Patents Issued in August 13, 2024
  • Patent number: 12062754
    Abstract: A battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The electrolyte layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a mixture layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer includes a first solid electrolyte material. The second layer includes a second solid electrolyte material, the second solid electrolyte material being different from the first solid electrolyte material. The mixture layer includes the first solid electrolyte material and the second solid electrolyte material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oshima, Izuru Sasaki, Hiroki Kamitake, Akira Kawase
  • Patent number: 12062755
    Abstract: A composite solid electrolyte including a first solid electrolyte layer including a halide solid electrolyte, a second solid electrolyte layer including an oxide solid electrolyte, a lithium ion-conductive interlayer between the first solid electrolyte layer and the second solid electrolyte layer, wherein the lithium ion-conductive interlayer includes a composition in which a reaction energy of the lithium ion-conductive interlayer with respect to the first solid electrolyte is ?50 meV/atom or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungkyun Jung, Hyeokjo Gwon, Gabin Yoon, Lincoln Miara, Valentina Lacivita, Jusik Kim
  • Patent number: 12062756
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, a gel polymer electrolyte prepared using the same, and a lithium secondary battery, the composition including: an oligomer represented by Formula 1, an additive, a polymerization initiator, a lithium salt, and a non-aqueous solvent. The additive includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an imide-based compound, a compound having a Si—N-based bond, a nitrile-based compound, a phosphate-based compound, and a borate-based compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Oh, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee, Jung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12062757
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a slurry for coating an electrode structure. In one example, a method may include dispersing, by mixing at one or both of a high shear and a low shear, a solid ionically conductive polymer material in at least a first portion of a solvent to form a suspension, then dispersing, by mixing at the one or both of the high shear and the low shear, one or more additives in the suspension, and then mixing, at the one or both of the high shear and the low shear, a second portion of the solvent with the suspension to form a slurry. As such, the slurry including the solid ionically conductive polymer material may be applied as a coating in a solid-state battery cell, which may reduce resistance to Li-ion transport and improve mechanical stability relative to a conventional solid-state battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: A123 SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Wesley Hoffert, Adriana A. Rojas, David M. Laughman, Lucienne Buannic, Derek C. Johnson, Brian Sisk, Brian Chiou, Thomas Gillooly
  • Patent number: 12062758
    Abstract: A battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte layer, and the electrolyte layer includes an electrolytic solution, a first polymeric compound configured to retain the electrolytic solution, and inorganic particles configured to retain a compound having a polar group on a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takato Yokoji, Hiroki Mita, Kazumasa Takeshi
  • Patent number: 12062759
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium second battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an electrolyte includes an additive containing a compound represented by Formula 1, an oligomer containing a unit represented by Formula 2 and having an acrylate group at an end thereof, a lithium salt, and an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Oh, Chul Haeng Lee, Hyun Seung Kim, Hyung Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 12062760
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isocyanate electrolyte solution additive based on an imidazole structural group, belonging to the technical field of non-aqueous electrolyte solution additives of lithium batteries. The structural formula of the electrolyte solution additive is represented by formula I: R1, R2 and R3 are identical or different, the R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from one of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, tert-butyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoroethyl, perfluoroethyl, perfluoropropyl, cyanoethyl, phenyl, fluorophenyl, cyano-containing fluorophenyl, alkoxy-containing phenyl and alkyl-containing phenyl. The electrolyte solution additive is used for lithium ion batteries, which effectively inhibits the reduction in battery capacity, restricts the production of a gas caused by decomposition of an electrolyte solution and significant improvement in the service life of the battery during the high temperature cycle and high temperature storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Valiant Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shaobang Fu, Cunsheng Lin, Yu Shi, Shanguo Zhang, Liqi Xuan, Heng Jiang
  • Patent number: 12062761
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same is disclosed. The structure incudes a silicon substrate having at least one trench disposed therein. An electrical and ionic insulating layer is disposed over at least a top surface of the substrate. A plurality of energy storage device layers is formed within the one trench. The plurality of layers includes at least a cathode-based active electrode having a thickness of, for example, at least 100 nm and an internal resistance of, for example, less than 50 Ohms/cm2. The method includes forming at least one trench in a silicon substrate. An electrical and ionic insulating layer(s) is formed and disposed over at least a top surface of the silicon substrate. A plurality of energy storage device layers is formed within the trench. Each layer of the plurality of energy storage device layers is independently processed and integrated into the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Collins, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Stephen Bedell, Adele L Pacquette, John Papalia, Teodor Todorov
  • Patent number: 12062763
    Abstract: An accumulator system has a high-voltage accumulator for mobile work machines. A battery management system, has a controller-line connections which can be switched by switches; and a data bus for connection to a work machine control unit. In order to advantageously render an electrical-system battery unnecessary, the battery management system comprises, for voltage supply, a DC-DC converter which is located upstream of the controller in terms of current flow and which is connected to the high-voltage accumulator via a standby circuit. The standby circuit can be activated by a circuit that is external to the accumulator system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Wacker Neuson Linz GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Thumfart, Manes Recheis, Robert Finzel, Thomas Erlinger, Christian Kröpl, Oliver Leibetseder
  • Patent number: 12062764
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that inhibits deterioration of a secondary battery is provided. The semiconductor device includes a secondary battery module and a first circuit. The secondary battery module includes a secondary battery and a sensor. The first circuit includes a variable resistor. The sensor has a function of measuring a temperature of the secondary battery. The first circuit has a function of judging the charge voltage of the secondary battery and outputting a first result; a function of judging the temperature of the secondary battery measured by the sensor and outputting a second result; a function of determining the magnitude of the variable resistor on the basis of the first result and the second result; a function of discharging the charge voltage through the variable resistor; and a function of stopping discharge when the charge voltage reaches a specified voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Tajima, Kei Takahashi, Hiroki Inoue, Munehiro Kozuma, Takahiro Fukutome
  • Patent number: 12062765
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for extracting lithium from waste lithium batteries, which comprises: leaching positive electrode powder of the waste lithium battery in hydrochloric acid, and obtaining leaching solution by filtering; removing copper and iron from the leaching solution, and then introducing hydrogen sulfide gas for reaction, and performing solid-liquid separation to obtain first filter residue and first filtrate; adding potassium permanganate to the first filtrate, and performing solid-liquid separation to obtain second filter residue and second filtrate; performing spray pyrolysis on the second filtrate to obtain solid particles and tail gas, washing the solid particles with water to obtain a lotion, washing and collecting the tail gas and then mixing the tail gas with the lotion to obtain lithium salt solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGDONG BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HUNAN BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HUNAN BRUNP EV RECYCLING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haijun Yu, Yinghao Xie, Aixia Li, Xuemei Zhang, Changdong Li
  • Patent number: 12062766
    Abstract: A system or method for individualized coolant flow to each of a plurality of energy storage devices 10 housed in an electric vehicle. Each energy storage device 10 includes a heat exchanger 11 coupled in thermal conductivity with a segmented battery module 13. The segmented battery module 13 includes battery cells 13B and sensors (13C, 13D, and 13E). The heat exchanger 11 includes an HE flow controller 11C. Individual sensor information for each energy storage device 10 is collected via the BMU 13A of each segmented battery module 13. The charging SCC 22 uses this individual sensor information to calculate the HE flow rate of coolant pumped through each energy storage device's 10 heat exchanger 11 to cool the battery cells 13B of the energy storage device 10. Coolant delivered to the heat exchangers 11 is cooled by an external cooling unit 21 of a power source 20 during each charging session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MINE MOBILITY RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Somphote Ahunai, Wimolmas Wongmakornpan, Charet Akkarabantheongjai, Janesak Sudsangtienchai, Pun Praphanphoj, Karun Dansiri
  • Patent number: 12062767
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a chassis, a battery in a battery compartment supported by the chassis and a dual underside battery cooling system to transfer heat from the battery by drawing hot air from the battery compartment via air outlets. The dual underside battery cooling system includes a left fan for generating a left airflow along a left underside path of the vehicle and a right fan for generating a right airflow along a right underside path of the vehicle, the left and right airflows expelling the hot air from the battery compartment toward a rear of the vehicle. The processor independently controls the left fan and the right fan to selectively generate a differential downforce on left and right wheels of the vehicles when cornering to thereby compensate for centrifugal roll and to generate an equal downforce on the left and right wheels when accelerating in a straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew MacGregor Roy
  • Patent number: 12062768
    Abstract: The present application provides a battery, an electricity-consuming apparatus, a method for manufacturing the battery and a system of manufacturing the battery. The battery includes a heat-exchanging component, including a first plate body and two second plate bodies; a battery unit, in which includes a plurality of battery cells sequentially arranged in a second direction, the heat-exchanging component is configured to adjust a temperature of the battery cells, and the second direction intersects with the first direction; and a support component, including a support portion located at a side of the first plate body away from the accommodating space, in which the support portion is connected to the first plate body and is configured to support the heat-exchanging component, and a heat-insulating structure is arranged between the support portion and the first plate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jiubiao Lin, Libing Chan, Chunhui Wang
  • Patent number: 12062769
    Abstract: A battery pack supplies an electrically driven treatment apparatus with an electric driving power, and includes: a stack limiting structure; a plurality of pouch cells, wherein the pouch cells are disposed in a stack, wherein the stack is disposed within the stack limiting structure; an outer temperature sensor, wherein the outer temperature sensor is disposed and configured for measuring an outer temperature of the stack outside the stack at an edge of the stack or the stack limiting structure, and/or outside the stack limiting structure; and a control device. The control device is configured for comparison of the measured outer temperature and/or a quantity based on the measured outer temperature to at least one temperature comparative value. The at least one temperature comparative value is a function of at least one of the pouch cells. The control device is configured for controlling the battery pack in response to a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Sauerteig, Julien Scholl, Takayuki Sato, Daiki Misawa, Malte Von Hofen, Atsushi Chinen, Daniel Wagner, Marcel Wilka
  • Patent number: 12062770
    Abstract: A thermal barrier component for an electrochemical cell (e.g., a battery) includes a mat, a functional material, and a polymer binder. The mat includes a porous matrix. The functional material is in pores of the porous matrix. The functional material includes an oxide. In certain aspects, the functional material may be a composite material. The polymer binder is in contact with the porous matrix and the functional material. At least one of the porous matrix, the functional material, and the polymer binder is configured to serve as an intumescent carbon source. The oxide is configured to catalyze thermal degradation of the intumescent carbon source to form intumescent carbon at a first temperature. The first temperature is greater than or equal to about 300° C. The thermal barrier component is configured to mitigate thermal runaway in an electrochemical cell. The thermal barrier component may include one or more layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Xingcheng Xiao, Mei Cai, Wei Zeng, Aijie Chen
  • Patent number: 12062771
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes a coated anode. The coated anode includes a metallic anode in contact with an electrically non-conductive star polymer coating. The star polymers in the star polymer coating include a core with at least 3 arms attached to the core. At least some of the arms of the star polymers have ionically conductive polar functional groups. The energy storage device further includes a cathode and an electrolyte in contact with both the cathode and the coated anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jangwoo Kim, Young-Hye Na, Maxwell Giammona
  • Patent number: 12062772
    Abstract: A manufacturing method and a testing method for a positive active material mixture to manufacture the positive active material mixture as a mixture of a positive active material, a conductive material, and a disperse medium by mixing positive active material particles, conductive material particles, and the disperse medium, pressing to form a pressed surface by pressing a resultant product of the mixing by a pressure member, disperse-degree obtaining to obtain the disperse degree of the positive active material particles and the conductive material particles on the pressed surface, and determining to determine success and failure in the disperse degree obtained in the disperse-degree obtaining, the resultant product is taken as the positive active material mixture when a determination result of the determining is success, and the resultant product is taken back to the mixing when the determination result of the determining is failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Takenori Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12062773
    Abstract: Provided is a method for determining the wetting degree of a lithium ion battery cell using a low current test. The wetting degree determination method according to the present disclosure includes a) obtaining, as a reference charge profile, a charge profile recorded while charging a reference battery cell having undergone receiving an electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution in a case, assembling and pre-aging with a low current of 0.01 C-rate or less, b) measuring and recording a charge profile while charging another battery cell having undergone receiving an electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution in a case, assembling and pre-aging with a low current of 0.01 C-rate or less in the same way as the reference battery cell, and c) determining the wetting degree of another battery cell relative to the reference battery cell by comparative analysis of the reference charge profile and the measured charge profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Myung-Hoon Ko, Jee-Ho Kim, Yong-Tae Lee, Pil-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 12062774
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include batteries and other charge-storage devices incorporating sheets and/or powders of silica fibers and methods for producing such devices. The silica fibers may be formed via electrospinning of a sol gel produced with a silicon alkoxide reagent, such as tetraethyl ortho silicate, alcohol solvent, and an acid catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: American Nano LLC.
    Inventors: Mitch Dellinger, Surya Raj Banks
  • Patent number: 12062775
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method of preparing a current collector surface enriched with cathode active material. The method comprises preparing a precursor solution by dissolving at least two metal salts and one or more organic acids in a first solvent, adding one or more basic compounds and one or more non-metallic salts to the precursor solution, diluting the precursor solution by adding a second solvent, preparing a surface-treated current collector by disposing at least part of the diluted precursor solution on a current collector surface material, and heating the surface-treated current collector at a temperature of 500° C. or less under an oxidative or inert atmosphere, thereby decomposing the diluted precursor solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
    Inventor: Evert Jonathan Van Den Ham
  • Patent number: 12062776
    Abstract: This invention relates to particulate electroactive materials consisting of a plurality of composite particles, wherein the composite particles comprise a plurality of silicon nanoparticles dispersed within a conductive carbon matrix. The particulate material comprises 40 to 65 wt % silicon, at least 6 wt % and less than 20% oxygen, and has a weight ratio of the total amount of oxygen and nitrogen to silicon in the range of from 0.1 to 0.45 and a weight ratio of carbon to silicon in the range of from 0.1 to 1. The particulate electroactive materials are useful as an active component of an anode in a metal ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Nexeon Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Bogart, Simon Foxon, James Farrell, David Bent, Daniel Scarlett
  • Patent number: 12062777
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode including a first lithium cobalt oxide and a second lithium cobalt oxide which have different average particle diameters (D50) from each other, a negative electrode including first graphite and second graphite which have different average particle diameters (D50) from each other, and an electrolyte including a a first additive as a nitrile-based compound, wherein the first lithium cobalt oxide and the second lithium cobalt oxide each independently contain aluminum in a concentration of 2,500 ppm to 4,000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Do Hwa Jung, Tae Gyun Noh, Ki Woong Kim, Woo Sirl Lee, Yoon Jae Lee, Jung Whan Song
  • Patent number: 12062778
    Abstract: A sulfur-carbon composite for controlling the particle size of the sulfur-carbon composite to a specific range and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Eunkyung Cho, Hyunah Cho
  • Patent number: 12062779
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a negative electrode active material including a carbon material, and a silicon-containing material in which Si particles are dispersed in a lithium ion conductive phase. The negative electrode material mixture layer having a thickness T0 includes a first region on the negative electrode surface side having a thickness of T1, and a second region on the negative electrode current collector side, and the ratio T1/T0 is 1/20 to 19/20. The ratio of a mass ratio MS1 of the silicon-containing material in the first region to a mass ratio MS2 of the silicon-containing material in the second region is not less than 0 and less than 1. An open circuit potential of the negative electrode in a fully charged condition is higher than 0 mV and 70 mV or lower relative to lithium metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Sakamoto, Yuji Tani, Nobuhiko Hojo
  • Patent number: 12062780
    Abstract: A process for preparing carbon spheres coated on a nickel (Ni) foam/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate, as well as the use of the obtained product in the field of hydrovoltaic energy generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Adil Alshoaibi, Majid Khan
  • Patent number: 12062781
    Abstract: A cathode material includes a lithium composite oxide matrix including lithium (Li) and at least one selected from the group consisting of cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), and aluminium (Al), and has a surface layer which is a rocksalt structure and includes tungsten (W); and a material layer formed on the surface layer of the lithium composite oxide matrix and including tungsten (W) and lithium (Li). The cathode material of the present application provides excellent high-temperature cycle and high-temperature storage performance, and the capability of discharge at a high rate, and improves the safety performance of the electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, DONGGUAN AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yangyang Zhang, Gang Peng, Ye Lang, Wenyuan Liu
  • Patent number: 12062782
    Abstract: Electrochemical cells of the present disclosure may include one or more multilayered electrodes. One or both multilayered electrodes may be configured such that a second layer farther from the current collector has a higher resistance to densification than a first layer closer to the current collector. This may be achieved by including a plurality of non-active ceramic particles in the second layer. Accordingly, calendering of the electrode results in a greater compression of the first layer, and a beneficial porosity profile is created. This may improve the ionic conductivity of the electrode, as compared with known systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: EnPower, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Yao, Jonathan Hwang
  • Patent number: 12062783
    Abstract: A positive electrode plate, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an electrical device are disclosed. The positive electrode plate includes a positive current collector, and a positive active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the positive current collector. The positive active material layer includes a first active material layer and a second active material layer that are sequentially stacked in a direction away from the surface. The first active material layer includes a first composite particle. The first composite particle includes a first lithium iron phosphate particle and a first carbon layer that coats a surface of the first lithium iron phosphate particle. The second active material layer includes a second composite particle. The second composite particle includes a second lithium iron phosphate particle and a second carbon layer that coats a surface of the second lithium iron phosphate particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jingjing Pu, Yanying Wu, Xinghui Wang
  • Patent number: 12062784
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode for a lithium secondary negative electrode battery including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector and including a silicon-based active material, a first graphite-based active material, and a linear conductive material; and a second negative electrode active material layer disposed on the first negative electrode active material layer and including a second graphite-based active material. The first graphite-based active material has a carbon coating layer on at least a part of a surface. Also provided is a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Mi Kim, Yong Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 12062785
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a rechargeable high-energy battery with an anion-redox-active composite cathode containing lithium hydroxide as the electrochemically active component, which is mixed and contacted with electronically or mixed-conductive transition metals and/or transition metal oxides, so that an electronically or mixed-conductive network is formed, this mixture is applied to a current drain, and the composite cathode thus formed is placed in a cell housing together with a separator, a lithium-conductive electrolyte and a lithium-containing anode, so that an electrochemical cell is present and is subjected to at least one initial forming cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: ALBEMARLE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Ulrich Wietelmann
  • Patent number: 12062786
    Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, the second compound having a smaller particle size than that of the first compound, wherein cation mixing in the surface portion of the positive active material is less than or equal to about 7.5%, cation mixing in the bulk of the positive active material is less than or equal to about 3%, a residual lithium content on the surface of the positive active material is less than or equal to about 3,000 ppm, and the first compound and the second compound each independently include 90 at % to about 98 at % of Ni with respect to the metals excluding Li. Lia1Nix1Coy1M11?x1?y1O2,??Chemical Formula 1 Lia2Nix2Coy2M21?x2?y2O2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunok Oh, Yumi Song, Jeuk Ha
  • Patent number: 12062787
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a lithium-cobalt composite oxide having a layered rock-salt crystal structure. The negative electrode includes graphite. An open circuit potential of the negative electrode measured in a full charge state is from 19 mV to 86 mV. A potential variation of the negative electrode is greater than or equal to 1 mV when the secondary battery is discharged from the full charge state by a capacity corresponding to 1% of a maximum discharge capacity. The maximum discharge capacity is obtained when the secondary battery is discharged with a constant current from the full charge state until the closed circuit voltage reaches 3.00 V, following which the secondary battery is discharged with a constant voltage of the closed circuit voltage of 3.00 V for 24 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keitaro Kitada, Futoshi Sato, Takaaki Matsui, Taichi Kogure, Aya Mashiko, Yoshifumi Shimizu, Kazuki Honda, Yuta Hirano, Shinji Hatake, Naoko Yamakawa, Moriaki Okuno, Masahiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 12062788
    Abstract: This negative electrode active material for a secondary cell which is one aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a silicate phase that contains Li, Si, and Mx (Mx alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and an element other than Si); silicon particles dispersed in the silicate phase; and oxide particles that contain Zr dispersed in the silicate phase. The content of each element with respect to the total of the elements other than oxygen in the silicate phase is 3 to 45 mol % for Li, 40 to 78 mol % for Si, and 1 to 40 mol % for Mx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Uchiyama, Norihisa Yamamoto, Tatsuya Akira
  • Patent number: 12062789
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material that is capable of electrochemically absorbing and desorbing lithium. The negative electrode active material contains a lithium silicate phase and silicon particles that are dispersed in the lithium silicate phase. The lithium silicate phase is an oxide phase that contains lithium, silicon, and oxygen. The atomic ratio O/Si of oxygen relative to silicon in the lithium silicate phase is greater than 2 and less than 4. The electrolyte solution contains a halogenated benzene. The amount of halogenated benzene contained in the electrolyte solution is 1 ppm or more and 500 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishitani, Masaki Deguchi
  • Patent number: 12062790
    Abstract: A solid-state ion conductor including a compound of Formula 1: Li(3+2y1)B(P1-y1A1y1O4)2??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, A1 is an element of Groups 4, 14, or a combination thereof, and has an oxidation state of +4, and 0<y1<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY
    Inventors: KyuJung Jun, Gerbrand Ceder, Yingzhi Sun, Yan Wang, Lincoln Miara, Yan Zeng, Yihan Xiao
  • Patent number: 12062791
    Abstract: Provided herein is a cathode. The cathode can include a cathode active material. The cathode can include a coating disposed on the cathode active material. The coating can include LixM1-y1My2AFz(OH)u, where M1 is a first metal, M2 is a second metal, A is an anionic species, 1?x?2, 0?y?1, 0?z?1, and 0?u?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Soo Kim, Yumi Kim, Majid Talebiesfandarani, Woochul Shin, Tae Kyoung Kim, Ki Tae Park
  • Patent number: 12062792
    Abstract: A negative electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary cell, comprising carbon particles having an oxygen content of 0.15% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tsuchiya, Tsutomu Satoh
  • Patent number: 12062793
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery according to exemplary embodiments includes a cathode, a separation layer, and an anode facing the cathode with the separation layer interposed therebetween. The anode includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer formed on the anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes an anode active material and a conductive additive. The conductive additive includes an expandable graphite having a particle diameter of 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hyuk Lee, Dock Young Yoon, Hee Gyoung Kang
  • Patent number: 12062794
    Abstract: An electrical storage device includes high surface area fibers (e.g., shaped fibers and/or microfibers) coated with carbon (graphite, expanded graphite, activated carbon, carbon black, carbon nanofibers, CNT, or graphite coated CNT), electrolyte, and/or electrode active material (e.g., lead oxide) in electrodes. The electrodes are used to form electrical storage devices such as electrochemical batteries, electrochemical double layer capacitors, and asymmetrical capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: CPS Technology Holdings LLC, Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Richard M. Sturgeon, Dennis A. Wetzel, Robert G. Gruenstern, William J. Wruck, Ramachadran Subbaraman, James Symanski, Eberhard Meissner
  • Patent number: 12062795
    Abstract: Electrolyte solutions for flow batteries and other electrochemical systems can contain an active material that is capable of transferring one or more electrons per molecule during an oxidation-reduction cycle. Doubly bridged aromatic groups or their coordination compounds can be particularly suitable active materials. Flow batteries can include a first half-cell containing a first electrolyte solution, and a second half-cell containing a second electrolyte solution, in which at least one of the first electrolyte solution and the second electrolyte solution contains an active material having at least two aromatic groups doubly bridged by a carbonyl moiety and a bridging moiety containing a bridging atom selected from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium. Such bridged compounds can directly function as the active material, or coordination compounds containing the bridged compounds as at least one ligand can serve as the active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Millard, Zachariah M. Norman
  • Patent number: 12062796
    Abstract: A catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction containing catalyst particles having a shell-core structure containing a PtCo alloy or a PtCoMn alloy as a core, and platinum as a shell layer. A specific plane of a face-centered cubic lattice is formed by a plurality of platinum atoms contained in the shell layer, and a lattice constant of the plane of the face-centered cubic lattice on the catalyst particle surface is 3.70 ? or more and 4.05 ? or less (in a PtCo alloy), or 3.870 ? or more and 4.10 ? or less (in a PtCoMn alloy). A catalyst design method includes a step of calculating, with respect to an orientation plane such as the plane formed by platinum atoms of the shell layer, adsorption energies for an oxygen molecule, an OH group and a water molecule by first-principles calculation based on density functional theory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Minoru Ishida, Koichi Matsutani, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Hideaki Kasai, Bhume Chantaramolee, Susan Menez Aspera
  • Patent number: 12062797
    Abstract: A square battery includes a battery case containing therein an electrode body. The battery case includes a case main body having a square shape substantially in the form of a cuboid having an open side surface and a lid bonded to the case main body so as to close an opening of the case main body. The case main body includes a rectangular bottom surface portion, a pair of wider surface portions facing each other, and a pair of narrower surface portions facing each other. The wider surface portion and the narrower surface portion adjacent to each other are bonded together. In the opening of the case main body, an inner side of a corner portion between the wider surface portion and the narrower surface portion adjacent to each other has an R-shape, and an outer edge of the lid is welded to the inner side of the corner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Minehiro Funato, Yosuke Shimura, Hideki Asadachi
  • Patent number: 12062798
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a power battery and a battery module. The power battery includes: a case including an opening; a first cap assembly covering the opening and including a liquid injection hole, and an electrode assembly disposed in the case. An end of the electrode assembly extending out of a tab is disposed opposite to the first cap assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yong Zhou, Zhijun Guo, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 12062799
    Abstract: A power source for a micro-device is provided. The power source may include a cup, a lid and electrolytes. The cup may be formed of a hard metal material and walls of the cup may define a cavity. An opening in the cup may provide access to the cavity and a surface of the cavity may be deposited with one of an anode or cathode material. The lid may be formed of a hard metal material, the lid may cooperate with the cup to fit into the opening closing off the cavity. The cavity may be coated with the other of the anode or cathode material. Electrolytes may be contained in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Wayne State University
    Inventors: Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Nirul Masurkar, Babu Ganguli
  • Patent number: 12062800
    Abstract: An energy storage/battery system is disclosed. The system can include a multi-voltage configurable module (MVCM) and a multi-voltage configurable backplane (MVCB) that form the system. The system can be dynamically controlled to bring MVCMs on or offline to deliver power and capacity to a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Flyer Next, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Falls, Scott Kochan, Oded Nechushtan, Adam Adelson
  • Patent number: 12062801
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a frame body, a battery pack, and a device. The frame body used for a battery pack includes a first bracket comprising a first mold chamber; a second bracket connected end to end with the first bracket to form a receiving cavity, the second bracket comprising a second mold chamber; and a block comprising a first reinforcement portion and a second reinforcement portion, wherein the first reinforcement portion received in the first mold chamber and the second reinforcement portion received in the second mold chamber, and the block is adapted to connect the first bracket with the second bracket. The frame body is provided with a block at a connecting portion of the first bracket and the second bracket, thereby improving a connection strength and rigidity of the frame body and the overall bearing capacity of the lower housing including the frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wenjie Wang, Yannan Chu, Youxin Wu, Qiwang Zhou, Shuai Wang
  • Patent number: 12062802
    Abstract: Disclosed are a battery cell assembly for a secondary battery, the battery cell assembly for a secondary battery comprising: at least one battery cell; and a first frame disposed on one side of the at least one battery cell; and a second frame which is disposed on the other side of the at least one battery cell so as to face the first frame and which is coupled to the first frame so as to protect the edge of the at least one battery cell together with the first frame. The present invention uses a frame type cell support which retains and supports at least one battery cell without separation, thereby providing a battery cell assembly for a secondary battery, namely a sub-battery module receiving body, having improved structural stability and assembly convenience, and a secondary battery comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Gu Lee, O Sung Kwon, Gyu Jin Chung, Young Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 12062803
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles having a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer or coating are disclosed. In one example, the heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material completely covers the interior of a housing having a plurality of battery cells removably disposed therein. Other examples include a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer having anti-static, anti-radio frequency (RF), anti-electromagnetic interference (EMI), anti-tarnish, and/or anti-corrosion materials and properties that effectively protect battery-operated devices and/or the batteries that power them from damage or diminished operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LAT ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Laura Thiel, Carlos Cid
  • Patent number: 12062804
    Abstract: Impact protection plate that, applicable to motorcycles, bicycles and similar vehicles as protection means against impacts that can occur and affect the block (4) of the battery or the motor of the vehicle that includes: a protection external body (2) at least partly rigid directly joined to the block (4) of the battery or motor, and an internal core (1) of resilient material and absorbing impacts, intercalated between the lower base of the block (4) of the battery or motor to be protected and the external body (2) so that, in case of impact on the external body (2), a displacement of the rigid part of the body (2) towards the block (4) of the battery or motor and compressing the internal core (1) and capable to allow, when the impact ceases, that the external body (2) returns to its initial position ceasing to compress the internal core (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Stark Future, S.L.
    Inventors: Anton Wass, Paul Soucy