Plural Concentric Or Single Coiled Electrode Patents (Class 429/94)
  • Patent number: 11824168
    Abstract: A first angle (?1) formed between a second straight line (L2) and a third straight line (L3) is more than 55°. A first length (D1) represents a straight line distance between a first point (A) and a second point (B), and a second length (D2) represents a length of a first electrode core body between the first point (A) and the second point (B). On this occasion, the second length (D2) is 1 time or more and 1.1 times or less as large as the first length (D1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Tanimoto, Kohji Umemura, Tomokazu Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11824209
    Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; and a pouch member comprising an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, a sealing portion formed at an edge of the accommodating portion, and an indent portion formed of a cutting edge cut at a plurality of angles and a rounded edge cut to connect the cutting edges adjacent to each other in a portion of the sealing portion corresponding to a vertex of the accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Il Kim, Jae Man Seo, Jeong Sam Son, Gyu Jin Chung
  • Patent number: 11824192
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a lithium ion secondary battery having more improved life characteristics while suppressing gelation of an electrode mixture slurry in a manufacturing process. The lithium ion secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer comprising a layered lithium-nickel composite oxide in which a proportion of nickel in metals other than lithium is 80 mol % or more; LiOH; Li2CO3; and a chlorine-containing polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer, wherein a content of LiOH in the positive electrode mixture layer and a content of Li2CO3 in the positive electrode mixture layer are each 0.1 weight % or more and 2.1 weight % or less, a total content of LiOH and Li2CO3 in the positive electrode mixture layer is 0.2 weight % or more and 4.2 weight % or less, and a content of chlorine in the positive electrode mixture layer is 30 ?g/g or more and 120 ?g/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Azami
  • Patent number: 11811077
    Abstract: A pouch packaged lithium-ion battery with a tooth-shaped sealing edge, including a main body, which includes an aluminum-plastic film arranged with a jelly roll disposed therein. The jelly roll includes a cathode, an anode and a film separating the two. The cathode, the film and the anode are winded and overlaid. A cathode tab and an anode tab are respectively arranged on both sides of the jelly roll. A middle part of the aluminum-plastic film extends toward an outside of the lithium-ion battery to form a sealing edge. The cathode tab and the anode tab extend horizontally and penetrate the sealing edge. A joint between the cathode/anode and the sealing edge is covered with a tab sealant. The sealing edge, the cathode tab and the anode tab are bent to attach to a surface of the main body. The surface of the sealing edge is arranged with tooth-shaped grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG VDL NEW ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fangyu Wu
  • Patent number: 11811091
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode assembly and a secondary battery. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator. The first electrode plate, the second electrode plate and the separator are wound to a flat structure, and the flat structure comprises a main region and corner regions, the corner regions are provided at two ends of the main region along a width direction of the main region. The first electrode plate and the second electrode plate each are wound to turns. A gap is provided between two adjacent turns of the first electrode plate, the gap includes a first gap and a second gap. The first gap corresponds to the corner region in position, the second gap corresponds to the main region in position, and a dimension of the first gap is larger than a dimension of the second gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu Xu, Kai Wu, Miaomiao Ren, Rui Yang, Long Xu, Youlei Lai, Yongshou Lin
  • Patent number: 11804604
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of battery, in particular to a positive electrode piece, an electrochemical device and an apparatus. The positive electrode piece of the present application includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the current collector, where the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer arranged on at least one surface of the support layer. The thickness D2 of one side of the conductive layer D2 satisfies 30 nm?D2?3 ?m, the material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and the density of the conductive layer is 2.5 g/cm3 to 2.8 g/cm3, and a primer layer containing a conductive material and a binder is also arranged between the current collector and the electrode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jing Li, Qingrui Xue, Wei Li, Zige Zhang, Yang Zhang, Xianwei Yang
  • Patent number: 11791512
    Abstract: A method for producing a button cell includes providing a metal cell cup, providing a metal cell top, and providing a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode includes a first current collector partially coated with a first active electrode material and having an active material-free region. The second electrode includes a second current collector partially coated with a second active electrode material and having an active material-free region. The method further includes attaching a first metal foil conductor to the active material-free region of the first current collector, attaching a second metal foil conductor to the active material-free region of the second current collector, and forming a cylindrical electrode winding by winding, in a spiral, an electrode assembly. The first and second metal foil conductors extend out of the cylindrical electrode winding from first and second end faces of the cylindrical electrode winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: VARTA MICROBATTERY GMBH
    Inventor: Winfried Gaugler
  • Patent number: 11769931
    Abstract: In the present invention, not only a movement path of a current generated from a first electrode assembly, but also a movement path of a current generated from a second electrode assembly are provided by a cathode conductive member, and not only a movement path of the current generated from the second electrode assembly, but also a movement path of the current generated from the first electrode assembly are provided by an anode conductive member, such that cross sectional areas of the correct movement paths are increased. Therefore, a resistance of the long width secondary battery may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11757105
    Abstract: A complex electrode assembly includes a first sheet-type wiring which extends in a lengthwise direction of the first sheet-type wiring and comprises a sheet region of which a width that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction is greater than a thickness that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction and a width direction of the first sheet-type wiring, and electrode assemblies which are arranged separate from each other in the lengthwise direction of the first sheet-type wiring and are electrically connected to the first sheet-type wiring. The first sheet-type wiring may be disposed to face an outer surface of each of the electrode assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moonseok Kwon, Jaeman Choi, Kuntae Kwon, Euncheol Do, Yeonil Lee
  • Patent number: 11695162
    Abstract: A secondary battery according to an embodiment includes: an electrode body which contains a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and at least one separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a case main body which receives the electrode body; a sealing body which seals an opening portion of the case main body; and a sealing body-side insulating member provided between the sealing body and one end portion of the electrode body and a case main body-side insulating member; the one end portion and the other end portion of the electrode body each form a protruding section; and the sealing body-side insulating member includes a base material and an adhesive layer which is disposed on the base material and which contains a cured object of a curable resin, and the protruding section of the one end portion of the electrode body is adhered to the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Oose Okutani
  • Patent number: 11670824
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery, which can improve the sealing efficiency of a can (or case). The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, the case including a bottom portion, long side portions and short side portions, at least one of which includes a welding portion that is configured to be bent and welded, and a cap plate coupled to the case, wherein a portion of the welding portion is overlap-welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Sik Oh, Jun Hyoung Park, Yong Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 11664486
    Abstract: This application relates to a battery comprising a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and at least two layers of positive active material coated on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and wherein an underlying positive active material layer in contact with the positive electrode current collector comprises a first positive active material, a first polymer material and a first conductive material; and wherein an upper positive active material layer in contact with the underlying positive active material layer and away from the positive electrode current collector comprises a second positive active material, a second polymer material and a second conductive material, and the first polymer material comprises fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin polymer material. The battery has good safety and improved electrical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Qingrui Xue, Wei Li, Jing Li, Zige Zhang, Xianwei Yang
  • Patent number: 11658345
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which electrode plate deformation in association with charge/discharge cycles is suppressed. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a winding type electrode body (14). The electrode body (14) is provided with a tape (50) adhered to an exposed portion (42) which is provided at an outermost circumferential surface and at which a negative electrode collector is exposed. The tape (50) is adhered to the exposed portion (42) so as not to be overlapped with at least one of a winding-finish side end (31e) of positive electrode mixture layers and a winding-finish side end (41e) of negative electrode mixture layers in a radius direction of the electrode body (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Imanishi, Atsushi Mizawa, Takaki Nakao
  • Patent number: 11641047
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cylindrical battery having multiple tabs is provided in which the cylindrical battery includes an electrode assembly, a cylindrical pouch case, an electrode tab protruding to an upper end of the electrode assembly, and an electrode lead welded and electrically connected to the electrode tab, with the electrode tab being plural. The method includes disposing the plurality of electrode tabs on the electrode assembly; winding the electrode assembly into a cylindrical shape; connecting the electrode lead to the plurality of electrode tabs disposed on the upper end of the electrode assembly; inserting the electrode assembly into the cylindrical pouch case to produce a battery cell; connecting, to the cylindrical pouch case, a gas collecting part for collecting gas generated due to charging and discharging of the electrode; and forming a guide part for preventing deformation of the battery cell in the cylindrical pouch case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyojin Park, Joon Sung Bae
  • Patent number: 11626637
    Abstract: In the case where a film, which has lower strength than a metal can, is used as an exterior body of a secondary battery, a current collector provided in a region surrounded by the exterior body, an active material layer provided on a surface of the current collector, or the like might be damaged when force is externally applied to the secondary battery. A secondary battery which is resistant to external force is obtained. An opening is provided in a central portion of the secondary battery; and a terminal is formed in the opening. An outer edge of the secondary battery is fixed by thermocompression bonding. In addition, the central portion of the secondary battery is fixed by thermocompression bonding, so that the amount of bending is limited even when the outer edge portion of the secondary battery is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Takahashi, Yuugo Goto, Yumiko Yoneda, Takuya Miwa, Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11626639
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery, which can improve the sealing efficiency of a can (or case). The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, the case including a bottom portion, long side portions and short side portions, at least one of which includes a welding portion that is configured to be bent and welded, and a cap plate coupled to the case, wherein a portion of the welding portion is overlap-welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Sik Oh, Jun Hyoung Park, Yong Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 11621425
    Abstract: A positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode piece, an electrochemical device and an apparatus, where the positive electrode current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer provided on the support layer, where a material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a thickness D1 of the conductive layer is 300 nm?D1?2 ?m; an elongation at break B of the support layer is 10,000%?B?12%, and a volume resistivity of the support layer is greater than or equal to 1.0×10?5 ?·m; when a tensile strain of the positive electrode current collector is 2%, a square resistance growth rate T1 of the conductive layer is T1?10%. The positive electrode current collector provided in the present application can simultaneously take into account both high safety performance and electrical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Chengdu Liang, Qisen Huang, Shiwen Wang
  • Patent number: 11616228
    Abstract: The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell according to the present invention comprises: an electrode body constituted by a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material comprising a lithium-containing transition metal oxide, a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector onto which metallic lithium is deposited during charging, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The molar ratio of the total lithium content of the positive electrode and the negative electrode to the transition metal content of the positive electrode is 1.1 or less. During discharging, the positive electrode capacitance ?(mAh) of the positive electrode and the volume X (mm3) of a hollow constituted by a space formed in the center of the electrode body 14 satisfy the relationship 0.5?X/??4.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Harada, Hiroshi Minami
  • Patent number: 11616252
    Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes: an anode including an anode current collector and an anode coating layer coating a region of the anode current collector; a cathode including a cathode current collector, a cathode coating layer coating a region of the cathode current collector, and an inactive coating layer disposed on a surface of a region of the cathode current collector on which the cathode coating layer is not disposed, the inactive coating layer extending from one or more of both end portions of the cathode coating layer toward an end portion of the anode; and a separation membrane arranged between the cathode and the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Mok Park, Ji Eun Lee, Sung Ho Ban, Yoon Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11611128
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery and a related apparatus, production method and production device therefor. The battery includes: a battery cell, the battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism configured to be capable of being actuated when an internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold, to relieve the internal pressure; an attachment component adapted to be attached to the battery cell by an adhesive; and an isolation component configured to be capable of preventing the adhesive from being applied between the attachment component and the pressure relief mechanism. By providing the isolation component, it is possible to prevent the adhesive from being applied between the attachment component and the pressure relief mechanism in an effective manner in a process of battery production. Meanwhile, application efficiency and accuracy of the adhesive could be improved, thereby improving production efficiency of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Zhimin Zeng, Kai Wu, Xingdi Chen, Peng Wang, Zhanyu Sun
  • Patent number: 11605851
    Abstract: Rechargeable energy storage battery system comprises a cell, which comprises a) an electrolyte comprising a material comprising carbon, wherein the electrolyte is in a solid state; b) an anode electrode comprising a first material comprising graphene; c) a cathode electrode comprising a second material comprising graphene; d) a separator between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. Anode comprising graphene, cathode comprising graphene oxide, the electrolyte comprises graphene oxide, organic, polymer, inorganic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: KNOETIK SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kyra Dhawan, Kian Dhawan
  • Patent number: 11605858
    Abstract: A battery, a battery pack, and a vehicle are disclosed. The battery includes a housing having a sealed chamber, a core packaged in the sealed chamber, and a first terminal and a second terminal respectively mounted to the housing, where the first terminal is electrically connected to the housing, and the second terminal is insulated from the housing. The battery further includes a first tab and a second tab respectively led out from the core, the first tab being electrically connected to the housing, the first tab being electrically connected to the first terminal through the housing, and the second tab being electrically connected to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Peng Lu, Luxia Jiang, Xinyue Wang, Keli Yang
  • Patent number: 11600859
    Abstract: Localized superconcentrated electrolytes (LSEs) and electrochemical devices including the LSEs are disclosed. The LSE includes an active salt, a solvent in which the active salt is soluble, and a diluent in which the active salt is insoluble or poorly soluble, wherein the diluent includes a fluorinated orthoformate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Xia Cao, Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu
  • Patent number: 11581525
    Abstract: One of the objects of the present invention is to suppress mixing of a first layer and a second layer while forming the second layer before drying the first layer when manufacturing the electrode for the secondary battery in which the first layer and the second layer are laminated on the current collector. A method for manufacturing an electrode used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a secondary battery according to the present invention comprises applying a first layer slurry to a surface of a current collector, applying a second layer slurry on the first layer slurry before the first layer slurry is dried, and drying the first layer slurry and the second layer slurry after applying the first layer slurry and the second layer slurry to obtain a laminated structure in which a first layer and a second layer are laminated in this order on the current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makihiro Otohata, Noboru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11581616
    Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery configured to have a structure to which an adhesion unit, including an adhesive material, a conductive material, and a gas-generating material, is provided. The adhesion unit is configured to couple a cap assembly, which functions as a positive electrode terminal of the cylindrical secondary battery, and a positive electrode tab of a jelly-roll type electrode assembly to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Kyung Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11575145
    Abstract: A battery cell having an electrode assembly having a hollow structure with a hexagonal prism-shaped hole at a center, of which an exterior of the electrode assembly is in a shape of a hexagonal prism, and a cell case in which the electrode assembly is received, of which an exterior of the cell case is in a shape of a hexagonal prism is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Hee Park, Ha-Neul Yoo, Jong-Soo Ha
  • Patent number: 11567048
    Abstract: A jig for pressing a gas analysis monocell according to the present invention comprises: a first plate and a second plate which face each other with a monocell therebetween; a first auxiliary pad positioned between the first plate and the monocell; and a second auxiliary pad positioned between the second plate and the monocell, wherein the first plate and the second plate are formed of a thermosetting resin. When analyzing a gas generated from the monocell during a primary charge, the jig for pressing the monocell according to the present invention presses the thin monocell to prevent a gap from forming between electrodes due to the primary charge, and thus has an effect of deriving more reliable analysis results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Kyung Shin, Joon Sung Bae, Gyu Ok Hwang, In Young Cha
  • Patent number: 11552374
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a stable open-circuit voltage. An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment includes a belt-like current collector, a mixture layer formed on each surface of the current collector, and a lead bonded to an exposed portion of the current collector where the surfaces of the current collector are exposed, the lead extending from one end of the current collector, the one end and another end constituting both ends of the current collector in the width direction. In an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment, a mixture layer is formed on at least one surface of a current collector in the width direction of the current collector and adjacent to an exposed portion on one end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshitaka Moriyama, Motoki Kinugawa, Tomofumi Yanagi
  • Patent number: 11552354
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, which comprises an electrode assembly, a pouch, an electrode lead and an insulating tape. The electrode assembly is received in the pouch, the electrode lead is connected with the electrode assembly and extends to the outside of the pouch in a length direction. The electrode assembly comprises electrode plates and a separator, the separator separates the electrode plates. An outer surface of the electrode assembly comprises a first surface and a second surface, an area of the second surface is smaller than an area of the first surface. The first surface is provided as two in number, and the two first surfaces face each other in a thickness direction; the second surface is provided as two in number, and the two second surfaces face each other in a width direction, each second surface connects two first surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Mianyu Xie, Chenchen Zhang, Yongbin Wu, Shaojun Niu
  • Patent number: 11545711
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module in which a heat radiation effect and manufacturing efficiency are effectively improved. The battery module includes a cell assembly including at least one unit body, each unit body including at least two secondary batteries stacked in a first direction. Each unit body includes an integrated unit sheet folded to surround a top portion, a left surface, a right surface, and a bottom portion of the at least two secondary batteries, opposite ends of a top portion of the integrated unit sheet being positioned to contact each other on any one of the top portion, the left surface, the right surface, and the bottom portion of the at least two secondary batteries, and an electric insulating material coated on at least a part of a perimeter portion of the integrated unit sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Eun-Gyu Shin, Jeong-O Mun
  • Patent number: 11539092
    Abstract: The application relates to a battery pack case and a battery pack. The battery pack case includes: a bottom plate and a side plate connected with the bottom plate, the bottom plate and the side plate surround to form an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a unit cell; the bottom plate is provided with a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of second grooves opening toward the accommodating portion, the plurality of first grooves are spaced apart from each other, the plurality of second grooves are spaced apart from each other, and the first grooves and the second grooves are arranged to cross each other. The bottom plate of the battery pack itself has good rigidity, is not prone to warp deformation, and can prevent the overflow of structural glue from contaminating the wiring harness or electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhaolin Xie, Peng Wang, Derong Wang, Libing Chan, Zengzhong Wang, Yifeng Chen
  • Patent number: 11532845
    Abstract: A battery cell in the form of a round cell, having: at least one electrode element having an inner side and an outer side and at least one temperature control element, wherein the inner side of the at least one electrode element is spaced apart, at least in sections, from the outer side of the at least one electrode element by means of the temperature control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Volker Hohm, Bastian Schaar, Frank Wesche, Joerg Kaufmann, Helge Herten
  • Patent number: 11522227
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery and a comb-type electrode. A negative electrode layer sheet formed by stacking a negative electrode active material layer on two surfaces of a negative electrode current collector and a positive electrode layer sheet formed by stacking a positive electrode active material layer on two surfaces of a positive electrode current collector are alternately stacked, and an electrolyte body is interposed between the negative electrode layer sheet and the positive electrode layer sheet adjacent in a stacking direction. Each of the negative electrode current collector and the positive electrode current collector includes a bent connecting part sandwiching a notch part and formed by bending two sides in directions opposite to each other. The bent connecting parts of the negative electrode current collectors adjacent in the stacking direction and the bent connecting parts of the positive electrode current collectors adjacent in the stacking direction are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Shimizu, Masahiro Ohta, Toru Sukigara
  • Patent number: 11515539
    Abstract: Various arrangements of an anode-free battery cell are presented herein. The battery cell can include a lithium ion buffer layer that is located between a electrolyte and an anode current collector. Lithium ions may be stored within the lithium ion buffer layer when the battery cell is charged, which can decrease an amount of swelling within the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TeraWatt Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Yang Yang, Hajime Hoshi, Masatsugu Nakano, Hiroshi Imoto
  • Patent number: 11509025
    Abstract: A negative-electrode terminal that is secured to a sealing plate is connected to a first negative-electrode current collector. A negative-electrode tab that is connected to the negative-electrode sheet is connected to a second negative-electrode current collector. The first negative-electrode current collector and the second negative-electrode current collector are disposed along the sealing plate. The second negative-electrode current collector has an opening. The second negative-electrode current collector is disposed on the first negative-electrode current collector such that the opening faces the first negative-electrode current collector. The second negative-electrode current collector is welded to the first negative-electrode current collector around the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 11508993
    Abstract: An electrode assembly includes an electrode subassembly forming by winding a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first electrode plate unit. The first electrode plate unit includes a bipolar current collector, a first active layer, and a second active layer. The bipolar current collector is disposed between the first active layer and the second active layer. The first active layer is electrically connected to the second active layer. The second electrode plate includes a composite current collector, a third active layer, and a fourth active layer. The composite current collector is disposed between the third active layer and the fourth active layer. The third active layer is electrically insulated from the fourth active layer. The disclosure further provides a battery including the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiaoshu Hu, Yi-Bo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11502359
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a secondary battery, wherein a technical problem to be solved is to provide a secondary battery capable of maintaining an electrical insulating state between a case (can) and a cap assembly even after a gasket is melted due to short-circuiting and heat generation. To this end, the present invention provides a secondary battery comprising: a cylindrical can; an electrode assembly received, along with an electrolyte, in the cylindrical can; a cap assembly for sealing the cylindrical can; and a gasket interposed between the cylindrical can and the cap assembly, wherein the gasket further includes an insulating member having a melting temperature higher than a melting temperature of the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Jung Kim, Dae Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11502382
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to prevent, in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a tape adhered to an outermost peripheral surface of an electrode group from breaking due to charging and discharging. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a winding-type electrode group and tapes adhered to an outermost peripheral surface of the electrode group so that an electrode group winding end E is fixed to the outermost peripheral surface of the electrode group. The tapes include: two adhesive regions including a substrate layer and an adhesive layer; and a non-adhesive region sandwiched between the two adhesive regions and consisting only of the substrate layer. The non-adhesive region is disposed so as to extend across the winding end E, which is positioned on the outermost periphery of the electrode group, in the winding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Kobayashi, Atsushi Mizawa, Takaki Nakao
  • Patent number: 11495792
    Abstract: Provided is an anode active material layer for a lithium battery. This layer comprises multiple particulates of an anode active material, wherein at least a particulate is composed of one or a plurality of particles of a high-capacity anode active material being encapsulated by a thin layer of elastomeric material that has a lithium ion conductivity no less than 10?7 S/cm (preferably no less than 10?5 S/cm) at room temperature and an encapsulating shell thickness from 1 nm to 10 ?m, and wherein the high-capacity anode active material (e.g. Si, Ge, Sn, SnO2, Co3O4, etc.) has a specific capacity of lithium storage greater than 372 mAh/g (the theoretical lithium storage limit of graphite).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Global Graphene Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Bor Z. Jang
  • Patent number: 11495864
    Abstract: Provided are a separator for a secondary battery and an electrochemical device using the same. More particularly, a composite separator which has a lower Gurley permeability after curing than that before curing when forming a heat-resistant coating layer having low resistance, does not have a Gurley permeability which is greatly increased as compared with the Gurley permeability of a porous substrate itself before forming a coating layer to have an overall low Gurley permeability, and has a high surface hardness to have penetration stability, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK ie technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye Jin Lee, Yun Bong Kim, Min Sang Park, Su Ji Lee
  • Patent number: 11489211
    Abstract: Battery packs having jelly roll battery cells of different designs or capacities may have an imbalance in the charging and/or discharging current supplied to and provided by each jelly roll due to differences in capacity specific impedance between the battery cells of the battery pack. A C-rate (i.e., current relative to rated capacity) of a first and second battery cell connected in parallel may be balanced by altering properties of an active layer and/or a thickness of a current collector of the second battery cell to reduce an impedance of the second battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Loren L. Roy, Qingzhi Guo, Premanand Ramadass, Hyungook Yoon, Jinjun Shi
  • Patent number: 11489239
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery includes an electrode unit configured as a roll of a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate with a separator in between. The first electrode plate is an electrode plate to which one end of a first electrode tab and one end of a second electrode tab are connected, and the second electrode plate has the opposite polarity from the first electrode plate. Additionally, a case houses the electrode unit and a sealing member seals an opening rim of the case. The first electrode tab and the second electrode tab are disposed to project out from the first electrode plate at opposite ends of a winding axis of the first electrode plate. The first electrode tab contacts at a bottom portion of the case and the second electrode tab is welded at the opening rim side opposite the bottom portion of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Funami, Izuru Nakai, Kazumichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Takasaki
  • Patent number: 11482762
    Abstract: A battery (30) is disclosed which comprises: a housing (32) containing an electrolyte solution; a plurality of jelly roll electrode assemblies (10) arranged substantially in parallel with each other in contact with the electrolyte solution within the housing (32) thereby forming a single electrochemical system of the battery (30), each jelly roll electrode assembly (10) having a first end (10A) and an opposing second end (10B); and a current collector plate (20); wherein the current collector plate (20) is arranged to be shared among and in direct physical and electrical contact with the first ends (10A) of the plurality of jelly roll electrode assemblies (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GP Batteries International Limited
    Inventors: Hing Po Tsang, Ping Hung Tang, Yuen Han Luk
  • Patent number: 11482738
    Abstract: A battery module including a first battery group, a second battery group, a cooling plate, and a plurality of busbars electrically connected with a plurality of battery cells. The cooling plate is placed between the first battery group and the second battery group, and the two surfaces of the cooling plate are respectively bonded onto the first battery group and the second battery group with thermally conductive adhesive, the first battery group and the second battery group can be mounted close to the cooling plate, thus increasing the heat dissipation area and improving the heat dissipation effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Fei Hu, Kaijie You, Xingdi Chen
  • Patent number: 11476526
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, a battery module and a vehicle. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case and a cap assembly. The case has an accommodating cavity, and the electrode assembly is accommodated in the accommodating cavity. The electrode assembly includes electrode units, and the electrode units are stacked in an axial direction of the accommodating cavity. The cap assembly includes a cap plate and an insulating member provided at an inner side of the cap plate, the cap plate is connected with the case, and the insulating member is positioned at a side of the electrode assembly in the axial direction. The insulating member is provided with a first surface at a side close to the electrode assembly, and the first surface is a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Dongyang Shi, Haizu Jin, Zhenhua Li, Ning Chen, Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang
  • Patent number: 11469450
    Abstract: A battery manufacturing method includes: winding positive and negative electrode plates and a separator to form a wound electrode assembly; cutting unwound portions of the positive and negative electrode plates and the separator such that the separator constitutes an outermost layer of the wound electrode assembly when the winding is completed; further winding around the wound electrode assembly the cut unwound portions; fixing a part of a terminal end of the separator in a lateral direction to the wound electrode assembly; and performing heat welding on parts of both lateral ends of an outermost portion of the separator in the wound electrode assembly, which are located above an electrode active material-uncoated portion of the positive or negative electrode plate to fix the lateral ends to the wound electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11469461
    Abstract: An energy storage device comprising: a container, a mandrel, at least one sheet of separator material, and two or more electrodes. The container comprises an internal space bounded by an internal wall. The mandrel is positioned in the internal space and forms a cavity between a mandrel surface and the internal wall of the container. The sheet of separator material is arranged within the cavity about the mandrel to provide a plurality of discrete separator layers. An electrode is provided between each of the discrete separator layers, the mandrel is compressible, and the shape of the mandrel surface is concentric with the internal wall of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Alex Madsen
  • Patent number: 11462738
    Abstract: A slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material including lithium titanium oxide, a binder, and an organic solvent. The binder includes a copolymer that includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and at least one selected from an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit and that has a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) of not less than 50 and not more than 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Annaka, Naoki Takahashi, Tomoya Murase
  • Patent number: 11462772
    Abstract: An electrode assembly is provided. The electrode assembly has a plurality of electrode plates having one or both sides of each of the electrode plates that are coated with an electrode active material and are stacked with a separator interposed between the respective electrode plates. The separator includes a surplus outer periphery of a size greater than the outer periphery of an electrode plate, an electrode tab which extends from the outer periphery of the electrode plate and protrudes outwardly beyond the outer periphery of the separator is formed on each electrode plate, and at least some of the separators forming the electrode assembly have an insulation-enhancing part for suppressing heat shrinkage of a separator formed in the surplus outer peripheries thereof which are adjacent to the respective electrode tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hye Dam Jo, Jong Hun Kim, Hyun Wook Kim, Sang Won Bae, Ji Hee Bae, Jang Hyuk Hong
  • Patent number: 11456489
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology that allows supplying stably a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high capacity retention rate and being excellent in resistance to deterioration. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein is provided with a wound electrode body resulting from winding a stack 10 having a stacking of a positive electrode 50 and a negative electrode 60 across separators 70. The positive electrode 50 has a foil-shaped positive electrode collector 52 and a positive electrode mix layer 54. Each separator 70 has a resin substrate layer 72 and a heat resistance layer 74. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein, the peel strength of a boundary between the resin substrate layer and the heat resistance layer is 16 N/m or more and 155 N/m or less, and the density of the positive electrode mix layer is 2.3 g/cc or more and 2.6 g/cc or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kunihiko Hayashi