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Granted Patent B1
US 12,294,059 · App. 18/330,324 · Granted May 6, 2025

Battery with discontinuous bond layer

Inventors: Qingcheng Zeng (San Jose, CA); Donald G. Dafoe (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Stacked Energy, Inc.
H01M10/4207H01M10/0413H01M10/4257H01M10/441H01M2010/4271
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Patent No.
US 12,294,059
App. No.
18/330,324
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include a first battery cell including a first body characterized by a first length and a first width, and a first tab extending from an edge of the first body. The first tab may be characterized by a width less than the first width of the first body. The batteries may also include a second battery cell stacked below the first battery cell. The second battery cell may include a second body characterized by a second length and a second width, and a second tab extending from an edge of the second body. The second tab may be characterized by a width less than the second width of the second body. The second tab may also be characterized by a width greater than the width of the first tab providing an extension of the second tab protruding from below the first tab.

Claims (27)

1. A battery, comprising:

a first electrically conductive layer; and

a second electrically conductive layer adhered and electrically coupled to the first electrically conductive layer via a plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions extending through the first electrically conductive layer.

2. The battery of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions is distributed across the second electrically conductive layer.

3. The battery of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions includes a plurality of isolated adhesive regions distributed across the second electrically conductive layer.

4. The battery of claim 3 , wherein at least some adhesive regions of the plurality of isolated adhesive regions have a similar size and shape.

5. The battery of claim 1 , wherein each adhesive region of the plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions are spaced apart from each other by a gap extending around a perimeter of each adhesive region.

6. The battery of claim 5 , wherein each adhesive region of the plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions is equally spaced from each other.

7. The battery of claim 1 , wherein the first electrically conductive layer is an anode current collector.

8. The battery of claim 1 , wherein at least one adhesive region of the plurality of adhesive regions includes an electrically conductive material.

9. A battery, comprising:

a first electrically conductive layer; and

a second electrically conductive layer adhered and electrically coupled to the first electrically conductive layer via a plurality of adhesive regions extending through the first electrically conductive layer, wherein each adhesive region is spaced apart from adjacent adhesive regions.

10. The battery of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of adhesive regions is distributed across the second electrically conductive layer.

11. The battery of claim 9 , wherein each adhesive region of the plurality of adhesive regions is spaced apart from adjacent adhesive regions by a gap that extends around a perimeter of each adhesive region.

12. The battery of claim 11 , wherein at least some adhesive regions of the plurality of adhesive regions have a similar size and shape.

13. The battery of claim 9 , wherein each adhesive region of the plurality of adhesive regions are equally spaced from each other.

14. The battery of claim 9 , wherein the first electrically conductive layer is an anode current collector.

15. The battery of claim 9 , wherein at least one adhesive region of the plurality of adhesive regions includes an electrically conductive material.

16. A battery, comprising:

a first electrically conductive layer; and

a second electrically conductive layer; and

a plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions extending through the first electrically conductive layer, wherein the second electrically conductive layer is electrically coupled to the first electrically conductive layer via the plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions.

17. The battery of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions includes a plurality of isolated adhesive regions distributed across the second electrically conductive layer.

18. The battery of claim 17 , wherein at least some adhesive regions of the plurality of isolated adhesive regions have a similar size and shape.

19. The battery of claim 16 , wherein each adhesive region of the plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions are equally spaced from each other.

20. The battery of claim 16 , wherein at least one adhesive region of the plurality of discontinuous adhesive regions includes an electrically conductive material.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2024
From: APPLE INC.
To: STACKED ENERGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 069543/0126 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2024
From: ZENG, QINGCHENG; DAFOE, DONALD G.
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 069488/0741 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2024
From: STACKED ENERGY, INC.
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 069209/0540 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17353059 · Jun 21, 2021
Division 16108522 · Aug 22, 2018
Provisional Application 62564560 · Sep 28, 2017
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