Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery using a separator including a porous film formed by binding inorganic oxide particles together with a binder. The inorganic oxide particles are treated so that an amount of alkali metal elements eluted therefrom when they are immersed in ion exchange water is reduced to 1000 ppm or less. As a result, it is possible to provide a lithium secondary battery with a high degree of reliability, whose characteristics deteriorate less when it is used or stored for an extended period.

Abstract: The separator for a battery according to the present invention is a separator for a battery including an insulator layer containing a fibrous material having a heat resistant temperature of equal to or higher than 150° C., insulating inorganic fine particles and a binder, or a separator for a battery including a porous layer formed of a thermal melting resin and an insulator layer containing insulating inorganic fine particles and a binder, wherein water content per unit volume is equal to or smaller than 1 mg/cm3 when the separator is held for 24 hours in an atmosphere with a relative humidity of 60% at 20° C. The use of the separator for a battery according to the present invention makes it possible to provide a lithium secondary battery that has favorable reliability and safety and is excellent in storage characteristics and charge-discharge cycle characteristics.

Abstract: A protective circuit connected between a terminal of a semiconductor integrated circuit and ground (GND), comprises: a first diode having an anode connected to the terminal of the semiconductor integrated circuit; a second diode having an anode connected to GND and a cathode connected to the cathode of the first diode; a transistor having a collector or drain connected to the terminal of the semiconductor integrated circuit, and an emitter or source connected to GND; and at least one third diode connected in series in a forward direction from the cathode of the first diode toward the base or gate of the transistor.

Abstract: A laterally independently operated column-equipped vulcanizer comprises two (right and left) die opening and closing devices (12A, 12B) disposed to be operable independently of each other, the die opening and closing devices having upper die mounting members (17a, 17b) corresponding to lower die mounting members (13a, 13b) installed on a base plate (11), the upper die mounting members being supported in an ascendable and descendable manner on right and left paired columns (18a, 18b) erected on the base plate. The right and left paired columns throughout the two die opening and closing devices are arranged in V-configuration as viewed in plan. Loaders (22a, 22b) capable of carrying green tires GT into the die opening and closing devices are disposed on the side of the columns narrowly spaced from each other in the lateral direction among the columns arranged in V-configuration.

Abstract: A slurry for forming an insulating layer of the present invention includes heat-resistant insulating fine particles, a thickening agent, and a dispersion medium. The insulating fine particles are dispersed in the dispersion medium. The slurry for forming an insulating layer has a viscosity of 5 to 500 mPa·s. The proportion of particles with a particle size of 1 ?m or less in the insulating fine particles is 30 vol % or more and the proportion of particles with a particles size of 3 ?m or more in the insulating fine particles is 10 vol % or less. An electrochemical device of the present invention includes a separator for an electrochemical device of the present invention that is produced using the slurry for forming an electrochemical device of the present invention.

Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device of the present invention includes a porous film including: a filler; an organic binder; and at least one resin selected from resin A that has a melting point of 80 to 140° C. and resin B that absorbs a non-aqueous electrolyte and swells upon heating and whose swelling degree increases with increasing temperature, and the filler contains boehmite having a secondary particle structure in which primary particles are connected.

Abstract: An electrochemical device of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator. The separator includes a first porous layer composed mainly of a thermoplastic resin and a second porous layer composed mainly of insulating particles with a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher. The first porous layer is disposed to face the negative electrode.

Abstract: A protective circuit connected between a terminal of a semiconductor integrated circuit and ground (GND), comprises: a first diode having an anode connected to the terminal of the semiconductor integrated circuit; a second diode having an anode connected to GND and a cathode connected to the cathode of the first diode; a transistor having a collector or drain connected to the terminal of the semiconductor integrated circuit, and an emitter or source connected to GND; and at least one third diode connected in series in a forward direction from the cathode of the first diode toward the base or gate of the transistor.

Abstract: An electrochemical device having excellent safety at a high temperature is provided by using a separator for an electrochemical device, which is made of a porous film including a first separator layer and a second separator layer. The first separator layer includes, as a main ingredient, at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of resin A that has a melting point in a range of 80° C. to 130° C., and resin B that absorbs a nonaqueous electrolyte and swells due to heating and whose swelling degree is increased as the temperature rises, the second separator layer includes, as a main ingredient, a filler that has a heat-resistant temperature of not lower than 150° C., and at least one of the first separator layer and the second separator layer includes flakes.

Abstract: An ion-conductive electrolyte which comprises a compound having in the molecule a structure represented by the following chemical formula and an electrolyte salt; and a cell employing the ion-conductive electrolyte. The ion-conductive electrolyte has a low vapor pressure, has a high ion conductivity even at room temperature, and has a high lithium ion transport number. With this ion-conductive electrolyte, a highly safe cell having excellent discharge characteristics can be provided.

Abstract: An electrochemical device having excellent safety at high temperature is provided by using a separator for an electrochemical device, which is made of a porous film comprising: a porous base (5) having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher and including filler particles (3); at least one kind of shutdown resin (6) selected from the group consisting of resin A that has a melting point in a range of 80° C. to 130° C. and resin B that absorbs an electrolyte and swells due to heating, and the swelling degree is increased as the temperature rises; and a binder (4).

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery according to the present invention is a non-aqueous electrolyte battery including: a positive electrode including a positive collector and a positive active material containing layer formed on the positive collector; a negative electrode including a negative collector and a negative active material containing layer formed on the negative collector; and a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode has a positive collector exposed portion at a part of the positive collector, on which the positive active material containing layer is not formed. An insulating resin film formed of a base substance of a heat resistant resin having a heat resistant temperature of 150° C. or more, the resin film containing a thermoplastic resin therein, is provided at a portion where the positive collector exposed portion and the negative active material containing layer are opposed to each other with the separator positioned therebetween.

Abstract: Organic borates having the formula: The borates are highly soluble in solvent of low dielectric constant. Also disclosed are nonaqueous electrolytes made from these organic borates; lithium secondary batteries with improved high-temperature storage characteristics; and electric appliances that comprises the battery and are free of protection circuits.

Abstract: Organic borates having the formula: The borates are highly soluble in solvent of low dielectric constant. Also disclosed are nonaqueous electrolytes made from these organic borates; lithium secondary batteries with improved high-temperature storage characteristics; and electric appliances that comprises the battery and are free of protection circuits.

Abstract: An ion-conductive electrolyte which comprises a compound having in the molecule a structure represented by the following chemical formula and an electrolyte salt; and a cell employing the ion-conductive electrolyte. The ion-conductive electrolyte has a low vapor pressure, has a high ion conductivity even at room temperature, and has a high lithium ion transport number. With this ion-conductive electrolyte, a highly safe cell having excellent discharge characteristics can be provided.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to supply organic borates highly soluble even in a solvent of a low dielectric constant; nonaqueous electrolytes made from these organic borates and excellent in characteristics; lithium secondary batteries with improved high-temperature storage characteristics; electric appliances that can be free of protection circuits, and; various applications of the electric appliances. The present invention relates to: organic borate compounds represented by structural formula (1) where X denotes lithium or quaternary ammonium or quaternary phosphonium and R1, R2, R3, and R4 each denote an independent halogen-atom displacement alkyl group whose carbon number ranges from 1 to 4, and organic borate compounds whose R1, R2, R3, and R4 are represented by trifluoromethyl groups or pentafluoroethyl groups, in particular, can be easily dissolved to concentrations of at least 0.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to supply organic borates highly soluble even in a solvent of a low dielectric constant; nonaqueous electrolytes made from these organic borates and excellent in characteristics; lithium secondary batteries with improved high-temperature storage characteristics; electric appliances that can be free of protection circuits, and; various applications of the electric appliances.

Abstract: An organic electrolyte and polymer is provided wherein diffusivity of mobile ions is enhanced; and a lithium primary battery, lithium secondary battery, polymer secondary battery, and electrochemical capacitor, is provided which have increased capacities at a low temperature. A non-aqueous electrolyte and polymer electrolyte, wherein a fluorinated solvent having a fluorinated alkyl group, of which the terminal end structure is an unsymmetrical structure, is mixed with the electrolyte, is provided for use in various applications.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery which is capable of terminating its operation safely with no accompanying rapid change in appearance, no gas generation, nor pressure change when any of an overcharge, overdischarge, and abnormal temperature rise occurs in the secondary battery itself. The lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode, which is capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium, a positive electrode, which is capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte is solidified by a thermal reaction at a designated temperature.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to supply organic borates highly soluble even in a solvent of a low dielectric constant; nonaqueous electrolytes made from these organic borates and excellent in characteristics; lithium secondary batteries with improved high-temperature storage characteristics; electric appliances that can be free of protection circuits, and; various applications of the electric appliances.