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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2019
Terawatt Technology Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ken Ogata, Tokyo, JP;
Yang Yang, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Hoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Masatsugu Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
TeraWatt Technology Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A battery cell having a layered pressure homogenizing soft medium for liquid/solid state Li-ion rechargeable batteries. The battery cell of the present technology includes one or more battery pouches, a pressure mechanism external to the battery pouches that applies a pressure to the battery pouches, and a layered pressure homogenizing soft medium that is displaced between the battery pouches and the pressure mechanism. By using a number of pressure homogenizing medium layers, each with a specific range of thickness and within a range of physical properties, the battery pouches displaced between the pressure homogenizing medium layers are evenly pressurized by the mediums due to pressure applied by the pressure mechanism to within a desired range of pressure. The pressure applied to the battery pouches by the pressure homogenizing medium is monitored by a pressure sensor, such as a two-dimensional pressure sensor. If the pressure to the battery pouches is not within a desired pressure range, a controller can control the pressure mechanism to adjust the pressure to the mediums and battery pouches to bring the pressure within the desired range.