Pre-treating separator to enable separator for pick and place operation
    21.
    发明授权
    Pre-treating separator to enable separator for pick and place operation 有权
    预处理分离器使分离器能够进行拾取和放置操作

    公开(公告)号:US09343720B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-17

    申请号:US14452362

    申请日:2014-08-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The described embodiments relate to methods and apparatus for improving pick and place operations. Pick and place operations involving the movement of flexible substrates can be improved by cooling a flexible substrate below a threshold temperature at which the flexible substrate transitions from a flexible state to a rigid state. Once in the rigid state, the flexible substrate can be handled and maneuvered by pick and place operations for a period of time with a limited risk of the flexible substrate wrinkling and tearing. In some embodiments, the flexible substrate is a thin polymeric substrate used to separate oppositely charged battery cells within a battery assembly.

    Abstract translation: 所描述的实施例涉及用于改善拾取和放置操作的方法和装置。 可以通过将柔性基底冷却到柔性基板从柔性状态转变到刚性状态的阈值温度以下来改善涉及柔性基板移动的拾取和放置操作。 一旦处于刚性状态,柔性基底可以通过拾取和放置操作来处理和操纵一段时间,其柔性基底起皱和撕裂的风险有限。 在一些实施例中,柔性基底是用于分离电池组件内的相反电荷的电池单元的薄聚合物基底。

    MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES USING FIDUCIALS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL STACKED-CELL BATTERIES
    22.
    发明申请
    MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES USING FIDUCIALS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL STACKED-CELL BATTERIES 审中-公开
    在三维堆叠电池中使用纤维制造技术

    公开(公告)号:US20140272543A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US14207080

    申请日:2014-03-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to the manufacture of a battery cell. The battery cell includes a first set of layers including a cathode with an active coating, a separator, and an anode with an active coating. The separator may include a ceramic coating and a binder coating over the ceramic coating. During manufacturing of the battery cell, the layers are stacked, and the binder coating is used to laminate the first set of layers within the first sub-cell by applying at least one of pressure and temperature to the first set of layers. One or more fiducials are also disposed on each electrode from a set of electrodes for the battery cell and/or a fixture for the electrodes. The one or more fiducials may be used to align the electrodes during stacking of the set of electrodes.

    Abstract translation: 所公开的实施例涉及电池单元的制造。 电池单元包括第一组层,包括具有活性涂层的阴极,隔膜和具有活性涂层的阳极。 分离器可以包括陶瓷涂层和陶瓷涂层上的粘合剂涂层。 在制造电池单元期间,层叠层,并且粘合剂涂层用于通过将压力和温度中的至少一个施加到第一组层来将第一组层压在第一子电池内。 从用于电池单元的一组电极和/或电极的固定器也在每个电极上设置一个或多个基准。 在该组电极堆叠期间,可以使用一个或多个基准来对齐电极。

    MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES USING BINDER COATINGS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL STACKED-CELL BATTERIES
    23.
    发明申请
    MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES USING BINDER COATINGS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL STACKED-CELL BATTERIES 审中-公开
    在三维堆叠电池中使用粘合剂涂层的制造技术

    公开(公告)号:US20140272528A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US14207018

    申请日:2014-03-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to the manufacture of a battery cell. The battery cell includes a first set of layers including a cathode with an active coating, a separator, and an anode with an active coating. The separator may include a ceramic coating and a binder coating over the ceramic coating. During manufacturing of the battery cell, the layers are stacked, and the binder coating is used to laminate the first set of layers within the first sub-cell by applying at least one of pressure and temperature to the first set of layers.

    Abstract translation: 所公开的实施例涉及电池单元的制造。 电池单元包括第一组层,包括具有活性涂层的阴极,隔膜和具有活性涂层的阳极。 分离器可以包括陶瓷涂层和陶瓷涂层上的粘合剂涂层。 在制造电池单元期间,层叠层,并且粘合剂涂层用于通过将压力和温度中的至少一个施加到第一组层来将第一组层压在第一子电池内。

    Battery housings for accommodating swelling of electrode assemblies

    公开(公告)号:US11264665B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16850481

    申请日:2020-04-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Battery housings and batteries are presented for accommodating swelling of an electrode assembly. In one aspect, a battery includes an electrode assembly that includes a cathode and an anode. The battery also includes a receptacle that includes at least one feedthrough disposed through one or more sides of the receptacle. A lid is sealed to the receptacle. The receptacle, the at least one feedthrough, and the lid form a sealed volume in which the electrode assembly and an electrolyte are disposed. The lid is configured to displace from a first position to a second position in response to a swelling of the electrode assembly within the sealed volume. The receptacle is configured to strain less than the lid during the swelling of the electrode assembly. The second position of the lid may correspond to an expanded volume of the electrode assembly that is 15% greater than an initial volume.

    Multiple electrolyte battery cells
    29.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11189834B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16038865

    申请日:2018-07-18

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Qingcheng Zeng

    Abstract: Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a first current collector and a second current collector. Exemplary battery cells may also include a first region defined between the first current collector and the second current collector. The first region may include electrode materials. The battery cells may also include a second region defined between the first current collector and the second current collector. The second region may be fluidly isolated from the first region. The second region may include an electrolyte.

    Current collector surface treatment

    公开(公告)号:US11018343B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-25

    申请号:US15962133

    申请日:2018-04-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a first current collector, and may include a second current collector. At least one of the first current collector and the second current collector may be a metal current collector. The battery cells may include a seal between an external region of the first current collector and an external region of the second current collector. The seal may be coupled with a first portion of a first surface of the first current collector, and may be coupled with a first portion of a first surface of the second current collector. The battery cells may also include a coupling material positioned between the seal and the first portion of the first surface of the first current collector. The coupling material may also be positioned between the seal and the first portion of the first surface of the second current collector.

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