Absstract of: US2025276587A1
A battery frame for holding one or more battery boxes includes an outer frame surrounding an interior space and formed from a plurality of structural members including first rails extending parallel to and spaced apart from one another and second rails between the first rails and perpendicularly thereto. The outer frame defines a top extending in a flat plane and a bottom. Each of the first rails includes a mounting flange extending outwardly away from the interior space for holding the battery frame to a vehicle structure. One or more battery boxes are disposed within the interior space of the outer frame and are removable from below the outer frame with the outer frame mounted within a vehicle. Support members and cross-beams provide structural rigidity, distribute or absorb crash loads, and hold one or more of the battery boxes within the battery frame.
Absstract of: US2025276572A1
A vehicle battery pack assembly includes a plurality of sub pack assemblies, each sub pack including a box frame. An internal frame assembly is disposed within the box frame. The box frame includes a front wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls, one of the front wall and the rear wall includes a first plurality of mounting flanges vertically spaced there along and the pair of sidewalls each include a second plurality of mounting flanges vertically spaced there along. The internal frame assembly includes a plurality of first cold plate structures mounted directly to at least one of the first and second plurality of mounting flanges. A thermal hose assembly is connected to each of the plurality of first cold plate structures and a plurality of battery modules are supported on the plurality of first cold plate structures.
Absstract of: US2025276611A1
An apparatus, including: a first circuit containing a first load, wherein a first battery is associated with the first circuit; a second circuit containing a second load, wherein the second load draws current from a second battery when the first load is not operating or is non-operational; a first switch, wherein the first switch is capable of disconnecting the first battery from the first circuit; a second switch, wherein the second switch is capable of connecting the first battery to the first circuit, wherein the first switch and the second switch are connected in series; at least one recharger, wherein the at least one recharger recharges the first battery and the second battery when the first load is operating; a third circuit containing a second battery; and a third load. The third load is connected between the first circuit and the third circuit.
Absstract of: US2025279530A1
A battery includes a plurality of battery cells, the reinforcing bracket includes a connecting bracket and a plurality of partition members, the connecting bracket includes a first reinforcing plate, a plurality of avoidance holes that are spaced apart along a first direction are provided on the first reinforcing plate, the plurality of partition members are spaced apart along the first direction on the connecting bracket, and a placement space is defined between the adjacent partition members and the connecting bracket.
Absstract of: US2025279502A1
A battery and an electrical apparatus. The battery includes a plurality of rows of battery units and a heat exchange assembly. The plurality of rows of battery units are arranged in a first direction. Each row of battery units comprises a plurality of battery cells arranged in sequence in a second direction. Each battery cell includes a first side wall. The first side wall is the side wall with the largest area. The first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other. The heat exchange assembly includes a heat conducting plate. The heat conducting plate extends between adjacent rows of battery units. The heat conducting plate directly faces the first side walls of at least some of the adjacent battery cells of adjacent battery units.
Absstract of: US2025279528A1
Provided are a battery assembly, a vehicle, and a battery swapping station. The battery assembly includes a plurality of batteries. Each of the plurality of batteries has a mounting structure. Each of the plurality of batteries is adapted to be disposed at a bottom of a vehicle and detachably connected to the vehicle through the mounting structure, allowing each of the plurality of batteries to be detachably mounted to the vehicle separately.
Absstract of: US2025279540A1
Provided are a separator for a lithium secondary battery, a lithium secondary battery including the same, and a method of preparing the separator for a lithium secondary battery. The separator for a lithium secondary battery includes: a substrate; a first layer disposed on a surface of the substrate and consisting of inorganic particles; and a second layer disposed on the first layer and consisting of polymer binder particles, wherein an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is less than 300 nm, and an average particle diameter of the polymer binder particles is 200 nm to 500 nm. The separator, due to reduced surface roughness and improved packing density of the first layer consisting of the inorganic particles, may have a uniform coating. The lithium secondary battery including the separator may have improved adhesion between the separator and electrodes, and thus the lithium secondary battery may have improved bending strength.
Absstract of: US2025279536A1
This application discloses a battery cell, a battery, and an electric apparatus. The battery cell includes a housing and an electrode terminal. The housing includes a wall portion, where the wall portion is provided with an outlet hole. The electrode terminal is disposed at the outlet hole, where the electrode terminal is provided with a weak region, and the weak region is configured to be ruptured when an internal pressure of the housing exceeds a pressure threshold or a temperature exceeds a temperature threshold, allowing interior of the housing to communicate with exterior of the housing.
Absstract of: AU2024305616A1
The present invention relates to a battery storage system and a battery protection unit and, more specifically, to a battery storage system including a rack door of a battery loading unit and a unit door of a battery protection unit, respectively, and a battery protection unit for simultaneously controlling the locking state of the unit door and the operation of a circuit breaker. According to the present invention, the battery storage system includes a unit door of a circuit breaker accommodation unit in addition to a rack door of a battery loading unit on which a battery is loaded such that the circuit breaker can be operated without opening the battery loading unit, thereby protecting a user from static electricity flowing in the battery. The battery protection unit according to the present invention includes a handle assembly capable of simultaneously controlling the operation of the circuit breaker and the locking state of the unit door according to rotations such that the unit door can be unlocked only when the circuit breaker is operated, thereby protecting a user from an electric shock accident.
Absstract of: AU2023438648A1
A method for actively detecting a fault in an energy storage system, and an energy storage system. The method for actively detecting a fault in an energy storage system comprises: a step of causing a state of charge of an energy storage battery to reach a first preset value; a discharge time acquisition step of causing the energy storage battery to perform discharging at a constant current a until the state of charge thereof reaches a second preset value, stopping discharging, and acquiring a discharge time T, wherein the second preset value is less than the first preset value; and determining whether the discharge time T is less than or equal to a preset discharge time t, and if so, determining that there is a hidden fault in the energy storage battery or there is a serious decline in the service life of the energy storage battery, and if not, determining that the energy storage battery is normal. By means of the method for actively detecting a fault in an energy storage system, whether there is a hidden fault in an energy storage battery or whether there is a serious decline in the service life of an energy storage battery can be determined.
Absstract of: AU2025217369A1
A battery pack including a housing; and two or more battery cells located in the housing. The two or more battery cells interconnected by a configurable connector which is configured to enable electrical connections between the two or more battery cells. The configurable connector contains a plurality of first electrical terminals connected to the two or more battery cells, and a terminal holder adapted to be removably connected to the plurality of the first electrical terminals. The terminal holder is adapted to be installed to the housing in a first orientation at which the two or more battery cells are electrically connected, or in a second orientation at which the two or more battery cells are not electrically connected. The terminal holder contains a plurality of second electrical terminals. One of the plurality of the second electrical terminals always engages with a same one of the plurality of the first electrical terminals, when the terminal holder is installed to the housing in the first orientation or the second orientation. The single terminal holder can be installed battery pack in different orientations for enabling / disabling the internal circuit of the battery pack, and can be locked by a latch mechanism which reduced the chance that the terminal holder is accidentally lost during usage. A battery pack including a housing; and two or more battery cells located in the housing. The two or more battery cells interconnected by a configurable connector which is co
Absstract of: US2025279434A1
Provided is a positive electrode additive containing an excess of lithium, the positive electrode additive being capable of demonstrating the inherent effect thereof when exposed to air through the coating of the surface of the positive electrode additive with a hydrophobic material and an ion-conductive material to achieve the effects of preventing the formation of impurities such as Li2CO3, LiOH, and the like generated on the surface of the positive electrode additive when left in air.
Absstract of: US2025279511A1
A casing material for a power storage device, including a laminate that includes, in order, at least a base material layer, a barrier layer, and a heat-fusible resin layer. The heat-fusible resin layer includes a single layer or a plurality of layers. A first heat-fusible resin layer, among the heat-fusible resin layers, that constitutes the surface of the laminate has a logarithmic decrement ΔE of no more than 0.20 in a rigid body pendulum measurement at 140° C.
Absstract of: US2025279474A1
A secondary battery comprises a negative electrode sheet and an electrolyte; where the negative electrode sheet comprises a silicon-carbon composite material having a three-dimensional network cross-linked pore structure; and the electrolyte contains a first component, the first component containing at least one of compounds represented by formula I and formula II.
Absstract of: US2025279487A1
Architectures or techniques are provided for partitioning the battery cell array of an electric vehicle into distinct battery groups or partitions that independently power in-wheel electric machines or motors in a dedicated manner. Instead of the entire battery cell array being used to power all in-wheel electric machines with independent control being managed by in-wheel inverters, the various battery partitions can be respectively dedicated to powering a different in-wheel electric machine or machines. Thus, in-wheel inverters and associated components can be removed or reduced, as independent control can be effectuated by independent partitions instead of independent inverter systems.
Absstract of: US2025279504A1
A heat exchange assembly, a battery and an electrical device are disclosed. The heat exchange assembly includes a current collecting piece and a plurality of heat exchange pieces. The heat exchange piece is constructed with a first flow channel and a first joint portion communicating with the first flow channel. The current collecting piece is constructed with a second flow channel and a plurality of second joint portions. The plurality of second joint portions each communicate with the second flow channel and are configured to be connected to the first joint portions of the plurality of heat exchange pieces respectively, such that the second flow channel of the current collecting piece communicates with the first flow channels of the plurality of heat exchange pieces. When the heat exchange assembly and battery units form a group, the assembly procedure is simple, and the assembly and fabrication efficiency is high.
Absstract of: US2025279518A1
An energy storage system is disclosed and includes: at least one battery pack; and one or more electrically conductive components each of which including one or more pre-ceramic polymer layers, where the one or more pre-ceramic polymer layers of each of the one or more electrically conductive components electrically insulate the one or more electrically conductive components from other electrically conductive components of the at least one battery pack.
Absstract of: US2025279572A1
A battery management system (BMS) communication system includes a battery module including a housing and a plurality of battery cells in which a battery cell comprises a voltage sensing tab, a first printed circuit board (PCB) mounted on a side of the housing of the battery module and including a temperature sensor electrically connected to the voltage sensing tab of the battery cell to measure a temperature of the battery cell, and a second PCB stacked on a surface of the first PCB and including a cell sensing module electrically connected to the voltage sensing tab and the temperature sensor to exchange signals therewith, in which an antenna pattern module is mounted on a surface of the second PCB.
Absstract of: US2025279655A1
An apparatus for extending battery life includes a control objective map module configured to derive a mapping between a state of charge (“SOC”) of each battery unit of a plurality of battery units with respect to an average SOC of the battery units. A highest capacity battery unit has a highest discharge amount between a SOC maximum and a SOC minimum and a lowest capacity battery unit has a lowest discharge amount between the SOC maximum and the SOC minimum. Each battery unit is connected to a shared bus through a direct current (“DC”) to DC power converter. The control objective map provides a current reference for a battery unit of the plurality of battery units in relation to a common current of the shared bus. The current reference for the battery unit includes a reference current for the DC to DC power converter connected to the battery unit.
Absstract of: US2025279656A1
According to embodiments of the present invention, a battery management apparatus, located in a battery system allowing for an addition of one or more new batteries, may include at least one processor; and a memory configured to store instructions executed by the at least one processor. Here, the instructions may cause the at least one processor to:in response to the battery system switching to a mode for adding a new battery into the battery system, determine a target state of charge (SOC) which is determined based on the state of health (SOH) of at least one battery and an initial SOC of the new battery, wherein the battery is a pre-installed battery; control charging and discharging of the battery so that the SOC of the battery becomes the target SOC; and terminate the control of charging and discharging when the SOC of the battery reaches the target SOC.
Absstract of: US2025279475A1
A secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode plate includes a silicon-carbon composite material having a three-dimensional cross-linked pore network structure. The electrolyte solution includes a first component, and the first component includes one or more of compounds represented by Formula (I) and Formula (II) in this disclosure, in which R1, R2, R3, and R4 includes at least one of a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, and a fluorine-substituted or fluorine-unsubstituted C1-C4 alkyl group, and Formula (I) includes fluorine element.
Absstract of: US2025279519A1
A battery and an electrical device. The battery includes: a battery cell; a first box, where the first box includes a first end wall and a first side wall; and a second box, where the second box and the first box are connected to each other to jointly enclose and form a closed space for accommodating the battery cell, the second box includes a second end wall, the second end wall is disposed opposite to the first end wall along a first direction, the second box has a first side surface in a second direction, and the first direction intersects with the second direction. One end of the first side wall is connected to the first end wall, and the other end of the first side wall is connected to the first side surface.
Absstract of: US2025279507A1
Disclosed is a thermal management structure of a battery cell, the thermal management structure including: a plurality of battery cells repeatedly arranged; a cell cooler connected to one side of each of the battery cells to enable heat transfer, and configured to cool the battery cell or raise the temperature of the battery when necessary; and a hybrid phase change material (PCM) part respectively disposed between the battery cells to absorb heat generated from the battery cells, and formed of different types of phase change materials (PCMs) respectively disposed in a plurality of divided regions divided in a shape of corresponding to a temperature gradient pattern of the battery cells.
Absstract of: US2025279470A1
Disclosed herein is an electrolyte composition for an energy storage device, the electrolyte composition comprising cellulose nanocrystals; a liquid crystalline unit; an ionic liquid; a metal ion; and a solid protein; wherein the cellulose nanocrystals are conjugated with the liquid crystalline unit. Disclosed herein too is a zinc air battery comprising a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; wherein the electrolyte comprises cellulose nanocrystals; a liquid crystalline unit; an ionic liquid; a metal ion; and a solid protein; wherein the cellulose nanocrystals are conjugated with the liquid crystalline unit.
Nº publicación: US2025279508A1 04/09/2025
Applicant:
ZELOS ENERGY LTD [US]
Zelos Energy Ltd
Absstract of: US2025279508A1
Systems and methods for space configurable battery structures for electrical assemblies incorporating ion exchange materials are described. One method to construct such a battery includes preparing a battery casing for a rechargeable battery. The preparing may further include placing one or more electrode materials into the casing. A monomer or a functionalized n-mer may be prepared for polymerization. The monomer or the functionalized n-mer may be polymerized to form an ion exchange material, which is then then cross-linked. The ion exchange material may be arranged to define an interpenetrating surface with at least a portion of at least one of the electrodes.