With Nonbattery Electrical Component Electrically Connected Within Cell Casing Other Than Testing Or Indicating Components Patents (Class 429/7)
  • Patent number: 11575165
    Abstract: An electrical energy storage unit for a motor vehicle, having at least one storage unit cell designed to store electrical energy, which storage unit cell has a cell housing in which an electrolyte and an electrode device are arranged, and having a temperature control device that has at least one temperature control channel arranged outside the cell housing, which temperature control channel is able to be flowed through by a temperature control fluid in order to control the temperature of the storage unit cell. At least one heating device is able to be supplied with the electrical energy stored in the storage unit cell and thereby able to be electrically operated. By way of the heating device, the storage unit cell is able to be heated, wherein the heating device is able to be operated without any damage only when the storage unit cell has a state of charge that is not more than 60% of the maximum state of charge of the storage unit cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Korbinian Antwerpen, Martin Mittermaier, Simon Nuernberger, Carsten Spengler
  • Patent number: 11569525
    Abstract: Electrodes are formed with a porous layer of particulate electrode material bonded to each of the two major sides of a compatible metal current collector. In one embodiment, opposing electrodes are formed with like lithium-ion battery anode materials or like cathode materials or capacitor materials on both sides of the current collector. In another embodiment, a battery electrode material is applied to one side of a current collector and capacitor material is applied to the other side. In general, the electrodes are formed by combining a suitable grouping of capacitor layers with un-equal numbers of anode and cathode battery layers. One or more pairs of opposing electrodes are assembled to provide a combination of battery and capacitor energy and power properties in a hybrid electrochemical cell. The cells may be formed by stacking or winding rolls of the opposing electrodes with interposed separators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Haijing Liu, Zhiqiang Yu, Jianyong Liu, Xiaochao Que, Mark W. Verbrugge
  • Patent number: 11563248
    Abstract: A battery pack and a vehicle, wherein the battery pack includes a box assembly, a battery unit, a constraint component and an outer cover, the box assembly includes a box body and a fixed beam, the fixed beam is fixed in the box body; the battery unit is arranged in the box body; the constraint component covers the battery unit and is fixed with the fixed beam; and the outer cover is arranged on one side of the constraint component away from the box body to seal an open end of the box body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Kaijie You, Yongguang Wang, Yu Tang, Weilong Lin, Jun Ma
  • Patent number: 11540429
    Abstract: A battery charger includes a housing having support structure for simultaneously supporting at least two batteries of different types for charging including a first battery of a first type and a second batter of a second type. The battery charger further includes charger electronics supported by the housing and operable to output charging current to charge the first battery and charging current to charge the second battery. A fan is operable to cause air flow through the housing. A fan speed of the fan is adjustable based on a temperature of the battery charger (i) while at least one of the at least two batteries is coupled to the battery charger for charging and (ii) while no batteries are coupled to the battery charger for charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Wyatt R. Silha, Donald J. Truettner, John G. Marx, Cameron R. Schulz
  • Patent number: 11515576
    Abstract: A battery and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The battery includes at least one battery cell and at least one switching element; each of the at least one switching element is respectively connected to one or more of the at least one battery cell to control the one or more of the at least one battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quanguo Zhou, Lipeng Jiang, Lijia Zhou, Zhidong Wang, Hao Tang, Jiuyang Cheng, Qingguo Yang, Ronghua Lan
  • Patent number: 11515577
    Abstract: A battery module may include a plurality of battery cells that are stacked on each other; and a circuit module which is electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells and includes a plate-shaped circuit part having a width and a length. The circuit part may be disposed between any one pair of battery cells of the plurality of battery cells in a state in which a width direction of the circuit part is parallel to a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Hyeon Ki Yun
  • Patent number: 11495846
    Abstract: A secondary aggregate battery with spatial separation of operation temperatures is provided, including: a housing, wherein a plurality of secondary battery packs and a charge balancing system connected to the secondary battery packs are disposed in the housing. The charge balancing system includes a battery state detection unit and a heat dissipation component. The housing includes a heat dissipation chamber and an accommodation chamber separated by a partition. The heat dissipation chamber accommodates the heat dissipation component, and the accommodation chamber accommodates the secondary battery packs and the battery state detection unit such that the temperature of the heat dissipation component is isolated by the independent chamber to prevent the operation temperature of the heat dissipation component affects the normal operation of the secondary battery packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Donald P. H. Wu
  • Patent number: 11495976
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery module that includes a plurality of battery cells, a monitoring unit configured to monitor a parameter of each of the battery cells, and a control unit configured to determine whether there is an abnormal battery cell in the battery module using the parameter, to calculate a reference voltage for balancing the battery cells when it is determined that there is an abnormal battery cell in the battery module, and to control cell balancing of the battery cells to an equalization target range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoonphil Eo
  • Patent number: 11495834
    Abstract: A battery module includes a carrier configured to receive electrical components. The carrier is electrically insulative and includes a first portion configured to receive a first plurality of electrical components, a second portion configured to receive a second plurality of electrical components, and a flexible region configured to enable the first portion to turn relative to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Clarios Advanced Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Helge Brenner, Markus Hoh, Ralf Joswig
  • Patent number: 11476551
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to current interrupt devices (CIDs) for electrochemical cells that use a thermal trigger (e.g., shape memory and/or bi-metallic materials) to open an electrical circuit just prior to a thermal runaway or during short-circuit event to prevent catastrophic failure of the electrochemical cell. Embodiments include CIDs comprising a housing, a bus bar coupled to the housing, and a thermal trigger operably coupled to the bus bar. In some embodiments, the bus bar can include an engineered fracture site. In some embodiments, the thermal trigger is dimensioned and configured to deform at a predetermined temperature to break the bus bar at the engineered fracture site. In some embodiments, a portion of the bus bar travels about a hinge, opening the electrical circuit and preventing overcharging, thermal runaway, and/or other catastrophic failure events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: 24M Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Russell Tyler, Ryan Michael Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11476535
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a plurality of unit cells arranged side by side in a first direction and each comprising a first terminal and a second terminal to improve the durability and safety of the battery pack; a protection circuit module disposed on the plurality of unit cells; and a temperature element unit disposed on the plurality of unit cells in the first direction and comprising a first temperature element, a second temperature element, a first plate connecting the first temperature element and the second temperature element, and a second plate having an end electrically connected to the protection circuit module and another end electrically connected to the first plate disposed between the first temperature element and the second temperature element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwangyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11462913
    Abstract: An electric power control system capable and a control device and a controlled device of electric power simplifying and reducing the cost of a slave device and electric power are provided. A power control system includes a master device supplied with power from a battery and a slave device powered by the battery through the master device. The slave device can also be supplied from a sub-battery or a solar cell that is different from the battery, the master device is provided with a control unit for controlling the slave device to be powered from the battery and the solar cell based on the power supply state of the battery and the solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihide Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11450896
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a housing of a first material, a cell assembly, and a cell support of a second material. The cell assembly is disposed in the housing and includes a plurality of cell units. The cell unit includes a positive electrode of the cell unit and a negative electrode of the cell unit. The cell support is configured to support at least the cell assembly. The cell support is at least disposed at two ends of the cell assembly and at least part of the cell support encapsulates the positive electrode of the cell unit and the negative electrode of the cell unit. The first material is different from the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Yang, Zhijun Dong, Guiwu Hu, Dezhong Yang, Tianxiao Xu, Huaishu Wang
  • Patent number: 11450882
    Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state battery cell by which a battery module with good cooling efficiency can be obtained. The battery cell has a configuration in which an all-solid-state battery cell not using an electrolytic solution is used, a heat transfer material is disposed on a lower surface of an electrode laminate inside the battery cell, and heat is conducted from the heat transfer material through an exterior material to be dissipated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Masahiro Ohta, Kenta Fukami
  • Patent number: 11431051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery pack, comprising a plurality of battery cells arranged consecutively. Each of said battery cells comprise a positive and a negative terminal on opposite sides of the battery cell, the battery cells being electrically connected in series with each other, wherein the terminals of the plurality of battery cells are arranged on two opposite sides of the battery pack such that positive and negative terminals of the consecutive battery cells are on both sides of the battery pack by turns next to each other. The battery pack further comprises a first and a second printed circuit board portion arranged on said two opposite sides of the battery pack, respectively. The first and the second printed circuit board portions comprise connection interfaces arranged next to the terminals of the battery cells. The first and the second printed circuit board portions comprise signal traces connected to the terminals of the battery cells via the connection interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Arto Nakari, Olli Pokkinen
  • Patent number: 11424504
    Abstract: A battery pack that includes a battery pack housing. The battery pack housing includes a battery pack support portion that is configured to removably mechanically and electrically connect the battery pack to a device. The support portion includes a plurality of terminals for electrically connecting the battery pack to the device. The battery pack support portion includes a central recess. The battery pack support portion has a support portion length and a central recess length. The battery pack support portion is configured to receive a first device interface that electrically connects to a first subset of the plurality of terminals and is approximately the same length as the support portion length. The battery pack support portion is also configured to receive a second device interface that electrically connects to a second subset of the plurality of terminals and is approximately the same length as the central recess length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
    Inventor: Mark Huggins
  • Patent number: 11411256
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery cell including an electrode assembly connected to an electrode tab, and first and second casings facing each other and coupled to each other to form an accommodation portion accommodating the electrode assembly and to form a terrace portion extending across the electrode tab to seal the accommodation portion, the terrace portion including a first surface on the first casing and a second surface on the second casing; a protective circuit module electrically connected to the battery cell and on the first surface of the terrace portion; and a current breaking device electrically connected to the protective circuit module to form a charge-discharge path of the battery cell and on the second surface of the terrace portion. The current breaking device limits charge-discharge current in response to the battery cell's abnormal state such as overheating, and does not spatially interfere with the protective circuit module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunjoong Lee, Miae Um, Daehyeong Yoo
  • Patent number: 11398664
    Abstract: A battery includes at least one cell, a case that houses the at least one cell, at least one first charge/discharge terminal that is electrically connected to the at least one cell, and at least one first monitor terminal that is electrically connected to the at least one cell. The at least one first charge/discharge terminal has a protrusion that partially protrudes from a surface of the case. The at least one first monitor terminal has a recess that is partially recessed from the surface of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11394079
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for venting battery cells in a battery cell pack assembly. An assembly includes a matrix configured to hold battery cells and channel assemblies that each include a venting channel for venting materials (e.g., flammable gas and conductive particulates) from the interior of the matrix to an outlet. Battery cells, particularly lithium ion battery cells, have a chance of entering a thermal runaway condition that causes the production of flammable gas. The assembly is configured such that battery cells are allowed to vent such flammable gas out of the assembly. A ventilation opening and channel in the assembly cause venting materials to be routed through and out of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel C. Wynn, Vignesh Sekar, Tyler Collins, Kyle Butterfield
  • Patent number: 11394087
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of aligned battery cells, each of the battery cells including a cell case, a cap assembly on the cell case, a negative cell terminal, and a positive cell terminal; a plurality of busbars over the cap assemblies, each of the busbars electrically connecting the cell terminals of at least two of the battery cells to each other; and a cell supervision circuit carrier configured to accommodate a cell supervision circuit, the cell supervision circuit carrier comprising a connector configured to establish data communication with the cell supervision circuit. The cell supervision circuit carrier electrically connects the cell supervision circuit to the negative cell terminal of one of the battery cells and to the cell cases of at least some of the other battery cells from among the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michael Erhart
  • Patent number: 11387503
    Abstract: The present invention is a battery mounting device which comprises a battery mounted in a cabin of a vehicle, a plate-shaped toe board provided in front of a passenger seat at a position located at a lower level than the passenger seat so as to cover the battery, wherein the battery is provided between the toe board and a floor panel of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Katayama, Ryuhei Sumita
  • Patent number: 11380948
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery assembly and a thermally-conductive member to hold or support battery assembly. The battery assembly has a plurality of first batteries and a plurality of second batteries that are alternately stacked. The thermally-conductive member includes a first component and a second component that are each disposed along a stacking direction of the batteries. The first component has a heat resistance to the second batteries higher than to the first batteries. The second component has a heat resistance to the first batteries higher than to the second batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Shimizu, Akira Takano, Shinya Motokawa, Yoshito Kaga, Takeshi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 11375623
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a battery protection circuit package according to one aspect of the present invention includes forming a first mounting structure by mounting battery protection circuit elements on a printed circuit board (PCB), forming a second mounting structure by mounting the first mounting structure on a lead frame which comprises an input/output terminal portion for external connection and at least one metal tab for battery cell connection, forming an encapsulation structure by encapsulating the second mounting structure with a molding material to encapsulate at least a part of the battery protection circuit elements while exposing the input/output terminal portion and the at least one metal tab of the lead frame, and bonding at least one flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) to the input/output terminal portion of the encapsulation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ITM SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk Hwi Na, Ho Seok Hwang, Young Seok Kim, Sang Hoon Ahn, Jae Ku Park, Sung Hee Wang, Eun Bin Lee
  • Patent number: 11367921
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure that includes a battery and a battery mounting part that receives the battery therein, in which the battery mounting part includes a base and at least one side surface extending from an edge of the base and a recess area is formed in at least a partial area of the at least one side surface. Besides, it may be permissible to prepare various other embodiments speculated through the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: June Young Hur, Shi Hyun Kim, Young Ho Seo, Si Hoon Youm, Soon Wan Chung
  • Patent number: 11362397
    Abstract: An energy storage device for a motor vehicle, wherein the energy storage device has a battery module with a battery cell, which has an opening on the upper side thereof, it being possible to release said opening when there is overpressure, and a battery housing, wherein the battery module is arranged with its lower side facing a housing base, wherein the battery housing has a housing cover made of a first material, which can be arranged on a housing lower part of the battery housing, and which has an inner side, which is facing the at least one battery module when the housing cover is in the state in which it is arranged on the housing lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Markus Pfeiff
  • Patent number: 11355788
    Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery pack having a simplified manufacturing process with a reduced number of components, including a battery cell in which an electrode assembly is sealed in a pouch exterior together with an electrolyte, the battery cell having an electrode lead formed at one side thereof; and a protection circuit module having a printed circuit board with a protection circuit formed thereon and a lead connection plate formed at one surface of the printed circuit board so that the printed circuit board is electrically connected to the electrode lead of the battery cell, the protection circuit module having an exposing portion formed at the other surface of the printed circuit board to expose at least a portion of the lead connection plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Choi, Dae-Ho Jung, Sung-Jin Oh, Ki-Deok Kim
  • Patent number: 11355746
    Abstract: Provided is a magnesium-sulfur secondary battery including a positive electrode that includes a carbon material layer and a laminated structure of a positive electrode active material layer including sulfur or a sulfur compound; an electrolyte layer; and a negative electrode. In the magnesium-sulfur secondary battery, the positive electrode active material layer, the carbon material layer, and the electrolyte layer are provided in this order, and the positive electrode active material layer and the carbon material layer are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Mizuno, Yuri Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11355743
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery comprises a cathode formed from a cathode active material including a first cathode active material particle and a second cathode active material particle, an anode and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode. The first cathode active material particle includes a lithium metal oxide including a continuous concentration gradient in at least one region between a central portion and a surface portion. The second cathode active material particle includes a constant concentration composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Duck Chul Hwang, Kyung Bin Yoo, Kook Hyun Han
  • Patent number: 11335973
    Abstract: A layered double hydroxide (LDH) separator capable of more effectively restraining short circuiting caused by zinc dendrites. The LDH separator for secondary zinc batteries includes a porous substrate made of a polymer material and a LDH plugging pores in the porous substrate. The LDH separator has a dendrite buffer layer therein, the dendrite buffer layer being at least one selected from the group consisting of: (i) a pore-rich internal porous layer in the porous substrate, the internal porous layer being free from the LDH or deficient in the LDH; (ii) a releasable interfacial layer; which is provided by two adjacent layers constituting part of the LDH separator in releasable contact with each other; and (iii) an internal gap layer free from the LDH and the porous substrate, which is provided by two adjacent layers constituting part of the LDH separator formed apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sota Okochi, Shohei Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11329342
    Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery pack may include an enclosure assembly, one or more battery arrays housed within the enclosure assembly, a first battery internal component (e.g., an array holding device, heat exchanger plate, tray, etc.) adjacent to the battery array, a mounting bracket mounted to the first battery internal component, and a second battery internal component (e.g., a wiring harness of an electrical distribution system) elevated above the first battery internal component by the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tarek Obeid, Ihab Grace, David J. Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 11329273
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery in which the preparation of at least one of a positive electrode and ta negative electrode includes forming an electrode material layer on a metal sheet material to serve as an electrode current collector, thereby providing an electrode precursor, and cutting out electrodes from the electrode precursor to form a plurality of electrodes. Each of the electrodes has a non-rectangular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Otsuka, Toru Kawai, Masashi Higuchi, Takuya Kenko
  • Patent number: 11316226
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a cell stack including a first surface being a surface on one end in the first direction, a second surface being a surface on the other end in the first direction, a third surface being a surface on one end in a second direction that is a direction orthogonal to the first direction, a fourth surface being a surface on the other end in the second direction, a fifth surface being a surface on one end in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, and a sixth surface being a surface on the other end in the third direction; and a restraining member that restrains the cell stack. The restraining member includes: a pair of restraining plates restraining the cell stack in the first direction; and a pair of sandwiching plates sandwiching the cell stack in the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Miyoshi, Masao Kawata
  • Patent number: 11302984
    Abstract: A pair of end plates is a pair of members provided at both ends of a battery cell assembly in an array direction to clamp the battery cell assembly from both sides in the array direction. The pair of end plates has a plate upper surface and a recess. The plate upper surface is positioned on the same side as that of an electrode mounting surface. The recess is recessed from the plate upper surface and accommodates at least part of a coupling connector. With this configuration, a battery module and a battery monitoring unit mounting structure can prevent the battery module from increasing in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhiko Yoshida, Kimihiro Matsuura, Hidehiko Shimizu, Yuki Chiyajo, Keitaro Nozawa
  • Patent number: 11289762
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery pack, which can include an enclosure including an upper cover and a lower case in sealed connection, a plurality of battery modules is arranged in the enclosure, and a first bonding member disposed on the upper surface of the battery modules and intended for connecting the battery modules with the upper cover. The present disclosure can strengthen the connection strength between the upper cover and the battery modules, and improve the overall stiffness of the battery modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xingdi Chen, Kaijie You, Linggang Zhou, Peng Wang, Yanhuo Xiang, Ning Chen
  • Patent number: 11289778
    Abstract: A power storage module includes a power storage component unit and a connector module. The power storage component unit includes power storage components including electric terminals positive terminals, negative terminals) on one side. The connector module is attached to the power storage component unit to electrically connect the power storage components. The connector module includes bus bars and a holder. The bus bars connect the electric terminals of the power storage components that are adjacent to each other. The holder holds the bus bars. The holder includes a bus bar holding surface that includes bus bar placing sections on which the bus bars are placed. The holder includes restricting receptacles and restricting tabs fitted to the bas bars placed on the bus bar placing sections to restrict removal of the bus bars from the holder and displacement of the bus bars from the bus bar placing sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nagafuchi, Tomotaka Kurozu, Rintaro Negishi, Yusuke Kunii
  • Patent number: 11289772
    Abstract: A battery pack has bus bars at one end, freeing the other end of the battery pack for cooling or other arrangements. A plurality of battery cells has first terminals of the battery cells at first ends of the battery cells. Portions of second terminals of the battery cells are at the first ends of the battery cells. The first ends of the battery cells are in a coplanar arrangement. A plurality of bus bars is assembled proximate to the first ends of the battery cells. The bus bars are coupled to the first terminals and the second terminals of the battery cells at the first ends of the battery cells to place the battery cells in one of a series connection, a parallel connection or a series and parallel connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: James Jan, Richard J. Biskup, Benson Tsai
  • Patent number: 11283139
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes a forming step of pressing a pouch sheet by using a press die so that left and right accommodation grooves, which are bilaterally symmetrical to each other and are opened upward, and a bridge connecting the left and right accommodation grooves to each other are formed in the pouch sheet, wherein the bridge protrudes upward with respect to bottom surfaces of the left and right accommodation grooves, and a curved portion having a rounded shape is formed on an upper end of the bridge, a seating step of seating an electrode assembly in one of the left and right accommodation grooves, and a folding step of folding the pouch sheet so that the left and right accommodation grooves face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Chui Park, Sang Wook Kim, Dae Won Lee, Dong Hyeuk Park
  • Patent number: 11271275
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a battery pack including: a battery cell including an electrode assembly and a casing, the casing accommodating the electrode assembly therein and forming a terrace from which an electrode tab electrically connected to the electrode assembly protrudes; a protective circuit module seated on the terrace, the protective circuit module including a thermal cut-off member located on a side of the terrace and a connection tab electrically connected to the electrode tab; and insulating tape located between the battery cell and the protective circuit module, wherein the insulating tape provides insulation between the electrode tab and the protective circuit module and between the terrace and the thermal cut-off member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunjoong Lee, Daehyeong Yoo
  • Patent number: 11270860
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-supported activation device for an electromechanical switch, which can be used for the isolation of a faulty element of a battery, comprising a set of electrically connected elements. The activation device (1) is intended to activate switching in a switching device (2) of the type having electrical contact means (3) that can move between first and second electrical positions. The activation device comprises a current sensor (6a, 6b), a retaining element (7), and at least two movable elements (8, 9) solidly connected to a coil (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAFT
    Inventors: Eric Pasquier, Benoit Morillon
  • Patent number: 11258118
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack with enhanced cooling efficiency. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells respectively having electrode terminals formed thereon; a bus bar plate having a connection portion protrusively extending toward the electrode terminal to contact the electrode terminal to be electrically connected to the electrode terminal; and a heat dissipating member between the bus bar plate and the battery cell and having a connection hole into which the connection portion of the bus bar plate is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Ju Hwang, Jae-Young Jang
  • Patent number: 11258097
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of lithium-ion batteries and, specifically, relates to an electrolyte and a lithium-ion battery containing the electrolyte. The electrolyte of the present application includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent and additives, the additives include a fluorinated ether compound and an ester dimer compound, the ester dimer compound includes carbonate dimers, carboxylate dimers and sultone dimers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Kefei Wang
  • Patent number: 11247572
    Abstract: A removable battery component for receiving a battery submodule and being mechanically and electrically connectable to other removable battery component carriers and/or a carrier frame is provided. The removable battery component carrier includes a bottom plate, a pair of side walls perpendicular to the bottom plate and extending along two facing corners of the bottom plate, a pair of end plates perpendicular to the bottom plate and the side wall, extending along two facing corners of the bottom plate, and mechanically connected to the side walls and/or the bottom plate to fix the plurality of battery cells together. A cell cover extends parallel to the bottom plate to form a receiving space of the battery submodule along with the bottom plate, the side wall, and the end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ralph Wuensche, Stephan Klomberg, Thomas Brandner, Thomas Renger, Joerg Killmann, Miran Kojc
  • Patent number: 11251503
    Abstract: A plurality of battery cells of a battery pack may include at least one first battery cell arranged in a first row, at least one second battery cell arranged in a second row adjacent to the first row, at least one third battery cell arranged in a third row adjacent to the second row, and at least one fourth battery cell arranged in a fourth row adjacent to the third row. The at least one first battery cell and the at least one second battery cell are connected in series. Each of the at least one first battery cell is connected in parallel with a corresponding one of the at least one third battery cell. Each of the at least one second battery cell is connected in parallel with a corresponding one of the at least one fourth battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Yamada, Hideyuki Taga
  • Patent number: 11245161
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module in which a connection structure between electrode leads is changed to prevent a heat generation phenomenon when overcharged and to allow easy connection and disconnection between secondary batteries, and a method for manufacturing the same. The battery module according to the present disclosure includes a secondary battery stack formed by stacking a plurality of secondary batteries having electrode leads, wherein each electrode lead protrudes from the corresponding secondary battery, and each electrode lead has a bent part, and the bent parts of opposite-polarity electrode leads of neighboring secondary batteries are stacked with an elastic body interposed therebetween, and the corresponding stacked part is fastened by an insulating bolt including a washer, with the elastic body being compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: Tai-Jin Jung, Dal-Mo Kang, Jeong-O Mun, Byoung-Cheon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11233279
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery cell and a protection circuit module. The battery cell includes i) an electrode assembly to which an electrode tab is connected and ii) first and second cases coupled to face each other to form an accommodating portion accommodating the electrode assembly and a sealing portion sealing the accommodating portion. The sealing portion includes i) a terrace portion extending across the electrode tab and comprising a first surface on a first case side and a second surface on a second case side and ii) a side sealing portion including an end contacting the terrace portion and an extension extending from the end. The protection circuit module is arranged on the first or second surface of the terrace portion. The end of the side sealing portion is folded in such a way not to spatially interfere with the protection circuit module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunjoong Lee, Miae Um, Daehyeong Yoo
  • Patent number: 11228073
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a protection assembly, a cover and a housing. The protection assembly is applied for an energy storage device having a pressure relief element, wherein the pressure relief element is structured to deform in response to an increasing internal pressure in the energy storage device until the pressure relief element bursts, and the energy storage device can expel high temperature particles through the burst pressure relief element. The protection assembly comprises: a particle-blocking layer comprising a receiving side for receiving the high temperature particles and a connecting side opposite to the receiving side, wherein the particle-blocking layer comprises a plurality of particle-blocking units in a concave-convex arrangement, and the particle-blocking unit can block the high temperature particles; and a separate protective layer disposed at the connecting side of the particle-blocking layer and connected to the particle-blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Kai Wu, Dan Shen, Xiaobo Chen, Shilong Chen
  • Patent number: 11223076
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including: a plurality of battery cells; a protective circuit module arranged on a side of the plurality of battery cells and including at least one through-hole; an electrode tab inserted into the at least one through-hole and electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells to the protective circuit module; a temperature sensing unit arranged on the protective circuit module; and a heat transfer member connected to a portion of the electrode tab inserted into the at least one through-hole and to the temperature sensing unit and transferring heat from the electrode tab to the temperature sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeoncheol Jeong, Jaeseung Kim, Junseop Kim, Kyungrae Pyo
  • Patent number: 11218004
    Abstract: An arrangement having a multifunctional connection for energy storage cells or energy consumers provides at least one device for charge equalization and/or a measuring device for measuring an electrical voltage of energy storage cells or energy consumers; an electrical bridging element between two electrically insulated conductors; and a trigger circuit for activating the bridging element. One of the two electrical conductors is connected or is connectable to a first pole in an electrically conductive manner, and the other electrical conductor is connected or connectable in an electrically conductive manner to a second pole of the energy storage cell or of the energy consumer. The device for charge equalization and/or the measuring device is connected to the electrical connection of the bridging element. The electrical connection can thus be used simultaneously for triggering the bridging element and for the charge measurement and/or the charge equalization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesllschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Vincent Lorentz, Martin Maerz, Martin Wenger
  • Patent number: 11217867
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a secondary battery and a manufacturing apparatus for a secondary battery that are applicable to a secondary battery in which an electrolyte solution injection hole has a diameter of 1.5 mm or more are provided. The secondary battery includes a battery case including a cover plate provided with an electrolyte solution injection hole, and a sealing member sealing the electrolyte solution injection hole. The manufacturing method includes a preparing step and a press-fitting step. The preparing step is preparing a cell in which, after an electrolyte solution is injected to the battery case through the electrolyte solution injection hole, the sealing member is disposed on the electrolyte solution injection hole. The press-fitting step is press-fitting the sealing member into the electrolyte solution injection hole while applying press-fitting load and ultrasonic vibration with a frequency of 20 kHz or more in parallel to a press-fitting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: J.E.T. CO., LTD., PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishimura, Shigeki Hashimoto, Hideaki Yoshio, Shigeki Saito, So Kudo, Yuji Yamasaki, Kunihiro Takaoka, Hidenori Tagomori
  • Patent number: 11217866
    Abstract: The invention provides a battery module for improving safety, which comprises at least one fixing frame, a plurality of battery cells, a plurality of conductive sheets and a plurality of protection units. The battery cells are arranged on the fixing frame. Each conductive sheet is connected with two battery cells in series, each of the protection units is respectively connected with two conductive sheets, and the battery cells connected with the conductive sheets are connected in parallel via the protection unit. When the temperature of the protection unit is greater than a preset temperature, the protection unit will be blown, thereby preventing the battery cells from charging the defective battery cell, resulting in the defective battery cell to melt or explode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: STL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Din Hou, Tao-Cheng Wu