Abstract: An apparatus for separating battery plates includes a work surface for receiving a stack of battery plates, and an alignment mechanism for aligning the battery plates on the work surface. The work surface is movable between a first position in which it is angled with respect to a horizontal plane and a second position in which it is substantially aligned with the horizontal plane. When the work surface moves between the first and second position adjacent battery plates of the stack are displaced relative to each other.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte material is composed of Li, M, and X, where M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metallic elements other than Li, and X is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br and I. In the solid electrolyte material, the mathematical formula FWHM/2?p?0.015 is satisfied, where FWHM represents a half bandwidth of an X-ray diffraction peak having the highest intensity within a range of a diffraction angle 2? of not less than 25 degrees and not more than 35 degrees in an X-ray diffraction pattern provided by an X-ray diffraction measurement of the solid electrolyte material; the X-ray diffraction measurement using a Cu-K? ray; and 2?p represents a diffraction angle of a center of the X-ray diffraction peak.

Abstract: A battery module, including: a housing case having a box-shaped and an open top; a battery stack including a stacked battery body in which plural battery cells are stacked along a horizontal direction, the battery stack being housed in the housing case; and a spacer member disposed between the battery stack and the housing case in a state in which the battery stack is pressed in a stacking direction of the plural battery cells, the spacer member being formed with an elongated cutout portion that extends from a lower end of the spacer member towards an upper side of the spacer member.

Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery holding unit and a battery unit removably held by the battery holding unit. The battery unit includes a battery, a first engaging portion, and a second engaging portion. The battery holding unit includes a holding member selectively engaged with the first engaging portion or the second engaging portion to hold the battery unit at a first position or a second position. When the holding member and the first engaging portion relatively move away from each other along a disengagement direction, the battery unit moves along a detachment direction from the first position to the second position at which the holding member engages with the second engaging portion, and the second engaging portion is allowed to move to disengage from the holding member, so that the battery unit moves again along the detachment direction to be removed from the battery holding unit.

Abstract: A vehicle body member includes a first cell unit including a first negative electrode part and a first positive electrode part, a second cell unit including a second negative electrode part and a second positive electrode part, a reinforcing insulating layer interposed between a first surface of the first cell unit and a second surface of the second cell unit, a first positive electrode current collector connected to the first positive electrode part, a second positive electrode current collector connected to the second positive electrode part and connected in parallel to the first positive electrode current collector, a first negative electrode current collector connected to the first negative electrode part, and a second negative electrode current collector connected to the second negative electrode part and connected in parallel to the first negative electrode current collector.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a surfing apparatus having the same. The battery module includes a housing and a plurality of cells arranged in the housing, wherein a bottom surface of the housing is provided with one or a plurality of heat dissipation grooves. The surfing apparatus includes the battery module. By virtue of the plurality of heat dissipation grooves arranged on the bottom surface of the housing, the heat dissipation performance of the battery module is improved. The battery module of the surfing apparatus has better heat dissipation performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery module and a battery pack including the same, and more particularly, to a battery module including busbars having the same shape and connected to a positive (+) electrode terminal and a negative (?) electrode terminal of each of a plurality of battery cells, and to a battery pack provided with a busbar connection part which electrically connects and couples the modules through the busbar in the same side surface part of each of the plurality of battery modules.

Abstract: An enclosure defined by first and second halves that are secured together by a locking member that is slidable lockingly engageable therewith.

Abstract: A drain system is described for allowing fluid to drain from a battery pack while maintaining structural integrity of the battery pack. A frame of the battery pack is comprised of several retaining members in which valves are disposed to allow fluid to exit the battery pack. The valves are positioned such that forces normally experienced while driving a vehicle, such as acceleration, deceleration, and turning forces, cause the fluid to flow toward and through the valves.

Abstract: A cathode having a tandem electrocatalyst structure is provided. The cathode includes a plurality of wires spaced apart from each other, a layer formed on a surface of each of the plurality of wires, and a plurality of nanoparticles disposed on the layer. Each of the plurality of wires includes a first perovskite material or a metal. The layer includes a second perovskite material. Each of the nanoparticles includes a metal oxide.

Abstract: A system for producing electrodes for lead-acid batteries is disclosed. An electrode that has been produced comprises at least one upper and/or one lower frame element as well as a lattice-shaped region that extends away from said upper or lower frame element and has a plurality of openings, the upper and/or lower frame element being of a greater thickness than the lattice-shaped region. Said system comprises the steps of: a) producing a profiled strip-shaped blank using a casting method in which the strip-shaped blank is formed, solely by means of said casting method, to have a greater thickness on one side in at least one of the regions which should eventually form the upper or lower frame element, than the thickness in regions which should eventually form the lattice-shaped region, and b) producing said lattice-shaped region with the openings in a subsequent expanded metal process.

Abstract: A battery pack for use with a power tool and including a housing having an internal cavity in which one or more battery cells are supported. The housing has a set of openings. A printed circuit board is supported within the housing and in electrical communication with the battery cells. Battery pack contacts are coupled to and in electrical communication with the printed circuit board. A terminal block is supported by the printed circuit board and encloses the battery pack contacts. Each of the battery pack contacts are accessible through one of the set of openings in the housing and the terminal block. A first gasket is positioned between a first wall of the terminal block and the housing and a second gasket is positioned between a second wall of the terminal block and the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A system for protecting a battery enclosure of a vehicle, comprising of a structural blocker configured to be fixedly attached to a side portion of the battery enclosure. The side portion faces a lateral direction, extending along a vehicle axis that extends between a front and a rear of a vehicle. The battery enclosure includes at least one cross member oriented along a lateral direction, wherein the structural blocker is configured to be aligned with an end of the cross member and localized to a region of the side portion proximate to the end of the cross member. The structural blocker is configured to transfer a side load from a structural component of the vehicle to the cross member.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a terminal board electrically connecting terminals of a plurality of battery cells to each other. The terminal board is thinner than a bus bar and welded to the terminals of the battery cells. The terminal board includes an elongated portion extending in a direction in which the battery cells are arranged and a plurality of fixation portions arranged at intervals on a long side of the elongated portion. The bus bar includes a plurality of fixation portions respectively placed in face-to-face contact with the fixation portions of the terminal board. Fasteners fasten the fixation portions of the terminal board and the fixation portions of the bus bar to fastener-receiving portions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of battery system, and discloses a battery, a battery enclosure and a vehicle, wherein the battery comprises a battery enclosure defining a receiving space; a thermal isolation panel disposed in the receiving space and dividing the receiving space into a plurality of subspaces; and a plurality of cells respectively arranged in the subspaces and divided into a plurality of groups by the thermal isolation panel; wherein a weakened zone for guiding energy release when thermal runaway occurs in the cells is formed on an enclosure wall of the battery enclosure adjacent to the cell. The cells of the battery are separated by the thermal isolation panel so as to prevent the thermal runaway events from rapid spreading in the battery. At the same time, by providing a weakened zone on the battery enclosure wall adjoining the cell, an optimal venting direction can be provided for the cell in case of a thermal runaway, thus the battery has high safety.

Abstract: There is provided a positive electrode for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery in which it is possible to achieve both exceptional electrical conductivity and adhesion of an electrode active material to a current collector and it is possible to dramatically improve battery characteristics compared to those in the related art. A positive electrode for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery includes a current collector; and an electrode active material-containing layer provided on the current collector, wherein the electrode active material-containing layer contains active material particles and a conductive material that connects the active material particles to each other; wherein the mass ratio of the active material particles:the conductive material:other components in the electrode active material-containing layer is 95 to 99.7:0.

Abstract: A housing part for a multi-part housing of a battery unit may include a bottom portion and a side wall structure arranged circumferentially on the outside along the bottom portion in the circumferential direction. The side wall structure may form at least one side wall portion along the circumferential direction. The side wall portion may have an inner wall facing the bottom portion and an outer wall, which may be spaced apart from the inner wall and may face away from the bottom portion. The inner wall may be connected to the bottom portion. The inner and outer walls may be connected to one another via a framework-like cavity structure having several webs, which may be adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction and which, in the cavity structure, may form several cavities adjacent in the circumferential direction and connecting the inner wall to the outer wall.

Abstract: A method for producing a solid electrolyte having an argyrodite-type crystal structure, the method comprising: heat-treating a raw material mixture comprising lithium, sulfur, phosphorus and halogen in a solvent using a pressure-resistant container or under refluxing; removing the solvent; and firing a treated product obtained by the heat treatment.

Abstract: An electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same. By preparing an electrode including an electrode active layer formed using a structure capable of supporting an electrode active material, safety and charge and discharge properties of a battery are improved due to morphological characteristics of the electrode active material being supported inside the structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of making a composite product that may be used as a flexible electrode. An aerosolized mixture of nanotubes and an electrode active material is collected on a porous substrate, such as a filter, until it reaches a desired thickness. The resulting self-standing electrode may then be removed from the porous substrate and may operate as a battery electrode.