2) and includes a carbide of aluminum. The second electrically conductive layer (4) is formed on a surface of the first electrically conductive layer (2) and includes carbon-containing particles (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Inoue, Kunihiko Nakayama, Zenya Ashitaka
  • Patent number: 9608276
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a catalyst for a PtxMy-based PEMFC, M being a transition metal, including the steps of: depositing PtxMy nanostructures on a support; annealing the nanostructures; depositing a PtxMy layer at the surface of the nanostructures thus formed; and chemically leaching metal M. It also aims at the catalyst obtained with this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Alejandro Franco, Rodrigo Ferreira de Morais, David Loffreda, Philippe Sautet
  • Patent number: 9608277
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an alloy catalyst for a fuel cell is disclosed. The method for manufacturing an alloy catalyst for a fuel cell may include predetermined processes and reaction conditions, such that iridium is alloyed to platinum contained in a cathode carbon support catalyst. Accordingly, time for stabilizing charge on the carbon surface may be reduced and a metal particle size may be controlled, thereby manufacturing high quality products having uniform metal particle distribution and improved durability. In addition, corrosion of a cathode carbon support catalyst in a harsh condition such as vehicle driving may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Mi Hye Yi, Jin Seong Choi, Bum Wook Roh
  • Patent number: 9608278
    Abstract: A mixed metal oxide material of tin and titanium is provided for use in a fuel cell. The mixed metal oxide may form the core of a core-shell composite material, used as a catalyst support, in which a catalyst such as platinum forms the shell. The catalyst may be applied as a single monolayer, or up to 20 monolayers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Ilika Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Elliott Hayden, Jonathan Conrad Davies, Laura Jane Offin
  • Patent number: 9608279
    Abstract: Provided is a metal-air battery which has higher discharge capacity than conventional metal-air batteries. The present invention is a metal-air battery, which comprises a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer and an electrolyte layer that is arranged between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, and wherein the positive electrode layer contains a carbon material and is provided with two or more through holes that penetrate the positive electrode layer in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yutaka Hirose
  • Patent number: 9608280
    Abstract: Provided is a battery temperature control device configured to automatically heat a battery with a battery-driven heater so that the battery does not freeze at a minimum electric power consumption when the battery is out of use. The battery temperature control device predicts, based on a combination of a battery temperature and an outside air temperature, a predictive time that the battery temperature is likely to be less than a first set temperature, while the battery temperature is higher than or equal to the first set temperature at which there is no risk of freezing, and sets the predictive time as the next controller startup time, and determines whether or not the battery temperature has fallen to below the first set temperature with a control program wakeup when the predictive time has expired, and battery-drives the heater when the battery temperature fall has occurred, to heat the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Kinoshita, Atsushi Takano, Takashi Iimori, Kazuhiko Okino, Hisashi Niioka, Naoki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9608281
    Abstract: A new conductive interconnected porous film, useful as a material for a gas diffusion layer which is used in a solid polymer type fuel cell, which satisfies the requirements of a good conductivity, good gas permeability, surface smoothness, corrosion resistance, and low impurities and which is strong in bending and excellent in handling to an extent not obtainable by existing sheet materials of carbon fiber, that is, a conductive interconnected porous film wherein a resin base material part of a thermoplastic resin has a porous interconnected cell structure which is formed by removal of removable particulate matter and has cells of sizes of 10 ?m to 50 ?m and wherein the resin base material part is comprised of different particle size particles of first carbon particles of large size carbon particles of a diameter of 5 ?m or more and second carbon particles of micro size carbon particles of a diameter of 10 nm or more mixed together, and a method of production of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUTAMURA KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuzo Imaizumi, Hiroaki Nagata, Naoki Shiba
  • Patent number: 9608282
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a bipolar plate having a flow field formed therein. The flow field is partially defined by at least two adjacent channel portions separated by a wall portion. The wall portion includes a surface at least partially defining a passageway between the channel portions. The passageway may be sized so as to create a pressure difference between the channel portions. The pressure difference may draw at least a portion of a liquid droplet obstructing one of the channel portions toward and into the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Alireza Pezhman Shirvanian, Shinichi Hirano
  • Patent number: 9608283
    Abstract: Provided is a stack structure for fuel cells. The stack structure includes a plurality of fuel cells stacked to generate electricity. The stack structure further includes an interconnector and a frame. The interconnector is divided into a central region supporting and electrically connected with the fuel cells and an edge region outwardly extending from an end of the fuel cell. The frame is disposed to support a side of the fuel cell in the edge region of the interconnector, and has a combined functional layer coated on an entire surface of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MICO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song Ho Choi, Jin Ah Park, Kwang Yeon Park
  • Patent number: 9608284
    Abstract: A “Cascading Startup Controller” provides various techniques for quickly and efficiently initializing grids of interconnected fuel cells. In general, the Cascading Startup Controller dynamically controls heat exchange between fuel cells in the grid to produce a cascading startup of the fuel cell grid via an expanding pattern of excess thermal energy routing from hotter fuel cell stacks to cooler fuel cell stacks. This expanding pattern of excess thermal energy routing is dynamically controlled via automated valves of a heat exchange grid coupled to the fuel cell grid to decrease a total startup time for fuel cell stacks in the grid. Additional excess heat beyond that used to heat fuel cells to operational temperatures is then made available for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, preheating gas or other fuel for use by the fuel cells, local or community-based heating systems, heat-based energy cogeneration systems, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Sean M. James
  • Patent number: 9608285
    Abstract: The preset invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell stack capable of producing electricity, in which unit cell modules are connected in series and in parallel, and to a manufacturing method thereof. The solid oxide fuel cell stack is manufactured by: making a unit cell module comprising at least one unit cell formed on the outer surfaces of a flat tubular support, a first electrical interconnector formed on the front end of the support and at least a portion of the outer surfaces so as to be connected to a first electrode of the unit cell, and a second electrical interconnector formed on the rear end of the support and at least a portion of the outer surfaces so as to be connected to a second electrode of the unit cell; and stacking the unit cell modules such that the electrical interconnectors come into contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Jong Shik Chung, Hyun-Ki Youn, Bu Ho Kwak, Jung Duk Park