Abstract: The invention relates to a cell holder for holding cylindrical battery cells, where the cell holder comprises: a plurality of holding portions each of which has a bottom and sidewalls and thus forms a portion that is designed to receive and fix, around a base surface and, at least in part, a lateral surface, one battery cell in each case, where the sidewalls enclose the holding portions in each case; at least one contact surface, which is arranged in a contact region for the battery cell substantially perpendicularly to the bottom and is designed to be in planar or linear contact with a portion of a lateral surface of the battery cell when the battery cell is inserted; and at least one deformable contact portion, which is designed to deform when the battery cell is inserted into the corresponding holding portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery-monitoring unit, comprising an interface which is configured to receive electrical voltages for each battery group comprising at least two battery cells being connected to each another in parallel and of a battery coupled with the battery-monitoring unit and comprising at least two battery groups, wherein an evaluation unit is provided which is configured to compare the voltages, received from the interface, of at least two series-connected battery groups with each another and to output a signal based on the result of the comparison.

Abstract: A process for making a cathode active material for a lithium ion battery is described. The process includes (a) a step of synthesizing a mixed oxide of formula Li1+xTM1?xO2 at a temperature ranging from 750 to 1000° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere, where TM is a combination of two or more transition metals of Mn, Co and Ni and, optionally, at least one more metal of Ba, Al, Ti, Zr, W, Fe, Cr, K, Mo, Nb, Mg, Na and V, and x is a number ranging from zero to 0.2, (b) a step of cooling down the material obtained from step (a) to a temperature ranging from 100 to 400° C., (c) a step of adding at least one reactant of BF3, SO2 and SO3 at the temperature of 100 to 400° C., and (d) a step of cooling down to a temperature of 50° C. or below.

Abstract: A process for making a cathode active material for a lithium ion battery is described. The process includes (a) a step of synthesizing a mixed oxide of formula Li1+xTM1?xO2 at a temperature ranging from 750 to 1000° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere, where TM is a combination of two or more transition metals of Mn, Co and Ni and, optionally, at least one more metal of Ba, Al, Ti, Zr, W, Fe, Cr, K, Mo, Nb, Mg, Na and V, and x is a number ranging from zero to 0.2, (b) a step of cooling down the material obtained from step (a) to a temperature ranging from 100 to 400° C., (c) a step of adding at least one reactant of BF3, SO2 and SO3 at the temperature of 100 to 400° C., and (d) a step of cooling down to a temperature of 50° C. or below.

Abstract: A coextrusion head for the continuous production of laminated tubes to be used as parisons in blow molding. The tubes consist of a plurality of layers of synthetic resins. The synthetic resin layers include one or more supporting layers, usually a barrier layer, and adhesive layers as necessary. The layers are brought together by axial, annular feed passageways within the coextrusion head prior to the laminated tube being extruded through a nozzle in the head. Frequently one layer, generally the barrier layer, has different flow characteristics than those of the other layers, whereupon structural defects can arise in the formed tube. The apparatus described forestalls such structural defects by feeding the various layers into confluence in a manner that precludes, or sufficiently minimizes, the time layers having differing flow characteristics have contact with feed passageway walls while in confluence.