Temperature Control Patents (Class 429/62)
  • Patent number: 12181531
    Abstract: A warning method for battery thermal runaway includes: acquiring current temperature data of each temperature sensor arranged in a battery pack, current voltage data of each voltage sensor arranged in the battery pack, and current sensor disconnection data of each temperature sensor; calculating a number of occurrences of a primary feature at a current moment according to the current temperature data; calculating a number of occurrences of a secondary feature at the current moment according to the current voltage data and the current sensor disconnection data in a case that the number of occurrences of the primary feature is greater than 0; calculating a sum of the number of occurrences of the primary feature and the number of occurrences of the secondary feature at the current moment; and sending a warning for battery thermal runaway when the sum is greater than a preset feature number threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Linwang Deng, Yonggang Yin, Tianyu Feng, Sijia Liu
  • Patent number: 12155049
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a chassis, an energy storage system supported by the chassis, and a battery cooling system. The energy storage system includes a battery positioned within a battery housing. The battery cooling system includes a conduit positioned adjacent at least one of the battery or the battery housing and a fluid diverter positioned along the conduit. The fluid diverter is configured to facilitate selectively providing fluid communication between the conduit and the battery housing so that a fluid flowing through the conduit flows out of the conduit and at least one of into or around the battery housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Linsmeier, David Archer, David Fieber, John Schultz, Jason Shively, Bob Schulz
  • Patent number: 12148952
    Abstract: A multilayer separator (200) for a lithium-ion battery having a structure including at least a polyolefin based substrate layer (204) forming the inner layer of the multilayer separator (200); a resin layer (203) stacked on both surface of the polyolefin substrate layer (204), the resin layer (203) being formed from a polyolefin; a cellulose fibers based outer layer (202) stacked on the surface of each resin layer (203).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: RENATA AG
    Inventors: Oussama El Baradai, Pascal Haering
  • Patent number: 12148910
    Abstract: Presented are thermal management systems with passive quenching sacks for cooling battery assemblies, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such systems. A passive thermal management (PTM) system is presented for cooling a battery assembly, such as a traction battery pack with a battery case containing stacked battery cells. The PTM system includes a fluid container that mounts inside the battery assembly, interposed between the battery case and battery cells. The fluid container stows therein a dielectric coolant fluid and has multiple fluid ports that fluidly connect to the battery cells to dispense thereto the coolant fluid. Thermomechanical plugs, such as wax, film, or smart-material barriers, seal the fluid container ports and passively open (e.g., melt, bend, disintegrate, expand, etc.) at a predefined temperature to thereby unseal the fluid ports such that the coolant fluid is fed from the fluid container into the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jermain E. Onye, Ryan P. Hickey, Pooja Suresh, Andrew P. Oury
  • Patent number: 12111197
    Abstract: A quality control system analyzes the quality of a battery cell, with the battery cell defining a gas pouch configured to expand from a deflated configuration to an inflated configuration when filled with a gas formed during a cell formation process. The system comprises a computational system comprising a processor and a memory and a measurement instrument in electronic communication with the computational system. The measurement instrument is arranged to measure a distance defined by the gas pouch and transmit a signal to the computational system corresponding to the distance. The computational system is arranged to analyze the distance with the processor and determine a volumetric measurement of the gas within the gas pouch and compare the volumetric measurement to a threshold in the memory to assess a quality score for the battery cell. A corresponding method analyzes the quality of the battery cell with the quality control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Bruder, James R. Salvador, Raffaello Ardanese, Ryan C. Sekol, Thomas A. Yersak, Sean Robert Wagner, Ronald M Lesperance
  • Patent number: 12107225
    Abstract: An electrolyte solution containing a compound represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Kinoshita, Tomoya Hidaka, Yoshiko Kuwajima, Yuuki Suzuki, Akiyoshi Yamauchi, Kotaro Hayashi, Shigeaki Yamazaki, Kenzou Takahashi, Takaya Yamada
  • Patent number: 12107302
    Abstract: An overcharge protection device cover assembly for use with a battery cell housing. The battery cell housing has a first terminal and a second terminal, the overcharge protection device cover assembly including a first terminal pad having a first length. The first terminal pad is contactable with the first terminal of the battery cell housing. The assembly also includes a second terminal pad having a second length that is greater than the first length. The second terminal pad is contactable with the second terminal of the battery cell housing. A reversal device of the assembly is deflectable toward the first and second terminal pads. A conductive element of the assembly is positioned between the reversal device and the first and second terminal pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Xugang Zhang, Jason D. Fuhr
  • Patent number: 12107246
    Abstract: A thermal runaway suppression element, adapted for a lithium battery having an electrochemical reaction system. The thermal runaway suppression element includes: a passivation composition supplier, having a metal ion and an aluminum etching ion; and a polar solution supplier, configured to release a polar solvent to carry the metal ion and the aluminum etching ion to an aluminum current collector of the lithium battery. The aluminum current collector is configured to be etched by the aluminum etching ion to provide an aluminum ion. The metal ion and the aluminum ion are carried by the polar solvent to the electrochemical reaction system to terminate an electrochemical reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: PROLOGIUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., PROLOGIUM HOLDING INC.
    Inventor: Szu-Nan Yang
  • Patent number: 12095063
    Abstract: A battery system incudes battery stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells and cooling plate thermally coupled to battery cell of battery stack. Heat insulating material is disposed between battery cells of battery stack, which are adjacent to each other, and heat insulating material insulates heat between battery cells adjacent to each other. In addition, cooling plate cools battery cell, is used in combination with an endothermic material having heat capacity to absorb thermal runaway energy of battery cell, and prevents induction of thermal runaway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotake Yoshida, Tomoaki Ito, Takuya Egashira
  • Patent number: 12083877
    Abstract: A vehicle floor for an energy-store floor assembly of a motor vehicle, is arranged on the top of an electrical energy-store device which comprises a plurality of battery modules and is accommodated in a multi-part store housing. A main floor of the vehicle floor extends, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, forward at least up to a transition region to a front bulkhead and rearward at least up to a floor region below and behind a front row of vehicle seats. In order to provide a vehicle floor for an energy-store floor assembly of a motor vehicle, the vehicle floor having an additional function and contributing to the fulfillment of characteristics required of a store housing with regard to the sealing tightness of the store housing, the vehicle floor is a housing part of the store housing and at least the main floor of the vehicle floor is formed as a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Danneberg, Roccy Steffen Grahl, Ronny Grosse, Juergen Leschhorn
  • Patent number: 12046730
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a container and a number of battery packaging modules submerged in a first coolant fluid contained in the container. The cooling system includes a supply channel and a return channel coupled respectively to at least a supply end and at least a return end of the battery packaging modules to accelerate a second coolant fluid through any of the battery packaging modules. The cooling system includes one or more pairs of fluid valves secured to the supply and return channels, each pair to control the second coolant fluid flowing through a subset of the plurality of battery packaging modules. The cooling system includes a fluid pump disposed at the channels to accelerate the second coolant fluid supplied to any of the battery packaging modules which are in activated modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 12046939
    Abstract: Disclosed is an expansion member for a probe for battery charging and discharging. The expansion member includes a first fluid accommodation part configured to form a space in which a fluid is introduced and stored and a fluid supply pipe equipped with a path along which the fluid is introduced and discharged and connected to the first fluid accommodation part. The first fluid accommodation part includes a first cover and a second cover. The first cover and the second cover are bonded together to form a first fluid accommodation space in which the fluid is accommodated. The first fluid accommodation space is surrounded by a first junction region in which the first cover and the second cover are bonded together. A penetration hole is formed on the top of the first junction region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: WONIK PNE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeongmok Lee, Soojeong You, Woosik Han
  • Patent number: 12036877
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relates to a battery, a power consumption device, and a method and device for producing a battery. The battery includes: a battery cell, the battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism; a fire-fighting pipeline configured to accommodate a fire-fighting medium, the fire-fighting pipeline including a first region corresponding to the pressure relief mechanism and a second region located at a periphery of the first region, the first region being configured to be damaged when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated, such that the fire-fighting medium is discharged; and a protective component disposed between the fire-fighting pipeline and the battery cell and configured to protect the second region. The battery, the power consumption device, and the method and device for producing the battery in the embodiments of the present application could improve the safety performance of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Zhanyu Sun, Xiaoteng Huang, Haiqi Yang, Wenli Wang, Jiarong Hong, Langchao Hu
  • Patent number: 12034175
    Abstract: In general, one aspect disclosed features a battery system for a vehicle, the battery system comprising: multiple battery modules, wherein each battery module comprises one or more battery cells, and wherein each battery module comprises an exhaust port; and one or more structural members mechanically coupled to the multiple battery modules; wherein the one or more structural members and the multiple battery modules define an exhaust chamber; wherein the exhaust chamber is in fluid communication with the exhaust ports of the multiple battery modules; wherein the one or more structural members comprise an outlet port in fluid communication with the exhaust chamber and an exterior of the exhaust chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ampaire, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Spitzer
  • Patent number: 12034138
    Abstract: A battery module improves performance of secondary batteries through effective thermal control. The battery module includes at least one secondary battery, a module case having an empty space formed therein to accommodate the at least one secondary battery in the inner space and at least one heat pressure exchange member disposed to face the secondary battery in the inner space of the module case. The at least one heat pressure exchange member is configured to absorb and retain heat when a pressure applied from the secondary battery is equal to or less than a reference value and release the retained heat when the pressure applied from the secondary battery is higher than the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Sun-Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 12015132
    Abstract: An energy storage device cooling system includes a housing, at least one energy storage device within the housing, and a coolant circuit including a first flow portion extending through the housing, the coolant circuit configured to supply coolant for heat exchange with the at least one energy storage device. The energy storage device cooling system also includes a chiller system including: a coolant supply, a heat exchanger, and an outlet in fluid communication with the first flow portion. The energy storage device cooling system also includes a controller configured to alter a function of the chiller system when a sensed temperature does not exceed a first temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Umakanth Sakaray, Nirag Sheth, Neil A. Terry, Adam C. Grove, John M. Tanner, Jeremy Byrd, Gregory S. Hasler
  • Patent number: 12002984
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of energy storage technologies, and provides a battery, an apparatus, a preparation method of battery, and a preparation apparatus of battery. The battery includes a first battery cell and a second battery cell. The first battery cell includes a first pressure relief mechanism, the second battery cell includes a second pressure relief mechanism, an energy density of the first battery cell is greater than an energy density of the second battery cell, and an area of the first pressure relief mechanism is greater than an area of the second pressure relief mechanism. The apparatus includes the foregoing battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Quanguo Li, Yonghuang Ye, Chengdu Liang, Haizu Jin, Qian Liu, Xia Hu
  • Patent number: 11996525
    Abstract: A device triggers thermal runaway of an electrochemical accumulator, including a flexible package that contains at least once electrochemical cell. A part of the current collectors that form the output terminals of the accumulator pass through the flexible package. The device includes two electrical current conducting elements, each respectively in electrical contact with the exterior of a part of a metal layer of the flexible package or of the metal housing, and an electrical power supply independent from the accumulator. The electrical power supply is designed to drive a current, referred to as a heating current, between the two elements so as to heat up the flexible package or the housing of the accumulator by Joule effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: RĂ©mi Vincent, Maxime Hubert
  • Patent number: 11967693
    Abstract: An assembly and a method of manufacturing a battery pack with airgap sizing for preventing ejecta debris clogging for an electric aircraft are disclosed. The assembly includes a battery module configured to house a battery unit, wherein the battery module includes a battery cell and a cooling plate configured to stabilize battery cell temperature. The assembly includes a fire wall configured to intercept ejecta debris from the battery cell. The assembly includes an airgap configured to contain the ejecta debris between the firewall and the battery cell. The assembly includes a headspace configured to tolerate the ejecta debris on top of the battery cell, wherein the headspace includes an ejecta vent configured to vent the ejecta debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Sam Wagner, Nathan Goldsberry
  • Patent number: 11964588
    Abstract: A battery provided in a vehicle and configured to supply electric power is cooled down by coolant the heat of which is exchanged with the heat of external air by a radiator. The radiator is provided near the battery and performs heat-exchange between the coolant and the external air taken in through introduction holes provided on a bottom face of the vehicle. Thus, even in a case where the radiator is provided in a vehicle floor portion so that the battery is upsized, it is possible to restrain a coolant pipe from being elongated. This accordingly makes it possible to improve mountability to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Watanabe, Keisuke Shibata, Kenta Miyahara
  • Patent number: 11942650
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module including: a metal module housing that has a closed interior space; and multiple secondary batteries that have a vertically long shape and are housed vertically in the interior space and juxtaposed parallel to each other. The module housing has an upper excess space above the secondary batteries in the interior space, the upper excess space being capable of mitigating a pressure increase in the module housing due to ignition of gas generated in the event of an abnormality in the secondary batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Gonda, Keiichi Mori, Seiji Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11936018
    Abstract: A thermal regulating unit for regulating the temperature of a pouch cell battery is provided. The thermal regulating unit is formed as a container having: one or more internal cooling channels for conveying a liquid coolant through the unit; a flexible outer covering which contains the cooling channels; and inlet and outlet ports which penetrate the covering for respectively providing liquid coolant to and removing the liquid coolant from the cooling channels. The flexible outer covering forms a substantially flat major external surface of the unit corresponding in shape to, and for pressing against, a major external surface of the pouch cell battery such that the unit and the pouch cell battery can be held in face-to-face contact. The cooling channels are arranged in the flexible outer covering such that when the provided liquid coolant is pressurized it causes the unit to expand and press against the major external surface of the pouch cell battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Michael A. Zagrodnik
  • Patent number: 11936233
    Abstract: A charging control apparatus measures a first temperature of a first secondary battery selected from the plurality of secondary batteries, a second temperature of a coolant flowing into the cooling device, a charging current of the secondary battery pack, a first terminal voltage of the first secondary battery and a second terminal voltage of a second secondary battery closest to the cooling device, estimates a temperature of a temperature estimation point of the second secondary battery from a lumped thermal model having a thermal resistance between two points selected from the temperature estimation point of the second secondary battery, the first temperature measurement point and the second temperature measurement point, and measurement data about temperature, current and voltage, and determines the estimated temperature as a minimum temperature of the secondary battery pack, and varies a charging power provided to the secondary battery pack according to the minimum temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Hyung Lim, Gi-Min Nam, Kyu-Chul Lee, Hyoung Jun Ahn, Won-Tae Joe
  • Patent number: 11936016
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell including an electrode, a housing, a cell interior inside the housing, a temperature sensor, and a heat-conducting part which differs from the electrode, is entirely or partially disposed inside the housing of the battery cell, and is thermally connected to the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Born, Christian Kulp, Arne Menck, Sebastian Paul, Jan Philipp Schmidt, Benno Schweiger, Werner Seliger, Jens Vetter, Hermann Zehentner, Dieter Ziegltrum
  • Patent number: 11912164
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle with a thermal management system for a battery. A corresponding method is also disclosed. An example electrified vehicle includes a battery and a thermal management system configured to thermally condition the battery at one of a plurality of thermal conditioning levels. Each of the thermal conditioning levels corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of battery temperature thresholds. The electrified vehicle further includes a controller. The controller is configured to determine which of the plurality of battery temperature thresholds is met or exceeded based on a temperature of the battery and to command the thermal management system to thermally condition the battery at corresponding one of the plurality of thermal conditioning levels. Further, when a state of health of the battery is outside a predefined range, the controller is configured to adjust each of the plurality of battery temperature thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaohong Nina Duan, Yanan Zhao, Ming Lang Kuang
  • Patent number: 11916244
    Abstract: A battery module includes a module housing including a first plate in which one side is open, a second plate coupled with the first plate to form an internal space, and a partition member disposed across the internal space to couple the first plate with the second plate; and a battery cell stack disposed in the internal space, in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Hwan Lee, Hae Ryong Jeon, Seung Hoon Ju, Young Sun Choi, Myeong Hwan Ma, Sol San Son
  • Patent number: 11916257
    Abstract: A high energy density rechargeable (HEDR) battery employs a combined current limiter/current interrupter to prevent thermal runaway in the event of internal discharge or other disruption of the separator. The combined current limiter/current interrupter is interior to the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: American Lithium Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Jiang Fan, Dengguo Wu
  • Patent number: 11909006
    Abstract: In accordance with at least selected aspects, objects or embodiments, optimized, novel or improved membranes, battery separators, batteries, and/or systems and/or related methods of manufacture, use and/or optimization are provided. In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the present invention is related to novel or improved battery separators that prevent dendrite growth, prevent internal shorts due to dendrite growth, or both, batteries incorporating such separators, systems incorporating such batteries, and/or related methods of manufacture, use and/or optimization thereof. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, the present invention is related to novel or improved ultra thin or super thin membranes or battery separators, and/or lithium primary batteries, cells or packs incorporating such separators, and/or systems incorporating such batteries, cells or packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Paul M. Halmo, Xiaomin Zhang, Paul D. Vido, Zhengming Zhang, Lie Shi, Daniel R. Alexander, Jill V. Watson
  • Patent number: 11909022
    Abstract: An apparatus can include one or more valves to couple with a thermal line of a battery pack. The apparatus can include one or more coolant channels to couple with one or more thermal components of the battery pack. The one or more valves can modify coolant flow from the thermal line to the one or more coolant channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Amilkar Abraham Soto Infante
  • Patent number: 11909067
    Abstract: In a battery pack, a housing includes an exhaust portion provided on an upper side in a gravity direction with respect to a housing portion that houses a live part. The exhaust portion includes: a storage portion configured to store a liquid; a first communication portion that communicates between an interior of the housing portion and an interior of the exhaust portion; and a second communication portion that communicates between an outside of a housing and an inside of the exhaust portion. When the battery pack is viewed from the upper side in the gravity direction, an opening of the second communication portion on an inner side of the exhaust portion is provided at a position that overlaps the storage portion and that does not overlap an opening of the first communication portion on the inner side of the exhaust portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuya Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11901590
    Abstract: A battery includes a battery cell and a casing assembly for receiving the battery cell. The battery cell includes a first electrode tab. The battery further includes an insulating member and a conductive member, the insulating member is connected between the casing assembly and the conductive member. The casing assembly defines a first through hole, and the insulating member defines a second through hole connected to the first through hole. The first electrode tab is electrically connected to the conductive member. A power consuming device including the battery is further provided. The conductive member of the present disclosure substitutes for the terminal post of existing art, increasing the energy density of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Peipei Guo, GuoWen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11901533
    Abstract: A battery module includes a housing, assembled from a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end plate, and a second end plate, is configured to support a plurality of battery cells. The battery module also includes a heating pad and a cooling plate that are configured to regulate a thermal state of the plurality of battery cell. The heating pad is disposed substantially adjacent to the plurality of battery cells and the cooling plate is disposed adjacent to the heating pad opposite the plurality of battery cells. A controller associated with the battery module is configured receive an indication of battery temperature and active one of the heating pad or the cooling plate based at least on the battery temperature of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Adam R. Rosenberger, Brian R. Bell
  • Patent number: 11894573
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of energy storage technologies, and provides a battery, an apparatus, a preparation method of battery, and a preparation apparatus of battery. The battery includes a first battery cell and a second battery cell. The first battery cell includes a first pressure relief mechanism, the second battery cell includes a second pressure relief mechanism, an energy density of the first battery cell is greater than an energy density of the second battery cell, and an area of the first pressure relief mechanism is greater than an area of the second pressure relief mechanism. The apparatus includes the foregoing battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Quanguo Li, Yonghuang Ye, Chengdu Liang, Haizu Jin, Qian Liu, Xia Hu
  • Patent number: 11878565
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for an electrically drivable motor vehicle includes a first vehicle component to be temperature-controlled, a second vehicle component to be temperature-controlled, which is arranged on at least one cooling body, and a heat transport medium-carrying first circuit, which is provided for controlling the temperature of the vehicle components and to which the first vehicle component and the at least one cooling body of the second vehicle component are connected. A heating device which is configured to release heating energy to the heat transport medium is arranged on the at least one cooling body, wherein via the heat transport medium, the heating energy can be transported at least partially to the first vehicle component for the purpose of heating the first vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Allgaeuer, Alexander Lichtenberger, Christian Schardax, Alexander Schulze
  • Patent number: 11870365
    Abstract: An AC generation circuit is attached to a secondary battery, and includes a circuit configured to generate an alternating current at both ends of the secondary battery, a current limiting element connected between a positive electrode side of the circuit and a positive element of the secondary battery and/or between a negative electrode side of the circuit and a negative electrode of the secondary battery, and a capacitor connected in parallel to the current limiting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasumichi Onuki
  • Patent number: 11852068
    Abstract: A hybrid heat transfer assembly includes operating equipment having a coolant loop including a cooling fluid inlet and a cooling fluid outlet. A radiator has a radiator inlet connected to the cooling fluid outlet, and a radiator outlet connected to the cooling fluid inlet. A radiator fan proximate the radiator directs air across the radiator. A chiller includes an evaporator having an evaporator inlet connected to the cooling fluid outlet, and an evaporator outlet connected to the cooling fluid inlet. A compressor is connected to the evaporator, a condenser is connected to the compressor, and an expansion valve is connected to the condenser and evaporator. A refrigerant loop connects the evaporator and compressor, the condenser and compressor, and the expansion valve to the condenser and the evaporator. A condenser fan proximate the condenser directs air across the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: L & M Radiator, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas F. Takes, Aaron Patrick Morgan, Charles Eugene Cedar, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11817597
    Abstract: In general, one aspect disclosed features a battery system for a vehicle, the battery system comprising: multiple battery modules, wherein each battery module comprises one or more battery cells, and wherein each battery module comprises an exhaust port; and one or more structural members mechanically coupled to the multiple battery modules; wherein the one or more structural members and the multiple battery modules define an exhaust chamber; wherein the exhaust chamber is in fluid communication with the exhaust ports of the multiple battery modules; wherein the one or more structural members comprise an outlet port in fluid communication with the exhaust chamber and an exterior of the exhaust chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ampaire, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Spitzer
  • Patent number: 11817566
    Abstract: An apparatus for a fire suppressant system on a server rack includes an integrated battery feature, a manifold, a conduit, and a control card, where the integrated battery feature includes a plurality of battery cells in an enclosure. A first end of the conduit coupled to a control valve on the manifold and a second end of the conduit coupled to the integrated battery feature. The control card configured to open the control valve on the manifold, where the control valve is configured to release a fire suppressant into the enclosure of the integrated battery feature. In one embodiment, the fire suppressant is contained within a pressurized fire suppressant reservoir mounted on the server rack. In another embodiment, the fire suppressant is a cooling fluid diverted from a radiator cooling unit on the server rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Werner, Noah Singer, John Torok, Arkadiy O. Tsfasman
  • Patent number: 11807092
    Abstract: A vehicular battery unit includes a lower case including a pair of battery-receiving sections disposed at two lateral sides of a vehicle, and a connecting section, which is disposed between the pair of battery-receiving sections and is bent so as to be convex upwards, battery modules respectively mounted in the pair of battery-receiving sections, cooling blocks, which are disposed under the battery modules and which receive and discharge cooling water to cool the battery modules, at least one cooling water hose configured to exchange cooling water with the cooling blocks, and an upper case, which is disposed on the lower case and includes a cooling water hose coupler unit configured to connect the cooling water hose to the cooling blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Wan Kim, Kyung Ho Kim, Hyeon Su Jin
  • Patent number: 11811041
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of batteries, a cooling portion through which a refrigerant for cooling the plurality of the batteries flows, a housing that has a bottom plate, a top plate, and side walls, the housing accommodating the plurality of the batteries and the cooling portion, and a compressor configured to pump the refrigerant to the cooling portion. In the housing, a strength member that extends in a direction in which the side walls face each other and reinforces the housing is mounted on the bottom plate or the top plate. The compressor is disposed in a position in which the compressor and the strength member are overlapped in the upright direction of the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Yusuke Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11791479
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for manufacturing a membrane separator for a redox flow battery. In one example, the membrane separator is fabricate by a calendering process. The membrane separator may be configured with a polymer network to provide selectivity for ion transport across the membrane separator. The membrane separator may be further adapted with an integrated spacer in contact with a negative electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ESS TECH, INC.
    Inventors: Yang Song, Craig E. Evans
  • Patent number: 11784366
    Abstract: A battery module with a battery cell stack which is formed from a plurality of battery cells, with deformable foam plates which are arranged between in each case adjacent battery cells for the compensation of deformations of the battery cells during their charging and discharging or on account of their aging. A cooling medium is conducted between respective adjacent battery cells in order to cool the battery cells. The cooling medium is a cooling liquid which makes direct contact with the battery cells. A cooling structure for conducting the cooling liquid to the battery cell and along the latter is arranged between the respective battery cell and the foam plate which faces it. The foam plate makes contact with the cooling structure, and the cooling structure making contact with the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: RĂ¼diger Klutinus, Dominik Grass, Christian Wendland, Michael Englmeier, Tim Schmidt, Jens Maurer
  • Patent number: 11754631
    Abstract: A chargeable battery temperature estimation apparatus estimating an internal temperature of a chargeable battery includes a processor performing when executing the instructions stored in a memory: acquiring a detected current value output from a current sensor configured to detect a current flowing in the chargeable battery; calculating a heating value on the basis of the detected current value, the heating value estimating heat generated inside the chargeable battery; acquiring a detected external temperature value output from a temperature sensor configured to detect an external temperature of the chargeable battery; estimating the internal temperature of the chargeable battery based on the calculated heating value and the detected temperature value; and outputting the estimated internal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Matsushita, Katsuhide Hamada
  • Patent number: 11749870
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode plate and an electrochemical device. The positive electrode plate comprises a current collector, a positive active material layer and a safety coating disposed between the current collector and the positive active material layer, wherein the safety coating comprises a polymer matrix, a conductive material and an inorganic filler, wherein the polymer matrix comprises at least two types of polymer materials, and the first type of polymer material is fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin, and the solubility of the second type of polymer material in oil solvent is smaller than the solubility of the first type of polymer material; and the weight percentage of the first type of polymer material relative to the total weight of the polymer matrix, the conductive material and the inorganic filler is 17.5% or more. The positive electrode plate improves high temperature safety of electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yaohui Wang, Zhenhua Li, Xing Li
  • Patent number: 11745623
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery; a battery thermostat; at least one sensor; and a controller configured to determine a preheating temperature of the battery based on an outside temperature of the vehicle and a first state of charge of the battery, and control the battery thermostat based on the preheating temperature, the first state of charge being identified through the at least one sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Jin Park, Haewon Park, Yonghoon Kim, Seyoung Lee, Won Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 11745561
    Abstract: A heat management device may include: a heat circuit comprising a heat exchanger passage, a radiator passage communicating with the heat exchanger passage, and a battery passage communicating with the heat exchanger passage by bypassing the radiator passage; a heat exchanger cooling heat medium by heat exchange; a radiator exchanging heat between outside air and the heat medium in the radiator passage; a control valve changing a channel of the heat medium in the heat circuit; a pump pumping out the heat medium in the heat circuit from the heat exchanger passage to the battery passage and from the heat exchanger passage to the radiator passage; and a controller. The controller may execute: a heating operation for heating the heat medium in the battery passage by a battery; and a circulation operation for cooling the heat medium in the radiator passage by the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Hasegawa, Hiroki Tashiro, Makoto Ikegami
  • Patent number: 11728480
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode for a secondary battery to improve stability during overcharge, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and particularly, to a positive electrode for a secondary battery including a positive electrode active material layer formed on a positive electrode collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer has a double-layer structure which includes a first positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer, the first positive electrode active material layer includes a first positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a volume expansion resin in which volume expansion occurs at a high temperature during overcharge, and the second positive electrode active material layer includes a second positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Kyung Min Lee, Jung Seok Choi, Kyung Min Kim, Song Taek Oh
  • Patent number: 11728523
    Abstract: An improved high energy density rechargeable (HEDR) battery with an anode energy layer, a cathode energy layer, a separator between the anode and cathode energy layers for preventing internal discharge thereof, and at least one current collector for transferring electrons to and from either the anode or cathode energy layer, includes a resistive layer interposed between the separator and one of the current collectors for limiting the rate of internal discharge through the failed separator in the event of separator failure. The resistive layer has a fixed resistivity at temperatures between a preferred temperature range and an upper temperature safety limit for operating the battery. The resistive layer serves to avoid temperatures in excess of the upper temperature safety limit in the event of separator failure in the battery, and a fixed resistivity of the resistive layer is greater than the internal resistivity of either energy layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: American Lithium Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Jiang Fan, Dengguo Wu
  • Patent number: 11715963
    Abstract: A battery storage container and wellness system designed for transporting, charging and storing batteries. The container having a plurality of compartments for storing and charging batteries, the compartments arranged in stacked vertical columns that are separated from each other by air-gaps. The battery storage container and wellness system also includes automatic fire suppression capabilities to prevent the propagation of cell-to-cell fires and other heat and energy related destructive events. The fire suppression capabilities include the air-gaps to prevent column-to-column spreading of fires. The storage container and wellness system also includes sensors for sensing fires, and a system for the application of fire mitigation fluids, for the exhausting of combustion gasses, and power shut-off means, in the event of a fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Thomas H. Hays, Jessica E. Schwartz, Gerard G. Back, Peter J. Disimile, Earl W. Armstrong, Adam C. Dolezal, Evan T. Rule, Dennis P. Thompson, Jr., Ian E. Therrien
  • Patent number: 11688902
    Abstract: In a system for controlling battery cell temperature and a method for controlling the system, the system includes a planar shape heat transferring unit, a cooling plate, a heating plate, a radiator, a heater and a controller. The planar shape heat transferring unit makes contact with a battery cell. The cooling plate is disposed at a first side of the battery cell to be heat-transferred with the planar shape heat transferring unit. The heating plate is disposed at a second side of the battery cell to be heat-transferred with the planar shape heat transferring unit. The radiator is connected to the cooling passage, to provide a cooled first fluid to the cooling passage. The heater is connected to the heating passage, to provide a heated second fluid to the heating passage. The controller is configured to provide the first fluid or the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jin Sub Kim, Jungho Lee