Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus includes a chamber, a pressure reducing device, and a return pipe. The pressure reducing device is configured to reduce the pressure in the chamber. The return pipe includes a first opening, a conduit, and a second opening. The first opening and the second opening are respectively and independently open to the interior of the chamber. The first opening is connected to an exterior body. The conduit connects the first opening and the second opening. The conduit is configured to once draw gas in the exterior body out of the chamber when the pressure in the chamber is reduced, and return the drawn gas into the chamber.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a tubular member, a pair of sealing bodies, a first external terminal, a second external terminal, and a spacer disposed inside the tubular member, wherein the electrode assembly has a first end portion located on one side in a direction parallel to the cylindrical axis direction and a second end portion located on the other side in the parallel direction, and the first end portion is provided with one or more first current collector tabs electrically connected to the first external terminal, and the second end portion is provided with one or more second current collector tabs electrically connected to the second external terminal, and the spacer includes a first member provided between the one sealer and the first end portion, and a second member provided between the other sealer and the second end portion.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first end portion where one or more negative electrode tabs are formed, and a second end portion where one or more positive electrode tabs are formed; a housing containing the electrode assembly; and a negative electrode terminal and a positive electrode terminal provided on the housing, the housing includes a main body, a first sealing body, and a second sealing body, the negative electrode terminal is provided on the first sealing body, the positive electrode terminal is provided on the second sealing body, the one or more negative electrode tabs are electrically connected to the negative electrode terminal, the one or more positive electrode tabs are electrically connected to the positive electrode terminal, and one of the one or more negative electrode tabs and the one or more positive electrode tabs is larger in length than the other.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing that houses the electrode assembly, a positive electrode terminal, and a negative electrode terminal. The housing includes a main body with a first opening and a second opening respectively provided on opposite sides in a long-side direction, a first sealing body that closes the first opening, and a second sealing body that closes the second opening. The main body includes a pair of long-side surfaces and a pair of short-side surfaces facing each other in a short-side direction orthogonal to the long-side direction. The electrode assembly includes a negative electrode current collecting portion located on a first end side in the long-side direction, and a positive electrode current collecting portion located on a second end side in the long-side direction. One short-side surface of the pair of short-side surfaces is provided with a single pressure release valve.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing, and a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal provided to the housing. The housing includes a main body with a first opening and a second opening respectively provided on opposite sides in a long-side direction of the housing, a first sealing body that closes the first opening, and a second sealing body that closes the second opening. The main body includes a pair of long-side surfaces and a pair of short-side surfaces facing each other in a short-side direction of the housing orthogonal to the long-side direction. The electrode assembly includes a negative electrode current collecting portion located on a first end side in the long-side direction, and a positive electrode current collecting portion located on a second end side in the long-side direction. One short-side surface of the pair of short-side surfaces is provided with an injection port.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a stack of a plurality of positive electrodes and a plurality of negative electrodes with a separator in between, each of the plurality of positive electrodes including a positive-electrode current collecting foil, each of the plurality of negative electrodes including a negative-electrode current collecting foil; and an exterior package that accommodates part of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a positive-electrode current collecting bundle including a bundle of respective parts of a plurality of the positive-electrode current collecting foils, and a negative-electrode current collecting bundle including a bundle of respective parts of a plurality of the negative-electrode current collecting foils, and part of at least one collecting bundle of the positive-electrode current collecting bundle and the negative-electrode current collecting bundle extends to outside of the exterior package.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a layered battery with which a layered battery with high structural reliability can be produced.

Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a method for inspecting a battery in which the presence or absence of a short circuit can be determined with high accuracy.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a battery in which the degrade of sealability in a liquid injection frame is inhibited.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a layered battery with which a layered battery with high structural reliability can be produced.

Abstract: A method for producing a ligated DNA formed by ligating DNA fragments is disclosed. The method includes (a1) preparing (1) a first vector containing structure 5?-R1-D(i)-R2-M1-R2?-D(ii)-R1?-3? and (2) a second vector containing structure 5?-R1-D(iii)-R2-M2-R2?-D(iv)-R1?-3?, which each contain recognition sequences of restriction enzymes R1, R1?, R2, and R2; selectable marker genes M1 and M2 different from each other; and DNA fragments for ligation D(i) to D(iv); (b1) treating the first vector with first restriction enzyme and second restriction enzyme to obtain a first vector fragment composed of structure 5?-D(i)-R2-M1-R2?-D(ii)-3; (c1) treating the second vector with third restriction enzyme and fourth restriction enzyme to obtain a second vector fragment with removed structure 5?-R2-M2-R2?-3?; and (d1) ligating the first vector fragment obtained in b1 and the second vector fragment obtained in cl by a ligation reaction to generate a third vector containing structure (3) 5?-R1-D(i)1-R2-M1-R2?-D(ii)1-R1?-3?.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a power storage module includes a preparation process of preparing at least one power storage cell each having a pouring port, a fixing process of attaching and fixing a sealing member to a pouring member, a measurement process of measuring the shape of the sealing member, a pressure reduction process of reducing the pressure in the power storage cell, a re-measuring process of measuring the shape of the sealing member again after the pressure reduction process, and a determination process of calculating the displacement amount of the sealing member based on a measurement result in the measurement process and a measurement result in the re-measuring process, and determining that the internal pressure of the power storage cell is appropriate when the displacement amount is equal to or greater than a reference value.

Abstract: Provided is a fixed-state testing device including a pressing part that presses a battery, a load detection part that detects a pressing load with which the battery is pressed, and a determination part that determines whether the state of fixing of the battery to a retention hole is good or bad. The determination part determines the fixed state of the battery to be good when the battery is able to maintain the pressing load within a first test load range for a first pressing time and, moreover, to thereafter maintain the pressing load within a second test load range of which an upper limit load is smaller than a lower limit load of the first test load range for a second pressing time.

Abstract: Provided is a fixed-state testing device including a pressing part that presses a battery, a load detection part that detects a pressing load with which the battery is pressed, and a determination part that determines whether the state of fixing of the battery to a retention hole is good or bad. The determination part determines the fixed state of the battery to be good when the battery is able to maintain the pressing load within a first test load range for a first pressing time and, moreover, to thereafter maintain the pressing load within a second test load range of which an upper limit load is smaller than a lower limit load of the first test load range for a second pressing time.

Abstract: Provided is a fixed-state testing device including a pressing part that presses a battery, a load detection part that detects a pressing load with which the battery is pressed, and a determination part that determines whether the state of fixing of the battery to a retention hole is good or bad. The determination part determines the fixed state of the battery to be good when the battery is able to maintain the pressing load within a first test load range for a first pressing time and, moreover, to thereafter maintain the pressing load within a second test load range of which an upper limit load is smaller than a lower limit load of the first test load range for a second pressing time.

Abstract: There is provided a voice processing system capable of acquiring user voice more clearly, the voice processing system including: a mounting unit configured to be attached to a user. The mounting unit includes at least three voice acquisition units configured to acquire voice data for beamforming.

Abstract: There is provided a voice processing system capable of acquiring user voice more clearly, the voice processing system including: a mounting unit configured to be attached to a user. The mounting unit includes at least three voice acquisition units configured to acquire voice data for beamforming.

Abstract: A charging method of a secondary battery having plural cells includes: connecting the plural cells in series and conducting constant current charging by a first power source; measuring voltages of the plural cells; and connecting the plural cells in parallel and conducting constant voltage charging by a second power source, a voltage of which is lower than a voltage of the first power source, in the case where a measured voltage difference among the plural cells is smaller than a specified value.

Abstract: There is provided a voice processing system capable of acquiring user voice more clearly, the voice processing system including: a mounting unit configured to be attached to a user. The mounting unit includes at least three voice acquisition units configured to acquire voice data for beamforming.

Abstract: Provided is a fixed-state testing device including a pressing part that presses a battery, a load detection part that detects a pressing load with which the battery is pressed, and a determination part that determines whether the state of fixing of the battery to a retention hole is good or bad. The determination part determines the fixed state of the battery to be good when the battery is able to maintain the pressing load within a first test load range for a first pressing time and, moreover, to thereafter maintain the pressing load within a second test load range of which an upper limit load is smaller than a lower limit load of the first test load range for a second pressing time.