Resumen de: US20260072094A1
Disclosed is a battery aging assessment method based on multi-source and multi-scale high-dimensional state space modeling in the field of energy storage in renewable power systems. The method includes: acquiring a time series of each discharge process within a preset number of discharge cycles of a sample battery; determining a first state transition path and a second state transition path based on discharge parameters corresponding to the time series; establishing a benchmark working-state transition path; calculating multiple sample distances between the second state transition path and the benchmark working-state transition path; training a battery aging assessment model using the sample distances as input and corresponding target state-of-health values as output; calculating a target distance between a state transition path of a to-be-predicted target battery and the benchmark working-state transition path.
Resumen de: US20260072087A1
Discussed is a state prediction apparatus that may include a data managing unit configured to extract first battery data including battery data obtained for a first predetermined time after completion of charging of a battery and second battery data including battery data obtained for a second predetermined time after entering of discharging of the battery and a controller configured to obtain first state data for predicting a state of the battery by applying the first battery data to a first deep learning model, obtain second state data for predicting the state of the battery by applying the second battery data to a second deep learning model, and predict the state of the battery based on the first state data and the second state data.
Resumen de: US20260072099A1
A secondary battery testing device including: a support bulkhead configured to contact one side surface of a battery cell for an internal short-circuit test; a penetration bulkhead opposite to the support bulkhead and configured to contact an opposite side surface of the battery cell, the penetration bulkhead having an access opening extending therethrough toward the support bulkhead; a bulkhead connector connecting the support bulkhead and the penetration bulkhead to each other and maintaining a gap between the support bulkhead and the penetration bulkhead; an alignment mechanism mounted on the penetration bulkhead and having a nail guide corresponding to the access opening and having a guide passage; and a nail configured to penetrate the battery cell through the guide passage to cause an electrical short-circuit of the battery cell.
Resumen de: US20260071831A1
A cooling floor member (100) is a cooling floor member (100) for cooling a battery cell, including a metal underfloor material (101), a flat plate-like metal floorboard (102) which is arranged face to the metal underfloor material (101), and which has a surface opposite to the metal underfloor material (101) that comes into contact with the battery cell, a partition member (105) inserted between the metal underfloor material (101) and the flat plate-like metal floorboard (102) without being joined thereto, and a joint (130) in which the outer peripheral edge of the metal underfloor material (101) and the outer peripheral edge of the flat plate-like metal floorboard (102) are directly and continuously joined, wherein a region surrounded by the metal underfloor material (101), the flat plate-like metal floorboard (102), and the partition member (105) is a cooling liquid flow path (104) through which a cooling liquid flows.
Resumen de: US20260074272A1
Disclosed is an assembly comprising at least one cell comprising an exterior surface; a bag with an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the bag surrounds the at least one cell; an inert gas filling a space between the interior surface of the bag and the exterior surface of the at least one cell; and a casing surrounding the bag, wherein the bag exerts a compressive pressure, via the inert gas, on the at least one cell.
Resumen de: US20260074274A1
A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly coupled to the case to seal the case, and the case includes a bottom portion, long side portions bent and extended from the bottom portion, a first short side portion bent and extended from the bottom portion, and second short side portions bent and extended from the long side portions, and the first short side portion and the second short side portions are connected to one another to define a short side portion.
Resumen de: US20260074268A1
A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes preparing a cell stack and forming a bonding part. In the preparing, a first electrode and a second electrode having a width greater than that of the first electrode are alternately stacked with a separator therebetween. In the forming, a bonding part is folded toward the cell stack by bonding the plurality of separators protruding outward further than the first electrode and the second electrode to each other. An electrode assembly is also provided.
Resumen de: US20260074269A1
Provided is a pressing apparatus for a secondary battery for improving the efficiency of a secondary battery manufacturing process and the performance or structural stability of the secondary battery. The pressing apparatus for the secondary battery includes a case part for arranging a plurality of secondary batteries along one direction, an end plate configured to be movable inside the case part in the one direction and apply pressure to the secondary batteries in the one direction, a pulley part connected to one side of the end plate, and a wire part configured to be wound around the pulley part and to transmit power in the one direction to the pulley part to move the end plate along the one direction.
Resumen de: US20260074271A1
This application discloses a down-pressing mechanism, a pressurizing apparatus, and a battery production device. The down-pressing mechanism includes a pitch adjustment unit and multiple down-pressing members, where the pitch adjustment unit includes a base plate and multiple pitch adjustment members arranged sequentially along a first direction on the base plate. At least one pitch adjustment member is capable of moving along the first direction. Each down-pressing member is connected to a corresponding pitch adjustment member. The down-pressing members are configured to press a product.
Resumen de: US20260074261A1
A pressing apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include a driver, a cylinder configured to move in response to driving of the driver, and a regulator configured to control an internal pressure of the cylinder, wherein the cylinder moves upwardly by a first distance in response to driving of the driver, and a portion of the cylinder is configured to move upwardly by a second distance in response to the internal pressure of the cylinder controlled by the regulator to provide a pressing force to at least a portion of a secondary battery.
Resumen de: US20260074399A1
A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab; a first current collector plate electrically connected to the first electrode tab; a case in which the first current collector plate and the electrode assembly are accommodated; a cap plate sealing an upper end of the case and including a coupling protrusion protruding downward; and an insulating member coupled to and fixed to the coupling protrusion at a lower portion of the cap plate, and the first current collector plate is coupled to a coupling hook located under the insulating member to be fixed.
Resumen de: US20260074384A1
In one exemplary embodiment, an electrode sheet is provided. The electrode sheet has a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction and constitutes an electrode of a secondary battery by being wound with the lateral direction as an axial direction. The electrode sheet includes a current collector that includes a resin layer, and a first current collecting layer and a second current collecting layer that are respectively provided on both surfaces of the resin layer; a first active material layer that is provided on a surface of the first current collecting layer on a side opposite to the resin layer; and a first metal sheet that is bonded to one end of the first current collecting layer in the lateral direction and has a first bonding mark formed along the longitudinal direction by the bonding, where the first metal sheet has a first extending part that extends from the first current collecting layer in the lateral direction.
Resumen de: US20260074372A1
A separator and a preparation method of separator, a battery cell including the separator, a battery including the battery cell, and an electric device including the battery, where the separator includes at least two base films and a functional layer interposed between two adjacent base films, and the base film includes at least two components.
Resumen de: US20260074398A1
An electric power storage module including: an electrode stack including a plurality of electrodes each including a current collector and a detection line joined to the current collector; and a sealing body provided on the electrode stack to surround the electrode stack and configured to seal an internal space between the current collectors adjacent to each other, in which the sealing body includes a plurality of sealing members made of a resin and welded to the plurality of electrodes, respectively, a plurality of spacers each of which is made of a resin, disposed between the sealing members adjacent to each other, and forms the internal space together with each of the sealing members, and an outer side face formed by welding the sealing members and the spacers to each other.
Resumen de: US20260074376A1
An electrode assembly comprises an active substance-coated part and a tab part. The tab part comprises a plurality of tab pieces, overlapping parts of the plurality of tab pieces forming an overlapping region, and misaligned parts of the plurality of tab pieces forming a misalignment region connected to the overlapping region. The misalignment region comprises a first connection part and a second connection part, the side of the first connection part in a first direction being connected to the active substance-coated part, and the second connection part being connected to the other side of the first connection part in the first direction. In a second direction, the end of the second connection part away from the overlapping region is closer to the overlapping region than the end of the first connection part away from the overlapping region.
Resumen de: WO2026051446A1
The present application relates to the technical field of current collectors, specifically to a composite copper current collector and a preparation method therefor. In the present application, a modified polymer film is obtained by means of subjecting a polymer and an active material to heating and melting, extrusion, casting, and biaxial stretching processes; copper layers are formed on the upper and lower sides of the modified polymer film, respectively, using a chemical plating method; finally, an anti-oxidation layer is prepared on the copper layers, thereby obtaining a composite copper current collector. The composite copper current collector prepared by means of the present application realizes one-step preparation of a composite copper current collector, namely a chemical plating method, successfully solving the problems of high energy consumption and low yield caused by physical vapor deposition process in conventional preparation processes. Compared with conventional methods, the performance of the composite copper current collector prepared by the present application is not degraded, while energy consumption is greatly reduced and yield is increased.
Resumen de: WO2026051440A1
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of batteries. Disclosed are a battery cell, a battery device, and an electric apparatus. The battery cell comprises a pole, an electrode assembly, a casing, and a fixing member, wherein the pole is electrically connected to the electrode assembly; the electrode assembly is arranged in the casing; the casing has a first wall; the pole is arranged on the first wall; the fixing member comprises a first flat portion, a transition portion, and a second flat portion; the transition portion is located between the first flat portion and the second flat portion; the first flat portion is engaged with the pole; the second flat portion is connected to the first wall; at least one of the thickness of the first flat portion in the axial direction of the pole, the thickness of the second flat portion in the axial direction of the pole, and the thickness of the transition portion in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the pole is greater than 0.8 mm and less than or equal to 1.5 mm.
Resumen de: WO2026051355A1
Disclosed is a preparation method for a heteroatom-doped carbon material, comprising the following steps: (S1) uniformly mixing a phenolic monomer, an aldehyde monomer and a non-metal doping source, then pre-polymerizing same to obtain a liquid phenolic resin oligomer, then adding a metal doping source and uniformly mixing same, and then curing same to obtain a solid precursor; (S2) sequentially subjecting the solid precursor to crushing, pyrolysis and carbonization, and then an activation process for pore forming, to obtain a carbon material having a porous structure; (S3) pulverizing the carbon material having the porous structure, placing same into a reactor and introducing a silicon-containing gas, performing silicon deposition, and then subjecting same to stabilization treatment to obtain a silicon-carbon composite material; and (S4) performing carbon coating on a surface of the silicon-carbon composite material to obtain a product heteroatom-doped carbon material. By doping with non-metal and metal heteroatoms in a specific order, the present invention improves the kinetic properties of lithium ions and electrons, inhibits composite material particle breakdown during charging and discharging, and improves interface stability.
Resumen de: US20260071815A1
Facility and method for drying electrode are disclosed. The electrode drying facility according to an embodiment of this disclosure is transporting and drying an electrode extended in the longitudinal direction and comprises a heating roller unit including a heating roller that forms a roller shape and transports the electrode and heats the electrode, a heater unit heating the electrode drawn from the heating roller unit, an electrode cooling equipment cooling the electrode drawn from the heater unit, wherein the heater unit irradiates a laser beam containing infrared rays to the electrode.
Resumen de: US20260071791A1
Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for the capturing, transferring, and managing of heat energy. Phase change materials are used for their high thermal inertia property and large energy per volume property when operated near their solid-liquid transition point. Additionally, the systems, devices, and methods utilize one or more thermoelectric modules thermally coupled to a first side of the phase change material and one or more thermoelectric modules thermally coupled to a second side of the phase change material, opposite the first side. The use of the thermoelectric modules allows heat energy to be stored in, transferred within, or harvested from, the phase change material the thermoelectric modules couple to.
Resumen de: US20260071331A1
The invention provides a method for preparing a metal powder, in which an ultrasonic vibration is induced on a perforated membrane that is in contact with a liquid metal. The metal is a low-melting-point metal or an alloy based on such a metal and which has a low melting point. The resulting metal powder is deposited directly onto/into a deposition target.
Resumen de: US20260071294A1
Provided is a method for cost-effectively recovering valuable metals from waste lithium-ion batteries through a pyrometallurgical process. The present invention pertains to a method for recovering valuable metals from waste lithium-ion batteries, the method comprising: an oxidation roasting step S3 in which raw materials including waste lithium-ion batteries are subjected to an oxidation roasting treatment; and a reduction step S4 in which the obtained oxidation roasted product is reduced in the presence of carbon. In the oxidation roasting step S3, calcium carbonate is charged into a furnace together with the raw materials including waste lithium-ion batteries to control the treatment temperature of the oxidation roasting treatment.
Resumen de: US20260071062A1
The invention relates to a polymer comprising or essentially consisting of monomer units derived from 1,3-butadiene, acrylonitrile and optionally, methacrylic acid, wherein the weight content of monomer units derived from 1,3-butadiene is at most 65 wt.-%, relative to the total weight of the polymer. The polymer is useful for manufacturing a cathode for a battery cell. The invention further relates to a cathode of a battery cell comprising the polymer as well as to a composition comprising the polymer and γ-valerolactone.
Resumen de: US20260071028A1
A binder for an energy storage device including a polymer composite formed by compositing a polyimide precursor and/or a polyimide with a cyclic molecule having multiple ether bonds. The polyimide precursor contains a reactant of a tetracarboxylic acid component and a diamine component. The polyimide is obtained by imidizing a part or all of the polyimide precursor.
Nº publicación: US20260074260A1 12/03/2026
Solicitante:
SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD [KR]
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD
Resumen de: US20260074260A1
An apparatus for transferring an electrode assembly includes a base, a support extending from the base, a gripper connected to the support, a driver configured to drive the gripper so that the gripper grips the electrode assembly, a transferer connected to the base and configured to move along a rail, and a controller configured to control the driver so that the gripper grips a side surface of the electrode assembly in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the electrode assembly and to control the transferer so that the electrode assembly moves along the rail.