Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a battery accommodation tray in which the amount of material used is readily reduced and of which the strength is readily improved. The battery accommodation tray comprises a plurality of accommodation parts that respectively accommodate batteries and that are positioned at intervals from each other. The accommodation parts have insertion openings demarcated by insertion-side circular parts that have a circular shape when viewed from the insertion side of the batteries in the height direction (Z direction). The battery accommodation tray has insertion-side connection parts by which the outer peripheral surfaces of the insertion-side circular parts are connected to the outer peripheral surfaces of adjacent insertion-side circular parts. The plurality of insertion-side circular parts are connected by the plurality of insertion-side connection parts to form an integrated whole.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery is provided with: an electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound with a separator interposed therebetween; an electrolyte; a bottomed cylindrical outer can accommodating the electrode body and the electrolyte; a sealing plate blocking an opening portion of the outer can; a gasket disposed on a peripheral edge portion of the sealing plate; and an upper insulating plate disposed between the electrode body and the sealing plate. The gasket is compressed in the radial direction between an edge surface of the peripheral edge portion of the sealing plate and the outer can, and the outer can includes a locking portion with which a peripheral edge portion of the upper insulating plate engages.

Abstract: A battery system includes a battery block having a plurality of square battery cells (1) stacked in one direction, parallel connection bus bars (5X), insulating plate (7), and lid plate (8) fixed to insulating plate (7). Each square battery cell (1) has a discharge port provided with discharge valve (14) and a sealing plate provided with positive and negative electrode terminals via an insulating material. Parallel connection bus bars (5X) are connected to the electrode terminals to connect some or all of square battery cells (1) in parallel. Insulating plate (7) is disposed on the surfaces of sealing plates of the plurality of square battery cells (1) and includes passing portions having openings provided at positions corresponding to the discharge ports to pass the exhaust gas ejected from the discharge ports and pressing portions (22) disposed between parallel-connection bus bars (5X) and the sealing plates. Lid plate (8) faces discharge ports facing the openings of the passing portions.

Abstract: A battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a positive electrode tab electrically connected to the positive electrode; a negative electrode tab electrically connected to the negative electrode; a positive electrode tab tape covering the positive electrode tab: and a negative electrode tab tape covering the negative electrode tab. In the battery described above, at least one tab tape of the positive electrode tab tape and the negative electrode tab tape has a multilayer structure in which an adhesive layer and a substrate layer primarily formed from an organic material are laminated in this order from an electrode tab side, and the adhesive layer contains an adhesive material and a reactive material which generates an endothermic reaction at a temperature lower than a heat resistance temperature of the organic material.

Abstract: A power supply device includes: a battery stack body that includes a plurality of secondary battery cells that are stacked; a pair of end plates disposed on both end surfaces of the battery stack body, respectively; and binding bars that are disposed on both the end surfaces of the battery stack body, respectively, and bind the pair of end plates. Each of the binding bars includes engaging steps that are opposite the pair of end plates, respectively. Each of the engaging steps extends in a direction intersecting with a stack direction of the battery stack body. Each of the pair of end plates includes engaging protrusions that are opposite the binding bars, respectively. The engaging protrusions engage with engaging steps. Consequently, rigidity that binds the battery stack body together is increased without changing a material and a thickness of the binding bars.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery includes the following steps. An insertion portion of a negative-electrode terminal is inserted into a terminal connection hole that is formed in a first negative-electrode current collector and crimped on a tapered portion to form a crimped portion. A gap is formed between the crimped portion and the tapered portion. Energy rays are radiated toward at least one of the crimped portion and the tapered portion to melt the at least one of the crimped portion and the tapered portion such that a melted metal flows into the gap. The melted metal is solidified to form a solidified portion, and the negative-electrode terminal and the first negative-electrode current collector are joined to each other. The solidified portion has a recessed portion.

Abstract: This cathode active material for a secondary battery using a non-aqueous electrolyte includes nickel-rich lithium transition-metal oxide, exhibits a hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) peak of 1,560 to 1,565 eV in binding energy from an Al-rich layer, using a photon energy of 6 KeV, and with respect to the mean particle diameter r of the lithium transition-metal oxide particle, the Al concentration is approximately constant within 0.35r of the center.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which electrode plate deformation in association with charge/discharge cycles is suppressed. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a winding type electrode body (14). The electrode body (14) is provided with a tape (50) adhered to an exposed portion (42) which is provided at an outermost circumferential surface and at which a negative electrode collector is exposed. The tape (50) is adhered to the exposed portion (42) so as not to be overlapped with at least one of a winding-finish side end (31e) of positive electrode mixture layers and a winding-finish side end (41e) of negative electrode mixture layers in a radius direction of the electrode body (14).

Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a positive electrode active material which enables the achievement of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has good cycle characteristics. A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to one embodiment of the present disclosure contains large particles and small particles of a lithium transition metal composite oxide; the large particles are secondary particles that have a volume-based median diameter of from 10 to 25 ?m, each of said secondary particles being an aggregate of primary particles that have a diameter of 1 ?m or less; and the small particles contain primary particles that are not aggregated, while having a diameter of from 1 to 5 ?m.

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: A battery pack includes a rechargeable battery, a charge FET including a parallel diode connected in series with the battery, and a control circuit configured to control turning on and off of the charge FET. The control circuit includes a discriminating circuit configured to detect a bicycle-mounted state and a charger-connected state, and a memory configured to store a full charge voltage of the battery. The control circuit is configured to, while the discriminating circuit detects the bicycle-mounted state. turn off the charge FET. The control circuit is configured to, while the discriminating circuit detects the charger-connected state, stop charging the battery by switching the charge FET to turn off the charge FET upon detecting that a voltage of the battery charged by a charger becomes higher than the full charge voltage.

Abstract: This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a non-aqueous electrolyte and an electrode assembly formed by layering a positive electrode and a negative electrode layered via a separator. The positive electrode has a positive electrode core and a positive electrode mix layer containing a positive electrode active substance. The median diameter (D50) of the positive electrode active substance in terms of volume is 5.0 to 7.0 ?m, the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active substance is 2.00 to 3.00 m2/g, the TAP density of the positive electrode active substance is 1.30 to 1.70 g/cm3, and the density of the positive electrode mix layer is 2.3 to 2.5 g/cm3.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode plate for a battery of the present disclosure includes: a step (A) of forming a through hole (20) in a strip-shaped electrode plate (10); and a step (B) of cutting the strip-shaped electrode plate along a width direction. In the step (A), the through hole is formed at a position on a cutting line (21) which extends in the width direction of the strip-shaped electrode plate, in the step (B), cutting of the strip-shaped electrode plate is performed by multiple cutting blades (30A, 30B) disposed along the cutting line, and at least one cutting blade of the multiple cutting blades is disposed at the position of the through hole.

Abstract: This electrode plate for a secondary battery comprises a thin plate-shaped core formed from a metal foil and an active material layer formed on at least one surface of the core. A melted section of the metal foil forming the core is scattered at an end section of the electrode plate for a secondary battery so as to spread from the plate thickness range of the core to the end face of the active material layer, adheres thereto, and is solidified.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery according to one embodiment comprises: an electrode assembly obtained by wrapping a positive electrode and a negative electrode around a separator; an electrolyte; a bottomed cylindrical outer can that houses the electrode assembly and the electrolyte; a sealing body that plugs the opening of the outer can; and an annular gasket that is inserted between the outer can and the sealing body. The sealing body is anchored by being crimped to an open end of the outer can via the gasket. The gasket has a projection formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof, the projection protruding outside radially and the projection is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the open end of the outer casing.

Abstract: This positive electrode active material comprises an Ni-containing lithium composite oxide A and an Ni-containing lithium composite oxide B. Each of the Ni-containing lithium composite oxide A and the Ni-containing lithium composite oxide B contains 50% by mole or more of Ni relative to the total number of moles of the metal elements excluding Li; the Ni-containing lithium composite oxide A has an average primary particle diameter of 2 ?m or more, an average secondary particle diameter of from 2 ?m to 6 ?m, and a particle breaking load of 5 mN or more; and the Ni-containing lithium composite oxide B has an average primary particle diameter of 1 ?m or less, an average secondary particle diameter of from 10 ?m to 20 ?m, and a particle breaking load of 20 mN or more, while having a coating layer on the surface of each primary particle.

Abstract: This electrode body for secondary batteries comprises: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; an outer separator; and an inner separator which is arranged inside the outer separator. An outer electrode, which is either the positive electrode or the negative electrode arranged on the outer side, is sandwiched by the outer separator and the inner separator. The outer separator and the inner separator have: two electrode facing parts that face the outermost layers of the outer electrode, while overlapping with each other, with the outer electrode being interposed therebetween; and a terminal overlapping part that is provided at respective ends of the outer separator and the inner separator. The thickness of the front end of the terminal overlapping part is larger than the sum of the thicknesses of the two electrode facing parts.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery according to an exemplary embodiment comprises a bottomed cylindrical outer can, a sealing body that closes an opening in the outer can, and a gasket interposed between the outer can and the sealing body. On the outer can, an edge of the opening is curved inward, and a crimped part is formed pressing the sealing body via the gasket. The crimped part includes: a base-end-side part that is inclined so that the gap with the sealing body becomes smaller toward the inside of the outer can; and a tip-end-side part that is inclined at a smaller angle at the sealing-body side than the base-end-side part, or is parallel to the bottom surface part of the outer can, or is inclined so that the gap with the sealing body becomes larger toward the tip end.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a positive electrode plate for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a coating and drying step of coating a positive electrode active material layer and a protective layer onto a positive electrode core so that the protective layer forms a raised part between a portion inside a side end of a core exposed part in a width direction and a width-direction center, and then drying the positive electrode active material layer and the protective layer; and a compressing step of compressing the protective layer and the positive electrode active material layer so as to press the raised part formed in the coating and drying step and the positive electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has a sealing plate includes a flange portion which is secured by crimping to the opening portion of the outer can, a terminal portion formed on the radially inner side of the flange portion, and a thin-walled portion which is formed on the radially outer side of the sealing plate, and which connects the flange portion and the terminal portion; and the thin-walled portion is formed in such a way as to be inclined upward toward the outside from the radially inner side of the sealing plate, and is formed in such a way as to connect a part below the central portion of an outer circumferential surface of the terminal portion to a part above the central portion of an inner circumferential surface of the flange portion.