Including Sealing Patents (Class 29/623.2)
  • Patent number: 8507118
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a jelly roll that includes a positive and a negative electrode wound via a separator; a case; a lid; and electrically conductive input/output members, wherein: the electrically conductive input/output members include, at least; a positive and a negative electrode current collector plate with one end thereof connected to the positive and the negative electrode respectively; a positive and a negative electrode external conductive member with one end thereof connected to another end of the positive and the negative electrode current collector plate respectively and another end thereof extending to an outer side of the lid; the one end of the positive and the negative electrode external conductive member are respectively swage-fused to the other end of the positive and the negative electrode current collector plate; and an oxide layer is formed at a surface of each swage-fused area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd
    Inventors: Kinya Aota, Toshiro Fujita
  • Patent number: 8501345
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell is provided. The cell includes a plurality of electrode sheets separated by at least one separator sheet. A positive extension tab is attached to a current collecting tabs of positive electrode sheets, and a negative extension tab is attached to current collecting tabs of the negative electrode sheets. The dimensions of the positive extension tab and the negative extension tab are selected such that temperature difference between positive extension tab and the negative extension tab are minimized when the electrochemical cell is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: A123 Systems LLC
    Inventors: William H. Gardner, Stefan Tillmann
  • Publication number: 20130196212
    Abstract: A 1.5V battery and manufacturing method thereof is disclosed. The battery includes a positive electrode composed of 80%-90 weight-% of pyrite, up to 3.5% of conductive carbon black, 3%-5% of graphite, 2%-4% of oxide or lithium oxide and 1%-4% of water-soluble adhesive; a negative electrode composed of lithium metal or a lithium-aluminum alloy; an electrolyte composed of an organic solvent selected from three or more of NMP, PC, DME, DOL, isoxazoles, THF, DMSO and SFL; and an inorganic salt solute selected from one or more of LiClO4, LiCF3SO3, LiI, LiAsF6 and LiBF4; and a separator made of polyethylene resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Wenshuo Pan, Xianwen He, Zhongfen Lao
  • Publication number: 20130196197
    Abstract: A system includes a battery cell having a packaging and a coil disposed within the packaging. The battery cell further includes a first terminal electrically coupled to a portion the coil and protruding through an opening in the packaging, wherein the first terminal is hermetically sealed at the opening in the packaging using a compressive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventor: Johnson Controls Technology Company
  • Publication number: 20130196222
    Abstract: A button cell with a housing includes a cup part and a cover part, which each have a floor region and a lateral surface region adjacent thereto and extending up to a first cut edge. A positive and a negative electrode, separated by a separator, are arranged in the housing. The cup part and the cover part are physically separated and electrically isolated from one another by a film seal, wherein the film seal surrounds the outer side of the cover part in the lateral surface region like a collar and is turned over the cut edge of the cover part inwardly. The film seal in this case forms, together with the separator and the cover part, a closed cavity in which the negative electrode is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: VARTA MICROBATTERY GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Brenner, Eduard Pytlik
  • Publication number: 20130189569
    Abstract: A fabrication method of a secondary battery having excellent electrolyte impregnating characteristics and excellent productivity without fracture of an electrode plate or separation of an active material is disclosed. The fabrication method includes providing a plurality of first electrode plates and second electrode plates and two separators, attaching the plurality of first electrode plates to portions between the two separators, attaching the plurality of second electrode plates to one of the two separators, winding the separators having the plurality of first and second electrode plates to form a wound electrode assembly, removing curved portions of the outermost separators positioned at exterior sides of the first and second electrode plates to form a stacked electrode assembly and accommodating the stacked electrode assembly in a sheath member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chul Youm
  • Publication number: 20130189565
    Abstract: A battery having a negative electrode including an anode current collector having at least one sheet of carbon nanotubes and semiconductor material deposited on the sheet; a positive electrode including a cathode current collector having at least one sheet of carbon nanotubes having a nickel sulfide or tin sulfide deposited on the sheet; and a separator situated between the negative electrode and positive electrode is provided. Methods for forming a cathode having nickel sulfide or tin sulfide deposited on a carbon nanotube sheet are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: NANOCOMP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130174393
    Abstract: A method for drying an electrode pair is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes preparing a positive electrode by applying a positive electrode material to a current collector; preparing a negative electrode by applying a negative electrode material to a current collector; preparing one set of an electrode pair made up of a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode which are laminated in this order or preparing sets of electrode pairs, the sets being laminated, a separator being provided between the respective sets, each of the electrode pairs being made up of a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode which are laminated in this order; accommodating the electrode pair(s) in a container; and drying the container in which the electrode pair(s) has been accommodated by use of the freeze-drying method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: ESPEC CORP.
    Inventor: Junichi Inahara
  • Patent number: 8480763
    Abstract: A sealed battery includes a sealing plate 13 sealing a mouth of an outer can, an external terminal 16 attached to the sealing plate 13 and having a connecting terminal 23, and a current interruption mechanism 18 interrupting current in response to pressure increase in the outer can that is installed in a conductive pathway electrically connecting the connecting terminal 23 and an electrode assembly. In the connecting terminal 23, a through-hole 23b continuing to the space on the current interruption mechanism 18 at the side corresponding to the outside of the battery is formed. The through-hole 23b is sealed with a terminal stopper 30 made of an elastic member so as to form a closed space between the terminal stopper 30 and current interruption mechanism 18. An electrolyte or washing solution hardly enters the current interruption mechanism during the manufacture can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nansaka, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Nohma
  • Publication number: 20130171482
    Abstract: A rechargeable pencil battery has a hollow cylindrical positive electrode including nickel hydroxide; a gelled negative electrode comprising at least one of zinc and a zinc compound; a separator interposed between the hollow cylindrical positive electrode and the gelled negative electrode; and a negative electrode current collector inserted into the gelled negative electrode. Rechargeable batteries of the invention are capable of between about 50 and 1000 cycles from a fully charge state to a fully discharged state at a discharge rates of about 0.5 C or greater, in some embodiments about 1 C or greater. Batteries of the invention have a ratio of length to diameter of between about 1.5:1 and about 20:1, and therefore can be longer than typical commercially available batteries but also include batteries of commercial sizes e.g. AAAA, AAA, AA, C, D, sub-C and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: POWERGENIX SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: PowerGenix Systems, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130167363
    Abstract: Non-aqueous electrolyte solutions capable of protecting negative electrode materials such as lithium metal and carbonaceous materials in energy storage electrochemical cells (e.g., lithium metal batteries, lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors) include an electrolyte salt, a non-aqueous electrolyte solvent mixture, an unsaturated organic compound 4-methylene-1,3-dioxolan-2-one or 4,5-dimethylene-1,3-dioxolan-2-one, and other optional additives. The 1,3-dioxolan-2-ones help to form a good solid electrolyte interface on the negative electrode surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Novolyte Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Novolyte Technologies, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130161105
    Abstract: A battery assembly, or module, for a vehicle having a battery compartment that defines an opening in the floor. The battery module is disposed partially within the battery compartment and extends through an opening in the floor of a battery compartment to be partially disposed below the floor of the vehicle. A method of installing a battery module into a vehicle is also disclosed. The battery module is inserted partially into an opening in a floor of a battery compartment with a lower portion of the battery module being retained below the floor and an upper portion of the battery module being retained above the floor. A seal is attached between the battery module and the opening in the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Mladen M. Marjanovic, Stephen W. Siu
  • Patent number: 8470057
    Abstract: A method for producing an alkaline primary battery includes: (1) forming a cylindrical positive electrode having a hollow; (2) inserting a cylindrical separator with a bottom into the hollow of the positive electrode, the separator including: a wound cylindrical portion; and a bottom portion that is substantially U-shaped in cross-section, the bottom portion covering an opening of the cylindrical portion at a lower end thereof and having an upstanding portion that extends along a lower outer face of the cylindrical portion; and (3) injecting an electrolyte into the separator. The amount of the electrolyte injected into the separator in the step (3) is sufficient to impregnate the positive electrode and the separator and immerse a lower end of the cylindrical portion of the separator in the electrolyte remaining in the separator, thereby bringing the lower end of the cylindrical portion into contact with the upstanding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuji Adachi, Yasuhiko Syoji
  • Publication number: 20130143111
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Motoki Hoshino, Jun Nakamura, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Takeshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20130143077
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery package can include flexible foil, a first conductor patch exposed on the flexible foil, a second conductor patch exposed on the flexible foil, a folded orientation of the flexible foil that includes a contact between the first conductor patch and the second conductor patch, and an expanded orientation of the flexible foil that includes a space between the first conductor patch and the second conductor patch. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Joseph Anthony Holung, Kenneth Scott Seethaler, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Publication number: 20130133185
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a flat battery comprising a package formed by a cathode, an anode, and a separator layer sandwiched between the cathode and the anode, a sealing frame extending circumferentially around said package, a first current collector contacting the anode, and a second current collector contacting the cathode. The first and second current collectors each partly cover the sealing frame in a zone being adjacent to the package. According to the invention, the battery further comprises a first polymeric jacket layer being arranged on the first current collector and a second polymeric jacket layer being arranged on the second current collector, said first and second polymeric jacket layers extending circumferentially beyond the current collectors and beyond the sealing frame and being sealed together to form an outer jacket for the battery. Furthermore, the present invention also concerns a method to produce such a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: RENATA AG
    Inventor: RENATA AG
  • Publication number: 20130136976
    Abstract: An energy storage element includes: a container; an electrode assembly housed in the container; an electrode terminal; a current collector which electrically connects the electrode terminal and the electrode assembly; and an external insulation sealing member for insulating the container and the electrode terminal. The container includes a protrusion part having a through-hole for allowing penetration of the electrode terminal and protruding from the upper surface of the container. The electrode terminal is electrically connected to the current collector in a state where the electrode terminal penetrates through the protrusion part. The external insulation sealing member has a side part disposed along the side surface of the protrusion part, and the end surface of the end part of the side part at the side of the upper surface is apart from the upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventor: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8450000
    Abstract: Design of a rapidly rechargeable gas battery is disclosed. In one embodiment, a rapidly rechargeable gas battery is constructed of a plurality of high surface area, gas adsorbing electrodes and an electrolyte, wherein, during charging operation, gases are formed and adsorbed at the plurality of electrodes such that they generate an electrochemical potential for discharge of the cell formed by electrodes and electrolyte until the state-of-charge has become negligible (deep discharge). The rapidly rechargeable gas battery is designed such that it can withstand high charging current and a deep discharge without irreversible changes in the electrode materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: 4D Energetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Iouri I. Balachov, Ronald H. Wolk, J. Robert Selman
  • Publication number: 20130130079
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes an opening portion provided to a case. A first sealing body is provided to the opening portion, the first sealing body being displaced or deformed by a pressure difference between an inside and an outside of the case in such manners that the first sealing body is pressed by internal pressure to allow outflow of inside air from the opening portion when the internal pressure in the case is higher than external pressure and that the first sealing body is pressed by the external pressure to prevent entry of outside air from the opening portion when the internal pressure in the case is lower than the external pressure. Pressure in a space surrounded with the case and the first sealing body is set to be lower than pressure outside the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Tomonori Kako, Sumio Mori
  • Publication number: 20130122335
    Abstract: Provided are a battery cell and a battery module including the same. The battery cell is provided with a vent part, which is a predetermined region of a sealing part of a case having a width narrower than that of the other region thereof, thereby making it possible to easily discharge gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HEECHAN PARK, SANG BUM KIM
  • Publication number: 20130118005
    Abstract: Separator for cylindrical cell of the outwardly guided type, wherein a sheet material is wound around a mandrel, and starting from the winding step until the insertion of a separator into the cell, an outward support is used that renders the binding of neighboring turns of the separator winding unnecessary, and the separator sheet has an extended portion, with the extension being at least equal to the radius of the separator cylinder, and with this extended portion being wetted with distilled or de-ionized water until the material softens and the winding and the mandrel are rotated and the bottom part is folded back and heat fused to close the separator cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: HIBAR SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hibar Systems, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130122330
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery comprising an electrode separator arrangement filled with an electrolyte, characterised in that the electrode separator arrangement is at least partially covered with a casting compound (FIG. 6a). The invention also relates to a method for producing such a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Hoerpel, Martin Schuster, Dirk Hoppe
  • Patent number: 8440356
    Abstract: Disclosed is the present invention directed to a process for manufacturing an electrode assembly, including: prior to assembling to electrode, bending a cathode, having an active material layer coated on one major surface of a current collector, and an anode, having an active material layer coated on one major surface of another current collector, in a zigzag fashion in vertical sections; and after the bending of the cathode and the anode, fitting the cathode and the anode to each other, such that the electrode active material layers face each other, while a separator is disposed between the cathode and the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: KiJae Kim, Min Su Kim, Hey Woong Park
  • Patent number: 8439983
    Abstract: Provided is a sealed battery that can offer excellent battery performances by having its electrode terminal and a current collector securely welded to each other, and its manufacturing method. The sealed battery is formed by hermetically sealing a casing storing an electrode assembly and the current collector, wherein: the electrode assembly formed by layering positive and negative electrode plates with a separator sandwiched therebetween is electrically connected to the current collector; and a shaft portion of the electrode terminal penetrates through the current collector. A part of the electrode terminal projecting out from a pass-through of the current collector is a (conical) frustum-shaped portion whose bottom base is in contact with the current collector. The frustum-shaped portion is pressed against the current collector, and the frustum-shaped portion and the current collector are welded together in at least one area on a perimeter of the bottom base of the frustum-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Okutani, Atsushi Obayashi, Tomokazu Yamanaka, Yoshikumi Miyamoto, Ryuji Oshita
  • Publication number: 20130115490
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a case for housing the electrode assembly, and a terminal electrically coupled to the electrode assembly and protruding to an outside of the case. An internal pressure of the case is lower than an atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Joong-Heon Kim, Chi-Young Lee, Jong-Seok Moon, Jeong-Wan Haam
  • Publication number: 20130115491
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a battery cell which includes a weakness for relieving pressure. This battery cell includes a jelly roll comprising layers which are wound together, including a cathode with an active coating, a separator and an anode with an active coating. The jelly roll also includes a first conductive tab coupled to the cathode and a second conductive tab coupled to the anode. The jelly roll is enclosed in a flexible pouch, wherein the first and second conductive tabs extend through seals in the pouch to provide terminals for the battery cell. This pouch includes a weakness which yields when internal pressure in the pouch exceeds a threshold to create a hole which releases the internal pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Apple Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130108906
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a battery cell. The battery cell includes a set of layers forming a non-rectangular shape, wherein the set of layers comprises a cathode with an active coating, a separator, and an anode with an active coating. The battery cell also includes a first conductive tab coupled to the cathode and a second conductive tab coupled to the anode. The layers are enclosed in a flexible pouch, and the first and second conductive tabs are extended through seals in the pouch to provide terminals for the battery cell. Furthermore, the non-rectangular shape is created by removing material from one or more of the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ramesh C. Bhardwaj, John Raff, Stephen R. McClure, Erik L. Wang, Taisup Hwang
  • Publication number: 20130108907
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to the manufacture of a battery cell. The battery cell includes a set of layers including a cathode with an active coating, a separator, and an anode with an active coating. The battery cell also includes a pouch enclosing the layers, wherein the pouch is flexible. The layers may be wound to create a jelly roll prior to sealing the layers in the flexible pouch. A curve may also be formed in the battery cell by applying a pressure of at least 0.13 kilogram-force (kgf) per square millimeter to the layers using a set of curved plates applying a temperature of about 85° C. to the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ramesh C. Bhardwaj, John Raff, Stephen R. McClure, Erik L. Wang, Taisup Hwang
  • Publication number: 20130108912
    Abstract: A battery stack includes a plurality of curved base layers, at least one curved bipolar layer, at least one anode layer disposed between a first curved base layer of the plurality of curved base layers and the at least one curved bipolar layer, at least one cathode layer disposed between the at least one bipolar layer, a second base layer and a plurality of seals. The first base layer and the at least one bipolar layer are provided with one or more seals that seal the first base layer to the at least one bipolar layer without contacting the anode and/or the cathode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Shu Ching Quek, Chandra Sekher Yerramalli, Curtis Alan Johnson, Reza Sarrafi-Nour
  • Publication number: 20130095377
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell including an anode comprising a carbonaceous material, where the carbonaceous material is capable of reversibly incorporating lithium ions therein and lithium metal on the surface thereof, a cathode capable of reversibly incorporating therein lithium ions, and a non-aqueous electrolyte in contact with the anode and the cathode, where the ratio of the capacity to reversibly incorporate lithium ions of the cathode to the capacity to reversibly incorporate lithium ions in the form of LiC6 of the carbonaceous material of the anode is equal to or larger than 4.5:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: TADIRAN BATTERIES LTD.
    Inventor: Tadiran Batteries Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130095357
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to the manufacture of a battery cell. The battery cell includes a set of layers including a cathode with an active coating, a separator, and an anode with an active coating. The battery cell also includes a pouch enclosing the layers, wherein the pouch is flexible. The layers may be wound to create a jelly roll prior to sealing the layers in the flexible pouch. The stiffness of the battery cell may be increased by applying a pressure of at least 0.13 kilogram-force (kgf) per square millimeter and a temperature of about 85° C. to the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ramesh C. Bhardwaj, Sheba Devan, Taisup Hwang
  • Publication number: 20130095381
    Abstract: A microbattery that includes, in succession starting from a first substrate: a first current collector, a first electrode, an electrolyte, a second electrode consisting of a solder joint, a second current collector and a second substrate. Additionally, a method for manufacturing a microbattery, which includes the following steps: forming a thin-film multilayer including, in succession from the first substrate, a first current collector, a first electrode, an electrolyte and a first metal film; forming a second current collector on a face of a second substrate; and forming a second electrode by soldering the first metal film and the second current collector together, said substrates being placed facing each other during assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Sami Oukassi, Nicolas Dunoyer, Raphael Salot
  • Patent number: 8420256
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a flow plate and a seal that is contact with the flow plate. The seal forms an outer boundary of a sealed region to contain a reactant flow. The flow plate includes an opening that is located out of the sealed region to communicate leakage from the sealed region to an exhaust flow of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arne W. Ballantine, David Kirchhoff, Lisa Gordon
  • Publication number: 20130089774
    Abstract: In lithium bipolar batteries, to improve sealing against electrolytes between adjacent electrochemical cells, mixed current collector-electrode supports are produced, in a form of a metal grate or raised metal sheet housed in a strip made of electrical insulator material, the function of the periphery of which is to constitute a sealing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Commissariat a l"energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventor: Marianne Chami
  • Publication number: 20130084484
    Abstract: A laminate battery comprising: a flat electrode assembly having a main face and a side face having a smaller area than the main face; and a laminate casing having a cup portion that is capable of housing therein the electrode assembly. The laminate casing is sealed with the electrode assembly housed in the cup portion and has a reduced pressure interior. The cup portion includes a base portion that covers the main face of the electrode assembly, a side portion that extends along the side face of the electrode assembly, and a bend portion that extends from the base portion beyond the side face of the electrode assembly, forms a bend towards the side face of the electrode assembly, and connects with the side portion. An angle of a vertex of the bend is within a range of 40° to 85° inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130084475
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery including a lithium ion battery core, a cylindrical aluminum shell, a positive guide needle of the anode, a negative guide needle of the cathode, a rubber seal having a circular recess in the outside of the side wall, and a sealing band. The battery core is arranged within the shell. The positive and negative guide needles are led out from under the seal. The battery core together with the rubber seal is sealed in the shell via the sealing band which is molded from an insulated moldable material by rolling. The sealing band is applied only to the top portion of the shell, the side wall of the seal, and the edge of the top wall of the seal. The bottom wall of the shell is provided with a pressure relief valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventor: Huijun GU
  • Publication number: 20130084472
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including a battery cell having an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure disposed in a battery case together with an electrolyte in a sealed state, the battery case being provided at an upper end thereof with a first electrode terminal, a second electrode terminal, and a pair of fastening grooves, a protection circuit module (PCM) including a protection circuit board (PCB) having a protection circuit formed thereon, connection members A and B connected to the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, respectively, and a safety element, an insulative mounting member, and an electrically insulative top cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: LG Chem, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130067728
    Abstract: A sealed battery includes a sealing plate 13 sealing a mouth of an outer can, an external terminal 16 attached to the sealing plate 13 and having a connecting terminal 23, and a current interruption mechanism 18 interrupting current in response to pressure increase in the outer can that is installed in a conductive pathway electrically connecting the connecting terminal 23 and an electrode assembly. In the connecting terminal 23, a through-hole 23b continuing to the space on the current interruption mechanism 18 at the side corresponding to the outside of the battery is formed. The through-hole 23b is sealed with a terminal stopper 30 made of an elastic member so as to form a closed space between the terminal stopper 30 and current interruption mechanism 18. An electrolyte or washing solution hardly enters the current interruption mechanism during the manufacture can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130067727
    Abstract: A sealed battery includes a sealing plate 13 sealing a mouth of an outer can, an external terminal 16 attached to the sealing plate 13 and having a connecting terminal 23, and a current interruption mechanism 18 interrupting current in response to pressure increase in the outer can that is installed in a conductive pathway electrically connecting the connecting terminal 23 and an electrode assembly. In the connecting terminal 23, a through-hole 23b continuing to the space on the current interruption mechanism 18 at the side corresponding to the outside of the battery is formed. The through-hole 23b is sealed with a terminal stopper 30 made of an elastic member so as to form a closed space between the terminal stopper 30 and current interruption mechanism 18. An electrolyte or washing solution hardly enters the current interruption mechanism during the manufacture can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130073004
    Abstract: One example includes a battery that includes a stack of at least one substantially planar anode and at least one substantially planar cathode, wherein the stack defines a contoured exterior, and a battery housing enclosing the stack, the battery housing defining a battery housing exterior, wherein the contoured exterior of the stack is shaped to conform to a contoured interior of the battery housing that approximately conforms to the battery housing exterior, the battery produced by the process of modeling, using fluid dynamics, an exterior of a biocompatible housing and shaping the battery housing to conform to at least some of the exterior of the biocompatible housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Michael J. Root, Nick A. Youker, Keith R. Maile
  • Patent number: 8398726
    Abstract: A method including the steps of assembling a battery pack core; holding the core in a mold that forms a molded resin region; closing a cavity of the mold; injecting synthetic resin into the closed cavity; and ejecting the battery pack from the cavity to configure the battery pack with the battery pack core insert-molded in the molded resin region. A projection that protrudes towards an inner surface of the mold cavity is provided on the surface of the insulating cover fixed on the battery. In the resin injection step, the projection on the insulating cover is pressed directly or indirectly by the mold in a direction to put the insulating cover tightly in contact with the surface of the battery; and synthetic resin is injected into the cavity of the mold in this pressed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadao Yamagami, Masatsugu Naka, Ryosuke Kubo
  • Patent number: 8398727
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible-film primary battery includes forming a first conductive carbon layer directly on a surface-treated inner surface of a first pouch film to form a positive electrode collector, and forming a positive electrode layer on the first conductive carbon layer to form a positive electrode plate. A second conductive carbon layer is formed directly on a surface-treated inner surface of a second pouch film to form a negative electrode collector, and a negative electrode layer is formed on the second conductive carbon layer to form a negative electrode plate. An adhesion/post-injection polymer electrolyte layer is inserted between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate to manufacture a battery assembly. An electrolyte is injected into the polymer electrolyte layer of the battery assembly. The battery assembly is sealed completely to form a primary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Young Gi Lee, Kwang Man Kim, Min Gyu Choi, Sang Hyo Lee, Jong Dae Kim
  • Publication number: 20130061460
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte solution is prepared in a divided form as a first solution having a lower solute content rate than the nonaqueous electrolyte solution, and a second solution formed of ingredients of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution excluding ingredients of the first solution. Next, the first solution is injected into a battery case housing an electrode assembly. Then, the first solution is impregnated into the electrode assembly. Subsequently, the second solution is injected into the battery case. Then, the second solution is impregnated into the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Yusuke ONODA
  • Publication number: 20130065122
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes an anode, a semi-solid cathode, and a separator disposed therebetween. The semi-solid cathode includes a porous current collector and a suspension of an active material and a conductive material disposed in a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte. The porous current collector is at least partially disposed within the suspension such that the suspension substantially encapsulates the porous current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: 24M Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yet-Ming Chiang, William Craig Carter, James C. Cross, III, Ricardo Bazzarella, Naoki Ota
  • Patent number: 8394554
    Abstract: A separator suction device for a fuel cell, having a suction plate and a suction pump. A fuel cell separator is placed on the suction plate. The fuel cell separator has flow paths formed as grooves and ridges on one side of thereof and also has a gasket that is a seal member placed around the flow paths. The suction plate attracts the fuel cell separator by suction. The suction pump sucks the fuel cell separator through suction openings formed in the suction plate. The suction plate has a suction groove which receives the gasket and which has a suction opening formed in it. Further, the suction plate preferably has the suction openings at positions where the ridges of the fuel cell separator are to be placed and is made of an elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigemitsu Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20130059181
    Abstract: A battery cell design is disclosed that provides a predictable pathway through a portion of the cell (e.g., the cell cap assembly) for the efficient release of the thermal energy that occurs during thermal runaway, thereby reducing the chances of a rupture in an undesirable location. Furthermore the disclosed design maintains the functionality of the cell cap as the positive terminal of the cell, thereby having minimal impact on the manufacturability of the cell as well as its use in a variety of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: TESLA MOTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco LePort, Scott Ira Kohn, Orion Andrew King, Alex Prilutsky
  • Patent number: 8389148
    Abstract: Separator for cylindrical cell of the outwardly guided type, wherein a sheet material is wound around a mandrel, and starting from the winding step until the insertion of a separator into the cell, an outward support is used that renders the binding of neighboring turns of the separator winding unnecessary, and the separator sheet has an extended portion, with the extension being at least equal to the radius of the separator cylinder, and with this extended portion being wetted with distilled or de-ionized water until the material softens and the winding and the mandrel are rotated and the bottom part is folded back and heat fused to close the separator cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hibar Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Djuro Slivar
  • Publication number: 20130052510
    Abstract: To improve cycling characteristics by evening out the battery reaction across different areas of a laminated electrode assembly in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary-cell battery where the laminated electrode assembly, having tape applied to a top layer, an end face, and a bottom layer thereof, is contained in an outer casing, the tape applied to the periphery of the laminated electrode assembly, configured from a stacked plurality of interleaved separators, cathode plates, and anode plates, extends in the stacking direction across the top layer, end face, and bottom layer of the laminated electrode assembly. Each piece of tape is formed of a base material that is one of styrene-butadiene rubber, styrene rubber, or butadiene rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Miyazaki, Naoko Tsunomura
  • Publication number: 20130042466
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of improving the properties of a rechargeable nickel metal hydride battery. The method comprises a step of adding hydrogen peroxide in the alkaline electrolyte right before the closing of a sealed battery. Better performances on positive electrode active material utilization, charge retention at high temperature, and cycle stability are realized through this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Shida Battery Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Aishen Wu
  • Publication number: 20130040170
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery pack including an anode and cathode terminal of a battery cell, the anode and cathode terminal being made of a plate-shaped conductive member, and being electrically connected to a PCM, a battery cell having the anode and cathode terminal formed at one end thereof, the battery cell being provided at the end thereof with a thermally welded surplus portion, and a PCM including a PCB having a protection circuit formed thereon, the PCB being provided at one side thereof with a cathode and an anode terminal connection portion and at the other side thereof with an external input and output terminal connection portion, an external input and output terminal electrically connected to the protection circuit of the PCB via the external input and output terminal connection portion of the PCB, and an electrically insulative PCM case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Woon CHOI, Hyung Ku YUN, Sang Hyuk PARK