Absstract of: US20260360838A1
A battery pack assembly includes a battery pack and a dock assembly. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, a plurality of collector plates each connected to a subset of the plurality of battery cells, a PCB sense board coupled to the plurality of collector plates through a plurality of wires, an outer housing configured to enclose the plurality of cells, a handle extending from the outer housing, an electrical receptacle located on a side of the outer housing, the electrical receptacle comprising a plurality of ports, and a rail coupled to the outer housing and including a mounting aperture. The dock assembly includes a body and an electrical connector configured to connect to the electrical receptacle. The dock assembly is configured to couple to the outer housing via a fastener extending through the body and into the mounting aperture.
Absstract of: US20260357121A1
The present invention relates to a method for exchanging heat with an object said method comprising using a heat transfer fluid wherein said heat transfer fluid comprises one or more fluorinated nitrocompounds according to the general formula (I) wherein: —at least two of R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from H, Cl and F, with the proviso that at least one is either H or Cl. —those of R1, R2, R3 and R4 which are not H, F or Cl, are selected from, partially halogenated alkyl, fully halogenated alkyl, wherein the alkyl chain is C1-C4 and halogens are selected from Cl and F.
Absstract of: US20260360763A1
A battery may include an anode, a cathode positioned opposite to the anode, a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode, an electrolyte dispersed throughout the cathode and in contact with the anode, and a dual-pore system. The anode may be configured to release a plurality of lithium ions. The cathode may include a plurality of pathways defined by a plurality of porous non-hollow carbonaceous spherical particles and may include a plurality of carbonaceous structures each based on a coalescence of a group of the porous non-hollow carbonaceous spherical particles. The dual-pore system may be disposed in the cathode and defined in shape and orientation by the plurality of carbonaceous structures. In some aspects, the dual-pore system may be configured to receive gaseous oxygen from the ambient atmosphere.
Absstract of: US20260360713A1
Provided are a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a sodium secondary battery including: a) feeding a composite transition metal hydroxide precursor and a first cobalt compound to a reactor and forming a second cobalt compound on a surface of particles of the composite transition metal hydroxide precursor; and b) mixing the composite transition metal hydroxide precursor having the second cobalt compound formed on the surface of the particles and a sodium compound and then performing a heat treatment to produce a sodium manganese-based oxide doped with cobalt (Co), wherein the sodium manganese-based oxide includes at least nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), and cobalt (Co), and contains 55 mol % or more of manganese in all metals other than sodium, a positive electrode active material for a sodium secondary battery, and a positive electrode and a sodium secondary battery including the positive electrode active material.
Absstract of: US20260356183A1
A battery pack includes a battery core; a cover plate, the battery core connected with the cover plate; a side frame, the cover plate connected with the side frame; and a cooling plate connected with the side frame, where the battery core is disposed in an accommodating space formed among the cover plate, the cooling plate, and the side frame. A vehicle body includes a vehicle body frame having a notch, and the battery pack. The side frame of the battery pack is connected with the vehicle body frame, and the cover plate of the battery pack seals the notch as a vehicle body floor.
Absstract of: US20260360707A1
This application relates to an electrode active composition, a preparation method thereof, an electrode, a battery, and an apparatus. The electrode active composition includes: a first component, the first component being lithium cobalt oxide particles; and a second component, the second component being ternary material particles. The first component includes lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size greater than 11 μm and lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size less than 6 μm, and a ratio in number of the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size greater than 11 μm to the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size less than 6 μm is 0.2-4.8, and in some embodiments, 0.2-2.8. A summed number of the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size greater than 11 μm and the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size less than 6 μm accounts for above 90% of a total number of particles in the first component.
Absstract of: US20260360631A1
An energy storage apparatus for mounting on a printed circuit board using a solder reflow process includes: a sealed housing body including a positive internal contact and a negative internal contact disposed within the body and in electrical communication with respective external contacts. An electric double layer capacitor energy storage cell is disposed within the body Methods of manufacture are disclosed.
Absstract of: US20260360888A1
A battery pack can be mounted or detached from a vehicle driven by a motor and having a vehicle control unit to supply a driving power to the motor. The battery pack can include a battery assembly having at least one secondary battery, a power supply terminal configured to be connectable to the vehicle, a power supply path configured to supply a power to the power supply terminal, a switching unit configured to electrically turn on/off the power supply path, a mounting recognition unit configured to recognize position information, and a processor configured to control the switching unit.
Absstract of: US20260360898A1
A mounting structure, a battery, and an electric device. The mounting structure comprises a lock sleeve, a mounting screw, a tightening screw, and a mounting cap. The lock sleeve is provided with a containing cavity passing through the lock sleeve in the axial direction; the mounting screw has a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other, the second end is arranged in the containing cavity, and the first end extends out of the lock sleeve; the tightening screw has an internal threaded section threadedly connected to the second end; the mounting cap is provided with a connecting hole for adapted connection of the first end of the mounting screw.
Absstract of: US20260360697A1
A positive electrode (11), which is an example of an embodiment, comprises a positive electrode core (30) and a positive electrode mixture layer (31) that is disposed on the positive electrode core (30). The positive electrode mixture layer (31) includes a first region (35) and a second region (36) that are alternately disposed in at least one direction from among the length direction and the width direction of the positive electrode core (30). The porosity in the second region (36) is greater than the porosity in the first region (35).
Absstract of: US20260360715A1
A lithium secondary battery according to the embodiments of the present disclosure includes a cathode which includes a cathode active material including lithium metal oxide particles having a ratio of the number of moles of lithium to the total number of moles of metal excluding lithium of 1.05 or more, an anode disposed to face the cathode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte including a non-aqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt, wherein the content of a cyclic carbonate compound included in the non-aqueous electrolyte is less than 2 wt % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.
Absstract of: US20260360731A1
The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery using the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material that includes a lithium composite oxide comprising at least nickel and cobalt, and is capable of improving particle stability not only on the surface portion but also at the central portion of the lithium composite oxide due to the formation of a concentration gradient in which a cobalt concentration decreases from the surface portion to the central portion of the lithium composite oxide relative to the average radius of the lithium composite oxide to a predetermined thickness, a positive electrode comprising the positive electrode active material, and the lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode.
Absstract of: AU2026257570A1
A magnetic battery cell connection mechanism comprising: a first battery cell having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a second battery cell having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a first connector having a first body including a first electrical pathway; a first electrical contact disposed on the first body and electrically connected to the first electrical pathway, the first electrical contact being adapted to allow electricity to pass from the positive terminal of the first battery cell to the first electrical pathway; and a first magnet connected to the first body, the first magnet being adapted to magnetically releasably secure the first body to the positive terminal of the first battery cell and to establish contact between the positive terminal of the first battery cell and the first electrical pathway; a second connector having a second body including a second electrical pathway; a second electrical contact disposed on the second body and electrically connected to the second electrical pathway, the second electrical contact being adapted to allow electricity to pass from the negative terminal of the second battery cell to the second electrical pathway; a second magnet connected to the second body, the second magnet being adapted to magnetically releasably secure the second body to the negative terminal of the second battery cell and to establish contact between the negative terminal of the second battery cell and the second electrical pathway;
Absstract of: US20260361837A1
A recording system comprises an auxiliary recording device with a first camera and a (primary) recording device with a second camera. The recording device is configured to determine an activation event and to instruct at least one of the first camera to capture a first image or a second camera to capture a second image. Responsive to an image being captured, the recording device receives and stores the captured image. The recording system may comprise a body-worn battery configured to provide power to the recording system. The recording system may comprise a detachable body configured to detachably couple to a main housing body, wherein a camera of the detachable body is configured to capture images when coupled or when detached.
Absstract of: US20260357122A1
Disclosed are compositions comprising a first component, a second component, and thermally conductive filler. The first component comprises an isocyanate functional prepolymer formed as a reaction product of reactants comprising a first polyisocyanate and a polyester polyol or a polyether polyol, the polyol comprising more than two hydroxyl functional groups. The second component comprises a polyol. Also disclosed are methods of coating a substrate and substrates comprising a coating formed on a surface from a composition disclosed herein. Also disclosed are batteries comprising a battery cell and any of the compositions disclosed herein in an at least partially cured state. Also disclosed are uses of the compositions disclosed herein.
Absstract of: US20260360915A1
Disclosed is a battery pack including: a battery module; and a housing including the battery module and a plurality of valves, wherein the plurality of valves are configured to open and close sequentially based on an internal pressure of the housing.
Absstract of: US20260360822A1
A folding method for a battery pouch in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the steps of folding corner areas of a pouch-type exterior member that includes a main side, a first subside on one side of the main side, and a second subside on the other side of the main side along a first folding line; folding a first portion of the pouch-type exterior member to the inside of the pouch-type exterior member along a second folding line; and folding a second portion of the pouch-type exterior member to the outside of the pouch-type exterior member along a third folding line.
Absstract of: US20260361099A1
Disclosed are a module balancing method and a battery management system, the system including: a charge equalization circuit performing a module balancing between a first module including a plurality of central cells each having a potential falling within a central potential range, a second module including at least one lower cell having a potential falling within a first potential range, and a third module including at least one cell having a potential falling within a second potential range, among a plurality of battery cells connected in series with each other; and a controller configured to calculate each module voltage of the first module, the second module, and the third module based on each cell voltage of the plurality of battery cells, determine an energy transfer direction based on the calculated module voltages, and control the module balancing based on the determined energy transfer direction.
Absstract of: US20260360698A1
A negative electrode material includes silicon-based particles and graphite particles. In a case that a Dn50/Dv50 ratio of the graphite particles is A and a Dn50/Dv50 ratio of the silicon-based particles is B, the following conditional expressions (1) to (3) are satisfied: 0.1≤A≤0.65 (1); 0.3≤B≤0.85 (2); and B>A (3), where, Dv50 is a particle diameter of particles measured when a cumulative volume fraction in a volume-based distribution reaches 50%, and Dn50 is a particle diameter of particles measured when a cumulative number fraction in a number-based distribution reaches 50%. The present invention further provides a negative electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery or electrochemical device containing the negative electrode plate, and an electronic device containing the lithium-ion secondary battery and/or electrochemical device.
Absstract of: US20260360844A1
This method for controlling the temperature of a battery comprises: measuring the temperature of the battery and the external temperature of a container including the battery; charging or discharging the battery; and controlling the temperature of the battery, wherein the controlling of the temperature of the battery may comprise: increasing the temperature of the battery by introducing air outside the container if the external temperature is higher than the temperature of the battery while the battery is being charged, or lowering the temperature of the battery by introducing air outside the container if the external temperature is lower than the temperature of the battery while the battery is being discharged. A method for controlling the temperature of a battery in an emergency situation may comprise: recognizing an emergency situation when the temperature of the battery increases to above a first threshold value; charging the battery in response to the emergency situation; lowering the temperature of the battery on the basis of a C-rate (current rate) of the battery; recognizing an emergency situation when the temperature of the battery decreases to below a second threshold value; discharging the battery in response to the emergency situation; and increasing the temperature of the battery on the basis of the C-rate (current rate) of the battery.
Absstract of: US20260360908A1
The present invention provides a battery case comprising: a side wall portion installed to surround side surfaces of a reception space; and stack modules each having a battery module received therein, the plurality of stack modules being stacked and installed in a height direction in the reception space, wherein the stack modules include: a first stack module connected to the side wall portion and installed to block the lower portion of the reception space; and at least one second stack module disposed at the upper side of the first stack module.
Absstract of: US20260360721A1
The present disclosure provides a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer located on the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode current collector includes a coated portion having a positive electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface thereof and a non-coated portion having no positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode current collector, and satisfies Equation (1)P≥(a1/a2)×b/0.05c, Equation (1):.
Absstract of: US20260360708A1
A coated positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material and a coating layer disposed on the surface of the positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material contains cobalt (Co). The coating layer contains at least lithium (Li), phosphorus (P), an element M, and oxygen (O). The element M is a pentavalent transition metal element.
Absstract of: US20260360196A1
An apparatus for calculating efficiency of a battery of an electric vehicle according to one embodiment disclosed herein includes memory and one or more processors configured to collect usage data from the electric vehicle, acquire weather forecast data from an external server, and calculate the efficiency of the battery of the electric vehicle based on the usage data and the weather forecast data.
Nº publicación: US20260360747A1 12/11/2026
Applicant:
LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD [KR]
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIV R&DB FOUNDATION [KR]
LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
Absstract of: US20260360747A1
The present disclosure relates to a sulfur-carbon composite for use in a positive electrode of a lithium-sulfur battery and a method for preparing the same. The sulfur-carbon composite includes: a porous carbonaceous matrix; and a sulfur-containing compound contained in at least one of the outer surface of the porous carbonaceous matrix and the inner surfaces of the pores of the porous carbonaceous matrix, wherein a surface of the sulfur-carbon composite is totally or partially coated with a crosslinked product of an amphiphilic cardanol derivative represented by Chemical Formula 1 as defined in the present disclosure.