Cell Enclosure Structure, E.g., Housing, Casing, Container, Cover, Etc. Patents (Class 429/163)
  • Patent number: 12136748
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an energy storage device and an electrical equipment. The energy storage device includes a housing, a jellyroll, a connecting sheet, and a top cover. The jellyroll is provided with a tab, and the connecting sheet includes a side wing part. The energy storage device includes a welding structure composed of the tab and the side wing part. A tab sheet farthest from the side wing part in the tab sheets included by the tab is a first tab sheet, the welding structure forms a welding area on the first tab sheet. An area of the welding area is S1, an area of the side wing part is S2, and a projection area of the first tab sheet on a plane where the side wing part is located is S3, wherein 0.4?S1/S2?0.8, 0.14?S1/S3?0.28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: SHENZHEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., XIAMEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinqiang Chen
  • Patent number: 12132216
    Abstract: A disclosed apparatus for forming a sealing portion for folding a secondary battery pouch includes: first and second pressing bars disposed to face each other with a sealing portion for folding therebetween to apply pressure for flattening the sealing portion for folding that is defined by the edge of a secondary battery pouch for sealing an electrode assembly accommodated therein; first and second pressing surfaces provided at the first and second pressing bars, respectively, and disposed to face the sealing portion for folding; and a forming protrusion formed on the first pressing surface and configured to form a folding guide line on the sealing portion for folding by pressure applied by the first and second pressing bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: CLEVER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hong Jeong, Sang Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 12119506
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery device comprises a housing, a battery cell stored inside the housing, and an adjacent member provided adjacently to and on a rearward side, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of the battery cell. The battery cell comprises a cell case, an electrode body stored inside the cell case, and a pair of terminals. The cell case includes a first main face and a second main face which face to each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction. At least two gap-forming portions which respectively have a smaller area than the second main face and have a specified thickness of the vehicle longitudinal direction are arranged between the second main face and the adjacent member. The two gap-forming portions are provided to be spaced apart from each other in an inter-terminal direction of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru Masuda, Teruhiko Hanaoka, Toshiki Takahashi, Chikara Kawamura, Masanori Honda
  • Patent number: 12119502
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a battery column, a battery module, and an apparatus. The battery column includes a housing, and first battery cells and second battery cells that are alternately distributed side by side along a first direction in the housing, where the first battery cell includes a first metal case and a first insulating film, the first metal case has two first side surfaces disposed opposite each other along the first direction, and the first insulating film covers at least the two first side surfaces; and the second battery cell includes a second metal case, which is exposed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Xinxiang Chen, Yulian Zheng, Shoujun Huang, Huasheng Su, Xiang Li, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 12113249
    Abstract: A battery cell includes a housing having an opening, a cover plate configured to close the opening, and an electrode assembly disposed in the housing and including a main body and a tab extending from an end of the main body along a first direction. The cover plate is located on a side of the main body along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The battery cell further includes a first insulation piece disposed between the electrode assembly and the cover plate to dielectrically insulate the electrode assembly from the cover plate, and a second insulation piece disposed between the main body and an inner surface of the housing to dielectrically insulate the tab from the housing. The second insulation piece and the first insulation piece are discretely disposed and connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Denghua Lin, Jie Sun, Zhijun Guo, Yongbin Wu, Peng Wang, Haizu Jin
  • Patent number: 12104051
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin that has resistance to thermal decomposition, provides excellent continuous productivity in molding, and imparts both processability and unevenness-preventing properties to a molded article. The present invention relates to a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin, containing three components including a A150 component, a B150 component, and a C150 component, and having a percentage of the C150 component (C150 component/(A150 component+B150 component+C150 component)) of less than 8.0%, the three components being identified by measuring the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 150° C. to give a free induction decay curve of 1H spin-spin relaxation, and subjecting the free induction decay curve to waveform separation into three curves derived from the A150 component, the B150 component, and the C150 component in order of shorter relaxation time using the least square method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TOKUYAMA SEKISUI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsumura, Norikazu Mashino, Kento Murakami, Nami Nakajima, Yasunari Kusaka, Takehisa Sugaya, Masahiko Yamagata
  • Patent number: 12107236
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery case, an electrode body, and a collector member connecting the battery case and the electrode body. A positive electrode includes an insulation layer provided so as to be adjacent to a positive electrode active material layer. The collector members include first portions, and second portions continuous to the first portions and bent relative to the first portions. The first portions are fixed to the battery case. The second portions are connected, at ends thereof opposite to the bent portions, to collector regions, respectively. The collector members further include ribs connected, at the bent portions, to the first portions and the second portions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuo Hara
  • Patent number: 12107282
    Abstract: A gasket for cylindrical batteries includes a supporting portion configured to support a cap assembly and a crimping portion having opposite first and second ends, the crimping portion extending upwards from the first end disposed at a radially outer side of the supporting portion. An extension portion is connected to the second end of the crimping portion and extends along the outer side of the crimping portion towards the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwang Su Hwang Bo
  • Patent number: 12100867
    Abstract: The present application provides an end cover assembly, a secondary battery, a battery module, a device, a liquid-injection method and a device thereof. The end cover assembly for the secondary battery includes: an end cover, provided with a through hole for injecting electrolyte, and including a connecting portion; a sealing assembly, configured to seal the through hole; a locking-fixing member, configured to be movable relative to the connecting portion in a radial direction of the through hole, so as to realize switching between a locked state and an unlocked state of the locking-fixing member and the connecting portion. In the locked state, the locking-fixing member presses against the sealing assembly to restrict the end cover to be separated from the sealing assembly; in the unlocked state, the end cover and the sealing assembly are separable to allow electrolyte to be injected from the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Qichang Cai, Chengyou Xing, Libin Zhong, Wenwei Chen, Quankun Li, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 12095104
    Abstract: A battery pack disclosed herein includes a plurality of arranged battery cells and a battery holder configured to hold the battery cells. The battery holder includes a planar portion extending along a broad width surface of each of the battery cells and a protruding portion provided at each of both ends of the planar portion and protruding from the broad width surface. The protruding portion includes two recessed portions each being configured such that a corresponding one of side portions provided at both ends of the broad width surface fits therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohji Umemura
  • Patent number: 12087900
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode plate for a battery of the present disclosure includes: a step (A) of forming a through hole (20) in a strip-shaped electrode plate (10); and a step (B) of cutting the strip-shaped electrode plate along a width direction. In the step (A), the through hole is formed at a position on a cutting line (21) which extends in the width direction of the strip-shaped electrode plate, in the step (B), cutting of the strip-shaped electrode plate is performed by multiple cutting blades (30A, 30B) disposed along the cutting line, and at least one cutting blade of the multiple cutting blades is disposed at the position of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahide Maruyama
  • Patent number: 12087974
    Abstract: A battery including electrode bodies connected in series, wherein the battery is capable of detecting the voltage of each electrode body. The battery includes electrode bodies, and an exterior body including an inner region configured to house the electrode bodies, and the battery includes at least a first electrode body and a second electrode body, the first electrode body includes an electrode tab P, the second electrode body includes an electrode tab R having an opposite polarity to the electrode tab P, the electrode tab P and the electrode tab R are connected in the inner region, the battery includes a voltage detector placed so as to extend from the inner region to an outer region of the exterior body, and as the voltage detector, the battery includes a voltage detector ? connected to a connecting portion of the electrode tab P and the electrode tab R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satomi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12080917
    Abstract: An electrode assembly, including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator. The electrode assembly is formed by winding the first electrode plate, the separator, and the second electrode plate. A first tab formed by a plurality of first tab units and a second tab formed by a plurality of second tab units are disposed on the first electrode plate, and a third tab formed by a plurality of third tab units is disposed on the second electrode plate. The electrode assembly is provided with a multi-tab structure to achieve purposes of enhancing a current-carrying capacity of the battery and reducing a temperature rise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongwei Hu, Jiao Tian, Yujiang Xu
  • Patent number: 12074315
    Abstract: This application discloses a positive-electrode plate, a lithium-ion battery equipped with the positive-electrode plate, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes a positive-electrode plate, a negative-electrode plate, a separator, and an electrolyte. The positive-electrode plate includes a positive-electrode current collector and a positive-electrode active substance layer that is disposed on a surface of the positive-electrode current collector and that includes a positive-electrode active substance. An inorganic dielectric layer containing no binder is disposed on a surface of the positive-electrode active substance layer, and a resistance of the positive-electrode plate is not higher than 8 ohms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Chengdu Liang, Changliang Sheng, Huafeng Huang, Qisen Huang
  • Patent number: 12057603
    Abstract: A terminal component disclosed here includes a first metal and a second metal on which the first metal is overlaid. A joint portion joined by metal diffusion is formed at an interface between the first metal and the second metal. The second metal includes an insulating portion subjected to an insulating process in a portion except for the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kota Ohata, Takahiro Sakurai
  • Patent number: 12057605
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a battery, including an electrode assembly, a first tab, a second tab, a cap plate assembly, a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal and a shaping plate. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator arranged between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; each of the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal is arranged on the cap plate assembly; the first electrode terminal is connected to the first electrode plate through the first tab; the second electrode terminal is connected to the second electrode plate through the second tab; the shaping plate is arranged between the cap plate assembly and the electrode assembly, and each of the first tab and the second tab is bent around the shaping plate; the shaping plate is fixed and thermally fused to the cap plate assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventor: Jianxiong Yang
  • Patent number: 12046717
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are non-aqueous electrolyte compositions comprising a fluorinated solvent, a carbonate co-solvent, at least one 2-furanone derivative, and at least one electrolyte salt. In some embodiments, the electrolyte compositions further comprise a cyclic sulfate. The fluorinated solvent may be a fluorinated acyclic carboxylic acid ester, a fluorinated acyclic carbonate, a fluorinated acyclic ether, or combinations thereof. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SYENSQO SA
    Inventors: Stephen E. Burkhardt, Stephen Manzo
  • Patent number: 12015164
    Abstract: This application relates to a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module includes a binding member and battery cell assemblies arranged along a horizontal direction, the battery cell assembly including an upper-layer battery cell and a lower-layer battery cell that are stacked along a vertical direction, the upper-layer battery cell and the lower-layer battery cell interconnected and forming a joint; and the binding member covering the joint, located between two adjacent battery cell assemblies, and fixed to the battery cell assemblies. The battery module includes a binding member and a plurality of battery cell assemblies, and the battery cell assembly includes upper-layer and a lower-layer battery cells stacked along a vertical direction. A joint is formed between the upper-layer and lower-layer battery cells and covered by the joint fixed to the battery cell assemblies, swelling of the upper-layer and lower-layer battery cells at the joint is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xingdi Chen, Yuepan Hou, Kaijie You, Linggang Zhou, Peng Wang, Yanan Peng
  • Patent number: 12009542
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a housing, a battery cell assembly, a first separator, a pressure relief portion, and glue. The first separator is disposed between the housing and a first side of the battery cell assembly, and is deformed when a temperature is higher than a first threshold. The glue fills a clearance between the housing and at least a partial area outside the first side of the battery cell assembly and is configured to fasten the battery cell assembly to the housing. When thermal runaway occurs in the battery pack, the first separator is thermally deformed to form a first pressure relief channel between the housing and the first side of the battery cell assembly. Then, high-temperature gas can smoothly escape from the battery pack through the first pressure relief channel and the pressure relief portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Dongguan Poweramp Technology Limited
    Inventor: Haifei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12009529
    Abstract: A secondary battery case accommodates an electrode assembly having a structure in which electrodes and separators are alternately arranged, and includes a first cup having a recessed shape, a second cup having a recessed shape and provided on one side of the first cup, a first peripheral portion surrounding a perimeter of the first cup when the secondary battery case is unfolded, and a second peripheral portion surrounding a perimeter of the second cup when the secondary battery case is unfolded. The first peripheral portion includes a first cup-corresponding peripheral portion that corresponds to a width of the first cup, and the second peripheral portion includes a second cup-corresponding peripheral portion that corresponds to the second cup. The width of the first cup is greater than a length of the first cup-corresponding peripheral portion thereby reducing if not eliminated a bat-ear otherwise formed during manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Beom Kim, Kyu Hyun Choi, Min Kyu Min
  • Patent number: 12002972
    Abstract: A top cover assembly of a battery cell, a battery cell, and a battery module. The top cover assembly of the battery cell includes: a separator plate and a top cover assembly. The separator plate is provided with sampling channel(s) for accommodating a sampling member. The top cover plate is configured for sealing an electrode assembly of the battery cell into the battery housing, where the top cover plate is provided below the separator plate, and the separator plate is fixed to the top cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuyong Lei, Chengyou Xing, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 12002965
    Abstract: Provided is a long aluminum foil capable of suppressing, in a case where the aluminum foil is provided with a region where through-holes are not formed, occurrence of deformation at a boundary portion between a region where through-holes are formed and the region where through-holes are not formed. The long aluminum foil includes, in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction, a perforated portion, a non-perforated portion, and a boundary portion between the perforated portion and the non-perforated portion, in which the perforated portion has a plurality of through-holes penetrating therethrough in a thickness direction, the non-perforated portion does not have a through-hole, the boundary portion has a plurality of through-holes penetrating therethrough in the thickness direction and a plurality of non-through-holes, and an opening ratio of the through-hole in the boundary portion gradually decreases from a perforated portion side to a non-perforated portion side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hirokazu Sawada
  • Patent number: 11996574
    Abstract: A battery sub-packing unit includes at least one battery cell; and a case accommodating the at least one battery cell, wherein the case comprises an end panel on which an electrode tab of the at least one battery cell is fastened to extend into an external space, and having a lower end portion in which a sub-vent hole is formed for communication between the external space and an internal space in which the at least one battery cell is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Ryong Jeon, Yang Kyu Choi, Tae Il Kim, Kang Gu Lee
  • Patent number: 11996567
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of secondary battery cells, a housing member accommodating a plurality of the secondary battery cells therein, and an insulating member disposed on an inner surface of the housing member, preventing flow of electrical current to the housing member, having a heat transfer function to discharge heat of the secondary battery cell externally, and formed to have a predetermined thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myeong Hwan Ma, Seok Min Kim, Seo Roh Rhee, Hae Ryong Jeon, Seung Hoon Ju, Yang Kyu Choi, Dong Ha Hwang
  • Patent number: 11973236
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present application relates to the field of battery, and in particular relates to a battery, an electric apparatus, and a method for producing a battery. The battery of the present application includes: a battery cell; a box body configured for accommodating the battery cell and comprising a sleeve, and a first end cover and a second end cover for sealing both ends of the sleeve in a height direction respectively; a first insulating member, at least part of the first insulating member being located between the first end cover and the battery cell; and a second insulating member, at least part of the second insulating member being located between the second end cover and the battery cell; where an inner wall of the sleeve is provided with a fixing portion configured to fix the first insulating member and the second insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifeng Chen, Danyue Xue, Qing Wang, Shuai Ren, Binbin Chen, Xi Wang
  • Patent number: 11967735
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells including a portion of a battery case body extended outward as a cell terrace, a busbar frame connected to the battery cell stack, electrode leads protruding from the cell terraces, respectively, of the plurality of battery cells, and a partition wall disposed between immediately adjacent electrode leads and formed on the busbar frame, the partition wall located between the cell terrace protruding from an outermost battery cell of the plurality of battery cells in the battery cell stack and the cell terrace protruding from the battery cell immediately adjacent to the outermost battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyejin Kim, Doohan Yoon, Jaehun Yang, Junyeob Seong, Jong Woon Choi, Junkyu Park, Youngho Choi
  • Patent number: 11936030
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode for an electrochemical cell includes providing an admixture including an electroactive material, a binder, and a solvent. The method further includes rolling the admixture to form a sheet and forming a multi-layer stack from the sheet. The method further includes forming an electrode film precursor by performing a plurality of sequential rollings, each including rolling the stack through a first gap. The plurality of sequential rollings includes first and second rollings. In the first rolling, the stack is in a first orientation. In the second rolling, the stack is in a second orientation different from the first orientation. The method further includes forming an electrode film by rolling the electrode film precursor through a second gap less than or equal to the first gap. The method further includes drying the electrode film to remove at least a portion of the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dewen Kong, Xiaochao Que, Meiyuan Wu, Haijing Liu, Xiaosong Huang, Mark W. Verbrugge
  • Patent number: 11923523
    Abstract: A battery module for improving heat balance of a cell assembly provided in the battery module includes a cell assembly having at least three battery cells stacked along a stacking axis such that at least one battery cell located at an interior position within the cell assembly along the stacking axis has a greater thickness along the stacking axis than a battery cell located at an outer side of the cell assembly. A module housing includes at least one sidewall and is configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space defined by the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jee-Soon Choi, Jin-Hak Kong, Yong-Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 11904408
    Abstract: A laser welding mask and a method for facilitating laser welding are provided. The laser welding mask includes a guide plate, a number of clamp plungers, and a number of clamp springs. The guide plate is attached to a load plate. The guide plate defines a number of openings that extend from an upper surface to a lower surface. Each clamp plunger is disposed within one of the openings in the guide plate, and each clamp plunger defines at least one passage configured to pass a laser welding beam. At least one clamp spring is disposed between each clamp plunger and the load plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Leo Caballero Banuelos
  • Patent number: 11909072
    Abstract: An electrode assembly, including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator. The electrode assembly is formed by winding the first electrode plate, the separator, and the second electrode plate. A first tab formed by a plurality of first tab units and a second tab formed by a plurality of second tab units are disposed on the first electrode plate, and a third tab formed by a plurality of third tab units is disposed on the second electrode plate. The electrode assembly is provided with a multi-tab structure to achieve purposes of enhancing a current-carrying capacity of the battery and reducing a temperature rise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongwei Hu, Jiao Tian, Yujiang Xu
  • Patent number: 11901510
    Abstract: Provided are a cathode hybrid electrolyte for a solid secondary battery, a cathode including the cathode hybrid electrolyte, a method of preparing the cathode, and a solid secondary battery including the cathode hybrid electrolyte, wherein the cathode hybrid electrolyte includes an ion conductor represented by Formula 1, and an ionic liquid, where at least a portion of the anions of the ionic liquid comprise the same anionic moiety —Y? of the ion conductor, where, in Formula 1, X, R1 to R3, Y?, and n are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myungjin Lee, Jusik Kim, Ryounghee Kim, Victor Roev
  • Patent number: 11901550
    Abstract: Calcium ion batteries are provided. The calcium ion batteries include a cathode, an alloying anode composed of one or more intermetallic calcium compounds in electrical communication with the cathode; and an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode. The intermetallic calcium compounds are intermetallic compounds of calcium and transition metals and metalloids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Zhenpeng Yao, Christopher M. Wolverton
  • Patent number: 11901536
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery unit (1), particularly for a hybrid and/or electric motor vehicle, comprising a plurality of cells that are physically and/or electrically regrouped into a plurality of modules, a housing receiving and surrounding said cells, and means for regulating the temperature of said cells by circulation of a heat-transfer fluid. Said battery unit (1) is characterised in that the housing is made of a plastic material and consists of a lower tray (6), with a bottom and side walls, and an upper cover (7), which are peripherally assembled, and in that at least the tray (6) comprises means (5) for distribution/collection and circulation of the heat-transfer fluid, said means being structurally built into the body of said tray (6), by being formed at least partially as one piece therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SOGEFI AIR & COOLING
    Inventors: Nicolas Becker, Alexandre Floranc
  • Patent number: 11901514
    Abstract: A secondary battery for cycling between a charged and a discharged state is provided. The secondary battery has an electrode assembly having a population of anode structures, a population of cathode structures, and an electrically insulating microporous separator material. The electrode assembly also has a set of electrode constraints that at least partially restrains growth of the electrode assembly. Members of the anode structure population have a first cross-sectional area, A1 when the secondary battery is in the charged state and a second cross-sectional area, A2, when the secondary battery is in the discharged state, and members of the cathode structure population have a first cross-sectional area, C1 when the secondary battery is in the charged state and a second cross-sectional area, C2, when the secondary battery is in the discharged state, where A1 is greater than A2, and C1 is less than C2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Enovix Corporation
    Inventors: Robert S. Busacca, Murali Ramasubramanian, Bruno A. Valdes, James D. Wilcox, Christopher J. Spindt, Geoffrey Matthew Ho, John F. Varni, Kim Han Lee, Richard J. Contreras, Thomas John Schuerlein, Ashok Lahiri
  • Patent number: 11888162
    Abstract: High energy density and long cycle life all solid-state electrolyte lithium-ion batteries use ceramic-polymer composite anodes which include a polymer matrix with ceramic nanoparticles, silicon-based anode active materials, conducting agents, lithium salts and plasticizer distributed in the matrix. The silicon-based anode active material are anode active particles formed by high energy milling a mixture of silicon, graphite, and metallic and/or non-metallic oxides. A polymer coating is applied to the particles. The networking structure of the electrolyte establishes an effective lithium-ion transport pathway in the electrode and strengthens the contact between the electrode layer and solid-state electrolyte resulting in higher lithium-ion battery cell cycling stability and long battery life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Solid Energies Inc.
    Inventors: Zhigang Lin, Kevin Zanjani
  • Patent number: 11888106
    Abstract: A method for forming a battery assembly including: a) stacking a plurality of battery plates to form a plurality of electrochemical cells, and b) welding about an exterior periphery of the plurality of battery plates to form one or more integrated edge seals such that one or more individual battery plates are bonded to one or more adjacent battery plates. The one or more individual battery plates may include one or more projections extending from the exterior periphery of the individual battery plate toward the adjacent one or more battery plates; and wherein upon stacking, the one or more projections of the one or more individual battery plates overlap about an exterior of the one or more adjacent battery plates. The integrated edge seal may be formed by one or more projections bonding to the one or more adjacent battery plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED BATTERY CONCEPTS, LLC
    Inventors: Edward O. Shaffer, II, Don Hobday, Brian Sturdavant, Adam Cadena
  • Patent number: 11876163
    Abstract: A disclosed sizing roller apparatus for a folding process of a battery cell includes: a table fixing and supporting a battery cell; a base plate disposed on a side of the table; a plurality of sizing rollers disposed on the base plate and each having a rotation axis, which is inclined inward toward a folding portion of the battery cell, to press the folding portion of the battery cell in contact with the folding portion; and a plurality of air spray nozzles disposed on the base plate and spraying air to the plurality of sizing rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CLEVER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hong Jeong, Sang Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11870099
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery cell; a main circuit board electrically connected to the battery cell and extending in a first direction; and a flexible circuit board extending in the first direction in parallel with the main circuit board and including an external connection terminal located at a position outside the main circuit board, and the main circuit board and the flexible circuit board respectively include first and second coupling pads overlapping each other and coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seokbong Lee
  • Patent number: 11870096
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery is disclosed. The lead-acid storage battery has a container with a cover, the container including one or more compartments. One or more cell elements are provided in the one or more compartments. The one or more cell elements include a positive plate, the positive plate having a positive grid and a positive electrochemically active material on the positive grid; a negative plate, the negative plate having a negative grid and a negative electrochemically active material on the negative grid, wherein the negative electrochemically active material comprises barium sulfate and an organic expander; and a separator between the positive plate and the negative plate. Electrolyte is provided within the container. One or more terminal posts extend, from the cover and are electrically coupled to the one or more cell elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: CPS Technology Holdings LLC, Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank-Thomas Johns, Uwe Bitomsky, Andreas Dudenbostel, Matthew A. Spence, Kavi G. Loganathan, Qingfang Shi, Cornelia Brendel
  • Patent number: 11870028
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series, each battery cell having a cathode, an anode, and a separator separating the cathode and the anode, and a bipolar current collector; a plurality of polymer frames, each having a window to receive part of the one of the plurality of battery cells; two of the plurality of polymer frames defining a compartment; and electrolyte filling the compartment for one of the plurality of battery cells. A method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Mirko Herrmann, Angela Speidel
  • Patent number: 11870103
    Abstract: An electrode assembly according to the present disclosure includes one or more unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities with a separator interposed therebetween, an electrode mixture coated on one or both surfaces of the pair of electrodes, and electrode tabs located on the edges of the respective electrodes and not coated with the electrode mixture, and the electrode tabs include an electrode parallel connection tab and an electrode lead connection tab, and any one or more of the electrode parallel connection tab and the electrode lead connection tab are formed on the electrodes, and an outermost electrode is a negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LiBEST INC.
    Inventors: Joo Seong Kim, Jin Hong Ha, Gil Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 11830971
    Abstract: A battery cell accommodated in a module case of a battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, is characterized in that at least one of the battery cell is included and accommodated in the module case, and has a shape corresponding to internal space of the module case so as to prevent formation of dead space in the module case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Yoon Lim, Ji-Hyun Kim, Sun-Mo An
  • Patent number: 11820104
    Abstract: Aluminum alloy foil that, when used for battery packaging material, unlikely to develop pinholes or cracks even during molding of battery packaging material, and can exhibit excellent moldability. Aluminum alloy foil, which is for use in battery packaging material, wherein, with respect to cross section obtained by cutting aluminum alloy foil in vertical direction to rolling direction of aluminum alloy foil, which is a vertical direction to surface of aluminum alloy foil, proportion of total area of a {111} plane in total area of crystal planes of face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, is 10% or more; and with respect to cross section, a number average grain diameter R (?m) of crystals in face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, satisfies following equation: number average grain diameter R?0.056X+2.0, where X=thickness (?m) of aluminum alloy foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuko Takahagi, Tatsuro Ishitobi, Chiaki Hatsuta, Makoto Komukai, Mayo Sugano
  • Patent number: 11824157
    Abstract: To provide an electrical storage device in which a positive electrode material and a negative electrode material are each impregnated with a different type of electrolytic solution and a method for making the same. An electrical storage device (1) includes a negative electrode (2) including an organic electrolytic solution (21), a positive electrode (3) including an aqueous electrolytic solution (31), and a solid electrolyte (4) disposed between the negative electrode (2) and the positive electrode (3). The negative electrode (2) is entirely sealed. The electrical storage device (1) includes a sealing member (5), which is provided at the periphery of the negative electrode (2) and seals the negative electrode (2). The solid electrolytes (4) form a pair including a sealing material and together with the sealing member (5) seal the negative electrode (2) so that the negative electrode (2) is disposed between the solid electrolytes (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Shimizu, Masahiro Ohta
  • Patent number: 11817579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cathode composition usable in a lithium-ion battery, to a process for the preparation of this composition, to such a cathode and to a lithium-ion battery incorporating this cathode. The composition comprises an active material which comprises an alloy of lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxides, an electrically conductive filler and a polymeric binder, and it is such that said polymeric binder comprises at least one modified polymer (Id2) which is the product of a thermal oxidation reaction of a starting polymer and which incorporates oxygenated groups comprising CO groups, the composition being capable of being obtained by the molten route and without evaporation of solvent by being the product of said thermal oxidation reaction applied to a precursor mixture comprising said active material, said electrically conductive filler, said starting polymer and a sacrificial polymer phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Bruno Dufour, Marc Zimmermann, Ksenia Astafyeva, Melanie Leclerc
  • Patent number: 11811075
    Abstract: The present invention provides a secondary battery, including an electrode assembly, a housing, a top cover assembly, and an insulating member. The electrode assembly includes two first surfaces and two second surfaces, and the two first surfaces are located respectively at two ends of the electrode assembly in the thickness direction. The second surfaces are extended from the ends of the first surfaces along a width direction, and intersecting lines are formed between the first surfaces and the second surfaces. The housing has an opening and forms an accommodating cavity. The electrode assembly is located inside the accommodating cavity of the housing, and the top cover assembly is connected to the opening of the housing and seals the housing. The insulating member includes two first insulating sheets, and the two first insulating sheets are disposed respectively at two sides of the electrode assembly along the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Shoujiang Xu
  • Patent number: 11799163
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell carrying box in which battery cells are housed and which has a flame discharge port to discharge a flame when a certain battery cell housed in the carrying box burns, such that it is possible to prevent the flame from being propagated to adjacent battery cells and prevent the flame from being propagated to adjacent carrying boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Ryul Choi
  • Patent number: 11777184
    Abstract: The present application provides an end cover assembly, a secondary battery, a battery module, a device, a liquid-injection method and a device thereof. The end cover assembly for the secondary battery includes: an end cover, provided with a through hole for injecting electrolyte, and including a connecting portion; a sealing assembly, configured to seal the through hole; a locking-fixing member, configured to be movable relative to the connecting portion in a radial direction of the through hole, so as to realize switching between a locked state and an unlocked state of the locking-fixing member and the connecting portion. In the locked state, the locking-fixing member presses against the sealing assembly to restrict the end cover to be separated from the sealing assembly; in the unlocked state, the end cover and the sealing assembly are separable to allow electrolyte to be injected from the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Qichang Cai, Chengyou Xing, Libin Zhong, Wenwei Chen, Quankun Li, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 11735711
    Abstract: A battery includes a case having a feedthrough port, a feedthrough assembly disposed in the feedthrough port, and a cell stack disposed within the case. The feedthrough port includes an inner conductor and an insulator core separating the inner conductor from the case. The cell stack includes an anode, a cathode, and a separator insulating the anode from the cathode, wherein the anode and cathode are offset from one another. An insulating boot surrounding the cell stack insulates the cell stack from the case. The insulating boot has an opening configured to receive therein the feedthrough assembly, which may include overmolded insulation. The interior surfaces and interior walls of the battery case may be thermal spray-coated with a dielectric material to prevent lithium dendrite formation between cathode and anode surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Bruch, Joseph Beauvais, Jeffrey Armstrong, Del Charles Brooks, III, Christopher Hallmark, John Duggan
  • Patent number: 11710876
    Abstract: A cell having a galvanic cell, a first semiconductor switching element, a first cell connection, which is directly electrically coupled to a first potential connection of the galvanic cell, and a second cell connection, which is electrically coupled via the first semiconductor switching element to a second potential connection of the galvanic cell. The battery cell includes a third cell connection electrically coupled to the second potential connection of the galvanic cell, a second semiconductor switching element, and a fourth cell connection, which is electrically coupled via the second semiconductor switching element to the first potential connection of the galvanic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Hinterberger, Christoph Terbrack, Christian Endisch, Julia Stöttner