Abstract: A first electrode body element and a second electrode body element including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are fabricated, a first positive electrode tab group of the first electrode body element and a second positive electrode tab group of the second electrode body element are connected to a lead portion of a positive electrode collector attached to a sealing plate, a first negative electrode tab group of the first electrode body element and a second negative electrode tab group of the second electrode body element are connected to a lead portion of a negative electrode collector attached to the sealing plate, and the first electrode body element and the second electrode body element are arranged together as one such that an electrode body is formed.

Abstract: A power storage device includes an electrode body, an insulating holder, and an outer case. The insulating holder is formed by folding a sheet formed of an insulating material. The insulating holder has an interposed wall interposed between a side end surface of the electrode body and the outer case. The interposed wall has a first facing region that faces a curved surface of a corner portion of the outer case and a second facing region that faces a portion away from the curved surface toward an opening. Each of the first facing region and the second facing region has a plurality of overlap sections in which some of sheet elements that form the sheet overlap each other. The number of the overlapping sheets is larger in the overlap section arranged in the second facing region than in the overlap section arranged in the first facing region.

Abstract: A negative-electrode terminal that is secured to a sealing plate is connected to a first negative-electrode current collector. A negative-electrode tab that is connected to the negative-electrode sheet is connected to a second negative-electrode current collector. The first negative-electrode current collector and the second negative-electrode current collector are disposed along the sealing plate. The second negative-electrode current collector has an opening. The second negative-electrode current collector is disposed on the first negative-electrode current collector such that the opening faces the first negative-electrode current collector. The second negative-electrode current collector is welded to the first negative-electrode current collector around the opening.

Abstract: Provided are a secondary battery and a battery pack including the secondary battery. A sealing plate has a positive electrode terminal attachment hole. A positive electrode terminal penetrates the positive electrode terminal attachment hole. An external conductive member is connected to a portion of the positive electrode terminal located on the battery outer side with respect to the sealing plate. The conduction path between a positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal is provided with a current interrupting mechanism. A first insulating member made of resin is disposed between the sealing plate and the positive electrode terminal. A second insulating member having higher thermal resistance than the first insulating member is disposed between the external conductive member and the sealing plate.

Abstract: A rectangular secondary battery including a sealing plate. The scaling plate has a first fitting recess that is nearer than a positive electrode terminal attachment hole to a center of the sealing plate and a second fitting recess that is nearer than the positive electrode terminal attachment hole to an end portion of the sealing plate. The first fitting recess and the second fitting recess are disposed at positions that are displaced from the center of the sealing plate in a transversal direction of the sealing plate. A first fitting protrusion and a second fitting protrusion of a second outer insulator are respectively disposed in the first fitting recess and the second fitting recess.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery including an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, an outer package including an opening and housing the electrode body, a sealing plate sealing the opening, a negative electrode terminal attached to the sealing plate, a negative electrode tab portion provided in the negative electrode plate, and a negative electrode collector electrically connecting the negative electrode tab portion and the negative electrode terminal to each other, the method including welding a flange portion of the negative electrode terminal and the negative electrode collector together by projecting an energy ray, the negative electrode collector includes, before the welding, a rough surface portion, and in the welding, the flange portion of the negative electrode terminal and the negative electrode collector are connected by welding by projecting an energy ray onto the rough surface portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery including an electrode body having a positive electrode plate (40) having a positive electrode tab (4c), a negative electrode plate (5) having a negative electrode tab (5c), and a separator, in which the positive electrode tab (4c) is connected to a positive electrode collector in a curved state and the negative electrode tab (5c) is connected to a negative electrode collector in a curved state, and in which, as the positive electrode plate (4), one provided with a cutaway (4e) at a base of the positive electrode tab (4c) in a region where a positive electrode active material mixture layer (4a) is formed on a positive electrode core body is used.

Abstract: An electrode body, which includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, includes a positive-electrode tab group that is composed of a plurality of positive electrode tabs. The positive-electrode tab group is disposed between a sealing plate and an electrode body, and a positive-electrode current collector includes a base portion and a tab connection portion that is folded from an end of the base portion. The base portion of the positive-electrode current collector is connected to a positive electrode terminal, and the tab connection portion of the positive-electrode current collector is connected to the positive-electrode tab group. A fuse portion is formed in the positive-electrode current collector, and a first-insulator second region of a first insulator, which is connected to an inner insulator, is disposed between the base portion and the tab connection portion.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; an exterior housing that has an opening and houses the electrode assembly; and a sealing plate (2) that seals the opening. The exterior housing and the sealing plate (2) form a battery case. A deformable member (19) that deforms when the pressure inside the battery case reaches a prescribed value or higher and a gas release valve (18) that breaks when the pressure inside the battery case reaches a prescribed value or higher to release gas inside the battery case to the outside of the battery case are provided in the sealing plate (2). A metallic reinforcing member (30) is connected to the inner surface of the sealing plate (2).

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and a positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The first positive electrode current collector has a through-hole. The deformation plate is disposed to face the through-hole. A portion of the first positive electrode current collector distant from the through-hole is welded to the deformation plate to form a weld.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a positive electrode terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The deformation plate has a thick portion, which has a larger thickness than the surrounding area, in a central part. The thick portion of the deformation plate is welded to the first positive electrode current collector to form a weld.

Abstract: An electrode body, which includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, is contained in a battery case, which is composed of a rectangular casing and a sealing plate. A first positive-electrode tab group, which is composed of a plurality of positive electrode tabs, and a second positive-electrode tab group, which is composed of a plurality of positive electrode tabs, are disposed between the sealing plate and the electrode body. The first positive-electrode tab group and the second positive-electrode tab group are disposed so as to be displaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of the sealing plate. The first positive-electrode tab group and the second positive-electrode tab group are connected to different positions on a positive-electrode current collector.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; an exterior housing that has an opening and houses the electrode assembly; and a sealing plate (2) that seals the opening. The exterior housing and the sealing plate (2) form a battery case. A deformable member (19) that deforms when the pressure inside the battery case reaches a prescribed value or higher and a gas release valve (18) that breaks when the pressure inside the battery case reaches a prescribed value or higher to release gas inside the battery case to the outside of the battery case are provided in the sealing plate (2). A metallic reinforcing member (30) is connected to the inner surface of the sealing plate (2).

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and a positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The first positive electrode current collector has a through-hole. The deformation plate is disposed to face the through-hole. A portion of the first positive electrode current collector distant from the through-hole is welded to the deformation plate to form a weld.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case containing the electrode body; a positive electrode terminal attached to the battery case; a conductive member having an opening adjacent to the electrode body; a deformation plate that seals the opening, and a current collector. The positive electrode plate and the positive electrode terminal are electrically connected to each other via a first positive electrode current collector, the deformation plate, and the conductive member. The deformation plate has a thick portion, which has a larger thickness than the surrounding area, in a central part. The thick portion of the deformation plate is welded to the first positive electrode current collector to form a weld.

Abstract: A tab derived from an electrode body and a terminal of a battery are electrically connected to each other using a collector. The collector includes a first conductive member connected to a tab-side conductive member, and a second conductive member connected to a terminal-side conductive member. The collector opposes a sealing plate with an insulating member in between. A through hole and a thin portion provided at a peripheral edge of the through hole are provided in either one of the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The through hole and the other one of the conductive members are overlapped to join the peripheral edge of the through hole and the other one of the conductive members to each other so that the thin portion becomes a fuse. An insulating material is provided between the first conductive member and the second conductive member.

Abstract: A collector that electrically connects tabs derived from electrode bodies and terminals of a battery to each other includes a first connection portion to which the conductive member on a tab side is connected, a second connection portion to which the conductive member on a terminal side is connected. The first connection portion and the second connection portion are connected by a connecting portion. The collector opposes the sealing plate with the insulating member in between, the second connection portion includes a fuse portion including a through hole between the conductive member connection portion on the terminal side and the connecting portion, and the fuse portion is disposed so as not to come in contact with the insulating member.

Abstract: A method includes a step A of ultrasonic-joining stacked metal foils to each other and a step B of ultrasonic-joining all of the joined metal foils and a metal plate to each other after the step A. The step A is performed by transmitting ultrasonic vibrations to a horn with the stacked metal foils being interposed between the horn and an anvil and pressed. The step A includes a first joining step of solid-state-joining at least some metal foils of the stacked metal foils that are located near the horn to each other, and a second joining step of solid-state-joining all of the stacked metal foils to each other after the first joining step. The second joining step is performed within a joined region that is joined at the first joining step.

Abstract: A rectangular secondary battery includes a rectangular casing that contains an electrode body, a sealing plate that seals an opening of the rectangular casing; a positive electrode tab group that is composed of a plurality of positive electrode tabs, a positive electrode terminal that is electrically connected to the positive electrode tab group and attached to the sealing plate, a second positive electrode current collector that is electrically connected to the positive electrode tab group and the positive electrode terminal, and a second insulator that is disposed between the sealing plate and the second positive electrode current collector. The sealing plate has a gas discharge valve. The sealing plate has a first recess. The second insulator has a first protrusion. In a transversal direction of the sealing plate, the first recess is displaced from a center of the sealing plate toward an end portion of the sealing plate.

Abstract: A rectangular secondary battery includes a rectangular casing that contains an electrode body, a sealing plate that seals an opening of the rectangular casing, a first positive electrode tab group that is composed of a plurality of positive electrode tabs, a positive electrode terminal that is attached to the sealing plate, a second positive electrode current collector that constitutes a positive electrode current collector member that is electrically connected to the first positive electrode tab group and the positive electrode terminal, and a second insulator. The second insulator includes a base portion that is disposed between the sealing plate and the second positive electrode current collector. The first positive electrode tab group is bent and connected to the second positive electrode current collector, the region being disposed along the sealing plate. A first wall portion is disposed between the first positive electrode tab group and the rectangular casing.