Bipolar Type Patents (Class 429/210)
  • Patent number: 12136704
    Abstract: A battery includes a stacked arrangement of electrochemical cells. Each electrochemical cell is free of a cell housing and includes a bipolar plate having a substrate, a first active material layer formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second active material layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. Each cell includes a solid electrolyte layer that encapsulates at least one of the active material layers, and an edge insulating device that is disposed between the peripheral edges of the substrates of each pair of adjacent cells. The edge insulating device physically contacts and is directly secured to one of the first surface of one cell and the solid electrolyte layer of an adjacent cell, and is movable relative to, the other of the first surface of the one cell and the solid electrolyte layer of the adjacent cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Angerbauer, Bernd Schumann, Florian Schmid, Joerg Thielen, Christian Diessner, Mark Kotik, David Naughton, Jerome Homann, Anne Serout, Laura Bauer, Stephen Scott, Dan Schneider, Gary Mosley
  • Patent number: 12021233
    Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode structure including a current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer provided on one or each of both sides of the current collector, wherein the positive electrode mixture layer has a thickness of 69 ?m or more, the positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.0 to 5.0 g/cm3, the positive electrode mixture layer includes a positive electrode active material and a binder, the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-nickel composite oxide, the binder includes a fluorine-containing copolymer, the fluorine-containing copolymer contains a vinylidene fluoride unit and a fluorinated monomer unit (excluding the vinylidene fluoride unit), and the fluorine-containing copolymer has a storage modulus (E?) at 30° C. of 100 to 1,100 MPa and a storage modulus (E?) at 60° C. of 50 to 500 MPa, as measured by dynamic viscoelasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Shinoda, Takahiro Kitahara, Kazuki Hosoda, Yuma Ichinose
  • Patent number: 11926207
    Abstract: A trailer mountable power storage and distribution system is provided. The power storage and distribution system includes a battery assembly and an auxiliary component assembly. The battery assembly includes a housing configured to be mounted to a chassis assembly of a trailer unit. The auxiliary component assembly is configured to be mounted to the chassis assembly of the trailer unit. The auxiliary component assembly has a thermal management component and a power distribution module. The thermal management component is configured to remove heat from the battery assembly. The power distribution module is configured to electrically connect the battery assembly to a load disposed on a tractor configured to tow the trailer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hexagon Purus North America Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan J. McKibben, Jordan Foster
  • Patent number: 11888110
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery in which the reversibility of the deposition and dissolution reaction of a metal Li can be improved while inhibiting an occurrence of short circuit. The above object is achieved by providing an all solid state battery utilizing a deposition and dissolution reaction of a metal Li as an anode reaction, the all solid state battery comprising: an anode current collector, a porous layer comprising a resin, a solid electrolyte layer, a cathode active material layer, and a cathode current collector, in this order; wherein an electric resistance of the porous layer is 1? or more and 690? or less; and a thickness of the porous layer is 14 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ximeng Li, Masafumi Nose
  • Patent number: 11837691
    Abstract: A battery manufacturing method includes forming a unit cell having a positive electrode that is obtained by a positive electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode that is obtained by a negative electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a negative electrode current collector, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The battery manufacturing method further includes applying pressure to one unit cell or with two or more stacked unit cells from the stacking direction, and charging the one unit cell or the two or more stacked unit cells after applying of the pressure. The method is performed such that the positive electrode and the negative electrode are formed without an application film being subjected to a drying process performed through heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kaburagi, Kazuyuki Yoda, Eiji Minegishi, Noboru Yamauchi, Yusuke Emori, Hideki Ishitani, Masanori Shimada
  • Patent number: 11811018
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same, and in particular, a positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery including an active material, a conductive material, a binder and an additive, wherein the additive includes an organic acid lithium salt, the organic acid lithium salt including a dicarboxyl group. By including a dicarboxyl group-including organic acid lithium salt as the additive, the positive electrode for the lithium-sulfur battery is capable of enhancing capacity and lifetime properties of the lithium-sulfur battery through enhancing lithium ion migration properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Kyoung Kim, Doo Kyung Yang, Seung Yoon Yang
  • Patent number: 11811015
    Abstract: Provided is an electricity-storage module including: a stacked body that includes electrodes which are stacked along a first direction; a sealing body that is provided to the stacked body so as to surround a peripheral edge portion of the electrodes, forms an inner space that stores an electrolytic solution between the electrodes adjacent to each other along the first direction, and seals the inner space; and a reinforcing body that is provided in the electrodes so as to suppress deformation of the electrodes. The electrodes include bipolar electrodes and a negative terminal electrode, the negative terminal electrode includes the electrode plate and a negative electrode provided on the second surface, and is disposed at one end of the stacked body in the first direction such that the second surface faces an inner side of the stacked body in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuki Chujo, Takayuki Hirose, Tomohiro Nakamura, Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11749840
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes: a positive electrode in which an olivine-type compound is used as a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode in which amorphous-based carbon is used as a negative electrode active material; a separator sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a casing which houses the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the non-aqueous electrolyte are configured to satisfy an inequality: (Rn/(Rp+Rn))?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ELIIY POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Minagawa, Hideyuki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11715845
    Abstract: An all solid battery including: a first electrode include a first current collector, and a first active material layer bonded to the first current collector; a first solid electrolyte layer bonded to a surface of the first active material layer opposite the first current collector; a second solid electrolyte layer bonded to a surface of the first solid electrolyte layer opposite the first active material layer; a second electrode including a second current collector, and a second active material layer bonded to the second current collector and a surface of the second solid electrolyte layer opposite the first solid electrolyte layer, wherein the first solid electrolyte layer extends farther than the second current collector in a direction away from a first surface of the all solid battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiratsuchi Tomoyuki, Ryo Omoda
  • Patent number: 11641011
    Abstract: An electrode assembly comprising a first unit electrode in which a plurality of first electrodes entirely made of a first electrode mixture having a solid shape are connected to each other; a second unit electrode in which a plurality of second electrodes entirely made of a second electrode mixture having a solid shape are connected to each other; a separator interposed between the first unit electrode and the second unit electrode; and an electrode tab comprising a plurality of first electrode tab provided on the first unit electrode and a plurality of second electrode tab provided on the second unit electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Soo Kim, Young Deok Kim, Song Yi Han
  • Patent number: 11569550
    Abstract: An electrode including an integrated separator for use in an electrochemical device may include one or more active material layers, and a separator layer comprising inorganic particles. An interlocking region may couple the separator layer to an adjacent active material layer. In some examples, the interlocking region may include interlocking fingers formed by an interpenetration of active material particles of the active material layers with ceramic particles of the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: EnPower, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Yao, Jonathan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11522226
    Abstract: A solid-state battery, in which a battery case and electrode terminals are integrally formed by resin molding, includes a solid-state battery laminate including a cathode having a cathode layer on a first current collector, an anode having an anode layer on a second current collector, a plurality of solid electrolytes located between the cathode and the anode, and a plurality of bipolar electrodes, each bipolar electrode being located between adjacent solid electrolytes and including another cathode layer and another anode layer on both surfaces of a third current collector, a cathode terminal plate, an anode terminal plate, and a resin case encapsulating the solid-state battery laminate and the cathode and anode terminal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Hashimoto Takenori
  • Patent number: 11502379
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate-type all-solid state battery configured to suppress the occurrence of short circuits. Disclosed is an all-solid-state battery, wherein a width of the anode layer is larger than a width of the cathode layer; wherein the anode current collector layer comprises an anode current collector layer protrusion protruding in plane direction at any one side of the battery laminate; wherein the cathode current collector layer comprises a cathode current collector layer protrusion protruding in plane direction at any one side of the battery laminate; and wherein the battery laminate comprises side surface fixing portions composed of a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhito Kato
  • Patent number: 11476452
    Abstract: A method comprises obtaining a stack for an energy storage device, the stack comprising a first electrode layer and an electrolyte layer. The method comprises depositing a first material over an exposed portion of the first electrode layer and an exposed portion of the electrolyte layer. The method comprises depositing a second material over the first material and to form a second electrode layer of the stack, and to provide an electrical connection from the second electrode layer, for connecting to a further such second electrode layer via the second material. The electrolyte layer is between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first material insulates the exposed portions of the first electrode layer and the electrolyte layer from the second material. Also disclosed is an apparatus for maintaining top-down inkjet material deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Joseph Daniel Howard
  • Patent number: 11387500
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for a multi-tab battery cycle life extension through alternating electrode charging are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a battery comprises a plurality of battery cells. The battery further comprises a plurality of anode electrodes and a plurality of cathode electrodes, of each of the battery cells, arranged around a perimeter of the battery. Further, the battery comprises a controller to apply, for each of the battery cells, a load or a charge from the anode electrodes to the cathode electrodes in a pattern such that charge is uniformly distributed across each of the battery cells. In one or more embodiments, the controller is located external or internal to the battery. In some embodiments, the battery further comprises a processor to determine the pattern for applying the load or the charge from the anode electrodes to the cathode electrodes for each of the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Roger D. Bernhardt
  • Patent number: 11362338
    Abstract: A battery component includes a polymer frame having at least one window, the polymer frame having a first planar side and an opposite second planar side, and a window edge between the first and second planar sides. The battery component also has a battery cell component having a separator and bipolar current collector, the battery cell component being attached to the frame, the separator or bipolar current collector being attached to the first planar side or the window edge. A battery stack, a method for handling the battery component as an individual unit are also provided, electric vehicle battery and electric vehicle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AG, DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE
    Inventors: Mirko Herrmann, Angela Speidel, Rouven Scheffler
  • Patent number: 11302951
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrode which is used as a liquid flow-through device electrode and in which liquid flow-through resistance is reduced and the utilization efficiency of carbon fiber is enhanced. Another object of the present invention is to provide a redox flow battery having excellent charge-discharge performance by use of the electrode which is used for the liquid flow-through device. The present invention provides an electrode for a liquid flow-through device, the electrode essentially consisting of a carbon fiber nonwoven fabric, having a thickness of more than 0.40 mm, and having a through-hole disposed therein, or a non-through-hole disposed on one surface or both surfaces of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kentaro Kajiwara, Masamichi Utsunomiya, Fumitaka Watanabe, Yasuaki Tanimura
  • Patent number: 11251495
    Abstract: A power storage unit includes an end surface located at one end of the power storage unit in a direction, an end surface located at the other end of the power storage unit in the direction, a side surface connecting the end surface and the end surface, and a side surface located opposite to the side surface. A terminal and a terminal are provided on a side surface side and are connected to an apparatus arranged on the side surface side, and the wire extends in a direction from the side surface toward the side surface and is connected to an apparatus provided on a side surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Hase, Yusuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11211662
    Abstract: A power storage unit includes an end surface located at one end of the power storage unit in a direction, an end surface located at the other end of the power storage unit in the direction, a side surface connecting the end surface and the end surface, and a side surface located opposite to the side surface. A terminal and a terminal are provided on a side surface side and are connected to an apparatus arranged on the side surface side, and the wire extends in a direction from the side surface toward the side surface and is connected to an apparatus provided on a side surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Hase, Yusuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11189858
    Abstract: An electricity storage module includes: a laminate including a plurality of bipolar electrodes, each bipolar electrode including an electrode plate, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode; a frame body holding an edge portion of the electrode plate and including an opening that communicates with internal spaces; and a pressure regulating valve connected to the opening. Each internal space is provided between the bipolar electrodes. Each internal space accommodates an electrolytic solution. An exhaust port and a communication space are provided in the pressure regulating valve. The exhaust port is provided for exhausting gas to an external space. The communication space communicates with the exhaust port. The communication space includes a space portion positioned below a lower end of the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taku Inoue, Takayuki Hirose, Motoyoshi Okumura, Takuro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11121366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode made of a lithium active ceramic material, without polymer binders and with a thickness more than 50 ?m, to the method for manufacturing same, and to the use thereof in rechargeable batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID
    Inventors: Belen Levenfeld Laredo, Maria Eugenia Sotomayor Lozano, Wilmer Oswaldo Bucheli Erazo, Jean Yves Sanchez, Alejandro Varez Alvarez, Jose Manuel Amarilla Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11108079
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery includes: a laminate including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator; a nonaqueous electrolyte solution; terminals; and an inclusion body. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material including a titanium-containing oxide, and at least one negative electrode additive selected from a carbon material, a silicon-based material, a tin-based material, and a bismuth-based material. A relation between a weight (Ma) of the negative electrode additive and a weight (Mt) of the negative electrode active material is 1.0<Mt/Ma<30.0. An area (Sp) of a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode is smaller than an area (Sn) of a negative electrode active material layer of the negative electrode. A positive electrode capacity (Qp) is smaller than a negative electrode capacity (Qn).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Kuratsu, Yukimasa Niwa
  • Patent number: 11108074
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pouch-shaped battery cell includes injecting an electrolytic solution into a pouch-shaped battery case, in which an electrode assembly is received, placing the pouch-shaped battery cell in a jig configured to fix and press the pouch-shaped battery cell and charging and discharging the pouch-shaped battery cell in the state in which pressure is applied to the jig (an activation step).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hye Ri Jung, Eun Bee Kim, Jung Pil Lee
  • Patent number: 11075419
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pouch-shaped battery cell including a silicon-based negative electrode active material includes injecting an electrolytic solution into a pouch-shaped battery case, in which an electrode assembly is mounted, charging and discharging the pouch-shaped battery cell having the electrolytic solution injected thereinto (a primary formation step), placing the pouch-shaped battery cell in a jig configured to fix and press the pouch-shaped battery cell, and charging and discharging the pouch-shaped battery cell while pressure is applied to the pouch-shaped battery cell by the jig (a jig grading step).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Bee Kim, Jung Pil Lee, Hye Ri Jung
  • Patent number: 11050093
    Abstract: A bipolar lead acid battery with increased energy density is provided. The battery includes a number of lead acid wafer cell that each comprise a negative electrode having a negative electrode plate and a negative active material positioned on the negative electrode plate, as well as a positive electrode having a positive electrode plate and a positive active material positioned on the positive electrode plate. The positive electrode plate comprises a metal foil with a conductive film thereon, such as a titanium foil or substrate with a titanium silicide coating thereon. The lead acid wafer cell also includes a separator between the negative and positive electrodes, wherein the separator includes an electrolyte for transferring charge between the negative and positive electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Eskra Technical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Eskra, Paula Margaret Ralston, Richard Thomas Johnson
  • Patent number: 10985361
    Abstract: An example method of reducing short circuits from occurring in a battery can include providing a current collector coated with a safety layer. The method can include providing an electrochemically active material film on the safety layer such that the safety layer is configured to reduce exposure of the current collector to an opposing electrode. The method can also include adhering the electrochemically active material film to the current collector via the safety layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: Frederic C. Bonhomme, Steve Pierce
  • Patent number: 10964934
    Abstract: A laminate type battery includes a power generating element and an outer casing body. The power generating element is formed by electrically laminating in series a plurality of single battery layers in which a single battery layer is formed by sequentially laminating a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, an electrolyte layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector. The power generating element is disposed inside the outer casing body. At least one of the positive electrode current collector or the negative electrode current collector includes a resin layer having conductivity. The single battery layer including the resin layer is electrically connected to an adjacent single battery layer via at least one resistance reduction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie, Yusuke Mizuno, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Masatoshi Okura, Yasuhiro Shindo, Yasuhiro Tsudo
  • Patent number: 10894612
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates systems and methods for treating various materials, such as carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), with a Joule heating process so as to reduce or eliminate a risk of sparks or explosion due to lightning strikes. The disclosure also relates to an aircraft component with structures that have undergone a Joule heating process by way of the systems and methods described herein. An example method includes providing an electrode array having a first and second electrode set. Each of the electrode sets includes one or more disk-shaped electrodes that are arranged in an interdigitated, concentric stack about a central axis. The method also includes causing the electrode array to contact a conductive material. The method additionally includes causing a current source to provide electrical current through the first electrode set and the second electrode set so as to heat at least a portion of a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Shahriar Khosravani
  • Patent number: 10886560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an all-solid-state lithium secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same. The all-solid-state lithium secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and a composite solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein first and second LLZOs contained respectively in the cathode and the composite solid electrolyte layer are each independently aluminum-doped or undoped LLZO, and the battery of the invention can exhibit improved discharge capacity and cycle characteristics because both the cathode and the composite solid electrolyte layer contain a conductive polymer, a lithium salt and an inorganic ceramic solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Ho Sung Kim, Min-Young Kim, Seung Hoon Yang, Da-Hye Kim, Kyeong Joon Kim, Seung Woo Choi, Jinsub Lim, Duck Rye Chang
  • Patent number: 10854908
    Abstract: Provided are an electrode structure and a lithium battery including the same. The electrode structure may include a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a first separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode have active material layers having different loading levels. A lithium battery may have improved high rate characteristics and lifespan characteristics by including the electrode structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Hyun Kim, Jong-Ki Lee, Hong-Jeong Kim, Yu-Jin Han
  • Patent number: 10696570
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell for wastewater treatment is disclosed comprising a catalyst coated membrane, an open pore mesh placed next to the catalyst coated membrane, on each side of the membrane, and a compression frame placed next to each of the open pore meshes. The open pore meshes and the compression frames are made of a conductive material. Each compression frame has compression arms spread within the area delimited by the perimeter of the frame to apply a uniform compression force across the anode and cathode active areas through fasteners which protrude through the compression arms, the open pore meshes and the catalyst coated membrane. A stack comprising at least one such electrochemical cell is immersed in a reactor tank containing the wastewater to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: AXINE WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: David Harvey, Barathram Jayasankar, Brendan Wood, Victor Leung, Goran Sparica, Thierry Lebel, Alexander Bellemare-Davis
  • Patent number: 10693193
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to bi-polar plates for use in lead-acid batteries, and methods of making the same. The bi-polar plates of the present disclosure comprise first and second conductive plates of lead joined by a plurality of connections through a plastic substrate. The connections may be formed by welding or in the process of casting the conductive plates, resulting in connections that are chemically homogenous with the conductive plates themselves. In addition, the welding and casting processes of the present disclosure offer significant time savings in the production of bi-polar plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TROJAN BATTERY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Dougherty, Raymond Jurek, Jesus Florencio Perez Lopez
  • Patent number: 10686208
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, wherein a pressing jig provided with a semi-elliptical pressing part presses the battery cell to remove air bubbles from the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park
  • Patent number: 10658707
    Abstract: A detection system includes a power generation element; a first outer cover body enveloping the power generation element; a second outer cover body located between the power generation element and the first outer cover body, and enveloping the power generation element; a first space section enclosed by the first outer cover body and the second outer cover body; a second space section enclosed by the second outer cover body; and a detection unit that detects “a gas in the first space section” and “a gas in the second space section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumu Fukuoka, Kazuyoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 10644329
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack has a stacked plurality of single cells. Each of the single cells has a membrane electrode assembly, and a pair of separators sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly therebetween. A cooling fluid channel where a cooling fluid flows is formed between adjacent single cells. The fuel cell stack further comprises a displacement absorbing member disposed in the cooling fluid channel to absorb a displacement between the single cells. The displacement absorbing member comprises a channel flow resistance reduction structure that reduces a channel flow resistance of the cooling fluid channel against the cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Fukuyama, Keita Iritsuki, Yusuke Terada, Norihiro Tajima
  • Patent number: 10608243
    Abstract: This application proposes the use of rechargeable and replaceable zinc cartridges to expand cycle life and lifetime of nickel-zinc and silver-zinc batteries. Two types of possible battery cell assemblies are demonstrated: a battery that includes face-to-back arrangement of cells, and side-by-side linked flat batteries that can be used as wall mounted batteries. An improved composition of the replaceable zinc electrode is suggested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: PANISOLAR INC.
    Inventors: Iakov Kogan, Anna Khomenko
  • Patent number: 10566582
    Abstract: An electronic device, including a housing that is metal or lined with an electrically conductive material, at least one electrical component, and a battery cell positioned in a cavity in the outer housing, the battery cell integrated into the electronic device. The battery cell includes a first current collector and an active cell core. The first current collector is the electrically conductive material of the outer housing of the electronic device and connects to the at least one electrical component. The active cell core includes a first active material in adjacent facing relation to and electrically coupled to the first current collector, a second active material; a separator positioned between the first active material and the second active material; and a second current collector electrically coupled with the second active material, wherein the second current collector connects to the at least one electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Andrew W. Keates
  • Patent number: 10514406
    Abstract: A high resistivity material-based packaging element for an electric field sensor comprises: a substrate; a first packaging frame fixed to the substrate; and a first packaging cover fixed to the packaging frame; wherein at least one electric field sensor chip is located in an inner cavity formed by the substrate, the first packaging frame, and the first packaging cover, and at least one of the substrate, the first packaging frame, and the first packaging cover is of a high resistivity material having an electrical resistivity equal to or greater than 108?·cm. The present invention can ensure accurate measurement of the electric field, and provide an approach to solve the problem of environmental adaptability, thereby enhancing the stability and reliability of electric field detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Shanhong Xia, Xiaolong Wen, Xianxiang Chen, Chunrong Peng, Pengfei Yang
  • Patent number: 10490840
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cable-type secondary battery having improved performance and capable of alleviating stress caused by external force. The present disclosure provides provided a sheet-type electrode assembly which includes: an electrode array including an inner electrode, a first separator, a double-sided electrode, a second separator and an outer electrode stacked successively; and a support layer formed integrally on at least one surface of the electrode array by compression, and a cable-type secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk-In Noh, Dong-Chan Lee, In-Sung Uhm, Je-Young Kim, Jong-Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 10490361
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ultra-capacity battery includes providing cathodes and anodes. Providing the cathodes includes providing a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, forming a plurality of first combs perpendicular to the first surface of the first substrate and arranged at a first interval along a first direction, forming a graphene layer on the first combs and on the first surface of the first substrate. Providing the anodes includes providing a second substrate having a first surface and a second surface, forming a patterned insulating film on the first surface of the second substrate exposing a portion of the first surface of the second substrate, etching the exposed portion of the first surface of the second substrate to form a body portion and a plurality of second combs perpendicular to the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (BEIJING) CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ming Zhou
  • Patent number: 10439254
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided, in which the level of metal ions in cells stacks and lithium ion batteries is regulated in situ, with the electrodes of the cell stack(s) in the respective pouches. Regulation of metal ions may be carried out electrochemically by metal ion sources in the pouches, electrically connected to the electrodes. The position and shape of the metal ion sources may be optimized to create uniform metal ion movements to the electrode surfaces and favorable SEI formation. The metal ion sources may be removable, or comprise a lithium source for lithiating the anodes or cathodes during operation of the battery according to SoH parameters. Regulation of metal ions may be carried out from metal ion sources in separate electrolyte reservoir(s), with circulation of the metal-ion-containing electrolyte through the cell stacks in the pouches prior or during the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Storedot Ltd.
    Inventors: Ron Paz, Nir Kedem, Doron Burshtain, Nir Baram, Nir Pour, Daniel Aronov
  • Patent number: 10431832
    Abstract: The surface of a substrate made of stainless-steel foil is coated with a Sn alloy layer, with a strike layer in between. The coverage of the strike layer on the substrate is 2% to 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Yano, Shin Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10365257
    Abstract: A battery includes a first power generating element including a first electrode layer and a first counter electrode layer, a first current collector that is in contact with the first electrode layer, a second current collector that is in contact with the first counter electrode layer, a first sealing portion that seals a gap between the first current collector and the second current collector, a first void disposed between the first sealing portion and the first power generating element, and a first gas detection unit that detects gas. The first gas detection unit detects “the gas in the first void”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumu Fukuoka, Kazuyoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 10305137
    Abstract: A battery is provided which includes a first power generating element, a second power generating element, and a first adhesion layer adhering the first power generating element to the second power generating element. A first positive electrode collector of the first power generating element and a second negative electrode collector of the second power generating element face each other with (i.e., via) the first adhesion layer. Between the first positive electrode collector and the second negative electrode collector, the first adhesion layer is disposed in a region forming a first positive electrode active material layer or a region forming a second negative electrode active material layer, whichever is smaller. The first positive electrode collector and the second negative electrode collector are not in contact with each other in a region in which the first positive electrode active material layer and the second negative electrode active material layer face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 10270125
    Abstract: Provided is a battery including a first positive electrode collector, a first negative electrode collector, a first power generating element, a second power generating element, and a first insulating part. The first and second power generating elements each include a positive electrode active material-containing layer, a negative electrode active material-containing layer, and an inorganic solid electrolyte-containing layer. In each of the first and second power generating elements, the inorganic solid electrolyte layer is in contact with the positive electrode active material-containing layer and the negative electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material layers of the first and second power generating elements are in contact with the first positive electrode collector. The negative electrode active material layers of the first and second power generating elements are in contact with the first negative electrode collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Izuru Sasaki, Junichi Hibino
  • Patent number: 10153095
    Abstract: An ultra-capacitor battery includes multiple cathodes, each including a first substrate having a first surface and a second opposite surface, multiple first combs are arranged perpendicularly to the first surface of the first substrate in the same direction at a first interval, and a graphene layer on the first combs and on the first substrate. The battery also includes multiple anodes, each including a body portion and multiple second combs arranged perpendicularly to the body portion in the same direction at a second interval. The first and second combs are interspersed between each other, and an air gap is between the interspersed first and second combs. An insulting film is disposed at the distal end surface of each of the second combs. The battery also includes a hermetically sealed contained enclosing the cathodes and the anodes, and an electrolyte solution filling the air gap and the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (BEIJING) CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ming Zhou
  • Patent number: 10122009
    Abstract: A co-extrusion print head capable of extruding at least two layers vertically in a single pass having a first inlet port connected to a first manifold, a first series of channels connected to the first inlet port arranged to receive a first fluid from the first inlet port, a second inlet port connected to one of either a second manifold or the first manifold, a second series of channels connected to the second inlet port arranged to receive a second fluid from the second inlet port, a merge portion of the print head connected to the first and second series of channels, the merge portion arranged to receive the first and second fluids, and an outlet port connected to the merge portion, the outlet port arranged to deposit the first and second fluids from the merge portion as a vertical stack on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Corie Lynn Cobb
  • Patent number: 10096843
    Abstract: An interconnect for a low temperature solid oxide fuel cell, the interconnect comprising: a stainless steel substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface; a layer comprising chromium oxide on the first surface of the substrate, wherein the chromium oxide layer has a thickness in the range of 350-600 nm; and a metal oxide coating on the chromium oxide layer. A process for making an interconnect for a low temperature solid oxide fuel cell, the process comprising: coating a first surface of a stainless steel substrate with a metal oxide to form a coated substrate; and heating the coated substrate to a temperature in the range of 800-900° C. to form a layer comprising chromium oxide between the first surface and the metal oxide coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ceres Intellectual Property Company Limited
    Inventors: Robert Leah, Ahmet Selcuk
  • Patent number: 10090515
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques are described herein for providing a plate such as can be included as a portion of a hybrid energy storage device assembly. A hybrid device can include capacitor and battery structures, such as can include a sealed stack of hybrid bipolar plates comprising silicon wafers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Gridtential Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Collin Kwok Leung Mui, Daniel Jason Moomaw, Peter Gustave Borden
  • Patent number: 10044011
    Abstract: A battery accommodating assembly and a power battery module are provided. The battery accommodating assembly includes a plurality of separators. Adjacent separators are detachably connected with each other via a snapping structure and define a battery chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Qingbo Peng, Xuefeng Zhang, Yan Zhu, Jia Lu, Wei Liu, Yan Huang, Zhipei Lu, Jianhua Zhu