Abstract: A cylindrical lithium-ion battery with excellent safety where abnormal heat generation and remarkable deformation of a battery container do not occur even at an abnormal time is provided. When an average diameter of a winding group 6 is A mm, an inner diameter of the battery container 5 is B mm, a longitudinal length of the winding group 6 except for lead pieces extending from the winding group 6 is H mm, and the number of windings where a layer of one unit comprising a negative electrode member/separator/negative electrode member/separator is wound around a shaft core 11 is W, a calculation value K obtained by a formula; K=(B−A)×(10000/(W×H) is set to 0.89 or more. When the calculation value K is 0.89 or more, a gap (B−A) between an outer periphery of the winding group 6 and an inner periphery of the battery container 5 that enables the winding group 6 to expand in its diameter direction at an abnormal time is properly secured.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery capable of improving high temperature cycle life characteristic effectively without decreasing discharge capacity. Amorphous carbon powder with a specific surface area of 10.0 m2/g and a mean particle diameter of 7.0 &mgr;m is used as negative electrode active material and lithium manganate with a Li/Mn ratio of 0.58 is used as positive electrode active material. Since a surface area of the negative electrode active material layer is made large by setting the mean particle diameter of the amorphous carbon powder to 10 &mgr;m or less, the surface area of the negative electrode active material layer is sufficiently large that, even when inert coating is formed on the surface of the negative electrode due to manganese deposition caused by manganese elution from the positive electrode, high temperature cycle life characteristic can be improved without high temperature deterioration.

Abstract: A polished-piece holder is provided that does not easily stick or adsorb to a polishing pad of a polishing apparatus and reduces occurrences of production line troubles and therefore the number of failed polished pieces. A single sheet of a thermosetting resin impregnated fiber substrate or a laminated sheet formed by laminating a plurality of sheets of the thermosetting resin impregnated fiber substrate is formed under heat and pressure into a plate. The thermosetting resin impregnated fiber plate is then processed to form a polished-piece holder for holding pieces to be polished. The evaluation portion has a certain length in a direction of the average line. The thermosetting resin impregnated fiber plate has a surface roughness with a maximum wave height Ry of 10 &mgr;m or greater over an almost entire area of the surface layer.

Abstract: A cylindrical lithium-ion battery with high safety, high capacity and high power has a winding group having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and at least one separator, and a connecting portion for connecting to respective terminals from the winding group accommodated in a battery container, and which is provided with an inner pressure-reducing mechanism for discharging gas according to an increase in inner pressure inside the battery container. The positive electrode includes a collector whose both surfaces are applied with composing material including lithium-manganese complex oxide, the thickness of the composing material on the both surfaces of the collector is at least 210 &mgr;m and the amount of the active material per one surface of the collector is at least 240 g/m2. The compounding ratio of the lithium-manganese complex oxide in the composing material is preferably at least 80 wt %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium-ion secondary battery whose power characteristic has been improved without widening a battery size. A cylindrical lithium-ion battery 20 accommodates a winding group 6 and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution within a battery container 7. The winding group 6 is structured by winding a positive electrode using lithium manganate (Li1+xMn2−xO4 or Li1+xMn2−x−yAlyO4) where an average particle diameter of primary particles is in a range of from 0.1 &mgr;m to 2 &mgr;m as a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode using amorphous carbon as a negative electrode active material via a separator. The reaction area of the positive electrode active material is optimized.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery which has high safety while maintaining high capacity and high power. A cylindrical lithium-ion battery 20 is provided in a battery lid which is a portion of a battery container with a cleavage valve 11 which cleaves at a predetermined pressure, and includes an electrode winding group 6 prepared by winding a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator, connection portions for connecting the electrode winding group 6 to respective electrode terminals, and non-aqueous electrolytic solution therein. As a positive electrode active material, lithium manganate where the amount of elution of manganese into the non-aqueous electrolytic solution is 5% or less based on the lithium manganate in a region where an electrode potential to metal lithium is 4.8V or more is used. As a negative electrode active material, graphite in/from which lithium ions can be occluded/released according to charging and discharging is used.

Abstract: A non-woven fabric comprising a principal component of para-aramid fiber chops bonded with each other by a binder, the para-aramid fiber chops having a mixture of (a) poly-p-phenylene-3,4′-diphenylether-terephthalamide fibers and (b) poly-p-phenylene-terephthalamide fibers and having a blend ratio by weight of (a)/(b)=10/90˜90/10 and preferably (a)/(b)=30/70˜70/30.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery having a longer life than conventional battery at a high temperature for electric power storage and electric vehicles is obtained. A lithium secondary battery having a long life at a high temperature can be obtained by using a material specified in Li/Mn atomic ratio, lattice constant, half value width, specific surface area, and average primary particle size as the positive electrode active material; and a material specified in density.

Abstract: A power system where energy generated at a deceleration time of a running vehicle such as an automobile can be accepted as regenerative energy sufficiently and safely is provided. In a power system 10, a non-aqueous solution system secondary battery group 1 where 10 to 11 lithium ion secondary battery cells are connected in series and an aqueous solution system secondary battery group 2 where 18 control valve type lead-acid battery cells are connected in series are connected in parallel. The battery capacity of the non-aqueous solution system secondary battery group 1 is smaller than that of the aqueous solution system secondary battery group 2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery structure for an electric vehicle which has an excellent cooling performance, which can fix battery cells securely, and which can improve work efficiency in assembling. A battery module 1 is provided with a battery case main body comprising an upper cover 4, a middle cover 5 and a lower cover 6, and two side covers covering exposed side surfaces of battery cells held in the battery case main body in a horizontal state. The upper cover 4 and the lower cover 6 are respectively formed with discharging side ventilating holes 14a and introducing side ventilating holes 14b which allow cooling air to flow upwardly and total aperture area of the discharging side ventilating holes 14a is set to 1/2 of total aperture area of the introducing side ventilating holes 14b.

Abstract: A gear made of fiber reinforced resin which is capable of being increased in durability and mechanical strength, as well as gear cutting characteristics. The gear is manufactured by arranging ring-like reinforcing fiber substrates and a metal bushing in a molding die and pouring thermosetting resin into the die to impregnate the reinforcing fiber substrates with the resin. The reinforcing fiber substrates are made by winding up a cylindrical body obtained by knitting an aramid fiber yarn along a central line thereof and then forming it into a ring-like shape. The reinforcing fiber substrates are pressed in a cold die so as to approach to a shape of the molding die, to thereby be formed into a rectangular shape in cross section. Then, the reinforcing fiber substrates are received together with the metal bushing in the molding die and then the thermosetting resin is poured into the molding die.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery that can prevent a drop in the power even in a large current discharge is provided. Porosity of a separator is larger than or the same as porosity of a positive electrode mixture and a porosity of a negative electrode mixture. Particularly, the porosity of the positive electrode mixture is 20% to 50%, the porosity of the negative electrode mixture is 20% to 50%, and the porosity of the separator is 20% to 60%. The separator becomes rich in the volume of the electrolytic solution that infiltrates into interfacial aperture between the separator and the negative electrode. When the large current discharge is carried out in a short time, lithium-ions are released/occluded from the electrodes and the electrolytic solution can gain the released/occluded lithium-ions with a small interfacial resistance.

Abstract: A polished-piece holder capable of preventing a polished piece from taking scratches, being increased in wear resistance, thickness accuracy, warpage resistance and dimensional stability, and preventing a deterioration in polishing accuracy. The polished-piece holder includes a core layer and a wear-resistant surface layer laminated on at least one of front and rear surfaces of the core layer. The core layer is constituted of at least one thermosetting resin impregnated fibrous layer and the surface layer is likewise constituted of a thermosetting resin impregnated fibrous layer. The thermosetting resin impregnated fibrous layer constituting the surface layer is subject to heating and pressurizing, to thereby provide a prepreg wherein a nonwoven aramid fiber substrate is impregnated with thermosetting resin.

Abstract: Glass fiber non-woven fabric for base material of laminate comprising binder binding glass fibers to each other and having glass transition temperature of higher than 120.degree. C.

Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary cell capable of preventing bursting or explosion thereof even when a current breaking device or a relief valve for pressure release fails in operation thereof due to any trouble or failure thereof. The cell includes a wound-up body formed by laminatedly spirally winding up a positive electrode and a negative electrode together while interposing a separator therebetween. The wound-up body thus formed is received in a cell can. The negative electrode is constructed by forming a negative active material layer containing amorphous carbon on each of both surfaces of a negative collector. The positive electrode is constructed by forming a positive active material layer containing LixCoO.sub.2 on each of both surfaces of a positive collector. The negative electrode is electrically connected to the cell can through a negative electrode lead.

Abstract: A laminate base material of aromatic polyamide fiber non-woven fabric which comprises a combined non-woven fabric of para-aramid fibers and meta-aramid fibers bonded with each other by a resin binder such as an epoxy resin binder and meta-aramid fibres being thermally adhered to each other and meta-aramid fibers being thermally adhered to para-aramid fibers while they are passing through a pair of thermal rolls and heated and pressed by them and the meta-aramid fibers being included preferably by 5 through 30 weight %.

Abstract: Glass fiber non-woven fabric for base material of laminate comprising binder binding glass fibers to each other and having glass transition temperature of higher than 120.degree. C.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a multilayer printed wiring board having an insulation layer of glass fiber woven fabric impregnated with a resin and having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 15 ppm/.degree.C. or less, which is provided by a glass yarn of which the glass fiber woven fabric is formed having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 4 ppm/.degree.C. or less and a modulus of elasticity of 7000 kg/mm.sup.2 or more or alternatively provided by the resin with which the glass fiber woven fabric is impregnated having a modulus of elasticity of 200 kg/mm.sup.2 or less and the glass yarn having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 6 ppm/.degree.C. or less and a modulus of elasticity of 7000 Kg/mm.sup.2 or more.

Abstract: Glass fiber for non-woven fabric base material of a laminate having a surface treated by sizing agent essentially comprising silane coupling agent and dispersing agent, and said silane coupling agent including epoxy-silane and styryl amino-silane.

Abstract: Glass fiber non-woven fabric for base material of laminate comprising binder binding glass fibers to each other and having glass transition temperature of higher than 120.degree. C.