Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery core; a bottom plate, where the bottom plate is disposed under the battery core to support the battery core; a top plate, where the top plate is disposed above the battery core; a mounting beam, where the mounting beam includes a main beam portion and a bottom beam portion, the main beam portion is located between the bottom plate and the top plate, and the bottom beam portion is connected to a lower surface of the main beam portion and disposed under the bottom plate; and a connection assembly, where the connection assembly is configured for mounting the battery pack to a mounting point, and the connection assembly couples with the mounting beam to provide the mounting beam an upward acting force when the battery pack is mounted to the mounting point.

Abstract: A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells including an electrode lead are stacked; and a lead frame located on one side of the battery cell stack. A first electrode lead protruding from a first battery cell among the plurality of battery cells and a second electrode lead protruding from a second battery cell among the plurality of battery cells are bent after passing through a slit formed in the lead frame and then overlapped to form an electrode lead assembly. In the electrode lead assembly, at least a part of the first electrode lead and at least a part of the second electrode lead are joined to each other. The lead frame includes a first support part on which the electrode lead assembly is located.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, the separator contains a porous substrate, and a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of the porous substrate, and that contains a heat resistant resin and barium sulfate particles, in which an average primary particle size of the barium sulfate particles contained in the heat resistant porous layer is from 0.01 ?m to less than 0.30 ?m, and in which a volume ratio of the barium sulfate particles in a solid content portion of the heat resistant porous layer is from 5% by volume to less than 30% by volume.

Abstract: An aluminum pouch film for a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the aluminum pouch film are disclosed. The aluminum pouch film contains an aluminum layer; an outer resin layer formed on the first surface of the aluminum layer; a first adhesive layer for bonding the aluminum layer and the outer resin layer; an inner resin layer formed on the second surface of the aluminum layer; and a second adhesive layer for bonding the aluminum layer and the inner resin layer. The inner resin layer includes a compound formed by chemically bonding a fluoropolymer resin, a polyolefin, and a functional resin.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure consists substantially of: Li; M1, M2; O; and X. Here, the M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb, the M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr, Y, and La, and the X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, and Br.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pouch-shaped battery cell including a battery case made of a laminate sheet including an outer coating layer, a metal layer, and an inner adhesive layer, an electrode assembly received in the battery case, and a foam layer applied to an outer surface of an outer coating layer of any one of a first surface and a second surface of an electrode assembly receiving portion of the battery case. The foam layer buffers expansion in volume of the pouch-shaped battery cell, whereby it is possible to minimize deformation of the pouch-shaped battery cell and a battery module.

Abstract: A first positioning hole is formed in a first positioning portion of a separator member, which is a fuel cell separator member forming a fuel cell stack. The first positioning portion includes a reinforcing rib and a joint portion. The reinforcing rib extends linearly outside the first positioning hole and protrudes from each of a first metal separator and a second metal separator. The joint portion is located between the reinforcing rib and the first positioning hole, and the first metal separator and the second metal separator are joined together at the joint portion.

Abstract: A jelly-roll electrode assembly includes a cathode sheet, an anode sheet, and a separator interposed between the cathode sheet and the anode sheet, the cathode sheet, the anode sheet, and the separator being wound together. An outermost side of the jelly-roll electrode assembly includes a non-coated portion on which no active material layer is provided on the anode sheet. A swelling tape is located on an inner surface of the non-coated portion of the anode sheet facing toward a central part of the jelly-roll electrode assembly. One or more embossments or wrinkles are provided in the swelling tape.

Abstract: A joining method includes providing an electrode body that includes electrode plate end portions overlapping each other in a thickness-wise direction of the electrode plate end portions; providing a current collector including a folded portion, the folded portion includes two opposing holding walls that hold the electrode plate end portions of the electrode body in between, and a top portion that connects the two holding walls and includes an opening; and welding the electrode plate end portions to end surfaces of the two holding walls that define the opening by irradiating an edge of the electrode plate end portions with a laser beam in a state in which the edge of the electrode plate end portions held between the two holding walls projects into the opening.

Abstract: An electrochemical pouch cell is for an electrical energy storage device, in particular intended for a motor vehicle. The electrochemical cell includes a stack of a plurality of electrodes, at least one electric terminal and a liner connected to the electric terminal and to itself, respectively at a primary connection and a secondary connection, so as to form a recess into which the plurality of electrodes and all or part of the at least one electric terminal extend, the electric terminal having a first dimension substantially equal to or greater than a first dimension of a stack of the plurality of electrodes.

Abstract: A semi-solid-state electrolyte system for use in a battery cell is provided. The semi-solid-state electrolyte system includes an oxysulfide solid-state electrolyte and a secondary electrolyte including a solvate ionic liquid. The semi-solid-state electrolyte system is configured for providing excellent ionic conductivity, supporting high current densities at a low stack pressure, and including excellent chemical stability. The oxysulfide solid-state electrolyte and the solvate ionic liquid are collectively configured for facilitating ion transfer between an anode of the battery cell and a cathode of the battery cell.

Abstract: A battery module including: a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells; a first end plate and a second end plate covering a top surface and a bottom surface of the cell stack, respectively; a first upper reinforcing plate and a second upper reinforcing plate located on the first end plate and extending from both sides of the first end plate toward a central portion; a first lower reinforcing plate and a second lower reinforcing plate located on the second end plate and extending from both sides of the second end plate toward a central portion; a first fastening bolt passing through the first upper reinforcing plate, the first and second end plates, and the first lower reinforcing plate; and a second fastening bolt passing through the second upper reinforcing plate, the first and second end plates, and the second lower reinforcing plate.

Abstract: A power storage module includes: at least one cylindrical power storage device; and an upper holder that holds an upper end side of the power storage device; in which a positive-electrode terminal and a negative-electrode terminal are disposed at an end part on the upper end part of the power storage device, the negative-electrode terminal is disposed outside the positive-electrode terminal in a radial direction of the power storage device, the power storage module further includes a negative electrode lead connected to the negative-electrode terminal from an outer side in the radial direction, and the upper holder includes a restricting part located inside at least a part of the lead in the radial direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for housing battery cells arranged in a cluster, the enclosure having a wall formed of a low-cost monolithic extrusion formed of a thermoplastic and defining a plurality of elongate parallel hollows extending across the enclosure. The extrusion can include a metal sheet fastened to one side to provide an out downward-facing barrier against heat and road debris.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for producing an investment casting component, comprising a melting chamber having an induction coil assembly disposed in the melting chamber, wherein the induction coil assembly is adapted to melt off an electrode at least partially received therein to produce a ceramic-free continuous melt jet having a melt flow rate MFR of at least 2.5 kg/min. The device further comprises a casting chamber downstream of the melting chamber and connected thereto, with an investment casting mold received or receivable therein for being filled by means of the ceramic-free, continuous melt jet.

Abstract: A coated cathode material including high-nickel lithium cathode and a method of producing the same by atomic layer deposition.

Abstract: A positive electrode material powder including a lithium nickel-based oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 (LiaNibCocM1dM2eO2) and having a degree of single-particle formation, represented by the following Equation (1), of 0.3 to 0.8: ? i = 1 n 4 ? ? 3 ? R i 3 n × 1 D 50 . In Equation (1), Ri is a radius of the ith grain as measured by subjecting an electrode manufactured using the positive electrode material powder to ion milling and then analyzing the cross section of the electrode by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), n is the total number of grains as measured by the EBSD analysis and ranges from 350 to 450, and D50 is a volume-cumulative average particle diameter of the positive electrode material powder as measured using a laser diffraction particle size analyzer.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, a rectangular exterior body having an opening and accommodating the electrode body, a sealing plate sealing the opening, and an electrode terminal provided to the sealing plate. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode core and a positive electrode active material applied to both surfaces of the positive electrode core. The peripheral length of a positive electrode core portion to which the positive electrode active material is applied is 0.28 m/Ah or less per unit battery capacity.

Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic solid-state battery production equipment, comprising a cathode deposition device, an anode deposition device, a solid-state electrolyte forming device, a stacking pressing device, and one or more transport device for moving the parts manufactured by the cathode deposition device, the anode deposition device, and the solid-state electrolyte forming device to the stacking pressing device to crimp into the automatic solid-state battery products for automatic processing procedures.

Abstract: A casting-rolling integrated plant that is capable of producing, from a steel melt, in a cost-effective manner and with high productivity, a hot-rolled finished strip having a thickness of ?0.6 mm, an excellent flatness, and an excellent profile by dividing the thickness reduction into at least three stages (roughing, intermediate and finishing train), measuring the actual profile after the roughing, intermediate and finishing train, and equipping the stands in the roughing, intermediate and finishing train with actuators for influencing the strip profile and/or the strip flatness.