With Heat Exchange Feature Patents (Class 429/120)
  • Patent number: 12113182
    Abstract: A battery cooling system includes: a heating element for performing a resistance function of a battery to be subjected to a cooling test; a heating-load controller for controlling a heating load of the heating element according to a thermal model; an environment controller for controlling at least one battery cooling environment parameter such as outdoor temperature and initial temperature; a power supply for applying a current for each evaluation condition by connecting a charger/discharger to the heating element; a cooling processing part for supplying a cooling fluid such as air, coolant, or a refrigerant at a constant temperature and flow rate; and a cooling performance determination part for measuring a temperature of a battery cell over time and determining whether a target performance of the battery is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Jae Kim, Gun Goo Lee, Hye Su Lim
  • Patent number: 12113241
    Abstract: A battery module, including: a plurality of battery cell units arranged along a width direction, where each of the battery cell units has a tab, and the tab is arranged on at least one end of the battery cell unit along a length direction; and a first harness plate arranged on at least one end of the battery module along the length direction, where the first harness plate has a plurality of through grooves, and the tab passes through and is arranged on the through groove; and the through groove has an opening along a height direction, and the tab is configured to pass through and be arranged on the through groove through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhichao Wang, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 12107249
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of this disclosure, a metal-hydrogen battery according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a vessel; a plurality of electrode stacks arranged in the vessel, wherein each electrode stacks of the plurality of electrode stacks includes a plurality of layers of electrodes, the layers of electrodes including alternating cathode electrodes and anode electrodes, the anode electrode being from of a transition metal anode with a catalyst, one or more separators separating the layers of electrodes, and an electrolyte that saturates each of the electrode stacks in the plurality of electrode stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: EnerVenue Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Keshavarz, Ge Zu, Nelson Dichter, Wenxiao J. Huang
  • Patent number: 12100824
    Abstract: A battery module for a vehicle, in particular for an aircraft, comprises a housing, a cell stack accommodated in the housing, an internal channel system for heat transfer fluid disposed in the housing, a fluid inlet connector and a fluid outlet connector connected to the internal channel system and adapted to being connected to an external thermal management system, wherein the fluid inlet connector and the fluid outlet connector are self-sealing connectors molded into the housing, preferably self-sealing and dripless connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lilium eAircraft GmbH
    Inventors: Ryan Pitre, Angel Plaza, Joerg-Michael Weber, Gerd Fritsch, Felix Scheile, Armin Ader, Axel Dietrich
  • Patent number: 12100821
    Abstract: A bus bar module includes a circuit body, a bus bar, a holder, and a cover configured to be assembled to the holder to protect the circuit body and the holder. The circuit body includes a belt-like main line that extends in a first direction, a belt-like branch line that extends from the main line so as to branch from the main line, and a connection portion provided in a position closer to a distal end of the branch line than a folded portion the branch line. The cover is structured so as to be stretchable and shrinkable in the first direction in accordance with a stretching and a shrinking of the holder in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Kimitoshi Makino, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoji Yasuda, Masahiro Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 12095065
    Abstract: Described herein is an electrochemical energy store including at least one electrochemical cell and a support structure, wherein the electrochemical cells are accommodated in a suspended manner in the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Peter Heidebrecht, Wolfgang Jabczynski, Peter Steigner, Dirk Merkel, Domnik Bayer, Jesus Enrique Zerpa Unda
  • Patent number: 12095062
    Abstract: Provided is a pouch case including first and second accommodation portions formed to accommodate the electrode assembly, a sealing portion formed along an outer part of the pouch case to surround the first and second accommodation portions, and a connecting portion formed with the same depth as that of the first and second accommodation portion and configured to connect the first and second accommodation portions at a predetermined interval, wherein a protrusion protrudes in a direction toward the sealing portion at opposite ends of the connecting portion. Accordingly, in the pouch case, and a secondary battery and a secondary battery pack using the same, a perfect cooling structure is acquired by uniformly forming one side surface of the secondary battery, and thus, an effect of holding one side surface of the secondary battery to be close to a cooling plate to maximize cooling efficiency is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae IL Kim, Won Seok Jeong, Sung Yeop Kim
  • Patent number: 12095066
    Abstract: A multi-layer heat insulation element for thermal insulation of a battery is proposed, with a first cover layer, with a second cover layer and with a compressible and/or pliable intermediate ply arranged between the cover layers, which has at least one heat-resistant fibre layer, wherein the fibre layer is formed from a needled nonwoven and/or wherein the cover layers are flexurally weak and the heat insulation element as a whole is compressible and flexibly pliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: H.K.O. ISOLIER—UND TEXTILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Stude, Carsten Stöckmann
  • Patent number: 12090831
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body lower structure. A vehicle body lower structure includes a battery pack that encloses a drive battery. The battery pack includes a tray and a cover member attached to an upper surface of the tray with a seal member interposed, the seal member making the inside of the battery pack liquid-tight. A battery terminal, a high-voltage junction box, a control device, and a switch, which are connection portions of an electric cable, are arranged above the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui
  • Patent number: 12087958
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device with a carrier (3) having an opening (1) for receiving a battery cell (2) on the casing side, which carrier (3) has a measuring channel (5) extending between a carrier outer wall (4) and the opening (1) for a measuring head (6) which has a locking device for a measuring position set against the battery cell casing (7). In order to design a device of the type described at the beginning in such a way that a regulation adapted to the inhomogeneous distribution of the state variables within a battery module and within a battery cell is made possible and, at the same time, an industrial production of battery modules, in particular their assembly, is favored, it is proposed that the measuring head (6) has a galvanic contact point (12) of a voltage sensor, which contact point (12), in the measuring position, rests against the battery cell casing (7) which forms an electrical pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: John Deere Electric Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Gerhard Waldschütz, Wolfgang Schmudermaier, Florian Drexler, Helmut Kastler, Peter Dobusch
  • Patent number: 12087929
    Abstract: A battery module, includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a first heat dissipation member disposed on one side of the cell stack; a second heat dissipation member disposed on the other side of the cell stack; and a blocking member providing a plurality of insulation spaces in which the battery cells are disposed, the blocking member surrounding at least one surface of each of the battery cells; wherein the plurality of the battery cells, include a first battery cell having a surface contacting the first heat dissipation member; and a second battery cell having a surface contacting the second heat dissipation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Ryong Jeon, Sun Mo An, Ha Chul Jeong
  • Patent number: 12080901
    Abstract: A battery module may include a plurality of secondary battery cells; a cell accommodating unit equipped with at least one of the secondary battery cells in a procumbent state; a cover unit coupled to the cell accommodating unit and covering an opening of the cell accommodating unit accommodating the secondary battery cells; and a heat sink unit provided in the cell accommodating unit and the cover unit and in contact with a bottom portion and a top portion of the secondary battery cells to release heat generated by the secondary battery cells externally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Mo An, Hae Ryong Jeon, Young Sun Choi
  • Patent number: 12080176
    Abstract: In an aspect of the present disclosure is a system for in-flight re-routing of an electric aircraft including a battery pack configured to provide electrical power to the electric aircraft; a sensor configured to detect at least a temperature metric of the battery pack and generate a temperature datum based on the at least a temperature metric; a controller communicatively connected to the sensor, the controller configured to: receive the temperature datum from the sensor; and re-route the electric aircraft based on the temperature datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Foland, Lochie Ferrier, Nick Warren, John Palombini
  • Patent number: 12065015
    Abstract: A cooling structure includes a fan that suctions gas through an inlet and sends gas, a flow path that connects the inlet and the fan to each other, a foreign matter entry suppression member that suppresses entry of a foreign matter into the flow path through the inlet, and a vibration suppression member set between the foreign matter entry suppression member and the fan and provided to suppress vibration of a rod-like foreign matter caused by rotation of a blade of the fan. The foreign matter entry suppression member includes a plurality of opening portions for suctioning gas into the flow path. The vibration suppression member is constructed to be provided with a plurality of opening portions while it is set in the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ohta, Yuki Fukuzawa, Daisuke Miyata, Shogo Hattori
  • 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: 12049129
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body lower structure. A vehicle body lower structure includes a battery pack that encloses a drive battery. The battery pack includes a tray and a cover member attached to an upper surface of the tray with a seal member interposed, the seal member making the inside of the battery pack liquid-tight. A battery terminal, a high-voltage junction box, a control device, and a switch, which are connection portions of an electric cable, are arranged above the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui
  • Patent number: 12051791
    Abstract: A battery module, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a battery cell laminate having a plurality of battery cells stacked along a stacking direction, cooling fins interposed between the battery cells, and first and second cooling manifolds connected to the cooling fins. The cooling fins include a first cooling fin having a first inlet and a first outlet and a second cooling fin having a second inlet and a second outlet, where the first inlet and the second outlet are connected to the first cooling manifold, and the second inlet and the first outlet are connected to the second cooling manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyunseok Shim
  • Patent number: 12046728
    Abstract: A battery includes a metal can having a bottom, a top opening, and four sides. The battery also includes a plurality of cells stacked inside the metal can, wherein at least two opposing sides of the four sides of the metal can are biased inward against the plurality of cells to provide compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wisk Aero LLC
    Inventors: John Melack, Thomas P. Muniz, Nihal Murthy
  • Patent number: 12046761
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a stack of a plurality of battery cells each including positive and negative electrode lead tabs led out of a laminate film casing, and a coupling assisting member. The coupling assisting member includes a conductive plate member fixing portion that fixes a conductive plate member having first and second main surfaces in a front-to-back relationship. Either one of the positive and negative lead tabs of one battery cell is conductively connected to the first main surface of the conductive plate member. A lead tab of a battery cell adjoining the one battery cell, having a polarity different from that of the lead tab of the one battery cell, is inserted through the second slit portion and conductively connected to the second main surface of the conductive plate member. Vibration transmission ratio changing bends are provided on the lead tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12046732
    Abstract: A film-covered battery includes a coverage case having a film covering material and a power generation element contained in the coverage case. The coverage case has a first sealing part that guides a terminal and a second sealing part that does not guide a terminal. The second sealing part is formed on at least one face (face F) with a maximum area among exterior faces of the power generation element. The assembled battery has a third sealing part being a part of the second sealing part and overlapping the power generation element. In the assembled battery, a heat dissipation plate is placed on the face F where the third sealing part is formed. A projection area of the third sealing part and the heat dissipation plate on the face F occupies 40% or more of the face F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: AESC JAPAN LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Unno
  • Patent number: 12046731
    Abstract: A battery module according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a cell stack including one or more battery cells; a mono frame accommodating the cell stack therein; and a thermally conductive resin layer positioned between a lower portion of the cell stack and the mono frame. The battery module further includes a spring positioned between an upper portion of the cell stack and the mono frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kitaek Jung, Junyeob Seong, Jee Hoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 12040442
    Abstract: An electrochemical battery cell for a battery module for an electrically drivable motor vehicle, includes a cell housing and a spacer element which is secured to one housing face of the cell housing in order to be supported in an electrically insulating manner on an adjacent cell housing at a distance therefrom. The spacer element includes an electrically insulating insulation layer that is fastened to the housing face of the cell housing, and, for supporting purposes, a tolerance compensating layer which is fastened to the insulation layer and projects therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tuncay Idikurt, Christoph Klaus, Daniel Scherer
  • Patent number: 12040465
    Abstract: A module (10) for a battery includes accumulators (20), a first flange (22A) including first through openings, the accumulators being secured in the first openings, first electrically-conductive plates (24A), each first plate being connected to the accumulators of a first accumulator assembly, a second flange (22B) including second through openings, the accumulators being secured in the second openings, second electrically-conductive plates (24B), each second plate being connected to the accumulators of a second accumulator assembly, and first, second, and third chambers partly delimited by the first and second flanges and containing a dielectric liquid, the first flange including first passages for the dielectric liquid between the first and second chambers and the second flange including second passages for the dielectric liquid between the second and third chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Matthieu Desbois-Renaudin, Jean-Noël Carminati
  • Patent number: 12034178
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module including: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; and a pressure drop sheet on one side of the battery cell stack, in which the pressure drop sheet includes: a ventilation layer including ceramic fiber; and a sacrificial layer on at least one face of the ventilation layer, the sacrificial layer is disposed in a direction facing the battery cell stack, and the pressure drop sheet exhibits gas permeability at a critical temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Il Kim, Seo Roh Rhee, Ju Young Jeong
  • Patent number: 12034140
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a battery module includes: a cartridge including an accommodation space therein; a plurality of battery cells placed in the accommodation space; a cooling unit configured to cool the battery cells; and a heat exchange unit configured to exchange heat with the cooling unit, wherein the heat exchange unit includes: a heat exchange chamber having an inner space; a lower cooling flow path located in the heat exchange chamber and through which a cooling fluid flows; an upper cooling flow path located above the lower cooling flow path and through which the cooling fluid supplied from the lower cooling flow path flows; and a connection flow path configured to supply the cooling fluid flowing in the lower cooling flow path to the upper cooling flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Il Son, Ha-Neul Yoo, Yun-Ki Choi, Jong-Soo Ha
  • Patent number: 12015167
    Abstract: A battery module includes a housing component that delimits a module interior and is intended for accommodating at least one module component. The housing component is formed as one piece and delimits the module interior at least on three sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventor: Tobias Tofaute
  • Patent number: 12015178
    Abstract: A battery cell includes an inner plastic layer, an outer plastic layer, and a middle metal layer. The inner and outer plastic layers extends along at least three of sides of the battery cell. The middle metal layer is disposed between the inner and outer plastic layers. The middle metal layer extends along the at least three sides of the battery cell and projects from at least a fourth side of the battery cell to form at least one heat dissipation tab. The at least one heat dissipation tab is configured to transfer heat to at least one cooling plate through thermal conduction. The fourth side of the battery cell connects two of the at least three sides to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yun Cai, Xingcheng Xiao, Bin Li
  • Patent number: 12015134
    Abstract: A battery unit disclosed herein includes a cell stack, bus bars, a cooler, and a heat transfer member. The cell stack includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The cooler includes a cooling surface that faces the second surface of the cell stack to cool the cell stack. The heat transfer member is arranged between the second surface of the cell stack and the cooling surface of the cooler to transfer heat of the cell stack to the cooler. The cooling surface of the cooler has a flat shape. The heat transfer member includes a plurality of bands extending along a stacking direction. The bands are located away from each other. At least one of the bands at least partially overlaps each of electrodes of a plurality of battery cells when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the cooling surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Sugiyama, Wataru Kubo, Ryota Aoki, Masatoshi Hiyoshi, Haruka Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 12009498
    Abstract: A battery pack is provided with: a battery module having a cell stack configured by stacking a plurality of cells; and a cooling mechanism for cooling the battery module. The cooling mechanism is a refrigerant flow passage through which a liquid medium passes. The cell stack and the refrigerant flow passage are arranged with a bottom plate interposed therebetween. A plurality of protrusions are provided on the lower surface of the bottom plate. The plurality of protrusions are arranged in a staggered pattern along the stacking direction of the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rieko Koyama
  • Patent number: 12002939
    Abstract: A battery module reduces the risk of secondary ignition or explosion and increases durability against external impacts. The battery module includes a plurality of secondary batteries respectively having a gas venting portion for discharging a gas generated therein to the outside at a predetermined pressure and arranged in a front and rear direction in two rows; and a cooling member including a body portion interposed between two rows of the plurality of secondary batteries and having a size corresponding to left and right sides of the plurality of secondary batteries, and a gas discharge portion provided to at least one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the body portion and having a gas discharge passage elongated from a front end to a rear end of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Min Yoo, Jeong-O Mun, Eun-Gyu Shin, Yoon-Koo Lee
  • Patent number: 11993140
    Abstract: A traction battery assembly includes, among other things, battery cells configured to be positioned between a first frame rail of an electrified vehicle and an opposite, second frame rail of the electrified vehicle. The battery cells are arranged to transfer a load from the first frame rail to the second frame rail. A method of securing battery cells includes, among other things, positioning battery cells between a first frame of an electrified vehicle and an opposite, second frame rail of the electrified vehicle. The battery cells are positioned to transfer a load from the first frame rail to the second frame rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Mackenzie, Jude Berthault
  • Patent number: 11990598
    Abstract: A heat-activated pump regulates the temperature of a battery or motor. For a battery, an evaporator has fluid passageways arranged in a serpentine path or multiple parallel paths, in direct contact with battery cells. For a motor, the passageways wrap around its casing or within. Working fluid in the passageways is converted to vapor. Whenever a target pressure is exceeded, a pressure-control valve allows vaporized working fluid to escape into a liquid-piston chamber, where it expands adiabatically and displaces pumped liquid, expelling it in a pumping stage from the liquid-piston chamber through a check valve into a condenser. Another check valve allows the pumped liquid to return in a suction stage to the chamber. An injector valve between the liquid-piston chamber and the evaporator returns jets of condensed working fluid to the evaporator in successive brief spurts responsive to periodic pressure pulses in the liquid-piston chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Mudasir Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11973243
    Abstract: A battery includes a battery cell having a first wall provided with a pressure relief mechanism configured to be actuated when internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold, a fire-fighting pipeline configured to accommodate a fire-fighting medium and discharge the fire-fighting medium when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated, a first fixing member disposed on a side of the fire-fighting pipeline close to the first wall and provided with first and second limiting parts, and a second fixing member disposed on a side of the fire-fighting pipeline away from the first wall and provided with third and fourth limiting parts. The third and first limiting parts match each other to fix the fire-fighting pipeline between the first and second fixing members. The fourth and second limiting parts match each other to limit the second fixing member in an extending direction of the fire-fighting pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaoteng Huang, Chenyi Xu, Langchao Hu, Junxiang Ma, Haiqi Yang, Jun Liu, Peng Wang, Zhanyu Sun
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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