Sealed Cell Having Gas Prevention Or Elimation Means Patents (Class 429/57)
  • Patent number: 12113225
    Abstract: A marine battery system configured to provide energy to a marine vessel load is provided. The marine battery system includes a main enclosure body and an auxiliary enclosure body that is detachably coupled to the main enclosure body to define a sealed battery volume. The auxiliary enclosure body is configured to perform a pressure accommodation action responsive to an increase in a temperature within the sealed battery volume. The marine battery system further includes a battery disposed within the sealed battery volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventor: Steven J. Gonring
  • Patent number: 12087923
    Abstract: Battery pack having at least one battery cell arranged within a housing, and a sensor arrangement arranged between the battery cell and an abutting surface. The sensor arrangement has first and second carrier foils separated by a spacer having a recess. A contact arrangement having first and second electrodes are arranged on the respective first and second carrier foils at the recess. In the operating state, the first electrode is spaced apart a first distance from the second electrode and, in a deformation state, a deformation of the battery cell is detected by a variation of an electrical property of the contact arrangement. The second carrier foil has an inlay having a second recess accommodating an activator unit arranged on the second carrier foil such that, after a transition from the operating state in the deformation state, a pressure force is transmitted via the activator unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
    Inventors: Arthur Cretin, Patrick Di Mario Cola, Thierry Goniva, Lukas Würth
  • Patent number: 12015168
    Abstract: A battery holder may include a negative electric terminal that includes a first coiled spring, a positive electric terminal that includes second coiled spring, and a pin that aligns mating of the negative connector and the positive connector. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: POWER.GLOBAL, PBC
    Inventor: W. Porter Harris
  • Patent number: 11984608
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell, a battery, a power consumption apparatus and a method and an apparatus for producing a battery cell. The battery cell includes: a housing, with a first opening; an electrode assembly, arranged in the housing; an end cover assembly, including an end cover, a pressure relief mechanism and a first insulating member, the end cover covers the first opening, the pressure relief mechanism is arranged on the end cover, the pressure relief mechanism is configured, when an internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold, to be actuated, the first insulating member is located on a side of the end cover close to the electrode assembly to isolate the electrode assembly and the end cover, and the first insulating member is configured that a projection on the end cover along a thickness direction of the end cover covers the pressure relief mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongsheng Sun, Kun Fang, Zhisheng Chai, Qingkui Chi, Haizu Jin
  • Patent number: 11946860
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing that houses a movable member inside the housing, and a shock absorbing member that reduces a shock to the movable member. The shock absorbing member holds the housing on an inner side of the shock absorbing member and includes at least one of a protrusion protruding in a direction along a movable direction of the movable member or a depression depressed in a direction along the movable direction on an outer side of the shock absorbing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsumaru Fujita, Hidetaka Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11929517
    Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes, among other things, a tray, a lid secured to the tray to provide an enclosure having an interior, at least one battery module disposed within the interior, a cross-member disposed within the interior adjacent to the at least one battery module, and a stanchion secured to the cross-member. The stanchion disposed entirely within the interior. The assembly further includes a fastener that extends through an opening in the lid to engage the stanchion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Langley, Dave Moschet, Micah Smith, Melissa Kathryn Christensen, Brent Zapczynski, Michael Luchtman, Saravanan Paramasivam
  • Patent number: 11916261
    Abstract: Provided are a thermal battery system and an ignition method of the same, wherein the thermal battery system includes: a thermal battery assembly including a plurality of thermal batteries arranged in series and in parallel; an ignition circuit connected to the plurality of thermal batteries in the thermal battery assembly; and a control unit configured to control the ignition circuit such that each of the plurality of thermal batteries in the thermal battery assembly is selectively ignited, wherein the control unit is configured to selectively ignite one of the plurality of thermal batteries in an active matrix manner by controlling an ignition circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Chaenam Im, Jae In Lee, Hyunki Yoon, Yusong Choi, Jang Hyeon Cho
  • Patent number: 11894560
    Abstract: A lead-acid battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and an electrolyte solution. The positive electrode plate includes a positive current collector and a positive electrode material. The negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a negative electrode material. The positive current collector contains a lead alloy containing Ca and Sn. The content of Ca in the positive current collector is 0.2% by mass or less, and the content of Sn is 0.5% by mass or more. The negative electrode material contains a first organic expander (excluding a lignin compound) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a unit of a monocyclic aromatic compound and a unit of a bisphenol S compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Mizoguchi, Akihito Tsujinaka
  • Patent number: 11824223
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery representing an embodiment of a sealed battery of the present invention includes a bottomed cylindrical exterior case, a sealing member, a cylindrical wound electrode assembly and an electrolyte. An open end of the exterior case is crimped together with the sealing member via an insulating gasket so as to form a seal. The sealing member includes a lid having a thin and fragile portion, an insulating ring, and a terminal plate having a thin and fragile portion. The terminal plate is electrically connected to a positive electrode current collector leading out from the cylindrical wound electrode assembly. The lid and the terminal plate are electrically connected within an opening of the insulating ring. The lid is disposed so as to expose an outer side of at least a portion of the lid opposed to the opening of the insulating ring directly to an outside environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Miyata, Kazutoshi Kohira
  • Patent number: 11824203
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous lithium-type electricity storage element which includes a positive electrode current collector having a positive electrode active material layer disposed thereon, wherein, in a solid-state 7Li-NMR spectrum of the positive electrode active material layer, a signal area ratio a/b, which is the ratio of a signal area ratio of component A having a signal at least at ?2 to 2.5 ppm to a signal area of component B having a signal at ?6 to ?2.5 ppm is 1.5 to 20.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuima Kimura, Kazuteru Umetsu, Yuichiro Hirakawa, Hitoshi Morita, Nobuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 11742542
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an explosion-proof enclosure for an energy storage device and an energy storage device. The explosion-proof enclosure includes: a housing body, having a through hole; and an explosion-proof element, including a central portion and a pressure relief portion provided around the central portion, wherein the pressure relief portion is loop-shaped, the pressure relief portion is provided in the through hole and is in sealed connection with the through hole, the pressure relief portion is configured to crack and split from the housing body in response to the deformation of the housing body when the pressure intensity in the housing body reaches a first set value, and to detach from the housing body when the pressure intensity reaches a second set value, wherein the second set value is greater than the first set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU MICROBAT TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Guo Chen, Jiawen Luo, Yunfeng Xue
  • Patent number: 11682787
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell for a lithium battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a polymeric separator, and composite flame retardant particles including a particulate host material and a flame retardant material carried by the particulate host material. The composite flame retardant particles may be positioned within the electrochemical cell along a lithium-ion transport path or an electron transport path that extends through or between one or more components of the electrochemical cell. The composite flame retardant particles may be positioned within polymeric portions of a laminate structure that defines a housing in which the electrochemical cell is enclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Xingcheng Xiao, Mei Cai, Sherman H. Zeng
  • Patent number: 11658348
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition for use in an electrolytic cell and an electrolytic cell that includes the same. The electrolytic cell includes a chemical component having the general formula: [ H x ? O ( x - 1 ) 2 ] ? Z y I wherein x is an odd integer ?3; y is an integer between 1 and 20; and Z is one of a monoatomic ion from Groups 14 through 17 having a charge value between ?1 and ?3 or a polyatomic ion having a charge between ?1 and ?3. The electrolytic composition also includes between 1 and 300 ppm ionic salts selected from the group consisting of alkali metals salts and alkali earth metal salts and mixtures thereof; and water. The battery electrolyte composition has a specific gravity between 1.07 and 1.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Tygrus, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence Carlson
  • Patent number: 11646459
    Abstract: Recombination system having a recombination device for catalytically recombining hydrogen and oxygen arising in storage batteries to form water, wherein the recombination device comprises at least one catalyst material in at least one subregion above a center line of the recombination device in relation to a position of a retainer of the recombination system for the recombination device has a first partial amount of the catalyst material, wherein the first partial amount is greater than a second partial amount of the catalyst material, which second partial amount is located originating from the center line of the recombination device toward the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BAE BATTERIEN GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schiemann, Julia-Beatrix Ross
  • Patent number: 11621447
    Abstract: A secondary battery pack includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in one direction and having electrode terminals respectively formed at one end and the other end thereof; a connection plate configured to electrically connect the plurality of cylindrical battery cells with each other; a pack housing having an inner space in which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells are mounted so that the electrode terminals are located in a horizontal direction; a thermally conductive resin interposed between an inner surface of the pack housing forming the inner space and an outer surface of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells; and a cell frame configured to surround an upper portion of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells and at least a portion of outer surfaces of both ends of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells at which the electrode terminals are formed, the cell frame having an opening through which the electrode terminals are exposed out, the cell frame having a coating pre
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Gyu Lee, Bum Choi
  • Patent number: 11611127
    Abstract: A supporting base and a relief valve. Relief valve includes valve body, restoring component and plug. Valve body includes first cover plate and first side wall. First cover plate and first side wall together form opening. First side wall includes pressure releasing hole. Vent of casing is connected to opening. Pressure releasing hole is connected to opening. Plug includes second cover plate and second side wall. Second side wall and second cover plate together form recession. Recession is connected to accommodation space via vent. Second cover plate is movably disposed in opening via restoring component. When plug is in initial position, pressure releasing hole is disconnected from accommodation space. When plug is in releasing position, pressure releasing hole is connected to accommodation space via vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chi-Cheng Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11600875
    Abstract: A traction battery cell assembly including a battery cell and a cell case is provided. The cell case defines a cavity sized for receiving the battery cell and includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a plurality of support chambers disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall. Each of the support chambers defines a polygon having multiple sides. The sides are arranged with one another to define an agent cavity to house neutralizing agent. The plurality of support chambers is arranged with the inner wall and the outer wall such that an impact to one of the walls causes a puncture to one of the sides of the support chambers releasing the neutralizing agent. Each of the support chambers may include five or more sides and adjacent sides may define an angle therebetween greater than ninety degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Robert, Andrew Robert Drews, Mohan Karulkar
  • Patent number: 11602061
    Abstract: A field of enclosures for electronics and electrical components within electric devices, such as electric drive devices for industrial applications, e.g. for working machine and marine applications, and more particularly to an electronics enclosure arrangement for an electric device, and to an electric device. The electronics enclosure arrangement according to the present invention is arranged for an electric device, the electric device including one or more circuit boards and electronics components assembled on the one or more circuit boards, wherein the electronics enclosure arrangement includes an electronics enclosure cover; and an at least one volume element part, arranged in the space between the electronics enclosure cover and the one or more circuit boards with the electronics components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Hanna Rapinoja, Pertti Seväkivi, Teemu Salmia
  • Patent number: 11600823
    Abstract: The present invention provides a binder for a secondary battery electrode, a secondary battery electrode and secondary battery including the same, a composition for a secondary battery electrode for producing the secondary battery electrode, and a method for producing the secondary battery electrode, wherein in the binder for a secondary battery electrode, a copolymer includes a polyvinyl alcohol-derived unit and an ionically substituted acrylate-derived unit, and is cross-linked to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Young Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 11588158
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell comprises a can comprising a cylindrical side wall extending from a closed end wall. The closed end wall comprises a protrusion. The protrusion has a protrusion cavity therein. A pre-formed pellet of a first electrode material is disposed in the protrusion cavity. The electrochemical cell may further comprise a separator defining an inner cavity and separating the inner cavity from an outer cavity. The outer cavity is defined by the can and the separator. The electrochemical cell may further comprise a first electrode material disposed in the outer cavity; and a second electrode material disposed in the inner cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Johnson Mark
  • Patent number: 11575172
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a base substrate with a mica substrate thereon. A top face of the mica substrate has a surface area smaller than a surface area of a top face of the base substrate. An active battery layer is on the mica substrate and has a top face with a surface area smaller than a surface area of a top face of the mica substrate. An adhesive layer is over the active battery layer, mica substrate, and base substrate. An aluminum film layer is over the adhesive layer, and an insulating polyethylene terephthalate (PET) layer is over the aluminum film layer. A battery pad is on the mica substrate adjacent the active battery layer, and a conductive via extends to the battery pad. A conductive pad is connected to the conductive via. The adhesive, aluminum film, and PET have a hole defined therein exposing the conductive pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS
    Inventor: Vincent Jarry
  • Patent number: 11569541
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery cell holder, where the battery cell holder includes multiple frames with each of the frames defining a cavity and adjacent frames connected to each other. The battery pack includes at least one pouch battery cell disposed in the cavity of each of the frames, where pouch battery cells disposed in adjacent frames are electrically connected to each other. The multiple frames are arranged in a stacked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Osborne, Corey Redmond, Dustin Jeffries, Ralphy A. Louis, Michael Varipatis, Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Daniel J. White
  • Patent number: 11502326
    Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a core including a SiO2 matrix and a Si grain, and a coating layer continuously or discontinuously coated on the core. The coating layer includes SiC and C, and the peak area ratio of the SiC (111) plane to the Si (111) plane as measured by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) using a CuK? ray ranges from about 0.01 to about 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Eun Park, Young-Ugk Kim
  • Patent number: 11469441
    Abstract: An energy storage device comprising: a container, a mandrel, at least one sheet of separator material, and two or more electrodes. The container comprises an internal space defined by at least one internal wall and a base. The mandrel comprises a longitudinal axis, and is positioned in the container such that the longitudinal axis passes through the internal space and the base. The sheet of separator material is arranged about the mandrel to provide a plurality of discrete separator layers which are spaced apart in a packing direction normal to the longitudinal axis. At least one electrode is provided between each of the discrete separator layers, and the mandrel has at least one hollow column running along the length of its longitudinal axis such that a part of the base is accessible via the hollow column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Alex Madsen
  • Patent number: 11444314
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-energy-density secondary lithium-ion battery, including: a lithium-ion cell, a steel shell, a protection IC, an integrated IC, resistors, capacitors, an inductor, a MicroUSB interface, a plastic structural part, a square rigid FR-4 substrate, a circular rigid FR-4 substrate and a metal cap, for integrating three functions of a constant voltage output, charge management and protection, overcharge and overdischarge protection, and overcurrent protection. Compared with the prior art, the large-capacity secondary battery of the present invention can achieve multi-functional integration of the battery, and also can save the space occupied by accessory structural parts of the battery and achieve a high energy density of the battery, and is also conducive to improving the reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER OF ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hongbing Liu, Faping Zhong, Xiaofeng Chen, Pengfei Chen, Yinglin Gong, Shunhua Hu
  • Patent number: 11404743
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery is introduced, and an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a rechargeable battery including: an electrode assembly configured to charge and discharge a current; a case accommodating the electrode assembly therein; a cap plate configured to seal an opening of the case; an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and externally drawn out through the cap plate; a first valve assembly installed in an electrolyte injection opening of the cap plate to open and close the electrolyte injection opening; a gas removal opening formed in the cap plate to remove a gas; and a second valve assembly installed in the gas removal opening to open and close the gas removal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Kyun Park, Hyunhee Kim, Juhee Sohn, Donghyun Shin, Seunghun Lee, Jungmin Lee
  • Patent number: 11362321
    Abstract: A negative electrode material includes a graphite material, an alkali metal salt, and at least one metal material selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Mg, Ni, Pd, Rh, Os, and Pt. The graphite material contains natural graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Akira, Taisuke Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11355820
    Abstract: A new weld configuration is used to obtain a robust and consistent resistance weld between the tabs of an anode current collector and the casing of an electrochemical cell. This is done by adding a resistive transferable electrode tip between at least one of the welding electrodes, preferably the movable welding electrode, and the stacked parts that are being joined together. The purpose of the transferable electrode tip is to generate a sufficient amount of heat during the welding process so that the stacked parts are joined together without adding any product functionality. In one embodiment of the present invention, the transferrable electrode tip is a stainless-steel ball, the stacked anode current collector tabs are of nickel, and the cell casing is of stainless-steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiangyang Steve Dai, Kenneth L. Grubb, Kenneth B. Talamine, Brian D. Panzer
  • Patent number: 11239531
    Abstract: Disclosed are battery separators comprising glass fibers and having a basis weight (gsm), a specific surface area (m2/g), a density (gsm/mm) and a mean pore size (?m), which satisfy the equation disclosed herein. Also disclosed are batteries comprising the battery separators, and processes for making the separators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hollingsworth & Vose Company
    Inventors: Randall B. Keisler, Maxim Silin, John A. Wertz
  • Patent number: 11075415
    Abstract: An accumulator assembly for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells respectively having mutually opposite bearing faces. The battery cells may be stacked in a stacking direction facing one another with the bearing faces to form a battery block. The assembly may also include a cooling device including a plurality of cooling elements through which a flow of cooling fluid is passable. The plurality of cooling elements may be disposed between neighbouring battery cells and braced in the stacking direction. A respective cooling element of the plurality of cooling elements may at least one of i) include and ii) be formed by a compressible porous intermediate insert having a plurality of pores through which a flow of the cooling fluid is passable. The intermediate insert may be disposed between and connected in a heat-transmitting manner to respective neighbouring battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Kalmbach, Alireza Mirsadraee, Oleksandr Pavlov, Mario Wallisch
  • Patent number: 11056679
    Abstract: Provided are methods of introducing additional lithium ions into lithium-ion electrochemical cells as well as positive electrodes, comprising these additional lithium ions. A method may involve introducing a temporary lithium additive into a positive electrode, such as mixing the additive into slurry used for coating the electrode. The positive electrode also comprises a positive active material, different from the temporary lithium additive and used as a source of primary lithium ions. The positive active material is operable to release and also later to receive lithium ions during cycling. The temporary lithium additive is operable to release additional lithium ions during its decomposition, but not to receive any lithium ions thereafter. The amount of these additional lithium ions may be selected based on expected lithium ion losses in the cell. The temporary lithium additive may decompose when applying a voltage between the electrodes, e.g., during initial cycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: GRU ENERGY LAB INC.
    Inventors: Song Han, Sa Zhou, Xiaohua Liu
  • Patent number: 11051905
    Abstract: Connector enclosure assemblies for medical devices provide an angled lead passageway. The lead passageway which is defined by electrical connectors and intervening seals within the connector enclosure assembly establishes the angle relative to a base plane of the connector enclosure assembly. Various other aspects may be included in conjunction with the angled lead passageway, including an angled housing of the connector enclosure assembly, feedthrough pins that extend to the electrical connectors where the feedthrough pins may include angled sections, and a set screw passageway set at an angle relative to the lead passageway to provide fixation of a lead within the lead passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Steven T. Deininger, Michael J. Baade, Charles E. Peters
  • Patent number: 11043338
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a porous composite electrode including: preparing an ink including a carbon material and a binder; coating a substrate with the ink to manufacture a composite electrode; and irradiating the composite electrode with microwave to remove the binder and an organic material, and a method of removing an organic material of a porous composite electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sun Sook Lee, Ki-Seok An, Jongsun Lim, Sung Myung, Wooseok Song, Jin Kyu Han, Ha Kyun Jung
  • Patent number: 11009492
    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 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumu Fukuoka, Kazuyoshi Honda
  • Patent number: 10992011
    Abstract: A battery module includes plurality of battery cells, a cell housing configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells and a cover housing configured to cover an upper side of the cell housing. The cover housing includes an upper cover configured to form an upper portion of the cover housing, a lower cover bolt-coupled to the upper cover and disposed at the upper side of the cell housing and a bus bar unit disposed between the lower cover and the upper cover, electrically connected to electrodes of the plurality of battery cells, and sealing-coupled to at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Chang Kim, Dal-Mo Kang, Jeong-O Mun, Jae-Uk Ryu, Ji-Su Yoon
  • Patent number: 10967210
    Abstract: Power sources, such as batteries, for transportation vehicles can provide at least partial electric drive power. The power sources can include an activation layer arranged between collectors adapted for opposite charging. The activation layer can include fire suppression system disposed therein for releasing fire suppression agent in response to high and/or excessive temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Mirko Herrmann
  • Patent number: 10944134
    Abstract: A battery includes a casing having two first peripheral portions and two second peripheral portions, a cell disposed within the casing, two conductive tabs electrically connected to the cell and exposed from at least one of the first peripheral portions, and an absorbent. Each of the second peripheral portions has a sealed region that has a sealed edge adjacent to the cell. The sealed region of at least one of the second peripheral portions has an inner sealed section disposed adjacent to the sealed edge, an outer sealed section, and an isolating section disposed between the inner sealed section and the outer sealed section. The absorbent is received in the isolating section for absorbing moisture or gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jifei Wang, Sheng Cheng, Wei Liang, Peilei Yang
  • Patent number: 10938016
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a case that receives the electrode assembly and includes an opening; a cap plate that is coupled to the opening and includes a cutout; and a first current collecting member that is integrally formed with the cap plate and thus is bent toward the inside of the case from the cap plate, and is electrically connected with the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Minhyung Guen
  • Patent number: 10923780
    Abstract: A hydride secondary battery includes: a pressure vessel; a positive electrode disposed in the pressure vessel; a negative electrode disposed in the pressure vessel; and hydrogen gas with which the pressure vessel is filled. The negative electrode contains a hydrogen-absorbing alloy. In a pressure-composition-temperature diagram, a desorption curve at 25° C. of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy has a plateau pressure of 0.15 MPa or more and 10 MPa or less. The hydrogen gas has a pressure equal to or higher than the plateau pressure at 25° C. of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruyuki Nakanishi, Yoshitsugu Kojima, Takayuki Ichikawa, Hiroki Miyaoka
  • Patent number: 10903500
    Abstract: A battery includes a unit cell, which includes an electrode layer and a counter electrode layer facing the electrode layer, an electrode current collector in contact with the electrode layer, a counter electrode current collector in contact with the counter electrode layer, and a seal between the electrode current collector and the counter electrode current collector. The unit cell is disposed between the electrode current collector and the counter electrode current collector. At least one selected from the group consisting of the electrode current collector and the counter electrode current collector has at least one recess facing the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Honda, Akira Kawase, Kouji Nishida, Akio Kaneyama, Yasutaka Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 10879573
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: one or more energy storage devices; and a first outer covering and a second outer covering arranged outside said one or more energy storage devices. The energy storage apparatus further includes: a weld portion which is a joint portion between the first outer covering and the second outer covering formed by joining the first outer covering and the second outer covering to each other by welding; a heat-susceptible object; and a heat shielding portion arranged between the weld portion and the heat-susceptible object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Shogo Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 10873069
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a single-cell battery, a battery module, a power battery, and an electric vehicle. The single-cell battery includes a case, a battery cell, an electrode terminal, and a cover plate. The electrode terminal includes a battery post. The single-cell battery further includes a current interruption device mounted on the battery post. The current interruption device has a conductive member and a flipping member connected to the conductive member for mutual electrical connection. The flipping member and the conductive member can be electrically disconnected from each other under action of air pressure. The conductive member is connected to the battery post for mutual electrical connection. The flipping member and the conductive member are connected to each other by using a boss welded structure. The boss welded structure includes a boss, a connection hole accommodating the boss, and an annular welding spot located between the boss and the connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xubin Gong, Yanfei Zhou
  • Patent number: 10797297
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a positive electrode terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The deformation plate has a thick portion, which has a larger thickness than the surrounding area, in a central part. The thick portion of the deformation plate is welded to the first positive electrode current collector to form a weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Naoya Tada, Atsushi Tsuji, Yoshinori Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10797275
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes: a conductive member (shaft portion) which penetrates a case and is connected to a terminal main body (bus bar connecting portion. The case includes: a through hole through which the conductive member penetrates; a concave portion which is at least a portion of a periphery of the through hole and is formed on one of an inner surface and an outer surface of the case, and a convex portion which is formed at a position opposite to the concave portion on an other of the inner surface and the outer surface of the case. In a plan view of the outer surface of the case, the terminal main body has a shape such that at least a portion of the terminal main body is larger than the concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Shun Ito
  • Patent number: 10763558
    Abstract: A battery includes a first current collector, a laminate disposed on a first region of a surface of the first current collector, a thermal-expandable layer disposed on a second region of the surface of the first current collector, and a second current collector disposed on both of the laminate and the thermal-expandable layer. The laminate includes a first active material layer disposed on the first region, an electrolyte layer disposed on the first active material layer, and a second active material layer disposed on the electrolyte layer. A thermal expansion ratio of the thermal-expandable layer is greater than a thermal expansion ratio of the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eiichi Koga
  • Patent number: 10741821
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a cap assembly, and a case. The electrode assembly includes a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode. The cap assembly is electrically connected to the first electrode. The case accommodates the electrode assembly and includes an opening to which the cap assembly is coupled. The cap assembly includes a cap and a current interruptor. The cap is outside the case and serves as a terminal of the first electrode. The current interruptor is between the cap and the first electrode. The current interruptor breaks an electric connection between the cap and the first electrode at a preset pressure or higher. The cap surrounds an edge portion of the current interruptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dae Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10741803
    Abstract: A battery cover includes a sealing member configured to provide a fluid-tight sealing member with a battery casing. The sealing member has a top surface and a bottom surface. A vent aperture is formed through the sealing member. A condensation chamber is disposed adjacent the bottom surface of the sealing member and is fluidly coupled to the vent aperture via an outlet. The condensation chamber receiving a flow of a fluid therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: DOYLE MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventor: Michael A. Doyle
  • Patent number: 10693125
    Abstract: An alkaline electrochemical cell includes a cathode, an anode which includes an anode active material, and a non-conductive separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein from about 20% to about 50% by weight of the anode active material relative to a total amount of anode active material has a particle size of less than about 75 ?m, and wherein the separator includes a unitary, cylindrical configuration having an open end, a side wall, and integrally formed closed end disposed distally to the open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventors: M. Edgar Armacanqui, Andrew J. Roszkowski, Casey Imhoff, Donald Raymond Crowe, Matthew Evans, John Hadley, Matthew Hennek, Tim F. Turba, Enqing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10644294
    Abstract: A secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes a battery case, an electrode member contained in the battery case, and a lid configured to hermetically seal the battery case. A current-carrying part, which electrically connects a collector terminal of the electrode member with an external electrode terminal, includes a displacement part configured to be displaced outward in response to a rise in an internal pressure of the battery case, the displacement part being connected to at least a part of the collector terminal. When the displacement part is displaced outward in response to the rise in the internal pressure of the battery case, the connection between the displacement part and the collector terminal is disconnected and the current-carrying part is electrically cut off from the collector terminal. In the secondary battery according to the present disclosure, the current-carrying part including the displacement part is disposed in the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ono, Yuta Nemoto, Takashi Takimoto
  • Patent number: 10549640
    Abstract: A vehicle battery management system is disclosed. The system may include a cell casing and a tripwire. The cell casing may include connected walls that surround a battery active region. At least one of those walls may define a weakened section. A tripwire may be stretched across the weakened and configured to break to interrupt current flow therethrough responsive to a pressure within the cell casing surpassing a predetermined threshold causing the weakened section to bulge towards the tripwire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Poirier, Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush