Patents Issued in March 14, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130065062
    Abstract: A member for vehicle according to the present invention is equipped with a resinous substrate, and a protective film being formed on a surface of the resinous substrate partially at least. The protective film is made by curing a curing-type coating-agent composition that includes: Component (A) including a urethane adduct compound exhibiting weatherability in an amount of from 99 to 65 parts by mass; Component (B) comprising a reaction product between a colloidal silica and an alkoxysilane compound having a maleimide group in an amount of from 1 to 35 parts by mass; a radical-polymerization initiator serving as Component (C) in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass; an ultraviolet absorber serving as Component (D) in an amount of from 1 to 12 parts by mass; and an organic solvent serving as Component (E) in an amount of from 10 to 1,000 parts by mass; with respect to a sum of Component (A) and Component (B) being taken as 100 parts by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mitsuoka, Toshihisa Shimo, Kyoko Kumagai, Hidetaka Hayashi, Hiroaki Takashima, Naoharu Ueda, Kazumasa Inata, Takeshi Fujita, Yasuyuki Sanai, Eiichi Okazaki, Satoshi Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20130065063
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester film for a protective material for protecting a back surface of photovoltaic cell which exhibits a good hydrolysis resistance and an excellent adhesion property to a sealing resin for photovoltaic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc
    Inventors: Narihiro Masuda, Koutarou Nozawa, Thorsten Kiehne
  • Publication number: 20130065064
    Abstract: A low-index silica coating may be made by forming silica sol comprising a silane and/or a colloidal silica. The silica precursor may be deposited on a substrate (e.g., glass substrate) to form a coating layer. The coating layer may then be cured and/or fired using temperature(s) of from about 550 to 700° C. A capping layer composition comprising an antifog composition including a siloxane and/or hydrofluororether may be formed, deposited on the coating layer, then cured and/or fired to form a capping layer The capping layer improves the durability of the coating. The low-index silica based coating may be used as an antireflective (AR) film on a front glass substrate of a photovoltaic device (e.g., solar cell) or any other suitable application in certain example instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.
    Inventor: Guardian Industries Corp.
  • Publication number: 20130065065
    Abstract: A thin film which comprises an organic metal salt or an an alkoxide salt or an amorphous thin film is formed on a substrate, wherein each of the thin films enables the formation of a Dion-Jacobson perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the composition formula A(Bn?1MnO3n+1) (wherein n is a natural number of 2 or greater; A represents one or more monovalent cations selected from Na, K, Rb and Cs; B comprises one or more components selected from a trivalent rare earth ion, Bi, a divalent alkaline earth metal ion and a monovalent alkali metal ion; and M comprises one or more of Nb and Ta; wherein a solid solution may be formed with Ti and Zr) on a non-oriented substrate. The resulting product is maintained at the temperature between room temperature and 600° C.; and crystallization is achieved while irradiating the amorphous thin film or the thin film comprising the organic metal salt or the alkoxide salt on the substrate with ultraviolet light such as ultraviolet laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tomohiko Nakajima, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Takaaki Manabe
  • Publication number: 20130065066
    Abstract: A coated substrate having a surface containing at least one active species such as an oxide to which is bonded at least one amorphous phospho-alumina layer containing an aluminum to phosphorus atomic ratio of about 0.2 to about 0.8 is bonded to at least one further amorphous phospho-alumina layer containing an aluminum to phosphorus atomic ratio of at least about 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: APPLIED THIN FILMS, INC.
    Inventors: Sankar Sambasivan, Vikram Sharad Kaul
  • Publication number: 20130065067
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a ceramic for a heat-radiating member. The process includes providing as a raw material an alumina powder having an alumina (Al2O3) content of at least 99.5 mass % and an average particle size of from 0.2 to 1 ?m, and granulating the powder into a granular form ranging from 50 to 100 ?m, pressing the raw material which has been obtained in the granulation step and which includes granular alumina, and heating a green compact in an air atmosphere at a firing temperature of from 1,480 to 1,600° C. to obtain a sintered body. Also provided is a process for producing a ceramic for a heat-radiating member, the ceramic being a sintered alumina body which has high thermal conductivity, efficient heat dissipation, excellent mechanical strength and thermal shock resistance and which is usable for cooling applications at heat generating areas of electronic devices and equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Takeo Nishimura, Nobuyuki Ishida
  • Publication number: 20130065068
    Abstract: A tape for use in automated tape laying machines that includes a multi-layer substrate composed of a plastic layer that includes at least one plastic film having an outer film surface and an inner film surface. The plastic film is adhered to a fibrous layer so that the inner surface of the fibrous layer is bonded to the inner film surface. An uncured composite material layer composed of a fibrous reinforcement and an uncured resin matrix is releasably adhered to either the plastic layer surface or the outer fiber layer surface to provide a tape suitable for use in an automatic tape layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Hexcel Composites Limited
    Inventor: Hexcel Composites Limited
  • Publication number: 20130065069
    Abstract: An aqueous electrolytic plating solution and a method of using the same for depositing a cobalt/nickel/phosphorus alloy on an electrically conductive substrate are provided. The aqueous electrolytic plating solution comprises: a) a source of nickel ions; b) a source of cobalt ions; c) a source of phosphite ions; d) an amino acid; and e) optionally, boric acid. The deposited cobalt/nickel/phosphorus alloy exhibits high coercivity and high remanence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yun Li Liu, Carl P. Steinecker, Trevor Pearson, Duncan P. Beckett
  • Publication number: 20130065070
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous emulsion comprising at least a vinyl polymer, said vinyl polymer comprising: a) 45 to 99 wt % of itaconate ester monomers having formula (I), wherein R and R? are independently an alkyl or an aryl group; b) 0.1 to 15 wt % of ionic or potentially ionic unsaturated monomers; c) 0 to 54 wt % of unsaturated monomers, different from a) and b); and 0.9 to 54.9 wt % by weight of total monomers of a chaser monomer composition added subsequently and polymerised after the polymerisation of monomers a), b) and c); wherein a)+b)+c) and the chaser monomer composition add up to 100%; and wherein the aqueous emulsion contains less than 0.5 wt % free itaconate ester monomers of formula I based on the total weight of the aqueous emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tijs Nabuurs, Gerardus Cornelis Overbeek, Jeffrey Stubbs
  • Publication number: 20130065071
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a multilayer sheet, a thermoformed article, and a method for making the same. The multilayer sheet comprises (a) at least one sealant layer comprising: less than 1 percent by weight of one or more antimicrobial agents, based on the total weight of the sealant layer; at least 20 percent by weight of a base polymer, based on the total weight of the sealant layer, wherein said base polymer comprises a propylene/ethylene copolymer composition, wherein said propylene/ethylene copolymer has a crystallinity in the range of from 1 percent by weight to 30 percent by weight, a heat of fusion in the range of from 2 Joules/gram to 50 Joules/gram), and a DSC melting point in the range of 25° C. to 110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Barbara Bonavoglia, Kurt Brunner, Peter Sandkuehler
  • Publication number: 20130065072
    Abstract: A method for forming of a building panel with a surface including a thermosetting resin such that tension created during curing of the surface is reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Valinge Flooring Technology AB
    Inventors: Darko PERVAN, Tony Pervan
  • Publication number: 20130065073
    Abstract: There is provided a metal powder for use in a selective laser sintering method for producing a three-dimensional shaped object, wherein the metal powder comprises a powder mixture of a precipitation-hardening metal composition. In particular, the metal powder of the present invention is configured to have a Fe-based component powder and a Ni-based component powder which are individually included in the powder mixture wherein a powder made of an alloy of Fe-based and Ni-based components is not included as a main powder in the powder mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isao Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20130065074
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a carbon-nanomaterial-supported catalyst, including: a carbon nanomaterial, and a polymer grafted onto the carbon nanomaterial, wherein the polymer has a repeat unit containing a phosphonium salt and its molecular weight is 1,000-200,000. The disclosure is also related to a method of preparing carbonate, which includes using the carbon nanomaterial-supported catalyst for the cycloaddition reaction of carbon dioxide into the epoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kuo-Chan CHIOU, Lu-Shih LIAO, Chen-Lung LIN
  • Publication number: 20130065075
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to magnetoresistive (MR) sensors, sensor elements and structures, and methods. In particular, embodiments relate to MR, such as giant MR (GMR) or tunneling MR (TMR), spin valve layer systems and related sensors having improved stability. Embodiments include at least one of a multi-layer pinned layer or a multi-layer reference layer, making the stack more stable and therefore suitable for use at higher temperatures and magnetic fields than conventional systems and sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Klemens Pruegl, Juergen Zimmer, Andreas Strasser, Wolfgang Raberg, Thomas Bever
  • Publication number: 20130065076
    Abstract: A method for applying a protective coating to gas turbine engine components using a saturated solution of nickel acetate tetrahydrate, applying a uniform thickness of the coating onto the thermal barrier coating of selected components, and heat treating the coated component in air at a temperature sufficient to form a protective layer of NiO. The saturated NiO solution has sufficient solubility to penetrate into the microscopic cracks of the thermal barrier coating to form a “sacrificial mitigation layer” of NiO that substantially inhibits the reaction between vanadium pentoxide and yttria-stabilized compounds present in the thermal barrier coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Richard Todd Everhart
  • Publication number: 20130065077
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for applying a heat shielding coating system on a metallic substrate. The coating system comprises at least three individual layers selected from the group of barrier layer, hot gas corrosion protection layer, protection layer, heat barrier layer, and smoothing layer. The coating system is applied to the metallic substrate by low pressure plasma spraying in a single operation cycle. This process enables the layers to be applied in an arbitrary sequence. The process is preferably used in applying a coating system to a turbine blade, particularly a stator or a rotor blade of a stationary gas turbine or of an aircraft engine, or to another component in a stationary or aircraft turbine that is subjected to hot gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SULZER METCO AG
    Inventors: Michael Loch, Gérard Barbezat
  • Publication number: 20130065078
    Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate, a composite layer formed on the substrate, and a chromium-oxygen-nitrogen layer formed on the composite layer. The composite layer includes a plurality of nickel-aluminum-holmium layers and a plurality of iridium layers. Each nickel-aluminum-holmium layer interleaves with one iridium layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD .
    Inventors: CHENG-SHI CHEN, CONG LI
  • Publication number: 20130065079
    Abstract: A steel rail includes: by mass %, higher than 0.85% to 1.20% of C; 0.05% to 2.00% of Si; 0.05% to 0.50% of Mn; 0.05% to 0.60% of Cr; P?0.0150%; and the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 97% or more of a head surface portion which is in a range from a surface of a head corner portion and a head top portion as a starting point to a depth of 10 mm has a pearlite structure, a Vickers hardness of the pearlite structure is Hv320 to 500, and a CMn/FMn value which is a value obtained by dividing CMn [at. %] that is a Mn concentration of a cementite phase in the pearlite structure by FMn [at. %] that is a Mn concentration of a ferrite phase is equal to or higher than 1.0 and equal to or less than 5.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Masaharu Ueda, jun Takahashi, Akira Kobayashi, Takuya Tanahashi
  • Publication number: 20130065080
    Abstract: Skin material of a clad material is composed of one or more layers, each layer of the skin materials is made of a metal different from the core material in their component compositions, and at least one layer of the skin material has a cast microstructure, when the skin material is superposed on either of one or both faces of the core material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventor: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
  • Publication number: 20130065081
    Abstract: A coated wear-resistant member, as well as a method for making the same, includes a substrate and a coating scheme. The coating scheme has a region of alternating coating sublayers. One coating sublayer is TixAlySi100-x-yN wherein 40 atomic percent?x?80 atomic percent; 15 atomic percent?y?55 atomic percent; 4 atomic percent?100-x-y?15 atomic percent. The other coating sublayer is TipAl100-pN wherein 45 atomic percent?p?100 atomic percent. The method for making a coated wear-resistant member includes the steps of providing the substrate, and depositing the region of alternating coating sublayers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Wangyang Ni, Ronald M. Penich, Yixiong Liu
  • Publication number: 20130065082
    Abstract: A cargo container fire suppression system may prevent fires from spreading within a cargo area into other portions of a craft. A fire resistant liner may be disposed within a cargo container to prevent a fire from penetrating through the liner and burning other elements within the craft beyond the wall(s) of the liner. The suppression system may include a fire sensor and an automatic fire extinguishing device. A transceiver may be coupled to the fire sensor which may remotely alert personnel to a fire occurring in the cargo area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: KEVIN SOTO
  • Publication number: 20130065083
    Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a metal peelable layer and a mask layer are formed on a magnetic recording layer, then, a projections pattern is formed on the mask layer, the projections pattern is transferred to the metal peelable layer and the magnetic recording layer in this order, and then the metal peelable layer is dissolved and removed by a solvent. The metal peelable layer is constituted of any of aluminum and an aluminum compound. An alkali solution is used as the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazutaka Takizawa, Kaori Kimura, Takeshi Iwasaki, Akihiko Takeo
  • Publication number: 20130065084
    Abstract: Various embodiments can have a data read stack positioned on an air bearing surface (ABS). The data read stack may be disposed between first and second buffer layers, where at least one of the buffer layers can be configured to provide a predetermined shunt ratio for the data read stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Dimitar Velikov Dimitrov, Dian Song, Mark William Covington
  • Publication number: 20130065085
    Abstract: Various embodiments may be constructed with a trilayer stack that is positioned on an air bearing surface (ABS). The trilayer stack can be configured with a stripe height along an axis orthogonal to the ABS and with first and second magnetic free layers that each has an angled uniaxial anisotropy with respect to the ABS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Dimitar Velikov Dimitrov, Mark William Covington, Wonjoon Jung
  • Publication number: 20130065086
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reproducing head includes a spin-torque oscillator and a pair of shield parts. The spin-torque oscillator has a first surface facing a magnetic recording medium. The pair of shield parts each has a second surface facing the magnetic recording medium, the spin-torque oscillator being arranged between the shield parts. A distance between the second surface and the magnetic recording medium is shorter than a distance between the first surface and the magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kiwamu Kudo, Tazumi Nagasawa, Koichi Mizushima, Rie Sato, Tao Yang, Hirofumi Suto
  • Publication number: 20130065087
    Abstract: An energy storage system including a battery cell, a tray for receiving the battery cell, and a rack for receiving the tray. The rack includes a connector unit. The connector unit is configured to connect to the tray inserted into the rack and to vibrate together with the tray when the tray vibrates due to, for example, an earth quake or external impact applied to the rack, thereby preventing an electric connection between the tray and the connector unit from being broken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Byoungju Kim, Jeongdeok Byun, Eunok Kwak, Jongwook Yoon
  • Publication number: 20130065088
    Abstract: The current disclosure is directed at a method and apparatus for starting of a fuel cell within a mobile communication device under emergency. In one embodiment, the emergency starting apparatus includes a fuel cell starter, such as a piezoelectric element, as an integrated fuel cell starter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: David Gerard RICH
  • Publication number: 20130065089
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle is provided. At the time of regeneration of electric power by a motor, an ECU places a DC/DC converter in a direct connection state under control, and stores electric power in a battery while decreasing oxygen concentration or hydrogen concentration by a gas supply unit to decrease electric power generated by a fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Hibiki Saeki, Takuya Shirasaka, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130065090
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle is provided. The voltage of a fuel cell is fixed, by a DC/DC converter, to a voltage outside an oxidation reduction progress voltage range of the fuel cell. In this state, oxygen concentration or hydrogen concentration is decreased by a gas supply unit, and electric power outputted from the fuel cell is decreased. In this state, regenerative electric power generated by regeneration is collected into a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi KAZUNO, Kazunori WATANABE, Hibiki SAEKI, Takuya SHIRASAKA, Daishi IGARASHI
  • Publication number: 20130065091
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a secondary cell that receives and stores surplus power by which output of the fuel cell is greater than power demanded of the system if the output is so, and that compensates for shortfall by which the output of the fuel cell is less than the power demanded of the system if the output is so; a voltage measurement portion that measures voltage of the fuel cell; a current measurement portion that measures current of the fuel cell; and a control portion that performs a control such that the voltage of the fuel cell does not exceed or equal a pre-set high-potential avoidance voltage. If a current-voltage characteristic of the fuel cell declines by at least a pre-determined amount from an early-period level, the control portion re-sets the high-potential avoidance voltage to a value that is smaller than an early-period set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomotaka Ishikawa, Hironori Noto, Keigo Suematsu, Koichiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130065092
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack processing apparatus and a processing method with which discharge can be performed in a short time when a battery pack is discharged by immersing the battery pack in a discharge liquid. A processing apparatus A is for discharging a battery pack P having single cells c and a case b by immersing the battery pack P in the discharge liquid. The processing apparatus A includes an aperture-forming machine 20 forming an aperture through which the discharge liquid can flow inside the case b by pressurizing the battery pack P. A state can thus be achieved which is the same as the state that results if the single cells c accommodated in the case b are individually immersed in the discharge liquid. A protection circuit f for preventing an over-discharge is prevented from suppressing a discharge current from the battery pack P, enabling the discharge in a short time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunari Maeba, Ryozo Ushio
  • Publication number: 20130065093
    Abstract: Battery cells may be monitored and a historical profile of the battery generated. The historical profile may be used to analyze a state-of-health of the battery cell. For example, the historical profile may be used to determine when a battery cell has developed an internal short that creates a safety hazard. The historical profile may include a count of the number of times the battery cell was out of balance and a count of the number of Coulombs the battery cell was out of balance. The number of Coulombs may be counted for a window of time. When the number of Coulombs exceeds a Coulomb threshold, a state-of-health flag may be set for the battery cell. The Coulomb threshold may be adjusted based, in part, on the counted number of times the battery cell is out of balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: David A. White, Claude L. Benckenstein, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130065094
    Abstract: Provided are a method and system for rapidly cooling a lithium secondary battery. A conductive connector is connected to at least one of positive and negative electrode terminals of a lithium secondary battery, and the conductive connector is brought into contact with a coolant to cool battery cells. The coolant may be water or air and may flow a coolant tube formed of a synthetic resin. An end of the coolant tube is fixed to at least one of the positive and negative electrode terminals. Therefore, owing to a cooling means disposed at a side of the lithium secondary battery, the temperature of the lithium secondary battery can be prevented from increasing to a preset value due to abnormal heating, and thermal stability of the lithium secondary battery can be improved by rapid cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Hyun KIM, Jong Hyun CHAE, Dae Il KIM, Joong Min LEE, Han Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20130065095
    Abstract: A plurality of types of heat-treatment requests are described in a signal in a single byte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Niklas Schalli
  • Publication number: 20130065096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrochemical cells and to closure assemblies for aqueous alkaline electrolyte cells of the conventional cylindrical type. The closure assembly is for the negative terminal and comprises an internal cap disc in unsecured electrical contact with an internal cap ring. When pressure within the cell increases, for example due to gas generation by electrolysis of the electrolyte through abuse or overcharging, the cap disc moves away from the cap ring, breaking the electrical contact and disrupting the electrochemical circuit within the cell. This prevents further gas generation and pressure build-up, thereby preventing a failure of the internal blow out safety vent and escape of the corrosive electrolyte. In time, the pressure dissipates and the cap disc again makes contact with the cap ring, permitting the cell to be used again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Josef Daniel-Ivad
  • Publication number: 20130065097
    Abstract: A bipolar secondary battery comprises laminated bodies. The laminated body comprises bipolar electrodes laminated via an electrolyte layer. The bipolar electrode comprises a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material layer formed on surfaces of a current collector. A positive electrode is formed on one end of the laminated bodies and a negative electrode is formed on another end. A temperature sensitive resistor having a smaller area than an electrical reaction area of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode of a pair of adjacent laminated bodies, thereby suppressing a temperature increase caused by a high current by increasing the resistance in response to the flow of the high current into the bipolar secondary battery such as when an external circuit is shorted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kenji Hosaka, Hirotatsu Kamimura, Shiho Inoue, Yasutaka Nakamura, Eiji Minegishi
  • Publication number: 20130065098
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte secondary battery with a greater capacity than previous solid electrolyte secondary batteries. Furthermore, the disclosed solid electrolyte secondary battery can obtain a high power output and improve battery function while ensuring a large capacity. The solid electrolyte secondary battery is provided with a cathode chamber (18), a cathode active material container (30) that is provided independently and stores some cathode active material, and a channel medium (100) that is provided between the two and through which the active material passes. The cathode active material is transferred by the channel medium and heterogeneity, when the active material is discharged, can be curbed. By providing a transfer medium (120), which transfers the cathode active material, the cathode active material can be forcibly transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ohkawa
  • Publication number: 20130065099
    Abstract: A vehicle battery cooling device including a battery case containing a battery for generating a high voltage and disposed in a space between a pair of right and left side panels at a rear side of a vehicle, a cooling fan disposed at a location overlapping the battery case in a vertical direction of the vehicle and configured to send cooling air to the battery case, and a duct placed in a space between the battery case and the side panels in a width direction of the vehicle so as to communicate the cooling fan and the battery case with each other. The duct is fastened to the battery case via a bracket, the bracket has an inner space having a U-shaped cross section, and the duct is disposed inside the inner space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Mishima
  • Publication number: 20130065100
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including electrodes both sides of a separator; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case; an electrode terminal assembled to a terminal hole of the cap plate; an insulator between the electrode terminal and a first surface of the cap plate; a gasket between the electrode terminal and a second surface of the cap plate; and a lead tab at one side of the gasket to connect the electrode terminals to the electrode assembly. The electrode terminal and the cap plate form a vent hole that penetrates the electrode terminal and the cap plate, and the vent hole is sealed by a vent plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Duk-Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20130065101
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material includes a monoclinic system ?-type titanium composite oxide. The monoclinic system ?-type titanium composite oxide includes a first element including at least one of Mo and W and satisfies the following formula (1): B>A (1) In the formula, A is an intensity of a peak which is derived from (110) plane of the monoclinic system ?-type titanium composite oxide in a wide-angle X-ray diffraction pattern. B is an intensity of a peak which is derived from (002) plane of the monoclinic system ?-type titanium composite oxide in the wide-angle X-ray diffraction pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroki Inagaki, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • Publication number: 20130065102
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte secondary battery having a safer structure. This secondary battery has a positive storage container and a positive storage container which are separated from each other. A part of negative electrode active material and positive electrode active material are housed in different containers. Even the battery is broken. Both of the electrode active materials have not been mixed. The battery is safe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushikikaisha Jinkoshigen Kenkyusho
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ohkawa
  • Publication number: 20130065103
    Abstract: An upper rotating body is rotatably attached to a lower traveling body. An electricity storage module is mounted on the upper rotating body. The electricity storage module includes a plurality of electricity storage cells each having at least a pair of electrodes led out from the edges of a plate-like portion. The electricity storage cells are stacked in the thickness direction of the plate-like portions, and are connected in series by bringing the electrodes of the electricity storage cells adjacent to each other in the stack direction into contact with each other. At least some of the electrode pairs, each of which is comprised of a pair of electrodes in contact with each other, each have a bridge structure having the electrodes bent in a direction in which the electrodes approach each other and also having the outer surface of one electrode and the inner surface of the other electrode in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Yumura
  • Publication number: 20130065104
    Abstract: A bipolar battery plate is utilized for production of a bipolar battery. The bipolar battery plate includes a frame, a substrate, a conductor, a filler, first and second lead layers, and positive and negative active materials. The substrate is positioned within the frame and includes a plurality of perforations that are sealed by a filler, with the conductor positioned in the perforation and held by the filler. The conductor connects to the plurality of perforations. The first lead layer positioned on one side of the substrate, while the second lead layer positioned on another side of the substrate. The first and second lead layers electrically connected to each other through the filler. The positive active material (PAM) positioned on a surface of the first lead layer, while the negative active material (NAM) positioned on a surface of the second lead layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Faust
  • Publication number: 20130065105
    Abstract: A bipolar battery plate is utilized for production of a bipolar battery. The bipolar battery plate includes a frame, a substrate, first and second lead layers, and positive and negative active materials. The substrate includes a plurality of perforations through the substrate, and the substrate is positioned within the frame. The first lead layer is positioned on one side of the substrate, while the second lead layer is positioned on another side of the substrate. The first and second lead layers are electrically connected to each through the plurality of perforations. The positive active material is positioned on a surface of the first lead layer, while the negative active material is positioned on a surface of the second lead layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Faust
  • Publication number: 20130065106
    Abstract: A bipolar battery plate is utilized for production of a bipolar battery. The bipolar battery plate includes a frame, a substrate, a conductive filler, first and second lead layers, and positive and negative active materials. The substrate includes a plurality of perforations through the substrate, and the substrate is positioned within the frame. The conductive filler seals the perforations. The first lead layer is positioned on one side of the substrate, while the second lead layer is positioned on another side of the substrate. The first and second lead layers are electrically connected to each through the conductive filler sealing the perforations. The positive active material is positioned on a surface of the first lead layer, while the negative active material is positioned on a surface of the second lead layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Faust
  • Publication number: 20130065107
    Abstract: Multiple cell tabs are effectively joined in a cost-effective and more consistent manner that can result in less mass and volume per interconnect. Cell tabs can be made of a material that is sufficiently thick enough to be able to carry several times the current of other tabs. The tabs are notched to engage an interconnecting member where the notching is performed in the same stage as making individual cell tab bends. Once the cell tabs are notched and bent, they are then positioned together such that the notched portions lie on the interconnecting member in a flat, side-by-side manner, all at the same height. The cell tabs are then held closely to the interconnect and laser-welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Joshua W. Payne
  • Publication number: 20130065108
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for assembling a high voltage battery without exposing an operator to contacts having a voltage greater than a predetermined maximum are presented. A bus bar module has standard compartments equipped with integrated bus bars separated by break compartments without bus bars. The bus bar module can be coupled to a plurality of electrochemical cells to connect the cells in groups having a voltage less than a predetermined maximum Vmax. Compartment lids can be closed to prevent contact with connected posts. A separate non-integrated bus bar can be provided to a break compartment to connect a first group of cells with a second group of cells to form a series of connected cells that can provide a voltage greater than Vmax, to achieve a desired battery voltage. The bus bar module and methods of the invention can protect an operator during battery assembly or service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Debbi Callicoat, Philip Michael Gonzales
  • Publication number: 20130065109
    Abstract: Within outer cover member 111 of laminated film including resin layer 111c, there is installed electricity generating element 112 thereby to constitute battery body 11, peripheral portion 113 of the outer cover member being sealed. Spacer 12 is provided which has fixing portion 121 by which the battery body is fixed to predetermined position, the spacer being arranged between outer peripheral portion of the battery body and outer peripheral portion of another battery body put on the battery body. In range H1 that includes an overlapped portion 14 between the outer peripheral portion and the spacer and is provided at least around the fixing portion of the outer peripheral portion, there is provided elastic resin portion 13 produced through insert molding of elastic resin. This thin battery exhibits satisfied stability in set condition against vibration of motor vehicle. This thin battery exhibits satisfied fixing stability against vehicle vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Amagai, Naoto Todoroki, Michinori Ikezoe, Toshiyuki Motohashi, Tomio Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20130065110
    Abstract: A bipolar battery plate is utilized for production of a bipolar battery. The bipolar battery plate includes a frame, a substrate, first and second lead layers, and positive and negative active materials. The substrate includes insulative plastic with conductive particles homogeneously dispersed throughout the insulative plastic and exposed along surface of the substrate, the substrate positioned within the frame. The first lead layer is positioned on one side of the substrate, while the second lead layer is positioned on another side of the substrate. The first and second lead layer are electrically connected to each through the conductive particles. The positive active material is positioned on a surface of the first lead layer, and the negative active material positioned on a surface of the second lead layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Faust
  • Publication number: 20130065111
    Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing impregnation of the electrolyte in a secondary battery includes a tray in which at least one battery cell is received, and an oscillation and rotation unit capable of oscillating and rotating the tray simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: LG CHEM, LTD.