19th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160133872 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are an organic electronic device (OED) and a method of manufacturing the same. The OED may effectively block moisture or oxygen permeating into the OED from an external environment, provide high reliability by increasing a life span and durability of an organic electronic diode, and minimize an align error in a process of attaching a film encapsulating the organic electronic diode to a substrate. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133873 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device and an apparatus and method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display device includes: a substrate; a display unit formed on the substrate; and an inorganic layer formed on the display unit, wherein a water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of the inorganic layer is 5×10 | 2016-05-12 |
20160133874 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed, in which an organic light emitting diode or a cathode electrode may be prevented from being damaged by outgassing generated due to water remaining in a planarization film. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate; a thin film transistor layer provided on the lower substrate; a planarization film provided on the thin film transistor layer to planarize the thin film transistor layer; an anode line provided on the planarization film to partially expose the planarization film in a non-display area corresponding to a periphery area of a display area; and a water absorption organic film provided on the exposed portion of the planarization film to at least partially absorb outgassing from the planarization film. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133875 | Method for Producing an Organic Component and Organic Component - The invention relates to a method for producing an organic component in which a layer stack comprising an electrode, a counter-electrode and one or more organic layers is produced and in which a functional layer with metal particle nanoclusters is formed in the layer stack, wherein here in the layer stack a base layer of an inorganic material is produced on an underlying stack region which comprises at least one organic layer and an arrangement of isolated metal particle nanoclusters is formed on the base layer. The invention further relates to an organic component. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133876 | OPTICAL LAYERED BODY AND SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - An optical layered body including: a substrate layer; a first adhesive layer disposed on one surface of the substrate layer; and a second adhesive layer disposed on an opposite surface of the first adhesive layer to the substrate layer, wherein the second adhesive layer includes particles that are capable of scattering light, and a refractive index n | 2016-05-12 |
20160133877 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic EL display device includes a first substrate, a plurality of organic EL devices arranged on the first substrate, a second substrate arranged above the first substrate, and a filling layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and displays an image on the second-substrate side. The organic EL display device is characterized in that: the organic EL devices each have a light-emission layer, a reflection electrode formed below the light-emission layer and reflecting light from the light-emission layer upwards, and an upper electrode formed above the light-emission layer and having a light transmission property and reflectivity; a structure for resonating the light emitted by the light-emission layer is formed between the reflection electrode and the upper electrode; and the filling layer includes fine particles for diffusing light exiting from the upper electrode added therein. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133878 | Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, Display Device, Electronic Device, and Lighting Device - A light-emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an EL layer provided between the first and second electrodes is provided. The first electrode includes a conductive layer, a first transparent conductive layer in contact with the conductive layer, and a second transparent conductive layer in contact with the first transparent conductive layer. The first transparent conductive layer contains a first oxide. The second transparent conductive layer contains a second oxide. The conductive layer has a function of reflecting light. The first oxide contains In and M (M represents Al, Si, Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, or Hf). The second oxide contains In. The resistivity of the second transparent conductive layer is lower than that of the first transparent conductive layer. The thickness of the second transparent conductive layer is greater than or equal to that of the first transparent conductive layer. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133879 | OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Various embodiments may relate to an optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component. In various embodiments, an optoelectronic component is provided, the optoelectronic component, including an optically active structure, which is designed for receiving and/or providing electromagnetic radiation, and at least one scattering structure, which is formed in the beam path of the electromagnetic radiation on or above the optically active structure. The scattering structure is designed such that the directional characteristic of the electromagnetic radiation can be electrically modified. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133880 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is an organic light-emitting device including: a substrate; an anode on the substrate; an organic layer on the anode and including an emission layer; a cathode on the organic layer; an optical auxiliary layer on the cathode; and a capping layer on the optical auxiliary layer, wherein, in a visible light region, the optical auxiliary layer has a lower refractive index and a higher absorption coefficient as the capping layer. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133881 | Nozzle-Droplet Combination Techniques to Deposit Fluids in Substrate Locations within Precise Tolerances - An ink printing process employs per-nozzle droplet volume measurement and processing software that plans droplet combinations to reach specific aggregate ink fills per target region, guaranteeing compliance with minimum and maximum ink fills set by specification. In various embodiments, different droplet combinations are produced through different print head/substrate scan offsets, offsets between print heads, the use of different nozzle drive waveforms, and/or other techniques. Optionally, patterns of fill variation can be introduced so as to mitigate observable line effects in a finished display device. The disclosed techniques have many other possible applications. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133882 | POUCH CASE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND POUCH-TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a pouch case of a battery and a secondary battery including the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a pouch case of a battery, which is formed by stacking an internal resin layer, an intermediate resin layer, and an external resin layer, and a pouch-type secondary battery including the same. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133883 | POUCH CASE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND POUCH TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A pouch case of the present disclosure includes an inner resin layer, a metallic layer, and an outer resin layer, wherein the resin layer(s) include(s) a foaming activator containing an isocyanate-based compound and a polyol compound. Accordingly, since the pouch case includes the inner resin layer and/or the outer resin layer including the foaming activator, when moisture or the like is permeated thereto due to an external factor, a protective layer including urethane-based foam is formed in the outer resin layer or between the inner resin layer and an electrode assembly in a short time, so that the pouch case and the electrode assembly may be protected, moisture which is permeable into the electrode assembly may be blocked, and separator cracking also may be prevented. Accordingly, explosion which may be caused by moisture permeation, separator cracking, or a short circuit by contact between the pouch case and the electrode assembly, or the like, may be prevented, and stability of a pouch type secondary battery may thus be ensured. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133884 | POUCH CASE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND POUCH TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A pouch case of the present disclosure includes an inner layer, a metallic layer, and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer includes a foaming activator containing an isocyanate-based compound which generates a gas by a foaming agent. Accordingly, since the pouch case includes the inner layer including the foaming activator, when moisture or the like is permeated thereto due to an external factor, a protective gas layer is formed between the inner layer and an electrode assembly in a short time, so that the pouch case and the electrode assembly may be protected, moisture which is permeable into the electrode assembly may be blocked, and separator cracking also may be prevented. Accordingly, explosion which may be caused by moisture permeation, separator cracking, or a short circuit by contact between the pouch case and the electrode assembly, or the like, may be prevented, and stability of a pouch type secondary battery may thus be ensured. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133885 | SECONDARY BATTERY - To obtain a secondary battery that surely positions and fixes a laminated type of electrode group by effectively curbing lateral deviation and vertical deviation, in secondary batteries RB | 2016-05-12 |
20160133886 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case having an opening and housing the electrode assembly and a cap assembly sealing the opening of the case. The cap assembly includes an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The cap assembly also includes a cap plate including a first terminal hole into which the electrode terminal is inserted and a coupling groove extending from a lateral surface of the cap plate past the first terminal hole. The coupling groove has an open side facing the electrode assembly. The cap assembly further includes an insulation member connected to the cap plate via the inside of the coupling groove and configured to be slidably engaged with the coupling groove. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133887 | SEALED BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SAME - In a manufacturing method of a sealed battery, a positive terminal is provided on one end portion of a lid and a negative terminal is provided on another end portion of the lid. An end surface on the positive terminal side of the lid is inserted into an opening, and made to contact an inside wall of the opening. Then, an end surface on the negative terminal side of the lid is inserted into the opening, and the battery can and the lid are welded together. Therefore, even if metal foreign bodies get into the battery can at the time of manufacture, they will get in on the negative terminal side, so a decrease in voltage of the sealed battery is able to be suppressed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133888 | COMPONENT WITH COMPONENT REINFORCEMENT AND FEEDTHROUGH - A component has a component thickness and at least one feedthrough opening, wherein a conductor, such as a substantially pin-shaped conductor, is inserted through the feedthrough opening in a glass or glass ceramic material having a glass material outside dimension and a glazed length, wherein the component has a reinforcement in the region of the feedthrough opening with a component feedthrough opening thickness, wherein the component feedthrough opening thickness is greater than the component thickness and wherein the reinforcement has a reinforcement material outside dimension. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133889 | BATTERY HOLDER - A battery holder includes upper half housing, elastic slices, PCB, guide lines and lower half housing. The upper half housing has a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and two side walls which together form a receiving cavity for receiving a battery. The front wall, the rear wall and the side walls of the upper half housing define a plurality of buckling slots. The PCB is positioned in the front of the upper half housing. The elastic slices are inserted in the side walls and electrically connected with the PCB through the guide lines. Inner faces of the lower half housing protrude inward to form a plurality of wedge-shaped lumps. The upper half housing is placed in the lower half housing. The wedge-shaped lumps of the lower half housing are respectively buckled in the buckling slots of the upper half housing. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133890 | BATTERY MODULE ASSEMBLY - Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including unit modules, each unit module comprising unit cells loaded in a cartridge the unit cells being electrically connected to each other via a bus bar, the battery module assembly including two or more sub modules arranged in a lateral direction to each other, each of the sub modules including two or more unit modules stacked in a vertical direction, each sub module having an external input terminal and an external ouput terminal, a base plate on which the sub modules are loaded, side cover plates mounted at sides of the sub modules, an upper cover plate loaded on tops of the sub modules, the upper cover plate being fastened and coupled to the sub modules and the side cover plates, a front cover plate mounted at a front of the battery module assembly at which the external input and output terminals of the sub modules are located, the front cover plate being fastened and coupled to the sub modules, the base plate, and the side cover plates, a main bus bar for fixing front ends of the sub modules to each other and connecting the external input and output terminals of the sub modules, and a bracket for fixing rear ends of the sub modules to each other. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133891 | LITHIUM BATTERY - The present invention relates to a lithium battery and, more particularly, to a lithium battery, in which the structure of a battery module contained in the lithium battery is simplified, thus reducing the size of the entire lithium battery, and which includes a connector by which two or more lithium batteries are mechanically coupled to each other so that in response to a required amount of power, an appropriate number of lithium batteries can be easily connected to each other. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133892 | BATTERY MODULE HAVING MOVABLE PRESSURIZATION MEMBER - Disclosed herein is a battery module including a module case, a battery cell stack mounted in the module case, and a movable pressurization member for pressurizing the battery cell stack. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133893 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE BATTERY HOLDER - An electronic device battery holder (“EDBH”) for holding a battery with a positive pole and a negative pole includes at least one deflectable electrically-conductive positive terminal prong with a proximal end configured for fixed electrical connection to a power circuit of an electronic device, a deflectable distal end configured to contact a positive pole of a battery operably inserted into the EDBH, and a deflectable middle portion connecting the proximal end and the distal end. The EDBH also includes at least one compressible electrically-conductive negative terminal prong configured to exert a force on the operably inserted battery, to contact a negative pole of the battery, and for fixed electrical connection to the power circuit of the electronic device. The at least one deflectable electrically-conductive positive terminal prong is configured to deflect during insertion of a battery therein and to exert a compressive securing force on an operably inserted battery. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133894 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - An electrochemical cell includes at least a base container, a cell which is accommodated in the base container, a plurality of cell leads which are extension portions of the cell, a pad film which is formed of valve metal on a base bottom surface, and a base-embedded wiring (a via wiring) which is connected to the pad film and is formed in a portion between the base bottom surface and a base lower surface, in which at least one of the cell leads and the pad film are fixed to each other through ultrasonic welding, and when a horizontal distance between a welding portion and the base-embedded wiring in the pad film is set to be L, and tolerance relating to an installation position of the base-embedded wiring is set to be a, L≧a×1.3 is established. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133895 | BATTERY PACK RETENTION ASSEMBLY AND RETENTION METHOD - An exemplary assembly includes an extrusion providing a channel that receives a portion of a battery cell frame. The extrusion is securable to a support to secure the battery cell frame relative to the support. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133896 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY INCLUDING STRUCTURAL FOAMED MATERIALS - A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a battery array and a foam shell that surrounds the battery array. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133897 | LOW PROFILE BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES - A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of battery cells and a support structure positioned about the plurality of battery cells. The support structure includes at least one sidewall and the at least one sidewall includes a first flange that extends adjacent a top surface of each of the plurality of battery cells and a second flange that extends beyond a bottom surface of each of the plurality of battery cells. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133898 | BATTERY PACK HAVING TENSION BAR - Disclosed is a battery pack which improves coupling strength and space utilization of a plurality of battery modules. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133899 | RATE-SENSITIVE AND SELF-RELEASING BATTERY CELLS AND BATTERY-CELL STRUCTURES AS STRUCTURAL AND/OR ENERGY-ABSORBING VEHICLE COMPONENTS - A battery system includes a load bearing structure having battery cells, or structures formed by battery cells, and at least one mechanical switch, and an electrical connection coupled with the battery cells of the load bearing structure. A battery has a rate-sensitive component that is configured to deform into a first state to provide a first reaction force under a mechanical loading of a first magnitude. The rate-sensitive component is configured to deform into a second state to provide a second reaction force under a mechanical loading of a second magnitude. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133900 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY PACK - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a lithium ion battery having desirable safety performance is provided. The lithium ion battery includes a battery housing, a battery cover assembled to the battery housing, a pressure relief valve coupled to the battery housing and/or battery cover, and a safety device formed on the housing and/or battery cover and fixed to the pressure relief valve. The safety device includes a shielding plate facing the pressure relief valve, a side wall and an air flow channel structure. The side wall extends from the shielding plate and connects with the battery housing or the battery cover. The air flow channel structure is defined in the side wall. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133901 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - The present invention discloses a lithium ion battery, including a battery shell, a battery top cap mounted on the battery shell, and a relief valve provided on the battery shell and/or the battery top cap; the lithium ion battery further includes a safety protection device that is provided on the battery shell and/or the battery top cap and that fixedly fits with the relief valve; where the safety protection device includes a baffle plate opposite to the relief valve, a side wall and a gas flow channel structure; the side wall extends, from the baffle plate, toward the battery shell or the battery top cap, and is connected with the battery shell or the battery top cap; and the gas flow channel structure is formed on the side wall. By forming the gas flow channel structure on the side wall, the baffle plate and the gas flow channel structure form a relatively separate design, so that the baffle plate may be used for effectively baffling solid spark particles, and meanwhile the lateral gas flow channel structure may be used for effectively discharging gases, thereby improving the safety performance of the lithium ion battery. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133902 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE-NANOFIBER-FILLED MICROPOROUS STRETCHED POLYOLEFIN FILM, MICROPOROUS CELLULOSE-NANOFIBER COMPOSITE FILM, AND SEPARATOR FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - A method for producing a cellulose nanofiber-containing polyolefin microporous stretched film according to the invention includes: a first step of obtaining a cellulose powder dispersion mixture by uniformly dispersing a cellulose which has a powder particle shape and whose hydroxyl groups have been subjected to a lipophilizing treatment using a dibasic acid anhydride, in a plasticizer; a second step of melt-kneading the cellulose powder dispersion mixture and a polyolefin to obtain a polyolefin resin composition; a third step of extrusion-molding the polyolefin resin composition to obtain an extrudate; a fourth step of stretching the extrudate with a film stretcher to obtain a film; a fifth step of extracting out the plasticizer from the film; and a sixth step of thermally fixing the film from which the plasticizer has been extracted out for inhibiting contraction, while stretching the film at a temperature not higher than a melting point of the polyolefin, in which a twin-screw kneading extruder is used only once throughout the second and third steps. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133903 | SEPARATOR FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - A separator for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the separator including a substrate; and a coating layer on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a polyvinylidene fluoride-containing compound, and an acryl-containing compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: | 2016-05-12 |
20160133904 | SPACER - A spacer in a square shape and includes an upper groove section provided on an upper surface, and a lower groove section provided on a lower surface. The upper groove section includes a first upper groove fittable with a first lower end edge of a first frame of a battery module located on the upper side, and a second upper groove fittable with a second lower end edge of a second frame of the battery module located on the upper side. The lower groove section includes a first lower groove fittable with a first upper end edge of the first frame of the battery module located on the lower side, and a second lower groove fittable with a second upper end edge of the second frame of the battery module located on the lower side. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133905 | WIRING MODULE - A wiring module includes an insulating protector. The insulating protector includes a main body and a lid. The main body includes a holding portion that holds at least one of an element connecting member and an external connecting member. The lid is attached to the main body. The lid swings between an open position and a closed position. The holding portion is open at the open position and closed at the closed position. The lid includes a shaft for detachable attachment. The main body includes a shaft holder that receives the shaft and holds the shaft such that rotation of the shaft is allowed. The main body includes a restriction portion to hold the lid to the main body such that the swing of the lid is restricted between the open position and the closed position. The lid includes a restriction portion receiving portion that receives the restriction portion. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133906 | Traction Battery Busbar Carriers for Pouch Battery Cells - A vehicle including an array of pouch battery cells, a pair of carriers, and a plurality of busbars is provided. The array of pouch battery cells may each have terminal tabs of opposite polarity extending from opposing cell faces. The pair of carriers may extend along the cell faces and each may define a plurality of apertures sized to receive the terminal tabs. The plurality of busbars may be arranged with the carriers and terminal tabs such that an electrical connection across the cells includes parallel and series connections. The pouch battery cells may be arranged in clusters of adjacent cells connected in parallel, and the busbars may be arranged in spaced apart groups on each of the carriers and joined to adjacent terminal tabs to connect the clusters in series. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133907 | WIRING MODULE - Provided is a wiring module configured to be attached to a power storage device group in which a plurality of power storage devices are lined up, the wiring module including a voltage detection wire to be connected to at least one of the plurality of power storage devices. An insulation protector is configured with an engagement receiving portion. A detection wire cover covers the voltage detection wire and includes a cover engagement portion that engages with the engagement receiving portion. A cover support portion is formed in the insulation protector, the cover support portion abutting against the detection wire cover from a direction opposite to a disengagement direction in which the engagement portion and the engagement receiving portion disengage from each other, when a force is applied to the detection wire cover in the disengagement direction. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133908 | BUS BAR FOR A BATTERY CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A bus bar for electrically connecting adjacent battery cells of a battery module includes a base having a first leg and a second leg connected by a flexible joint. The flexible joint is folded-over such that the first leg is above the second leg. A first terminal tab extends from the first leg. The first terminal tab is configured to be terminated to a corresponding battery terminal of a first of the battery cells. A second terminal tab extends from the second leg. The second terminal tab is configured to be terminated to a corresponding battery terminal of a second of the battery cells. The first and second terminal tabs are arranged side-by-side with the first terminal tab being vertically positionable independent of the second terminal tab by the flexible joint. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133909 | A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY AND BATTERY - The invention relates to an accumulator having a plurality of electrode plates which are adjacently arranged and form at least one electrode plate stack in the form of a block, wherein each electrode plate comprises a frame having a grid arranged therein and wherein at least the grid is filled with an active mass, and wherein each electrode plate comprises at least one connecting lug protruding beyond the frame, wherein the connecting lugs of same-polarity electrode plates are arranged adjacent to one another in a row, wherein the connecting lugs adjacently arranged in a row are materially bonded together electrically and mechanically into a connecting lug block by at least one weld or solder point arranged between the connecting lugs. The invention furthermore relates to a method for manufacturing an accumulator, | 2016-05-12 |
20160133910 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery has a flat shape and houses a power generation element together with an electrolyte solution inside an exterior body. A terminal includes: a terminal main body including a nickel plane containing nickel on at least a surface thereof; an anticorrosive layer covering at least a part of the nickel plane that is more on the inside of the exterior body than a held portion; and a resin layer covering at least the held portion of a surface of the anticorrosive layer and having an internal extension portion extending from the held portion to the inside of the exterior body. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133911 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BATTERY PROTECTION DEVICE AND BATTERY PROTECTION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a battery protection apparatus capable of reducing a defect rate and improving productivity by reducing work time and a battery protection apparatus. The method for manufacturing the battery protection apparatus, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises the steps of: (a) preparing an upper PCB plate having a metallic thin film formed on an upper surface thereof, a lower PCB plate having a metallic thin film formed on a lower surface thereof, and a metal plate for a spacer having at least one side which protrudes toward lateral surfaces of the upper PCB plate and the lower PCB plate and has at least one insulation hole; (b) attaching the upper PCB plate and the lower PCB plate to each other in a state where the metal plate for the spacer is inserted; (c) forming circuit patterns on the upper PCB plate and the lower PCB plate; (d) forming a through-hole which is smaller than the insulation hole and penetrates the upper PCB plate and the lower PCB plate, and electrically connecting the upper PCB plate with the lower PCB plate through the through-hole; (e) forming an exposure hole at the upper PCB plate so as to expose the metal plate for the spacer, and electrically connecting the metal plate for the spacer with the upper PCB plate through the exposure hole; and (f) forming a vertical extension part and a horizontal extension part by bending a protrusion part of the metal plate for the spacer in two stages. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133912 | CELL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a cell and an electrochemical device. The cell comprises: a first electrode plate comprising a first current collector and a first active material layer, a second electrode plate comprising a second current collector and a second active material layer; a first electrode tab, a second electrode tab, a separator. The first current collector has a first surface uncoated region; the second current collector has a second surface uncoated region; the first electrode tab is provided on the first surface uncoated region, the second electrode tab is provided on the second surface uncoated region. The first electrode tab and/or the second electrode tab are enlarged in length and width. When the cell is subjected to a mechanical shock, the first electrode tab and the second electrode tab are deformed to puncture the separator therebetween, so the first current collector and the second current collector are electrically connected. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133913 | SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing the electrode assembly; an electrode pin electrically connected to the electrode assembly and on the cap plate; an insulating gasket between the cap plate and the electrode pin; and a temperature protection device on the cap plate and having one end directly connected to the electrode pin. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133914 | BATTERY INCLUDING GAS DISCHARGING MEMBER AND ELECTROLYTE INJECTION MEMBER - Disclosed herein is a battery including a cell having an electrode laminate and a liquid electrolyte mounted in an internal space of a battery case, a gas discharging member communicating with the internal space of the battery case for discharging gas generated in the cell out of the cell, and a liquid electrolyte injection member communicating with the internal space of the battery case for injecting a liquid electrolyte into internal space of the battery case. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133915 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL POWER SOURCE FOR USE IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT - A thermostatic valve, coupled to an electrochemical power source and having: a valve body; a first fluid inlet for a hot electrolytic fluid; a second fluid inlet for a cold electrolytic fluid; an outlet supplying a mixed electrolytic fluid; and regulating means for adjusting the mixing. The valve body defines a first opening, in communication with the second fluid inlet for the cold electrolytic fluid; and a second opening, in communication with the first fluid inlet for the passage of the hot electrolytic fluid; the regulating means include an adjustment baffle, interposed between the first and second openings and the outlet, and rotatably drivable to vary a useful passage section and adjust the mixing. The first and second openings are designed to mix the electrolytic fluids in different proportions, maintaining the flow rate and introduced load losses unvaried, as the rotation angle of the adjustment baffle varies. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133916 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS HAVING SEMI-SOLID ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having semi-solid electrodes that are coated on only one side of a current collector. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell includes a semi-solid positive electrode coated on only one side of a positive current collector and a semi-solid negative electrode coated on only one side of a negative current collector. A separator is disposed between the semi-solid positive electrode and the semi-solid negative electrode. At least one of the semi-solid positive electrode and the semi-solid negative electrode can have a thickness of at least about | 2016-05-12 |
20160133917 | METHOD OF FABRICATING CATHODE FOR THIN FILM BATTERY USING LASER, CATHODE FABRICATED THEREBY, AND THIN FILM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a cathode for a thin film battery includes depositing a cathode active material on a substrate, and crystallizing the cathode active material by irradiating laser onto the cathode active material. The cathode active material may be deposited on the substrate at normal temperature, and a light and easily processable polymer substrate may be used by crystallizing the cathode active material at low temperature using laser. A thin film battery including the cathode fabricated by the above method has excellent charging/discharging characteristics such as high discharge capacity. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133918 | METHODS FOR FORMING POROUS MATERIALS - In an example of the method disclosed herein, SiO | 2016-05-12 |
20160133919 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ELECTRODE DEVICES FOR FAST-CHARGING OF ENERGY-STORAGE DEVICES - Methods for manufacturing multi-functional electrode (MFE) devices for fast-charging of energy-storage devices are provided. The method includes assembling first MFE structure for forming a suitable electrochemical half-couple, the first MFE structure having a first fast-charging component (FCC) and a first MFE assembly and a counter-electrode structure for forming a complementary electrochemical half-couple and supplying an internal voltage controller (IVC) for applying a bias potential to the first MFE structure and/or the counter-electrode structure, the bias potential is set in accordance with the first MFE structure and said counter-electrode structure. The IVC is configured to regulate an intra-electrode potential gradient between the first FCC and the first MFE assembly to control a charge rate from the first FCC to the first MFE assembly. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133920 | ALKALINE CELL WITH IMPROVED HIGH RATE CAPACITY - The present disclosure relates generally to an alkaline electrochemical cell, such as a battery, and in particular to an improved gelled anode suitable for use therein. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a gelled anode that improves anode discharge efficiency by adjusting physical properties such as apparent density. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133921 | COMPOSITE HAVING METAL FLUORIDE AND POROUS CARBON, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed is a composite, which includes a carrier, including porous carbon with a plurality of pores, and metal fluoride, loaded on the porous carbon, whereby the composite enables reversible charging and discharging in an electrochemical reaction, and can be used as a high-capacity electrode material. As this composite can be utilized as a cathode material for a lithium ion battery, energy density and cycling characteristics can be improved. Also, the preparation of the composite involves a solventless reaction, thus minimizing the loss of product due to the partial dissolution of a fluoride compound, realizing a very simple synthesis procedure, and obviating the need for a hazardous hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution or toxic gases, which require specific handling equipment, ultimately achieving a safe preparation process. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133922 | ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING IMPROVED ENERGY DENSITY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are an electrode for a secondary battery having improved energy density and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, an electrode for a secondary battery, in which an electrode mix including an electrode active material, and a material having a shape easily rolled during electrode rolling as a conductive material is coated on an electrode current collector, and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133923 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRIC TOOL, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode contains a lithium composite oxide. The negative electrode contains a material including at least one of silicon Si and tin Sn as a constituent element. The lithium composite oxide includes lithium Li having a composition ratio a, a first element having a composition ratio b, and a second element having a composition ratio c as a constituent element. The first element including two kinds or more selected from among manganese Mn, nickel Ni, and cobalt Co, and including at least manganese. The second element including at least one kind selected from among aluminum Al, titanium Ti, magnesium Mg, and boron B. The composition ratios a to c satisfy the relationships of 1.1b+c. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133924 | DEVICE FOR PREPARING CORE-SHELL PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CORE-SHELL PARTICLES BY USING SAME - A method of manufacturing core-shell particles comprises: filling a buffer into a rotor, which is extended in a longitudinal direction, and is accommodated so as to be spaced apart from an inner wall side of an irrotational hollow cylinder extended in a longitudinal direction and then discharging air to outside; rotating the rotor after terminating the filling; forming a core-shell precursor by supplying raw materials from a first storage and a second storage, which comprise a material forming a core, into an interior of the cylinder in which the rotor rotates; supplying a shell material for coating the core to the interior of the cylinder in which a core-type precursor is formed; separating a liquid comprising core-shell particles formed through the supplying into a solid and a liquid; and drying the core-shell particles obtained through the separating. An apparatus for manufacturing the core-shell particles is provided. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133925 | FULLERENE-LIKE NANOPARTICLES AND INORGANIC NANOTUBES AS HOST ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR SODIUM/MAGNESIUM ION BATTERIES - The invention generally concerns the fabrication of sodium or magnesium ion batteries comprising inorganic fullerene like nanoparticles and nanotubes. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133926 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - Provided are a negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including a negative active material and a conductive material wherein the negative active material includes graphite and an inorganic particle positioned on the surface of the graphite and having no reactivity with lithium, and the conductive material is included in an amount of greater than or equal to about 0.1 wt % and less than about 2 wt % based on the total amount of the negative active material and the conductive material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133927 | NICKEL-COBALT-MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - Achieved is a nickel-cobalt-manganese composite hydroxide which is excellent in reactivity with a lithium compound, and able to achieve a positive electrode active material which has excellent thermal stability and battery characteristics. The nickel-cobalt-manganese composite hydroxide is intended to serve as a precursor for a positive electrode active material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and represented by a general formula: Ni | 2016-05-12 |
20160133928 | Functionalized Boron Nitride Materials as Electroactive Species in Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices - There is provided an improved electrochemical energy storage device. The storage device includes using functionalized boron nitride nanoparticles as electroactive materials in the electrodes. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133929 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL HAVING IMPROVED ENERGY DENSITY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are an electrode active material having improved energy density and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More particularly, provided is an electrode active material including a first electrode active material and a second electrode active material, each of the first electrode active material and the second electrode active material having a composition represented by Formula (1) below, a ratio of lithium to metals in the first electrode active material being 1.4 to 1.7, and a ratio of lithium to metals in the second electrode active material being 1.2 or more and less than 1.4: | 2016-05-12 |
20160133930 | ELECTRODE INCLUDING DIFFERENT ELECTRODE MATERIAL LAYERS AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is an electrode including a current collector and an electrode material layer formed on the current collector, the electrode material layer including a first electrode material layer and second electrode material layer having different electrode active materials. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133931 | METHOD OF PREPARING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES - Disclosed is a method of preparing a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, the method including pre-activating at least one lithium transition metal oxide selected from compounds represented by Formula (1) below and modifying a surface of the pre-activated lithium transition metal oxide: | 2016-05-12 |
20160133932 | LITHIUM CARBON FLUORIDE PRIMARY BATTERY - A Li/CFx primary battery having a lithium-based anode and a fluorinated carbon cathode. The fluorinated carbon cathode includes fluorinated carbon nanoparticles. The structure and size distribution of the carbon precursor carbon nanotubes are configured to provide improved battery performance. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133933 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE MIX FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES INCLUDING IRREVERSIBLE ADDITIVE - Disclosed is a positive electrode mix for secondary batteries including an irreversible additive. More particularly, provided is a positive electrode mix for secondary batteries including an irreversible additive that decreases irreversible efficiency of a positive electrode active material and a positive electrode. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133934 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a pressure-sensitive current shut-off mechanism, wherein a positive electrode core body exposed portion is disposed at one end portion of a flat rolled electrode assembly, a negative electrode core body exposed portion is disposed at the other end portion, lithium carbonate is contained in a positive electrode mix layer, and a protective layer is disposed along the border with the positive electrode mix layer at the position opposite to a separator on the positive electrode core body exposed portion. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133935 | ELECTRODE BINDER COMPOSITION AND ELECTRODE - The present invention relates to an electrode binder composition including a high-molecular-weight poly(amic acid) having a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000 or more and 100,000 or less and a low-molecular-weight poly(amic acid) having a weight-average molecular weight of 100 or more and 2,000 or less, and the present invention can provide an electrode binder composition that leads to a secondary battery having a high capacity superior in the initial charge/discharge efficiency and the cycle characteristics. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133936 | NEGATIVE MATERIAL LAYER AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY APPLYING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a negative material layer, which comprises negative active material, conductive agent, binder material and thickening agent. A weight percentage of the binder material in the negative material layer is not more than 2%. The binder material comprises a polymer polymerized from a styrene monomer, an acrylic ester monomer and an acrylic acid monomer. The negative material layer has a small amount of binder material, an excellent ion conductivity; the lithium-ion battery using the negative material layer can avoid lithium precipitation from occurring on a surface of the negative electrode and have an excellent safety performance and an excellent cycle performance in the case of quick and high rate charge. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133937 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MEMBRANE AND LITHIUM ION BATTTERY USING THE SAME - The present application provides a negative electrode membrane containing a negative electrode active substance, a conductive agent, a binder and a thickener, wherein the mass percent content of the binder in the negative electrode membrane does not exceed 2%, and the binder contains a polymer formed of a styrene monomer, an acrylate-based monomer and an acrylic acid-based monomer. The negative electrode membrane has small content of binders and good ion conductivity performance; with the usage of the negative electrode membrane in a Lithium ion battery, in cases of high-rate fast charging, it is possible to avoid lithium to precipitate on a surface of the negative electrode sheet, and the Lithium ion battery may have good safety and cycle performance. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133938 | NOVEL COMPOSITE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL - A novel active material comprising graphene-fibrous carbon composite and a method of making it is provided. The composite is highly uniform and conductive. The composite comprises graphene or nanoporous graphene and fibrous carbon, preferably vapor grown carbon fibers (VGCF) and optionally a lithiummetalphosphate (LMP), preferably lithiumferrophosphate or lithiummanganesephosphate. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133939 | ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - An electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same include a current collector and an electrode active material layer positioned on the current collector. The active material layer includes an electrode active material and a metal fiber, wherein the length of the metal fiber is longer than the thickness of the electrode active material layer. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133940 | ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is an electrode including a current collector having a functional group or a radical binding with an electrode material on a surface thereof, and an electrode mixture layer formed on the current collector. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133941 | ANODE AND BATTERY - The invention provides an anode capable of improving battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics and a battery using it. An anode current collector is provided with an anode active material layer. The anode active material layer contains at least one from the group consisting of simple substances, alloys, and compounds of silicon or the like capable of forming an alloy with Li. Further, the anode active material layer is formed by vapor-phase deposition method or the like, and is alloyed with the anode current collector. Further, Li of from 0.5% to 40% of an anode capacity is previously inserted in the anode active material layer. Therefore, when Li is consumed due to reaction with an electrolyte or the like, Li can be refilled, and potential raise of the anode can be inhibited in the final stage of discharge. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133942 | CABLE-TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a cable-type secondary battery including an inner electrode including an inner current collector and an inner electrode active material layer formed surrounding an outer surface of the inner current collector, a separation layer formed surrounding an outer surface of the inner electrode to insert the inner electrode inside, an outer electrode active material structure formed surrounding an outer surface of the separation layer to insert the separation layer inside, the outer electrode active material structure including a porous polymer support and an outer electrode active material layer formed on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the porous polymer support, and an outer electrode including an outer current collector formed surrounding the outer electrode active material structure to insert the outer electrode active material structure inside. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133943 | Gauntlet Motive Battery - An improved gauntlet wet cell battery provides a plurality of elongated hollow spines filled with active material in a cathode array. Bottom ends of the cathode array are closed with an electrically conductive bottom end cap that electrically and mechanically interconnects the free ends of each spine so as to close and substantially rigidly locate the free ends of said spines with respect to one another. In this manner, electrical continuity between the spines is maintained even if one of the spines fractures, cracks, or otherwise becomes mechanically disassociated from an upper portion of the same spine. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133944 | CATALYST LAYER WITH THROUGH-HOLES FOR FUEL CELLS - The performance of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks can be improved by incorporating an appropriate set of through-holes in the catalyst layers, and particularly in the cathode catalyst layers. Intaglio methods suitable for manufacturing catalyst layers with through-holes are disclosed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133945 | Method of Manufacturing Membrane Electrode Assembly, and Membrane Electrode Assembly - There is provided a method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly that has an electrode catalyst layer formed on a surface of an electrolyte membrane. The electrode catalyst layer formed in the membrane electrode assembly is produced by a drying process that dries a catalyst ink which includes catalyst-supported particles having a catalyst metal supported thereon, a solvent and an ionomer, at a predetermined temperature. The catalyst ink includes a plurality of different solvents having different boiling points. The predetermined temperature is set to be lower than the boiling point of the solvent having the lowest boiling point among the plurality of different solvents. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133946 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - The method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly that has an electrode catalyst layer formed on a surface of an electrolyte membrane comprises (a) producing an electrode catalyst layer by drying a catalyst ink that includes catalyst-supported particles having a catalyst metal supported thereon, a solvent and an ionomer; and (b) selecting a produced electrode catalyst layer that contains an amount of sulfate ion equal to or less than a specified reference value, and manufacturing the membrane electrode assembly by using the selected electrode catalyst layer. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133947 | SOFC CATHODE COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO SOFC DEGRADATION - A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes a solid oxide electrolyte with a zirconia-based ceramic, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode that includes a ceria-based ceramic component and an electrically conductive component. Another SOFC includes a solid oxide electrolyte containing a zirconia-based ceramic, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode that includes an electrically conductive component and an ionically conductive component, in which the ionically conductive component includes a zirconia-based ceramic containing scandia and at least one of ceria, ytterbia and yttria. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133948 | FUEL-CELL-STACK MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FUEL-CELL-STACK - A fuel-cell-stack manufacturing method, includes arranging an extension portion extended from a proximal end of a raised piece on one surface of a base material disposed so as to abut at least one of a cathode side separator and the anode side separator, and setting an interval between the anode side separator and the cathode side separator along a lamination direction so that deformation of the raised piece exceeds an elastic deformation region and enters a plastic deformation region, and is also in a region in which the proximal end moved due to the deformation does not come in contact with the cathode side separator or the anode side separator. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133949 | Energy Storage Device Comprising a Polyurethane Separator - Energy storage devices are improved by incorporating polyurethane separators, which separators comprise polyurethane polymers prepared by curing a polycarbonate based polyurethane prepolymer, which polyurethane polymers often further comprise metal or ammonium salts and are often swelled by an organic solvent. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133950 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR, FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL BATTERY - A fuel cell separator | 2016-05-12 |
20160133951 | Insulator and Fuel Cell - In order to improve a power density of a fuel cell and prevent a generation of a poor insulation, an insulator is provided, which is disposed between a current collector disposed in contact with one end of a stacked body having a plurality of stacked unit cells in stacking directions, and an end member disposed outside from the current collector in the stacking directions, and includes a plurality of insulator members, each having a sheet-like planar portion. The plurality of insulator members which are stacked onto each other by the planar portions thereof are disposed oppose to the current collector. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133952 | Fuel Cell End Plate, Method of Manufacturing Same, and Fuel Cell - A fuel cell end plate that is provided at an end portion of a fuel cell includes a through-hole which penetrates the end plate and through which at least one of a fuel gas, an oxygen containing gas and cooling water fed to the fuel cell is distributed and a seal which covers an inner circumferential surface of the through-hole and a circumferential edge surface around the through-hole. The cutting processing mark of a corner portion connected from the inner circumferential surface of the through-hole to the circumferential edge surface is a processing mark in which a curved surface processing mark that is formed with a curved surface from any one of the inner circumferential surface and the circumferential edge surface toward the side of the other surface and a linear processing mark that is formed from the curved surface processing mark to the other surface and that is a straight line in a cross section in an axial direction of the through-hole are continuous. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133953 | END PLATE FOR FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An end plate includes a first surface including a heat generator contact region set such that a heat generator contacts the heat generator contact region, the heat generator being included in a fuel cell system that includes the fuel cell; and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface including a cooling medium flow path through which a cooling medium flows, and at least one flow path rib portion provided inside the cooling medium flow path. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133954 | FUEL CELL MODULE - A fuel cell module is disposed below a floor of a vehicle. The fuel cell module includes: a high-voltage portion including a fuel cell; a case that is formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy and that accommodates at least a part of the high-voltage portion; and a gasket sandwiched between the case and another component, which is different from the case. An anodic oxide coating is formed on at least a surface that comes into contact with the gasket in a surface of the case. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133955 | FUEL CELL MODULE, COMBINED POWER GENERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SECTION - A fuel cell includes a cell side insulation ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160133956 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a coolant circulation passage; a radiator; a water pump; a flow dividing valve; a fan; and a controller that, when a first prescribed period elapses in a state where a temperature of a coolant is equal to or more than a first prescribed temperature and an opening degree of the flow dividing valve makes the flow rate of the coolant flowing into the radiator equal to or more than a prescribed flow rate, gives a priority to the rise in a driving voltage of the fan over the increase in a flow rate by the water pump, and when a second prescribed period elapses in a state where the temperature of the coolant is equal to or more than a second prescribed temperature after the driving voltage of the fan is raised, increases the flow rate by the water pump. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133957 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack | 2016-05-12 |
20160133958 | Exhaust Air Guide of a Fuel Cell Stack in a Motor Vehicle - An exhaust air guide of a fuel cell stack is provided, in particular in a motor vehicle, with a cooling device which belongs to the functional environment of the fuel cell stack and is in the form of a cooler structure through which ambient air flows. At least some of the exhaust air of the fuel cell stack is guided into the cooler structure or behind the cooler structure, as viewed in the direction of flow of the ambient air through the cooler structure, to such an extent that, at the cooler structure, the exhaust air flow brings about an increase in the mass flow of the ambient air through the cooler structure in accordance with the jet pump principle or, at the cooler structure, the exhaust air flow, in accordance with the jet pump principle, brings about a pressure difference conveying at least a portion of the ambient air through the cooler structure. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133959 | CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A control method and system of a fuel cell system are provided. The control method includes draining the voltage of a fuel cell stack by charging a high voltage battery. In addition, the method includes draining the voltage of the fuel cell stack by connecting a fuel cell load device to the fuel cell stack, which is performed when the voltage of the fuel cell stack decreased by the first draining process is less than a predetermined first reference voltage. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133960 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell that includes a membrane electrode assembly clipping an electrolyte membrane with an anode and a cathode; a fuel gas supplier that supplies an anode gas to the anode via an anode gas supply passage in accordance with a power generation request for the fuel cell; a circulation pump that circulates an exhaust gas discharged from the anode to the anode gas supply passage; a judger that judges whether any one of a temperature of the circulation pump and a temperature associated with the temperature of the circulation pump is equal to or less than a prescribed temperature; and a drive controller that drives the circulation pump at a prescribed rotation number when the judger judges that any one of the temperatures is equal to or less than the prescribed temperature, and there is no power generation request for the fuel cell. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133961 | FUEL SUPPLY UNIT - A hydrogen supply unit is configured to inject hydrogen gas having flowed in an inflow passage into an outflow passage by use of an injector to reduce the pressure of the hydrogen gas. The hydrogen supply unit includes a primary-side relief valve for releasing the hydrogen gas from inside to outside of the inflow passage when the internal pressure of the inflow passage rises to a first predetermined value, and a secondary-side relief valve for releasing the hydrogen gas from inside to outside of the outflow passage when the internal pressure of the outflow passage rises to a second predetermined value. The primary-side relief valve and the secondary-side relief valve are held between the inflow block and the outflow block. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133962 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH FUEL CELL - A fuel cell system used in a vehicle equipped with a fuel cell includes: a fuel cell; a fuel gas supply portion which supplies a fuel gas to the fuel cell; a fuel gas discharge portion which discharges exhaust fuel gas from the fuel cell; and a control unit, in which, when an operation of the fuel cell is ended, the control unit performs (a) an exhaust process of discharging the exhaust fuel gas of the fuel cell to reduce a pressure, and (b) a process of increasing a partial pressure of the fuel gas in the fuel cell by supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cell after the exhaust process. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133963 | RESIDUAL WATER SCAVENGING PROCESSING METHOD IN FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method includes predicting, while fuel cell system is operated, whether or not the outside temperature becomes equal to or less than a first predetermined temperature; performing, when it is predicted that the outside temperature becomes equal to or less than the first predetermined temperature, residual water scavenging processing on only an oxidizer gas supply/discharge mechanism and thereafter stopping the operation of the fuel cell system; predicting, after the stop of the operation of the fuel cell system, whether or not the temperature of a predetermined component included in the fuel cell system becomes equal to or less than a second predetermined temperature; and performing the residual water scavenging processing on the fuel gas supply/discharge mechanism when it is predicted that the temperature of the predetermined component becomes equal to or less than the second predetermined temperature. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133964 | FLOW BATTERY WITH MANIFOLD PASSAGE THAT VARIES IN CROSS-SECTION - A flow battery includes a cell stack that has electrochemically active cells and manifolds that define common manifold passages in fluid communication with the electrochemically active cells. A supply/storage system is external of the cell stack and includes at least one vessel fluidly connected with respective ones of the common manifold passages. Fluid electrolytes are in the supply/storage system. At least one of the fluid electrolytes is an ionic-conductive fluid. The manifolds extend in a length direction through the cell stack. The common manifold passages include a common manifold passage P that varies in cross-section along the length direction. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133965 | Fuel Cell System, Fuel Cell Vehicle, and Control Method for Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system includes: a power supply circuit including a fuel cell and a secondary battery; an oxidant gas supply flow passage; a pump; and a control unit configured to drive the pump and dilute hydrogen retained in an cathode. The control unit is configured to stop supplying an oxidant gas to the cathode by stopping an operation of the pump such that dilution of the hydrogen retained in the cathode is stopped, while the fuel cell vehicle remains stationary after a starter switch of the fuel cell vehicle is switched from an off state to an on state, or while a load required of the power supply circuit remains smaller than a predetermined value after the starter switch of the fuel cell vehicle is switched from the off state to the on state. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133966 | Fuel Cell System and a Method for Controlling a Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a tank, a 1st pressure sensor that measures a fill-time pressure, a 2nd pressure sensor that measures a supply piping pressure, a temperature sensor that measures an internal temperature of the tank; and a controller that, when the fuel cell starts, derives an estimated pressure value of the supply piping pressure based on a 1st pressure value that shows the fill-time pressure, the internal temperature when the 1st pressure value was measured, and the internal temperature when the supply piping pressure was measured, and that detects as the supply piping pressure the lower value among the estimated pressure value and the 2nd pressure value that shows the measured supply piping pressure. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133967 | OPERATION CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL AND OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS OF FUEL CELL - The operation control method of a fuel cell includes acquiring a startup temperature of the fuel cell; acquiring a present temperature of the fuel cell; setting a present target operation point of the fuel cell that is identified by an output voltage value and an output current value based on the startup temperature, or based on the startup temperature and the present temperature; controlling at least one of the flow of the reaction gas supplied to the fuel cell, and an output voltage of the fuel cell so that the operation point of the fuel cell becomes the target operation point, and setting the target operation point includes a process of setting an operation point having a low output voltage value as the target operation point when the startup temperature is low as compared to the case when the startup temperature is high, if the present temperature is the same. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133968 | FUEL CELL UNIT - A fuel cell unit has a structure that enables the maximum use of a cell monitor in the height direction (vertical direction), In order to achieve this, the fuel cell unit comprises a fuel cell stack ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160133969 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND POWER GENERATION MONITORING METHOD - A fuel cell system comprising: an acquirer that acquires a total value of cell voltages of two or more cells included in a fuel cell; and a determiner that determines, when the total value is a first voltage value, abnormal power generation in which power generation by at least a part of the two or more cells is abnormal, that determines, when the total value is a second voltage value higher than the first voltage value, normal power generation in which power generation by the two or more cells is normal and that determines, when the total value is a third voltage value higher than the first voltage value but lower than the second voltage value, the normal power generation if a cathode gas is deficient or the abnormal power generation if the cathode gas is not deficient. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133970 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - In order to provide a fuel cell system that inhibits the occurrence of degradation of an MEA while also inhibiting an increase in the CPU load. A fuel cell system is equipped with a hydrogen supply unit that supplies hydrogen to a fuel cell, a pressure detection unit that detects the internal pressure of hydrogen supply piping, a current detection unit that detects the current value of the fuel cell, and a control unit that calculates the necessary hydrogen supply volume for the fuel cell based on the detected current value and pressure value, and controls the hydrogen supply unit to supply hydrogen corresponding to the calculated hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell, wherein the control unit calculates the hydrogen supply volume based on the pressure value and the current value for each of a first cycle, and acquires the pressure value and supplies hydrogen corresponding to the immediately prior calculated hydrogen supply volume to the fuel cell when the control unit is determined that supply of hydrogen is necessary based on the acquired pressure value, for each of a second cycle which shorter than the first cycle. | 2016-05-12 |
20160133971 | FLOW CONTROL METHOD OF COOLING MEDIUM IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The method comprises: determining whether or not an inlet temperature is equal to or above a lower-limit temperature of a temperature range in which generated water does not freeze within the fuel cell; and adjusting the flow rate of the cooling medium in the circulation flow path to become more than the normal flow rate when it is determined that the inlet temperature is equal to or above the lower-limit temperature, and adjusting the flow rate of the cooling medium in the circulation flow path to be equal to or below the normal flow rate when it is determined that the inlet temperature is not equal to or above the lower-limit temperature. | 2016-05-12 |