Plural Concentric Or Single Coiled Electrode Patents (Class 429/94)
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Patent number: 11824168Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Koichi Tanimoto, Kohji Umemura, Tomokazu Yamanaka
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Patent number: 11824209Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Il Kim, Jae Man Seo, Jeong Sam Son, Gyu Jin Chung
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Patent number: 11824192Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Takeshi Azami
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Patent number: 11811077Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: GUANGDONG VDL NEW ENERGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Fangyu Wu
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Patent number: 11811091Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Hu Xu, Kai Wu, Miaomiao Ren, Rui Yang, Long Xu, Youlei Lai, Yongshou Lin
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Patent number: 11804604Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jing Li, Qingrui Xue, Wei Li, Zige Zhang, Yang Zhang, Xianwei Yang
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Patent number: 11791512Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: VARTA MICROBATTERY GMBHInventor: Winfried Gaugler
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Patent number: 11769931Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.Inventor: Ji Hyung Kim
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Patent number: 11757105Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Moonseok Kwon, Jaeman Choi, Kuntae Kwon, Euncheol Do, Yeonil Lee
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Patent number: 11695162Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Oose Okutani
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Patent number: 11670824Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dae Sik Oh, Jun Hyoung Park, Yong Seok Oh
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Patent number: 11664486Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Qingrui Xue, Wei Li, Jing Li, Zige Zhang, Xianwei Yang
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Patent number: 11658345Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yosuke Imanishi, Atsushi Mizawa, Takaki Nakao
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Patent number: 11641047Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyojin Park, Joon Sung Bae
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Patent number: 11626637Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Takahashi, Yuugo Goto, Yumiko Yoneda, Takuya Miwa, Ryota Tajima
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Patent number: 11626639Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dae Sik Oh, Jun Hyoung Park, Yong Seok Oh
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Positive electrode current collector, positive electrode piece, electrochemical device and apparatus
Patent number: 11621425Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Chengdu Liang, Qisen Huang, Shiwen Wang -
Patent number: 11616228Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Harada, Hiroshi Minami
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Patent number: 11616252Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Mok Park, Ji Eun Lee, Sung Ho Ban, Yoon Sung Lee
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Patent number: 11611128Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Yuqun Zeng, Zhimin Zeng, Kai Wu, Xingdi Chen, Peng Wang, Zhanyu Sun
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Patent number: 11605851Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: KNOETIK SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Kyra Dhawan, Kian Dhawan
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Patent number: 11605858Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Peng Lu, Luxia Jiang, Xinyue Wang, Keli Yang
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Patent number: 11600859Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Xia Cao, Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu
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Patent number: 11581525Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Makihiro Otohata, Noboru Yoshida
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Patent number: 11581616Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventor: Kyung Min Kim
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Patent number: 11575145Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Min-Hee Park, Ha-Neul Yoo, Jong-Soo Ha
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Patent number: 11567048Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Ju Kyung Shin, Joon Sung Bae, Gyu Ok Hwang, In Young Cha
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Patent number: 11552374Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshitaka Moriyama, Motoki Kinugawa, Tomofumi Yanagi
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Patent number: 11552354Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Mianyu Xie, Chenchen Zhang, Yongbin Wu, Shaojun Niu
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Patent number: 11545711Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventors: Eun-Gyu Shin, Jeong-O Mun
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Patent number: 11539092Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Zhaolin Xie, Peng Wang, Derong Wang, Libing Chan, Zengzhong Wang, Yifeng Chen
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Patent number: 11532845Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Volker Hohm, Bastian Schaar, Frank Wesche, Joerg Kaufmann, Helge Herten
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Patent number: 11522227Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Shimizu, Masahiro Ohta, Toru Sukigara
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Patent number: 11515539Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: TeraWatt Technology Inc.Inventors: Ken Ogata, Yang Yang, Hajime Hoshi, Masatsugu Nakano, Hiroshi Imoto
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Patent number: 11509025Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ryoichi Wakimoto
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Patent number: 11508993Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd.Inventors: Qiaoshu Hu, Yi-Bo Zhang
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Patent number: 11502359Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin Jung Kim, Dae Kyu Kim
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Patent number: 11502382Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kei Kobayashi, Atsushi Mizawa, Takaki Nakao
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Patent number: 11495792Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Global Graphene Group, Inc.Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Bor Z. Jang
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Patent number: 11495864Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK ie technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hye Jin Lee, Yun Bong Kim, Min Sang Park, Su Ji Lee
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Patent number: 11489211Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Loren L. Roy, Qingzhi Guo, Premanand Ramadass, Hyungook Yoon, Jinjun Shi
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Patent number: 11489239Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Funami, Izuru Nakai, Kazumichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Takasaki
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Patent number: 11482762Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: GP Batteries International LimitedInventors: Hing Po Tsang, Ping Hung Tang, Yuen Han Luk
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Patent number: 11482738Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Fei Hu, Kaijie You, Xingdi Chen
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Patent number: 11476526Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Fei Hu, Dongyang Shi, Haizu Jin, Zhenhua Li, Ning Chen, Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang
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Patent number: 11469450Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro Sakurai
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Patent number: 11469461Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventor: Alex Madsen
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Patent number: 11462738Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Annaka, Naoki Takahashi, Tomoya Murase
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Patent number: 11462772Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Inventors: Hye Dam Jo, Jong Hun Kim, Hyun Wook Kim, Sang Won Bae, Ji Hee Bae, Jang Hyuk Hong
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Patent number: 11456489Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kunihiko Hayashi