Abstract: A battery includes: an electrode group including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electrolyte; a container for accommodating the electrode group and the electrolyte; a sealing member for blocking an opening in the container; and a first lead for electrically connecting the first electrode to the sealing member. The first lead has a weld region welded to the sealing member, and the weld region has at least one first bump along the longitudinal direction of the first lead. The cross section of the boundary between the weld region and a non-weld region on the first electrode side has a projecting shape corresponding to the bump.

Abstract: A battery includes: an electrode group including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electrolyte; a container for accommodating the electrode group and the electrolyte; a sealing member for blocking an opening in the container; and a first lead for electrically connecting the first electrode to the sealing member. The first lead has a weld region welded to the sealing member, and the weld region has at least one first bump along the longitudinal direction of the first lead. The cross section of the boundary between the weld region and a non-weld region on the first electrode side has a projecting shape corresponding to the bump.

Abstract: A winding-type battery includes an electrode group that is formed by winding a first electrode and a second electrode via a separator and has a first end surface and a second end surface. The first electrode includes a first current collector sheet, and a first active material layer formed on its surface. The second electrode includes a second current collector sheet, and a second active material layer formed on its surface. The first current collector sheet includes, at its end disposed on the first end surface of the electrode group, a first uncoated portion having no first active material layer on either surface thereof. An edge surface of the first uncoated portion is at least partially covered with an insulating layer, and an end of the insulating layer projects more than an end of the separator on the first end surface.

Abstract: A battery includes: an electrode group including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electrolyte; a container for accommodating the electrode group and the electrolyte; a sealing member for blocking an opening in the container; and a first lead for electrically connecting the first electrode to the sealing member. The first lead has a weld region welded to the sealing member, and the weld region has at least one first bump along the longitudinal direction of the first lead. The cross section of the boundary between the weld region and a non-weld region on the first electrode side has a projecting shape corresponding to the bump.

Abstract: A winding-type battery includes an electrode group that is formed by winding a first electrode and a second electrode via a separator and has a first end surface and a second end surface. The first electrode includes a first current collector sheet, and a first active material layer formed on its surface. The second electrode includes a second current collector sheet, and a second active material layer formed on its surface. The first current collector sheet includes, at its end disposed on the first end surface of the electrode group, a first uncoated portion having no first active material layer on either surface thereof. An edge surface of the first uncoated portion is at least partially covered with an insulating layer, and an end of the insulating layer projects more than an end of the separator on the first end surface.

Abstract: A conveyance system 50A of a film-forming apparatus 20A includes a blowing roller 6 having a function of supplying a cooling gas toward a substrate 21. The blowing roller has the first shell 11 and the internal block 12. The first shell 11 has a plurality of first through holes 13 as a gas supply channel, and is rotatable in synchronization with the substrate 21. The internal block 12 is disposed inside the first shell 11. A manifold 14 is defined by the internal block 12 inside the first shell 11. The manifold 14 is formed so as to introduce the gas toward the plurality of first through holes 13 within the range of a holding angle. A clearance 15 facing the plurality of first through holes 13 outside the range of the holding angle is further formed inside the first shell 11. In the radial direction, the manifold 14 has a relatively large dimension, and the clearance 15 has a relatively small dimension.

Abstract: Deterioration of the degree of vacuum in a vacuum chamber is prevented while securing adequate cooling performance by gas cooling. A substrate 21 is provided in a vacuum, and the cooling body 1 is provided close to a film non-formation surface of the substrate 21. A thin film is formed by depositing a film forming material on a film formation surface of the substrate 21 while introducing a cooling gas into between the substrate 21 and the cooling body 1. At this time, a gas which reacts with the film forming material is introduced as the cooling gas.

Abstract: A substrate-conveying roller includes a first shell, a second shell, an internal block, a manifold, and a clearance. The first shell has a plurality of first through holes serving as supply paths for a gas. The internal block is disposed inside the first shell. The manifold is formed in the internal block so as to guide the gas to the first through holes within the region of a specific angle. The clearance is formed so as to guide the gas to the first through holes outside the region of the specific angle. The second shell has second through holes for guiding the gas from the manifold to the first through holes, and is disposed between the first shell and the internal block. The central axes of the first through hole are offset from the central axes of the second through holes.

Abstract: A substrate-conveying roller includes a first shell, a second shell, an internal block, a manifold, and a clearance. The first shell has a plurality of first through holes serving as supply paths for a gas. The internal block is disposed inside the first shell. The manifold is formed in the internal block so as to guide the gas to the first through holes within the region of a specific angle. The clearance is formed so as to guide the gas to the first through holes outside the region of the specific angle. The second shell has second through holes for guiding the gas from the manifold to the first through holes, and is disposed between the first shell and the internal block. The central axes of the first through hole are offset from the central axes of the second through holes.

Abstract: A vacuum apparatus (100) includes: a vacuum chamber (11); a heat source (12) disposed inside the vacuum chamber (11); a cooling device (20) that cools the heat source (12) by circulation of a cooling gas; a gas feed line (1) connected to the cooling device (20) and extending outside the vacuum chamber (11); a cooling gas feeder (14) that feeds the cooling gas to the cooling device (20) through the gas feed line (1) when the heat source (12) is to be cooled; and a vacuum pump (13) that evacuates the cooling device (20) when the heat source (12) is to be used.

Abstract: A substrate-conveying roller 6A is configured to convey a substrate under vacuum, and includes a first shell 11, an internal block 12, and a shaft 10. The first shell 11 has a cylindrical outer circumferential surface for supporting the substrate, and can rotate in synchronization with the substrate. The internal block 12 is disposed inside the first shell 11, and is blocked from rotating in synchronization with the substrate. The shaft 10 extends through, and supports the internal block 12. A clearance 15 is formed between the inner circumferential surface of the first shell 11 and the internal block 12. A gas is introduced into the clearance 15 from the internal block 12 toward the inner circumferential surface of the first shell 11.

Abstract: Provided is a heating apparatus including: an object to be heated under vacuum; a heating body separable from the object to be heated, the heating body being configured so that a gap is formed between the heating body itself and the object to be heated; and a gas introduction channel for introducing a heat transfer gas into the gap. The object to be heated is heated by the heating body via the heat transfer gas. An example of the heating apparatus is a deposition apparatus 30. An example of the object to be heated is a storage container 9 that holds a deposition material and that has an opening for allowing the deposition material that has been vaporized to pass therethrough. An example of the heating body is a heating container 10 that detachably accommodates the storage container 9 and that has a heater 20 for heating the deposition material in the storage container 9. An example of the gas introduction channel is the gas introduction tube 11.

Abstract: A battery of this invention includes: a separator which is folded in a zigzag manner, thereby forming a layered structure having at least one first-electrode holding part and at least one second-electrode holding part which are alternately aligned; a first electrode accommodated in the first-electrode holding part; and a second electrode accommodated in the second-electrode holding part. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode has at least one protruding part. The first electrode is connected to a first terminal, and the second electrode is connected to second terminal.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of the present invention includes ejecting a melt 61 of a solid electrolyte onto at least one electrode plate selected from a positive electrode plate 20 and a negative electrode plate 30, thereby depositing the melt 61 onto the at least one electrode plate, and compressing the positive electrode plate 20 and the negative electrode plate 30 while sandwiching the melt 61, thereby forming a layered body including the positive electrode plate 20, an electrolyte layer 62 including the solid electrolyte, and the negative electrode plate 30. In accordance with this manufacturing method, a thin lithium secondary battery having excellent characteristics can be manufactured in a highly productive manner.

Abstract: A vapor deposition device including an evaporation source for evaporating a vapor-depositing material; a transportation section including first and second rolls for holding the substrate in the state of being wound therearound and a guide section for guiding the substrate; and a shielding section, located in a vapor deposition possible zone, for forming a shielded zone which is not reachable by the vapor-depositing material from the evaporation source. Vapor deposition zones include a planar transportation zone for transporting the substrate such that the surface of the substrate to be subjected to the vapor-depositing material is planar; and the transportation section is located with respect to the evaporation source such that the vapor-depositing material is not incident on the substrate in a direction of the normal to the substrate in the vapor deposition possible zone excluding the shielded zone.

Abstract: A conveyance system 50A of a film-forming apparatus 20A includes a blowing roller 6 having a function of supplying a cooling gas toward a substrate 21. The blowing roller has the first shell 11 and the internal block 12. The first shell 11 has a plurality of first through holes 13 as a gas supply channel, and is rotatable in synchronization with the substrate 21. The internal block 12 is disposed inside the first shell 11. A manifold 14 is defined by the internal block 12 inside the first shell 11. The manifold 14 is formed so as to introduce the gas toward the plurality of first through holes 13 within the range of a holding angle. A clearance 15 facing the plurality of first through holes 13 outside the range of the holding angle is further formed inside the first shell 11. In the radial direction, the manifold 14 has a relatively large dimension, and the clearance 15 has a relatively small dimension.

Abstract: An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery 6 according to the present invention includes: a current collector 3; a first active material layer 2 formed on the current collector 3; and a second active material layer 5 provided on the first active material layer 2, the second active material layer 5 including a plurality of active material particles 4. The plurality of active material particles 4 is mainly of a chemical composition represented as SiOx (0?x<1.2). The first active material layer 2 is mainly of a chemical composition represented as SiOy (1.0?y<2.0, y>x). The area in which the first active material layer 2 is in contact with the plurality of active material particles 4 is smaller than the area in which the current collector 3 is in contact with the first active material layer 2.

Abstract: A vapor deposition device 100 for moving a sheet-like substrate 4 in a roll-to-roll system in a chamber 2 to continuously form a vapor deposition film on the substrate 4. The vapor deposition device 100 comprises an evaporation source 9 for evaporating a vapor-depositing material; a transportation section including first and second rolls 3 and 8 for holding the substrate 4 in the state of being wound therearound and a guide section for guiding the substrate 4; and a shielding section, located in a vapor deposition possible zone, for forming a shielded zone which is not reachable by the vapor-depositing material from the evaporation source 9.

Abstract: In a method for examining a negative electrode of a battery, a total thickness of a current collector and an active material layer is measured. Then, in order to estimate a composition of the active material layer, the total resistivity of the current collector and the active material layer is measured.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a negative electrode for a battery, an active material layer including a metallic element M and an element A that is at least any one of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon is formed on a current collector. This active material layer is irradiated with an X-ray and at least one of intensity of a K? ray of the element A and intensity of a K? ray of the metallic element M in fluorescent X-rays generated from the active material layer is measured.