Plural Layers Patents (Class 429/144)
  • Patent number: 12237537
    Abstract: A separator for a lithium secondary battery is provided. The separator includes a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer positioned on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The binder polymer includes a PVdF-based binder polymer, and the PVdF-based binder polymer has a first peak at a 2? of 18.2±0.2° and a second peak at a 2? of 19.8±0.2°, as analyzed by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and a ratio of an area of the second peak to an area of the first peak (the area of the second peak/the area of the first peak) is equal to or more than 1.25 and less than 2.75. The separator for the lithium secondary battery includes fine and uniform pores formed on the surface thereof to provide an increased adhesive surface area to an electrode, resulting in improvement of adhesion to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Sung Lee, Bong-Tae Kim, Kil-An Jung
  • Patent number: 12237535
    Abstract: Provided is a composite separator for an electrochemical device, and the composite separator according to the present invention includes a porous substrate and a crystalline metal salt. The composite separator may serve as a salt source to a liquid electrolyte of the electrochemical device, and additionally or independently, may have flame retardancy by the metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: UBATT INC.
    Inventors: Chang Kyoo Lee, Jung Hwan Kim, Keun Ho Choi, Geon Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 12237536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including same. The separator includes a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a heat-resistant binder including a (meth)acrylic copolymer including a first structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamide, and a second structural unit including at least one of a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrylate, and a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamidosulfonic acid or a salt; an adhesive binder having a core-shell structure; and inorganic particles, wherein the adhesive binder has an average particle diameter of 0.2 ?m to 1.0 ?m, and the inorganic particles have an average particle diameter of 0.2 ?m to 1.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongkyoung Kim, Gain Kim, Jungyoon Lee, Yeonjoo Choi, Yangseob Kim
  • Patent number: 12230837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The separator includes a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a binder including a (meth)acrylic copolymer including a first structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamide, and a second structural unit including at least one of a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrylate, and a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamidosulfonic acid or a salt thereof; first inorganic particles; and second inorganic particles, wherein the first inorganic particles have an average particle diameter of 400 to 600 nm, the average particle diameter of the second inorganic particles is smaller than the average particle diameter of the first inorganic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungyoon Lee, Gain Kim, Yangseob Kim, Yongkyoung Kim, Yeonjoo Choi
  • Patent number: 12230835
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly comprising two or more electrodes and a separator disposed between the electrodes, wherein the separator is provided a coating part having a color on a surplus part that is not in contact with the electrodes, and colors of the coating parts provided on the neighboring separators thereto are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Chan Woo Park, Kwan Hong Bae
  • Patent number: 12218357
    Abstract: A binder for an all-solid-state secondary battery that can control a decrease in ionic conductivity, is excellent in binding properties and oxidation resistance, and can realize favorable cycle life characteristics even under a high voltage; and a binder composition for an all-solid-state secondary battery containing the binder. A binder for an all-solid-state secondary battery includes a polymer (A) which includes a repeating unit (a1) derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester (excluding an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester having a hydroxyl group) and a repeating unit (a2) derived from a compound having a tertiary amino group, a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the polymer (A) being from 250000 to 3000000, and an endothermic peak being observed at ?10° C. or lower when differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is performed on the polymer (A) in accordance with JIS K 7121.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ENEOS MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Aso, Taira Ohashi, Motohisa Azechi, Daisuke Sukeguchi, Shingo Itai
  • Patent number: 12218313
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an exterior package, an electrode assembly, and an electrolyte solution. In a cross section orthogonal to a winding axis of the laminated assembly, the electrode assembly has a contour line having a corner-rounded rectangular shape. The contour line consists of a first arc-shaped portion, a straight line portion, and a second arc-shaped portion. The contour line has a height ratio (R1=H0/H1) of 1.20 to 1.35. H0 represents a distance between two points most distant from each other on the contour line. H1 represents an average length of the two line segments. The separator includes a first main surface and a second main surface. The first main surface is in contact with the negative electrode plate. A first dynamic coefficient of friction between the first main surface and the negative electrode plate is 0.52 to 0.66.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Muraoka, Kazuki Takeno
  • Patent number: 12218356
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that can cause a battery member for a non-aqueous secondary battery to display a balance of both high blocking resistance and high process adhesiveness. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains a particulate polymer having a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion covering at least a portion of an outer surface of the core portion. The core portion is formed of a polymer A and the shell portion is formed of a polymer B including not less than 1 mol % and not more than 30 mol % of a sulfo group-containing monomer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Sugimoto, Keiichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12206064
    Abstract: Methods are provided for producing a biaxially oriented nanoporous UHMWPE membrane. The method can include combining a petroleum jelly, an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), and an antioxidant, forming a suspension, feeding the suspension into an extruder to produce a gel filament, pressing the gel filament to form a gel film, subjecting the gel film to an annealing temperature, and extracting the petroleum jelly from the gel film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ping Gao, Tianshou Zhao, Runlai Li, Lin Zeng, Jin Li, Qiao Gu
  • Patent number: 12191494
    Abstract: Provided is a novel technique relating to electrochemical devices that makes it possible to ensure a high level of safety of an electrochemical device while also causing the electrochemical device to display excellent high-temperature storage characteristics. One or more composite particles for an electrochemical device each include a core particle and a shell portion at least partially covering an outer surface of the core particle. The core particle contains a melamine compound, and the shell portion contains an inorganic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Mesuda, Kenya Sonobe, Yasuhiro Isshiki
  • Patent number: 12183945
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a constraint and an electrode assembly disposed within the constraint. The electrode assembly includes a population of unit cells including an electrode current collector layer, an electrode layer, a separator layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a counter-electrode current collector layer in stacked succession in a longitudinal direction. The electrode layer includes an electrode active material, and the counter-electrode layer includes a counter-electrode active material. One of the electrode active material and the counter-electrode material is a cathodically active material and the other of the electrode active material and the counter-electrode material is an anodically active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Enovix Corporation
    Inventors: Robert S. Busacca, Aditya Mandalam, Jeffrey G. Buck, Anthony Calcaterra, Kim Han Lee, Prajanya Sunil Kendrekar
  • Patent number: 12148949
    Abstract: A battery, a battery module, a battery pack and an electric device are provided. In some embodiments, the battery includes: a positive electrode, a separator and a negative electrode, wherein the separator includes a base film, a first coating provided on a first surface of the base film, and a second coating provided on a second surface of the base film, the first coating includes a first polar substance, and hydrogen bonds are formed between the first polar substance and a positive binder; hydrogen bonds are formed between the second polar substance and a negative binder and/or a negative active component. In the present disclosure, binding forces between the separator and the positive electrode and the negative electrode may be increased by the hydrogen bonds, thus reducing a cycle expansion rate of a bare cell and improving a high-rate discharge performance and a cycle performance of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuping Huang, Mingfeng Lin, Yunjian Ma, Honggang Yu, Yanhui Li, Jianping Zhang, Yu Dai, Yidong Shen
  • Patent number: 12142789
    Abstract: A separator for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a porous substrate and a filler layer disposed upon the substrate. The filler layer includes phosphate particles and a reticulated polyvinylidene fluoride resin. The filler layer has a polyvinylidene fluoride resin content of 15 mass % to 40 mass %, inclusive. The D10 particle size (D10) of the phosphate particles on a volume basis is 0.02 ?m to 0.5 ?m, inclusive, and is smaller than the average pore size of the pores in the substrate. The BET specific surface area of the phosphate particles 30 is 5 m2/g to 100 m2/g, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Sugimori, Yasunori Baba, Katsunori Yanagida, Nobuhiro Hirano
  • Patent number: 12126045
    Abstract: Provided is a separator for an electrochemical device, including: a porous polymer substrate; and a porous organic/inorganic coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate and including heat conductive inorganic particles and core-shell particles, wherein the particles are bound to one another by a binder polymer, and wherein the core-shell particle includes a core portion and a shell portion surrounding the surface of the core portion, the core portion includes a metal hydroxide having heat-absorbing property at 150-400° C., the shell portion includes a polymer resin, and the polymer resin is a water-insoluble polymer or crosslinked polymer. An electrochemical device including the separator is also provided. It is possible to provide a separator with an improved heat-absorbing effect and safety, and an electrochemical device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Sung Lee, A-Young Lee, Sun-Mi Jin
  • Patent number: 12119512
    Abstract: A method of preparing a composite separator for a lithium battery includes: coating a binder composition on one side or both sides of a porous substrate; hot-air drying the porous substrate coated with the binder composition; and supplying a non-solvent during the hot-air drying, such that a porous layer is on one side or both sides of the porous substrate, wherein the binder composition includes a good-solvent, a binder, and inorganic particles, an amount of the non-solvent supplied during the hot-air drying is from 12 g/m3 to 17 g/m3, and a ratio (e) of the hot-air supply speed to the moving speed of the porous substrate per unit transit time in the hot-air dryer is from 2.2 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daehyun Hong
  • Patent number: 12119444
    Abstract: Set forth herein are pellets, thin films, and monoliths of lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes having engineered surfaces. These engineered surfaces have a list of advantageous properties including, but not limited to, low surface area resistance, high Li+ ion conductivity, low tendency for lithium dendrites to form within or thereupon when the electrolytes are used in an electrochemical cell. Other advantages include voltage stability and long cycle life when used in electrochemical cells as a separator or a membrane between the positive and negative electrodes. Also set forth herein are methods of making these electrolytes including, but not limited to, methods of annealing these electrolytes under controlled atmosphere conditions. Set forth herein, additionally, are methods of using these electrolytes in electrochemical cells and devices. The instant disclosure further includes electrochemical cells which incorporate the lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes set forth herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: QuantumScape Battery, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnold Allenic, Cheng-Chieh Chao, Lei Cheng, Niall Donnelly, William H. Gardner, Timothy Holme, Sriram Iyer, Shuang Li
  • Patent number: 12095091
    Abstract: Provided is a binder for use in an electrode layer or separator for a lithium-ion secondary battery, wherein the binder is unlikely to cause powder removal and does not completely cover the surface of the active material particles when used in an electrode layer as a binder. The binder of the present invention is a binder for a non-aqueous secondary battery, the binder comprising a fibrid of an aromatic polyamide, wherein the fibrid swells and is not dissolved in an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solvent in which an alkali metal salt and/or an alkaline earth metal salt is present at a concentration of 1,000 ppm or less, and is completely dissolved in an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solvent in which an alkali metal salt and/or an alkaline earth metal salt is present at a concentration of 10,000 ppm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventor: Tetsuya Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 12074341
    Abstract: A separator including: a porous polymer substrate having a plurality of pores; and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate, and including a plurality of lithium-containing composite particles and a binder positioned on the whole or a part of the surface of the lithium-containing composite particles to connect and fix the lithium-containing composite particles with each other, wherein the lithium-containing composite particles includes a lithiated compound and a passivation film formed on the surface of the lithiated compound, and the passivation film includes a solid electrolyte interface (SEI). A lithium secondary battery including the separator and a method for manufacturing the lithium secondary battery are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Oh-Byong Chae, Sang-Wook Woo, Je-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 12046709
    Abstract: A metal-ion deposition regulator to regulate the flux and deposition of metal ions in an electrochemical cell. The regulator containing two membranes made of a polymer and a plurality of two-dimensional porous nanosheets sandwiched between the two membranes. The regulator is capable of distributing flux of metal ions passing through the metal-ion deposition regulator and regulating the deposition of the metal ions onto the cathode or anode thereby suppressing dendrite growth in the electrochemical cell. An electrochemical cell containing an anode, a cathode, a liquid electrolyte, and a metal-ion deposition regulator. A method of making a metal-ion deposition regulator. The method includes fabricating two-dimensional porous nanosheets utilizing graphene oxide as an expendable template, and sandwiching the porous nanosheets between two membranes made of a polymer such that the nanosheets are in contact with the two membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Vilas Ganpat Pol, Patrick J H Kim
  • Patent number: 12034181
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. New or improved mats, separators, batteries, methods, and/or systems are also disclosed, shown, claimed, and/or provided. For example, in at least one possibly preferred embodiment, a composite separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. In at least one possibly particularly preferred embodiment, a PE membrane separator is provided with at least one fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Daramic, LLC
    Inventors: Eric H. Miller, Ahila Krishnamoorthy, James P. Perry, J. Kevin Whear
  • Patent number: 12034122
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution that includes an alkoxy compound represented by CmX2m+1—O—(CX2)n—OH. Each X represents hydrogen (H) or a halogen, m is an integer of 1 or greater, n is an integer of 1 or greater, and (m+n) is 4 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Sakuma, Masahiro Miyamoto, Raman Kukreja
  • Patent number: 12021256
    Abstract: Disclosed are a separator for an electrochemical device, comprising a porous base membrane, a coating layer disposed on at least one side of the porous base membrane and at least one channel for ionic flow, wherein the coating layer comprises at least one organic material with, for example, a core-shell structure that melts when the electrochemical device is overheated to a temperature that is higher than the melting point of the at least one organic material to block the at least one channel for ionic flow; as well as an electrochemical device comprising the separator and a method for making the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI ENERGY NEW MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alex Cheng, Xudong Li, Gang Min, Honggui Deng, Hui Chen, Qi Yue, Chao Feng, Xianghua Li, Kang Wang, An Wang, Yangyang Chen
  • Patent number: 12021240
    Abstract: A battery (10) includes a positive electrode (100) and a first insulating layer (322). The positive electrode (100) includes a current collector (110) and a first active material layer (122). The current collector (110) includes a first surface (112) and a second surface (114). The second surface (114) is opposite to the first surface (112). The first active material layer (122) is positioned over the first surface (112) of the current collector (110). The first insulating layer (322) faces the first active material layer (122) of the positive electrode (100). The first active material layer (122) contains at least one carbon. The first insulating layer (322) contains magnesium hydroxide particles. A product of an area density and a specific surface area of the magnesium hydroxide particles is equal to or greater than 0.20 times a sum of products of an area density and a specific surface area of each of the at least one carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Yanagisawa, Yoshimasa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12021262
    Abstract: A slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer contains organic particles, a sulfosuccinic acid ester or a salt thereof, a hydrocarbon having a molecular weight of 1,000 or less, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12002989
    Abstract: A separator includes a porous substrate and a hybrid coating layer disposed on a surface of the porous substrate. The hybrid coating layer includes a plurality of polymer particles and a binder. Each polymer particle includes a shell and a cavity defined in the shell. The polymer particle can swell and damage when comes in contact with an electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Xiaohe Fan, ZengBin Wei
  • Patent number: 11984557
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a secondary battery is provided. The electrolyte for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a non-aqueous organic solvent including propyl propionate (PP) and ethyl propionate (EP); a lithium salt; and an additive. The lithium salt is contained in a concentration of 0.6-1.6 M. Accordingly, when the electrolyte is applied to a battery and a flexible battery, excellent discharge performance can be exhibited in extremely low temperature and high temperature. In addition, the flexible battery of the present invention can prevent or minimize the deterioration of physical properties required as a battery even if repeated bending occurs. Such an electrolyte for a secondary battery of the present invention can be applied to various fields which require high discharge capacity at extremely low temperature and high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Hee Jang, Hyeon Woo Cho
  • Patent number: 11967733
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator which has high heat resistance and is resistant to the detachment of a heat resistant layer. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an example embodiment includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator includes a polyolefin substrate and a heat resistant layer disposed on a side of the substrate. The heat resistant layer includes an aramid resin, and the aramid resin has a ratio (B/A) of 0.94 to 1.14 wherein A is the absorbance at a wavelength of 1318 cm?1 and B is the absorbance at a wavelength of 1650 cm?1 in an infrared absorption spectrum obtained by infrared spectroscopic measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Kasamatsu, Hideki Morishima
  • Patent number: 11942644
    Abstract: A preparation method of a cathode slurry and a battery are provided. The preparation method includes: S1, mixing materials containing a plasticizer and an additive to form a premixed slurry A; and S2, mixing a styrene-butadiene rubber emulsion with the premixed slurry A. The plasticizer includes a first functional group including at least one of a hydroxyl group, a carbonate group, and a ketone group. The additive includes a second functional group including at least one of a carboxyl group, a nitrile group, and an amide group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: CALB Technology Co., Ltd., CALB Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongxun Xiu, Taotao Shen, Junli Tong
  • Patent number: 11908996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, wherein a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is included on one surface or both surfaces of at least one structure of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, or the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Sung Lee, Min Ji Kim, Ho June Kim
  • Patent number: 11901578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator, a manufacturing method therefor, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, the separator comprising: a porous substrate; and a porous adhesive layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the porous substrate, wherein the porous adhesive layer comprises a nitrogen-containing binder and polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer microparticles having an average diameter of 200 nm to 700 nm, and the total thickness of the porous adhesive layer is 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seyeong Kang, Gain Kim, Byung-Soo Kim, Yongkyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11879070
    Abstract: Coating compositions for porous substrates, and/or related methods including methods of manufacture and/or of use thereof are disclosed. Also, coating compositions for porous substrates, where the coating comprises at least a polymeric binder and heat-resistant particles with or without additional additives, materials or components are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Michael B. Lane, Insik Jeon, Edward Kruger, Xiang Yu, Ronnie E. Smith, Stefan Reinartz, Junqing Ma
  • Patent number: 11862810
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a separator for an electrochemical element, comprising a fibrous structure, wherein the fibrous structure has a first fibrous layer part in which short fibers and/or pulp-like fibers are intertwined with each other, and a second fibrous layer part; some of the short fibers and/or the pulp-like fibers constituting the first fibrous layer part penetrates the second fibrous layer part; and a pore diameter distribution of the fibrous structure satisfies the following formula: 0 ?m<Dmax<18 ?m, and 0 ?m?(Dmax?Dave)<13 ?m, wherein Dmax is a maximum pore diameter (?m) of the fibrous structure, and Dave is an average pore diameter (?m) of the fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN VILENE COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Cho, Yoshinori Sato, Ayuka Noguchi, Akihiko Kawano, Masanao Tanaka, Yasuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11837693
    Abstract: A polyolefin microporous membrane has a puncture elongation of not more than 2.30 mm. The temperature of the stress inflection point is not less than 80.0° C., and the stress peak value is not more than 1.8 gin thermomechanical analysis (TMA) measurement of the transverse direction of the polyolefin microporous membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mana Kajiwara, Hiroshi Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 11831010
    Abstract: A carbon-sulfur composite including a carbonized metal-organic framework (MOF); and a sulfur compound introduced to at least a part of an outside surface and an inside of the carbonized metal-organic framework, wherein the carbonized metal-organic framework has a specific surface area of 2500 m2/g to 4000 m2/g, and the carbonized metal-organic framework has a pore volume of 0.1 cc/g to 10 cc/g, and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eunkyung Cho, Suenghoon Han, Myeong Jun Song, Il To Kim, Kwonnam Sohn, Doo Kyung Yang, Jiwon Kim, Moo Whan Shin
  • Patent number: 11824164
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery, an electrode assembly, and an electrode assembly manufacturing method are disclosed. The electrode assembly includes: a separator configured to include a first insertion portion formed in a first direction and a second insertion portion formed in a second direction, which are alternatively stacked; a first electrode inserted into the first insertion portion; a second electrode inserted into the second insertion portion while the separator is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a sealing portion configured to bond opposite surfaces of the separator into which the first electrode and the second electrode are inserted with the separator interposed therebetween; and a lead tab configured to include a first current collecting tab connected to the first electrode and a second current collecting tab connected to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chanjin Choi, Gisung Kim, Jae Kyung Cho
  • Patent number: 11824225
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polymer separator and preparation method thereof, and a lithium-ion battery including the polymer separator and preparation method thereof. The polymer separator includes a porous substrate, a hydrophilic blocking layer, and a porous polar polymer bonding layer. The hydrophilic blocking layer is disposed between the porous substrate and the porous polar polymer bonding layer. Pore walls in the porous polar polymer bonding layer are provided with node structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lina Jin, Bowen Xuan, Xiaodong Cao, Jinxiang Wu, Jun Shan, Gang Hu, Long He
  • Patent number: 11817553
    Abstract: A gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) composition and a method of forming the same are provided. The GPE includes a polymer network and an electrolyte composition comprising a deep eutectic solvent (DES) having a eutectic point of less than or equal to 25° C. An electrochemical cell including a GPE and a method of forming the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Christopher M. Hoffman, Jr., Adam W. Freeman, Matthew W. Logan, Spencer A. Langevin
  • Patent number: 11811090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator, a method of manufacturing the separator, and an electrochemical device including the separator. An embodiment of the present invention may provide a separator including: a porous substrate; an inorganic particle layer provided on at least one surface of the porous substrate; and a heat fusion layer provided on at least one surface of the inorganic particle layer, wherein a surface gloss value at 60° C. of a surface of the heat fusion layer is 10 GU or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD., SK IE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Sub Kwack, Tae Wook Kwon, Heung Taek Bae, Chang Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11804617
    Abstract: This separator for a power storage device has a porous layer containing a polyolefin resin and surface-treated ionic compound. The ionic compound content of the porous layer is 5 to 99 mass %, and the degree of surface hydrophilicity of the ionic compound is 0.10 to 0.80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Murakami, Shintaro Inaba, Shinya Hisamitsu, Daisuke Inagaki, Hiroshi Hatayama
  • Patent number: 11791495
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a separator for a lithium metal battery and a lithium ion secondary battery including the same. The separator is provided with a porous coating layer including a high content of binder resin. The content of binder resin in the porous coating layer is 25 wt % or more based on 100 wt % of the porous coating layer, and the porous coating layer faces a negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Woong Yun, Jong-Pil Jegal
  • Patent number: 11782222
    Abstract: An optical fiber connecting component includes a glass plate having a plurality of first through holes, a resin ferrule fixed to the glass plate and having a plurality of second through holes that are each coaxial with corresponding one of the plurality of first through holes, and a plurality of optical fibers including a glass fiber and a resin coating that covers the glass fiber. The glass fiber exposed from a tip of each of the optical fibers is held in corresponding one of the first through holes and corresponding one of the second through holes, and a material for the resin ferrule has a flexural modulus of 5 GPa or more at 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakanishi, Tsutaru Kumagai, Hajime Arao
  • Patent number: 11784377
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a separator and an electrochemical device including the same. The separator includes a porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate, wherein the porous coating layer includes, as a binder polymer, an amorphous adhesive binder polymer, and at least one fluorinated binder polymer. It is possible to provide a separator which shows low resistance and significantly improved adhesion to an electrode, and an electrochemical device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: So-Mi Jeong, Young-Bok Kim, Je-An Lee
  • Patent number: 11764441
    Abstract: A separator for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the separator, the separator including a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a heat resistant binder including a (meth)acryl copolymer including a first structural unit and a second structural unit, the first structural unit being a structural unit of a (meth)acrylamide and the second structural unit being a structural unit of a (meth)acrylic acid, a (meth)acrylate, a (meth)acrylonitrile, a (meth)acrylamido sulfonic acid, a (meth)acrylamido sulfonate salt, or a combination thereof; polyethylene particles; and first inorganic particles, and an average particle size (D50) of the first inorganic particles is larger than an average particle size (D50) of the polyethylene particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeonsun Choi, Yongkyoung Kim, Jungyoon Lee, Yangseob Kim
  • Patent number: 11735797
    Abstract: A coating solution for lithium ion battery separators which comprises inorganic particles, an organic polymer binder and carboxymethyl cellulose having an etherification rate of 1.10 to 2.00 or a salt thereof, or a coating solution for lithium ion battery separators comprising inorganic particles containing magnesium hydroxide having a linseed oil absorption of 30 to 80 (g/100 g), and a separator having a coating layer formed from the coating solution on a substrate and high safety and low internal resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Hideaki Saegusa, Makoto Kato, Noriko Kasai, Kukjin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11728548
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell having one or more electrodes with TMCCC materials introduces improved performance by including a special separator having ceramics and/or a discrete multilayer construction. TMCCC materials with no surface modifications, and existing electrolytes with no composition modifications are combined with a different grade of separator to improve cell performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Grace Marjorie Yee, Daniel Friebel, Ali Firouzi
  • Patent number: 11699806
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery and methods for making and using the battery. The battery includes (a) a separator that is woven and porous, and (b) a graphene oxide (GO) nanosheet coating coupled to a surface of the separator. The GO nanosheet coating is configured as a buffer layer to permit transport of Li-ions therethrough and to regulate a rate of flow of the transport of the Li-ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Tara Foroozan
  • Patent number: 11695160
    Abstract: The present application relates to an electrochemical device. Specifically, the present application provides a cell, wherein the cell is formed by winding or stacking a first electrode and a second electrode which are arranged at an interval, and a separator is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Wherein the first electrode includes a first current collector, and the first current collector includes a coated region coated with a first active material and an uncoated region without the first active material; the uncoated region is at least partially provided with an insulating layer. The adhesion between the insulating layer and the first current collector is not less than about 0.5 N/m. The electrochemical device provided by the present application has improved safety performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qiang Tao, Chao Gao, Qiang Zheng, Zhanzhao Fang
  • Patent number: 11695185
    Abstract: A separator including a porous substrate layer, an intermediate layer, and a ceramic coating layer is provided. The ceramic coating layer is disposed on a side of the intermediate layer away from the porous substrate layer. The intermediate layer includes a metal oxide powder. The particle diameter of the metal oxide powder is less than the pore diameter of the porous substrate layer, and at least a portion of the metal oxide powder is embedded in the porous substrate layer. A method of preparing the separator and a lithium-ion battery including the separator are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CALB Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenyu Wang, Haiwen Wang
  • Patent number: 11694854
    Abstract: A separator for power storage devices includes a synthetic resin film having minute pore portions, the separator having an air resistance of 30 sec/100 mL/16 ?m or more and 100 sec/100 mL/16 ?m or less, and a first scattering peak in a stretching direction measured by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement (SAXS) present in a range where a scattering vector is 0.0030 nm?1 or more and 0.0080 nm?1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Junichi Nakadate, Takamichi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11680140
    Abstract: A particle-dispersed polyimide precursor solution contains: a polyimide precursor consisting of a polymer of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a diamine containing a fluorene-based diamine having a fluorene skeleton; particles; and an aqueous solvent containing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hajime Sugahara, Hidekazu Hirose, Kosaku Yoshimura, Tomoya Sasaki, Yasunobu Kashima, Kosuke Nakada, Tomoyo Okubo