Cell Enclosure Structure, E.g., Housing, Casing, Container, Cover, Etc. Patents (Class 429/163)
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11710879
    Abstract: A method and associated device for joining a battery cell tab to a plurality of foils associated with a plurality of electrodes of a battery cell are described. This includes arranging the plurality of foils in a stack, and joining, via a first joining device, the plurality of foils, wherein the first joining device defines a joining region. A portion of the battery cell tab is arranged on the plurality of foils, and joined, via a second joining device, to the plurality of foils. The second joining device generates a weld joint that is encompassed within the joining region defined by the first joining device. In doing so, weld quality and strength of internal welds in a battery cell may be improved by reducing the occurrence of porosities and cracks in the foil/tab weld joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Chih-chang Chen, Teresa J. Rinker, Hongliang Wang, Eric G. Hartnagle
  • Patent number: 11705606
    Abstract: A tab, a preparation method thereof, and a battery including the tab are disclosed. The tab is a copper foil material, a surface of the copper foil material having a large compressive stress is an S surface, a surface having a small compressive stress is an M surface, and only the M surface is provided with an indentation or a reinforcing rib. In the preparation method of the tab of the disclosure, the S surface/M surface of the copper foil material are identified, and it is ensured that a feed direction is oriented so that the M surface faces outward (or inward), and winding/unwinding directions of each process and a mounting direction of an embossing device are reasonably fixed, so as to ensure that a tab emboss pattern of a product is pressed on the M surface of the copper foil material rather than the S surface or both surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CALB Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qinglei Liu
  • Patent number: 11699793
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a lithium metal secondary battery including a lithium metal electrode as a negative electrode, wherein the lithium metal electrode has a protective layer formed thereon, and the lithium metal secondary battery is discharged before its initial charge during an activation step of the lithium metal secondary battery so that stripping occurs on the surface of the lithium metal electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Woo, Jong-Keon Yoon, Jae-Hyun Lee, Hoe-Jin Hah
  • Patent number: 11699824
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can (1), having a nickel layer with a nickel amount of 4.4 to 26.7 g/m2 on a steel sheet (11), wherein when the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured along the depth direction from the surface of the nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can, by using a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the difference (D2-D1) between the depth (D1) at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth (D2) at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is less than 0.04 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kota Sadaki, Koh Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 11695152
    Abstract: A case having elasticity corresponding to expansion and contraction of a stacked body housed therein and a method for manufacturing the same, a method for inserting the stacked body into the case, and a cell stack using the case are provided. A case configured to house a stacked body includes two opposed contact parts in contact with the stacked body, and two spring structures connecting the two contact parts with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoki Kinno, Yusuke Matsumoto, Natsuhiko Katahira
  • Patent number: 11679487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery pack, including: a battery pack cover; a battery pack base; a cell group including several cells; a battery terminal connector; a mounting cavity, the mounting cavity being formed with a socket for inserting housing terminals to be electrically connected to battery pack terminals; a locking apparatus, capable of driving the battery pack and an electric tool be locked connection or released, a seal member blocking a passage from the socket to the cell group is disposed inside the mounting cavity; the battery pack includes a battery pack housing seal member blocking communication between the outside and the mounting cavity, and the battery pack housing seal member is disposed at a joint between the battery pack cover and the battery pack base; and the locking apparatus is mounted on a battery pack housing and isolated outside the mounting cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yong Qiao
  • Patent number: 11652246
    Abstract: A battery module and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The battery module includes a case providing an internal space, a plurality of battery cells disposed in the internal space of the case, and at least one cooling unit interposed between the battery cells to be in surface contact with the battery cells and dissipating heat generated by the battery cells externally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Jeong Choi, Seung Hoon Ju
  • Patent number: 11646469
    Abstract: The present application relates to a battery pack case and a battery pack, the battery pack case includes: a case body including an accommodating chamber and a side wall provided with a maintenance port communicating with the accommodating chamber; a cover plate assembly, detachably connected to an outer surface of the side wall, being capable of opening or closing the maintenance port and including a cover plate and an outer gasket stacked with each other. The cover plate includes a first concave portion recessed in a thickness direction of the cover plate and a first limiting portion surrounding an outer periphery of the first concave portion, and abuts against the outer surface by the first limiting portion to form a first receiving chamber, the outer gasket is disposed in the first receiving chamber and is closely contact with the first concave portion and the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Chao Long, Linggang Zhou, Derong Wang, Libing Chan
  • Patent number: 11646451
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, a manufacturing method thereof, and a power generating device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate and a thin film battery on the substrate. The thin film battery includes at least one anode structure and at least one cathode structure on the substrate, and a solid electrolyte layer spacing the at least one anode structure apart from the at least one cathode structure. Each anode structure includes an anode current collector on a surface of the substrate and an anode layer on the surface of the substrate and connected to a side surface of the anode current collector. Each cathode structure includes a cathode current collector on the surface of the substrate and a cathode layer on the surface of the substrate and connected to a side surface of the cathode current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhidong Wang, Lijia Zhou, Quanguo Zhou, Ronghua Lan
  • Patent number: 11637344
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can (1), having a nickel layer with a nickel amount of 4.4 to 26.7 g/m2 on a steel sheet (11), wherein when the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured along the depth direction from the surface of the nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can, by using a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the difference (D2-D1) between the depth (D1) at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth (D2) at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is less than 0.04 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kota Sadaki, Koh Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 11630158
    Abstract: A system for testing a battery cell includes a test fixture configured to enclose the battery cell, a battery cycler configured to alternately charge and discharge the battery cell, an antenna mounted on a surface of the test fixture, the antenna configured to detect an electromagnetic signature of the battery cell and generate a signal indicative of the electromagnetic signature, and a detection module configured to receive the signal and detect characteristics of the battery cell based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Erik Damon Huemiller, Ryan Curtis Sekol, Shaomao Xu, Duane S. Carper, Nahel Eshaq, Raffaello Ardanese
  • Patent number: 11621451
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery that has a top surface surrounded by a circumferential edge; and a removable tab attached to the top surface. The removable tab includes a first tab end and an oppositely disposed second tab end; a gripping region disposed adjacent to the first tab end; and a battery cell attachment region disposed adjacent to the second tab end and attached to the top surface of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, David Goldfarb, David N. Klein
  • Patent number: 11509011
    Abstract: A miniature electrochemical cell having a volume of less than 0.5 cc is described. The cell casing comprises an open-ended ceramic container having a via hole providing an electrically conductive pathway extending through the container. A metal lid closes the open-end of the container. An electrode assembly housed inside the casing comprises an anode current collector deposited on an inner surface of the ceramic container in contact with the electrically conductive pathway in the via hole. An anode active material contacts the current collector and a cathode active material contacts the metal lid. A separator is disposed between the anode and cathode active materials. That way, the electrically conductive pathway serves as a negative terminal, and the lid, electrically isolated from the conductive pathway by the ceramic container, serves as a positive terminal. The negative and positive terminals are configured for electrical connection to a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert S. Rubino, David Dianetti, Xiaohong Tang
  • Patent number: 11495786
    Abstract: A battery with many cavities that form tiny reaction zones having voids. During charging, lithium metal forms in each cavity on the anode current collector. The formation of lithium metal in each of the many thousands of small cavities that are isolated from each other prevents the buildup of significant quantities of lithium metal in one location. The combination of tiny reaction zones and voids allows lithium metal to form without stressing the structure of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Slobodan Petrovic
  • Patent number: 11495852
    Abstract: Disclosed are an outer case for a secondary battery, and a secondary battery including the same, the outer case comprising: a first polymer resin layer; a second polymer resin layer positioned on a first surface of the first polymer resin layer, and having a first adhesive layer interposed therebetween so as to be attached thereto; and an inner resin layer positioned on a second surface of the first polymer resin layer, and having a second adhesive layer interposed therebetween so as to be attached thereto, wherein the first polymer resin layer and the second polymer resin layer respectively comprise a fluorine-containing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunil Park, Donghyun Shin, Jungyup Yang, Jeongdoo Yi
  • Patent number: 11489234
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device including an electrode terminal which protrudes in a first direction, an outer housing containing the energy storage device, an outer electrode attached to an outside of the outer housing and protruding in the first direction, an electrical device disposed inside the outer housing, a first electrical conductor connecting the outer electrode and the electrical device, and a second electrical conductor connecting the electrical device and the electrode terminal. When viewed from the first direction, the electrical device is disposed between the electrode terminal and the outer electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Ryutaro Nishikawa, Masamitsu Tononishi, Osamu Ushijima, Shogo Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11476523
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cylindrical battery cell configured such that the outer surface of a cylindrical case excluding electrode terminals is wrapped by a heat-shrinkable tube, wherein the heat-shrinkable tube includes a tube substrate made of a polyester-based resin, the tube substrate being heat-shrinkable; a reinforcement agent, made of a nylon-based resin, for increasing the tensile stress and operating temperature of the heat-shrinkable tube; and an ultraviolet (UV) absorber for absorbing ultraviolet rays radiated to the heat-shrinkable tube and emitting the absorbed ultraviolet rays as thermal energy to prevent the scission of polymer chains of the nylon-based resin or the polyester-based resin as the result of reaction with oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Jun-Tak Kim, Je-Jun Lee, Kwang-Su Hwang Bo, Sang-Sok Jung, Gil-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11462788
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an energy storage device. In the method of manufacturing an energy storage device, a lid assembly is formed by integrating a lid plate covering an opening of a case which houses a plate, an external terminal exposed to outside of the lid plate, and a conductive plate portion disposed inside the lid plate in an overlapping manner. The lid assembly is disposed between a vibrating jig and a receiving jig, a tab of the plate is disposed between the conductive plate portion and the vibrating jig, and ultrasonic welding is applied to the tab and the conductive plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Enomoto, Hayato Usui
  • Patent number: 11456462
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes a current collector, a first layer formed on the current collector, and a second layer formed on at least part of the first layer. The first layer contains a monoclinic niobium titanium composite oxide. The second layer contains lithium titanate having a spinel structure. A porosity P2 of the second layer is within a range from 30% to 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoko Sugizaki, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Kazuomi Yoshima, Tomoe Kusama, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 11437651
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stacked electrode assembly and a flexible rechargeable battery including the same, including a first electrode, a second electrode stacked on one surface or both surfaces of the first electrode, and a separator disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the separator has a continuous sheet shape, is bent in a first direction to surround the first electrode and in a second direction as an opposite direction to the first direction to surround the second electrode, and a bending end region of the separator includes a plurality of patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeri Eom, Jeongdoo Yi, Juhee Sohn, Da-Un Han
  • Patent number: 11437690
    Abstract: A nonaqueous battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes a current collector, an intermediate layer, and an active material layer. The intermediate layer is interposed between the current collector and the active material layer and includes graphite particles and insulating particles. In a cross section of the intermediate layer in a thickness direction, a major axis diameter of the graphite particles is equal to or greater than the thickness of the intermediate layer. In X-ray diffraction measurement of the intermediate layer by an out-of-plane method, a ratio of an intensity of an 110 diffraction line of a graphite crystal to an intensity of a 002 diffraction line of the graphite crystal is 0.0011 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Harunari Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11411211
    Abstract: Composite anode-active particulates that include lithium-active, silicon nanoparticles in carbon matrices impregnated with solid electrolyte are described with methods for their preparation. The composite active particulates preferably include a solid electrolyte phase carried within pores of the particulate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Advano, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Goodman
  • Patent number: 11411280
    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: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    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: 11404698
    Abstract: Methods of making a solid-state electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions are provided that include applying a liquid metal composition comprising gallium to a first major surface of either a solid-state electrolyte or a solid electrode (e.g., lithium metal) in the presence of an oxidant and in an environment substantially free of water to reduce surface tension of the liquid metal composition so that it forms a continuous layer over the first major surface. The first major surface having the continuous layer of liquid metal composition is contacted with a second major surface to form a continuous interfacial layer between the solid-state electrolyte and the solid electrode. Solid-state electrochemical cells formed by such methods are also provided, where the metal composition comprising gallium is a liquid in a temperature range of greater than or equal to about 20° C. to less than or equal to about 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jiagang Xu, Xingcheng Xiao, Robert D. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11404723
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte composition containing (i) at least one aprotic organic solvent; (ii) a compound of formula (I) (iii) at least one ion containing conducting salt; and (iv) optionally one or more additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Johannes David Hoecker, Manuel Alejandro Mendez Agudelo
  • Patent number: 11394020
    Abstract: A cathode for a lithium battery includes LiNi0.5-x/2Mn0.5-x/2MxO2 where M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mo, Ti, Cr, Zr and V, and x is between 0.005-0.02. The LiNi0.5-x/2Mn0.5-x/2MxO2 can be coated with Mn2P2O7. The Mn2P2O7 can be 1-3 wt. %, based on the total weight of the LiNi0.5-x/2Mn0.5-x/2MxO2 and Mn2P2O7. A cathode composition, a lithium battery, and a method of making a lithium battery are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Jagjit Nanda, Ilias Belharouak, Ethan C. Self, Devendrasinh Udaisinh Darbar
  • Patent number: 11394070
    Abstract: The invention provides an all-solid-state battery stack with high voltage. The all-solid-state battery stack of the disclosure has a plurality of monopolar battery units stacked together via insulator layers. The monopolar battery unit also has a first current collector layer, a first active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a second active material layer, a second current collector layer, a second active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a first active material layer and a first current collector layer, stacked in that order. The plurality of monopolar battery units are connected together in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi Tanaka, Hajime Hasegawa, Satomi Yamamoto, Koichi Tanimoto, Sokichi Okubo
  • Patent number: 11394018
    Abstract: Process for the fabrication of an electrode structure comprising an electrochemically active material suitable for use in an energy storage device. The method includes electrodepositing the electrochemically active material onto an electrode in electrodeposition bath containing a non-aqueous electrolyte. The electrode structure can be used for various applications such as electrochemical energy storage devices including high power and high-energy lithium-ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: XERION ADVANCED BATTERY CORP.
    Inventors: Huigang Zhang, John D. Busbee, Hailong Ning, Kevin A. Arpin
  • Patent number: 11345126
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a heat shrinkable multilayer film capable of providing a heat shrinkable label that can be easily torn along the perforation in both the TD and MD and also has excellent impact resistance and transparency. Provided is a heat shrinkable multilayer film including: front and back layers; an interlayer; and adhesive layers, wherein the front and back layers and the interlayer are stacked with the adhesive layers interposed therebetween, the front and back layers each contain a polyester resin, and the interlayer contains a polystyrene resin in an amount of 80 to 99% by weight and a polyester resin in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: GUNZE LIMITED
    Inventor: Yusuke Onishi
  • Patent number: 11342637
    Abstract: A secondary battery including external terminals provided on an outer side of a sealing plate of a battery case, lead terminals provided on an inner side of the sealing plate, the lead terminals connected to the external terminals being fixed to the sealing plate, collector members disposed on the inner side of the sealing plate, the collector members being connected to the lead terminals, and pluralities of collector tabs connected to a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate at an end portion of an electrode body. The pluralities of collector tabs are connected to the collector members, and the electrode body is accommodated inside the battery case while having the pluralities of collector tabs be in a bent state in an inner space defined by the sealing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11342640
    Abstract: A secondary battery has a battery body and a restraint. The battery body has a plurality of stacked power generation elements. The restraint restrains the battery body. The restraint has a first contact section (for applying a restraining force to an outermost layer surface (e.g., a negative electrode collector) of the battery body. The restraint is configured so that a stress occurring at a boundary of a non-contact region and a contact region of the first contact section is less than a breaking strength of the negative electrode collector, and the stress is based on the restraining force and on expansion and contraction of a negative electrode due to a change in volume of a negative electrode active material layer caused by charging and discharging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Envision AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kamiya, Yoshinori Naruoka, Wataru Ogihara
  • Patent number: 11342636
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a main tab; a current collecting member adjacent the main tab; and a sub-tab electrically connecting the main tab to the current collecting member. The main tab is in and welded to the sub-tab, and the sub-tab and the main tab are bent in the same direction on the current collecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Lee, Jeong Won Oh, Sang Won Byun
  • Patent number: 11335516
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a micro-supercapacitor with an increased storage capacity of electrical energy. The method is a method of manufacturing a high-capacity micro-supercapacitor including an anode and a cathode separated from each other, which includes forming a pair of current collectors by discharging conductive ink on a substrate surface with a 3D printer, and forming an electrode consisting of an anode and a cathode by stacking an electrode constituting material in the form of a plurality of layers on each of the pair of current collectors using the 3D printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Jung Joon Yoo, Jong Huy Kim, Yong Il Kim, Jeong Hun Baek, Ha Na Yoon
  • Patent number: 11329351
    Abstract: A battery cell for an electric vehicle battery pack is provided. A housing of the battery cell can define a cavity. An electrolyte material can be housed within the cavity. A first polarity terminal of the battery cell can be disposed at an open end of the housing. A first conductive tab can be disposed at a closed end of the housing and electrically coupled with a first polarity portion of the electrolyte material. A conductive rod can extend through a core of the electrolyte material and can include a first end disposed at the closed end of the housing and electrically coupled with the first conductive tab. A receptacle can be electrically coupled with the first polarity terminal and can extend towards the electrolyte material to engage with a second end of the conductive rod at the open end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: CHONGQING JINKANG POWERTRAIN NEW ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Derek Nathan Wong, Ying Liu
  • Patent number: 11322798
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, which comprises a conducting salt, and a separator, which is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode and the positive electrode are each an insertion electrode. The electrolyte is based on SO2. The separator comprises a separator layer which is an organic polymer separator layer. The thickness of the organic polymer separator layer, relative to the loading of the positive insertion electrode with active material per unit area, is less than 0.25 mm3/mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLITH ASSETS AG
    Inventors: Claudia Wollfarth, Laurent Zinck, Christian Pszolla
  • Patent number: 11316223
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery with an opening sealing body that seals an opening of a battery can. The opening sealing body includes a valve member, a metal plate disposed on an inner side of the battery with respect to the valve member, and an annular insulating member interposed between the valve member and the metal plate. The valve member and the metal plate are connected to each other at respective central portions. The valve member has an annular thin-walled portion which is deformable when an internal pressure of the battery increases, and a recessed portion is formed by the thin-walled portion on the insulating member opposing side of the valve member. The insulating member has a section P1 that covers a surface, on the valve member side, of the metal plate, and the section P1 has a rib to be housed in the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Enomoto, Kazutoshi Kohira
  • Patent number: 11296390
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell including a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal having different polarities: an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound; a battery case configured to include the electrode assembly therein in a state of being impregnated with an electrolytic solution; a cap assembly mounted to a top end of the battery case; and a connection cap including a cap housing loaded on the battery case and the cap assembly and having an insulating material, and a first connection plate and a second connection plate placed on the cap housing and electrically connected to the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk Ryu, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jae-Min Yoo, Ji-Su Yoon
  • Patent number: 11296377
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrochemical element (1) comprising: a) a container (2) comprising an opening allowing the introduction of at least one electrochemical beam (7); and b) a closing part (3) for closing said container, comprising: i) at least one flat inner surface (4a, 4b, 4c) which is oriented towards the inside of the container and can be directly electrically connected to a current collector (6), ii) at least one flat outer surface (5a, 5b, 5c) which is oriented towards the outside of the container and can act as a terminal of the electrochemical element, and iii) at least one wall (8a, 8b, 8c) connecting said at least one flat inner surface to said at least one flat outer surface, said wall forming an angle of between 70 and 120° in relation to one of the two flat surfaces. The closing part of the container allows heat dissipation to be improved in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAFT
    Inventors: Alexandre Narbonne, Gerard Rigobert, Thierry Berlureau, Matthieu Leyko
  • Patent number: 11296319
    Abstract: Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs), methods of synthesizing the same, and lithium-ion batteries comprising the same are provided. In situ methods (e.g., chemical vapor deposition techniques) can be used to synthesize CNTs (e.g., multi-walled CNTs) filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely (or nearly completely) and continuously (or nearly continuously) filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be synthesized on a carbon substrate. A lithium-ion battery can comprise a cathode, an anode comprising filled CNTs as described herein, and an electrolyte in contact with the cathode and/or the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Yuba Poudel
  • Patent number: 11296376
    Abstract: A sealed battery disclosed herein is provided with an electrode body, a battery case, and an insulating holder. Round sections, having a curved surface, are formed between an inner surface and a bottom surface of the battery case. Deformation portions protruding towards the center, in a width direction, are formed on the inner surface of a lower end section of the insulating holder. A lower end section of a positive electrode connection portion and a lower end section of a negative electrode connection portion are press-deformed towards the center, in the width direction, by the deformation portions of the insulating holder. It becomes accordingly possible to suitably prevent short-circuits between the electrode body and the battery case, even when clearances within the battery case are made small and a width dimension of the electrode body is made large. Energy density can be suitably increased as a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shingo Yamane
  • Patent number: 11283294
    Abstract: The present invention provides a charging device for a button/coin cell rechargeable lithium ion battery. A receiving inductor coil receives energy from a transmitting inductor coil which is passed to a wireless charging receiving circuit which is in electrical communication with the receiving inductor coil. The wireless charging receiving circuit communicates with a charging control circuit, a voltage regulation circuit, and a battery protection circuit in electrical communication with one another. The voltage regulation circuit includes a 1.8 V to 3.3 V constant voltage output regulator circuit to maintain a constant voltage output in loading currents ranging from approximately 10 ?A to approximately 300 mA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
    Inventors: Cheuk Yin Lee, Shengbo Lu, Chenmin Liu