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公开(公告)号:US12002932B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-04
申请号:US17353027
申请日:2021-06-21
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Jing Gao , Xingcheng Xiao , Brian J. Koch
IPC: H01M10/44 , H01M10/0525 , H01M10/48
CPC classification number: H01M10/44 , H01M10/0525 , H01M10/48
Abstract: A method of reforming a negative electrode layer of a secondary lithium battery may include execution of a reforming cycle that reforms a major facing surface of the negative electrode layer by eliminating at least a portion of a lithium dendrite or other lithium-containing surface irregularity that has formed on the major facing surface of the negative electrode layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11973200B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-30
申请号:US17112031
申请日:2020-12-04
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Gayatri V. Dadheech , Mark W. Verbrugge , Alok Warey , Brian J. Koch , Jing Gao
IPC: H01M10/48 , G01R31/364 , H01M4/485 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/38 , H01M4/587
CPC classification number: H01M10/48 , G01R31/364 , H01M4/485 , H01M10/0525 , H01M4/386 , H01M4/587
Abstract: A reference electrode assembly for an electrochemical cell of a secondary lithium ion battery and methods of manufacturing the same. The reference electrode assembly includes a porous membrane having a major surface and a porous reference structure deposited on the major surface of the porous membrane. The porous reference structure includes a porous carbon layer and a porous reference electrode layer that at least partially overlaps the porous carbon layer on the major surface of the porous membrane.
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公开(公告)号:US20230402687A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-14
申请号:US17835344
申请日:2022-06-08
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Jing Gao , Brian J. Koch , Yanyan Zhang , Zhe Li , Daniel J. Wilson , Xingcheng Xiao
IPC: H01M50/131 , H01M50/116
CPC classification number: H01M50/131 , H01M50/116
Abstract: A battery cell includes an anode, a cathode, a liquid electrolyte, and a battery cell case. The battery cell case is configured to house the anode, the cathode, and the liquid electrolyte and includes a case interior wall arranged proximate one of the anode and the cathode, a battery case ceiling, and a battery case floor catching and collecting the liquid electrolyte due to force of gravity. The case interior wall defines a pattern of surface tension varying between hydrophobic and hydrophilic along the case interior wall between the battery case floor and the battery cell ceiling. The pattern of surface tension thereby facilitates self-propulsion of the liquid electrolyte in opposition to the force of gravity and a predetermined distribution of the liquid electrolyte along the battery cell wall.
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公开(公告)号:US20230368367A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-16
申请号:US17743862
申请日:2022-05-13
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Wei Zeng , Scott E. Parrish , Jing Gao , Brian J. Koch , Xingcheng Xiao
CPC classification number: G06T7/001 , G06V10/58 , G06T7/337 , G06T7/32 , H01M10/4285 , G06T2207/10048 , G06T2207/30108
Abstract: A system for inspecting a battery component includes a heating device configured to heat a surface of the battery component to a selected temperature, an optical-visible imaging device configured to take an optical image of the surface, a thermal imaging device configured to take a thermal image of the surface, and a processor configured to acquire the optical image and the thermal image. The processor is configured to correlate the thermal image with the optical image, identify a feature of interest in at least one of the optical image and the thermal image, determine a geometric characteristic and a temperature characteristic associated with the feature of interest, and determine whether the feature of interest is a defect based on the geometric characteristic and the temperature characteristic.
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公开(公告)号:US20230253637A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-10
申请号:US17592630
申请日:2022-02-04
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Jing Gao , Zhe Li , Xingcheng Xiao , Brian J. Koch , Michael A Lelli , Dave G. Rich
IPC: H01M10/48 , H01L41/113 , H01M50/293 , H01L41/047
CPC classification number: H01M10/48 , H01L41/0475 , H01L41/1132 , H01M50/293
Abstract: Presented are electrochemical devices with in-stack pressure sensors, methods for making/using such devices, and battery cells with electrode stacks having an electrode separator assembly with a piezoelectric layer for in-stack pressure sensing and dendrite cleaning. An electric machine, such as a lithium-class secondary battery cell for example, includes a device housing with an ion-conducting electrolyte located inside the device housing. A stack of working electrodes is also located inside the device housing, in electrochemical contact with the electrolyte. At least one electrode separator assembly is located inside the device housing, interposed between a neighboring pair of the working electrodes. The electrode separator assembly includes a pair of separator layers that transmit therethrough the ions of the electrolyte, and a piezoelectric layer that is interposed between the two separator layers. The piezoelectric layer outputs an electrical signal in response to deformation of one or both of the neighboring working electrodes.
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公开(公告)号:US20230090433A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-23
申请号:US17478292
申请日:2021-09-17
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Brian J. Koch , Jing Gao , Alfred Zhang , Alok Warey , Jason Graetz , Chia-Ming Chang , Daniel M. Zehnder , Patrick J. Webb , Souren Soukiazian
IPC: B60L58/12 , G01R19/165
Abstract: A vehicle, and a balancing device and method of controlling a state of charge of a reference electrode in a battery. The balancing device includes a measurement circuit and a charging circuit. The measurement circuit is configured to obtain a measurement of a reference voltage of the reference electrode. The charging circuit is configured to adjust the reference voltage based on the measurement. The state of charge of the reference electrode is controlled based on the reference voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US20230054685A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-23
申请号:US17407487
申请日:2021-08-20
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Michael A. Lelli , Jing Gao
IPC: H01M10/0583 , H01M50/538 , H01M50/533
Abstract: Presented are stacked electrode designs for electrochemical devices, methods for making/using such electrochemical devices, and lithium-class cylindrical and prismatic battery cells with stacked electrode architectures. An electrochemical device employs multiple first (e.g., anode) electrodes and multiple second (e.g., cathode) electrodes, each of which includes an active (anode/cathode) electrode material borne by an electrode body and a flexible tab projecting from the electrode body. Multiple electrically insulating separators are interleaved between and stacked along a central stack axis with the electrodes to define an electrode stack. A first electrically conductive current collector fully or partially surrounds the electrode stack and interference fits with the electrode tabs of the first electrodes to electrically connect thereto. A second electrically conductive current collector is disposed inside the first current collector, aligned substantially parallel with the central stack axis, and interference fit with the electrode tabs of the second electrodes to electrically connect thereto.
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公开(公告)号:US20210247242A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-12
申请号:US16788848
申请日:2020-02-12
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Alfred Zhang , Gayatri V. Dadheech , Jing Gao , Brian J. Koch
Abstract: A temperature sensor for a battery cell of a rechargeable battery is described, and includes a resistive sensing element, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The resistive sensing element, the first electrode, and the second electrode are affixed to a porous separator. The porous separator is interposed between an anode and a cathode of the battery cell. The resistive sensing element is electrically connected in series between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the resistive sensing element, the first electrode and the second electrode are affixed onto the separator as film layers, and are porous.
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公开(公告)号:US20250096438A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-20
申请号:US18469786
申请日:2023-09-19
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Anne Zhang , Jing Gao , Christine Labaza , Yifan Zhao , Brian J. Koch , Raneen Taha
IPC: H01M50/569 , B60L50/60 , H01M50/449 , H01M50/463 , H01M50/528
Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to connectors for thin-film functional separators in battery cells. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a thin-film functional separator for a battery cell is provided. The thin-film functional separator may be disposed within the battery cell, such as between a cathode and anode of the battery cell. The thin-film functional separator includes a porous composite membrane that includes a microporous substrate and a coating layer, and includes a lead extending from the porous composite membrane. The lead extending from the porous composite membrane is coupled to an external conductive tab using a mechanical connector that electrically couples the external conductive tab to the lead extending from the porous composite membrane. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
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公开(公告)号:US12148897B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-19
申请号:US17160553
申请日:2021-01-28
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Jing Gao , Brian J. Koch , Gayatri V. Dadheech , Mark W. Verbrugge , Alok Warey , James R. Salvador , Robert D. Schmidt
IPC: H01M10/48 , G01R31/389 , G01R31/392 , H01M10/0525 , H01M10/0585 , H01M10/42
Abstract: A monitoring assembly for an electrochemical cell of a secondary lithium battery includes a porous sensory structure and a transducer. The porous sensory structure includes a sensory layer disposed on a major surface of a porous separator and a buffer layer disposed between the sensory layer and a facing surface of a negative electrode layer. The buffer layer electrically isolates the sensory layer from the facing surface of the negative electrode layer. The sensory layer includes an electrically conductive material and is configured to produce a response to an input signal or to a physical stimulus received within the electrochemical cell. The transducer is configured to process the response produced by the sensory layer to generate an output signal indicative of a diagnostic condition within the electrochemical cell.
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