Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that includes: a lid plate provided with a terminal pull-out through hole and a baffling portion whose upper surface is configured in a projecting and/or recessed manner; an auxiliary terminal configured such that a lower portion thereof is connected to a metallic foil of a power generating element by being fitted into a battery container through the terminal pull-out through hole, and sealed and fixed to the lid plate by insulating and sealing members; a connecting conductor connected and fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary terminal; and an external terminal having a bolt portion that projects upward from a base portion, the bolt portion being inserted through the terminal through hole of the connecting conductor from below, and the base portion being engaged with the baffling portion of the lid plate, thereby restricting rotation centering an axial line of the bolt portion.

Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a plastic member arranged at an outer surface of the case and including a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, an external terminal supported by the plastic member and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a sealing member arranged at the outer surface of the case, the sealing member including a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, and an auxiliary terminal supported by the sealing member, the auxiliary terminal extending from inside to outside the case, being electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and being electrically connected to the external terminal. The plastic member includes a material having a hardness greater than a hardness of the sealing member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that includes: an auxiliary terminal configured such that a first tube is connected to a metallic foil of an electrode of a power generating element through a current collecting connector by being fitted into a battery container through a terminal pull-out through hole of a lid plate, and sealed and fixed to the lid plate by insulating and sealing members; a connecting conductor configured such that one end portion is connected and fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary terminal, and provided with a terminal through hole on the other end portion; an external terminal having a bolt portion that projects upward from a base portion and inserted through the terminal through hole of the connecting conductor from below; and a baffling member fixed onto the lid plate and restricting rotation of the external terminal by engaging with the base portion of the external terminal.

Abstract: A energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly that includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate being mutually insulated; a case that houses the electrode assembly; and a conductive member electrically coupled to the electrode assembly in the case. The conductive member includes a main body part that has a central axis in a direction passing through a wall surface of the case, and a conductive connection part that protrudes from the main body part in a direction intersecting with the central axis. The main body part includes a swage portion disposed at one end portion of the main body part and inserted into the wall surface of case, and a non-circular head disposed at another end portion of the main body part.

Abstract: With an evaluation device, a sleep level of a person being measured is discriminated based on a signal input from a body motion sensor. With the evaluation device, when a go-to-bed button is operated at time T3, time T3 is stored as the go-to-bed time. When a good-night button is operated at time T4, discrimination of sleep level is started. Thereafter, when the good-night button again is operated at time T5, the discrimination of sleep level ends.

Abstract: There is provided an electric storage device having a novel fastening structure of a plastic member which can reduce cost with a simple configuration. An electric storage device according to this invention includes an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a plastic member arranged at an outer surface of the case, the plastic member having a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, and an external terminal supported by the plastic member and electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The plastic member is a synthetic resin containing an inorganic fiber and is bonded to the outer surface of the case with the inorganic fiber exposed at the joining surface.

Abstract: A measurement device is provided with a sensor for detecting body motion of a subject and a CPU for executing processing for generating display data. The CPU includes a first discrimination unit for discriminating a sleeping state of the subject for each unit period, based on a sensor signal output from the sensor, a second discrimination unit for discriminating a level of the sleeping state of a predetermined period consisting of a predetermined number of continuous unit periods, based on the sleeping state for each unit period, a decision unit for deciding a display mode for each predetermined period, according to the level of the sleeping state of the predetermined period, and a generation unit for generating display data for displaying the level of the sleeping state of the subject in the predetermined period on a display device with a graph along the time axis.

Abstract: After a sleep level is measured, a display field that displays current time, a display field that displays sleeping state duration, a display field that displays an image indicating the occurrence of snoring, a display field for distinguishing and displaying a sleeping state and a waking state in a sleeping duration, a display field that displays an image indicating the occurrence of the waking state during the sleeping duration, and a display field that indicates the duration (waking state duration) in which the waking state occurs during the sleeping duration are displayed on a display device.

Abstract: In order to accurately protect current collectors included in an electric storage device, the electric storage device includes an electric storage element 3 arranged inside an electric storage device case BC; an electrode terminal 5 arranged outside the electric storage device case; a current collector 4 including a first posture part FP and a second posture part SP, the first posture part FP extending along a surface of the electric storage device case on which the electrode terminal 5 is arranged, the second posture part SP extending from an end portion of the first posture part toward the side opposite to the electrode terminal, the current collector fixed at the first posture part FP by means of a fixing member 8 penetrating through an opening formed in the electric storage device case, the current collector supporting the electric storage element 3 by the second posture part SP, thereby electrically connecting the electrode terminal 5 and the electric storage element 3; and a reinforcing member 13 arrang

Abstract: Provided are an electric storage device in which a current collector is not easily broken even when vibration is applied, and a vehicle having this electric storage device. This electric storage device includes a case having a first inner surface and a second inner surface adjacent to the first inner surface, an electrode assembly housed in the case and including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate insulated from each other, an electrode terminal disposed outside the case, and a current collector housed in the case and electrically connecting the electrode assembly and the electrode terminal to each other. A distal end edge of a distal end portion of the current collector is supported on the first inner surface of the case.

Abstract: Provided are a cell capable of preventing damage to an insulating gasket by spatter scattered when a battery case and a cover plate are laser-welded together, and thereby ensuring sealability of a cell case and a method for manufacturing the cell. A shielding member is arranged between a weld line and at least a portion of the insulating gasket adjacent to the weld line. Since the shielding member blocks the spatter scattered toward the insulating gasket, the insulating gasket is not damaged by the spatter. The insulating gasket is not damaged, so that adhesion between the insulating gasket and the cover plate is not lowered, and the sealability of the cell case is ensured.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electric storage device includes: a current collector assembly step of disposing a current collector between an electrolyte solution pouring opening and a power generating element so as to block a view of the power generating element from the electrolyte solution pouring opening; an electrolyte solution pouring step of pouring an electrolyte solution through the electrolyte solution pouring opening; and a sealing step of disposing a sealing member at the electrolyte solution pouring opening and sealing the electrolyte solution pouring opening by welding.

Abstract: An object is to provide a winding-type electric age device capable of preventing swaying or movement of an electrode assembly. Provided is a winding-type electric storage device with a flat electrode assembly, which includes a core, and a case in which the electrode assembly is housed, the core including first and second curved sections which are disposed so that the inner circumferential surfaces thereof face to each other, and each of which is at least in part composed of a material stacked into two or more plies, and first and second opposed sections which connect the mutually-opposed first ends and second ends of the first and second curved sections to each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that includes: an auxiliary terminal configured such that a first tube is connected to a metallic foil of an electrode of a power generating element through a current collecting connector by being fitted into a battery container through a terminal pull-out through hole of a lid plate, and sealed and fixed to the lid plate by insulating and sealing members; a connecting conductor configured such that one end portion is connected and fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary terminal, and provided with a terminal through hole on the other end portion; an external terminal having a bolt portion that projects upward from a base portion and inserted through the terminal through hole of the connecting conductor from below; and a baffling member fixed onto the lid plate and restricting rotation of the external terminal by engaging with the base portion of the external terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery that includes: a lid plate provided with a terminal pull-out through hole and a baffling portion whose upper surface is configured in a projecting and/or recessed manner; an auxiliary terminal configured such that a lower portion thereof is connected to a metallic foil of a power generating element by being fitted into a battery container through the terminal pull-out through hole, and sealed and fixed to the lid plate by insulating and sealing members; a connecting conductor connected and fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary terminal; and an external terminal having a bolt portion that projects upward from a base portion, the bolt portion being inserted through the terminal through hole of the connecting conductor from below, and the base portion being engaged with the baffling portion of the lid plate, thereby restricting rotation centering an axial line of the bolt portion.

Abstract: An electric storage device is provided having a structure that can reliably produce the sealing effect between a case and a sealing member. The electric storage device of the present invention includes an electrode assembly; a case that includes a defining wall and houses the electrode assembly; a sealing member that is arranged on the defining wall; and a conductive member that is electrically connected to the electrode assembly, the conductive member being supported by the sealing member, wherein at least a portion of the defining wall where the sealing member is arranged is made of an aluminum-based metallic material; and the sealing member is made of a material that is softer than the material for the at least a portion of the defining wall where the sealing member is arranged.

Abstract: An electric storage device includes: an electrode assembly; a case that houses the electrode assembly, the case including a defining wall; a rivet that passes through the defining wall, the rivet having a body and an insertion part formed continuously with the body; a conductive member that is electrically connected to the rivet; and a sealing member arranged at least one of between the defining wall and the conductive member and between the defining wall and the body. The insertion part has a portion that is inserted through the defining wall, the sealing member and the conductive member. The insertion part has a diameter smaller than that of the body at least in the portion inserted through the defining wall, the sealing member and the conductive member. The insertion part has a hollow shaft-shaped end with a non-through hole extending in an axial direction of the insertion part.

Abstract: There is provided an electric storage device having a novel fastening structure of a plastic member which can reduce cost with a simple configuration. An electric storage device according to this invention includes an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a plastic member arranged at an outer surface of the case, the plastic member having a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, and an external terminal supported by the plastic member and electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The plastic member is a synthetic resin containing an inorganic fiber and is bonded to the outer surface of the case with the inorganic fiber exposed at the joining surface.

Abstract: There is provided an electric storage device in which an electrode assembly enclosed in an insulating cover can be smoothly inserted in a case and the electrode assembly is positioned in place inside the case when housed in the case. The electric storage device according to the present invention includes an electrode assembly, an insulating cover covering the electrode assembly, and a case including a case body having a rectangular box shape and having an opening, the case body being configured to house the electrode assembly and the insulating cover, wherein the insulating cover is formed into a rectangular box shape conforming to the case body, and a portion of each of edges at which adjacent side surfaces of the insulating cover meet each other is beveled into a beveled part, the portion being close to the bottom of the insulating cover.