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US 12,394,817 · App. 17/621,409 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Methods, systems, and devices for applying forces to electrochemical devices

Inventor: Daniel G. Milobar (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee: Sion Power Corporation
H01M10/0481H01M10/052H01M10/44H01M50/119H01M50/159
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Patent No.
US 12,394,817
App. No.
17/621,409
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for applying forces to electrochemical devices are generally described. In some cases, the methods include applying a force to an electrochemical device via a solid surface that, in the absence of an applied force, has at least a portion that is convex with respect to a side of the electrochemical device. Certain embodiments are related to systems and devices for applying a force to an electrochemical cell, with some of the systems and devices employing, for example, solid articles with certain shapes (e.g., convex shapes in the absence of an applied force) and/or inventive couplings.

Claims (27)

1. A method, comprising:

applying a force to a side of an electrochemical device via a solid surface that is part of a solid article, wherein at least a portion of the solid surface is convex with respect to the side of the electrochemical device in the absence of an applied force, and wherein the applying causes the solid surface and an exterior surface opposite the solid surface to deform such that the solid surface becomes less convex and the exterior surface becomes concave or more concave with respect to the side of the electrochemical device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying is performed via a coupling comprising a surface portion in contact with the exterior surface, and the deforming causes relative rotational motion between a contour of the exterior surface and a contour of the surface portion of the coupling that is coupled to the contour of the exterior surface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying is performed via a coupling, the coupling comprising:

a surface portion in contact with the exterior surface; and

a fastener interfacing with the surface portion of the coupling;

wherein a contour of the exterior surface interfaces with a contour of the surface portion of the coupling such that, when the force is applied, the fastener experiences a bending moment that is smaller than the bending moment that the fastener would experience if the exterior surface and the surface portion of the coupling were flat but under otherwise identical conditions.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the solid surface is shaped such that the force applied to the electrochemical device causes a more uniform utilization of electrode active material within the electrochemical device during cycling relative to the utilization of the electrode active material that would be achieved using a flat solid surface but under otherwise identical conditions.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying causes a flatness of the solid surface to increase relative to a flatness of the solid surface in the absence of the applied force.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a flatness tolerance of the solid surface decreases by factor of at least 1.5 relative to the flatness tolerance of the solid surface in the absence of the applied force.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein a flatness tolerance of the solid surface decreases by a factor of up to 10 relative to the flatness tolerance of the solid surface in the absence of the applied force.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a component of the applied force normal to an active surface of at least one electrode of the electrochemical device defines a pressure of at least 49 Newtons per square centimeter.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a component of the applied force normal to an active surface of at least one electrode of the electrochemical device defines a pressure of less than or equal to 250 Newtons per square centimeter.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the side of the electrochemical device is a first side, the solid article is a first solid article, the electrochemical device comprises a second side, and at least a portion of a second solid surface of a second solid article proximate the second side of the electrochemical device has a convexity that is less than the convexity of the second solid surface of the second solid article when the applied force is removed.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second solid article is or comprises a second solid plate.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electrochemical device comprises lithium metal and/or a lithium metal alloy as an anode active material.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising charging and/or discharging the electrochemical device during the step of applying the force.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the solid article is or comprises a first solid plate.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the exterior surface opposite the solid surface is part of the solid article.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein a distal solid article is adjacent to a side of the solid article opposite the solid surface.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the exterior surface is part of the distal solid article.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the solid article and/or the distal solid article comprises a metal, metal alloy, composite material, or a combination thereof.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the solid article comprises a polymeric material.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the distal solid article comprises a solid plate.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein the solid surface has a geometric area smaller than a maximum lateral geometric area of the distal solid article.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying causes the exterior surface to deform such that the exterior surface becomes concave with respect to the side of the electrochemical device.

23. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying causes the exterior surface to deform such that the exterior surface becomes more concave with respect to the side of the electrochemical device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2022
From: MILOBAR, DANIEL G.
To: SION POWER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059326/0981 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62864831 · Jun 21, 2019
Related Publication 20220359902A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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