Materials Chemically Specified Patents (Class 429/245)
  • Patent number: 11909049
    Abstract: A positive electrode includes at least a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer is disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode current collector includes an aluminum foil and an aluminum hydrated oxide film. The aluminum hydrated oxide film covers a surface of the aluminum foil. The aluminum hydrated oxide film has a thickness not smaller than 50 nm and not greater than 500 nm. The aluminum hydrated oxide film contains a plurality of types of aluminum hydrated oxides. The ratio of boehmite to the plurality of types of aluminum hydrated oxides is not lower than 20 mol % and not higher than 80 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Takuya Asari, Akihiro Ochiai, Yusuke Fukumoto, Naoyuki Wada
  • Patent number: 11757160
    Abstract: This disclosure presents an electrode lead plate (6) for a cylindrical secondary cell (1) comprising a terminal part (4) and an electrode roll (3) comprising a conductive sheet (3a). The electrode lead plate (6) comprises an inner contact region (6c) configured to be arranged in direct electrical contact with the terminal part (4), an outer contact region (6e) configured to be arranged in direct electrical contact with the conductive sheet (3a), and a fuse region (6d). Further, a terminal part (4) and a cylindrical secondary cell (1), as well as uses and methods of manufacture, are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NORTHVOLT AB
    Inventors: Tetsuya Makino, Brendan Sexton, Kenya Shatani, Marouene Ben Messaoud
  • Patent number: 11728541
    Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a cover member including an internal receiving space configured to accommodate battery cells each including a vent; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and including ducts respectively corresponding to the vents of the battery cells; a top cover coupled to a top portion of the top plate and including discharge holes located in an exhaust area and respectively corresponding to the ducts; and an extinguisher sheet located between the top cover and the top plate, and configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a temperature exceeding a certain temperature, and the top cover includes protrusion parts located on a bottom surface of the top cover, covering the exhaust area, and coupled to an exterior of the ducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Taek Kim, Eun Ok Kwak, Jin Bhum Yun, Jang Hoon Kim, Jong Yeol Woo, Kwang Deuk Lee, Woo Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 11611064
    Abstract: This application relates to an electrode plate, an electrochemical apparatus, and an apparatus thereof. The electrode plate includes a current collector, an electrode active material layer provided on at least one surface of the current collector, and an electrical connection member electrically connected to the current collector. The electrode active material layer is provided at a zone referred to as a membrane zone on a main body portion of the current collector, the electrical connection member and the current collector are welded and connected at a welding zone referred to as an adapting welding zone at an edge of the current collector, and a transition zone is referred to as an extension zone, where the transition zone is of the current collector between the membrane zone and the adapting welding zone and coated with no electrode active material layer. The current collector is a composite current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Zige Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yang Lu, Pengxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11575134
    Abstract: This application relates to a positive electrode plate and an electrochemical device. The positive electrode plate comprises a metal current collector, a positive electrode active material layer and a safety coating disposed between the metal current collector and the positive electrode active material layer; the safety coating comprises a polymer matrix, a conductive material and an inorganic filler; the positive electrode active material layer comprises Li1+xNiaCobMe(1?a?b)O2, wherein ?0.1?x?0.2, 0.6?a<1, 0<b<1, 0<(1?a?b)<1, and Me is at least one of Mn, Al, Mg, Zn, Ga, Ba, Fe, Cr, Sn, V, Sc, Ti and Zr; and the metal current collector is a porous aluminum-containing current collector. The positive electrode plate can improve safety and electrical performances of an electrochemical device (such as a capacitor, a primary battery, or a secondary battery).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Zige Zhang, Jianbao Xu
  • Patent number: 11557756
    Abstract: The disclosure set forth herein is directed to battery devices and methods therefor. More specifically, embodiments of the instant disclosure provide a battery electrode that comprises both intercalation chemistry material and conversion chemistry material, which can be used in automotive applications. There are other embodiments as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTUMSCAPE BATTERY, INC.
    Inventors: Tim Holme, Weston Arthur Hermann
  • Patent number: 11476468
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly, in which a plurality of electrodes are laminated, and a separator is inserted between adjacent electrodes. The outermost electrode disposed at an outermost layer of the electrode assembly includes a slurry applied to one surface of a current collector, and a protection layer adhered to the other surface of the current collector. Further, the outermost electrode is laminated to allow the slurry to contact the separator. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the electrode assembly comprises applying a slurry to one surface of a current collector and laminating a protection layer on the other surface of the current collector to form an outermost electrode; allowing the outermost electrode to pass between a pair of press-rollers to perform a rolling process; and laminating the rolled outermost electrode to be disposed on an uppermost layer or a lowermost layer of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Il Hong Kim, Joon Kwon, Gi Su Jeong
  • Patent number: 11444284
    Abstract: The present application relates to a secondary battery and an electrode member thereof. The electrode member includes an insulating substrate, a conducting layer and an active material layer. The conducting layer is provided on a surface of the insulating substrate, and the conducting layer includes a main portion and a protruding portion extending from the main portion, the main portion is coated with the active material layer, the protruding portion is not coated with the active material layer. The active material layer includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion is positioned at an end of the active material layer away from the protruding portion, the second portion is positioned at a side of the first portion close to the protruding portion, and a thickness of the first portion is less than a thickness of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zige Zhang, Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Pengxiang Wang, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11437613
    Abstract: This secondary battery positive electrode includes: a positive electrode current collector; an intermediate layer provided on the positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode mixture layer provided on the intermediate layer and including a positive electrode active material, wherein the intermediate layer includes a conductive material, a metal phosphate, and an inorganic compound which is not a metal phosphate and has a lower oxidizing power than the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takahashi, Hideharu Takezawa, Tomoki Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 11380898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery and a method of producing the same, and more particularly, to an electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery, which has little change in a physical property of a copper foil before and after vacuum drying in a process of producing an electrolytic copper foil, thereby exhibiting excellent cycle life in a battery test at a high-density negative electrode, and preventing cracking. The electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery is produced from a plating solution containing Total Organic Carbon (TOC), zinc, and iron by using a drum, in which a ratio of the TOC to the zinc and the iron contained in the electrolytic copper foil follows Formula 1 below: TOC/(zinc+iron)=1.3 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ILJIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Hyoung Lee, Tae Jin Jo, Seul-Ki Park, Ki Deok Song
  • Patent number: 11380962
    Abstract: A non-woven fiber mat for lead-acid batteries is provided. The non-woven fiber mat includes glass fibers coated with a sizing composition, a binder composition, and organic active compounds, wherein the organic active compounds are effective in reducing or preventing sulphation in lead-acid batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Huusken
  • Patent number: 11355758
    Abstract: A current collector for a lithium ion battery includes a first conductive resin layer and a second conductive resin layer. The first conductive resin layer includes a first conductive filler. The second conductive resin layer is formed on the first conductive resin layer and includes a second conductive filler. The first conductive filler is a conductive carbon. The second conductive filler contains at least one kind of metal element selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, copper, nickel, and titanium. A volume % of the second conductive filler in the second conductive resin layer on a first surface side, which is a first conductive resin layer side, is higher than that on the second surface side that is opposite to the first conductive resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: GUNZE LIMITED, APB Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Onishi, Masahiro Uchimaru, Ryosuke Kusano, Sonomi Fukuyama, Shun Kudoh, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Hideaki Horie
  • Patent number: 11326010
    Abstract: Provided is an agent for dispersing an electrically conductive carbon material, in which the agent consists of a polymer which has an oxazoline group in a side chain and which is obtained by using an oxazoline group-containing monomer such as that represented by formula (1) for example, and in which the agent exhibits excellent dispersion of an electrically conductive carbon material and produces a thin film that exhibits excellent adhesion to a current collection substrate when formed into a thin film together with the electrically conductive carbon material. (In the formula, X denotes a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond-containing group, and R1-R4 each independently denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having a branched structure having 1-5 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6-20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7-20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hatanaka, Yuki Shibano, Takuji Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 11316236
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an electrode for solid-state batteries which comprises a PTC resistor layer containing an insulating inorganic substance and in which electronic resistance is low. The production method is a method for producing an electrode for solid-state batteries, wherein the method is a method for producing an electrode for use in a solid-state battery comprising a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode; wherein the electrode is at least one of the cathode and the anode, and the electrode comprises a current collector, an electrode active material layer and a PTC resistor layer disposed between the current collector and the electrode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiro Ose, Tomoya Suzuki, Hajime Hasegawa, Kazuo Yaso, Hideaki Nishimura, Yuki Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11309574
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrical energy storage apparatus which forms an interpenetrating, three dimensional structure. The structure may have a first non-planar channel filled with an anode material to form an anode, and a second non-planar channel adjacent the first non-planar channel filled with a cathode material to form a cathode. A third non-planar channel may be formed adjacent the first and second non-planar channels and filled with an electrolyte. The first, second and third channels are formed so as to be interpenetrating and form a spatially dense, three dimensional structure. A first current collector is in communication with the first non-planar channel and forms a first electrode, while a second current collector is in communication with the second non-planar channel and forms a second electrode. A separator layers separates the current collectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Eric Duoss, Juergen Biener, Patrick Campbell, Julie A. Jackson, Geoffrey M. Oxberry, Christopher Spadaccini, Michael Stadermann, Cheng Zhu, Bradley Trembacki, Jayathi Murthy, Matthew Merrill
  • Patent number: 11171336
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode for a secondary battery, characterized in that a carbon nanotube sheet is provided on one surface or both surfaces of a current collector, and an electrode mixture layer containing an electrode active material is applied on the carbon nanotube sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Min Kyu You, In Sung Uhm, Eun Kyung Mok
  • Patent number: 11152646
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a microelectronic device, successively including: forming a first current collector on a face of a substrate; forming a first electrode on, and in electrical continuity with, a portion of the first current collector; heat treating the first electrode wherein: forming the first collector comprises forming a first collector layer on the face of the substrate and forming a second collector layer covering at least one part to produce a covered part of the first collector layer and having a first face in contact with the first electrode, the second collector layer is configured to protect the covered part during the heat treating, such that the heat treating does not oxidise the covered part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Christophe Dubarry, Olivier Zanellato
  • Patent number: 11121374
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer coated and formed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, wherein the positive electrode current collector includes a non-coated portion protruded with no positive electrode active material layer coated thereon, and wherein an irreversible material composed of lithium oxide is coated on the non-coated portion, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jooyong Song, In Chul Kim, Juri Kim, Hyun Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11043677
    Abstract: The present application relates to a secondary battery and an electrode member thereof. The electrode member includes an insulating substrate, a conducting layer and an active material layer. The conducting layer is provided on a surface of the insulating substrate, and the conducting layer includes a main portion and a protruding portion extending from the main portion, the main portion is coated with the active material layer, the protruding portion is not coated with the active material layer. The active material layer includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion is positioned at an end of the active material layer away from the protruding portion, the second portion is positioned at a side of the first portion close to the protruding portion, and a thickness of the first portion is less than a thickness of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zige Zhang, Wei Li, Qingrui Xue, Jing Li, Pengxiang Wang, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11024855
    Abstract: An electrode (1) for use in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell includes: a current-collecting foil (10); an electrode mixture layer (2) that is formed on a portion of the current-collecting foil (10); and an oxide film (6) provided on the current-collecting foil (10) in at least a region that extends from the boundary (5) between a forming section (3) and a non-forming section (4) of the electrode mixture layer (2) and over a portion of the non-forming section (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Envision AESC Energy Devices Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Ohta
  • Patent number: 10964954
    Abstract: A stretchable electrode includes: a current collector; and, disposed on a surface of the current collector, a metal layer or an electrode active material layer, wherein the current collector includes a spiral-type coil spring and an elastic polymer, the spiral-type coil spring including a coil spring wound in a spiral pattern around a point, and wherein the elastic polymer is disposed in at least a portion of an inside of the coil spring, in at least a portion of a space between spiral coils of the spiral-type coil spring, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Minsang Song, Kai Liu, Yi Cui
  • Patent number: 10950866
    Abstract: An energy storage device including an anode, a cathode, at least one of the anode and the cathode including a carbon nanosheet having an active material, such as selenium, in and/or on the carbon nanosheet, and an electrolyte. A carbon material including a carbon nanosheet derived from a biological precursor, such as nanocrystalline cellulose, including a plurality of micropores and an active material impregnated into at least a portion of the micropores of the carbon nanosheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sparkle Power LLC
    Inventors: David Mitlin, Jia Ding
  • Patent number: 10923705
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material, a first carbon material, a thickener, and a solvent are mixed to prepare a first dispersion solution. The first dispersion solution and a second carbon material are mixed to prepare a second dispersion solution. The second dispersion solution and a binder are mixed to prepare a negative electrode paint. The negative electrode paint is applied to a surface of a negative electrode current collector and dried to produce a negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The negative electrode active material has a BET specific surface area of 3 m2/g or more and 8 m2/g or less. The first carbon material has a BET specific surface area of 30 m2/g or more and 100 m2/g or less. The second carbon material has a BET specific surface area of 200 m2/g or more and 500 m2/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohsawa, Kaoru Inoue, Naoto Onodera
  • Patent number: 10892491
    Abstract: A battery grid is disclosed. The battery grid includes a pattern of grid wires. The pattern includes a grid wire having a first segment with a first corrosion resistance and a second segment with a second corrosion resistance which is less than the first corrosion resistance. The second segment corrodes at a rate which is faster than the corrosion rate of the first segment so as to dynamically release internal stress and control grid growth of the battery grid during its service life. A battery includes said grid and a method of forming said grid are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings LLP
    Inventors: M. Eric Taylor, Jianxun Hu, Glenn W. Andersen, Joseph F. Mathews, Bart William Sauer, James S. Symanski, Feng Xue, Mohamadkheir Alkhateeb
  • Patent number: 10833358
    Abstract: To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte electricity-storage element including a positive electrode including a positive-electrode active material capable of inserting and releasing anions, a negative electrode including a negative-electrode active material capable of inserting and releasing cations, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive-electrode active material is porous carbon having pores having a three-dimensional network structure, and wherein a changing rate of a cross-sectional thickness of a positive electrode film including the positive-electrode active material defined by Formula (1) below is less than 45%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Abe, Yoshio Itoh, Tatsuya Dan, Yuka Araki, Shuhei Takeshita
  • Patent number: 10818976
    Abstract: A lithium rechargeable lithium battery including a conductive substrate, a cathode material layer disposed over the conductive substrate, a solid electrolyte material layer disposed over the cathode material layer, an anode material layer disposed over the solid electrolyte material layer, and a conductive layer disposed over the anode material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin W. Brew, Oki Gunawan, Singh Saurabh, Teodor K. Todorov
  • Patent number: 10748715
    Abstract: An energy storage device is provided in which a decrease in power caused by repetitive charge-discharge in a high-temperature environment is suppressed. In the present embodiment, an energy storage device and a method for manufacturing the energy storage device are provided, the energy storage device including an electrode which includes: an active material layer including a particulate active material; and a conductive layer layered on the active material layer and including a conduction aid. An average secondary particle diameter of the active material is 2.5 ?m or more and 6.0 ?m or less. A surface roughness Ra of the conductive layer on a side on the active material layer is 0.17 ?m or more and 0.50 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kawaguchi, Akihiko Miyazaki, Sumio Mori
  • Patent number: 10741848
    Abstract: Provided is a copper foil. The copper foil includes a copper layer and a protective layer disposed on the copper layer, wherein a surface of the protective layer has a maximum height roughness (Rmax) of 0.6 ?m to 3.5 ?m, a peak density (PD) of 5 to 110, and an oxygen atomic amount of 22 at % (atomic %) to 67 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: KCF TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seung Min Kim, Shan Hua Jin
  • Patent number: 10587012
    Abstract: Electrolyte compositions comprising a) an ionic liquid and b) a protic acid and/or an organic solvent are suitable for use in electrochemical cells, e.g. metal hydride batteries. The electrolyte compositions may replace the currently employed 30% by weight aqueous KOH. Suitable protic acids include carboxylic acids, mineral acids, sulfonic acids and the like. Suitable organic solvents include organic carbonates, ethers, glymes, ortho esters, polyalkylene glycols, esters, lactones, glycols, formates, sulfones, sulfoxides, amides, alcohols, ketones, nitro solvents, nitrile solvents and combinations thereof. Present batteries may achieve a nominal open-circuit voltage of >1.2 V (volts) and up to about 6 V. The electrolyte compositions allow enlargement of the electrochemical window, thus allowing the use of further cathode active materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Tiejun Meng, Kwo Young, Diana Wong, Jean Nei
  • Patent number: 10530007
    Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil for a lithium secondary battery, which is applied as a negative electrode current collector of a lithium secondary battery, wherein when a correlation between a thermal treatment temperature of the electrolytic copper foil for a lithium secondary battery, which corresponds to a variable x, and an elongation increment ratio of the electrolytic copper foil for a lithium secondary battery, which corresponds to a variable y, is expressed as y=ax+b (100?x?200) on an x-y two-dimensional graph, the “a” value is in the range of 0.0009 to 0.0610.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KCF TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Min Kim, Soo-Yeol Kim, Dae-Young Kim, Jeong-Gil Lee
  • Patent number: 10505177
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery electrode according to an embodiment includes a current collector and a mixed layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the current collector. The mixed layer includes an active material and a binding agent. The ratio I2/I1 of the highest peak intensity I2 in peaks appearing in the wavelength range of 1400 to 1480 cm?1 to the highest peak intensity I1 in peaks appearing in the wavelength range of 2200 to 2280 cm?1 is 10 or more and 20 or less in an infrared absorption spectrum measured according to a total reflection measurement method. Alternatively, in the mixed layer, the ratio I3/I2 of the highest peak intensity I3 in peaks appearing in the wavelength range of 1650 to 1850 cm?1 to the highest peak intensity I2 in peaks appearing in the wavelength range of 1400 to 1480 cm?1 is 0.1 or more and 0.8 or less in an infrared absorption spectrum measured according to a total reflection measurement method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Keigo Hoshina, Wen Zhang, Yusuke Namiki, Yoshiyuki Isozaki, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 10439207
    Abstract: A battery electrode composition is provided comprising core-shell composites. Each of the composites may comprise a core and a multi-functional shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gleb Nikolayevich Yushin, Bogdan Zdyrko, Igor Luzinov, Vojtech Svoboda, Alexander Thomas Jacobs, Eugene Michael Berdichevsky, Hyea Kim
  • Patent number: 10424784
    Abstract: An example of a negative electrode includes silicon nanoparticles having a carbon coating thereon. The carbon coating has an oxygen-free structure including pentagon rings. The negative electrode with the silicon nanoparticles having the carbon coating thereon may be incorporated into a lithium-based battery. In an example of a method, silicon nanoparticles are provided. A carbon precursor is applied on the silicon nanoparticles. The carbon precursor is an oxygen-free, fluorene-based polymer. Then the silicon nanoparticles are heated in an inert gas atmosphere to form the carbon coating on the silicon nanoparticles. The carbon coating formed on the silicon nanoparticles has an oxygen-free structure including pentagon rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Li Yang, Mei Cai, Meng Jiang, Martin S. Ruthkosky
  • Patent number: 10411227
    Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device which includes: an electrode assembly where electrodes are layered to each other; and current collector joined to the layered electrodes in a state where the current collector overlaps with the electrodes. The electrode and the current collector are welded to each other or are joined to each other by ultrasonic bonding at a first joint portion. At least one of the electrode and the current collector includes a wall surface which projects from a periphery of the first joint portion or a region adjacent to the periphery along a stacking direction of the electrode and the current collector, and surrounds the first joint portion. The wall surface is disposed on both sides of the first joint portion in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10367230
    Abstract: A battery packet includes a first electrode, a second electrode, as well as a dielectric layer and an electrolysis material that are disposed between the first and second electrode. The electrolysis material can be NaCl or CF6Li.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Inventor: Tsung-Chi Wang
  • Patent number: 10256508
    Abstract: The invention aims to allow carbon dioxide, which is generated upon decomposition of lithium carbonate contained in a positive electrode mixture layer, to easily flow toward the outside of a flat wound electrode body, and further aims to rapidly raise the pressure inside a battery and to reliably operate a pressure-sensitive current interrupt mechanism before the temperature inside the battery rises to such an extent as causing an abnormal state, e.g., smoking, firing, or a burst. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery (10) according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive current interrupt mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eiji Okutani
  • Patent number: 10205193
    Abstract: A lead acid battery including: a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode grid and a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode grid and a negative electrode active material; an electrode plate group including the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; a battery container including a plurality of cell chambers each accommodating the electrode plate group and an electrolyte; and a lid sealing an opening of the battery container. A ratio P/N of mass P of the positive electrode active material to mass N of the negative electrode active material is 1.25 or more and 1.65 or less. The negative electrode grid contains bismuth in an amount of 1 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Izumi, Yoshinobu Sato, Etsuko Ogasawara, Takeshi Chiba, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiro Sugie
  • Patent number: 10164295
    Abstract: A lead acid battery including: a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode grid and a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode grid and a negative electrode active material; an electrode plate group including the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; a battery container including a plurality of cell chambers each accommodating the electrode plate group and an electrolyte; and a lid sealing an opening of the battery container. A ratio P/N of mass P of the positive electrode active material to mass N of the negative electrode active material is 1.25 or more and 1.65 or less. The negative electrode grid contains bismuth in an amount of 1 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Izumi, Yoshinobu Sato, Etsuko Ogasawara, Takeshi Chiba, Yu Kojima, Kazuhiro Sugie
  • Patent number: 10147953
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery grid made from a lead-based alloy containing tin, calcium, bismuth and copper and characterized by enhanced mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, less battery gassing, lower sulfation and water loss, and no post-casting treatment requirements for age hardening. In one embodiment, the battery grids are formed from a lead-based alloy including about 2.0% tin, about 0.0125% copper, about 0.065% calcium, and about 0.032% bismuth. Preferably, the battery grid is free of silver beyond trace levels in the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Xiangjun Wang, David Robert Mihara, Prosper Adanuvor, Edward Mattan
  • Patent number: 10079386
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a pressure-sensitive current shut-off mechanism, wherein a positive electrode core body exposed portion is disposed at one end portion of a flat rolled electrode assembly, a negative electrode core body exposed portion is disposed at the other end portion, lithium carbonate is contained in a positive electrode mix layer, and a protective layer is disposed along the border with the positive electrode mix layer at the position opposite to a separator on the positive electrode core body exposed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Tode, Toyoki Fujihara, Toshiyuki Nohma
  • Patent number: 10033067
    Abstract: An ion conductive glass ceramics having the formula Na2S—P2S5, wherein the Na2S in the ion conductive glass ceramics is contained in an amount of from 70 to 75 mole %, and wherein the ion conductive glass ceramics has a state where crystal parts are dispersed in the glass ingredient of an amorphous state and where the crystal parts contain tetragonal Na3PS4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Akitoshi Hayashi, Masahiro Tatsumisago
  • Patent number: 9966634
    Abstract: A heat resistant battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material fixed on the positive electrode current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a sodium-containing transition metal compound capable of electrochemically storing and releasing a sodium ion; a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material fixed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a sodium-containing titanium compound and a non-graphitizable carbon, each of the sodium-containing titanium compound and the non-graphitizable carbon capable of storing and releasing a sodium ion at a lower potential than a potential of the sodium-containing transition metal compound; and a sodium ion-conductive electrolyte provided at least between the positive electrode and the negative
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koma Numata, Shinji Inazawa, Koji Nitta, Shoichiro Sakai, Atsushi Fukunaga, Eiko Itani
  • Patent number: 9899666
    Abstract: A volume Ve of an electrode group thereof is calculated by Ve=(Sp+Sn)×D/2, where Sp represents an electrode plate area of a positive electrode plate, Sn represents an electrode plate area of a negative electrode plate, D represents the internal dimension of a container in the direction in which the electrode plates of the electrode group are laminated. A ratio (Vp+Vn)/Ve is 0.27 to 0.32, where Vp+Vn is the sum volume of the total pore volume Vp of a positive active material and the total pore volume Vn of the negative active material contained in the electrode group, and Ve is the volume of the electrode group. A ratio Vp/Ve is 0.13 to 0.15, where Vp is the total pore volume of the positive active material and Ve is the volume of the electrode group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki Kyo
  • Patent number: 9887044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a current collector foil for batteries, accumulators or capacitors, comprising a carrier material and at least one electrically conductive layer made from a metal. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for producing a corresponding current collector foil as well as to the advantageous use thereof. The object of providing a current collector foil for batteries, accumulators or capacitors, which is optimized in relation to the contact surface and the adhesive properties and which results in an improved service life, is achieved as a result of the fact that the at least one electrically conductive layer is produced at least partially by electrodepositing a metal and has a texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Hampel, Kathrin Eckhard, Simon Jupp, Andreas Siemen
  • Patent number: 9859552
    Abstract: An electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes a silicon nanoparticle, and a coating layer coating the silicon nanoparticle. The coating layer includes an amorphous silicon oxide and a silicon carbide phase. At least a part of the silicon carbide phase exists on a surface of the silicon nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayuki Fukasawa, Kenji Essaki, Tomokazu Morita, Takashi Kuboki, Mitsuhiro Oki, Yasuhiro Goto
  • Patent number: 9812703
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to electrodes for use in lead-acid battery systems, batteries and electrical storage devices thereof, and methods for producing the electrodes, batteries and electrical storage devices. In particular, the electrodes comprise active battery material for a lead-acid storage battery, wherein the surface of the electrode is provided with a coating layer comprising a carbon mixture containing composite carbon particles, wherein each of the composite carbon particles comprises a particle of a first capacitor carbon material combined with particles of a second electrically conductive carbon material. The electrical storage devices and batteries comprising the electrodes are, for example, particularly suitable for use in hybrid electric vehicles requiring a repeated rapid charge/discharge operation in the PSOC, idling-stop system vehicles, and in industrial applications such as wind power generation, and photovoltaic power generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, THE FURUKAWA BATTERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jun Furukawa, Daisuke Monma, Lan Trieu Lam, Rosalie Louey, Nigel Peter Haigh
  • Patent number: 9812316
    Abstract: A mixed material for vapor deposition of lithium contains lithium oxide M1 in an amount of 90% or more, sodium chloride (at least one material selected from oxides, sulfides, chlorides, and fluorides of alkali metals) M2 having a melting point lower than the melting point of lithium oxide M1, and magnesium oxide (at least one material selected from oxides and sulfides of alkaline-earth metals) M3 having a melting point higher than the melting point of lithium oxide M1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Niboshi, Yuto Tsukamoto, Yoshiyuki Isomura, Satoshi Inoue, Hideki Uchida, Shinichi Kawato, Katsuhiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9768467
    Abstract: The adhesion between metal foil serving as a current collector and a negative electrode active material is increased to enable long-term reliability. An electrode active material layer (including a negative electrode active material or a positive electrode active material) is formed over a base, a metal film is formed over the electrode active material layer by sputtering, and then the base and the electrode active material layer are separated at the interface therebetween; thus, an electrode is formed. The electrode active material particles in contact with the metal film are bonded by being covered with the metal film formed by the sputtering. The electrode active material is used for at least one of a pair of electrodes (a negative electrode or a positive electrode) in a lithium-ion secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Minoru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9725606
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid composition contains a water-based medium containing water, chitosan and/or a chitosan derivative, and a polymeric acid, and has a pH of not higher than 4.5. The aqueous liquid composition contains low-cost materials having low environmental load, can retain adequate viscosity even when stored over a long term, and can form a functional coating film having excellent adhesiveness to a base material and superb durability, solvent resistance and waterproofness and capable of exhibiting various functions led by electrical conductivity and hydrophilicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iijima, Kozaburo Hayashi, Yosuke Ichinomiya
  • Patent number: 9715971
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collectors having superior rolling properties, high conductivity, and high strength after the drying step following the application of the active material. According to the present invention, an aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector, including 0.03 to 0.1% of Fe, 0.005 to 0.02% of Ti, 0 to 0.1% of Si, 0 to 0.01% of Cu, 99.85% or more of Al, with the rest being unavoidable impurities, wherein tensile strength of the aluminum alloy foil is 175 MPa or higher, and electrical conductivity of the aluminum alloy foil is 60% IACS or higher, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, UACJ FOIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Masakazu Seki, Tomohiko Furutani, Kenji Yamamoto