Abstract: Provided is a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, each of which is provided with an electrode tab, an electrode lead including first and second lead parts respectively connected to the electrode tabs of the adjacent battery cells and a connection part connecting the first and second lead parts to each other, and a bus bar to which the first and second lead parts are coupled and connecting the plurality of battery cells to each other in series or parallel.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising an enclosure in which plural kinds of positive electrodes having a positive electrode active material; a non-aqueous electrolyte; a negative electrode containing a titanium compound as a main component of a negative electrode active material; and a separator held between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and formed from an electrical insulating material are enclosed, which comprises a separator-holding negative electrode which is held by the separator from both sides thereof and is disposed between one of the positive electrodes and the other one of the positive electrode adjacent thereto, the separator-holding negative electrode serving as the negative electrode, and wherein the plural kinds of the positive electrodes comprises a first positive electrode containing a layered rock salt compound as the positive electrode active material, and a second positive electrode whose main component is a positive electrode active material different i

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector for battery and a battery having the same. The connector includes: a terminal connecting part configured to be connected with an electrode terminal of the battery; an electrode core connecting part configured to be connected with a winding electrode core of the battery, and having a first connecting plate and a second connecting plate opposite to each other; and a transition part connected between the terminal connecting part and the electrode core connecting part, configured to be fitted within a gap between two tabs of two adjacent winding electrode cores, and having a shape matched with that of the gap.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrochemical accumulator comprising at least one housing and at least one electrochemical cell disposed in said housing as well as at least two electrical connection terminals for electrically contacting the accumulator, wherein at least one of the connection terminals is formed from at least two interconnected sections of differing metals or metal alloys. The invention furthermore relates to a method for manufacturing an electrochemical accumulator.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolysis module including: an electrolysis unit module including a plurality of pipe-type electrolysis cells connected in series with each other; a molding case surrounding the periphery of the electrolysis unit module to protect the electrolysis module; a cell guide member installed in the molding case to support the electrolysis unit module; a power cable having a first end connected to the electrolysis unit module and a second end extending to an outside through the molding case; and a resin layer formed by filling the inside of the molding case to cover the outer surface of the electrolysis unit module disposed in the molding case.

Abstract: An electrode plate for power storage devices having a high capacity and a power storage device including the electrode plate for power storage devices, an exemplary embodiment includes a strip-shaped positive electrode core and a positive electrode active material layer provided on at least one surface of the positive electrode core. A bare part is formed in an end portion of the positive electrode core in the width direction. The bare part is a part in which the surface of the core is exposed and to which a positive electrode lead is to be connected. The positive electrode active material layer has a thin part in at least part of a first region aligned with the bare part in the longitudinal direction of the positive electrode core. The thin part is thinner than a second region, which is a region other than the first region.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a wound electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a pouch accommodating the electrode assembly; and; an adhesive tape on an outer surface of the electrode assembly. The adhesive having adhesiveness through reaction with an electrolyte.

Abstract: In an electrode body for use in non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a first end of a separator is located more interiorly than one positive electrode end of a positive electrode plate in a width direction, located more exteriorly than one end of a coated positive electrode portion of the positive electrode plate, and located more exteriorly than one end of a coated negative electrode portion of a negative electrode plate. The first end of the separator is thicker than an intermediate portion. A second end of the separator is located more interiorly than an other negative electrode end of the negative electrode plate in the width direction, located more exteriorly than the other end of the coated positive electrode portion of the positive electrode plate, and located more exteriorly than an other end of the coated negative electrode portion of the negative electrode plate. The second end of the separator is thicker than the intermediate portion.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate sealing an upper portion of the case, a coupling pin elongated downwardly from the cap plate to the electrode assembly such that the coupling pin is concave when the cap plate is viewed from above and convex when the cap plate is viewed from below, and an electrode lead coupled to the coupling pin which electrically connects the coupling pin and the electrode assembly to one another. The battery may have a simple structure, reduced electrical resistance, an improved output performance.

Abstract: The present application provides an electrode tab structure and a battery, the electrode tab structure includes: an electrode tab substrate; a current collector connected with the electrode tab substrate, a largest thickness after the electrode tab substrate being welded with the current collector is less than or equal to 1.5 times of a sum of a thickness of the electrode tab substrate and a thickness of the current collector. In the present application, the thickness of the electrode tab structure is suitably limited with respect to the sum of the thickness of the electrode tab substrate and the current collector, which avoids defect of too large welding resistance caused by too large thickness of the electrode tab structure, so as to improve internal symmetry of the cell, increase the reliability of the electrode tab structure, and avoid from deforming, which thereby improving the overall performance of the battery.

Abstract: An electrochemical storage cell may comprise first and second electrode sheets wound around a cylindrical core forming a jellyroll structure, the first and second electrode sheets each comprising uncoated conductive edges parallel to end faces of the jellyroll structure, and coated opposing surfaces between the uncoated conductive edges, first and second separator sheets mechanically and electrically separating the coated opposing surfaces of the first and second electrode sheets and mechanically and electrically separating the cylindrical core and the coated opposing surfaces of the first electrode sheet, and slotted cutouts from the uncoated conductive edges, the slotted cutouts angularly co-located relative to the cylindrical core upon forming the jellyroll structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly in which a plurality of electrode plates are stacked so that a separator is interposed between a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, wherein each of the electrode plates includes an electrode tab protruding outwards at one side thereof for coupling with an electrode lead, wherein at least one electrode plate of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate extends relatively longer than the separator at one end of the electrode plate where the electrode tab is located to form the electrode plate extension protruding out of the separator, and wherein the electrode plate extensions of the same polarity are coupled to each other.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: a case having an opening; an electrode assembly in the case and including a first electrode and a second electrode; a cap plate coupled to the opening of the case; a first current collector electrically connected to the first electrode; and a support fixed to an inner surface of the case, wherein the first current collector is hooked on the support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly and a battery pack having the same, which can reinforce strength of an electrode tab by a protection layer formed on at least one surface of each of a plurality of electrode tabs. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate having a plurality of first electrode tabs extending and protruding to one side, a second electrode plate having a plurality of second electrode tabs extending and protruding to one side, and a separator interposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate. The first electrode plate may further include a first protection layer formed on one surface of each of the plurality of first electrode tabs.

Abstract: A fabrication method of a battery includes the steps of providing an electrode group, a first sealing film and a second sealing film; bonding a part of a first surface of the first sealing film and a part of a first surface of the second sealing film by thermo-compression to form a sealed chamber, wherein at least one of the first sealing film and the second sealing film has a redundant part located outside the sealed chamber and without being bound by thermo-compression, and a part of the electrode group is disposed in the sealed chamber; and injecting an electrolyte into the sealed chamber.

Abstract: A battery includes: a battery outer case; an electrode body; and a terminal. The case main body includes a bottomed case main body which has a flat accommodation space and of which one surface is opened, and a sealing plate attached to that one surface of the case main body which is opened. The electrode body is a flat electrode body, is accommodated in the flat accommodation space of the case main body, and has a part to which the terminal is joined. The terminal includes a base end attached to the sealing plate, an intermediate part extending from the base end toward the part to which the terminal is joined, along a surface on one side of the battery outer case, and a tip end joined to the part to which the terminal is joined. The tip end of the terminal is joined to a surface on one side of the part to which the terminal is joined, and pushes the part to which the terminal is joined.

Abstract: An exemplary method treating a cardiovascular disease in a patient includes 1) generating, by an electroacupuncture device implanted beneath a skin surface of the patient, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05, and 2) applying, by the electroacupuncture device in accordance with the duty cycle, the stimulation sessions to a median nerve of the patient by way of an electrode array located within the patient at an acupoint corresponding to the median nerve.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes a bipolar electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The electrode includes positive-pole and negative-pole active material layers formed on both side surfaces of a current collector. The electrode is divided into plural parts each having a predetermined length in one direction, and is sequentially and alternately bent at every lines between the parts in opposite directions so that the parts are overlapped with each other.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly, a cap plate comprising an electrode terminal, and an electrode lead coupled to the cap plate, wherein the electrode lead electrically connects the electrode assembly and the electrode terminal and the cap plate and the electrode lead are coupled at the center of the electrode lead, which may reduce an electric resistance of a charge/discharge path and improve output performance of the battery.

Abstract: An energy storage device includes: a container; a terminal disposed outside the container or a current collector disposed inside the container; a conductive member penetrating the container and connected to the current collector or the terminal; and a fixing member joining the current collector or the terminal and the conductive member to each other.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery having an insulating member is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first and second electrodes. The battery also includes a storage case housing the electrode assembly. An opening is formed in the storage case. The battery further includes a cap plate attached to the opening of the storage case, a terminal penetrating through the cap plate, and a connection plate electrically connecting the terminal to the second electrode. The battery also includes an insulating member interposed between the cap plate and the connection plate. The insulating member includes a base plate contacting a bottom surface of the cap plate and a supporting rib that protrudes from the base plate and contacts an inner surface of the storage case.

Abstract: A battery module comprises at least one battery cell including two battery cell terminals. The battery module further comprises a battery module cover configured for connection to the battery module to cover at least part of the battery module. Conducting tracks configured for connection to at least one sensor in an electrically conductive manner are integrated in the battery module cover.

Abstract: A secondary battery pack including end plates capable of suppressing a deformation caused by an expansion force of unit cells, a movable wall disposed between at least one end plate and one side face of a unit cell, elastic members disposed between at least one end plate and the movable wall, and connecting bars configured to connect the end plates with each other disposed on both opposite end sides of the at least one unit cell.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode wound with a separator interposed between the first and second electrodes and a case accommodating the electrode assembly. The battery also includes a cap assembly including a cap plate coupled to the case to close an opening formed on one side of the case, a first terminal placed at the cap plate and electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second terminal placed at the cap plate and electrically connected to the second electrode. The case includes a concave portion formed on one outer surface.

Abstract: The present application relates to an electrode tab pad plate, the electrode tab pad plate is of a fork shape, including a joint part and two first fork feet, the two first fork feet are arranged in parallel, and a first gap is provided between the two first fork feet, both the first fork feet are connected with the joint part. The electrode tab pad plate provided by the present application, through gathering the electrode tabs at inner sides of the electrode tab pad plate, so that the electrode tabs are gathered toward the direction away from the battery housing, so as to guarantee the safety performance of the Li-ion battery, since the space occupied by the electrode tab pad plate is small, which facilitates the improvement of the cell capacity, thereby improving the performance of the battery.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can suppress a drop in a flash point of an electrolyte solution even if the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is used for a long time. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an electrode body having a structure in which a positive electrode including a positive-electrode active material and a negative electrode including a negative-electrode active material are stacked with a separator interposed therebetween; a non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing a flame retardant; and an outer casing accommodating the electrode body and the non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution in the electrode body has a flame retardant concentration lower than a flame retardant concentration in the non-aqueous electrolyte solution between the electrode body and the outer casing.

Abstract: A pouch battery cell assembly for a traction battery includes a housing, a first intermediate terminal member, and a first terminal tab. The housing defines a cavity. The first intermediate terminal member is disposed at least partially within the housing and defines an access port open to an exterior of the housing and the cavity which may be sized for electrolyte injection. The first terminal tab is embedded within the first intermediate terminal member. A pressure sensitive release mechanism may be disposed within the access port to selectively vent gases from the cavity. A second intermediate terminal member may be at least partially disposed within the housing and a second terminal tab may be embedded within the second intermediate terminal member.

Abstract: A battery having flat, stacked, anode and cathode layers. The battery can be adapted to fit within an implantable medical device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a battery includes an electrode group, a tab, a conductive nipping member, a case, a lid and a lead. The conductive nipping member includes first and second nipping sections. The first and second nipping sections divide the tab into two bundles in which portions of the tab are laminated onto each other in a thickness direction of the electrode group. The lead includes a connecting section connected electrically to a terminal, and current collecting sections which are two sections branched from the connecting section and sandwiching the nipping member.

Abstract: An energy storage apparatus provided with a plurality of energy storage devices arranged in a row in a first direction. The energy storage apparatus includes: a bus bar connected to electrode terminals of at least two energy storage devices out of the plurality of energy storage devices; and a bus bar frame including a pressing portion that is brought into contact with the bus bar from a side opposite to the plurality of energy storage devices. The bus bar frame includes a first restriction portion with which a first member other than the bus bar frame is engaged such that a movement of the restriction portion toward the side opposite to the plurality of energy storage devices is restricted.

Abstract: There is disclosed a battery module that includes a housing. At least one terminal is melt joined with the bus member of the housing sealing the terminal relative to the bus member and providing a conductive path to an interior of the battery module. The terminal may be melt joined in an ultrasonic joining operation or in a thermal insertion operation. A plurality of cells are disposed in the housing with each of the cells electrically coupled via bus bars integrated into a bus member. Each of the cells includes a plurality of positive and negative electrodes that are spaced by a separator. The negative electrode includes a substrate having tab meeting at a flange that is connected to an active material portion of the electrode. The positive electrode includes a substrate having a tab meeting at a flange that is connected to an active material portion of the electrode.

Abstract: An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly; a case for storing the electrode assembly therein, the case having an electrolyte solution sealing portion where an electrolyte solution pouring hole formed in the case is sealed; and at least one partition member arranged in a gap formed between the case and the electrode assembly stored in the case. The partition member partitions the gap in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly by surrounding the electrode assembly in the winding direction of the electrode. The electrolyte solution pouring hole is arranged at a position closer to one end of the electrode assembly than the partition member close to one end of the case is in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: An electrical connection system for cell voltage monitoring in a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack comprises a plurality of layers and a plurality of electrically conductive connection tabs extending outwardly from at least one face of the stack. The electrically conductive connection tabs are each formed as a laterally extending free portion of a flexible sealing gasket. Other portions of the gasket are disposed to provide sealing engagement between at least two layers of the fuel cell stack. By using the gasket material to form such electrical connection tabs, rather than flow plates, the connection tabs are made flexible to make it easier to connect to standard arrays of connectors in connector assemblies.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes an electrode jelly-roll, which includes a winding including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator disposed between the first and second electrode plates; an outer surface parallel to a winding axis of the prismatic electrode jelly-roll, side surfaces perpendicular to the winding axis; a first electrode tab, which is electrically connected to the first electrode plate and extends in a winding axis direction of the prismatic electrode jelly-roll; a second electrode tab, which is electrically connected to the second electrode plate and extends in a winding axis direction of the electrode jelly-roll, wherein an end portion of at least one of the first electrode tab and the second electrode tab is bent in a direction opposite to the direction in which the corresponding electrode tab extends and faces an outer surface of the prismatic electrode jelly-roll.

Abstract: A system and method for an energy storage device, such as a battery, having an electrode tab, an electrode, and a laser weld coupling the electrode tab to the electrode. The electronic storage device or battery may be installed in an electronic device. Fabrication of the energy storage device may involve placing an electrode tab adjacent a surface of a thin layer of the electrode, and laser welding the electrode tab to the thin layer.

Abstract: An all-solid secondary battery has first electrode layers, and second electrode layers laminated on both sides of the first electrode layer with solid electrolyte layers placed in between, wherein at least one first opening is provided which penetrates the first electrode layer and the solid electrolyte layers adjacent to the first electrode layer, and the second electrode layers present on both sides of the first electrode layer are in contact with each other on the inside of the first opening.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery according to one or more exemplary embodiments includes: a pair of electrode assemblies, each including a first electrode including a coated region, a tab, and a connecting tab, a second electrode including a coated region, a tab, and a connecting tab, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode being wound; a case accommodating the pair of electrode assemblies; a cap plate at an opening of the case and defining terminal openings; and first and second electrode terminals respectively connected to the tabs of the first and second electrodes and respectively passing through the terminal openings. The pair of electrode assemblies are electrically connected to each other via the connecting tabs.

Abstract: Provided are an electrode for a lithium battery that is capable of providing a lithium battery having both high stability and high battery properties; a process for producing an electrode for a lithium battery, in which a positive electrode plate and/or a negative electrode plate, even when coated with a thermal activation material dissolved in an organic solvent such as a pyrrolidone-based solvent, is prevented from swelling; and a lithium battery including said electrode for a lithium battery. The electrode for a lithium battery includes an electrode plate, a mix layer and a heat insulating layer in this order, wherein the mix layer includes at least an aqueous adhesive and an active material; the heat insulating layer includes at least a thermal activation material; and at least part of the mix layer is in contact with at least part of the heat insulating layer.

Abstract: There is provided a secondary battery including a battery device that has a thickness of 3 to 20 mm, and a battery discharge capacity of 3 to 50 Ah, and an exterior material that packages the battery device. The battery device includes a positive electrode that has a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode that has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, a separator that is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode that are alternately laminated, a positive electrode tab that is electrically connected to a positive electrode current collector exposed portion and is led-out to the outside of the exterior material, and a negative electrode tab that is electrically connected to a negative electrode current collector exposed portion and is led-out to the outside of the exterior material.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to the design of a jelly-roll battery comprising an alternating anode and cathode layers coated with intervening separator layers wound into a jelly-roll. The alternating anode and cathode layers are coated with, respectively, an anode active coating and a cathode active coating. A first common notch and a second common notch are formed along at least one side of the jelly-roll. A common cathode tab can be bonded to the cathode tabs within the first common notch, and a common anode tab can be bonded to the anode tabs within the second common notch. The jelly-roll battery also includes a pouch enclosing the jelly-roll. Common anode and cathode tabs can extend through the pouch to provide cathode and anode terminals for the battery cell.

Abstract: Provided is a pouch-type secondary battery which can increase spatial utility by reducing the length of a non-electrode region and a method for fabricating the same. The secondary battery according to the present disclosure is a secondary battery having a sealed structure such that an electrode assembly of positive electrode plate/separator/negative electrode plate is embedded in a pouch case and an electrode tab of the electrode assembly is joined to an electrode lead and juts outside, wherein the electrode tab is welded to a side surface perpendicular to a surface-wise direction of the secondary battery on the electrode lead arranged parallel to the surface-wise direction of the secondary battery, to form a welded part in a thickness-wise direction of the electrode lead between the electrode lead and the electrode tab.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to embodiments of the present invention can reduce or prevent an uncoated portion and the rest of an electrode assembly from being damaged when the uncoated portion and a collector plate are coupled to each other using laser welding. The secondary battery includes a case having an internal space, an electrode assembly accommodated in the case, the electrode assembly having a coated portion coated with an active material and an uncoated portion without the active material, and a collector plate including a first collector plate and a second collector plate coupled to the uncoated portion, wherein first protrusions of the first collector plate and second protrusions of the second collector plate are engaged with each other with the uncoated portion interposed therebetween, and a boundary surface between the first protrusions and the second protrusions is configured to deviate with respect to a direction in which the collector plate is coupled to the uncoated portion.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate including a first electrode current collector and a first electrode active material layer thereon, a second electrode plate including a second electrode current collector and a second electrode active material layer thereon, a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, a first electrode tab coupled to the first electrode current collector, and a second electrode tab coupled to the second electrode current collector, wherein a region of the first electrode current collector including the first electrode tab faces a wound first electrode plate, wherein a region of the second electrode current collector including the second electrode tab faces a wound second electrode plate, and wherein the second electrode active material layer is only on one surface of the second electrode current collector in a region preceding a first winding turn of the second electrode plate.

Abstract: A rechargeable secondary battery including: a case; an electrode assembly accommodated in the case, the electrode assembly including an active material coating portion and an active material non-coating portion; a light absorbing member coupled to the electrode assembly; and a collector plate welded to the electrode assembly and contacting the active material non-coating portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery including a container, an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, multiple current collecting tabs being extended from any one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the electrode group, and overlapped with one another; a lead bonded to at least one of the current collecting tabs by ultrasonic bonding, a lid configured to close an opening portion of the container, and an external terminal provided on the lid and connected to the at least one current collecting tab via the lead, in which the lead has a cross-sectional area that is increased in a middle of extension of the lead from an ultrasonic-bonded portion to the at least one of the current collecting tabs to the external terminal.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a relatively large capacity due to reducing a width of an uncoated portion and increasing a width of a coated portion by improving welding strength through a combination of ultrasonic welding and laser welding, and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the secondary battery includes preparing at least one electrode assembly including an uncoated portion, provisionally welding the uncoated portion by ultrasonic welding, coupling a current collector having an elastic property to the provisionally welded uncoated portion, and welding the uncoated portion and the current collector by laser welding.

Abstract: An electrode assembly for this secondary battery has a pair of end surfaces in a layering direction. Each of said end surfaces has a facing section onto which facing regions where positive-electrode active-material layers and negative-electrode active-material layers face each other are projected. Securing tapes for securing the electrode assembly from one end face thereof to the other are laid out on top of the aforementioned facing sections. Each securing tape has a section in which, viewed in the layering direction of the electrode assembly, the tip of the securing tape attached to one end face of the electrode assembly and the tip of the securing tape attached to the other end face of the electrode assembly do not overlap.

Abstract: A current interruption device includes: a first conducting plate 90 configured to be electrically connected to a terminal; and a second conducting plate 88 disposed to face the first conducting plate and configured to be electrically connected to the electrode assembly. A center portion of the first conducting plate 90 and a center portion of the second conducting plate 88 are joined by a first welding portion. The second conducting plate 88 is configured to be fractured so as to interrupt the current flowing between the terminal and the electrode assembly when the internal pressure of the casing exceeds the preset pressure. The first welding portion has a fuse function of interrupting the current flowing between the terminal and the electrode assembly by fusion of the first welding portion when the current flowing between the terminal and the electrode assembly exceeds a preset current.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes at least two electrode assemblies including electrodes on opposite surfaces of a separator, a case accommodating the electrode assemblies, a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case, first and second electrode terminals in the cap plate, and first and second lead tabs connected to respective first and second electrode terminals and to respective uncoated regions of the two electrode assemblies, wherein a first uncoated region of each of the two electrode assemblies is at a center of the case and is connected to the first lead tab, and wherein a second uncoated region of each of the two electrode assemblies is at an edge of the case and is connected to the second lead tab.

Abstract: A positive collector and a negative collector are arranged such that connecting surfaces of the positive collector and the negative collector that are connected to collection groups face an electrode assembly. An insulator is arranged in a case between the positive and negative collectors and a terminal wall of the case. The insulator separates an opposing surface from the terminal wall. This reduces useless space and insulates the collectors and the power collection groups from the case.