With Heat Exchange Feature Patents (Class 429/120)
  • Patent number: 11965453
    Abstract: A thermal management assembly includes a first pump group and a second pump group connected by an auxiliary duct, a first inlet and a second inlet respectively connected to the first and second pump groups, a first outlet, a second outlet and a third outlet, and a fluidic command device fluidically connected to the first and the second pump groups and to the auxiliary duct. The fluidic command device is configurable in a first configuration in which flow of working fluid is regulated through the first and second outlets, preventing flow through the third outlet and the auxiliary duct, a second configuration in which flow of working fluid is regulated through the third outlet, preventing flow through the auxiliary duct, and a third configuration in which flow of working fluid is regulated through the auxiliary duct and flow of working fluid exiting through the second outlet is also regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Industrie Saleri Italo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alfonso Surace, Marco Pedersoli, Simone Cornacchia
  • Patent number: 11967688
    Abstract: Provided are systems for vehicle energy storage having parallel cooling comprising a plurality of modules. Each module may comprise two half modules coupled together. Each half module can include a plurality of battery cells. A current carrier of each half module may be electrically coupled to the cells. The cells may be disposed between the current carrier and a plate. Each half module can have the cells, current carrier, and blast plate disposed in an enclosure. The enclosure can have a coolant sub-system for circulating coolant in parallel to the plurality of cells such that each of the battery cells is at approximately the same predetermined temperature. The modules may be disposed in a tray. A coolant system may be provided for circulating coolant across the plurality of modules in parallel such that each of the modules can be maintained at approximately the same predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Faraday & Future Inc.
    Inventors: W. Porter Harris, Blake Rosengren, Nicholas John Sampson
  • Patent number: 11967685
    Abstract: A battery module for an electric vehicle, includes a plurality of battery cells and at least one electrical resistance element arranged between the battery cells for heating the battery cells as needed. The electrical resistance element includes a polymer composition having a positive temperature coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Martin Zoske, Volodymyr Ilchenko, Uwe Strecker, Nikolaus Gerhardt, Harald Bachmann, Jens Wieske
  • Patent number: 11967737
    Abstract: A busbar for a battery module is provided. The battery module includes a plurality of aligned battery cells, and the busbar includes: a busbar body portion extending in an extension direction and a plurality of legs extending from the busbar body portion in a direction non-parallel to the extension direction of the busbar body portion. The busbar body portion have a length to connect cell terminals of a plurality of the battery cells of the battery module, and the legs are configured to electrically connect the busbar body portion and the cell terminals of the battery cells of the battery module to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Weinberger, Martin Kraker, Matic Blaznik, Jörg Killmann
  • Patent number: 11949082
    Abstract: A battery system includes a housing configured to receive a battery cell, where the battery cell is configured to output thermal energy as a byproduct of electrical energy generation and/or consumption, a wall of the housing positioned proximate to the battery cell, and a plurality of fins extending from the wall, where the plurality of fins is configured to absorb thermal energy from the battery cell and dissipate the thermal energy to air, or a heat sink, or both, and where a fin of the plurality of fins comprises a channel configured to facilitate a flow of the air between the fin of the plurality of fins and an adjacent fin of the plurality of fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Kem M. Obasih, Richard M. DeKeuster, Nicholas E. Elison, Jason D. Fuhr
  • Patent number: 11949084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack including a frame profile with integral coolant circuit elements. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules, each comprising a plurality of secondary battery cells, a framework comprising a first frame profile and a second frame profile opposite to the first frame profile, and a liquid cooling circuit comprising one or more cooling plates being in thermal contact with the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ralph Wünsche, Rainer Retter, Miran Kojc, Thomas Hoermann, Matthias Pucher, Mario Marcovic, Volker Matl
  • Patent number: 11936026
    Abstract: The present application provides a temperature control component, which includes a first side plate, a second side plate and a first buffer plate. A cavity is formed by the second side plate and the first side plate; the first buffer plate is disposed between the second side plate and the first side plate to divide the cavity into multiple channels, and at least part of the first buffer plate extends obliquely from the first side plate towards the second side plate. The present application also provides a battery pack, which includes the temperature control component described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongqiang Su, Zengzhong Wang, Zhanyu Sun, Chenling Zheng, Bingtuan Luo, Qingyuan Deng
  • Patent number: 11931967
    Abstract: Examples of methods for detecting a material phase are described herein. In some examples, a kernel is predicted based on an input corresponding to an object and based on a machine learning model. In some examples, the machine learning model is constrained with a physical model. In some examples, a material phase is detected based on the kernel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: He Luan, Jun Zeng
  • Patent number: 11929476
    Abstract: Disclosed are battery cooling apparatus for electric vehicle, method of manufacturing, and an insulator structure for the apparatus including an insulator having a side wall of the insulator define an upper open part, a tube inserted into the upper open part of the insulator, and a gap filler disposed in a space between an upper surface of the tube and the battery cell, wherein the side wall comprises an inner inclined surface inclined inward and a tube accommodation part formed in an inner surface of the side wall to accommodate an outer part of the tube, and a gap filler application space is formed between the battery cell and the tube, when the tube is inserted between the tube accommodation part of the insulator and an inner bottom surface of the insulator, and a top of the side wall being located higher than the upper surface of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwa Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11929478
    Abstract: A filling member is interposed between pouch cells of a battery pack, the filling member has a first surface orthogonal to a thickness direction thereof and a second surface opposite to the first surface, ?d1 and ?d2 defined below satisfy formulas (1) and (2) below, respectively, ?p satisfies formula (3) below, and ?d1>?d2 holds: (1) ?d1?3.0×10?3 (m2·K)/W, (2) ?d2?8.0×10?3 (m2·K)/W, (3) 0.5 K/W??p1?1000 K/W, and (4) 0.5 K/W??p2?1000 K/W. ?d1 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperature of one of the first and second surfaces exceeds 180° C., ?d2 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperatures of the first and second surfaces both do not exceed 80° C., ?p1 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperature exceeds 180° C., ?p2 is heat transfer resistance when the average temperatures do not exceed 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawai, Hiroki Hayami
  • Patent number: 11923521
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of batteries, and provide a water cooling assembly, a battery pack, and a device in order to solve the technical problem of low cooling efficiency of a cooling assembly of a battery pack. The water cooling assembly is configured to cool a cell, and includes: a body portion having a cooling channel for receiving a coolant; a first connecting portion connected to the body portion and having a communication cavity for introducing or draining the coolant; and a second connecting portion arranged between the body portion and the first connecting portion and having an inner cavity for communicating the cooling channel with the communication cavity. An end face of the inner cavity close to the cooling channel has a cross-sectional area greater than that of an end face of the communication cavity close to the inner cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Weida Ye, Xiang Li, Yanlong Gu, Xiaoteng Huang, Peng Yan, Wenli Wang
  • Patent number: 11923519
    Abstract: A temperature rising between unit cells in a cell group is suppressed. A battery pack disclosed in the invention includes a case, a cell group which connects a plurality of unit cells and is disposed to abut on a bottom surface of the case, and a fixing member which fixes the cell group. The fixing member includes a heat path that links from the upper surface of a battery to the side surface of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11919383
    Abstract: A thermal management assembly includes a fluidic command device connected to a first and second pump group and having four inlet and outlet ports and an auxiliary duct connecting the pump groups. The fluidic command device is configurable in a first configuration, in which working fluid flows into the first inlet port and out of the first outlet port, flowing into the first pump group, the auxiliary duct and the second pump group, a second configuration, in which working fluid flows into the second inlet port and out of the second outlet port, flowing in the pump groups, preventing flow in the auxiliary duct, and a third configuration, in which working fluid flows into the third inlet port and out of the third outlet port, flowing into the first pump group, and into the fourth inlet port and out of the fourth outlet port, flowing into the second pump group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRIE SALERI ITALO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alfonso Surace, Marco Pedersoli, Simone Cornacchia
  • Patent number: 11916207
    Abstract: A battery cell having an electrode main body, in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode, each having an electrode mixture is coated on at least one surface of a metallic current collector, and a separation film interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound together, a metal can, which accommodates the electrode main body together with an electrolyte solution; and a sealing tape attached to an exterior surface of the electrode main body so as to fix a distal end portion of the electrode main body, the sealing tape including a heat conductive material to provide heat conduction between the electrode main body and the metal can is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Wook Hee Jang, Sang Sok Jung, Sangjoon Park, Roun Kim, Gilyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11909017
    Abstract: A power storage device includes a plurality of laminated power storage modules, a flow path member disposed in contact with the power storage modules and having flow paths for allowing a cooling medium to flow along a first direction intersecting a laminating direction of the power storage modules, a pair of restraining plates disposed to sandwich the power storage modules and the flow path member in the laminating direction, fastening members applying a restraining load to the power storage modules and the flow path member via the pair of restraining plates by fastening the restraining plates to each other, and a lead-in duct disposed at one end portion of the flow path member in the first direction and leading the cooling medium into each of the flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kotake, Takafumi Yamasaki, Tsuyoshi Mariya, Daiki Terashima, Satoshi Morioka, Yusuke Hase, Motoyoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 11901535
    Abstract: A partition member which partitions between a pair of unit batteries or a partition member which partitions between a unit battery and a member other than the unit battery, the thermal resistances ?d1, ?d2, ?p1, and ?p2 of the partition member satisfy (?p1/?p2)/(?d1/?d2)?1.0×10?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Watanabe, Tomohiro Kawai
  • Patent number: 11901571
    Abstract: The present application provides a mounting base, a battery and a power consuming device, which relate to the technical field of batteries. The mounting base may be configured to be connected to an end plate and an output electrode, and an insulating structure may be provided on one side of the end plate and configured to insulate the end plate from a battery cell. The mounting base may include a main body provided with a flow guiding groove on the side facing the insulating structure. The flow guiding groove may be configured to prevent an electrical connection between the output electrode and the end plate by means of a liquid between the main body and the insulating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaojing Que, Cunrui Liu, Tiansheng Wang, Zijie He, Junhua Zhang
  • Patent number: 11881575
    Abstract: A battery module housing system for cooling a battery module, includes: a lower part having a plate shape, an upper side, and a lower side, the lower part including at least one coolant inlet and at least one coolant outlet that are integrally formed with the lower part; and an upper part to receive the battery module, the upper part having a tub shape and including a bottom tile having an upper side and a lower side, the bottom tile being integrally formed with the upper part. The upper side of the lower part is to be connected to the lower side of the bottom tile to define a cavity between the upper side of the lower part and the lower side of the bottom tile, the cavity defining a liquid-tight hollow interior that is accessible via the at least one coolant inlet and the at least one coolant outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Helmut Rath
  • Patent number: 11878579
    Abstract: A vehicle underbody structure, including: a case that is provided on a vehicle lower side of a vehicle and has a mount portion on which batteries are mounted; a refrigerant flow passage that is provided on the vehicle lower side of the case and in which heat exchange can take place between the batteries on the mount portion and a refrigerant; and inflow/outflow portions that communicate with the refrigerant flow passage from a vehicle upper side and allow the refrigerant to flow in or flow out between an outside of the refrigerant flow passage and the refrigerant flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhide Matsuo, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11877423
    Abstract: A thermal management system to cool one or more battery packs of a battery system may include a heat pipe arrangement that includes a plurality of heat pipes, having a planar configuration, in thermal contact with the one or more battery packs to draw heat therefrom, and a heat sink arrangement that includes a plurality of heat sinks, in thermal contact with two or more edges of the heat pipe arrangement, to dissipate heat away from the heat pipe arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gaohua Zhu, Tenghua Tom Shieh, Evan B. Fleming, Swetha Minupuri, Debasish Banerjee, Ryuta Sugiura, Yusuke Suzuki, Takayoshi Tanaka, Satoko Tofukuji
  • Patent number: 11876201
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a thermal component that can couple with a battery module at a middle portion of the battery module. The thermal component can include a flange that extends from a side wall of the battery module. The flange of the thermal component can be disposed between a first tote flange of the battery module and a second tote flange of the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Jacobs, Aaron Churchill, Christopher LaMorte
  • Patent number: 11876199
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery cell, a bus bar assembly connected to an electrode lead of the battery cell and positioned on both side surfaces of the battery cell, a heatsink positioned on at least one side of the battery cell and the bus bar assembly, and a pair of cooling plates connected perpendicularly to the heatsink and arranged in direct contact with the bus bar assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Sang-Jun Park, Gyu-Jong Bae
  • Patent number: 11862777
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked in a horizontal direction; a first plate supporting lower sides of the plurality of the battery cells and dissipating heat generated in the battery cells; and a second plate in contact with upper sides of the battery cells and dissipating heat generated in the battery cells, wherein the second plate comprises accommodation grooves to receive corresponding sealing portions formed in the upper sides of the battery cells, wherein a heat transfer material having a dielectric strength of from 10 kV/mm to 30 kV/mm is disposed in the accommodation grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyu Jin Chung, Ju Yong Park, Sun Mo An
  • Patent number: 11848433
    Abstract: A system for battery pack cooling including a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of pouch cells and a separation element, where the separation separates at least a first pouch cell of the plurality pouch cells from a second pouch cell of the plurality of pouch cells. The separation element contains a fluid. The system also includes a cooling plate, where the cooling plate is adjacent to the lower side of the battery pack. The cooling plate comprises at least a cooling fin, where the at least a cooling fin extends towards the separation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Denson Schreiber, Sarah Overfield, Sam Wagner, Sean Donovan, Nathan Goldsberry
  • Patent number: 11843102
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for thermal management of battery units made-up of a plurality of battery cells or battery cell containers housing one or more battery cells. The heat exchanger has a main body portion defining at least one primary heat transfer surface for surface-to-surface contact with a corresponding surface of at least one of the battery cells or containers. A plurality of alternating first and second fluid flow passages are formed within the main body portion each defining a flow direction, the flow direction through the first fluid flow passages being generally opposite to the flow direction through the second fluid flow passages. In some embodiments the heat exchanger has two pairs of inlet and outlet manifolds, providing a single-pass, counter-flow arrangement. In other embodiments the first and second fluid flow passages are interconnected by turn portions forming a U-flow, counter-flow heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: DANA CANADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Kenney, Andrew J. M. Buckrell, Colin A. Shore, Doug Vanderwees, Kenneth M. A. Abels
  • Patent number: 11841112
    Abstract: A storage vessel can include a shell that is formed by fibers wound about an axis and infused with a resin matrix. The resin matrix can include metal nanoparticles coated with a polymer and distributed within a resin. The nanoparticles provide low coefficients of thermal expansion, and the polymer coatings enhance their bonding with the resin. The shells of such storage vessels provide increased tensile strength and modulus at both room and cryogenic temperatures. Such improvements stem from the higher interfacial residual thermal stress at cryogenic temperature due to their low thermal expansion properties, which in turn promotes crack branching that increases the energy dissipation of the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Francis Benninger, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Chun Hui Wang, Joseph Peter Calibeo
  • Patent number: 11837752
    Abstract: In an initial state, a battery is in the following state. A laminate has a thickness T0 from a first electrode to a first electrode. A first position is spaced from the end portion of a separator on the first position side by a distance L0 in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the laminate. The end portion of a separator on the first position side protrudes toward the first position from the end portion of the second electrode on the first position side, by a distance G in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the laminate. The laminate is designed such that, even if the laminate swells in the thickness direction of the laminate, the thickness of the laminate from the first electrode to the first electrode is smaller than 4×{(T0/2)2+L02?(L0?G)2}1/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11837705
    Abstract: A partition member has two surfaces in a thickness direction, and separates single cells that make up an assembled battery. When the average temperature of one of the two surfaces exceeds 180° C., a thermal resistance per unit area (?1) in the thickness direction satisfies Expression 1 below, and when the average temperatures of both of the two surfaces do not exceed 80° C., a thermal resistance per unit area (?2) in the thickness direction satisfies Expression 2 below. ? 1 ? 5. × 10 - 3 ? ( m 2 · K / W ) , and ( Expression ? 1 ) ? 2 ? 4. × 10 - 3 ? ( m 2 · K / W ) ( Expression ? 2 ) .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Watanabe, Tomohiro Kawai, Iwao Soga
  • Patent number: 11837707
    Abstract: A battery cell includes a cathode casing forming all or a majority of the external can of the battery cell. The battery further includes an anode tab covering at least a portion of a face of the battery cell and an insulating layer for electrically isolating the anode tab from the cathode casing. A plurality of such battery cells may be arranged within a battery pack in contact with each other, and may be held in compression. A conduction enhancement layer may be applied between the anode tab of a first cell and the cathode casing of a second cell within the battery pack. One or more heat dissipation elements may be arranged within the battery pack, in contact with the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Hall, Luke A. Wilhelm, Qingcheng Zeng, Mujeeb Ijaz, Donald G. Dafoe
  • Patent number: 11830997
    Abstract: A secondary battery may include a cell body member accommodating an electrode assembly therein; and a heat conductive member disposed between the cell body member and a cooling plate member to form a heat path for transferring heat from the cell body member, wherein the heat conductive member is in contact with the cooling plate member, and wherein a contact area of the cooling plate member and the heat conductive member is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the cell body member parallel to a thickness direction of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Ha Hwang, Seok Min Kim, Myeong Hwan Ma, Seo Roh Rhee, Hae Ryong Jeon, Seung Hoon Ju, Yang Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 11830998
    Abstract: A cooling structure includes a plurality of bars arranged separately from each other and configured to press a battery cell, a support configured to support the plurality of bars, flow paths defined by a first surface of the battery cell and one pair of neighboring bars, and configured to guide a flow of a cooling medium, with the cooling medium being in direct contact with the first surface of the battery cell, and a separation wall provided in at least one of the flow paths and being configured to separate each of the at least one flow path into sub-flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daebong Jung, Jeongsik Ko, Ji-Young Jeong
  • Patent number: 11830993
    Abstract: The invention provides a battery pack comprising a battery cell assembly and a heat dissipation assembly. The battery cell assembly comprises a battery cell array and a channel arranged in the battery cell array. The battery cell array is formed by arranging a plurality of cells in a certain form. The channel is enclosed by N cells, wherein N>2. The heat dissipation assembly comprises a heat-absorbing member arranged in the channel. The heat-absorbing member comprises N side walls, wherein the N side walls respectively abut against the side walls of the N battery cells. Compared with the prior art, the battery pack has the advantages that the battery pack assists the battery cell assembly in heat dissipation through the heat dissipation assembly, which can make the temperature of each area of the battery cell assembly more balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Lv Wei
  • Patent number: 11824218
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module including a pad having characteristics of expanding at a predetermined temperature or higher, thereby blocking a path along which a high-temperature, high-pressure gas discharged from the battery cell in which an event occurs moves, and thus, the gas is prevented from spreading to other battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hun Lee, Tae Gu Lee
  • Patent number: 11824180
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery pack, an air conditioning system, a communication member, a pack humidity detector, an outside air humidity detector, and a controller. The battery pack contains a battery module. The air conditioning system is configured to regulate humidity of air and send the air. The communication member fluidly connects a blowing port of the air conditioning system and an inside of the battery pack. The pack humidity detector is configured to detect humidity in the inside of the battery pack. The outside air humidity detector is configured to detect humidity of an outside air. The controller is configured to control the air conditioning system so that the humidity in the battery pack is equal to or lower than the humidity of the outside air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Takagi, Toshiaki Naruke
  • Patent number: 11811039
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery stack having a plurality of prismatic batteries being stacked. The battery pack further includes a cooling plate extending in a stack direction of the prismatic batteries in the battery stack. The cooling plate includes a plurality of coolant passages and a plurality of grooves. The coolant passages extend in a perpendicular direction substantially perpendicular to the stack direction of the prismatic batteries, and allow a coolant to flow in the coolant passages. The grooves constitute heat conduction inhibitors configured to inhibit heat conduction in the stack direction of the prismatic batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chifumi Murayama, Shinya Motokawa, Keisuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11811036
    Abstract: A apparatus for fault detection for use in an electric aircraft is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a battery module with a plurality of battery cells, a plate extending along the row of cells, insulation between the plate and the plurality of cells, a sensor configured to detect a potential signal, and a controller communicatively connected to the sensor. The controller is configured to receive the potential signal and determine a fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Grayson King, Cullen Jemison, Miles Tallada, Stuart Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11804626
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; and a first plate and a second plate disposed on one side and the other side of the battery cell stack, respectively, to discharge heat generated by the plurality of battery cells externally. The plurality of battery cells include a receiving portion having a quadrangular shape, and a sealing portion, partially disposed on an outer periphery of the receiving portion. The battery cell stack is provided, by alternately stacking, at least one first battery cell of which a surface on which the sealing portion is not disposed faces the first plate, and at least one second battery cell of which a surface on which the sealing portion is not disposed faces the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ha Neul Choi, Seok Hwan Lee, Hae Ryong Jeon, Seung Hoon Ju
  • Patent number: 11804632
    Abstract: An aluminum battery packaging film includes a heat-sealing layer, wherein a material of the heat-sealing layer includes modified polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyimide, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: APh ePower Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jui-Hsuan Wu, Shih Po Ta Tsai, Chih-Cheng Tsai
  • Patent number: 11799150
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a vehicle battery cell assembly includes a receptacle having a thermally-conductive floor. At least one first thermally conductive structure is positioned in an interior of the receptacle and in direct physical contact with a first side of the floor, and at least one second thermally conductive structure positioned in the interior of the receptacle in direct physical contact with the at least one first thermally conductive structure and spaced apart from the first side of the floor by the first thermally conductive structure. The cooling structure also includes a coolant conduit having an inlet, an outlet, and a flow passage in fluid communication with the coolant conduit inlet and outlet, the flow passage being in direct physical contact with an exterior of the receptacle along a second side of the floor opposite the first side of the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tenghua Shieh, Gaohua Zhu, Evan Fleming, Swetha Minupuri
  • Patent number: 11799162
    Abstract: An aerospace battery may include a housing, a retaining seat disposed in the housing, and a battery pack core supported by the retaining seat in the housing. The battery pack core may include at least one cell district comprising a plurality of pouch cell batteries and at least one flexible cold plate disposed between at least two adjacent pouch cell batteries of the plurality of pouch cell batteries. The retaining seat may define a fluid delivery channel configured to couple to an inlet of a cooling channel of the flexible cold plate and a fluid return channel configured to couple to an outlet of the cooling channel of the flexible cold plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd., Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Michael Adam Zagrodnik, Teh Yee Siang, Mathivanan Anand Prabhu, Krishnamoorthi Sivalingam, Stephen Mountain
  • Patent number: 11791509
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a battery case accommodating the battery module, and a battery cooling mechanism configured to cool the battery module. The battery cooling mechanism includes an air guide duct disposed in a first direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells with respect to the battery module, and a cooling fan disposed on a side opposite to the air guide duct with the battery module interposed therebetween in the first direction. An air intake port of the cooling fan is open on a side opposite to the battery module in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daigo Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11791511
    Abstract: Batteries including electrochemical cells, associated components, and arrangements thereof are generally described. In some aspects, batteries with housings that undergo relatively little expansion and contraction even in cases where electrochemical cells in the battery undergo a relatively high degree of expansion and contraction during charging and discharging are provided. Batteries configured to apply relatively high magnitudes and uniform force to electrochemical cells in the battery, while in some cases having high energy densities and a relatively low pack burden, are also provided. In certain aspects, arrangements of electrochemical cells and associated components are generally described. In some aspects, thermally conductive solid articles that can be used for aligning components of the battery are described. In some aspects, thermally insulating and compressible components for battery packs are generally described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
    Inventors: Homa Shayan, Daniel G. Milobar, Mark Niedzwiecki, Jared M. Jennings, Ryan Michael Niccum, Glenn Alan Hamblin
  • Patent number: 11791507
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery system and a control method for combined internal and external heating are provided. A battery is heated in a low-temperature environment through combined internal and external heating. The energy released during self-heating of the battery is fully used, and rapid heating of the battery in the low-temperature environment is implemented. A current adjustment module in a heating module is controlled to adjust a switch on-off frequency and a current on-off time during the heating, and loops with different heating resistances in a multi-loop heating film are selected through a resistance adjustment switch. In this way, target heating requirements of the battery are met, such as a high heating rate in a low-temperature environment, low energy consumption during the heating, and a small impact on battery life without jeopardizing safety during the heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Rui Xiong, Wanzhou Sun, Ruixin Yang, Xinggang Li
  • Patent number: 11784371
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are provided with a box of a battery, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method and device for producing a battery. The box of the battery includes: an electrical chamber; a thermal management component; and a collection chamber, configured to collect emissions from the battery cell provided with the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; wherein the thermal management component is configured to isolate the electrical chamber from the collection chamber, a pressure relief region is disposed on the thermal management component, and the emissions collected by the collection chamber is discharged through the pressure relief region. According to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the safety of the battery can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Piaopiao Yang, Xiaobo Chen, Yao Li, Xianda Li, Jinru Yue, Mingguang Gu, Lu Hu
  • Patent number: 11784364
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery module that utilizes the first and second retention housings to hold a battery cell retention frame therein that can be either air cooled or fluid cooled. In particular, the first and second retention housings have an inlet port and an outlet port, respectively, for routing fluid through the battery cell retention frame for cooling cylindrical battery cells thereon. Alternately, the battery cell retention frame can be air cooled for cooling the cylindrical battery cells. Also, the first and second retention housings provide improved structural integrity to the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atish Bharat Dahitule, Daniel Barnes, Heekook Yang, Sanjeev Porchelvan, Edward Yankoski, Yoonhee Lee
  • Patent number: 11784360
    Abstract: A battery module includes a cell unit, including a plurality of battery cells disposed on both surfaces of a unit plate, and a case accommodating the cell unit. The unit plate includes a plurality of receiving spaces, in which the plurality of battery cells are disposed, and a connection member disposed between the receiving spaces to electrically connect the battery cells to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Ryong Jeon, Seok Hwan Lee, Seung Hoon Ju, Ha Neul Choi
  • Patent number: 11777157
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module including a module housing capable of effectively increasing an energy density while improving the heat dissipation efficiency. The battery module includes a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries; and a module housing having at least one sidewall to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space defined by the sidewall and having a cooling channel embedded in the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah Ju, Hang-June Choi, Sung-Won Seo, Dal-Mo Kang, Jeong-O Mun, Yoon-Koo Lee
  • Patent number: 11777158
    Abstract: A battery module, which includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a flame spread prevention member configured to cover at least a portion of each battery cell; and a case configured to accommodate the battery cell stack covered by the flame spread prevention member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk Ryu, Dal-Mo Kang, Min-Ho Kwon, Su-Chang Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jae-Min Yoo, Ji-Su Yoon
  • Patent number: 11769919
    Abstract: A system for thermal management and structural containment includes an enclosure, a heat source disposed within the enclosure; and a wick encompassing at least a portion of an outer surface of the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC
    Inventors: Avijit Bhunia, Olivier Sudre, Qingjun Cai
  • Patent number: 11760182
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery structure for an electric vehicle. The battery structure comprises a battery case for at least one battery module and a protector including a top belt, a bottom belt and a core arranged between and interconnecting the top belt and the bottom belt. The top belt has a wavelike cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MUBEA CARBO TECH GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Spielvogel, Sebastian Schmitz, Guido Insam, Herbert Dorfinger