Container Only Patents (Class 429/176)
  • Patent number: 10141597
    Abstract: A bipolar battery having at least two electrochemical cells stacked one on top of the other, the bipolar collector including, at the periphery of same, on one of the faces of same, at least one first sealing device including one frame made from an electrically insulating and thermosensitive material, and two adhesive frames arranged individually to either side of the thermosensitive frame, the first or the second adjacent collector also including, at the periphery of same, on the covered face of same, at least one second sealing device including a frame made from an electrically insulating and thermosensitive material, and two adhesive frames arranged individually to either side of the thermosensitive frame, the first and second devices each forming a peripheral wall sealed to the electrolyte of the first or second cell, which surrounds same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: COMMIUSSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Gilles Moreau, Michaël Bouvier
  • Patent number: 10109827
    Abstract: A sealant film has a structure made of a laminated body of two or more layers. The laminated body includes a first resin layer 7 containing 50 mass % or more of a random copolymer containing propylene and a copolymer component other than propylene as copolymer components, and a second resin layer 8 formed by a mixed resin containing a first elastomer-modified olefin based resin having a crystallization temperature of 105° C. or higher and a crystallization energy of 50 J/g or more, and a second elastomer-modified olefin based resin having a crystallization temperature is 85° C. or higher and a crystallization energy of 30 J/g or less. With this structure, when the inner pressure of a power storage device is excessively increased, breakage (separation) occurs inside the sealant layer, causing gas-releasing, which in turn can prevent bursting of the packaging material due to the inner pressure increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakajima, Makoto Karatsu, Takashi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 10084180
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material including a monoclinic niobium-titanium composite oxide is provided. In the active material, a portion of niobium (Nb) or titanium (Ti) as a constituent element of Nb2TiO7 is substituted by an element. Here, the substitution of Nb or Ti satisfies any one of following formulas (1) to (3): Ti(IV)?0.75M(V)+0.25M(I)??(1) Ti(IV)?0.6M(VI)+0.4M(I)??(2) Nb(V)?0.8M(VI)+0.2M(I)??(3), where M(VI) is at least one of Mo and W, M(V) is at least one of Nb, Ta, and V, and M(I) is at least one of Na, K, Rb, and Cs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 10062871
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first and second electrodes and a case accommodating the electrode assembly, wherein an opening is formed in the case. The battery also includes a cap plate coupled to and closing the opening of the case, a terminal placed to pass through the cap plate and a first tab interconnecting the terminal and the first electrode, wherein the first tab includes a stretchable first drawn portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Il Seong
  • Patent number: 10049821
    Abstract: A film capacitor according to the present disclosure includes: a film capacitor element; a bus bar connected to the film capacitor element; and an exterior member which covers the film capacitor element and the bus bar; wherein the exterior member is formed of a metal laminate film, the metal laminate film having a first resin layer on a surface facing the film capacitor element, a part of the bus bar is exposed to an outside of the exterior member, and a second resin layer containing an acid-modified resin is formed between the first resin layer and the bus bar at an exposing port of the exterior member through which the part of the bus bar is exposed from the exterior member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ichinose, Hiromasa Matsui, Hiroki Takeoka
  • Patent number: 9997744
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment includes: an electrode assembly charging and discharging a current; and a pouch case receiving the electrode assembly and formed with a joint part on a border, wherein the joint part includes a plurality of pressing parts pressing the pouch case to be joined and formed with a non-pressure part in each center thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Il Seong, Ji-Man Kim
  • Patent number: 9966596
    Abstract: This invention relates to a coating formulation, a coating formulation for manufacturing an electrode plate and an undercoating formulation, and their use. These coating formulations are all characterized by containing, in a polar solvent, a hydroxyl-containing resin and an organic acid and/or a derivative thereof. The hydroxyl-containing resin is at least one of (1) a polyvinyl acetal resin, (2) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, (3) a modified and/or unmodified polyvinyl alcohol, and (4) a cyanoethyl-containing polymer. According to the present invention, there is provided a coating formulation capable of forming a coating of excellent adhesion and solvent resistance on a surface of a metal material such as an aluminum material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Sannan, Shinya Tsuchida, Nobuyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9960463
    Abstract: A battery pack apparatus comprising a first cell bank and a laminated cooling plate. The first cell bank includes a first tray and at least one battery cell coupled to the tray. The laminated cooling plate being in contact with the first cell bank and including a plurality of face sheets and a plurality of internal sheets. The face sheets forming a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The plurality of internal sheets forming a plurality of fluid passages connecting the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. The internal sheets further formed to include fluid pathways defining the fluid passages wherein none of the fluid pathways individually defining an uninterrupted flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Flagship Enterprise Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Ronning, Dennie E. Emerson, Laura M. Soverns, Christopher A. Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 9911962
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a case having an opening therein, a cap plate attached to the case, a plurality of electrode assemblies in the case, each electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, and uncoated edges of the positive and negative electrode plates extending out of each electrode assembly defining electrodes, an electrode terminal protruding outside the cap plate, a gasket covering the electrode terminal, an electrode current collector electrically connecting the electrode assemblies and the electrode terminal, a retainer between the electrode current collector and the case, the retainer being connected to the electrode assemblies, and a damper on a front side of the retainer that faces the electrode assemblies, the damper extending to be positioned between the electrodes of adjacent electrode assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co, Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Duk-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 9887393
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery, a method of forming a battery cell container, and an electronic device. The battery of the present invention comprises: a battery cell, and a battery cell container composed of two folded container portions formed by stretching in one thin sheet, wherein, in each container portion, among the planes where the walls of each container exist, at least two planes are inclined to the plane where the thin sheet section for forming the container portion exists. Through the implementation of the present invention, a larger volume of battery container can be obtained with the same or less material as well as easy positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Baba, Ken Moriuchi, Hiroshi Seino
  • Patent number: 9876198
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery includes an electrode assembly that comprises a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the first and second electrode plates. The battery also includes a can having an opening and accommodating the electrode assembly therein, wherein the can comprises a plurality of corner units, wherein at least one of the corner units is rounded, and wherein the outer radius of curvature of the at least one corner unit is greater than the inner radius of curvature thereof. The battery further includes a cap plate substantially sealing the opening of the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sae-Weon Roh
  • Patent number: 9871238
    Abstract: To provide a secondary battery that can be prevented from exploding or catching fire due to the occurrence of a short circuit. The secondary battery (10) of the present invention includes an electric cell assembly that is, at least, partially enclosed by an extensible sheet (11) having a surface resistivity of 10?2 ?/sq to 1010 ?/sq, and is housed together with an electrolyte in a container (5), and in which positive electrodes (1) and negative electrodes (2) are stacked on each other or wound with a separator (3) interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Modeki
  • Patent number: 9853336
    Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes a tray and a battery disposed in the tray. The battery pack assembly also includes an absorption member disposed in the tray and configured to wick moisture out of the tray and away from the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Hsu, Zhongying Shi, Alexander Bilinski, Bao Wang
  • Patent number: 9853253
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a can having an opening at one end, an electrode assembly accommodated in the can through the opening, a cap plate that seals the opening, and an insulation plate below the cap plate. The can includes: a first surface that is convex; a second surface that faces the first surface and is concave; a third surface that is curved and connected to the first surface and the second surface to form a bottom surface; a first connection portion that connects the first surface and the third surface and has a round form having a first radius of curvature; and a second connection portion that connects the second surface and the third surface and has a round form having a second radius of curvature. At least one of the first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature varies along a length of the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Il Seong
  • Patent number: 9806299
    Abstract: A battery comprising an anode comprising anode material in contact with a metal anode current collector. The battery further comprises a cathode comprising cathode material in contact with a cathode current collector comprising a transparent conducting oxide (TCO). The battery further comprises an electrolyte with a pH in a range of 3 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul S. Andry, Eric P. Lewandowski, Yu Luo, Adinath S. Narasgond
  • Patent number: 9778189
    Abstract: A cell observation system 1 is a cell observation system 1 for observing a cell held by a microplate 20 having a plurality of wells 21 arranged therein for holding a sample S including the cell and comprises a microplate holder 11 for mounting the microplate 20, an electrical stimulator 16 arranged with a plurality of electrode pairs 17 including positive and negative electrodes 17b, 17a, and a data analyzer 50 for controlling a position of the electrical stimulator 16 so as to place the electrode pairs 17 within the wells 21 of the microplate 20, while a leading end of the negative electrode 17a on the well 21 side extends longer than a leading end of the positive electrode 17b on the well 21 side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Takuji Kataoka, Taira Ito, Natsumi Saito
  • Patent number: 9774060
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a battery cell having an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure disposed in a battery case made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy together with an electrolyte in a sealed state, the method including (a) anodizing an entire surface of the battery case in a state in which an uncoated margin section having a predetermined length is provided downward from an outer circumference of an upper end of the battery case, (b) mounting the electrode assembly in the battery case and connecting a cap plate to an open upper end of the battery case by laser welding, (c) injecting an electrolyte through an electrolyte injection port of the cap plate and activating the battery cell, and (d) replenishing the electrolyte and sealing the electrolyte injection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Gyu Kim, Sooryoung Kim, Jung Hwan Kim, Geon Tae Park
  • Patent number: 9748528
    Abstract: A hard shell cell housing for an individual alkali metal cell includes a housing main body with an interior space that is configured to accommodate cell components of the individual alkali metal cell, and a housing cover configured to close off the interior space. The housing main body is formed at least substantially from plastic, and further includes at least one vapor barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Wöhrle, Joachim Fetzer, Holger Fink
  • Patent number: 9735402
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell having a double sealing structure. In particular, the battery cell includes a first sealing portion formed at an outer circumferential surface of a battery case by thermal bonding and a second sealing portion further formed between an electrode assembly and the first sealing portion at at least one side surface of the first sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: InSung Uhm, Je Young Kim, Seunghyun Chung
  • Patent number: 9680136
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery including a case; a cap plate installed on the case; and a terminal, the terminal including a terminal pillar protruding from the cap plate, and a terminal plate coupled to the terminal pillar, wherein the terminal pillar includes a first pillar coupled to the terminal plate; second pillar coupled to the first pillar, and a welding member on an exterior of the first pillar or the second pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungyeol Yoo, Huijun Lee
  • Patent number: 9673428
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided, including a battery element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator; an exterior member for the battery element including: a first layer; a second layer; a bending part for partitioning the first layer and the second layer from each other; a sealing part which is formed by a peripheral part of the first layer in contact with a peripheral part of the second layer and which seals the battery element; a thick-walled part that is a portion of the sealing part and includes at least a part of the bending part, wherein the thick-walled part has a greater thickness in a thickness direction of the battery element than a thickness of a portion of the sealing part other than the thick-walled part, and wherein the thickness direction of the battery element corresponds to a stacking direction of the battery element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Toshio Koishikawa
  • Patent number: 9634300
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a case; a cap plate coupled to the case; at least one electrode assembly accommodated in the case, the electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator located between the positive and negative electrode plates; an electrode collector electrically connected to the electrode assembly; an electrode terminal connected to the electrode collector and protruding outward from the cap plate; a gasket surrounding the electrode terminal; and a reinforcement part coupled to the gasket such that at least a portion of the electrode collector is located between the reinforcement part and the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Duk-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 9629270
    Abstract: A vehicle data recording unit for installation in a motor vehicle having a housing. Within the housing is an electronic memory and control unit and a battery receptacle for receiving a buffer battery for the memory and control unit. The battery receptacle has a battery compartment delimited by a first stop and a second stop, situated opposite the first stop, for holding a first buffer battery between the first stop and the second stop. To make it easy to use buffer batteries of different physical sizes, a third stop is arranged between the first stop and the second stop, which has a smaller length than the first buffer battery, in the battery compartment between the third stop and the first stop, such that optionally the first buffer battery or the second buffer battery can be held in the battery compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Wahler
  • Patent number: 9623629
    Abstract: Provided is a molding packaging material that can have an increased use life, can suppress a decrease over time in inter-layer lamination strength, and has superior molding properties in extrusion molding, draw forming, and the like. The laminate molding packaging material contains: an outside substrate layer (2) comprising a heat-resistant resin; an inside sealant layer (3) comprising a thermoplastic resin; and a metal foil provided between the two layers as a barrier layer (4). In the heat-resistant resin of the outside substrate layer (2), a biaxially oriented polyethyleneterephthalate film is used that, when the tensile breaking strength in the M direction is MB and the tensile breaking strength in the T direction is TB, the following are satisfied: 500 MPa=MB+TB=700 MPa; and??formula (I) |MB?TB|=30 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Showa Denko Packaging Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsunobu Kuramoto, Yuuji Minamibori
  • Patent number: 9614246
    Abstract: The invention discloses a high-capacity cylindrical lithium ion battery. Tab-position end face is shaped; a high frequency oscillation and pressure are applied on to make the foil bodies softened in the scope of 0.1-6.5 mm. At the instant of high-frequency oscillation, the rigidity of the foil body is greatly decreased; and the foil bodies are mutually wound and compressed together, so that the weight density of the foil body in unit volume is increased and meanwhile, the rigidity of the compressed foil body at the Tab-position end face is greatly increased, thereby laying a firm foundation for laser welding of the 1 Tab-position end face and a current collector, increasing a laser welding effective area of the Tab-position end face and the current collector, and improving the welding strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Shihlien Apex Huaian Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guiping Zhang, Panyi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9614198
    Abstract: An example battery cell shrink-wrapping method includes covering a side of a battery cell with a section of a shrink-wrap material. The side interfaces with a cold plate when the battery cell is within a battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hyung Min Baek, Brian Utley
  • Patent number: 9608298
    Abstract: A battery pack is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery pack includes a battery cell, a temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature of the battery cell, and an inner cover substantially covering the battery cell. The inner cover includes a sensor attachment fixing the temperature sensor to the battery cell. The battery pack has a structure for easily attaching the temperature sensor to the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ik-Jae Jeong, Min-Cheol Bae, Kyoung-Hwan Noh, Hong-Keun Choi
  • Patent number: 9550600
    Abstract: A vessel of a malleable or moldable material having one or more side walls and a closed base integral with said one or more side walls, an opening in the top of the vessel, and further comprising two or more projections extending into the interior of the vessel generally laterally from said side walls, wherein said projections are also integral with said side wall. Vessels of this type are produced by a process in which ridges are deformed into projections within a vessel blank, and this process forms a further aspect of the invention. They are particularly useful for holding solid masses such as small beads or cakes in position in the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ENIGMA DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: David Whitaker, Kevin Neale, David Squirrell
  • Patent number: 9537173
    Abstract: A pouch type lithium secondary battery including a medium- or large-sized battery module includes: a jelly-roll type electrode assembly; a resin-type first packing material that is formed of a two-layer structure having an inner resin layer and an outer resin layer, and for packing the jelly-roll type electrode assembly in the form of a unit cell; and a metal-type second packing material that integrally packs and contains two or more unit cells packed in the first packing material in the form of a module, and prevents moisture and gas penetration by a sealed structure. The pouch type lithium secondary battery is applicable particularly to medium- and large-sized batteries for EVs, p-HEVs, HEVs, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Kim, Jong Hwan Kim, Han Ho Lee, Jong Hyun Chae
  • Patent number: 9531032
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery case including a receiving part having an electrode assembly mounted therein, wherein the receiving part, which is formed by deforming a sheet type base material, is configured to have a stair-like structure in which at least one corner and/or surface forming a shape of the receiving part is deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young Hoon Kim, Sungjin Kwon, Dong-Myung Kim, Ki Woong Kim, Hyun Park, Soonho Ahn
  • Patent number: 9502694
    Abstract: Provided are a pouch for a secondary battery including a first sheet and a second sheet, and a frame unit which is sealed by the first sheet and the second sheet and includes an accommodating part for accommodating an electrode assembly including electrode tabs therein, and a secondary battery including the pouch. According to the present invention, since a structure of a pouch for a secondary battery may include a frame unit capable of accommodating a large electrode assembly, a high-capacity and large-area secondary battery having high capacity and high stiffness may be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Bum Ahn, Hyuk Su Kim, Jun Woo Huh, Hyang Mok Lee
  • Patent number: 9478786
    Abstract: Provided is a high-voltage battery with an integrated connector. The high-voltage battery includes cells, support members, a housing, the integrated connector and a BMS. A lower connection member is provided on one side of each support member and has protrusions made of electrical conductors. The protrusions come into contact with corresponding electrodes of the cells. A cell assembly formed by the arrangement of the cells and the supports is inserted into the housing. The integrated connector is connected to the lower connection members of the support members so as to mechanically and electrically connect the cells to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hwan Lim, Soo Yeup Jang
  • Patent number: 9472801
    Abstract: A battery overcharge protection device includes a pouch having a battery cell packaged therein. An electrode tab extends from an end of the battery cell for allowing flow of electricity therethrough and is composed of first and second electrode tab parts. A breaker is provided in the pouch and connected to the first and second electrode tab parts to separate the first and second electrode tab parts from each other upon expansion of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sung Min Choi, Seung Ho Ahn, Hong Seok Min
  • Patent number: 9437862
    Abstract: An energy storage device having a container containing an electrolyte includes: a through hole formed in the container, for injecting the electrolyte; a sealing member that covers the through hole; and a full penetration weld portion formed by full penetration welding the sealing member to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Yu Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 9419252
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery case that prevents a short circuit of a cell by inducing bending of a case under a lateral/longitudinal compression condition in a specific manner. The rechargeable battery case includes an opening in the case through which an electrode assembly is inserted. A bottom portion is provided at an end of the case opposite to that of the opening. A front portion is connected to the bottom portion. A back portion is connected to the bottom portion and the front portion. A joint portion is arranged between the front, back and bottom portion. Further, a first area and a second area are disposed longitudinally in the front and back portions. The second area is on either side of the first area. The joint portion in the second area is thicker than the joint portion in the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Il Seong, Hideaki Yoshio, Kyung-Keun Lee, Jin-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 9384904
    Abstract: An object is to suppress electrochemical decomposition of an electrolyte solution and the like at a negative electrode in a lithium ion battery or a lithium ion capacitor; thus, irreversible capacity is reduced, cycle performance is improved, or operating temperature range is extended. A negative electrode for a power storage device including a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer which is over the negative electrode current collector and includes a plurality of particles of a negative electrode active material, and a film covering part of the negative electrode active material. The film has an insulating property and lithium ion conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Inoue, Sachiko Kataniwa, Kazutaka Kuriki, Junpei Momo
  • Patent number: 9385354
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle, the battery pack including a sealed inner case accommodating a battery module; an open external case surrounding the inner case, the open external case including a first opening part having an open side and a second opening part having another open side; and an air flow channel between an external surface of the inner case and an inner surface of the external case, the air flow channel connecting the first opening part and the second opening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventor: Kwon Sohn
  • Patent number: 9240593
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing an active material for a nonaqueous secondary battery, including firing an adherend in which a compound containing an element A (at least one element selected from among B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, Mg and transition metal elements) is adhered to a particle surface of a material capable of being doped and dedoped with lithium ions, in a water-containing atmosphere so that weight increasing rate of the adherend is in a range of 0.1% by weight or more and 5.0% by weight or less, and firing the adherend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Reiko Sasaki, Akiyoshi Nemoto, Kenji Nakane, Yuichiro Imanari, Kensaku Horie, Hiroshi Inukai
  • Patent number: 9236198
    Abstract: A chip-type electric double layer capacitor includes: a resin case having a housing space provided therein and formed of insulating resin; first and second external terminals inserted into the resin case by insert injection molding, each having a first portion exposed to an outer surface of the resin case for external contact and a second portion exposed to an inner surface of the housing space for internal contact; a sealing portion including a groove portion provided in the resin case along a circumference of at least one of the first and second external terminals and a resin filling the groove portion; and an electric double layer capacitor cell mounted in the housing space and electrically connected to the second portion of the first and second external terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Ryul Jung, Sung Ho Lee, Dong Sup Park, Hyun Chul Jung, Yeong Su Cho, Sang Kyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9203073
    Abstract: A bipolar battery includes: a power generation element formed by stacking a plurality of bipolar electrodes, in which an electrode layer is formed on a front and a rear of a collector, via an electrolyte layer; an elastic metal portion provided in contact with the power generation element so as to contact the power generation element in point or line contact when no external force is exerted thereon and contact the power generation element in surface contact when external force is exerted thereon; and an outer covering material provided to accommodate the power generation element and the elastic metal portion, an internal air pressure of which is set to be lower than an atmospheric pressure such that the elastic metal portion is caused to contact the power generation element in surface contact by a pressure difference between the internal air pressure and the atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoharu Obika, Hideaki Horie, Yoshiaki Nitta
  • Patent number: 9196894
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery including a bare cell having an end portion including a first surface portion and a second surface portion projecting from the first surface portion; an insulating member having a first insulating portion attached to the first surface portion and a second insulating portion attached to the second surface portion, the second insulating portion being partially separated from the second surface portion, the first insulating portion forming an angle with the second insulating portion; and a protection circuit module electrically connected to the bare cell, the protection circuit module being disposed on the second insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Woon-Seong Baek
  • Patent number: 9196884
    Abstract: Disclosed is a separator for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. The separator may include a thermoplastic polyolefin-based polymer porous sheet and an aramid-based non-woven fabric sheet stacked on at least one surface of the polyolefin-based polymer porous sheet, wherein the polyolefin-based polymer sheet and the aramid-based non-woven fabric sheet are adhered with an adhesive, and the adhesive loses an adhesive performance at 80° C. or more to separate the two sheets. The separator has a shut-down function and excellent high-temperature shape stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kokam Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Jun Hong, In-Beom Hwang, Sung-Tae Ko, Kwang-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Jeong Heo
  • Patent number: 9190637
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly that performs charging and discharging, a case in which the electrode assembly is installed a cap plate coupled to the case, a lead tab connected to an electrode of the electrode assembly, and an electrode terminal in the cap plate and connected to the lead tab. The electrode terminal includes a column portion inserted into a terminal hole of the cap plate and a flange portion at one end of the column portion, the flange portion being wider than a cross-section of the column portion, and the flange portion being at an inner side of the cap plate. The lead tab includes an insertion portion into which the column portion is inserted, the lead tab being welded in a surface contact manner to the flange portion along an inner surface of an external circumference of the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventors: Jong-Seok Moon, Hui-Jun Lee, Joong-Heon Kim
  • Patent number: 9159961
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a case, the case including a first side having a bead thereon, the bead having a height h and a width w, a ratio of the height h to the width w satisfying 2 ? % ? ( h w × 100 ) ? 50 ? % , h and w being in a same unit of measure, and an electrode assembly in the case, the electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator disposed between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Park, Man-Soo Shin, Jong-Hoon Lim
  • Patent number: 9136511
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a pouch-type bare cell having a sealing region positioned in an extraction direction of an electrode lead; a protecting circuit module positioned in the sealing region of the bare cell and connected to the electrode lead; and a top case implemented in a shape in which only a surface facing the sealing region is opened and the other surfaces are integrally formed to cover the protecting circuit module. In the battery pack, a bottom surface of the top case comes in surface contact with a top surface of the bare cell, and the shape of the bottom surface of the top case is implemented in a bent shape so as to correspond to the shape of the top surface of the bare cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Sung Hong, Seung-Il Kim
  • Patent number: 9099754
    Abstract: A cell assembly (20) is formed by arranging an electrode body and electrolyte in an external case (12) having a through hole (41). A laser is applied to an annular portion (formed by Al or Al-based alloy) surrounding an opening end (41A) of the through hole (41) toward outside the case so as to form a welded base (45). A sealing film (54) is welded to the surface of the welded base directly or via a base film (52) welded in advance, so as to temporarily seal the through hole (41). The cell assembly (20) in the temporarily sealed state is subjected to initial charge and then a hole is opened through the film (54) so as to form a gas discharge passage for communication between inside and outside of the case (12), thereby discharging an excessive gas from the case (12) outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Komatsuki, Takashi Nakazawa, Kaoru Yugahara, Hiroya Kondou, Takato Fujiki
  • Patent number: 9093688
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery pack having two or more hexahedral battery modules, each including a plurality of chargeable and dischargeable plate-shaped battery cells or unit modules (unit cells), mounted in a pack case, wherein the battery pack is used as a power source for driving a vehicle, has a battery capacity of 5 KWh or more, and removes heat generated during the charge and discharge of the unit cells using an air cooling method, the unit cells of each of the battery modules are vertically stacked such that the number of the unit cells corresponds to a height of a battery pack installation space defined in the vehicle while neighboring unit cells are spaced apart from each other such that a coolant channel is defined between the respective unit cells, the pack case is formed in a shape corresponding to the battery pack installation space in the vehicle, the hexahedral battery modules being arranged in an inner space of the pack case, and a coolant for removing heat from the uni
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: LG CHEM LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Kyu Lee, Dal Mo Kang, Yongshik Shin, Bumhyun Lee, Chae Ho Chung, Jongmoon Yoon
  • Publication number: 20150147633
    Abstract: Provided are a pouch for a secondary battery including a first sheet and a second sheet, and a frame unit which is sealed by the first sheet and the second sheet and includes an accommodating part for accommodating an electrode assembly including electrode tabs therein, and a secondary battery including the pouch. According to the present invention, since a structure of a pouch for a secondary battery may include a frame unit capable of accommodating a large electrode assembly, a high-capacity and large-area secondary battery having high capacity and high stiffness may be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Bum AHN, Hyuk Su KIM, Jun Woo HUH, Hyang Mok LEE
  • Publication number: 20150147615
    Abstract: Provided is a structure of a pouch which may be used in a high-capacity battery having high capacity and high stiffness, wherein the pouch may include an upper housing module which includes a metallic base plate having a concave-shaped accommodation space and polymer layers formed on one surface or both surfaces of the base plate, and a lower pouch sheet which is combined with a lower surface of the upper housing module to seal the accommodation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM,LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Bum AHN, Hyuk Su KIM, Dae Geun KU, Hyang Mok LEE
  • Publication number: 20150147634
    Abstract: A battery pouch cell film composite having at least one metal layer, at least two adhesion promotion layers, and at least two polymer layers, at least one of the polymer layers being configured in self-healing fashion and that layer having in the interior physically delimited regions that contain at least one compound capable of polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas NEUMANN, Jens Grimminger, Marcus Wegner