Patents Issued in August 14, 2018
  • Patent number: 10050219
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display panel and an organic light-emitting display device are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel includes: a first electrode, a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer and a second electrode that are stacked in turn. The ratio of the hole mobility to the electron mobility of the first light-emitting layer is greater than or equal to 102, and the ratio of the electron mobility to the hole mobility of the second light-emitting layer is greater than or equal to 102.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Shanghai Tianma AM-OLED Co., Ltd., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihong Lei, Jinghua Niu, Yuji Hamada, Lei Lv
  • Patent number: 10050220
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quantum dot light emitting element, a manufacture method thereof and a liquid crystal display device. The quantum dot light emitting element comprises a substrate, an anode, a Hole Injection and Hole Transporting Layer, a quantum dot light emitting layer, an Electron Injection and Electron Transporting layer and a cathode, and the anode is located on the substrate, and the anode and the cathode are located at the same side of the substrate, and are opposite and separately located, and the Hole Injection and Hole Transporting Layer, the quantum dot light emitting layer and the Electron Injection and Electron Transporting layer are sequentially sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, and one surface of the Hole Injection and Hole Transporting Layer is connected with the anode, wherein the Electron Injection and Electron Transporting layer comprises water/alcohol soluble conjugated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chao Xu
  • Patent number: 10050221
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element capable of emitting light with a high luminance even at a low voltage, and having a long lifetime. The light-emitting element includes n EL layers between an anode and a cathode (n is a natural number of two or more), and also includes, between m-th EL layer from the anode and (m+1)-th EL layer (m is a natural number, 1?m?n?1), a first layer including a first donor material in contact with the m-th EL layer, a second layer including an electron-transport material and a second donor material in contact with the first layer, and a third layer including a hole-transport material and an acceptor material in contact with the second layer and the (m+1)-th EL layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Nowatari, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Takahiro Ushikubo, Tetsuo Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 10050223
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device that may include an anode electrode; an organic emitting layer on the anode electrode; a cathode electrode on the organic emitting layer; an auxiliary electrode electrically connected with the cathode electrode; and a contact electrode that is on a same layer as the auxiliary electrode, the contact electrode horizontally spaced apart from the auxiliary electrode, the contact electrode directly connected with both the auxiliary electrode and the cathode electrode to connect together the auxiliary electrode and a portion of the cathode electrode that is on a same layer as the auxiliary electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghyeok Im, JaeSung Lee
  • Patent number: 10050224
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide the following: an optical-device surface-sealing composition that makes it possible to fabricate an optical-device-using display with a low amount of warpage even if there is a large difference between the coefficients of linear expansion of substrates used in said display; a display with a low amount of warpage; and a manufacturing method therefor. The storage modulus of elasticity (G?(80)) of this optical-device surface-sealing composition, measured at 80° C. after said composition is heated from 40° C. to 80° C. at 5° C./min and then held at 80° C. for 30 minutes, is between 1.0×103 and 2.0×106 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yugo Yamamoto, Setsuko Oike, Masatoshi Takagi
  • Patent number: 10050225
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display is disclosed. The organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate, an organic light emitting diode positioned on the substrate, a metal layer positioned on the substrate with the organic light emitting diode interposed therebetween, and a resin layer positioned on the metal layer and configured to reinforce a strength of the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuen-Dong Ha
  • Patent number: 10050226
    Abstract: A display device provided with a display region composed of a plurality of pixels. The display device includes a first substrate including at least one spacer that is formed so as to surround the display region, and an inorganic film that is formed of an inorganic material and covers at least a top and an outer side surface of the at least one spacer, a second substrate that is disposed opposed to the first substrate and a bonding layer that is disposed inside the at least one spacer, bonds the first substrate and the second substrate with each other, and is made of an organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Shiro Sumita
  • Patent number: 10050227
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a display unit on a first surface of the substrate, and a protection film on a second surface, opposite the first surface, of the substrate. The protection film includes a first adhesive layer having a first surface that faces the second surface of the substrate; a protection film base having a first surface that faces a second surface, opposite the first surface, of the first adhesive layer; and a light blocking layer having a first surface that faces a second surface, opposite the first surface of the protection film base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghee Park, Cheolgeun An, Jihoon Oh, Chungseok Lee, Euiyun Jang, Jeongho Hwang
  • Patent number: 10050228
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display device and an encapsulation method thereof. The encapsulation method of the OLED display device comprises: providing a display substrate, the display substrate having a display region and a peripheral region provided outside the display region; forming a dam in the peripheral region of the display substrate; and forming a plurality of thin film encapsulation layers on the display substrate by using a single mask plate, wherein the plurality of thin film encapsulation layers envelop the dam therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Song Zhang
  • Patent number: 10050229
    Abstract: An encapsulated device comprises: an organic optoelectronic component exhibiting at least one sensitive surface protected from oxygen and/or water vapor; and a multilayer encapsulation structure covering the sensitive surface, comprising at least one layer made of organic material interposed between first and second barrier layers made of nonmetallic inorganic material impermeable to oxygen and water vapor; wherein the barrier layers are made of a material chosen from a stoichiometric metal oxide, stoichiometric silicon oxide and a silicon oxynitride and produced by atomic layer deposition, and wherein the multilayer encapsulation structure also comprises at least one active layer containing a nonstoichiometric oxide exhibiting an oxygen deficiency, also interposed between the first and said second barrier layers. A process for encapsulating a component exhibiting a “sensitive” surface protected from oxygen and/or water vapor by producing a multilayer encapsulation structure is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, MICROOLED
    Inventors: Robin Bonnet, Jean-Marc Gilet, Tony Maindron, Jean-Yves Simon
  • Patent number: 10050230
    Abstract: The present invention provides an OLED display and a manufacturing method thereof. The OLED display of the present invention is such that in a thin film encapsulation layer, an inorganic passivation that is located under and adjacent to each organic buffer layer forms a stepped zone at a portion between an outer edge of the organic buffer layer and an outer edge of the inorganic passivation layer and each stepped zone is provided with a DLC layer that covers the stepped zone. In other words, the present invention uses DLC for later side encapsulation and in the thin film encapsulation layer, each organic buffer layer is provided, on an outer side thereof, with a DLC layer to thereby effectively block external moisture and oxygen from attacking the OLED device from a lateral side and also to eliminate an issue of loss for light of a top emission device to travel through DLC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiangjiang Jin, Hsianglun Hsu
  • Patent number: 10050231
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of light emitting areas and a peripheral area adjacent to the light emitting areas. An encapsulation member disposed on the display member. The encapsulation member includes a first inorganic encapsulation layer. A plurality of mixed encapsulation patterns is disposed on the first inorganic encapsulation layer. Each of the mixed encapsulation patterns overlaps a corresponding light emitting area of the plurality of light emitting areas when viewed in a plan view. A second inorganic encapsulation layer is disposed on the first inorganic encapsulation layer. Each of the mixed encapsulation patterns includes a first segment adjacent to the first inorganic encapsulation layer when viewed in a cross section and a second segment disposed on the first segment. The first segment includes an organic material, and the second segment includes a mixture of the organic material and an inorganic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wooyong Sung, Seunghun Kim, Minsang Kim, Seungyong Song
  • Patent number: 10050232
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a pixel electrode, an organic layer, and a counter electrode, wherein the organic layer includes a first organic layer having a hole injecting property, a second organic layer having a hole transporting property, a third organic layer having an electron blocking property, a light emitting layer containing a host material and a dopant material, a fourth organic layer having a hole blocking property, and a fifth organic layer having an electron transporting property, wherein the fifth organic layer includes an alkali metal such as calcium or lithium and the like or an alkaline earth metal, and a total layer thickness of the first organic layer, the second organic layer, and the third organic layer is smaller than a total layer thickness of the fourth organic layer and the fifth organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Koji Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 10050233
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode includes an anodic conductive layer, an organic EL layer, and a cathodic conductive layer formed from Ag or an alloy of Ag, or the like, sequentially laminated on a substrate, such that a two-dimensional lattice structure is provided on a surface of the cathodic conductive layer on an organic EL layer side, an extraction wavelength and a distance between centers of concave portions or convex portions in the two-dimensional lattice structure are within a region surrounded by specific coordinates in a graph illustrating a relationship between the light extraction wavelength and the distance, and the depth of the concave portions or a height of the convex portions is 12 nm to 180 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: OJI Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Shinotsuka, Takayuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10050234
    Abstract: An optical film includes a high refractive index pattern layer including a material having a refractive index greater than about 1, wherein a groove pattern defined by grooves, each of which has a curved groove surface and a depth greater than a width, is defined on a first surface of the high refractive index pattern, the grooves are two-dimensionally arranged in a first direction and a second direction, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the grooves has an anisotropic shape, in which a length in a first axial direction and a length in a second axial direction, which is perpendicular to the first axial direction, are different from each other, and a low refractive index pattern layer including a material having a refractive less than the refractive index of the high refractive index pattern layer and further including fillers corresponding to the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    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: 10050235
    Abstract: An optical film includes: a high refractive index pattern layer including a material having a refractive index greater than about 1, where a plurality of grooves, each having a curved groove surface and a depth greater than a width thereof, is defined on a first surface of the high refractive index pattern layer, the plurality of grooves defines a pattern, the plurality of grooves are two-dimensionally arranged in a first direction and a second direction, and a first distance between adjacent grooves in the first direction and a second distance between adjacent grooves in the second direction are different from each other; and a low refractive index pattern layer including a material having a refractive index less than the refractive index of the high refractive index pattern layer and further including a plurality of fillers which fills the plurality of grooves, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, CORNING PRECISION MATERIALS CO., LTD., CHEIL INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Youmin Shin, Hyunmin Kim, Hongshik Shim, Young Oh, Chulho Jeong, Eunyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 10050236
    Abstract: This presently disclosed technology relates to Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), more particularly it relates to OLED display extraction and nanocomposite formulations that can be used for the light extraction structure. The OLEDs comprise, in order, an encapsulation layer or a substrate layer, an array of lenses, and an array of light emitting pixels at least partially covered by said array of lenses, wherein at least one of the lenses covers at least one of the pixel, and said lenses comprises a material with higher refractive index than the encapsulation layer or substrate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Zhiyun Chen, Gregory D. Cooper
  • Patent number: 10050237
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent element containing: a plurality of light emitting units interposed between a pair of an anode and a cathode; and a charge generating unit formed between the light emitting units, wherein a light emitting layer of a light emitting unit located in an N-th order from the anode and a light emitting layer of a light emitting unit located in an (N+1)-th order from the anode each contain an emission dopant to emit light of the same emission color; and a largest maximum emission wavelength in a photoluminescent spectrum of the emission dopant in the light emitting layer of the N-th light emitting unit is shorter than a largest maximum emission wavelength in a photoluminescent spectrum of the emission dopant in the light emitting layer of the (N+1)-th light emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10050238
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device can include a first electrode on a substrate; a first emission part on the first electrode, the first emission part including a first emission layer; a second emission part on the first emission part, the second emission part including a second emission layer; a third emission part on the second emission part, the third emission part including a third emission layer; and a second electrode on the third emission part, in which a first thickness between the substrate and the first emission layer, a second thickness between the first emission layer and the second emission layer, a third thickness between the second emission layer and the third emission layer, and a fourth thickness between the third emission layer and the second electrode are different from each other, and the first, second emission, and third emission parts include at least one organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gwijeong Cho, ChangWook Han, Taeil Kum, Taeshick Kim, Heedong Choi, JiYoung Kim, Mingyu Lee, Taeseok Lim
  • Patent number: 10050239
    Abstract: In a lead-acid storage battery including a container housing elements formed by alternately layering positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates with deformable separators interposed therebetween, the container includes a narrow portion having a small inside dimension in a width direction intersecting a layered direction of the elements, widths of the respective plates are smaller than the inside dimension in the width direction of the narrow portion of the container, and widths of the separators are greater than or equal to the inside dimension of the narrow portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventor: Shin Osaki
  • Patent number: 10050240
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes: an electrode assembly; and a housing including a first sheet and a second sheet, wherein the first sheet includes a first gas blocking layer, and a first sealing layer, and wherein the second sheet includes a second gas blocking layer and a second sealing layer, wherein the housing defines an accommodation region which accommodates the electrode assembly, which is disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet, and wherein the housing includes a bonded member, wherein the bonded member includes a third gas blocking layer disposed between the first gas blocking layer and the second gas blocking layer, wherein the third gas blocking layer includes a plurality of nanostructures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeongkuk Shon, Jaejun Chang, Junhwan Ku, Minsang Song, Sangmin Ji, Jaeman Choi
  • Patent number: 10050241
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly comprising electrodes having coated and uncoated regions and being located at opposite sides of a separator; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing the case and having terminal holes through which electrode terminals coupled to the uncoated regions extend; a gasket between each electrode terminal and the cap plate; and a first insulating plate between the cap plate and the electrode assembly and fastened to the gaskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Kyoon Park, Yong-Chul Seo, Seung-Ho Kwak
  • Patent number: 10050242
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a battery cell assembly being an assembly of battery cells each having electrodes, a battery connecting block including a case body including terminal fixing portions connected to each other via flexural deformation portions and a cover fixed to the case body and configured to cover the terminal fixing portions, and lock portions provided to the cover and the case body with intervals in a longitudinal direction. A lock portion other than lock portions located at two end positions in the longitudinal direction is configured to be capable of locking the cover with the case body with a changeable relative lock position of the cover and the case body in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Ogasawara, Shinichi Yanagihara, Michio Ota
  • Patent number: 10050243
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack including: a cell holder configured to accommodate unit battery cells; a lower case configured to accommodate the cell holder; an upper case attached to an opening of the lower case and covering the cell holder and the unit battery cells; a tab having an end portion drawn out of a through-hole of the upper case to be on an outer surface of the upper case while coupling the unit battery cells; and a terminal electrically coupled to the end portion of the tab while overlapping therewith and attached to the upper case while covering the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, Kum-Yul Hwang
  • Patent number: 10050244
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery module comprising a plurality of mono-batteries arranged side by side; two end plates positioned at two opposite ends respectively; two side plates positioned at a front side and a rear side respectively and securely connected to the two end plates; a bottom plate positioned under the plurality of mono-batteries and securely connected to the two end plates and the two side plates; a plurality of insulating spacers provided on each side plate, each insulating spacer extends in an up-down direction, and the two adjacent insulating spacers on each side plate receive one side of one corresponding mono-battery in a front-rear direction; a plurality of insulating bonding materials, each insulating bonding material is provided between the two adjacent insulating spacers on each side plate, so as to bond one side surface of one corresponding mono-battery in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Qinhong Lin, Yanhuo Xiang, Min Chen, Derong Wang
  • Patent number: 10050245
    Abstract: A module for an electrochemical battery including plural accumulators electrically connected together by connection elements, a mechanism for electrical connection of the module with an exterior and a continuous envelope made from a dielectric polymer material that covers exterior surfaces of the accumulators, and connection elements that do not cover the mechanism for electrical connection of the module with the exterior. The continuous envelope is made by soaking to ensure coating of the accumulators and of the one or more connecting elements. The plural accumulators are distributed into plural layers, arranged in relation to each other so that one or more passages are made between the accumulators, wherein the continuous envelope covers a surface of the accumulator or accumulators delimitating the passages between the accumulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Daniel Chatroux, Sebastien Carcouet, Jean-Noel Carminati, Frederic Gaillard
  • Patent number: 10050246
    Abstract: A binder for a rechargeable battery includes an IPN-type acrylic-based resin including a hard segment having a glass transition temperature ranging from greater than or equal to about 50° C. and less than equal to about 200° C. and a soft segment having a glass transition temperature in a range of greater than or equal to about ?100° C. and less than or equal to about 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsug SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Iwao Fukuchi
  • Patent number: 10050247
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coating composition having excellent thermal resistance and drying processability, utilizing polyamic acid having high thermal resistance and excellent solubility in a low boiling point solvent. Specifically, the coating composition includes polyamic acid and a low boiling point solvent having a boiling point less than 150° C. Also, disclosed herein a separator having improved thermal resistance by coating the coating composition on one or both surfaces of a polyolefin-based substrate film, and an electrochemical battery having improved thermal stability by using the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Sik Jeon, Jin Kyu Park, Jun Ho Chung, Ki Chul Hong, Geon Ja Lim
  • Patent number: 10050248
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery that exhibits excellent retention of an electrolyte solution in an electrode body and excellent high rate charging and discharging characteristics. A secondary battery provided by the present invention includes an electrode body, which has a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator that electrically isolates the positive electrode from the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. In addition, the secondary battery has a non-woven fabric layer between the separator and the positive electrode and/or between the separator and the negative electrode. At least some of the fibers that constitute the non-woven fabric layer have one non-through hole in each of the fibers, with the non-through hole having an opening in one end of the fiber in a length direction thereof and extending in the length direction of the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Umeyama, Harunari Shimamura, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Yusuke Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 10050249
    Abstract: An insulating protector of a wiring module is provided with: a first unit that includes a first holding portion that holds one end side, in a connection direction, of the connection members; and a second unit that includes a second holding portion that holds the other end side, in the connection direction, of the connection members. The second holding portion is contiguous with the first holding portion. The first and second holding portions include separating walls that face side edges of the connection members, and coupling portions that couple the first and the second holding portions to each other. The separating walls include enlarged gap portions that are formed so that gaps between the enlarged gap portions and the side edges of the connection members are larger on the side where the coupling portions are located than on the side where ends of the connection members are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakayama, Tetsuya Fujita, Koichiro Mochizuki, Seishi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10050250
    Abstract: Provided are an anode for a secondary battery including an anode collector, an anode active material coated on the anode collector, and a non-coating portion (anode tab) which protrudes from one side of the anode collector and is not coated with an anode active material, wherein the anode includes a metal member which is bonded to the non-coating portion and has higher reactivity or reducibility with respect to a metal oxide than the anode collector, and a secondary battery including the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Park, Ho Jin Jeon, Bo Hyun Kim, Dae Sik Choi, Jung Ho Park, Jae Sik Yoon, Yong Pal Park, Seung Don Choi, Hye Jin Kang
  • Patent number: 10050251
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery pack including a battery cell having an electrode assembly mounted in a battery case together with an electrolyte, a protection circuit module (PCM) having a protection circuit for controlling overcharge, overdischarge, and overcurrent of the battery cell, an insulative mounting member mounted to a top cap of the battery cell, and an insulative cap coupled to the upper end of the battery cell, wherein the top cap is provided with at least one protrusion-type electrode terminal, and the top cap is provided at a partial region where the protrusion-type electrode terminal is not formed with a space (depression space) depressed downward by a predetermined depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Youngsun Park, Jeongsuk Lee, Keunpyo Ahn, Chunyeon Kim, Joung Ho Ha, Masayuki Wakebe
  • Patent number: 10050252
    Abstract: A fault tolerant battery system includes an electrical storage cell having a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The electrical storage cell is provided with a normally open bypass circuit path that is closed in the event of an overdischarged, or open-circuit failure of, the electrical storage cell. The bypass circuit path includes a first electrical conductor connected to the negative terminal of the electrical storage cell, a second electrical conductor connected to the positive terminal of the electrical storage cell, and a shorting gap between the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Craig H. Becker-Irvin, Allen R. Powers
  • Patent number: 10050253
    Abstract: A rechargeable secondary battery includes: a case; an electrode assembly in the case; and a cap plate coupled to the case and protecting the electrode assembly, wherein the cap plate comprises a fuse part electrically connected to the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Minhyung Guen
  • Patent number: 10050254
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to lead-acid batteries and the manufacture of lead-acid batteries containing acid pump devices to promote the circulation of electrolyte within the battery and/or battery cells to reduce acid stratification and improve battery performance. In various embodiments, battery cell components are assembled within an acid pump assembly that encloses the battery cell components on at least the bottom and ends. In various embodiments, at least a portion of the acid pumps may be integrally molded with or secured to various parts of the battery housing including the cover, side walls, and cell walls. In various embodiments; space for the acid pumps is created by varying the shape of the battery housing (e.g., the side walls or cell walls) and/or by modifying the shape, size, and or position of one or more of the battery electrodes or separators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Zoe H. Jin, Michael S. Baxa, William J. Wruck, Kenneth A. Adams, Lisa M. Franklin, Glenn W. Andersen, Edward N. Mrotek
  • Patent number: 10050255
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery and a method of manufacturing the same, the battery including an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a case accommodating the electrode assembly, wherein each of the first and second electrodes includes a coated region having an active material layer on a current collector and an uncoated region free of the active material layer, and in at least one electrode of the first and second electrodes, the current collector is characterized by an x-ray diffraction pattern in which a ratio of an intensity of a largest peak: an intensity of a second largest peak of the current collector in the uncoated region is greater than a ratio of an intensity of a largest peak: an intensity of a second largest peak of the current collector in the coated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventor: Dong-Ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 10050256
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a positive electrode includes: preparing a current collector foil having a first main surface and a second main surface; obtaining a granulated body in which a solvent remains by mixing a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, a binder, and the solvent with each other to obtain a mixture and granulating the mixture; obtaining a first positive electrode mixture layer by pressing the granulated body into a sheet shape; arranging the first positive electrode mixture layer on the first main surface; and heating the current collector foil in a state where the first positive electrode mixture layer is arranged on the first main surface, such that a temperature of the current collector foil becomes a softening point of the current collector foil or higher and that a temperature of the first positive electrode mixture layer is lower than a melting point of the binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Umeyama, Naoyuki Wada, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Naoto Onodera
  • Patent number: 10050257
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy foil for an electrode current collectors has a high post-drying strength after application of an active material while keeping a high electrical conductivity. The aluminum alloy foil includes 0.1 to 1.0 mass % of Fe, 0.01 to 0.5% of Si, and 0.01 to 0.2 mass % of Cu, and the rest includes Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy foil after final cold rolling has a tensile strength of 220 MPa or higher, a 0.2% yield strength of 180 MPa or higher, and an electrical conductivity of 58% IACS or higher. The aluminum alloy foil has a tensile strength of 190 MPa or higher and a 0.2% yield strength of 160 MPa or higher after the aluminum alloy foil is heat treated at any of 120° C. for 24 hours, 140° C. for 3 hours, and 160° C. for 15 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, UACJ FOIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Seki, Satoshi Suzuki, Tomohiko Furutani, Kenji Yamamoto, Koichi Ashizawa
  • Patent number: 10050258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oxide active material surface-treated with a lithium compound, a method for preparing the same, and an all-solid lithium secondary battery capable of effectively suppressing an interface reaction in a solid electrolyte by adopting the same. In the all-solid lithium secondary battery comprising an electrode containing a positive electrode active material and a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, the positive electrode active material according to the present invention can significantly improve battery characteristics since a coating layer formed of a lithium compound is formed while surrounding a particle surface to act as a functional coating layer which suppresses the interface reaction of the sulfide-based solid electrolyte and the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Dong Wook Shin, Junghoon Kim, Woosup Kim, Sun Ho Choi, Youngmin Lee
  • Patent number: 10050259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a production method for a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and to a lithium secondary battery, and provides a production method for a lithium secondary battery negative electrode active material that is produced by mechanically grinding or crushing, in dry or wet conditions, particulate silicon, which is in a secondary particle state formed by agglomerating crystalline and amorphous silicon primary particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyueun Shim, Jumyeung Lee, Donggyu Chang, Wooyoung Yang
  • Patent number: 10050260
    Abstract: An anode composition includes an electrochemically active material comprising silicon; and a cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark N. Obrovac, Xiuyun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10050261
    Abstract: Provided are a cathode material for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery containing the same. The cathode material for a lithium secondary battery comprises: a cathode active material, which is a lithium-transition metal oxide, and a lithium phosphate layer coated on a surface of the cathode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION GROUP OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seungtaek Myung, Changheum Jo
  • Patent number: 10050262
    Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, capable of improving the energy density and the cycle characteristics of the battery without lowering the initial charge/discharge efficiency of the battery. This negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material including a silicon oxide represented by SiOx and carbon material. A proportion of a mass of the silicon oxide relative to a total mass of the silicon oxide and the carbon material: y satisfies 0.03?y?0.3. A difference between a theoretical capacity density of the negative electrode active material and a charge capacity density of the negative electrode active material when a cutoff voltage is 5 mV relative to lithium metal: ?C (mAhg?1) satisfies L=?C/100 and 6y?L?12y+0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Suehiro, Taisuke Yamamoto, Tatsuki Hiraoka, Katsumi Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 10050263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified lithium ion battery anode material having high energy density, and a manufacturing process thereof, the anode material comprising, from inside to outside, a core, a transition layer and a shell layer. The anode material of the present invention has the advantages of high energy density, low surface activity, good storage performance, and a simple manufacturing process, and is suitable for large scale application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yujing Bi, Chenyun Wang, Jingjing Zhou, Huan Lin, Deyu Wang
  • Patent number: 10050264
    Abstract: A composite negative active material, and a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery that include the composite negative active material, and a method of preparing the composite negative active material are disclosed. The composite negative active material includes: a core including a silicon material and a coating layer disposed on the core, wherein the coating layer includes a water-insoluble polymer composite in which at least one anionic component is chemically bonded to a water-soluble polymer, thereby improving lifespan characteristics of the composite negative active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guesung Kim, Jinsoo Mun, Heechul Jung
  • Patent number: 10050265
    Abstract: A positive electrode for an alkali metal-sulfur battery, the positive electrode including: a porous conductive material layer including a plurality of nanocarbon structures of a conductive material, wherein the conductive material defines a plurality of pores between the plurality of nanocarbon structures of the conductive material; sulfur, which is contained in the plurality of pores of the porous conductive material layer; and a polymer film disposed directly on at least a portion of the porous conductive material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Omoda, Takanobu Yamada, Haruhisa Nakano, Hirohiko Murakami, Naoki Tsukahara, Tatsuhiro Nozue, Yoshiaki Fukuda, Yuichi Aihara
  • Patent number: 10050266
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an active material. The active material includes particles of a Na-containing niobium titanium composite oxide having an orthorhombic crystal structure. An intensity ratio I1/I2 is within a range of 0.12?I1/I2?0.25 in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the active material, according to X-ray diffraction measurement using a Cu-K? ray. I1 is a peak intensity of a peak P1 that is present within a range where 2? is 27° to 28° in the X-ray diffraction pattern of the active material. I2 is a peak intensity of a peak P2 that is present within a range where 2? is 23° to 24° in the X-ray diffraction pattern of the active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keigo Hoshina, Wen Zhang, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 10050267
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a positive-electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries that is capable of achieving both a high capacity and a high output. This positive-electrode active material contains a lithium-nickel composite oxide represented by the general formula: LibNi1-x-yCoxMyO2 wherein M represents at least one element selected from Al, Ti, Mn and W, b is 0.95?b?1.03, x is 0<x?0.15, y is 0<y?0.07, and x and y is x+y?0.16, wherein c-axis length of the lithium-nickel composite oxide is 14.185 angstrom or greater as determined by a Rietveld analysis of X-ray diffraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Nakayama, Masanori Takagi, Kensaku Mori
  • Patent number: 10050268
    Abstract: A composite positive active material includes a composite, the composite including: a first metal oxide having a layered crystal structure; and a second metal oxide having a rocksalt crystal structure, wherein the composite includes at least one doping element selected from Group 1 and Group 2 of the Periodic Table wherein the doping element is not Li.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byungjin Choi, Andrei Kapylou, Donghan Kim, Jinhwan Park, Jayhyok Song, Sungjin Ahn, Donghee Yeon, Byongyong Yu
  • Patent number: 10050269
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the manufacturing of a lead-acid battery that includes a composite that includes lead oxide and a nanomaterial. A method of preparing the composite is disclosed. In one embodiment, an in-situ sol-gel reaction of a solution occurs in the presence of lead oxide to produce a composite that includes the lead oxide and a nanomaterial (e.g., a nano-oxide). The solution may include a precursor that includes metal alkoxide or silicate. The composite may include the lead oxide and the nanomaterial dispersed or distributed among particles of the lead oxide. A lead-acid battery may be manufactured using the composite. Various properties of a lead-acid battery may be improved by using the composite as part of the active material including a longer life expectancy, increased specific energy and increased power-to-weight ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventors: Dun Chi, Yimin Chen