With Nonbattery Electrical Component Electrically Connected Within Cell Casing Other Than Testing Or Indicating Components Patents (Class 429/7)
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Patent number: 10587144Abstract: An electronic module includes wireless data transmission circuitry configured to receive from a base station a signal corresponding uniquely to a battery device, wireless charging circuitry coupled with the wireless data transmission circuitry and configured to receive energy wirelessly transmitted from the base station, and a controller configured to, in response to the wireless data transmission circuitry receiving the signal, cause the wireless charging circuitry to charge a battery module of the battery device corresponding to the signal using the received wirelessly transmitted energy.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Monterey Research, LLCInventor: David G. Wright
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Patent number: 10581114Abstract: Provided is a battery-equipped device including a substrate, a device disposed on the substrate, an all-solid-state battery disposed such that the planar shape conforms to the periphery of the device on the substrate and at least partially having a complementary outer edge shape that conforms to the entire or a part of the outer edge shape of the device, and interconnections connecting the device and the all-solid-state battery. The all-solid-state battery includes a positive electrode layer containing an oriented polycrystalline positive-electrode active material composed of lithium transition metal oxide particles oriented in a certain direction, a solid electrolyte layer composed of a lithium-ion conductive material, and a negative electrode layer containing a negative-electrode active material. The present invention can provide a battery-equipped device that can significantly increase the degree of freedom of design and can output necessary electric power in a minimum space.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Iwao Ohwada, Toshihiro Yoshida, Kenshin Kitoh
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Patent number: 10573934Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including: a plurality of serially connected cells; a protection circuit module electrically connected with the plurality of cells; and a plurality of lead tabs configured to electrically connect the plurality of cells to the protection circuit module, in which the protection circuit module includes a plurality of connection portions, which is arranged in a row and connected with the plurality of lead tabs, respectively, and the plurality of lead tabs overlaps in an order in which the plurality of connection portions is arranged, so that an assembling process time is decreased.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Han Jun Wang, Dae Yon Moon
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Patent number: 10573937Abstract: A battery arrangement (10) for a motor vehicle has a plurality of battery cells (12) for storing electrical energy. Each battery cell (12) has two flexible connection lugs (18) to make electrical contact with the battery cells (12). The battery cells (12) are arranged on surfaces of rigid plate-like frame elements (14). At least one connecting element (20) is arranged on one side of the frame elements (14) and is connected to the frame elements (14). The connecting element (20) is of electrically insulating design and has openings (24) through which the connection lugs (18) are routed. An electrically conductive contact element (28, 30; 42, 44) is secured to the connecting element (20) and electrically contacts the connection lugs (18).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Tim Schmidt, Thierry Mingers, Felix Kojokar, Rolf Esslinger
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Patent number: 10566589Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which may stably maintain a secondary battery stack and have less damage to an electrode lead due to external vibration, and a battery pack including the battery module. The battery module comprises a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries respectively configured to accommodate an electrode assembly in a pouch thereof so that an electrode lead connected to an electrode tab of the electrode assembly is drawn through a terrace portion of the pouch, and a fixing member interposed at least partially between the secondary batteries and adhered and fixed to the terrace portion to maintain the secondary batteries in a stacked state.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Jong-Woon Choi, Hang-June Choi, Jeong-O Mun
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Patent number: 10566628Abstract: Provided is a slurry for lithium ion secondary battery positive electrode-use that includes a positive electrode active material, a binding material, a conductive material, and an organic solvent. The positive electrode active material is a lithium cobalt-based composite oxide particle having an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Al, B, Ti, and Zr on its surface. The binding material includes a polymer (P1) and a fluorine-containing polymer (P2). The polymer (P1) includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit, a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit, and an alkylene structural unit having a carbon number of at least 4, and does not substantially include a hydrophilic group-containing monomer unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: ZEON CORPORATIONInventor: Keiichiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 10559807Abstract: A battery pack includes a protection circuit module for a plurality of battery cells arranged in parallel in a case. The protection circuit module includes a temperature sensor. An insertion area is at a location of the case corresponding to the temperature sensor and includes a removed part of the case. The temperature sensor extends through the insertion area to contact an outer surface of at least one of the battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Moonsoo Cheon, Woongbin Kim
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Patent number: 10553912Abstract: Disclosed are a protective main board for a battery cell, an electronic terminal and a method for assembling a battery cell of an electronic terminal. The protective main board for a battery cell includes a main board body and a conducting component. The main board body includes a main board circuit and a protection circuit configured to protect the battery cell, and the protection circuit is connected with the main board circuit. The conducting component is arranged on the main board body, and includes a first conducting member and a second conducting member, and the battery cell is electrically connected with the protection circuit through the first conducting member and the second conducting member respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: XIAOMI INC.Inventors: Zongqiang Wang, Xianmin Zhang, Shasha Shi
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Patent number: 10546223Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods facilitate enrollment of authenticating biometric data for authenticating an authorized user via a biometric sensor. Included devices transmit power to a sensor-enabled device that does not have an independent power source without transmitting data to or from the device. Data input devices coupled to the biometric sensor enable user input of non-biometric data, such as an activation code, via the biometric sensor. For biometric sensors comprising fingerprint sensors, finger guides position a finger to contact the sensor at a desired orientation. Systems and methods allow for enrollment of one or more authenticating biometric data templates with or without requiring input of non-biometric authentication data, such as an activation code.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: IDEX Biometrics ASAInventors: Fred G. Benkley, III, Peter Joseph Commerford, Jeffrey Joseph Buxton, Anne L. McAleer, Sarangan Narasimhan
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Patent number: 10541405Abstract: Two or more series-connected sets are arranged in a vertical direction and connected in series through an interstage wire. Each of the two or more series-connected sets includes two or more module batteries that are arranged in a horizontal direction and connected in series through an intrastage wire. The main pole feedthrough part penetrates through a side wall of the container. The main pole terminal is disposed outside the case. An insulator of the main pole supporter insulates a first coupling part and a second coupling part from each other. The first coupling part is coupled to the base, and the second coupling part is coupled to the main pole terminal. The two or more cells are housed in an accommodation space and charged and discharged via the main pole.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventor: Koji Hoshino
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Patent number: 10535858Abstract: A secondary battery employs a stacked electrode assembly. A current collector terminal includes a base plate portion and a current collector plate portion being continuous with the base plate portion and extending along a direction orthogonal to the base plate portion. The current collector plate portion includes a plurality of slits extending from a tip end of the current collector plate portion along a direction orthogonal to the base plate portion. A cut-out is formed in at least one of an edge of the plurality of slits and an edge of the current collector plate portion extending along a direction orthogonal to the base plate portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satomi Yamamoto, Mizuho Matsumoto, Yuki Yamasaki
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Patent number: 10529959Abstract: A battery cell has a structure in which outer peripheral portions of a battery case are sealed by thermal bonding in a state in which an electrode assembly is mounted together with an electrolyte in a battery case made of a laminate sheet, wherein a pair of electrode leads of the electrode assembly protrude outward from the battery case, and an insulating member is attached to each of the electrode leads in an area of at least 60% of a total area of the electrode leads that protrude outwardly.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Hyun Jong Lee, Dong Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 10530022Abstract: An electric battery including: a plurality of electrical energy storage cells, each including a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the cells being arranged in a package containing a dielectric liquid; within the package, a controllable stirring device for circulating the dielectric liquid in contact with the positive and negative terminals of the cells; and a management device capable of detecting a possible failure of a cell and of accordingly controlling the stirring device to modify the dielectric liquid circulation conditions in the package.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Daniel Chatroux, Julien Dauchy, Lionel De Paoli
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Patent number: 10511016Abstract: A lead acid battery comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode comprising lead oxide, an electrolyte in physical contact with the negative electrode and the positive electrode, an optional separator positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, wherein the negative electrode comprises a plurality of particulates of graphene-protected lead or lead alloy, wherein at least one of the particulates is formed of a single or a plurality of graphene sheets and a single or a plurality of fine lead or lead alloy particles having a size smaller than 10 ?m, and the graphene sheets and the particles are mutually bonded or agglomerated into the particulate with at least a graphene sheet embracing or wrapping around the particulate, and wherein graphene is in an amount of at least 0.01% but less than 99% by weight based on the total weight of the particulate.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Global Graphene Group, Inc.Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Bor Z. Jang
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Patent number: 10497920Abstract: Disclosed is a battery system, including: a plurality of battery modules provided in a space formed between an upper casing and a lower casing; connection busbars respectively connected to terminals of the battery modules; an intermediate busbar connected to the connection busbars such that the connection busbars are electrically connected to each other; and an insulation protector provided with opposite end portions attached to the upper casing, and with a holding portion placed below the intermediate busbar at a position between the opposite end portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Jun Seok Choi, Yong Hwan Choi, Jeong Hun Seo, Jae Hoon Choi, Yong Jin Lee
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Patent number: 10490862Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a negative electrode lead and a positive electrode lead extending from the case and being respectively connected to the negative electrode plate and the positive electrode plate of the electrode assembly; a rigid circuit portion including a plurality of connection portions and an external connection terminal, the connection portions being respectively connected to the negative electrode lead and the positive electrode lead; and a flexible circuit portion including a bypass circuit pattern connecting the connection portions and the external connection terminal of the rigid circuit portion to each other, the flexible circuit portion being curved between a first side surface of the case and the rigid circuit portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jongchan Han
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Patent number: 10490780Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cap assembly for a secondary battery and a secondary battery. The cap assembly for the secondary battery includes a cap plate, a fixing member, a connecting member, an electrode terminal and a reinforcing portion, wherein the cap plate has an electrode lead-out hole; the fixing member is fixed to the cap plate through the connecting member; the electrode terminal comprises a terminal board, wherein the terminal board has an outer peripheral surface at least partially surrounded by the fixing member so that the electrode terminal is fixed to the fixing member, and the terminal board is provided on a side of the cap plate and covers the electrode lead-out hole; and the reinforcing portion is fixed to the cap plate, and extends along a width direction of the cap plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Yulian Zheng, Chengyou Xing, Quankun Li, Peng Wang, Lulu Bai
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Patent number: 10454282Abstract: A battery pack includes at least two battery cells; a circuit board to control charging and discharging operations of the battery cells; and a connection tab electrically connected to the battery cells, extending towards the circuit board, and including a bent portion proximal to the battery cells and located within a battery area defined by the battery cells. A battery pack suitable for a compact type device is provided and a low-resistive design may be applied to the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Moonsoo Cheon, Seungil Kim, Gangya Park
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Patent number: 10439174Abstract: A secondary battery is disclosed. The battery includes an electrode assembly comprising a curved surface on at least one side thereof and a frame surrounding the electrode assembly. The frame includes an accommodating curved surface facing the accommodating curved surface of the electrode assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shingun Kang
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Patent number: 10396410Abstract: A battery pack for an electric vehicle is disclosed. The battery pack includes an upper tray, a first busbar attached to the upper tray, a lower tray, a second busbar attached to the lower tray, and a plurality of battery cells arranged in the upper and lower trays between the first and second busbars. The first busbar is between the battery cells and the upper tray, and the second busbar is between the battery cells and the lower tray. The battery pack also includes a first cooling plate, connected with one of at least one of the lower tray and the second busbar, and at least one of the upper tray and the first busbar.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: THUNDER POWER NEW ENERGY VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Francesco Mastrandrea, Peter Tutzer
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Patent number: 10396349Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium oxygen battery with a non-aqueous flowable semi-solid catholyte comprising an electrolyte, dissolved oxygen and carbonaceous particles which are not soluble in the catholyte. The battery also comprises a lithium anode, electrical contacts, an oxygen inlet, a porous cathode current collector and a pump. The oxygen-enriched catholyte is pumped through the cell of the battery and the oxygen redox reaction may take place on the carbonaceous particles which form a conducting percolating network. Also disclosed is a semi-solid, non-aqueous catholyte comprising an electrolyte, dissolved oxygen and carbonaceous particles; the use of the lithium oxygen battery; and the use in electric vehicle and for stationary applications.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM—Universita'di BolognaInventors: Francesca Soavi, Catia Arbizzani, Irene Ruggeri
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Patent number: 10388938Abstract: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery pack including an anode terminal and a cathode terminal of a battery cell connected to a protection circuit module (PCM), the anode terminal and the cathode terminal of the battery cell being made of plate-shaped conductive members, the battery cell having the anode terminal and the cathode terminal formed at one end thereof, the battery cell having a thermally bonded surplus part formed at the end thereof at which the anode terminal and the cathode terminal are formed, and the PCM including a protection circuit board (PCB) having a protection circuit formed thereon, an external input and output terminal connected to the protection circuit of the PCB, and an electrically insulative PCM case configured to have a hollow structure in which the PCB is mounted, the PCM case being provided with a slit, through which the electrode terminals of the battery cell are inserted, the PCM being loaded on the thermally bonded surplus part of the battery cell in a state in which the PCType: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Soo Jun Ahn, Dong Cheol Lee, Tae Wook Kim
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Patent number: 10388940Abstract: A battery may include a first electrode and a second electrode having opposite polarities. The battery may include a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The battery may further include a current interrupter configured to generate a liquid upon activation of a temperature trigger. The liquid may react with the first electrode and/or the second electrode to cause a decomposition of the first electrode and/or the second electrode. The decomposition of the first electrode may delaminate the first electrode from a first current collector coupled with the first electrode while the decomposition of the second electrode may delaminate the second electrode from a second current collector coupled with the second electrode. The delamination of the first electrode and/or the second electrode may generate at least one nonconductive gap that interrupts a current flow within the battery.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: American Lithium Energy CorporationInventors: Jiang Fan, Dengguo Wu
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Patent number: 10388927Abstract: Provided is a battery unit capable of reducing the size of vehicle installation space by being more compact. A battery unit equipped with: a plurality of battery modules each containing a plurality of battery cells which are connected in parallel with one another, and each having a duct chamber for discharging gas emitted by the battery cells; and a fixing member for fixing the plurality of battery modules to the wall of a storage case in a manner such that the modules are integrally assembled with one another. The fixing member has an attachment part which attaches to a module case, and the attachment part includes an exhaust duct part for collecting and discharging the gas emitted into the duct chamber of each battery module.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Motokawa, Takuya Nakashima, Hiroshi Takasaki
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Patent number: 10367183Abstract: The objective is to obtain an assembled battery that can relieve the stress acting on the circuit board in the case. This assembled battery of the present invention includes a case for retaining a plurality of single batteries side by side, an insulation cover covering one surface side of the single batteries, bus bars electrically connecting the terminals of adjacent single batteries and exposed from the insulation cover, and a circuit board disposed above the insulation cover. Mounted on a back surface of the circuit board are elastic contact members to be brought into pressure contact with the bus bars by fixing the circuit board onto the case, and the insulation cover or the bus bars are provided with claws which are support members for supporting the circuit board by coming in contact with a front surface of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Sekine
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Patent number: 10361410Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack configured to prevent its components such as a cell assembly from being broken or damaged even though a physical force such as vibrations and impacts is applied to the battery pack. The battery pack includes a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries; an electronic component plate having a plate shape and configured to allow at least one electronic component to be mounted thereon; a lower housing configured to have an inner space with an open top and to accommodate the cell assembly and the electronic component plate therein; and an upper housing configured to cover the open top of the lower housing, wherein coupling members are respectively provided between a lower portion of the cell assembly and the lower housing, between an upper portion of the cell assembly and the electronic component plate, between the electronic component plate and the upper housing, and between the lower housing and the upper housing to couple and fix each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Young-Sop Eom, Dal-Mo Kang, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu, Ki-Youn Kim
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Patent number: 10347880Abstract: A battery module according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a cooling plate provided in a plate shape and having a plurality of slits at respective predetermined positions, a plurality of battery cells uprightly disposed parallel to one another in one direction on the cooling plate, and a plurality of cooling fins, each cooling fin having a wall surface uprightly disposed over the cooling plate to come into contact with one surface of the battery cell and a lower flange integrally formed with the wall surface and disposed through the slit of the cooling plate to come into contact with a bottom surface of the cooling plate, the plurality of cooling fins spaced apart by a predetermined distance from one another and arranged between the plurality of battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Dong-Yeon Kim, Jin-Hak Kong, Yong-Seok Choi, Jong-Hyun Jo
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Patent number: 10328820Abstract: A fuel cell system for a vehicle or other system includes a fuel cell stack, a DC-DC boost converter, and a controller. The stack has a plurality of fuel cells and a stack voltage. The controller regulates the stack voltage during start-up of the fuel cell stack via the boost converter, and is programmed with a plurality of calibrated voltage profiles each having a corresponding magnitude and rate of change. The controller is configured to execute a method which includes detecting an air start of the fuel cell stack in response to a requested start-up of the fuel cell stack. The controller then enforces the stack voltage to the predetermined voltage profiles during an actual start-up of the fuel cell stack, doing so via regulation of the boost converter and using the plurality of calibrated voltage profiles.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC.Inventors: Jun Cai, Joseph Castelluccio, Sergio E. Garcia, Andrew J. Maslyn
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Patent number: 10326169Abstract: A first electrode body element and a second electrode body element including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are fabricated, a first positive electrode tab group of the first electrode body element and a second positive electrode tab group of the second electrode body element are connected to a lead portion of a positive electrode collector attached to a sealing plate, a first negative electrode tab group of the first electrode body element and a second negative electrode tab group of the second electrode body element are connected to a lead portion of a negative electrode collector attached to the sealing plate, and the first electrode body element and the second electrode body element are arranged together as one such that an electrode body is formed.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Hirofumi Furukawa, Kazuhiro Kitaoka, Yasuhiro Yamauchi
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Patent number: 10319981Abstract: A battery balancing system for parallel connected batteries for balancing batteries that are at dissimilar voltages. The system has first and second buses, connected by a current limiter. A high bus takes energy from the highest voltage battery or batteries in the system and transfers the energy through the current limiter to the low bus, which in turn delivers energy to the lowest voltage battery or batteries in the system.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Revision Military S.a.r.L.Inventors: Steve Carkner, Eric John Georges Andrasi, Paul Lynes
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Patent number: 10319964Abstract: A battery array frame according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame body extending along a longitudinal axis and including a top frame rail, a bottom frame rail and frame arms that connect between the top frame rail and the bottom frame rail. An insert extends inside the frame body.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Hyung Min Baek, Rajaram Subramanian
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Patent number: 10320035Abstract: A battery pack includes a pouch, an electrode assembly in the pouch, an electrode lead, the electrode lead being electrically coupled to the electrode assembly and extending from a sealing portion of the pouch, the sealing portion having a first thickness in a first region corresponding to the electrode lead and a second thickness in a second region adjacent to the electrode lead, the second thickness being less than the first thickness, and a protecting circuit module, the protecting circuit module including a substrate, a temperature control portion, and a connecting tab, the substrate having a first surface mounted on the first region, the first surface of the substrate being spaced apart from the second region, the connecting tab coupling the temperature control portion to the substrate, the connecting tab being configured such that a first surface of the temperature control portion contacts the second region of the sealing portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hee-Youn Won, Dae-Yon Moon
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Patent number: 10312481Abstract: A housing assembly for a battery module includes a plurality of brackets disposed side by side in the front-rear direction and connected by a snap, and each two adjacent brackets defining a space for receiving the battery; a plurality of copper bars disposed vertically on the brackets and having a through-hole adapted for extending an electrode of the battery; and a plurality of insulating frames disposed on the copper bars to cover the electrodes of the batteries; wherein the insulating frame is connected with the bracket by a snap and has an extension direction as same as that of the copper bar. A battery module including the housing assembly is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Baolin Shao, Hongjun Wang, Chao Zhang, Fangfang Bu, Liqiang Chen
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Patent number: 10297881Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a battery heating system, a battery assembly and an electric vehicle. The battery heating system includes: a battery group having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a switch having a first end connected with the positive terminal; a large-current discharge module, and a controller connected to the switch and configured to control the switch according to a temperature of the battery group. A first end of the large-current discharge module is connected to a second end of the switch, and a second end of the large-current discharge module is connected to the negative terminal. When the switch is turned on, the battery group discharges via the large-current discharge module and the battery group is heated due to an internal resistance thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xi Shen, Wenfeng Jiang, Jin Liu, Xiaohui Jia
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Patent number: 10290893Abstract: A method of vertically assembling encapsulated single microbatteries, wherein the vertical assembly contains, between the microbatteries, an electrical insulation and/or sealing layer and a metal layer, successively including: a step of stacking and attaching at least two single microbatteries, previously encapsulated, stacked on each other; and forming a metal layer, capable of ensuring the electrical coupling of each of the metal layers of each of the encapsulated single microbatteries.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Commisariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Messaoud Bedjaoui, Gabriel Delepierre, Sylvain Poulet
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Patent number: 10290852Abstract: A battery pack includes a housing having an opened top and the housing accommodates at least one battery module and a fuse therein, a housing cover that covers the opened top of the housing and the housing cover includes an opening therein that corresponds to a region of the housing that accommodates the fuse, and an opening cover mountable to the opening of the housing cover and a state of the opening cover is changeable between an opened state and a closed state. The opening cover includes an interlock switch on an inner surface of the opening cover and a grip portion on an outer surface of the opening cover, and the grip portion is arranged along a vertical direction with respect to the interlock switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hee-Joon Jin, Jang-Gun Ahn, Young-Bin Lim
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Patent number: 10283743Abstract: A battery module provided in a vehicle, includes a holder plate. The holder plate includes openings, a first end surface, a second end surface, support portions and a vulnerable portion. The openings are configured such that cells are inserted in the openings respectively. The first end surface is configured to receive a collision load of a collision object to collide from a third direction. The second end surface is placed on an opposite side to the first end surface in the third direction of the holder plate. The holder plate is supported by the support portions so as to define a space between the second end surface and an adjacent member in the third direction. The vulnerable portion is configured to break the holder plate along a boundary between a first battery group and a second battery group when the vulnerable portion receives the collision load.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Nobuyoshi Fujiwara
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Patent number: 10276839Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes a battery body and a connector plug. The battery body has a recess, a circuit board and a cell. The circuit board is electrically connected to the battery cell. The connector plug is pivotally connected to the battery body and electrically connected to the circuit board. The connector plug is foldable to be received in the recess. Accordingly, the connector plug is pivotally connected to the battery body and is foldable to be received in the recess, so the battery body can be charged by means of the connector plug connected to an external power supply, thereby improving convenience in using the rechargeable battery.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Inventors: Pei-Lun Wang, Xinping Luo
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Patent number: 10270085Abstract: A secondary battery negative electrode material comprises a framework, a chelating/adsorption group and an active substance. The framework does not participate in electrochemical reaction, and only provides a carrier for the chelating/adsorption group (represented by iminodiacetic acid chelating groups in Figure), which contains N, S, P, O atoms having lone pair electrons in outer electrons and has chelating/chemical adsorption bonds formed between it and bivalent/polyvalent metals. The active substance is bivalent/polyvalent metal ion that can be reduced into lower valence states. The active substance metal ion is reduced, during charging, to metal in a lower valence/metal elemental state, which reversely forms, during discharging, the metal ion and has chelating/chemical adsorption bonds formed between it and the chelating/adsorption group. The negative electrode material can form a battery together with positive electrode materials.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Nanjing Jingyan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jing Yan
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Patent number: 10263238Abstract: Provided are a battery protection circuit module package capable of achieving high integration and size reduction, and a battery pack and an electronic device including the same. The battery protection circuit module package includes a lead frame including a plurality of leads space apart from each other, and capable of being coupled and electrically connected to electrode tabs of a battery cell, battery protection circuit devices mounted on the lead frame and including a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) structure, and an encapsulant for encapsulating the battery protection circuit devices to expose a part of the lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: ITM SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hoseok Hwang, Youngseok Kim, Sunghee Lee, Seongbeom Park, Sanghoon Ahn, Taehwan Jeong, Seunguk Park, Jaeku Park, Younggeun Yoon, Hyunsuck Lee, Sunghee Wang
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Patent number: 10243193Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack with an improved structure to support a torque applied to a terminal bolt when a nut is coupled to the terminal bolt which is exposed out of the battery pack and serves as a connection terminal. The battery pack includes a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries, a pack housing having an inner space to accommodate the cell assembly therein, a terminal bolt configured to protrude out of the pack housing, a center plate located at an upper portion of the cell assembly in the inner space of the pack housing and having an insert groove formed therein, and a bus bar having one end electrically connected to an electrode terminal of the cell assembly and the other end connected to the terminal bolt by contact, the bus bar being inserted into the insert groove of the center plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Ki-Youn Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong, Young-Sop Eom, Sung-Chun Yu, Dal-Mo Kang
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Patent number: 10205196Abstract: A secondary battery includes a bare cell including a case and a cap plate sealing the case, a temperature sensing element on the cap plate, and a protective circuit module coupled to the cap plate and electrically connected to the bare cell and the temperature sensing element, wherein an electrical connection member is on at least one side of the temperature sensing element and electrically connects the temperature sensing element to at least one of the bare cell and/or the protective circuit module.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Bohyun Byun
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Patent number: 10199839Abstract: A battery pack includes one or more battery cells including at one side electrode tabs of different polarities, the electrode tabs distanced from each other in a first direction and each protruding in a second direction transverse to the first direction; and a protective circuit module connected to the one side of the one or more battery cells to control charging/discharging of the one or more battery cells, and the protective circuit module is arranged to be superposed on the one or more battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Min Kim, Dae Yon Moon, Byung Kook Ahn
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Patent number: 10199615Abstract: The top cover structure of the power battery includes a cap plate, a cathode column, a conducting piece and a reversing piece, the conducting piece is electrically connected with the cathode column, the cathode column is insulatedly assembled with the cap plate; the reversing piece includes a welding part, a embossment with a solid core structure and a joint part arranged between the welding part and the embossment, the embossment is arranged at the center of the joint part, the welding part is arranged on the outer margin of the joint part; the welding part is electrically connected with the cap plate, the embossment does not contact the conducting piece, when the pressure inside the power battery increases, the reversing piece receives the pressure inside the power battery, and moves upwards, so that the embossment is electrically connected to the conducting piece.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Quankun Li, Pinghua Deng, Peng Wang, Kai Wu, Junjie Jiang
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Patent number: 10181621Abstract: An electrode including an electrode material of the same type as electrode materials used in Li-ion batteries and a dye is provided. The electrode may further include a semiconductor material. The electrode is used in the manufacture of a battery that is rechargeable using light. Method of manufacturing an electrode, including the following steps: (a) preparing a film including an electrode material of the same type as electrode materials used in Li-ion batteries; and (b) bringing into contact the film and a solution including a photosensitive dye.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: HYDRO-QUEBECInventors: Andrea Paolella, Cyril Faure, Abdelbast Guerfi, Pierre Hovington, Karim Zaghib
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Patent number: 10177349Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery, including a bare cell including a terrace-shaped part on a side thereof; an insulation film attached to the terrace-shaped part; and a thermal protection device on the insulation film. The thermal protection device includes a transfer part; and a first lead terminal and a second lead terminal on both sides of the transfer part. The insulation film includes an opening overlapping the transfer part. The transfer part directly contacts the terrace-shaped part through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventor: Wanwoo Park
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Patent number: 10115957Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a case accommodating the electrode assembly and having an opening; a cap plate sealing the opening of the case, the cap plate electrically connected to the second electrode plate and having a short-circuit hole; an inversion plate arranged in the short-circuit hole; a first terminal plate electrically connected to the first electrode plate and spaced apart from the cap plate; and a fuse part comprising a first fuse and a second fuse spaced apart from each other in the first terminal plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sangwon Byun, Inhyun Lee
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Patent number: 10115939Abstract: A battery cover plate assembly and a battery having the same are provided. The battery cover plate includes: a cover plate (1); an insulation sheet (3) comprising an insulation sheet body (30) defining first and second ends (301, 302) and a limitation portion (31) disposed at the second end (302) of the insulation sheet body (30) and defining a limitation space (32) with a lower surface of the insulation sheet body (30); and a negative connection sheet (2) comprising a riveting portion (21) and a negative tab connection portion (22) defining a limitation end (221), in which the riveting portion (21) is connected to the insulation sheet (3) and the cover plate (1) via a rivet (4), and the limitation end (221) is inserted into the limitation space (32).Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Long He, Haiquan Wang, Hong Xiao, Deding Gou
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Patent number: 10115969Abstract: There is provided a battery including a positive electrode, and a negative electrode. At least one electrode of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes a current collector, a mixture layer over one main surface of the current collector, the mixture layer including a gap through which a part of the current collector is exposed, a lead bonded to an exposed surface of the current collector exposed through the gap, and a protective layer configured to protect the current collector, at least a part of the protective layer being over the exposed surface of the current collector and interposed between a part of the lead and the exposed surface. The part of the lead includes at least a part of a peripheral edge of the lead.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Matsushita, Takehiko Ishii
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Patent number: 10103376Abstract: A stacked all-solid-state battery includes: a stacked body including stacked power generation elements each having a cathode current collector layer and so on; and an antecedent short circuit layer arranged outside the stacked body. In the battery, at least one of the cathode current collector layer and the anode current collector layer includes a fuse portion that fuses by overcurrent, the antecedent short circuit layer includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer and an aluminum layer provided between the first and second metal layers and including an oxide film on its surface; the elements have a parallel connection to each other, and the first and second metal layers are respectively and electrically connected with the cathode and anode current collector layers.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koichi Sugiura