Abstract: A battery housing including at least one interior space for accommodating at least one battery, and including at least one contact element which, in a connection position, establishes a connection to a counter-contact element, the connection passing through the battery housing out of the interior space and/or into the interior space, the connection being cut off in an out-of-contact position with the counter-contact element, the counter-contact element being situated on an insulation component movable relative to the battery housing, which is movable from a first position, in which the counter-contact element and the contact element are in the connection position, into a second position, in which the counter-contact element and the contact element are in the out-of-contact position, the contact element being thermally insulated in the out-of-contact position by the insulation component.

Abstract: An electrodeposited copper foil of high toughness having a lightness L* value of the deposit side in the range of 36 to 74, the copper foil having a tensile strength in the range of 40 to 70 kg/mm2, and a weight deviation of less than 3%. The electrodeposited copper foils are particularly useful as current collectors for anode components of rechargeable secondary batteries and tend not to form wrinkles during charge-discharge cycles of the battery and are resistant to fracture during pressing of the anode active materials onto the copper foil. Secondary batteries and methods of manufacture are also described.

Abstract: To provide a secondary battery porous membrane which is produced using a slurry for secondary battery porous membranes having excellent coatability and excellent dispersibility of insulating inorganic particles and is capable of improving the cycle characteristics of a secondary battery that is obtained using the secondary battery porous membrane, said secondary battery porous membrane having high flexibility and low water content and being capable of preventing particle fall-off. A slurry for secondary battery porous membranes of the present invention is characterized by containing: insulating inorganic particles, each of which has a surface functional group that is selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an epoxy group, a mercapto group and an isocyanate group; a binder which has a reactive group that is crosslinkable with the surface functional group; and a solvent.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for enhancing electron flow within a battery, such as a lead-acid battery. In one embodiment, a battery separator may include a conductive surface or layer upon which electrons may flow. The battery separator may include a fiber mat that includes a plurality of electrically insulative fibers. The battery separator may be positioned between electrodes of the battery to electrically insulate the electrodes. The battery separator may also include a conductive material disposed on at least one surface of the fiber mat. The conductive material may contact an electrode of the battery and may have an electrical conductivity that enables electron flow on the surface of the fiber mat.

Abstract: An electrode and a method of manufacturing an electrode for a flowing electrolyte battery enable improved robustness and reduced manufacturing costs of bipolar electrodes for flowing electrolyte batteries. The electrode includes a polymer sheet having a first side and a second side; a graphite layer on the first side; and an activated carbon layer on the second side.

Abstract: Various arrangements of increasing an amount of contact between an electrolyte and active materials of a battery cell are presented herein. A battery cell may be inserted within a housing such that the battery cell is submersed in liquid. The housing may be sealed, then pressure and heat may be applied to the liquid. The battery cell may then be removed from the housing and used as part of a sealed battery module.

Abstract: An exemplary traction battery assembly includes, among other things, a container disposed about a portion of a fastened joint within an interior of a traction battery enclosure. The container is configured to hold contaminants to block the contaminants from contacting a surface of a component housed within the interior. An exemplary contaminant containing method includes, among other things, within an interior area of a traction battery enclosure, holding contaminants within a container to block the contaminants from contacting a surface of a component housed within the interior. The container is disposed about a fastened joint within the interior area.

Abstract: A method for the manufacturing of electrodes with at least one porous surfacial layer comprising anisotropic electrochemically active particles. It also relates to electrodes made using such a method. The method comprises the following steps: (a) coupling of paramagnetic nanoparticles to said active particles for the generation of composites; (b) preparation of a slurry of said composites, including a solvent mixed with a binder able to release a volatile component; (c) application of said slurry to a substrate to form a film; (d) application of a magnetic field to the film and orienting said active particles leading to a substrate in which said active particles are arranged with their shortest axes aligned along a preferred axis parallel to said substrate; (e) during or after application of said magnetic field evaporation of said solvent with solidification of the binder and release of said volatile component under formation of said surfacial layer.

Abstract: An energy storage system reaction cell configured for distribution throughout a transport system. The length of the reaction cell is substantially greater than its width and is looped throughout the transport system in a serpentine configuration. A membrane within the reaction cell has a length substantially equal to the length of the reaction cell such that surface area of the membrane is maximized relative to volume of the reaction cell to increase electrical power provided to an electrical load of the transport system.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode body and a negative electrode body and an exterior body in which the electrode body is housed. The exterior body includes a first container formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape and including a first circumferential wall section, a second container formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape and including a second circumferential wall section surrounding the first circumferential wall section, the second container housing the electrode body between the second container and the first container, and a fusing member interposed between the first circumferential wall section and the second circumferential wall section and fused to the first circumferential wall section and the second circumferential wall section.

Abstract: A battery is provided with a battery cover having a first cover mold insert and a second cover mold insert which are interchangeable in the cover prior to molding depending at least in part on the battery's polarity configuration. The first cover mold insert has a bushing that is relatively different in dimension, size and/or shape than the bushing of the second cover mold insert, such that each bushing is adapted to receive a cast-on-strap post of a relatively different dimension, size and/or shape. The first cover mold insert may also have a terminal that is relatively different in dimension, size and/or shape than the terminal of the second cover mold insert, such that each terminal is adapted to engage a formation connector contact of a relatively different dimension, size and/or shape.

Abstract: The present application relates to a layer of an oxidant electrode having hygrophobic and current collecting properties, and electrochemical metal-air cell utilizing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack connected to an electronic device. The battery pack comprises: a battery module provided with a plurality of battery cells which are disposed adjacent to each other and connected to each other in series and on which first and second electrode terminals are disposed; a fuse disposed between the first electrode terminal of the uppermost battery cell and the second electrode terminal of the electronic device; and a switching device provided with a first plate disposed on a top surface of the uppermost battery cell and connected to the first electrode terminal of the uppermost battery cell, a second plate disposed above the first plate and connected to the second electrode terminal of the lowermost battery cell, and a support frame disposed between the first plate and the second plate and having fragility.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a cathode material for lithium ion secondary battery. The cathode material is in the form of powder particles. The powder particle includes a bulk portion and a coating portion coated on the outer surface of the bulk portion. The bulk portion is formed of at least one first cathode material which is a lithium-nickel based composite oxide. The first cathode material has electrochemical activity and has high charging-discharging specific capacity at a charged voltage of 4.2V versus Li/Li+. The coating portion is formed of at least one second cathode material. The second cathode material has no electrochemical activity or has low charging-discharging specific capacity at a charged voltage of 4.2V versus Li/Li+. Lithium ion secondary battery using the cathode material has high energy density, cycling stability, security, and output power.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte. The positive electrode active material layer contains Lia(M)b(PO4)c (M=VO or V, 0.9?a?3.3, 0.9?b?2.2, 0.9?c?3.3) as a first positive electrode active material, and additionally contains a fluorine compound of 1 to 300 ppm in terms of fluorine with respect to a weight of the positive electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A hydrogen injection apparatus has an injector attached to an attachment hole of a body. The injector can inject hydrogen. A mounting member made of metal is provided on the outer circumferential side of the injector. An annular elastic member is provided in contact with a base of the mounting member. At the time of mounting the injector to the attachment hole, an elastic member and the mounting member are assembled in a manner that the elastic member and the mounting member are accommodated in a support base of an attachment provided at an opening of the attachment hole.

Abstract: A grinding coolant supplier configured to supply a grinding coolant to a grinder configured to grind an element of a machine part having a rolling element, the grinding coolant supplier including: a grinding coolant generation apparatus configured to generate a grinding coolant which is a mixture of a water-soluble stock coolant, a first reformed water of which water particles have an average particle size of not smaller than 80 nm and not greater than 150 nm, and a second reformed water of which water particles have an average particle size of not smaller than 5 nm and smaller than 80 nm; and grinding coolant supplying device configured to supply the generated grinding coolant to the grinder.

Abstract: In a positive electrode mixture paste manufacturing step, a positive electrode mixture paste is manufactured by further mixing an acid compound, in addition to a positive-electrode active material, a conductive material, a binder, lithium phosphate, and a solvent.

Abstract: An illustrative example fuel cell manifold includes a manifold structure having at least one surface situated where the surface may be exposed to phosphoric acid. The surface has a coating that reduces a possibility of an electrical short between the manifold and the fuel cell stack adjacent the manifold if that surface is exposed to phosphoric acid during fuel cell operation.

Abstract: There is provided a polyolefin microporous film which is excellent in taking-up stability in a production line and a processing line of the polyolefin microporous film, and further in a line for a battery taking-up step, and hardly generates step deviation when a roll thereof has received an impact. The polyolefin microporous film has a compression elastic modulus of 0.1 to 1,000 kPa, and a ratio of a tensile elastic modulus in the longitudinal direction to a tensile elastic modulus in the transverse direction of 1.5 to 7.8.