Abstract: A resister clip (35) includes engage portions (35a) engaging with an engage groove, a spring portion (35b) and operating portions (35c). The spring portion (35b) can be designed with a high degree of freedom in terms of a coil number of turns, a winding diameter and others and the engage portions (35a) are widened centering on the spring portion (35b), so that diameter-widening resistance can be optimized.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery includes: active material particles including one or more compounds including Li and a transition metal; and a coating layer coating at least a part of a surface of the active material particles. The coating layer includes at least one of graphene or multilayer graphene The coating layer has a Raman spectrum with a G band (a peak of 1530 cm?1 to 1630 cm?1), a D band (a peak of 1300 cm?1 to 1400 cm?1), and a 2D band (a peak of 2650 cm?1 to 2750 cm?1). At least the intensity of the 2D band normalized by the intensity of the G band (2Dint/Gint) satisfies 0.05?2Dint/Gint.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains: a first compound represented by chemical formula Lix(NiyMa1-y)O2 (0.95?x?1.05, 0.70?y?0.95, where Ma is at least one element selected from Co, Mn, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al, and W); and a second compound represented by chemical formula LiVOPO4. W>5.0° C., where W is a full width at half maximum of an exothermic peak obtained between 150° C. and 260° C. by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) performed on a mixture of the first compound and the second compound under a condition of 5° C./min.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a current collector and an active material-containing layer disposed on the current collector. The active material-containing layer includes: a first negative electrode active material including a carbon material; a second negative electrode active material including a metal element or a metalloid element as a constituent element, the metal element or the metalloid element being capable of forming an alloy with lithium; and a binder. The first negative electrode active material contains a spherical graphite, and the binder contains an acrylic resin.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery is lithium vanadium phosphate represented by a following composition expression (1) and in which a peak intensity ((002)int/(201)int) of a (002) plane normalized with respect to a peak intensity of a (201) plane and a peak intensity ((102)int/(201)int) of a (102) plane normalized with respect to a peak intensity of the (201) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern satisfy 0.35?(002)int/(201)int?0.53 and 0.46?(102)int/(201)int?0.63, respectively, LixVOPO4??(1).

Abstract: In this non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a positive terminal and a negative terminal extend in a first direction, protrude from a laminated cell stack, and are provided so that a center line is interposed therebetwen, the center line passing through a midpoint of both ends of the laminated cell stack in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and extending in the first direction when the laminated cell stack is seen in plan view, and a first terminal with higher heat dissipation efficiency among the positive terminal and the negative terminal is provided in a location closer to the center line than a location of a second terminal with lower heat dissipation efficiency among the positive terminal and the negative terminal.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material contains a compound represented by a chemical formula LiVOPO4. A crystal system of the compound is an orthorhombic system, and the amount of tetravalent V of the compound is 27.7 mass % or more and 28.2 mass % or less.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains: a first compound represented by chemical formula Lix(NiyMa1-y)O2 (0.95?x?1.05, 0.70?y?0.95, where Ma is at least one element selected from Co, Mn, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al, and W); and a second compound represented by chemical formula LiVOPO4. W>5.0° C., where W is a full width at half maximum of an exothermic peak obtained between 150° C. and 260° C. by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) performed on a mixture of the first compound and the second compound under a condition of 5° C./min.

Abstract: A positive electrode includes: a positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer contains a lithium-containing transition metal oxide represented by composition formula (1) indicated below, and a compound represented by LiVOPO4. The lithium-containing transition metal oxide and the compound represented by LiVOPO4 are dispersed in the positive electrode active material layer. LitNixCoyAlzO2 ??(1) where 0.9<t<1.1, 0.3<x<0.99, 0.01<y<0.4, 0.001<z<0.2, and x+y+z=1.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes: a first active material selected from active materials represented by composition formula (1); and a second active material represented by composition formula (2). A ratio a/b of an average particle diameter a of the first active material to an average particle diameter b of the second active material is in a range of 1?a/b?60. LiwNix(M1)y(M2)zO2 ??(1) where M1 is at least one element selected from Co and Mn, M2 is at least one element selected from Al, Fe, Cr, Ba, Mn, and Mg, 0.9<w<1.1, 2.0<(x+y+z+w)?2.1, 0.3<x<0.95, 0.01<y<0.4, and 0.001<z<0.2. LiaVOPO4 ??(2) where 0<??1.2.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes: a lithium complex oxide expressed by chemical formula (1); a highly thermal conductive compound; and graphene or multilayer graphene. LixM1yM21-yO2??(1) In the formula (1), M1 is at least one metal selected from Ni, Co, and Mn, M2 is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Fe, Ti, Cr, Mg, Cu, Ga, Zn, Sn, B, V, Ca, and Sr, and x and y are numbers such that 0.05?x?1.2 and 0.3?y?1.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery, includes: a lithium nickel complex oxide represented by composition formula (1); a phosphate compound; and a coating layer formed on at least a part of a surface of a particle of the lithium nickel complex oxide, and including a high thermal conductive material with heat conductivity of 500 W/m·K or more. The coating layer of the particle of the lithium nickel complex oxide includes a portion connected to the coating layer of another particle of the lithium nickel complex oxide: LixNi1-yMyO2??(1) where M includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ti, Cr, Mg, Al, Cu, Ga, Mn, Zn, Sn, B, V, Ca, and Sr, and x and y are such that 0.05?x?1.2 and 0?y?0.5.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes: a lithium complex oxide expressed by chemical formula (1); and a highly thermal conductive compound having thermal conductivity of 10 W/m·K or more, the chemical formula (1) being LixM1yM21-yO2??(1) where M1 is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, and Mn, M2 is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Fe, Ti, Cr, Mg, Cu, Ga, Zn, Sn, B, V, Ca, and Sr, and x and y are numbers such that 0.05?x?1.2 and 0.3?y?1.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery includes: active material particles including one or more compounds including Li and a transition metal; and a coating layer coating at least a part of a surface of the active material particles. The coating layer includes at least one of graphene or multilayer graphene The coating layer has a Raman spectrum with a G band (a peak of 1530 cm?1 to 1630 cm?1), a D band (a peak of 1300 cm?1 to 1400 cm?1), and a 2D band (a peak of 2650 cm?1 to 2750 cm?1). At least the intensity of the 2D band normalized by the intensity of the G band (2Dint/Gint) satisfies 0.05?2Dint/Gint.

Abstract: To provide an active material having high capacity and excellent cycle characteristics. An active material has a layered crystal structure and is expressed by a compositional formula (1) LiyNiaCobMncMdOx (1), where the element M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zr, Ti, Fe, Mg, Nb, Ba, and V; 1.9?(a+b+c+d+y)?2.1; 1.05?y?1.35; 0<a?0.3; 0<b?0.25; 0.3?c?0.7; 0?d?0.1; and 1.9?x?2.1, and wherein 0.69?Ni?/Ni??0.85, where Ni? is the Ni composition amount at a center portion of the active material primary particle, and Ni? is the Ni composition amount in the vicinity of a surface (in a width of 30 nm from the surface).

Abstract: To provide an active material having high capacity and excellent cycle characteristics. An active material has a layered crystal structure and is expressed by a compositional formula (1) LiyNiaCobMncMdOx (1), where the element M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zr, Ti, Fe, Mg, Nb, Ba, and V; 1.9?(a+b+c+d+y)?2.1; 1.05?y?1.35; 0<a?0.3; 0<b?0.25; 0.3?c?0.7; 0?d?0.1; and 1.9?x?2.1, and wherein 0.69?Ni?/Ni??0.85, where Ni? is the Ni composition amount at a center portion of the active material primary particle, and Ni? is the Ni composition amount in the vicinity of a surface (in a width of 30 nm from the surface).

Abstract: A positive electrode active material contains a compound represented by a chemical formula LiVOPO4. A crystal system of the compound is an orthorhombic system, and the amount of tetravalent V of the compound is 27.7 mass % or more and 28.2 mass % or less.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition comprises, a main component including barium titanate, a first subcomponent including MgO, a second subcomponent including sintering aids of SiO2 compound, a third subcomponent including at least one of V2O5, Nb2O5 and WO3, a fourth A subcomponent including RA oxide (note that, RA is at least one selected from Tb, Gd and Dy), a fourth B subcomponent including RB oxide (note that, RB is at least one selected from Ho, Y and Yb), and a fifth subcomponent including MnO or Cr2O3.

Abstract: An active material has a layered structure and a composition represented by the following formula (1) LiyNiaCobMncMdOx . . . (1), wherein M is at least one selected from Al, Si, Zr, Ti, Fe, Mg, Nb, Ba and V, and a, b, c, d, x and y satisfy 1.9?(a+b+c+d+y)?2.1, 1.0<y?1.3, 0<a?0.3, 0<b?0.25, 0.3?c?0.7, 0?d?0.1, and 1.9?x?2.1. The active material has a ratio of the half width FWHM003 of a diffraction peak at a (003)-plane to the half width FWHM104 of a diffraction peak at a (104)-plane represented by the formula (2) FWHM003/FWHM104?0.57 . . . (2), and an average primary particle diameter of 0.2 to 0.5 ?m.

Abstract: A chain tensioner has a plunger (14) slidably fitted in a bottomed cylinder (12) formed in a housing (11), and configured to resiliently urge the plunger (14) by a return spring (13) in the direction along which the plunger (14) is projected out from the cylinder (12), wherein the chain tensioner is configured to attach an engagement clip (19) to the opening of the cylinder (12), and to provide an engagement portion engageable with the engagement clip (19) to the end of the plunger (14) on the projection side thereof, so as to allow the engagement clip (19) and the engagement portion to engage with and disengage from each other corresponding to the position of rotation of the plunger (14).