Resumen de: US2025249572A1
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a mobile robot for assembling a battery, an operation system, a control method, and a control system. The mobile robot includes a mobile platform, an inspection apparatus, a plurality of end effectors, and a robotic hand. The mobile platform is capable of receiving an assembly instruction to implement movement between different positions. The inspection apparatus is disposed on the mobile platform, configured to obtain a position signal and an assembly recipe signal. The plurality of end effectors are placed on the mobile platform. The robotic hand is disposed on the mobile platform, capable of connecting to a target end effector to perform a corresponding assembly action on the battery. The target end effector is determined from the plurality of end effectors based on the assembly instruction, and the assembly action is determined based on the position signal and the assembly recipe signal.
Resumen de: US2025253101A1
A hydrogel electrolyte and an electrochemical energy storage device are disclosed. The hydrogel electrolyte includes a hydrogel and electrolyzed salts. The hydrogel is a product from the reaction of a mixture of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) with a borax aqueous solution. The electrolyzed salts are distributed within the hydrogel and dissociated into a cation and an anion. The electrochemical energy storage device includes the above hydrogel electrolyte.
Resumen de: US2025252786A1
A battery management system (for managing a set of batteries in a vehicle) includes: a set of battery management units including a battery management unit for each battery in the set of batteries, the battery management units managing respective batteries in the set of batteries; a communication module for enabling communication with the battery management system and within the battery management system; and a vehicle monitoring unit, the vehicle monitoring unit receiving and monitoring system information data including vehicle information data from the vehicle and battery information data pertaining to each of the batteries in the set of batteries from the respective battery management units, the system information data being received using the communication module, the vehicle monitoring unit being configured to generate a user message based upon a comparison of the system information data and predetermined standard acceptable system information values; the user message being communicated to a user.
Resumen de: US2025253423A1
The present invention relates to a method for separating the electrode materials from the current collector in a battery electrode, said method comprising: a—providing at least one electrode said electrode comprising a current collector and a layer of electrode material adhered onto said current collector, said layer of electrode material comprising electro active materials in powder form and a binder b—contacting said electrode to a gas or a supercritical fluid at a pressure of (60) to 300 bar, c—rapidly decreasing the pressure of said gas or supercritical fluid of at least (60) bar within (30) seconds or less thereby causing rapid decompression of said gas.
Resumen de: US2025253448A1
Provided are a battery cell, battery, and an electrical equipment. The battery cell includes a housing and a first insulating member. The housing provides a welding mark region. The first insulating member is arranged on an outer surface of the housing, and the first insulating member provides a first thickened region, wherein the first thickened region covers at least a portion of the welding mark region. This reduces the risk of the welding mark region piercing through the first insulating member, which could cause insulation failure of the battery cell. Thus, the insulation performance of the battery cell is improved.
Resumen de: US2025253377A1
The invention relates to an electrochemical cell assembly including a first end plate assembly, a stack of cell repeat units, and a second end plate assembly. The stack is held in a compressed state between the first end plate assembly and the second end plate assembly. The first end plate assembly and/or the second end plate assembly each include an end plate. The electrochemical cell assembly includes an insulation plate located between the end plate and the stack. At least one through-hole is provided in the insulation plate and a sealing insert is provided in the at least one through-hole of the insulation plate, the sealing insert defining a fluid pathway along the stacking direction. The invention also relates to an end plate assembly and a method of manufacturing an electrochemical cell assembly.
Resumen de: US2025253379A1
Provided is a battery cell stacking jig for stacking a plurality of battery cells of a secondary battery. Additionally, the battery cell stacking jig can include a fork supporting both ends of the battery cells so that the plurality of battery cells are seated therein, and the fork is disposed in a plurality at a certain distance apart with respect to a horizontal direction. The battery cell stacking jig can further include a gripper movably provided on an upper portion of the fork, and disposed in a plurality with respect to the horizontal direction, and being configured to load a battery cell perpendicularly to the fork such that the battery cell is seated in the fork, and a transfer connected to the plurality of grippers and configured to move the grippers to the upper portion of the fork.
Resumen de: US2025253442A1
A battery includes a plurality of cells and a plurality of thermal barriers. The plurality of cells is configured to store electrical energy. Each of the thermal barriers is disposed between adjacent cells of the plurality of cells. Each thermal barrier includes solid regions and defines cutouts between the solid regions. Each solid region and each cutout within each thermal barrier are aligned along a plane. Each solid region and each cutout within each thermal barrier have a dimension that is perpendicular to the plane and extends between the corresponding adjacent cells.
Resumen de: US2025253433A1
A cooling plate assembly, an assembly method applied to the cooling plate assembly, a battery module and a battery pack are provided. The cooling plate assembly includes a cooling plate configured to control a temperature of the battery module; and at least one current collector connected to an end portion of the cooling plate through bonding. The cooling plate assembly is conducive to improving the connection stability between the cooling plate and the current collector and the assembly efficiency.
Resumen de: US2025253437A1
An assembly includes a first housing component and a second housing component cooperating with the first housing component to provide an enclosed internal cavity. At least one cell stack includes one or more battery cells that are positioned within the enclosed internal cavity. A first plurality of guide features are formed on at least one of the first housing component and the second housing component, and a second plurality of guide features are formed on the at least one of the first housing component and the second housing component.
Resumen de: US2025253435A1
A battery, an energy storage apparatus, and an electric device are disclosed. The battery includes a battery cell, a first box, a second box, and a flow channel, where the first box and the second box are connected to each other so as to jointly define a closed space used for accommodating the battery cell; and the flow channel is configured to accommodate a heat exchange medium so as to adjust the temperature of the battery cell. The battery further includes an inlet tube and an outlet tube, where the inlet tube and the outlet tube are both in communication with the flow channel; and the inlet tube and the outlet tube are both located on a side of the first box facing the second box and outside the closed space. The technical solution provided in the present application can increase the energy density of the battery.
Resumen de: US2025253424A1
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for recovering valuable materials from a lithium-ion secondary battery capable of improving the recovery rate of copper. Provided is a method for recovering valuable materials from a lithium-ion secondary battery, comprising a heating step of heating the lithium-ion secondary battery, a crushing step of crushing the lithium-ion secondary battery after heating, and one or more steps among sieving, magnetic separation, and gravity sorting the lithium-ion secondary battery after crushing, wherein, in the crushing step, the lithium-ion secondary battery is crushed so that a size of crushed materials becomes 20 mm or less.
Resumen de: US2025253440A1
A fluid equalization tank for equalizing a change in volume of a cooling fluid in a fluid circuit for immersion cooling of a battery of a vehicle is disclosed. with the fluid equalization tank includes a receiving chamber for receiving the cooling fluid and an overflow chamber for receiving the excess cooling fluid from the receiving chamber. The receiving chamber and the overflow chamber are fluidically connected via an overflow duct.
Resumen de: AU2024336487A1
The present invention relates to a battery pack comprising: multiple battery cells; and a pack case provided with multiple unit plates to accommodate the multiple battery cells, and provided with a venting part which is provided through at least one of the multiple unit plates to discharge gas discharged from the battery cells to the outside, wherein venting spaces are formed in at least some unit plates to extend toward the venting part so as to enable the gas to flow therein.
Resumen de: AU2024381030A1
An inspection device for inspecting a communication state of a battery management device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a base member; a distance-variable part which is disposed on the base member, to which a first battery management device including a first optical communication part is mounted, and which is movable in the direction of a first axis; and an angle-variable part including a first rotation structure which is disposed on the base member, to which a second battery management device including a second optical communication part is mounted, and which is rotatable around a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, and a second rotation structure which is rotatable around a third axis orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis, wherein the first optical communication part and the second optical communication part are arranged to face each other.
Resumen de: AU2025200389A1
The present disclosure provides a charging device configured to be operably mechanically and electrically connected with a plurality of battery packs to transmit power to battery packs or to allow the battery packs to transmit power to the charging device, wherein the charging device comprises: a first battery pack engaging portion arranged on a first surface for mechanically and electrically connecting with a first battery pack; a second battery pack engaging portion arranged on a second surface for mechanically and electrically connecting with a second battery pack; and an output port arranged on a third surface and configured to transmit power to the external device. The charging device controls, in a predetermined manner, the charging/discharging operations of the battery pack(s)/external device connected to the charging device in a case where the charging device is connected to the power grid or not connected to the power grid. The present disclosure further provides a charging system having the charging device. The charging device according to the present disclosure helps a user to select different charging/discharging modes as needed to achieve multi-functional charging/discharging operations, and is convenient for being carried. The present disclosure provides a charging device configured to be operably mechanically and electrically connected with a plurality of battery packs to transmit power to battery packs or to allow the battery packs to transmit power to the cha
Resumen de: AU2024374498A1
A conductive slurry and a preparation method therefor, a composite electrode, and a flow battery. The conductive slurry is prepared from a conductive carbon black, carbon nanotubes, polyvinylidene fluoride and N-methylpyrrolidone. The composite electrode comprises a first electrode, a bipolar plate, a second electrode, and the conductive slurry as described above, wherein the conductive slurry is disposed between the first electrode and the bipolar plate and disposed between the second electrode and the bipolar plate. The conductive slurry is not only stable in the initial chemical state of a vanadium electrolyte of a common flow battery, but also has electrochemical stability during charging and discharging after a voltage is applied thereto. The conductive slurry has a long service life and does not degrade over time as the battery is used. The conductive slurry has a good bonding effect, and also enables the contact resistance to be reduced after the bipolar plate and carbon felt electrodes are compounded. Moreover, the conductive slurry itself has a good electrocatalytic activity, thereby providing reaction sites for a vanadium electrolyte commonly used in a flow battery and thus improving the efficiency and performance of the battery.
Resumen de: US2025252789A1
An apparatus for safety testing a battery pack of an electric vehicle includes a low voltage data connector configured to couple to a battery management system controller of the electric vehicle battery pack for data communication with the battery management system controller. A test connector is configured to couple a battery module of the electric vehicle battery pack for use in testing the battery module. Measurement circuitry measures a parameter of the battery module through the test connector. A diagnostic controller couples to the low voltage data connector and the measurement circuitry and is configured to identify an error in data received from the battery management system controller based upon a comparison of the parameter measured by the measurement circuitry and the data received from the battery management system controller.
Resumen de: US2025252175A1
A battery authentication system includes a data obtaining unit, a data standardization unit, a code generation unit, a degradation state calculating unit, a degradation state integration unit, and a degradation state providing unit. The data obtaining unit obtains and records time-series battery data including signal values and physical values of a secondary battery. The data standardization unit standardizes the signal values and the physical values. The code generation unit generates a first identification code based on the standardized signal values. The degradation state calculating unit calculates a degradation state of the secondary battery based on the standardized physical values. The degradation state integration unit integrates the first identification code with the degradation calculation result to generate a second identification code. The degradation state providing unit verifies the first identification code based on the second identification code, and outputs the degradation calculation result based on the verification.
Resumen de: US2025251843A1
Methods and systems for executing tracking and monitoring manufacturing data of a battery are disclosed. One method includes: receiving, by a server system, sensing data of the battery from a sensing system; generating, by the server system, mapping data based on the sensing data; generating, by the server system, identification data of the battery based on the sensing data; generating, by the server system, monitoring data of the battery based on the sensing data, the identification data, and the mapping data; and generating, by the server system, display data for displaying a simulated electrode of the battery on a graphical user interface based on the monitoring data of the battery.
Resumen de: US2025251458A1
An electrical system and method of operation is disclosed. The electrical system can be an energy storage device operating a load. A battery pack provides power to the electrical system. A processor determines a model of a power schedule of the electrical system, determines, using the model, a test time during operation of the electrical system for obtaining a parameter suitable for calculating a capacity of the battery pack, obtains the parameter of the battery pack at the test time, calculates the capacity of the battery pack using the parameter, and operates the electrical system based on the calculated capacity.
Resumen de: US2025251453A1
Systems and methods for managing dispatch of an energy storage system through use of projected outcomes. The projected outcomes are generated based on a model that includes a set of defined operating states. The operating states represent a particularized energy-market allocation approach. An outcome is projected for each operating state. An optimal outcome is selected from the set of projected outcomes.
Resumen de: US2025253391A1
A solid electrolyte includes Li, a PS43− structure, and a BH4− structure. The following conditions (i) to (iii) are satisfied. Condition (i): In an 11B-NMR measurement, an integral area of a peak α that has a top in a range of 42 ppm±1 ppm is equal to or more than 50% of a total of integral areas of all peaks. Condition (ii): In a 31P-NMR measurement, an integral area of a peak β that has a top in a range of 90.5 ppm±1 ppm is equal to or more than 50% of a total of integral areas of all peaks. Condition (iii): In a temperature raising step of a DSC measurement, a heat capacity at an endothermic peak that appears in a range of 115° C.±10° C. is less than 30 J/g.
Resumen de: US2025253432A1
A battery module, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are disclosed. A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells; a case in which the plurality of battery cells are accommodated; a cover coupled to the case; at least one cooling block coupled to the cover and in contact with the case to cool the battery cell; and a cooling pipe coupled to the cooling block, wherein the cooling block has a variable coupling position in the cover.
Nº publicación: US2025253447A1 07/08/2025
Solicitante:
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC [US]
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Resumen de: US2025253447A1
A battery assembly of a vehicle includes a battery having a plurality of battery cells, and a plurality of refrigerant spray nozzles operably connected to a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle. The plurality of refrigerant spray nozzles are configured to spray a flow of refrigerant from the HVAC system onto the plurality of battery cells in the event of detection of thermal runaway event. A method of cooling a battery assembly of a vehicle includes detecting a thermal event at the battery assembly, diverting a flow of refrigerant from a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system in response to the detection of the thermal event, and spraying the flow of refrigerant from a plurality of refrigerant spray nozzles onto a plurality of battery cells of the battery assembly to cool the battery assembly.