Abstract: A power supply device has a structure in which a bind bar having bent pieces at both ends coupled to end plates disposed at both end portions of a battery stack is divided in a width direction of a side surface of the battery stack, the bent piece of each bind bar is bolted to an outer surface of one of the end plates, the one of the end plates is provided with a stopper wall that prevents rotation of a bent piece fixed with a single bolt, which is fixed to the one of the end plates via one bolt, and the bent piece is fitted to a stopper wall to prevent the displacement of the bind bar.

Abstract: A flat-shaped winding electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are wound with a separator interposed therebetween includes a positive electrode tab portion and a negative electrode tab portion at one end in a direction in which a winding axis of the winding electrode body extends. Two pieces of the flat-shaped winding electrode body are housed in a prismatic outer body so that the winding axis of each piece is disposed in a direction perpendicular to a sealing plate, and the positive electrode tab portion and the negative electrode tab portion are located on one end of the winding electrode body closer to the sealing plate than the other end.

Abstract: This battery storage tray is provided with: a bottom plate which supports a plurality of batteries; a side wall which extends from the outer peripheral part of an upper surface of the bottom plate in the thickness direction of the bottom plate so as to surround a stage surface for the plurality of batteries in the upper surface, thereby defining a battery storage space, in which the plurality of batteries are contained, together with the bottom plate; and a plate-like permanent magnet which is affixed to at least a part of a bottom surface of the bottom plate.

Abstract: A gasket is equipped with a cylindrically shaped cylindrical part, and a ring part which extends in a radially inward direction from one end section of the cylindrical part in the axial direction thereof. The cylindrical part has a projecting part which projects in a radially inward direction between both end sections thereof in the axial direction. The projecting part has a first angled section positioned on the ring part side thereof, and a second angled section positioned on the side thereof opposite the ring part, and if a sealing body is placed on the ring part, the first angled section is formed so as not to extend beyond the top surface of the flange section of the sealing body.

Abstract: This cylindrical battery comprises a cylindrical outer can having a closed end, and a sealing body that closes an opening of the outer can. The sealing body has a sealing plate including a plurality of thick portions that extend radially in the radial direction, and a plurality of thin portions that extend radially in the radial direction and are thinner than the thick portions. The plurality of thick portions and the plurality of thin portions are arranged alternating in the circumferential direction. In this way, the sealing plate becomes less susceptible to deformation and increased capacity becomes easier to realize, while material costs of the sealing plate are suppressed.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a rectangular exterior body having an opening and containing a first electrode assembly and a second electrode assembly, a sealing plate sealing the opening, and a positive-electrode current collector. The sealing plate has an electrolytic solution introduction hole. The first electrode assembly includes a first insulating sheet on an outermost surface thereof adjacent to the second electrode assembly. The second electrode assembly includes a second insulating sheet on an outermost surface thereof adjacent to the first electrode assembly. A first tape is attached to both an outermost surface of a first positive-electrode tab group and the first insulating sheet. A second tape is attached to both an outermost surface of a second positive-electrode tab group and the second insulating sheet. At least one of the first tape and the second tape is located to face the electrolytic solution introduction hole.

Abstract: A power supply device includes: a plurality of secondary battery cells; a pair of end plates disposed on end surfaces of a battery stack obtained by connecting the plurality of secondary battery cells to sandwich the battery stack; and a fastening member for fixing the end plates to each other. The end plate includes a first band body protruding from a main surface of the end plate on an upper end side of the end plate and second a band body protruding from the main surface of the end plate in a middle of the end plate. A space is formed in the second band body between the second band body and the main surface of the end plate.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery in which corrosion of an exterior body is stably suppressed. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an exterior body having a bottomed cylindrical shape and having a grooving portion in an opening portion; an electrode body and a non-aqueous electrolyte housed in the exterior body; and a sealing body caulked and fixed between the grooving portion and an opening end in the opening, wherein in a portion from the grooving portion of the inner surface of the exterior body to the open end portion, a powder of at least one among compounds selected from the group consisting of hydroxides, oxides, and carbonates is present.

Abstract: A battery pack includes an outer case and one or more battery cells housed inside the outer case. Each battery cell includes a safety valve. A drain hole is provided in a part of the outer case. The drain hole communicates with the inside of the outer case. A tubular body extends from the drain hole to the inside of the outer case. The tubular body has one opening end as the drain hole and another opening end as an internal communication port opening to the inside of the outer case. A wall portion is provided apart from the internal communication port in an extending direction with respect to the internal communication port. The extending direction is directed toward the internal communication port from the drain hole.

Abstract: A positive electrode terminal is inserted into a current-collector through hole formed in a positive electrode current collector and riveted in a spot-faced hole formed in the positive electrode current collector. A protrusion is formed on a bottom surface of the spot-faced hole so as to extend around the current-collector through hole, and a riveted portion of the positive electrode terminal covers the protrusion. The riveted portion of the positive electrode terminal is weld-connected to an edge of the spot-faced hole.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a battery case housing a flat electrode body and a sealing plate. The electrode body is housed in the battery case such that a winding axis thereof is parallel with a longitudinal direction of the sealing plate. At an end portion of the electrode body in a winding axis direction thereof, an edge of a positive or negative electrode plate is connected to an external terminal fixed to the sealing plate through a current collector. An insulating pressing member is arranged between the sealing plate and the electrode body. The pressing member presses the electrode body in a direction perpendicular to the winding axis such that a distance between a portion of the electrode body contacting the pressing member and the sealing plate is longer than a distance between the end portion of the electrode body in the winding axis direction thereof and the sealing plate.

Abstract: A method for producing a lithium-nickel complex oxide according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a filling step for filling a firing container with a Ni-containing metal compound and a Li compound to obtain a filling material including the Ni-containing metal compound and the Li compound; and a firing step for firing the filling material that fills the firing container, wherein, in the filling step, when the filling material that fills the firing container is divided into two equal parts in the height direction, the molar ratio A of Li to metals other than Li in the filling material in the upper half region and the molar ratio B of Li to metals other than Li in the filling material in the lower half region satisfy 1<B/A<1.15.

Abstract: A sealed battery is one example of an embodiment, and is provided with an electrode body, a bottomed cylindrical outer package can that houses the electrode body, a sealing body that seals up an opening part of the outer package can, and insulating plates each placed between the respective end faces of the electrode body and the outer package can. A first face of each of the insulating plates faces the electrode body. The outer edge of the first face stands on the insulating plate outside the outer edge of a second face of each of the insulating plates which is on the opposite side of the first face. The sealed battery, which is one example of an embodiment, is provided with a top insulating plate and a bottom insulating plate as the insulating plates.

Abstract: A sensor unit in one example embodiment of the present invention is a sensor unit that is loaded into battery production equipment and is provided with a bottomed cylindrical case which is processes similarly to a battery outer can via the battery production equipment, and a sensor which is attached to the case and detects force acting on the case from the battery production equipment. The sensor unit is provided with, for example, a first component to which the sensor is attached and which is accommodated inside the case, and a second component which is disposed so as to engage the outside of the first component. The first component is configured to be removable from an opening in the case by being separated from the second component.

Abstract: A negative electrode includes a negative electrode protecting layer that is disposed so as to cover a negative electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of a negative electrode core in a thickness direction and that has higher electrical resistance than the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is formed in a region extending from an edge at one end to a boundary 300 ?m away from the edge in a width direction. The second surface is positioned closer than the first surface to the other end. Regarding the negative electrode protecting layer, the average value of the first thickness of a first portion covering the first surface is 1.7 or more times larger than the maximum value of the second thickness of a second portion covering the second surface.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a separator which contains a first region located in a flat part of an electrode body and second regions located in a pair of curved parts, the ratio (B/A) of the air permeability (B) in each of the second regions to the air permeability (A) in the first region being 0.5 or more and 0.9 or less. Further, in a section passing through the center in the axial direction of the electrode body and being perpendicular to the axial direction, the ratio (SB/SA) of the sectional area (SB) of the pair of curved parts to the sectional area (SA) of the flat part is 0.28 or more and 0.32 or less.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery including an electrode body element fabricating step in which a first electrode body element including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, and a second electrode body element including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are fabricated, a tab-connecting step in which a first positive electrode tab group of the first electrode body element and a second positive electrode tab group of the second electrode body element are connected to a second positive electrode collector, and a first negative electrode tab group of the first electrode body element and a second negative electrode tab group of the second electrode body element are connected to a second negative electrode collector, and an electrode body fabricating step in which, after the tab-connecting step, the first electrode body element and the second electrode body element are unified.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to one embodiment of the present disclosure contains a lithium transition metal composite oxide which is represented by general formula LiaNibCocAldXeOf (wherein 0.9?a?1.2; 0.88?b?0.96; 0?c?0.12; 0?d?0.12; 0?e?0.1; 1.9?f?2.1; (b+c+d)=1; and X represents at least one element that is selected from among Mn, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zr, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, W and B); and the lithium transition metal composite oxide has a pore volume of pores having a pore diameter of 0.3 ?m or less of from 6×10?4 mL/g to 50×10?4 mL/g, while having a particle fracture strength of 120 MPa or more at the volume average particle diameter.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells each including an electrode terminal, and a bus bar that connects respective electrode terminals of adjacent battery cells in a state where the plurality of battery cells are stacked, wherein the bus bar includes a first bus bar having a first thickness, and a second bus bar having a second thickness larger than the first thickness, the first bus bar is connected to the respective electrode terminals of the adjacent battery cells, and the second bus bar is in non-contact with electrode terminals of the battery cells.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery including a joining step of clamping a negative electrode core body stacked part and a negative electrode current collector by a horn and an anvil, and in a state where the anvil is in contact with the negative electrode current collector, ultrasonically joining the negative electrode core body stacked part and the negative electrode current collector to form a joint part; and an oxidation treatment step of oxidizing a portion, in contact with the anvil, of the negative electrode current collector in the joining step.