Abstract: An all solid battery is characterized by including a solid electrolyte layer of which a main component is an oxide-based solid electrolyte having a NASICON type crystal structure which has a compositional formula of Li1+x+2y+aAyM?xM?2-x-yP3O12+c, in which “A” is a divalent metal element, “M?” is a trivalent metal element, “M?” is a quadrivalent transition metal, and satisfies 0<a<1.4, a first internal electrode which is provided on a first main face of the solid electrolyte layer and includes an electrode active material, and a second internal electrode which is provided on a second main face of the solid electrolyte layer and includes an electrode active material.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for secondary battery includes lithium transition metal oxide particles; an amorphous carbon-based coating layer formed in the form of a coating film on the surface of the lithium transition metal oxide particles; and a carbon nanotube coating layer formed on the amorphous carbon-based coating layer. A method for manufacturing the same and a freestanding film including the same are also provided. Further, a dry positive electrode; and a secondary battery including the dry positive electrode are also provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of batteries, and a cylindrical battery is provided, including: a single cell housing structure; a core, which is arranged in the single cell housing structure, and the core includes a core body, a first tab and a second tab, and the first tab and the second tab arranged at intervals extend out from the same end of the core body, and the core body is formed with a winding center; the first tab and the second tab are arranged along the circumferential direction of the winding center, and the length of the first tab is greater than the length of the second tab along the radial direction of the winding center. A certain distance may be set between the first tab and the second tab on basis that the first tab and the second tab are able to have sufficient current-passing capability.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to battery separators for use in lead acid batteries. In particular, the disclosure relates to nonporous polymer sheets in which the porosity manifests itself after cavitation and/or biaxial stretching to form a microporous membrane. The disclosure also relates to nonporous polymer sheets in which the porosity manifests itself after dissolution of an acid soluble filler to form a microporous membrane. In addition to meeting all battery performance requirements, these microporous membranes eliminate environmental and health concerns because they do not require the use of an organic solvent during their production.

Abstract: Provided is a method for welding an electrode assembly comprising stacking a plurality of electrodes to manufacture the electrode assembly, attaching a buffer tab to a surface of an outermost electrode tab of the electrode assembly, and welding a lead such that a plurality of electrode tabs and the lead are in contact with each other to dispose the buffer tab therebetween. The electrode assembly comprises the stacked plurality of electrodes comprising the lead welded to the plurality of electrode tabs, and each electrode tab of the plurality of electrode tabs protrudes in one direction from the plurality of electrodes. The buffer tab may be attached, before the welding, to the surface of the outermost electrode tab to minimize or prevent damage to the electrode tab due to pressure applied by a welding rod.

Abstract: The present invention has an object of, without harming the manufacturability of a fuel cell system, and without increasing pressure loss of oxidant gas, enabling to layout heat exchangers of a cathode system in parallel. The fuel cell system includes a stack, anode system, cathode system and cooling system. The cathode system supplies oxidant gas to the stack in which fuel cells are laminated. The cooling system includes a plurality of heat exchangers which exchange heat between the oxidant gas and coolant. The plurality of heat exchangers is arranged in parallel in the cathode system. The cathode system includes a branching part which is more to an upstream side than each of the heat exchangers, and includes a merging part which is more to a downstream side than each of them. The heat exchangers are installed to be shifted from each other in each direction among up/down, front/rear and left/right.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes at least one sound absorbing member having a band-like shape. The sound absorbing member is bonded to an inner surface of a tread portion along a tire circumferential direction. A correction body for correcting weight unbalance is fixed to a tire inner surface in a range corresponding to a light point of an entire tire including the sound absorbing member.

Abstract: A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a cell assembly including a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a module frame that wraps the cell assembly; and end plates that cover the front and rear surfaces of the cell assembly opened in the module frame. The module frame comprises a frame member which covers a lower part and both side surfaces of the cell assembly, and an upper plate that covers an upper part of the cell assembly. A first fixing part is formed at an edge of the frame member coupled with the end plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate carbon material that can be produced from renewable raw materials, in particular from biomass containing lignin, comprising: a MC content that corresponds to that of the renewable raw materials, said content being preferably greater than 0.20 Bq/g carbon, especially preferably greater than 0.23 Bq/g carbon, but preferably less than 0.45 Bq/g carbon in each case; a carbon content in relation to the ash-free dry substance of between 60 ma. % and 80 ma. %; an STSA surface area of the primary particles of at least 5 m2/g and at most 200 m2/g; and an oil absorption value (OAN) of between 50 ml/100 g and 150 ml/100 g. The present invention also relates to a method for producing said carbon material and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on an outer side of the belt layer in the radial direction. Additionally, the carcass layer has a cord angle of 80° or more and 100° or less. Additionally, the belt layer is formed by layering a first reinforcing belt, a second reinforcing belt that is narrower than the first reinforcing belt, and an auxiliary belt that is spaced apart from a tire equatorial plane and disposed between the carcass layer and the first reinforcing belt. Additionally, the first reinforcing belt and the second reinforcing belt have cord angles of 11° or more and 30° or less, and the auxiliary belt has a cord angle of 55° or more and 70° or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-sealing tyre for vehicle wheels comprising at least one carcass ply (3), a tread band (7) applied in a radially external position with respect to said carcass ply in a crown portion, at least one liner (9) applied in a radially internal position with respect to said carcass ply, a sealing assembly (10, 11) applied in a radially internal position with respect to said liner and axially extending at least at a part of the crown portion; wherein said sealing assembly comprises a permanent self-supporting elastomeric layer (11) having an elongation modulus at 10% lower than 0.

Abstract: In the pneumatic tire including a sealant layer containing an adhesive sealant on an inner surface of a tread portion, when a thickness of the sealant layer at 0° C. is G0, a thickness of the sealant layer at 50° C. is G50, a width of the sealant layer at 0° C. is W0, and a width of the sealant layer at 50° C. is W50, a rate of change RG of thickness expressed by RG=(|G50?G0|/G0)×100 is set to 3% or less, and a rate of change RW of width expressed by RW=(|W50?W0|/W0)×100 is set to 3% or less.

Abstract: A motorcycle tyre, comprising a radial carcass structure (2) and a tread band (8) applied at a radially outer position with respect to the radial carcass structure (2), wherein the radial carcass structure (2) comprises a first carcass ply (3a) and a second carcass ply (3b) including a first plurality of textile reinforcing cords (30) and a second plurality of textile reinforcing cords (32), respectively, wherein the first textile reinforcing cords (31) are parallel to each other and the second textile reinforcing cords (33) are parallel to each other and have a respective first and second inclination at a crown portion (8c) of the tread band (8) with respect to an equatorial plane (X-X) of the tyre, wherein said second inclination is opposite to said first inclination. The first textile reinforcing cords (31) and the second textile reinforcing cords (33) have a tenacity comprised between 0.35 cN/Tex and 1.2 cN/Tex at 2% elongation and comprised between 0.5 cN/Tex and 3 cN/Tex at 5% elongation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode assembly in which a plurality of first electrode plates including electrode tabs, a plurality of second electrode plates including electrode tabs, and a separator interposed between each of the first electrode plates and each of the second electrode plates are arranged in a stacked manner. In the electrode assembly, electrode tabs of the same polarity are bend-formed so that the electrode tabs are gathered at the center of the stacking direction of the electrode assembly and protrude outward, and sub-tabs may be bonded on the bend-formed electrode tabs. In addition, the present disclosure may include a manufacturing method of an electrode assembly in which a pair of sub-tabs is respectively bonded on opposite sides of a bundle of electrode tabs that are gathered at the center of the stacking direction of the electrode assembly and protrude outward as described above.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a rubber occupancy ratio in a closed region is in a range of 15% or less. Bead cores have a predetermined wire arrangement structure formed by arranging wire cross sections of bead wires in a cross-sectional view in a tire meridian direction. A tangential contacts an innermost layer in a tire radial direction and the wire cross sections innermost and outermost in a tire lateral direction in the wire arrangement structure from a rim fitting surface side. Contact points of the tangent line are on the innermost and outermost wire cross sections. A gauge is in the tire lateral direction from the midpoint to the rim fitting surface. A rate of change of the gauge between before and after mounting on a rim is in a range from 10% or greater to 60% or less.

Abstract: A tire (1), intended in particular for a private passenger vehicle and comprising at least one sidewall (3) with a protuberance of the sidewall (3) close to the connection of the tire with its mounting rim (2), and intended to reduce the aerodynamic drag and hence the resistance to forward motion of the wheel, in order to contribute to the reduction in fuel consumption and hence to the reduction in CO2 emissions. According to the invention, when the tire (1) is mounted on the rim (2) and inflated to a pressure as defined by the “ETRTO” standard, the radially inner end I of the protuberance (6) is positioned radially inside the radially outermost point J of the rim flange (21) at a radial distance H1 at most equal to 10 mm, or radially outside the radially outermost point J of the rim flange (21) at a radial distance H1 at most equal to 4 mm.

Abstract: Provided is an electrochemical cell, a power generation method using the electrochemical cell, and a manufacturing method of a hydrogen gas using the electrochemical cell. A fuel cell 1 (electrochemical cell) includes a proton conductor 5 represented by (Li, H)14-2xZn1+x(GeO4)4 where a portion of lithium ions of Li14-2xZn1+x(GeO4)4 where x is a number equal to or more than 0 is substituted with protons, the proton conductor having electric conductivity of 0.01 S/cm or more at 300° C., an anode 6 provided on one side of the proton conductor, a cathode 7 provided on another side of the proton conductor, a first separator 9 provided on an anode side of the proton conductor to define an anode chamber 8, and a second separator 12 provided on a cathode side of the proton conductor to define a cathode chamber 11.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a circumferentially continuous recess in at least one sidewall outer surface. In a meridian cross-section, an area A of a region surrounded by outlines of the sidewall and a bead and a tangent line, an area S of a region surrounded by the outlines of the sidewall and the bead, a carcass body, a perpendicular line L2, a perpendicular line L3, and a thickness G1 of a bead filler measured along the perpendicular line L2 satisfy 0.10×(G1?17)?A/(S+A)?0.05×(G1?10), the tangent line being straight and contacting the outlines of the sidewall and the bead, a contact point being where the tangent line and the sidewall outline contact, the perpendicular line L2 being straight and passing through a turned-up edge of a carcass and perpendicularly intersecting the carcass body, the perpendicular line L3 being straight and passing through the contact point and perpendicularly intersecting the carcass body.

Abstract: To provide a narrow and large-diameter tire capable of improving noise performance at high speeds without compromising handling performance at low temperatures. The tire has a tread portion formed of an elastomer composition. A relationship between a tire outer diameter (Dt) and a tire cross-sectional width (Wt) satisfy a following expression (1). The tread portion includes at least one circumferential groove extending in a tire circumferential direction. A rubber thickness at a groove bottom of the circumferential groove is 0.05 to 0.25 times a maximum thickness of the tread portion. The elastomer composition has a phase difference ? of 5.0×10?2? [rad] or less between a maximum value of strain and a maximum value of stress when repeatedly deformed at a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and a frequency of 10 Hz in a dynamic viscoelasticity test; 1963.4?(Dt2×?/4)/Wt?2827.4??(1).

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire provided with a carcass layer and a belt layer, the carcass layer is formed of an organic fiber cord having an elongation at break of 20% to 30%, an elongation in a sidewall portion under a load of 2.0 cN/dtex of 5.5% to 8.0%, and a product A=D×Ec of a fineness based on corrected mass D (unit: dtex/piece) and a count Ec (unit: piece/50 mm) of 1.8×105 dtex/50 mm to 3.0×105 dtex/50 mm, and the belt layer is formed of a steel cord having a stress at break of 3300 MPa or more and a product B=S×Eb of a cross-sectional area S (unit: mm2/piece), and a count Eb (unit: piece/50 mm) is from 6.0 mm2/50 mm to 7.5 mm2/50 mm.