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公开(公告)号:US20250132374A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-24
申请号:US18492145
申请日:2023-10-23
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Andrew Clay BOBEL , Michael Apone , Diptak Bhattacharya
IPC: H01M10/04 , H01M50/119 , H01M50/131
Abstract: An enclosure body and a method for manufacturing an enclosure includes one of extruding and deep drawing an enclosure including a plurality of side walls defining a first cavity. The plurality of side walls are formed without stiffening portions. After extruding and deep drawing of the enclosure, forming a plurality of stiffening portions on the enclosure using an expandable punch, a hydraulic punch, and/or hydroforming.
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公开(公告)号:US20240047693A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-08
申请号:US17879419
申请日:2022-08-02
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Jeffrey David CAIN , Thomas E. MOYLAN , Caleb REESE , Sayed Youssef Sayed NAGY , Andrew Clay BOBEL
CPC classification number: H01M4/661 , H01M4/0471 , H01M4/0423
Abstract: An electrode assembly that includes a current collector, a lithium foil, and a solid solution interface that chemically binds the current collector and the lithium foil is provided. The solid solution interface includes a portion of the current collector that is impregnated with lithium atoms diffused from the lithium foil. In some variations, a method for forming the electrode assembly includes heating a precursor electrode assembly that includes a current collector and a lithium metal film to a temperature that is less than a melting point of lithium, so that lithium atoms diffuse into the current collector during the heating. In other variations, a method for forming the electrode assembly includes disposing a molten lithium onto a heated current collector to form a precursor electrode assembly, and cooling the assembly to form a lithium metal layer that is chemically bonded to the current collector.
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公开(公告)号:US20240030458A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-25
申请号:US17872188
申请日:2022-07-25
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Andrew Clay BOBEL , Louis G. HECTOR, JR. , Erik Brandon GOLM , Shaomao XU , Raghunathan K , Anil K. SACHDEV
CPC classification number: H01M4/82 , H01M4/661 , H01M4/0404
Abstract: A method of making a battery current collector foil includes heat treating a foil sheet and mechanically roughening the heat treated foil sheet to create a surface roughness of between 2-4 μm. The heat treating and mechanical roughening of the foil sheet provides improved coating adhesion. One of an anode and cathode coating is then applied to the roughened, heat treated, foil sheet.
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公开(公告)号:US20240234859A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18356765
申请日:2023-07-21
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: Andrew Clay BOBEL , Anil K. Sachdev , Anthony Michael Coppola , Sayed Youssef Sayed Nagy , Jian Yao
IPC: H01M10/653 , C25D3/38 , C25D5/50 , C25D7/06 , H01M10/613 , H01M10/6557 , H01M10/6567 , H01M50/213
CPC classification number: H01M10/653 , C25D3/38 , C25D5/50 , C25D7/0671 , H01M10/613 , H01M10/6557 , H01M10/6567 , H01M50/213
Abstract: A process for making a ribbon-shaped hollow thermal conductor includes forming a sacrificial material into an insert including a plurality of parallel strands. Plating the sacrificial insert with copper to form a ribbon-shaped structure and removing the sacrificial material from within the ribbon-shaped structure to create a hollow passage through a ribbon-shaped hollow copper thermal conductor.
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公开(公告)号:US20230140811A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-04
申请号:US17516463
申请日:2021-11-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Anil K. SACHDEV , Louis G. HECTOR, JR. , Andrew Clay BOBEL , Arianna T. MORALES
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a metal sheet. The method includes extruding a component along an extrusion axis. The component has a wall at least partially defining an interior region. The component includes a metal. The method further includes unfurling the wall to form a sheet precursor. The sheet precursor has a first thickness and a first transverse dimension. The method further includes rolling the sheet precursor along a rolling axis to form the metal sheet. The metal sheet has a second thickness perpendicular to the rolling axis. The second thickness is less than the first thickness. The second transverse dimension is parallel to the rolling axis. The second transverse dimension is greater than the first transverse dimension. In certain aspects, the metal includes lithium and the metal sheet is a lithium metal electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US20220384776A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-01
申请号:US17336073
申请日:2021-06-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Jeffrey David CAIN , Andrew Clay BOBEL
IPC: H01M4/134
Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electroactive material for an electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions. The electroactive material includes a plurality of electroactive particles having an average diameter greater than or equal to about 100 nm to less than or equal to about 50 μm. Each electroactive particle includes a layered anode material defined by a two-dimensional allotrope. The two-dimensional allotrope includes a plurality of atomic layers that include a negative electroactive material selected from the group consisting of: silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), boron (B), and combinations thereof. In certain variations, the layered anode material may be prelithiated. For example, lithium ions may be dispersed between the atomic layers of the two-dimensional allotrope to pre-lithiate the layered anode material.
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公开(公告)号:US20250135523A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-01
申请号:US18496602
申请日:2023-10-27
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Andrew Clay BOBEL , Diptak BHATTACHARYA , Andrew Geoffrey BALDING , William Yu CHEN , Ryan Curtis SEKOL , Derek Frei LAHR
IPC: B21D26/021 , B21D19/14 , B21D39/02 , B21D43/22 , B21D53/04
Abstract: A method of making a cold plate includes stacking three aluminum sheets on top of each other while each of the three aluminum sheets is generally flat. An edge of the three aluminum sheets are secured together. A top one of the aluminum sheets is welded to a middle one of the aluminum sheets at a plurality of first locations and a bottom one of the aluminum sheets is welded to the middle one of the aluminum sheets at a plurality of second locations different than the plurality of first locations. A pressurized medium is supplied between the top one of the aluminum sheets and the bottom one of the aluminum sheets to separate the top one of the aluminum sheets from the bottom one of the aluminum sheets and deform the middle one of the aluminum sheets.
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公开(公告)号:US20240413295A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-12
申请号:US18330724
申请日:2023-06-07
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Andrew Clay BOBEL , Diptak BHATTACHARYA , Zhenke TENG , Caleb REESE , Sayed Yousef Sayed NAGY , Anil K. SACHDEV
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a current collector for an electrode of a battery cell includes providing a wire mesh current collector including wires that have a diameter and form mesh junctions; and rolling the wire mesh current collector using a first roller and a second roller, wherein the first roller and the second roller are spaced by a predetermined gap. The predetermined gap is less than 2 times the diameter of the wires of the wire mesh current collector.
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公开(公告)号:US20240234739A9
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US17971326
申请日:2022-10-21
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Diptak BHATTACHARYA , Caleb REESE , Thomas E. MOYLAN , Andrew Clay BOBEL , Anil K. SACHDEV
IPC: H01M4/66 , H01M4/04 , H01M4/62 , H01M10/0525
CPC classification number: H01M4/662 , H01M4/0471 , H01M4/621 , H01M4/669 , H01M10/0525 , H01M2004/021
Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a current collector, a lithium metal foil, and an alloyed interface that chemically binds the current collector and the lithium metal foil. In certain variations, the alloyed interface includes an intermediate layer disposed between the current collector and the lithium metal foil, a portion of the current collector adjacent to the intermediate layer is alloyed with the indium, gallium, or alloy of indium and gallium defining the intermediate layer, and a portion of the lithium metal foil adjacent to the intermediate layer is alloyed with the indium, gallium, or alloy of indium and gallium defining the intermediate layer. In other variations, the alloyed interface includes a copper-lithium alloy.
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公开(公告)号:US20240136534A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-25
申请号:US17971326
申请日:2022-10-20
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Diptak BHATTACHARYA , Caleb REESE , Thomas E. MOYLAN , Andrew Clay BOBEL , Anil K. SACHDEV
IPC: H01M4/66 , H01M4/04 , H01M4/62 , H01M10/0525
CPC classification number: H01M4/662 , H01M4/0471 , H01M4/621 , H01M4/669 , H01M10/0525 , H01M2004/021
Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a current collector, a lithium metal foil, and an alloyed interface that chemically binds the current collector and the lithium metal foil. In certain variations, the alloyed interface includes an intermediate layer disposed between the current collector and the lithium metal foil, a portion of the current collector adjacent to the intermediate layer is alloyed with the indium, gallium, or alloy of indium and gallium defining the intermediate layer, and a portion of the lithium metal foil adjacent to the intermediate layer is alloyed with the indium, gallium, or alloy of indium and gallium defining the intermediate layer. In other variations, the alloyed interface includes a copper-lithium alloy.
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