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US 12,237,478 · App. 17/776,444 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Electrical measuring assembly for secondary alkali solid-electrolyte batteries

Inventors: Gerrit Homann (Münster, DE); Johannes Kasnatscheew (Dülmen, DE); Jijeesh Ravi Nair (Münster, DE); Mariano Grünebaum (Nordkirchen, DE); Martin Winter (Münster, DE)
Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH GMBH
H01M10/4285G01N27/301
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Patent No.
US 12,237,478
App. No.
17/776,444
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A measuring arrangement for secondary alkaline solid electrolyte batteries comprising—two electrically non-conductive cell body halves, both cell body halves comprising at least one and one cell body half comprising at least three feedthroughs, both cell body halves forming a receiving space for receiving a solid electrolyte battery cell comprising at least an anode, a cathode and a solid electrolyte. An electrically conductive holding element for each feedthrough; an electrical contact element for each support element, the electrical contact element being adapted to change its length in response to the force applied to the element; and two planar current conductors comprising electrically conductive and electrically non-conductive regions, at least one of the current conductors being adapted to form at least three separate electrically conductive connections between the contact elements and an electrode of the solid electrolyte battery cell.

Claims (18)

1. Electrical measuring arrangement for secondary alkali solid electrolyte batteries,

wherein

the measuring arrangement comprises at least:

two electrically non-conductive cell body halves, both cell body halves comprising at least one and one cell body half comprising at least three feedthroughs, both cell body halves each having a recess on an inside, the recesses together forming a receiving space for receiving a solid electrolyte battery cell comprising at least an anode, a cathode, and a solid electrolyte, and the feedthroughs each extending from an outer side of the cell body half towards the receiving space;

an electrically conductive retaining element for each feedthrough, the retaining element being equipped to be mechanically connectable to the respective cell body half;

an electrical contact element for each retaining element, the electrical contact element being attachable to the retaining element towards the receiving space and being adapted to change its length in dependence on force acting on the electrical contact element; and

two flat current conductors comprising electrically conductive and electrically non-conductive regions, at least one of the current conductors being equipped to form at least three separate, electrically conductive connections between the electrical contact elements and an electrode of the solid electrolyte battery cell,

wherein a mechanical force of the electrical contact elements is applied to the solid electrolyte battery via the current conductors.

2. The measuring arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving space is rotationally symmetrical.

3. The measuring arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the different electrical contact elements of each cell body half comprise different metals.

4. The measuring arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical contact element is a spring contact and the arrangement of the electrical contact elements is rotationally symmetrical towards the receiving space.

5. The measuring arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein each measuring body half has four feedthroughs, four holding elements and four electrical contact elements, wherein one of the electrical contact elements is arranged centrally and the further three electrical contact elements are arranged on a circular path around a central electrical contact element and the three further contact elements are arranged on a circular path offset by 120° in each case.

6. The measuring arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the electrical contact elements of the lower and upper cell body halves are arranged by 60° offset from each other during measurement.

7. The measuring arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the spring contacts have a spring constant of greater than or equal to 0.05 N and less than or equal to 50 N.

8. The measuring arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the current conductors have recesses at the points at which the current conductors are electrically contacted by the electrical contact elements.

9. The measuring arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein one of the current conductors has a cylindrical geometry and the other current conductor has a cylindrical geometry with rounded edges.

10. The measuring arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein each of the current conductors has a recess towards the inside of the receiving space, the recess being adapted to receive an electrode of the solid electrolyte battery.

11. A method of using the Use of a measuring arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the solid electrolyte battery cell is coupled to the measuring arrangement and then an electrical test is performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2022
From: HOMANN, GERRIT; KASNATSCHEEW, JOHANNES; RAVI NAIR, JIJEESH; GRÜNEBAUM, MARIANO; WINTER, MARTIN
To: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH GMBH
Reel/Frame 059899/0969 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 130 507.1 · Nov 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220407125A1 · Dec 22, 2022
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