For Plural Cells Patents (Class 429/99)
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Patent number: 10978754Abstract: A battery-pack storage structure includes: a battery-case upper part configured to store a battery stack; a battery-case lower part; and a cooling air path through which cooling air for cooling the battery stack flows. The battery-case upper part is disposed on the battery-case lower part, and a bottom-part cooling air path, through which the cooling air flows, is formed between a bottom surface of the battery-case upper part and a bottom surface of the battery-case lower part.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Ikeda, Yutaka Yokoyama, Kota Saito
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Patent number: 10967489Abstract: A power tool communication system including an external device including a first controller configured to transmit, via wireless communication to a power tool, configuration data including a work light duration parameter value and a work light brightness parameter value. The power tool includes a housing, a brushless direct current (DC) motor, a trigger, a work light, a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with the external device to receive the configuration data, and a second controller configured to control a work light duration of the work light based on the work light duration parameter value, and control a work light brightness of the work light based on the work light brightness parameter value.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew J. Mergener, Burtrom Lee Stampfl, Michael Monteleone, Cole A. Conrad, Stephen Matson, Robert R. Hollis
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Patent number: 10950884Abstract: A manufacturing process flow and accompanying methods for assembling a battery module are designed to increase efficiency, reduce a footprint of the manufacturing process, reduce manufacturing time, allow for increased flexibility, and reduce costs. The process flow takes advantage of robotic functionality to combine multiple manufacturing and quality assurance operations.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Faraday & Future Inc.Inventors: Steven Harold Offutt, Hrayr Torosyan
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Patent number: 10938013Abstract: Provided is a battery module. The battery module includes: a bus bar including first and second portions electrically connected respectively to different battery packs; and a bus bar cover covering the bus bar to insulate the bus bar, wherein the bus bar cover includes first and second portions covering the first and second portions of the bus bar and a hinge portion providing pivotable connection between the first and second portions. Accordingly, sufficient insulation may be secured for the bus bar electrically connecting different battery packs, and malfunction and safety accidents caused by the short circuit of the bus bar through which a high-voltage charge/discharge current flows may be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Doosung Jeon
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Patent number: 10933726Abstract: The disclosure comprises a battery holder for receiving at least one electric battery in a vehicle that includes a hollow chamber profile with a hollow chamber that is defined by a base wall and a cover wall, where the electric battery is configured for placement on the cover wall. The battery holder also includes a heat exchanger structure configured for tempering the electric battery, where the heat exchanger structure is formed within a cover wall section of the cover wall and includes at least one hollow channel that intersperses the cover wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Christian Handing, Tobias Duepmeier, Frank Rabe, Konstantin Tatarinov, Martin Pohl, Edvin List Clausen
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Patent number: 10938004Abstract: A displacement adjustment member provided in a battery module disclosed herein has at least a first elastic body and a second elastic body capable of undergoing elastic deformation in the stacking direction of unit cells. The first elastic body is made of an elastic body in which an elastic deformation extent, with respect to a predetermined load, is relatively larger than that of the second elastic body.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seigo Fujishima
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Patent number: 10916744Abstract: A battery block includes a plurality of cylindrical batteries, a battery holder having a plurality of accommodating parts into which axial one end portions of the cylindrical batteries are inserted, and a pair of terminal plates that connect the cylindrical batteries in parallel. Each of the accommodating parts includes the partition wall formed along an outer peripheral surface of cylindrical battery, an extending portion that extends on the first end surface so as to surround a part of the first end surface on which the safety valve is disposed and is formed integrally with the partition wall, and an opening that exposes the part of the first end surface on which the safety valve is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Nakasawa, Takeshi Enomoto, Takashi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 10886507Abstract: A separating member for separating a plurality of battery cells is provided, which includes a plurality of first walls and a plurality of second walls having a thickness larger than a thickness of the first walls. The separating member is expandable from a collapsed state to an expanded state. The separating member has a plate configuration in the collapsed state and has a honeycomb structure in the expanded state. The plurality of first walls and the plurality of second walls jointly define a plurality of cell units of the honeycomb structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Nathaniel Christopher Wynn, Charles Ed Chang, Emil Yu-ming Chao
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Patent number: 10843577Abstract: A battery case for a vehicle driven by an electric motor, said battery case comprising a tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) which has a base (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) onto which side walls (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) having a mounting flange (4) are molded, and comprising a frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) which surrounds the tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) on the outer side thereof and has a hollow chamber (11, 11.1, 11.2). The side walls (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) of the tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) are at the same time part of the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) and separate the tray interior from the hollow chamber (11, 11.1, 11.2) of the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2). The side walls (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) with their mounting flange (4) are part of the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) and the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) has at least two additional frame members (6, 8, 3.1, 4.1, 13, 3.2, 4.2, 13.1) connected to the tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) for completing the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2), of which a first frame member (6, 3.1, 3.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: KIRCHHOFF AUTOMOTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Alexander Günther, Marco Töller, Stefan Brandl, Alexander Schauerte
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Patent number: 10826034Abstract: A battery pack includes an enclosure assembly, a battery assembly housed within the enclosure assembly, a mounting structure secured to the enclosure assembly, and a mounting clamp that includes a first section mounted to the mounting structure and a second section contacting the battery assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Micah Joel Smith, Yongcai Wang, George Albert Garfinkel
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Patent number: 10822039Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle to provide load distribution between the body of the vehicle and a battery contained in the vehicle includes a pair of body rockers, the body rockers being spaced apart and being substantially parallel to each other, a plurality of body cross bars that extend between the pair of body rockers, the plurality of body cross bars being spaced apart, substantially parallel to each other, and substantially perpendicular to the body rockers, and a plurality of battery cross bars that extend between the pair of body rockers, the plurality of battery cross bars being spaced apart, substantially parallel to each other, and substantially perpendicular to the body rockers, portions of the battery being located between adjacent battery cross bars. The plurality of battery cross bars, the plurality of body cross bars and the body rockers are configured to delay initiation of rocker plastic deformation.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Ryan Shannon, Terry A. Swartzell, Thomas M. Siberski, Andrew W. White
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Patent number: 10806180Abstract: A control unit for an electronic vapor provision system includes a battery for providing electrical power to a heater which is used to produce vapor. The battery is a lithium iron phosphate battery. The battery provides an output voltage which remains at an approximately constant voltage level as the battery is discharged.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings LimitedInventor: Kenny Otiaba
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Patent number: 10804512Abstract: This disclosure details battery assemblies for electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery assembly may employ one or more compression limiters that maintain the integrity and positioning of a plurality of battery arrays housed inside the battery assembly. The compression limiters may include a body and an attachment head near an end of the body. The attachment head is configured to engage a portion of a support structure of a battery array.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Saravanan Paramasivam, Rajaram Subramanian, Dave Moschet, Tom M. Gunther, Kanchana Perumalla
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Patent number: 10797365Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module having a multiplicity of battery cells (4), wherein the battery module (1) has a housing (2) with an interior space (3) in which the multiplicity of battery cells (4) is accommodated, wherein a housing wall (5, 6) of the housing (2) has a multiplicity of projections (7) facing toward the interior space (3) of the housing (2), wherein in each case two adjacent projections (7) delimit a flow channel (8) designed for a flow of temperature-control fluid, wherein the multiplicity of battery cells (4) makes direct contact in each case with the multiplicity of projections (7).Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Claus Gerald Pflueger, Mario Kustosch, Markus Schmitt
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Patent number: 10790489Abstract: A multi-core lithium ion battery includes a sealed enclosure and a support member disposed within the sealed enclosure. The sealed enclosure may be fabricated with a clamshell configuration. The sealed enclosure may further include at least two support members housed within individual compartments, separated by shared wall(s). The support member(s) includes a plurality of cavities and a plurality of lithium ion core members which are disposed within the plurality of cavities. The battery may further include a plurality of cavity liners, each of which is positioned between a corresponding one of the lithium ion core members and a surface of a corresponding one of the cavities. The hermetically sealed enclosure may be formed using a clamshell configuration. Structures may be included in proximity to or in contact with the lithium ion core members to control gas/fluid flow therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Cadenza Innovation, Inc.Inventors: Maria Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Tord Per Jens Onnerud, Jay Jie Shi, Michael Suba, Joshua Liposky
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Patent number: 10790487Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes at least one battery module and a pack case for packaging the at least one battery module, and the battery pack includes a case base configured to support the at least one battery module, a case body coupled to the case base to accommodate the at least one battery module, and a case cover coupled to the case body to cover the case body, wherein the case base and the case body are sealed to each other and the case body and the case cover are sealed to each other, respectively, by means of a sealant member along a rim thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Hyeon-Kyu Kim, Bum-Hyun Lee, Jae-Ki Lee, Yeo-Joo Choi
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Patent number: 10790530Abstract: The battery cell for a flow battery includes a cell frame including a frame including a through-window and a manifold serving as an electrolyte flow path, and a bipolar plate blocking the through-window; a positive electrode disposed on one surface side of the bipolar plate; and a negative electrode disposed on another surface side of the bipolar plate. In this battery cell, in the frame, a thickness of a portion in which the manifold is formed is defined as Ft; in the bipolar plate, a thickness of a portion blocking the through-window is defined as Bt; in the positive electrode, a thickness of a portion facing the bipolar plate is defined as Pt; in the negative electrode, a thickness of a portion facing the bipolar plate is defined as Nt; and these thicknesses satisfy Ft?4 mm, Bt?Ft?3.0 mm, Pt?1.5 mm, and Nt?1.5 mm.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Kanno, Katsuya Yamanishi, Takefumi Ito, Masahiro Kuwabara, Kiyoaki Moriuchi, Hideyuki Yamaguchi, Hayato Fujita, Kousuke Shiraki, Kiyoaki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10770693Abstract: An apparatus (101, 101B, 101C, 101D, 101E), an electrical system (706), a vehicle (701) and a method (800) are disclosed. The apparatus (101) comprises a plurality of battery cells (102), each of the battery cells (102) comprising a layer of positive electrode material (103), a layer of electrolyte material (104) and a layer of negative electrode material (105). The apparatus also comprises a container means for containing battery cells (106, 106B, 106D, 6E) formed of an electrically conductive material and having a plurality of cavities (107). Each of the cavities contains at least a respective one of the battery cells (102), and the container means (106, 106B, 106D, 106E) is in direct contact with at least one of the positive electrode material (103) and the electrolyte material (104) of each battery cell (102) or alternatively at least one of the negative electrode material (105) and the electrolyte material (104) of each battery cell (102).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITEDInventor: Stephen Nicholls
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Patent number: 10770701Abstract: A battery pack structure of a vehicle, may include a cell module assembly formed by stacking a plurality of cell modules, end plates coupled to both side end portions of the cell module assembly, and support plates coupled to the top and the bottom of the cell module assembly and both side end portions of the end plates to bring the cell modules in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Min Wook Kim, Beom Joo Kwon, Yoon Cheol Jeon
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Patent number: 10727461Abstract: A cell module for a battery of a motor vehicle has a plurality of battery cells for storing electrical energy and a module frame which includes at least two pressure elements, between which the battery cells are arranged, and at least one tension rod which is loaded in tension. The tension rod is formed from a material and by which the pressure elements are clamped against each other via the battery cells. As a result, the battery cells are compressed, wherein the pressure plates are clamped against each other by the tension rod in such a manner that a yield strength or the 0.2% yield limit of the material of the tension rod is reached.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Tuncay Idikurt, Robert Lustig, Philip Kotter, Alexander Muck
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Patent number: 10703188Abstract: A vehicle includes: a floor panel; and a battery pack mounted under the floor panel. The battery pack includes: a plurality of cell stacks; a housing case including a bottom portion and configured to house the plurality of cell stacks; and a plurality of support members provided on the bottom portion and spaced apart from one another. When a front region, a central region and a rear region are defined in a bottom view of the housing case, a ratio of a total area where the support member is provided in the central region to an area of the central region is higher than a ratio of a total area where the support member is provided in the rear region to an area of the rear region.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirotaka Watanabe, Shigeyuki Inoue, Toshio Uchiyama, Satoshi Inukai
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Patent number: 10693201Abstract: A thermal management system for the at least one energy cell. The thermal management system includes a cold plate cell holder comprising at least one energy cell reservoir structured to retain the energy cell(s) and surround at least a first portion of a surface of the energy cell(s), and to thermally cool the energy cell(s). The system additionally includes a bus bar header to which one or more bus bar can be physically and thermally connected, and at least one oscillating heat pipe (OHP) cover disposable around a second portion of the surface of the energy cell(s). The OHP cover(s) is/are thermally and mechanically connectable to the cold plate cell holder when disposed around the energy cell(s). The OHP cover(s) is/are structured and operable to thermally cool the energy cell(s) via heat absorption from the second portion of the surface of the energy cell(s) when disposed around the energy cell(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: ThermAvant Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher D. Smoot, Joe Boswell, Corey A. Wilson
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Patent number: 10680218Abstract: A battery fold structure of an electronic device includes a device proper and at least one battery. The device proper has battery compartments and movable structures corresponding in position thereto, respectively. Each movable structure is movable relative to the device proper. At least one blocker is fixedly disposed at each movable structure. At least one bidirectional blocking element is fixedly disposed on the battery. The bidirectional blocking element has a first blocking portion and a second blocking portion. When the battery is received in one of the battery compartments, the first blocking portion of the bidirectional blocking element fixedly disposed on the battery is blocked by the blockers. When the battery is received in the other battery compartment, the second blocking portion of the bidirectional blocking element fixedly disposed on the battery is blocked by the blockers. Two batteries are mounted inside two battery compartments interchangeably and unlocked simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Kun-Cheng Lee
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Patent number: 10680228Abstract: Systems and methods for a battery pack to power an electric vehicle are provided. The battery pack can include a plurality of battery modules having a plurality of battery blocks. The battery blocks can include a plurality of cylindrical battery cells. A first current collector can include a conductive layer to couple the first current collector with positive terminals of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. A second current collector can include a conductive layer to couple the second current collector with negative terminals of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The first current collector, second current collector, and an isolation layer can include a plurality of apertures to expose the positive terminals of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The positive terminals can extend through the plurality of apertures to couple with the conductive layer of the first current collector.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: CHONGQING JINKANG NEW ENERGY VEHICLE CO., LTD., SF MOTORS, INC.Inventors: Nathalie Capati, Duanyang Wang, Jacob Heth, Binbin Chi
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Patent number: 10673034Abstract: A battery module includes: a cell stack body; a pair of end plates disposed on a front surface and a rear surface of the cell stack body; and a fastening frame connecting the pair of end plates. The fastening frame includes; a pair of side frames disposed on the right surface and the left surface of the cell stack body. The pair of side frames each includes: a side frame body; a front turn-around portion that turn around the front surface of the cell stack body; and a rear turn-around portion that turn around the rear surface of the side frame body. The front turn-around portion and the rear turn-around portion each has a width in a front-rear direction larger than a width in a left-right direction of the side frame body.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Atsushi Sakurai
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Patent number: 10658646Abstract: Systems and methods to power an electric vehicle are provided. The system can include a battery pack having a plurality of battery modules, each of the of battery modules can include a plurality of battery blocks. The battery blocks can include a plurality of cylindrical battery cells. An integrated current collector device can be formed in a single structure and coupled with the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The integrated current collector device can include a first current collector to couple with positive terminals of the cylindrical battery cells at first ends of the cylindrical battery cells and a second current collector to couple with negative terminals of the cylindrical battery cells at the first ends of the cylindrical battery cells. An isolation layer can be disposed between the first current collector and the second current collector to electrically isolate the first current collector from the second current collector.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignees: CHONGQING JINKANG NEW ENERGY VEHICLE CO., LTD., SF MOTORS, INC.Inventors: Nathalie Capati, Duanyang Wang, Jacob Heth, Binbin Chi
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Patent number: 10658716Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module having stable strength and rigidity, high sealability and assemblability, and improved productivity. The battery module of the present disclosure includes: a cell assembly; a cooling plate; a front cover having a lower portion welded to the cooling plate; a rear cover having a lower portion welded to the cooling plate; a left side cover having a lower end portion welded to the cooling plate and a rear end portion welded to the rear cover; a right side cover having a lower end portion welded to the cooling plate, a front end portion welded to the front cover, and a rear end portion welded to the rear cover; and an upper plate having a left end portion welded to the left side cover and a right end portion welded to the right side cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Jong-Young Lee, Eun-Gyu Shin, Jeong-O Mun, Yoon-Koo Lee, Hang-June Choi
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Patent number: 10644300Abstract: A power battery and a power battery top cap structure for a power battery are provided. The power battery top cap structure includes first and second electrode assemblies, a lower insulation member, a top cap piece, and an abutment member. Both the first and second electrode assemblies are fixed on the top cap piece. The lower insulation member is fixed below the top cap piece. The lower insulation member includes, along an X axis, a snapping portion and a connecting portion. The abutment member extends along a Y axis and abuts between the connecting portion and the top cap piece so that a minimum distance between the connecting portion and the top cap piece along the Z axis is G3, where G3>0. G3 may be greater than a minimum distance between the connecting portion and the top cap piece when the lower insulation member is fixed without the abutment member.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Chengyou Xing, Yulian Zheng, Peng Wang, Jian Guo, Zhijun Guo
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Patent number: 10644274Abstract: A battery cell holder that may be used to form interconnection of cells in series and/or parallel arrangements. The cell holder includes slots for receiving battery cells, conductive apertures within the slots for attaching a conductor to the cells, and a hinge. The cell holder is foldable about the hinge and includes a keying system that allows multiple cell holders to be interconnected to form battery packs of multiple sizes and arrangements.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Eetrex, Inc.Inventor: Kyle William Butterfield
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Patent number: 10644281Abstract: An exemplary method of securing portions of a battery pack includes, among other things, slidably engaging a portion of a battery cell frame within a channel of an extrusion, and securing the extrusion to a support to secure the battery cell frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Rajaram Subramanian, Tom M. Gunther, Saravanan Paramasivam, Steve Droste, Rohit Gunna
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Patent number: 10644282Abstract: An energy storage device including a staggered energy storage cell internal array with two-dimensional inline terminal edges is provided. The energy storage cells in a battery module may be staggered in an internal array, such that a first row of cells in a line are spaced apart, or offset, in a first direction from an immediately adjacent second row of cells in a line, and wherein a first cell in the second row of cells is offset from a first cell in the first row of cells in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. In some cases, at least two adjacent rows in the battery module may include energy storage cells that are offset from one another but aligned in one direction, such as, the second direction. A mechanical frame may define the arrangement of the energy storage cells relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: NIO USA, Inc.Inventors: Austin L. Newman, Alexander J. Smith
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Patent number: 10644278Abstract: An battery assembly includes: a holder having a front surface and a back surface and having a plurality of holding holes, which are cylindrical holes penetrating through between the front surface and the back surfaces; and a cylindrical battery extending in an axis direction and having an outside diameter smaller than an inside diameter of the holding hole, wherein: the holder is configured such that at least part of the battery is accommodated in the holding hole; the battery assembly includes an adhesive provided between an outer peripheral surface of the part of the battery and an inner peripheral surface of the holder so as to fix the battery to the holder; and the holder has grooves each of which is opened on the front surface or the back surface of the holder, each of the grooves making adjacent holding holes among the plurality of holding holes with each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshinori Okura
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Patent number: 10637018Abstract: A battery module includes a stacked structure including: at least a plurality of stacked battery units; an insulating rod member passing through the stacked structure; and a tightening member that tightens the stacked structure from both ends of the insulating rod member passing through the stacked structure. The tightening member tightens the stacked structure to fasten the battery units, so that the close contact portions of the conductive members of adjacent ones of the battery units are brought in close contact with each other and the adjacent battery units are electrically connected with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Inakawa, Ryo Tanabe, Yasuhiro Tonomura
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Patent number: 10615465Abstract: The disclosed battery management system generally includes at least one bi-directional balancing circuit and a power supply including a first battery module and a second battery module, each having at least one battery cell. The balancing circuit may be configured to transfer excess charge from one or more battery cells of the first battery module to one or more battery cells of the second battery module. By redistributing the level of charge within one or more battery cells, the balancing circuit can cause the overall charge of a power supply to last longer by taking advantage of excess charge found within one or more battery cells. Additionally, the balancing circuit may be connected to a bus bar that may be utilized to power additional accessories within a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Artisan Vehicle Systems Inc.Inventors: Brian R. Huff, Kyle Hickey, Michael E. Kasaba
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Patent number: 10615386Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tray for storing battery cells, in which a plurality of storage plates having at least one battery cell stored therein are loaded by being stacked in one direction, the tray including a pressing device configured to press one end portion or both end portions of the storage plates with respect to a direction in which the storage plates are stacked in the tray so that the battery cells are stored in the storage plate without clearance from the storage plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Gi Man Kim, Ho Il Lee, Hyoung Sik Choi
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Patent number: 10608302Abstract: A battery pack includes: a cell group including a plurality of cylindrical cells that are arranged in a manner of log pile in contact with each other; and a metal frame that extends along the periphery of the cell group and surrounds the cell group. The cells located at the corners of the cell group that has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from an end surface side in the axial direction of the cells, are in contact with the metal frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshito Kaga
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Patent number: 10586960Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a battery module including a cell assembly including a plurality of cells arranged in a direction, and an end plate member configured to cover at least outermost sides of the cell assembly in the cell arrangement direction, wherein the end plate member includes two or more openings configured as holes bored in a thickness direction of end plates, and a frame part located between neighboring openings and having rigidity.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Bum-Kyung Seo, Yong-Seok Choi, Jin-Hak Kong
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Patent number: 10576836Abstract: In order to optimize a support frame for an electric vehicle battery in terms of tightness, compensation of component tolerances and load absorption in particular in the event of a crash, and to ensure good automated weldability, provision is made for a compensation insert to be arranged as tolerance compensation between a longitudinal profile and a transverse profile.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: DURA OPERATING, LLCInventors: Carsten Ruech, Christian Schulte, Holger Rau
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Patent number: 10573943Abstract: Various systems for cooling a battery cell array are described. In one example an energy storage system includes a housing enclosing a battery cell array, an evaporator, and a circulating pump. In another example, an evaporator is adjacent to battery cells to facilitate heat transfer. In another example, thermoelectric elements are positioned adjacent to battery cells to facilitate heat transfer.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.Inventors: Edward Bass, Felice E. Bailey, Richard Bletsis, Derek A. Delrymple, Dean M. Ford, Bruce E. Miller, Markus Naegeli, Steven T. Reyburn
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Patent number: 10571409Abstract: An equipment mount for an x-ray apparatus is disclosed. The mount includes a main shield element, a peripheral shield element and a secondary shield element arranged to permit a mounting element to pass through the main shield element in a shielded manner. A support apparatus for an x-ray apparatus is also disclosed. The support apparatus comprises a separable bearing for translating a support part between a first position and a second position and an elevator mechanism for translating the support part from the second position to a third position, thereby separating the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: NIKON METROLOGY NVInventors: Ben Price, Michael Beechey, James Smith
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Patent number: 10553842Abstract: Provided is a tray capable of receiving batteries having various sizes. The tray includes a housing provided with a receiving portion for receiving a secondary battery. It also includes a blocking portion coupled to the housing to cross the receiving portion for adjusting the size of the receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Young Im Kwon, Jae Han Jung, Chan Ki Park, Jeong Woo Lee
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Patent number: 10529966Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells each of which includes two electrodes and which are arranged such that two electrode groups formed of the electrodes arranged in a row are formed and are electrically connected in series or in parallel by physically and electrically connecting an electrical connection member to each of the two adjacent electrodes in the electrode group; a separator disposed at least between the adjacent battery cells to achieve insulation of the battery cells; and a restraint band holding a state in which the battery cell and the separator are alternately stacked. The separator includes a lid covering the electrical connection member connected to the electrode and the electrode as a connection target of the electrical connection member from a side opposite to the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Shoji, Shinichi Yanagihara
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Patent number: 10529964Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: an energy storage device group including a plurality of energy storage devices arranged in a row in a first direction and a holder that holds the energy storage device group, the group includes two end energy storage devices at both ends of the group; the holder includes a support portion that supports at least one of the energy storage devices arranged between the two end energy storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoki Hoshino, Masao Kawata, Jun Machida
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Patent number: 10529995Abstract: A receptacle in the body of a missile includes a plurality of electrical contacts connected to one or more electrically powered devices within the missile and configured to connect to an electrical power source. The receptacle receives a removable and reusable battery pack including connectors contacting the plurality of electrical contacts when the battery pack is mounted within the receptacle and one or more non-chemical, squibless batteries, preferably comprised of high power density primary cell lithium metal oxide cells. An interface circuit coupled to the squibless batteries initiates, terminates, and re-initiates delivery of electrical power from the squibless batteries to the plurality of electrical contacts based on a control input. Transportation, storage, and use risks associated with squibs in chemical batteries are avoided.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Joseph Brent Miller, Jr., Timothy A. Murphy, Donald J. Golding
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Patent number: 10497909Abstract: A traction battery assembly includes a tray and a pair of adjacent cell arrays disposed on the tray. Each array includes a plurality of stacked cells and a plurality of cell spacers interleaved with the cells. A portion of each of the spacers of one of the arrays is inserted into one of the spacers of the other of the arrays to form a plurality of end-to-end connected spacer pairs configured to secure the arrays together.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Eid Farha
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Patent number: 10483520Abstract: The invention relates to a battery cell (10) comprising a first terminal (1), which is electrically conductively connected to a first electrode, and a second terminal (2), which is electrically conductively connected to a second electrode, the first terminal (1) being arranged inside the second terminal (2). The invention further relates to a battery module (200) comprising corresponding battery cells (10), to a battery, to a method for producing the battery module (200), and to a use for the battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Wagner, Daniel Bernd Greiner, Matthias Riedmann, Peter Kohn, Robert Hafenbrak
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Patent number: 10471843Abstract: A vehicle battery device comprises a box for receiving therein at least a vehicle battery, wherein a fastening platform is disposed on an inner sidewall surface of the box, and support boards is disposed at a bottom of the fastening platform; an upper lid disposed above the box and separated from the box by a waterproof plastic sheet; and at least a quick-release unit comprising a screw, washer, spring, fixing board, and wedge-shaped fixing block, with the at least a quick-release unit fastened between the fastening platform and the vehicle battery, wherein a wedge-shaped recess is disposed on an upper surface of the vehicle battery, and a wedge-shaped fastening hole is disposed in the fixing board, allowing the wedge-shaped fixing block to penetrate the wedge-shaped fastening hole and engage with the wedge-shaped recess, thereby allowing the vehicle battery to be fixed in place inside the box.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jing-Hong Chen, Wei-Yuan Liao, Yu-Hung Chen, Ching-Hsiang Wang, Chia-Chen Wu
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Patent number: 10476058Abstract: A battery module is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery module includes first through third battery packs electrically connected to one another. The battery module also includes a bus pattern. The bus pattern includes i) a main body including an input/output point of a charging/discharging path and ii) first through third branching portions that branch from the main body and extend to first through third contact points of the first through third battery packs, respectively. A first distance is defined as the distance between the input/output point and the first contact point, a second distance is defined as the distance between the input/output point and the second contact point and a third distance is defined as the distance between the input/output point and the third contact point. The first distance is less than the second distance, and the second distance is less than the third distance.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junseop Kim, Daepyo Lee, Donghyun Kim, Heesung Jung
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Patent number: 10461318Abstract: A system for forming an electrode for a lithium-ion battery cell includes an electrode material, a material-supply mechanism, a wetting mechanism, a debris-generating tool, and a conditioner. The material-supply mechanism is configured to deliver the electrode material. The wetting mechanism is configured to receive the electrode material from the material-supply mechanism and apply a solution to the electrode material to produce a wet precursor. The debris-generating tool is configured to remove a portion of the electrode material from the wet precursor to form a pre-electrode. The conditioner is configured to eliminate the solution from the pre-electrode and thereby form the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Sherman H. Zeng, Zhiqiang Yu, Dewen Kong, Haijing Liu
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Patent number: 10461292Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: a spacer; an energy storage device disposed adjacently to the spacer in a first direction and having an external terminal; and a cover member holding a bus bar connected to the external terminal and extending along the energy storage device, wherein the spacer has a first connecting portion to which the cover member is connected on an end portion thereof in a second direction, and the cover member has a second connecting portion which engages with the first connecting portion in a state where movement of the cover member in a direction away from the spacer in the second direction is restricted.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimasa Toshioka, Sunao Teraguchi