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公开(公告)号:US20250140776A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-01
申请号:US18497358
申请日:2023-10-30
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Daniel RYAN , Nicole Ellison , Shaomao Xu
IPC: H01M4/04 , B05C5/02 , B05C9/04 , B05C11/11 , B05C13/00 , B22D1/00 , B22D19/00 , C23C26/02 , H01M4/38
Abstract: A method of manufacturing an alkali metal coated current collector for a battery, the method includes melting the alkali metal, removing impurities floating on the surface of the melted alkali metal; applying the purified melted alkali metal to the surface of at least one side of a passing current collector substrate to form a coating on the current collector substrate. A system for manufacturing an alkali metal coated current collector for a battery includes at least one extruder having a melt chamber, an inlet extending to the melt chamber, at least one feed roller in the inlet for feeding alkali metal introduced into the inlet to the melt chamber; a heater for melting alkali metal in the melt chamber; an opening in the chamber for removing impurities floating on the melted alkali metal in the melt chamber; an outlet extending from the melt chamber to a dispensing opening; a reservoir for receiving melted alkali metal; and at least one drive roller for driving a current collector substrate past the reservoir to receive a coating of melted alkali metal.
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公开(公告)号:US20240154151A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-09
申请号:US17983612
申请日:2022-11-09
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Xiaowei YU , Erik Damon Huemiller , Shaomao Xu , Wayne Cai , Yaoyu Ren
IPC: H01M10/0525 , H01M4/04 , H01M4/134
CPC classification number: H01M10/0525 , H01M4/0402 , H01M4/134
Abstract: A lithium addition system includes: a lithium addition head configured to receive a filament of lithium; and a fill control module configured to: identify a defect in a layer of lithium; actuate an actuator and move the lithium addition head to a location of the defect and vertically above the defect; and apply one of power and energy to the filament thereby (a) at least one of softening, melting, and deforming the filament and (b) depositing lithium from the filament into the defect in the layer of lithium.
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公开(公告)号:US20240133962A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-25
申请号:US17971774
申请日:2022-10-23
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Robin JAMES , Megan E. Mcgovern , Dmitriy Bruder , Whitney Ann Poling , Erik Damon Huemiller , Shaomao Xu , Caleb Reese
IPC: G01R31/385 , H01M10/0525
CPC classification number: G01R31/3865 , H01M10/0525
Abstract: A method for validating non-destructive, electromagnetic methods in atmospheric conditions of a battery cell intended to include a lithium metal layer includes selecting a lithium mimic metal layer to replace the lithium metal layer; and creating a mock-up sample including one or more layers of the battery cell. One or more layers comprise the lithium mimic metal layer. The method includes performing electromagnetic testing of the mock-up sample.
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公开(公告)号:US20230238596A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-27
申请号:US17586181
申请日:2022-01-27
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Michael P. BALOGH , Andrew J. Galant , Shaomao Xu , Erik Damon Huemiller , Nicholas Paul William Pieczonka , Ratandeep Singh Kukreja , Daad Bourhan Haddad , Ryan Curtis Sekol
IPC: H01M10/48 , H01M50/105
CPC classification number: H01M10/482 , H01M50/105 , H01M2220/20
Abstract: A battery cell comprises a battery cell enclosure made of a non-metallic material. First battery terminals arranged in the battery cell enclosure. Second battery terminals arranged in the battery cell enclosure. Electrolyte is located between the first battery terminals and the second battery terminals. C conductive portions are arranged adjacent to an outer surface of the battery cell enclosure, where C is an integer greater than zero.
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公开(公告)号:US20230170529A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US17539421
申请日:2021-12-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Shaomao Xu , Michael P. Balogh , Daad Bourhan Haddad
IPC: H01M10/058 , H01M10/052 , H01M4/134
CPC classification number: H01M10/058 , H01M10/052 , H01M4/134
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include leveraging an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) mapping of copper current collectors for non-contact, non-destructive, in-line quality inspections of thin lithium metal anodes. An exemplary method can include receiving an electrode at a detection surface of the XRF detector. The electrode can include the lithium anode on a surface of a current collector. X-rays are passed through the lithium anode and into the current collector and the intensity of characteristic radiation returning from the current collector is measured at the XRF detector. A lithium anode characteristic can be inferred based on the measured intensity of characteristic radiation from the current collector.
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公开(公告)号:US12040461B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-16
申请号:US17555841
申请日:2021-12-20
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Erik Damon Huemiller , Michael P. Balogh , Ryan Curtis Sekol , Ratandeep Singh Kukreja , Shaomao Xu , Andrew J. Galant , Nicholas Paul William Pieczonka , Daad Bourhan Haddad
CPC classification number: H01M10/48 , G01B7/085 , G01N27/221 , G01R27/2605 , H01M4/0402 , H01M10/04 , H01M2220/20
Abstract: A quality control system in a battery manufacturing process includes two or more capacitive measurement apparatuses to obtain a capacitance measurement from two or more intermediate products generated during the battery manufacturing process. The system also includes processing circuitry to obtain the capacitive measurement from the two or more capacitive measurement apparatuses, to determine a characteristic of the corresponding intermediate product, and to control at least one process of the battery manufacturing process that produced at least one of the two or more intermediate products based on the characteristic.
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公开(公告)号:US11688843B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US17007102
申请日:2020-08-31
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Erik D. Huemiller , Nicholas P. Irish , Ryan C. Sekol , Dmitriy Bruder , Shaomao Xu , Jin Liu
IPC: H01M4/04 , H01M4/66 , H01M10/058 , H01M4/02
CPC classification number: H01M4/0435 , H01M4/0471 , H01M4/66 , H01M10/058 , H01M2004/021
Abstract: A method of making a calendered electrode for a battery cell comprises introducing a coated electrode having a first surface extending thereover. The coated electrode has a predetermined density of active materials for ion transport. The method further comprises selectively modifying the coated electrode by patterning the first surface to define a patterned electrode having a first portion and a second portion. After the step of selectively modifying, the method further comprises compressing the patterned electrode by calendering the first surface to provide the first portion having a first density of active materials and the second portion having a second density of active materials. The second density is greater than the first density to define the calendered electrode having a spatial variation of active material density.
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公开(公告)号:US20230097287A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-30
申请号:US17490519
申请日:2021-09-30
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Erik Damon HUEMILLER , Ryan Curtis Sekol , Shaomao Xu , Duane S. Carper , Nahel Eshaq , Raffaello Ardanese
IPC: G01R31/382 , G01R31/392 , H01M10/42 , H01M10/48 , H01M10/0525
Abstract: A system for testing a battery cell includes a test fixture configured to enclose the battery cell, a battery cycler configured to alternately charge and discharge the battery cell, an antenna mounted on a surface of the test fixture, the antenna configured to detect an electromagnetic signature of the battery cell and generate a signal indicative of the electromagnetic signature, and a detection module configured to receive the signal and detect characteristics of the battery cell based on the signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20220271264A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-25
申请号:US17182654
申请日:2021-02-23
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Shaomao Xu , Ryan C. Sekol
Abstract: A method of making a lithium metal anode for a battery cell is disclosed. The method comprises providing a current collector 12 comprising metal and having a first side 14. The method further comprises applying a metal oxide layer to the first side 14 of the current collector 12. The metal oxide layer comprises metal oxide for enhanced wettability of the first side 14. The method further comprises loading molten lithium to the metal oxide layer at a set temperature in an inert atmosphere to define a molten lithium layer having a first thickness on the metal oxide layer. The method further comprises reducing the first thickness of the molten lithium layer to a second thickness at the set temperature in the inert atmosphere. The method further comprises cooling the molten lithium layer to solidify the molten lithium layer in the inert atmosphere, defining a solid lithium layer on the metal oxide layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20220069273A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17007102
申请日:2020-08-31
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Erik D. Huemiller , Nicholas P. Irish , Ryan C. Sekol , Dmitrity Bruder , Shaomao Xu , Jin Liu
IPC: H01M4/04 , H01M4/66 , H01M10/058
Abstract: A method of making a calendered electrode for a battery cell comprises introducing a coated electrode having a first surface extending thereover. The coated electrode has a predetermined density of active materials for ion transport. The method further comprises selectively modifying the coated electrode by patterning the first surface to define a patterned electrode having a first portion and a second portion. After the step of selectively modifying, the method further comprises compressing the patterned electrode by calendering the first surface to provide the first portion having a first density of active materials and the second portion having a second density of active materials. The second density is greater than the first density to define the calendered electrode having a spatial variation of active material density.
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