Resumen de: US2025300274A1
A heat exchanger includes a bag body including, in an interior of the bag body, a heat exchange path through which a heat exchange medium flows; and a base body including, in an interior of the base body, a supply path that communicates with one end of the heat exchange path and is configured to supply the heat exchange medium to the heat exchange path, and a recovery path that communicates with another end of the heat exchange path and is configured to recover the heat exchange medium. The bag body includes a front sheet, a rear sheet opposite to the front sheet, an inflow port through which the heat exchange medium flows in, an outflow port through which the heat exchange medium flows out, and an occlusion prevention member provided over a surface of the front sheet.
Resumen de: US2025300264A1
A heat management system includes: a first flow channel through which a heat medium flows; a second flow channel through which the heat medium flows; a reserve tank that is provided on the second flow channel; a pump that causes the heat medium to circulate; and a switching device. When the charging of an electric apparatus is ended in a state where the first flow channel and the second flow channel are disconnected, the heat management system executes an air removal process for the first flow channel and the second flow channel, after the end of the above charging, by connecting the first flow channel and the second flow channel by the switching device and driving the pump.
Resumen de: US2025300266A1
A temperature regulator including a battery module having cells disposed side by side along a first direction, and including: temperature regulating units between two of the adjacent cells along the first direction and each having a first and second flat plate portion facing each in the first direction; a supply path supplying fluid to an introduction port of each of the temperature regulating units; a discharge path allowing the fluid to be discharged from a discharge port of each of the temperature regulating units; and connection walls connecting end portions of the first and second flat plate portions along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The temperature regulating unit includes, between the first and second flat plate portions, a first flow path communicating with the introduction port, and a second smaller flow path allowing the fluid from the first flow path to return and flow to the discharge port.
Resumen de: US2025300260A1
Provided is a peeling apparatus for a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode composite, the peeling apparatus including: a current-carrying area including an electrode; a shock wave delivery area configured to house a positive electrode plate; a partition plate configured to partition between both the areas; and a power supply device configured to supply electric power to the electrode, the peeling apparatus being configured to peel off the positive electrode composite from the positive electrode current collector of the positive electrode plate in such a manner that a discharge occurs between the electrode and the partition plate and a shock wave generated in the current-carrying area is delivered through the partition plate to the positive electrode plate in the shock wave delivery area.
Resumen de: US2025300280A1
A rechargeable electrochemical cell (10) comprises an anode compartment (14) and a cathode compartment (15), the compartments being enclosed in part by metal plates (11, 12) that define end faces of the cell (10), the two compartments (14, 15) being separated by an impermeable, ion-conducting electrolyte element (13). The cell (10) is a molten sodium/metal chloride cell, and the plate (12) enclosing the cathode compartment defines a slightly concave end face surrounded by a flat rim. The volume change of the cathodic materials as the cell is heated up to its operating temperature are accommodated by flattening of the concave end face, so the overall thickness of the cell (10) does not change.
Resumen de: US2025300271A1
A battery assembly includes a housing having a plurality of side walls that collectively define an interior zone. A plurality of battery cells is arranged in the interior zone. A support assembly connected to the housing supports the plurality of battery cells. The support assembly includes a support plate, an external structural plate, and a channeled cooling plate arranged between the support plate and the external structural plate, and a plurality of channeled cooling plate inflation ports that extend through the support plate towards the channeled cooling plate. The plurality of channeled cooling plate inflation ports introducing an amount of fluid into the support assembly to expand one or more portions of the channeled cooling plate.
Resumen de: US2025300239A1
A power system including at least a lithium-sulfur (Li—S) battery module or pack and a second battery module or pack, different than the Li—S module or pack in composition, structure, or configuration, wherein (i) at least one of the Li—S module or pack and the second battery module or pack includes a first set of multiple bipolar electrodes internally connected in series; and (ii) the at least a lithium-sulfur (Li—S) battery module or pack and the second battery module or pack are internally or externally connected in parallel to form a power source. The power source May be connected in parallel to a supercapacitor, a fuel cell, a high-power battery, etc. The power system may further contain a controller, a DC/DC converter and/or a high-voltage bus electrically communicating with the controller. The power system may be used to power a vehicle or other device.
Resumen de: US2025300251A1
A method of switching a battery cell configuration for a head-worn extended-reality headset is described. The method includes, in accordance with a determination that a battery of the head-worn extended-reality headset is in a first state, operating at least two cells of the battery in series using a first control switch to produce a first voltage and, in accordance with a determination that the battery of the head-worn extended-reality headset is in a second state, operating the at least two cells of the battery in parallel using a second control switch to produce a second voltage, wherein the first and second voltages are within an operating voltage of the electrical components of the head-worn extended-reality headset. Switching the configuration in which the battery cells operate increases voltage headroom and decreases power losses by increasing the voltage of the battery cells and decreasing the current drawn by the battery cells.
Resumen de: US2025300166A1
The present invention relates to a method for lithiation of an intercalation-based anode or a non-reactive plating-capable foil or a reactive alloy capable anode, whereby utilization of said lithiated intercalation-based anode or a plating-capable foil or reactive alloy capable anode in a rechargeable battery or electrochemical cell results in an increased amount of lithium available for cycling, and an improved reversible capacity during charge and discharge.
Resumen de: US2025300258A1
A battery fractionation unit has a battery container, a chute supplying batteries, and a chute supplying dry ice granules to the container. Cooled batteries from the container are supplied to a working chamber of a cutting unit. The crushed batteries from the cutting unit are supplied to an impact mill. The milled materials from the impact mill are supplied to a vibrating sieve chamber equipped with a pneumatic separator unit for separating the plastic fraction of the batteries. The battery container has a hot chamber for initial battery cooling in a gaseous CO2 atmosphere and a cold chamber for dosing dry ice granules to the cooled batteries. The container has a chute dosing the mixture of dry ice and batteries that is supplied to the cutting unit.
Resumen de: US2025300244A1
A battery pack includes a left holder. The left holder includes a resin portion molded from resin and a plurality of lead plates held by the resin portion. The plurality of lead plates includes a first lead plate connected to a terminal of a first battery cell and a second lead plate connected to a terminal of another battery cell. In the resin portion, a through hole penetrating the resin portion in a left-right direction is formed. The through hole is located between outer edges of the two lead plates.
Resumen de: US2025300240A1
An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, the electrolyte including a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive; wherein the additive includes a first additive represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second additive represented by Chemical Formula 2:
Resumen de: US2025300277A1
The power storage device includes a power storage module including a power storage cell, a cooler disposed above the power storage module, and a thermally insulating member. The power storage cell has a short side surface and a short side surface, a positive electrode terminal disposed on the short side surface, and a negative electrode terminal disposed on the short side surface. The thermally insulating member is provided below the cooler and above each of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal.
Resumen de: US2025300263A1
A heat management system is configured to perform heat management of a vehicle using a heat medium. The heat management system includes: a first flow passage in which a reserve tank is not provided; a second flow passage in which a reserve tank is provided; a switching device configured to switch between coupling and uncoupling of the first flow passage and the second flow passage to and from each other; and a control device configured to control the switching device. The control device is configured to, when coupling conditions including that the vehicle is stationary are met, make the heat medium flow through the first flow passage and the second flow passage that have been coupled to each other by the switching device.
Resumen de: US2025300241A1
A rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including an electrolyte, the electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery including a non-aqueous organic solvent; a lithium salt; a first additive represented by Chemical Formula 1; and a second additive represented by Chemical Formula 2:
Resumen de: US2025300232A1
The present embodiments relate generally to electrolytes for energy storage devices and more particularly to a family of fluorinated acetal molecules as the solvent component for the electrolytes. The present embodiments are directed to electrolytes comprising one or more fluorinated acetal molecules as solvents, and one or more salts, wherein the salts are soluble in the solvents. The electrolytes can be formulated with or without any additional solvents, diluents, or additives. The fluorinated acetal molecules comprise molecular formula of R1-O-CH2-O-R2, wherein R1 and R2 are hydrocarbon, fluorocarbon, or hydrofluorocarbon chains. The products of some embodiments include di(2-fluoroethoxy)methane (F1DEM) and bis(2,2-difluoroethoxy)methane (F2DEM). The obtained electrolytes enable high Coulombic efficiency, quick stabilization of electrodes, good compatibility with high-voltage cathodes, fast ion transport, and low overpotential.
Resumen de: US2025300180A1
Provided are processes of making and using free-standing electrode films for electrodes by a dry process. The process for forming an electrode includes combining a processing additive and an active electrode material or fibrillizable binder to form an electrode precursor material, where the processing additive has a surface roughness and a porosity and intermixing the electrode precursor material. The electrode precursor material may then be combined with the fibrillizable binder or the active electrode material and the fibrillizable binder or the active electrode material is intermixed with the electrode precursor material to form an electrode film material. The electrode film material includes the processing additive, the fibrillizable binder and the active electrode material. The electrode film material may then be compressed into an electrode film for use in an electrode such as in an electrochemical cell.
Resumen de: US2025300475A1
A method to enhance the functionality of a battery through the use of a pulsing apparatus. The pulsing apparatus configured to improve cell conditioning, maintain battery cells, and overall cell function through pulsing a selected current into and out of a battery. The pulsing selected to deliver a predetermined number of pulses to the battery. The pulses having a slew rate of at least 0.1 A/μs, a pulse width between 1 μs and 10 ms with a pulse rise time of at least 1 μs to alter a current of the battery. Preferably the predetermined number of pulses is between 100 pulses per second and 1 pulse per minute.
Resumen de: US2025300222A1
Methods for increasing the particle size of solid electrolyte materials include combining the solid electrolyte material with molten elemental sulfur. By combining the solid electrolyte material with molten elemental sulfur, the particle size of the solid electrolyte material increases and the specific surface area of the solid electrolyte material decreases.
Resumen de: US2025300179A1
The present disclosure relates to an ion-conductive polymer, an electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrode. The ion-conductive polymer includes a first monomer represented by Formula 1 below.In Formula 1, A, L1 to L2, L11, a1 to a2, a11, R1 to R3, and n1 to n2 are as defined in the detailed description.
Resumen de: US2025300265A1
A thermal management system includes a first flow path through which a heat medium flows, a second flow path through which the heat medium flows, a reserve tank provided in the second flow path, a water pump that circulates the heat medium, and a switching device. The thermal management system executes an air removal process for the second flow path and the first flow path by connecting the second flow path and the first flow path with the switching device and driving the water pump in a case where a temperature of a heat-exchanged device is lower than a specified temperature in a state where the second flow path and the first flow path are disconnected.
Resumen de: US2025300250A1
Provided is a method. The method includes obtaining first information about an energy storage device and second information about an operating environment of the energy storage device, determining an amount of charge or an amount of discharge of the energy storage device from the first information and the second information based on a reinforcement learning model, charging or discharging the energy storage device based on the determined amount of charge or the determined amount of discharge, in which the reinforcement learning model is trained based on a first objective function that considers a possible charge-discharge range according to a real-time state of charge (SOC) of the energy storage device.
Resumen de: US2025300272A1
A battery module includes a cell assembly formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells in one direction, a heat dissipation member that comes into contact with the battery cell within the cell assembly, and a module frame that houses the cell assembly. The heat dissipation member includes a plate-shaped member parallel to one surface of the battery cell, and a reinforcing member extending from at least one of the first part and the second part of the plate-shaped member.
Resumen de: US2025300234A1
A bipolar battery includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode mixture layer, a separator, a negative electrode mixture layer, and a negative electrode current collector, which are layered one on another. The bipolar battery further includes a resin sealing layer that includes a low rigidity material layer which has a tensile modulus of elasticity of less than 35.0 kgf/mm2 and which is joined to the positive electrode current collector or the negative electrode current collector, and a high rigidity material layer which has a tensile modulus of elasticity of 35.0 kgf/mm2 or more and which is disposed on a face of the low rigidity material layer that is opposite from a face thereof that is joined to the positive electrode current collector or the negative electrode current collector.
Nº publicación: US2025300164A1 25/09/2025
Solicitante:
SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD [KR]
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD
Resumen de: US2025300164A1
A dry electrode, a manufacturing method thereof, and a manufacturing apparatus thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method includes: mixing an electrode active material, a first binder, and a first conductive material to form a dry mixture; allowing the dry mixture to be filmed to form an electrode active material layer; forming a composite layer on the electrode active material layer; and laminating on an electrode current collector the electrode active material layer on which the composite layer is formed. The step of forming the composite layer includes: coating on the electrode active material layer an adhesive solution including a second binder, a second conductive material, and an organic solvent; and drying the adhesive solution.