Having Seal Feature Patents (Class 429/185)
  • Patent number: 11597295
    Abstract: In an aspect, a system for monitoring a battery system in-flight. The system includes at least a battery pack and a pack monitoring unit (PMU) communicatively connected with a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery packs. The PMU may include at least a sensor and a controller. At least a sensor is configured to detect battery datum. A controller is communicatively connected with at least a sensor. A controller is configured to receive battery datum, detect a significant event as a function of battery datum, and transmit the significant event to a remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Braedon Lohe, Cullen Jemison, Andrew Giroux, Tom Michael Hughes
  • Patent number: 11594780
    Abstract: A battery module having excellent cooling efficiency and allowing easy recycling of inner components at disposal applies a heat-shrinkable tube serving as a module housing and a heatsink to the battery module. The battery module includes a cell assembly including a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries having electrode leads formed to protrude in a front and rear direction and stacked on each other in a left and right direction; a heatsink located to contact an outer surface of the cell assembly and having a coolant flow path for allowing a coolant to move therein; and a heat-shrinkable tube having a tubular shape with a hollow structure in which the cell assembly and the heatsink are located, the heat-shrinkable tube being thermally shrunken so that the cell assembly and the heatsink are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jae-Min Yoo, Eun-Gyu Shin, Jeong-O Mun, Yoon-Koo Lee
  • Patent number: 11594712
    Abstract: A method for producing secondary battery electrodes includes a step of preparing a moisture powder formed of aggregated particles that contain a plurality of electrode active material particles, a binder resin, and solvent, wherein the solid phase, liquid phase, and gas phase in at least 50 number % or more of the aggregated particles in the moisture powder form a pendular state or a funicular state; a step of forming a coating film composed of the moisture powder on an electrode current collector, while the gas phase remains present; a step of forming a depression in the coating film by carrying out, using a die having an elevation of prescribed height, depression/elevation transfer into the coating film; and a step of carrying out depression/elevation transfer, using a die having an elevation higher than the elevation of prescribed height, by pressing the higher elevation into the depression that has been formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Naohiro Mashimo, Katsushi Enokihara, Haruka Shionoya
  • Patent number: 11594776
    Abstract: A battery module includes a heat-shrinkable tube serving as a module housing. The battery module includes a cell assembly having a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries; a bus bar assembly having a bus bar frame and a bus bar mounted to an outer surface of the bus bar frame; and a heat-shrinkable tube formed to be shrunk by heat and configured so that the cell assembly is located therein, the heat-shrinkable tube being provided to surround a side surface of the cell assembly and a portion of the bus bar assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jae-Min Yoo, Eun-Gyu Shin, Hee-Jun Jin, Dal-Mo Kang, Jeong-O Mun
  • Patent number: 11581545
    Abstract: A miniature electrochemical cell having a volume of less than 0.5 cc is described. The cell has a casing of first and second ceramic substrates that are hermetically secured to each other to provide an internal space housing an electrode assembly. First and second conductive pathways extend through the ceramic substrates. The pathways have respective inner surfaces that are conductively connected to the respective anode and cathode current collectors and respective outer surfaces that provide for connection to a load. An electrolyte in the internal space of the housing activates the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith W. Seitz, Brian P. Hohl, Todd C. Sutay, Gary Freitag
  • Patent number: 11581568
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery element including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution, a housing member configured to accommodate the battery element, and a safety valve mechanism attached to the housing member. The safety valve mechanism includes a valve member including an opening valve portion configured to be opened; and an opening member including a plurality of opening portions radially arranged in a region opposed to the opening valve portion from a center of the region as a base point, and a plurality of protrusion portions radially arranged in a region outside the plurality of opening portions from the center and the plurality of protrusion portions protrude toward the plurality of opening portions. A number of the opening portions and a number of the protrusion portions are equal to each other, and each of the plurality of opening portions and each of the plurality of protrusion portions are opposed to each other in a direction toward the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunio Sodeyama
  • Patent number: 11569212
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a semiconductor device power management system including a semiconductor device of a set of semiconductor devices provided on a substrate, wherein the semiconductor device includes an independent power supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Komatsu, Tomoko Ito
  • Patent number: 11555227
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Ni—Cr-based brazing alloy including, on the basis of mass %: 15%<Cr<30%; 3%<P<12%; 0%?Si<8%; 0.01%<C<0.06%; 0%?Ti+Zr<0.1%; 0.01%<V<0.1%; 0%?Al<0.01%; 0.005%<O<0.025%; 0.001%<N<0.050%; 0%?Nb<0.1%; and the balance being Ni and incidental impurities. Inequality (1): 0.2?0.24V %/C %?1.0 is satisfied if the alloy contains no Nb, and Inequality (2): 0.2?(0.24V %+0.13Nb %)/C %?1.0 is satisfied if the alloy contains Nb. Also disclosed is an inexpensive Ni—Cr-based brazing alloy containing a trace amount of V for use in the production of stainless steel heat exchangers and other steel articles. The alloy has a low liquidus temperature and high corrosion resistance, and achieves high brazing strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sawada, Shingo Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11552360
    Abstract: A cartridge including a body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface being configured to seat at least a portion of a first battery cell, and a first supporting pattern disposed in a first area along an edge of the first surface of the body and corresponding to a gas pocket of the first battery cell is provided. A battery module having a plurality of such cartridges is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Kyoung Park, Seong-Tae Kim, Jun-Kyu Park, Jun-Yeob Seong, Gyo-Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 11539068
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for manufacturing a secondary battery. An electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated into a body of a battery case. The body of the battery case has an accommodation part and a gas pocket part, and a passage that extends from the accommodation part to the outside discharges an internal gas from the accommodation part through the gas pocket part. The battery case is seated in a seating step on a support block, which has an inclined part on a side surface thereof, to support the battery case. The body is pressed to discharge a gas accommodated in the accommodation part through the gas pocket part in the battery case. This method allows easy discharging of internal gas while reducing discharge of the electrolyte with the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hun Bae, Hyo Jin Park, Suk Hyun Hong, Joon Sung Bae, Beom Koon Lee, Dae Bong Lim, Jin Woo Heo
  • Patent number: 11539089
    Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; and a pouch member comprising an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, a sealing portion formed at an edge of the accommodating portion, and an indent portion formed of a cutting edge cut at a plurality of angles and a rounded edge cut to connect the cutting edges adjacent to each other in a portion of the sealing portion corresponding to a vertex of the accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Il Kim, Jae Man Seo, Jeong Sam Son, Gyu Jin Chung
  • Patent number: 11536145
    Abstract: An airfoil vane assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a vane piece having a first vane platform, a second vane platform, and a hollow airfoil section joining the first vane platform and the second vane platform, a spar piece having a spar platform and a spar extending from the spar platform into the hollow airfoil section, and at least one seal arranged at a sealing surface of the spar platform and sealing between the spar platform and the first vane platform. The airfoil vane assembly also includes a thermal barrier coating disposed on the spar piece. The sealing surface is free from the thermal barrier coating. A gas turbine engine and a method of making a spar piece for an airfoil vane assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: San Quach, Alex J. Schneider
  • Patent number: 11539067
    Abstract: A secondary battery production method is provided, with which deformation of a current collector is reduced. The method produces a secondary battery including: an electrode assembly having positive and negative electrode plates; and a positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode core and a positive electrode active material layer, and the electrode assembly includes a positive electrode core-stacked portion. The method includes: an electrode assembly production step of producing the electrode assembly; and an ultrasonic bonding step of ultrasonically bonding the positive electrode current collector to the positive electrode core-stacked portion. The positive electrode current collector has a thin-walled portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Muroya, Tomokazu Yamanaka, Takuya Yamawaki, Ryuhei Kai
  • Patent number: 11532787
    Abstract: The embodiments provide a process and an apparatus for easily producing a transparent electrode of low resistance and of high transparency. The process comprises: coating a hydrophobic polymer film with a dispersion of metal nanowires, press-bonding an electroconductive substrate directly onto the metal nanowires on the polymer film, and peeling and transferring the metal nanowires from the polymer film onto the conductive substrate. The embodiments also relates to an apparatus for the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Naito, Naomi Shida, Mitsunaga Saito, Takeshi Niimoto
  • Patent number: 11527795
    Abstract: A miniature electrochemical cell having a total volume that is less than 0.5 cc is described. The cell casing is formed by joining two ceramic casing halves together. One or both casing halves are machined from ceramic to provide a recess that is sized and shaped to contain the electrode assembly. The opposite polarity terminals are metal feedthroughs, such as of gold, and are formed by brazing gold into openings machined into one or both of ceramic casing halves. A thin film metallization, such as of titanium, contacts an edge periphery of each ceramic casing half. The first ceramic casing half is moved into registry with the second ceramic casing half so that the first and second ring-shaped metallizations contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert S. Rubino, Keith W. Seitz, Xiaohong Tang, Todd C. Sutay, Brian P. Hohl, Holly Noelle Moschiano, Biswa P. Das, Afsar Ali, Sourabh Biswas, Gary Freitag, David Dianetti, Ho-Chul Yun, Thomas Marzano
  • Patent number: 11515595
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator between the first and second electrodes, and first and second electrode tabs respectively coupled to the first and second electrodes; a case accommodating the electrode assembly and coupled to the first electrode tab; and a cap assembly sealing an opening in the case. The cap assembly includes: a cap plate covering the opening in the case; and a terminal plate coupled to the cap plate. The terminal plate includes: a flange portion coupled to and electrically insulated from the cap plate; and a tab connecting portion protruding from the flange portion toward the electrode assembly and extending through a terminal opening in the cap plate to be coupled to the second electrode tab. The terminal plate has a flat outer surface, and the tab connecting portion has a flat inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Ha Lee, Byoungmin Chun
  • Patent number: 11515596
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electricity-storage module includes: preparing a stacked body and first sealing portions; processing an extension portion of one or more first sealing portions included in an outer edge portion in a stacking direction of the stacked body so that an extension portion length of the one or more of first sealing portions becomes shorter than a length of the extension portions of the first sealing portions which are not included in the outer edge portion; and forming a second sealing portion that is provided at the periphery of the first sealing portions when viewed from the stacking direction and covers at least parts of outer surfaces of the first sealing portions located at stacking ends of the stacked body in the stacking direction by injection molding in which a resin material is caused to circulate in a mold frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Kojiro Tamaru, Takafumi Yamasaki, Takashi Sakai, Hiroki Maeda, Naoto Morisaku, Hiromi Ueda, Akihito Tsuge, Koji Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 11515600
    Abstract: Electric vehicle battery enclosures and methods of assembling electric vehicle battery enclosures involve a base portion to hold one or more batteries that provide motive power to an all-electric or hybrid electric vehicle. An electric vehicle battery enclosure includes a cover portion to mate with the base portion to enclose the one or more batteries, and a sealant to create a bond between the base portion and the cover portion around an entire perimeter of the enclosure and to seal the enclosure based on a uniform height of the sealant around the perimeter of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Charles E. Jensen, Terry A. Swartzell, Andrew W. White, James A. Rochon
  • Patent number: 11502381
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack supplies electrical drive power to an electrically driven machining device. The rechargeable battery pack has: a plurality of rechargeable battery cells, wherein the rechargeable battery cells each have cell contacts; a housing, wherein the rechargeable battery cells are arranged within the housing; and a potting compound, wherein the potting compound protects the cell contacts from contact with water from outside the housing. The housing has a housing top part and a housing bottom part. The housing bottom part overlaps the housing top part such that the housing top part defines an outer region and an inner region of the housing bottom part for the potting compound. A casting level of the potting compound in the outer region is above a casting level of the potting compound in the inner region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joachim Kolb
  • Patent number: 11495853
    Abstract: A secondary battery with an exterior body having a novel sealing structure, and a structure of a sealing portion that relaxes a stress of deformation are provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and an exterior body enclosing at least part of the positive electrode, at least part of the negative electrode, and the electrolyte solution. The exterior body includes a first region having a shape with a curve, a shape with a wavy line, a shape with an arc, or a shape with a plurality of inflection points, and a second region having the same shape as the first region. The first region is in contact with the second region. Alternatively, the first region has a shape without a straight line. The secondary battery may be flexible, and the exterior body in a region having flexibility may include the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Takahashi, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11489223
    Abstract: A case for a secondary battery includes: a body plate including a bottom portion, first side portions bent and extended from the bottom portion in opposite directions, and extending portions bent from at least one selected from the bottom portion and the first side portions to then be extended; and second side portions coupled to the extending portions. A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; the case accommodating the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly coupled to the case to seal the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Sik Oh, Hyung Noh Jung, Yong Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 11489228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component for measuring a pressure change in a pouch-type battery, and a method for measuring a pressure change in a pouch-type battery by using the same and, particularly, to: a component connectable to pressure gauge by being mounted in a pouch-type battery for measuring a pressure change in the pouch-type battery; and a method for measuring a pressure change in a pouch-type battery by using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Heesun Yun, Jeong Ae Ahn, Kyungmee Lee, Yongjun Kim, Nak Gi Sung, Nak Hee Choi
  • Patent number: 11477885
    Abstract: A housing of a conformal wearable battery (CWB) encloses a plurality of battery cells arranged in a grid-like pattern and electrically connected to a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes an electrical connection pad that is electrically coupled to a positive terminal of a battery cell of the plurality of battery cells and a positive conductive region receiving electrical energy from one or more of the plurality of battery cells. A redundant trace fuse circuit is formed on the PCB to facilitate electrical connection of the electrical connection pad and the positive conductive region. The redundant trace fuse circuit includes a first fusible link for electrically connecting the first electrical connection pad to the positive conductive region and a second fusible link that is selectively enabled to electrically connect the first electrical connection pad to the positive conductive region when the first fusible link is inoperative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Inventus Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Zhang, Christopher Michael Reinke, Ilyas Ayub, William Mark Batts, Timothy James Vallaro, Elijah Brett Goldin, Anvin Joe Manadan
  • Patent number: 11476548
    Abstract: A battery module including a plurality of battery cells that are sequentially stacked, each of the battery cells including an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrode plates and a plurality of electrode tabs withdrawn from the plurality of electrode plates, a pouch configured to receive the electrode assembly, and an electrode lead connected to the plurality of electrode tabs, the electrode lead extending from an extension part of the pouch so as to be withdrawn to the outside through a withdrawal port is provided. In order to secure the distance between the extension part of the pouch of one battery cell, among a plurality of adjacent battery cells, and the electrode lead of another battery cell, the extension part is provided with a bent part that is bent at a predetermined angle relative to the direction in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Jin Cho, Jun Yeob Seong, Jun Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 11469463
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery including a battery case and a lid, the battery case having an opening doubly wound and tightened to be sealed by an outer peripheral portion of the lid, wherein an opening-side outer peripheral portion of the battery case has a diameter reduced inward in the radial direction, an outer peripheral surface of the battery case is covered with a label, a space surrounded by the outer peripheral surface of the battery case, the outer peripheral portion of the lid, and the label is provided, and 1.2×T1?D?2.7×T1 is satisfied in a range of 0.1 mm?T1?0.5 mm, where D is a diameter of an inscribed circle that is tangent to the outer peripheral surface of the battery case, the outer peripheral portion of the lid, and the label, and T1 is a thickness of the battery case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamato, Tadayoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11462787
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an electrode assembly package structure, comprising a package side and a sealing side extending along the length of the electrode assembly package structure, wherein the sealing side includes a first sealing segment that abuts the package side and a second sealing segment that is between the package side and the first sealing segment. The purpose of the present application is to provide an electrode assembly package structure capable of reducing the influence of the sealing side on the length of the package structure and improving the space utilization in the length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jing Jiang
  • Patent number: 11456506
    Abstract: A vehicle body member includes a first cell unit including a first negative electrode part and a first positive electrode part, a second cell unit including a second negative electrode part and a second positive electrode part, a reinforcing insulating layer interposed between a first surface of the first cell unit and a second surface of the second cell unit, a first positive electrode current collector connected to the first positive electrode part, a second positive electrode current collector connected to the second positive electrode part and connected in parallel to the first positive electrode current collector, a first negative electrode current collector connected to the first negative electrode part, and a second negative electrode current collector connected to the second negative electrode part and connected in parallel to the first negative electrode current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Won Ki Song, Hee Dae Oh, Min Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11450893
    Abstract: A battery including an electrode group with a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, and tape. A current collector of the negative electrode plate is exposed in at least part of the outermost peripheral surface of the electrode group in the winding direction, and the current collector contacts a case body. The tape comprises a base material layer and an adhesive layer arranged continuously in the winding direction on the inner surface of the wound base material layer. Dividing the region of the tape, seen from the wound inner surface, into first regions configured from the base material layer and second regions configured from the base material layer and the adhesive layer, in the winding axial direction of the electrode group, the first regions are arranged adjacent to a second region in at least the center end of the electrode group on the both ends of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Mizawa, Kei Kobayashi, Takaki Nakao
  • Patent number: 11450892
    Abstract: This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a winding-type electrode group which comprises a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, and tape adhered on the peripheral surface of the electrode group. A current collector of the negative electrode plate is exposed in at least part of the outermost peripheral surface of the electrode group in the winding direction, and the current collector contacts a case body. The tape comprises a base material layer and an adhesive layer arranged continuously in the winding direction on the inner surface of the wound base material layer. Dividing the region seen from the wound inner surface of the tape into first regions configured from the base material layer and second regions configured from the base material layer and the adhesive layer, the first regions are interposed between second regions in at least part of the area of the tape in the winding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Mizawa, Kei Kobayashi, Takaki Nakao
  • Patent number: 11444487
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to a wireless charge-discharge (WCD) energy storage device that includes an anode element, a cathode element that is proximately positioned to the anode element, a receiver coil element concentrically encircling each of the anode element and the cathode element, and a transmitter coil element concentrically encircling each of the receiver coil element, the anode element, and the cathode element. The WCD storage device further includes a switch element that i) when set to a first position establishes a connection between the transmitter coil element and the cathode element that permits the transmitter coil to generate a magnetic field and ii) when set to a second position prevents the connection between the transmitter coil element and the cathode element such that the receiver coil element is configured carry an induced current when the receiver coil element is positioned within a magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    Inventors: Sungjin Cho, Pankaj Kumar Alaboina
  • Patent number: 11444323
    Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state battery configured to suppress the collapse of an end in the plane direction of an electrode laminate. Disclosed is an all-solid-state battery comprising an electrode laminate that comprises a cathode comprising a cathode layer, an anode comprising an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein a resin layer containing a polymer is disposed in at least a part of an end in a plane direction of the electrode laminate, the polymer having a self-healing function and a structure crosslinked via bonding between a host molecule and a guest molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Minamida
  • Patent number: 11437664
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery stack having a plurality of batteries that are stacked and a heat transfer suppression member disposed between adjacent two of the batteries, a heat conductor that extends in stacking direction X of the batteries and is adjacent to the battery stack, and a heat absorber that intervenes between the battery stack and the heat conductor and contains an endothermic agent that is to start endothermic reaction at a temperature higher than or equal to a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kuramitsu, Toshiya Gotou, Kazunari Hiraide
  • Patent number: 11411279
    Abstract: A power storage module 12 according to a first aspect includes: a laminated body 30 in which bipolar electrodes 32 including an electrode plate 34, a positive electrode 36, and a negative electrode 38, are laminated; a frame body 50 provided with an opening 50a communicated with a plurality of internal spaces V; and a pressure adjustment valve 60 connected to the opening 50a. The pressure adjustment valve 60 includes a base member 70 connected to the opening 50a and provided with a plurality of communication holes 74 respectively communicated with the plurality of internal spaces V, a valve body 80 arranged to shut opening ends 76a of the plurality of communication holes 74, and a cover member 90 pressing the valve body 80 against the base member 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi Hamaoka, Kojiro Tamaru, Hirokazu Kotake, Hiroki Maeda
  • Patent number: 11411274
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a high-endurance and long-life nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a battery case having sealing performance unlikely to be degraded. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a closed-end cylindrical outer can, a sealing body that closes an opening of the outer can, a resin gasket disposed between the outer can and the sealing body, a sealing member interposed between the outer can and the gasket, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The sealing member has a multilayer structure including a first sealing member layer, the main constituent of which is one selected from butadiene rubber, urethane rubber, silicone rubber, chloroprene rubber, and isoprene rubber, and a second sealing member layer, the main constituent of which is one selected from ethylene propylene rubber, ethylene propylene diene rubber, and fluoro rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Oki, Yoshiyuki Muraoka, Shuichi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11404756
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides a pouch film. In manufacturing a secondary battery, a gas may be generated when reacting an electrode assembly with an electrolyte. After the generated gas is discharged, the pouch film may be sealed. In this case, a deformation part may be formed in the gas chamber section which serves as a passage for discharging the gas, specifically, in the gas chamber passage, thus to prevent the electrolyte from flowing backward and maintain shapes of the gas chamber inlet during injecting the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyo Sang Kim
  • Patent number: 11404753
    Abstract: A prismatic lithium ion battery cell includes a packaging having a cover. The cover includes: a first spiral disk feature disposed below a first terminal pad; a second spiral disk feature disposed below a second terminal pad; a first reversal disk disposed below the first spiral disk feature; and a second reversal disk disposed below the second spiral disk feature. The first and second reversal disks are configured to deflect upwards to displace the first and second spiral disk features to contact the first and second terminal pads, respectively, in response to a pressure within the packaging being greater than a predefined pressure threshold and form an external short-circuit between the first and second terminal pads via the first and second spiral disk features. Subsequently, a portion of the power assembly fails in response to the external short-circuit and interrupts current flow between the first and second terminal pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CPS TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Xugang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11394080
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pouch-shaped battery case including an upper case and a lower case sealed to one another, the upper case and the lower case made of a laminate sheet comprising a metal layer and a resin layer, at least one of the upper case and the lower case having a concave unit for receiving an electrode assembly, the upper case and the lower case being sealed at all corners thereof located along the outer edge of the concave unit, a middle of a first side surface of each of the upper case and the lower case having a non-sealed portion for gas discharge, the first side surface being adjacent to a second side surface of each of the upper case and the lower case through which an electrode terminal extends, a method of manufacturing the pouch-shaped battery case, and a sealing block for manufacturing the pouch-shaped battery case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Byeong Kyu Lee, Cha Hun Ku, Tae Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11381104
    Abstract: An energy system for providing electrical energy to a device where the energy system includes: a first battery for providing a first electrical power over a first time period; a second battery for providing a second electrical power over a second time period, the second battery being a type different from a type of the first battery, the second power being greater than the first power and the second time period being smaller than the first time period; and a controller for controlling initiation of the first battery and the second battery at predetermined times to satisfy a specific power requirement of the device over a time period including the first and second time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Jahangir S Rastegar
  • Patent number: 11367914
    Abstract: A metal air battery cell has a sealed pouch defined by a metallocene film and a gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer, and an electrochemical cell contained within the pouch. The metallocene film and gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer are sealed to each other and around the electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ZAF ENERGY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Adam Weisenstein, William A. Garcia, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett, Melissa D. McIntyre
  • Patent number: 11342639
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body that includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; an outer body that houses the electrode body; a sealing plate that is made of metal and seals an opening of the outer body; and a positive electrode terminal that is electrically connected to the positive electrode plate. At least part of the positive electrode terminal is disposed on the battery outer side with respect to the sealing plate. An external insulating member made of resin is disposed between the sealing plate and the positive electrode terminal. The conduction path between the positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal is provided with a current interrupting mechanism. An electrically insulating, heat-resistant layer is disposed between the positive electrode terminal and the sealing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Muroya, Ryoichi Wakimoto, Hiroyuki Inoue, Keisuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11342627
    Abstract: The present application can provide a battery module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a resin composition applied to the manufacturing method. The present application can provide a battery module having excellent power relative to volume, while being manufactured in a simple process and at a low cost, a manufacturing method thereof, and a resin composition applied to the manufacturing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Suk Park, Yoon Gyung Cho, Sang Min Park, Se Woo Yang, Jae Hun Yang, Kyung Su Oh, Jae Min Lee, Young Gil Kim, Gyu Jong Bae, Kyoung Bin Im
  • Patent number: 11335957
    Abstract: The present invention provides a secondary battery including: an electrode assembly (‘jelly-roll’) having a structure in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound together; a can main body inside of which a hollow having an open side is formed and in which the electrode assembly is accommodated in a shape surrounding the hollow; and a top cover mounted on an open upper end portion of the can main body to seal the can main body, wherein one of a bottom portion of the can main body and the top cover may be formed with a through-hole communicating with the hollow of the can main body, and at least 50% of a total volume of the hollow is filled with a thermally conductive resin, and provides a secondary battery pack including the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung Kwon Kim, Sang Uck Kim, Hayoung Heo
  • Patent number: 11329335
    Abstract: A metal air battery cell has a sealed pouch defined by a metallocene film and a gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer, and an electrochemical cell contained within the pouch. The metallocene film and gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer are sealed to each other and around the electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ZAF ENERGY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Adam Weisenstein, William A. Garcia, Joel Ballard, Sean Barrett, Melissa D. McIntyre
  • Patent number: 11329348
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell includes an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure and an electrolyte disposed in a battery case, a cylindrical metal container forms the battery case with the electrode assembly and the electrolyte disposed therein, a cap assembly is mounted on the open upper end of the metal container and a gasket of an elastic material is interposed between the metal container and the cap assembly. The upper end of the metal container is clamped and bent inward toward the central axis of the battery cell to enable the upper portion of the metal container to surround the exterior surface of the gasket. A recessed groove configured to partially receive the gasket by clamping, is formed on the interior surface of the inward-bent portion of the metal container. Accordingly, damage to the gasket interposed between the metal container and the cap assembly is reduced and inhibits electrolyte leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Minsu Cho, Sang-Uck Kim, YounJoong Kim, Sunghae Park
  • Patent number: 11316207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous electrolyte capable of improving low temperature performance. More specifically, the present invention provides an aqueous electrolyte that is an aqueous solution including lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate at a predetermined concentration range without separate additives, and thus can prevent freezing and realize high performance even at a very low temperature of about ?30° C. or less, and an energy storage device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Kwak, Seokhyun Yoon, Byunggook Lyu
  • Patent number: 11196116
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery, in particular a button battery, including a case, provided with a container and a cap, and a polymer gasket, in particular made of polypropylene, compressed and bonded between the container and the cap. The method successively includes a step of implanting a silicatised layer by tribochemical sand blasting on all or part of the surface of the gasket, a step of adding a layer of adhesive to the surface of the gasket including the silicatised layer and/or on all or part of the surface of the container and of the surface of the cap intended to be joined to the gasket, a step of assembling the case with the gasket positioned by compression and bonding with the layer of adhesive between the container and the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Olga Reinauer, Michael Stalder
  • Patent number: 11183723
    Abstract: A cap for closing an opening of a battery case for containing an electrode assembly is formed by an elongated plate extending in a longitudinal direction. The cap includes: a terminal hole for allowing a negative electrode terminal of the electrode assembly to pass therethrough; a recess formed in an outer surface of the cap, the outer surface representing the exterior of the battery, the recess located in a region that surrounds the terminal hole and that is not in contact with the outer periphery of the outer surface. An edge of the recess includes a projection protruding inwardly. The projection is positioned to overlap the terminal hole as determined along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Yoshioka, Yoshihisa Fujihara
  • Patent number: 11158865
    Abstract: A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material comprising a conductive layer including an electronic conductor, wherein the conductive layer is free of pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunjin Kim, Wonsung Choi, Mokwon Kim, Seongheon Kim, Dongmin Im, Kyounghwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11133545
    Abstract: A prismatic secondary battery includes an electrode body having a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, a prismatic outer casing accommodating the electrode body, a sealing plate sealing the opening of the prismatic outer casing, a negative electrode terminal attached to the sealing plate, and a negative electrode collector electrically connecting the negative electrode plate and the negative electrode terminal. An insulating member is disposed between the sealing plate and the negative electrode terminal. An insulating sheet is disposed between the sealing plate and the negative electrode collector. The insulating member and the insulating sheet are disposed so as to overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to the sealing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Hiroshi Takabayashi
  • Patent number: 11127619
    Abstract: A workpiece carrier suitable for high power processes is described. It may include a puck to carry the workpiece, a plate bonded to the puck by an adhesive, a mounting ring surrounding the puck and the cooling plate, and a gasket between the mounting ring and the plate, the gasket configured to protect the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kartik Ramaswamy, Chunlei Zhang, Haitao Wang, Vijay D. Parkhe, Jaeyong Cho