公开(公告)号：US20210350818A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17313878

申请日：2021-05-06

申请人： Feasible Inc.

发明人： Shaurjo BISWAS ,  Shan DOU ,  Aleksandr KIESSLING ,  Andrew HSIEH ,  Barry VAN TASSELL ,  Marc JUZKOW

IPC分类号： G10L25/51 ,  H04R1/34

摘要： Systems, techniques, and computer-implemented processes are provided for acoustic signal based analysis of thin-films, electrode coatings, and other components of batteries. Data analytics on signals obtained by ultrasound excitation of materials is used to analyze electrode coating parameters, analyzing separators, and other battery components. Using the disclosed techniques in battery manufacturing and production can lead to reduction in wastage of damaged/scrapped battery cells and shorten production time.

公开(公告)号：US10809231B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US15799532

申请日：2017-10-31

申请人： Feasible, Inc.

发明人： Andrew Gaheem Hsieh ,  Barry James Van Tassell ,  Daniel Artemis Steingart ,  Shaurjo Biswas ,  Robert Charles Mohr

IPC分类号： G01N29/44 ,  G01N29/11 ,  G01N29/52 ,  G01N29/07 ,  G01N29/06 ,  B60L58/10 ,  G01R31/382 ,  B60L50/64 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/26

摘要： Systems and methods for analyzing physical characteristics of a battery include arrangements of two or more transducers coupled to the battery. A control module controls one or more of the two or more transducers to transmit acoustic signals through at least a portion of the battery, and one or more of the two or more transducers to receive response acoustic signals. Distribution of physical properties of the battery is determined based at least on the transmitted acoustic signals and the response acoustic signals.

公开(公告)号：US20210175553A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US17112756

申请日：2020-12-04

申请人： Feasible, Inc.

发明人： Barry J. VAN TASSELL ,  Shan DOU ,  Shaurjo BISWAS ,  Andrew G. HSIEH ,  Andrew M. RAPHAEL

IPC分类号： H01M10/48 ,  G01N29/14 ,  G01R31/392 ,  G01N29/024 ,  G08C17/02

摘要： Systems and methods for acoustic signal based analysis, include obtaining acoustic response signal data of at least a portion of a battery cell, the acoustic response signal data comprising waveforms generated by transmitting one or more acoustic excitation signals into at least the portion of the battery cell and recording response vibration signals to the one or more acoustic excitation signals. One or more metrics are determined from at least the acoustic response signal data, the one or more metrics being determined based on correlation of the one or more metrics to one or more characteristics of battery cells and a reference model is generated from the one or more metrics. A test battery can be evaluated using the reference model. Actionable insights or recommendations can be generated based on the evaluation. The reference model can also be updated based on the evaluation.

公开(公告)号：US10809310B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US16675744

申请日：2019-11-06

申请人： FEASIBLE, INC. ,  THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

发明人： Andrew Gaheem Hsieh ,  Barry James Van Tassell ,  Robert Charles Mohr ,  Anne Wilkinson ,  Jonathan Ajo-Franklin ,  Shaurjo Biswas

IPC分类号： G08B21/00 ,  G01R31/392 ,  G01R31/389 ,  G01R31/3842 ,  G01N29/34 ,  H01M10/48 ,  G01N29/12 ,  G01N29/46 ,  G01R31/385 ,  B60L3/12 ,  B60L58/16 ,  B60L58/12 ,  B60L3/00 ,  H01M10/42 ,  G01R31/367

摘要： Systems and methods of determining physical conditions of a battery, such as state of charge (SOC), state of health (SOH), quality of construction, defect, or failure state include driving two or more acoustic signals of two or more amplitudes, each acoustic signal having two or more frequencies, into the battery and detecting vibrations generated in the battery based on the two or more acoustic signals. Nonlinear response characteristics of the battery for the two or more acoustic signals are determined from the detected vibrations. The physical conditions of the battery are determined based at least in part on the nonlinear response characteristics, using nonlinear acoustic resonance spectroscopy (NARS) or nonlinear resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (NRUS).

公开(公告)号：US10481016B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15799292

申请日：2017-10-31

申请人： Feasible, Inc.

发明人： Andrew Gaheem Hsieh ,  Barry James Van Tassell ,  Daniel Artemis Steingart ,  Shaurjo Biswas ,  Robert Charles Mohr

IPC分类号： G01N27/416 ,  G01K11/24 ,  G01R31/382 ,  H01M10/48

摘要： Systems and methods for measuring temperature characteristics of a battery include one or more transducers coupled to the battery for transmitting and/or receiving sound waves through at least a portion of the battery. A temperature measurement unit is provided to determine a time-of-flight of sound waves through at least the portion of the battery based on transmitted and received sound waves through at least the portion of the battery, and to determine temperature characteristics of at least the portion of the battery based on the time-of-flight.

公开(公告)号：US20190094189A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US16141166

申请日：2018-09-25

申请人： Feasible, Inc.

发明人： Andrew Gaheem HSIEH ,  Anne WILKINSON ,  Robert Charles MOHR ,  Shaurjo BISWAS ,  Barry James VAN TASSELL ,  Daniel Artemis STEINGART

IPC分类号： G01N29/44 ,  G01R31/36 ,  H01M10/48

摘要： Systems and methods for testing a component, such as a battery, of a host device include transmitting one or more input acoustic signals into at least a portion of the host device, through input transducers coupled to the host device. One or more response signals generated in response to the one or more input acoustic signals are detected through recording transducers coupled to the host device. The one or more response signals are stored and compared with reference signals or datasets. One or more physical characteristics of the component or battery are analyzed based on the comparison.

公开(公告)号：US20180120261A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15799532

申请日：2017-10-31

申请人： Feasible, Inc.

发明人： Andrew Gaheem HSIEH ,  Barry James VAN TASSELL ,  Daniel Artemis STEINGART ,  Shaurjo BISWAS ,  Robert Charles MOHR

IPC分类号： G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/26

CPC分类号： G01N29/04 ,  B60L50/64 ,  B60L58/10 ,  G01N29/043 ,  G01N29/0672 ,  G01N29/07 ,  G01N29/11 ,  G01N29/262 ,  G01N29/4418 ,  G01N29/4472 ,  G01N29/52 ,  G01N2291/02818 ,  G01N2291/02854 ,  G01N2291/02863 ,  G01N2291/02881 ,  G01N2291/0289 ,  G01N2291/044 ,  G01N2291/048 ,  G01N2291/106 ,  G01N2291/2697 ,  G01R31/382

摘要： Systems and methods for analyzing physical characteristics of a battery include arrangements of two or more transducers coupled to the battery. A control module controls one or more of the two or more transducers to transmit acoustic signals through at least a portion of the battery, and one or more of the two or more transducers to receive response acoustic signals. Distribution of physical properties of the battery is determined based at least on the transmitted acoustic signals and the response acoustic signals.

公开(公告)号：US20220155262A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17455366

申请日：2021-11-17

申请人： FEASIBLE, INC.

发明人： Shaurjo BISWAS ,  Andrew HSIEH ,  Barry VAN TASSELL ,  Marc JUZKOW

IPC分类号： G01N29/44 ,  H01M10/04 ,  H01M4/04

摘要： Systems, techniques, and computer-implemented processes for acoustic signal based improvements to one or more process steps in the manufacture of battery cells. Information gathered based on an acoustic signal based analysis in one process step can be used in one or more other process steps using any suitable combination of feedback and/or feedforward of the acoustic signal based analysis. Such feedback and/or feedforward can improve the overall quality of battery cells produced using the manufacturing process, efficiency/cost of the manufacturing process, improvement in yield/reduction in wastage of the battery cells produced using the manufacturing process and/or improvements in individual process steps.

公开(公告)号：US20210365009A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US17327497

申请日：2021-05-21

申请人： Feasible, Inc.

发明人： Shaurjo BISWAS ,  Andrew HSIEH ,  Marc JUZKOW ,  Shan DOU ,  Barry VAN TASSELL

IPC分类号： G05B19/4155 ,  G10L25/51 ,  H04R1/08

摘要： Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for controlling a battery manufacturing process. For instance, signal based analysis that can include audio signal analysis can be performed during a first process step of a battery manufacturing process. Based on the signal based analysis, at least one adjustment can be determined for a second process step of the battery manufacturing process. Information associated with the at least one adjustment can be provided to the second process step.

公开(公告)号：US11056731B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16817966

申请日：2020-03-13

申请人： FEASIBLE, INC. ,  THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

发明人： Shaurjo Biswas ,  Robert Charles Mohr ,  Andrew Gaheem Hsieh ,  Barry James Van Tassell ,  Daniel Artemis Steingart ,  Jonathan Ajo-Franklin

IPC分类号： H01M10/48 ,  H01M6/50 ,  G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/28 ,  H01M50/20 ,  G01N29/22 ,  H01M10/42

摘要： Systems and methods for battery testing including a holder system. The holder system is designed to couple one or more transducers to a battery under test, wherein the one or more transducers are configured for electrochemical-acoustic signal interrogation (EASI) of the battery. The holder system includes at least one arm to house at least one transducer to be coupled to the battery, and a pressure applying device to apply pressure to the at least one transducer, and to control pressure between the at least one transducer and the battery. The holder system is also configured to determine the pressure between the at least one transducer and the battery and adjust the pressure applied to the at least one transducer based on the determined pressure.