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Document | Title | Date |
20090023059 | BATTERY MODULE, ASSEMBLED BATTERY, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THESE BATTERIES - A battery module | 01-22-2009 |
20090226804 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE OF ELECTRIC STORAGE CELLS - A cell binder includes a frame body and a frame body. A storage portion of a electric storage cell are pressed/clamped by the bottom of an accommodating portion of the frame body and the bottom of an accommodating portion of the frame body. Also, a sealing portion of the electric storage cell is accommodated in a gap between the bottom of a fitting concave portion of the frame body | 09-10-2009 |
20090246616 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module includes a plurality of batteries provided adjacent to one another. Each battery includes a case, which has a frame-shaped peripheral wall having open ends and a sidewall provided at one end of the peripheral wall, and a cell which is contained in the case and exposed at the other end of the peripheral wall. In two adjacent batteries of the batteries, the other end of a peripheral wall of one battery and one end of a peripheral wall of the other battery are opposed to each other. | 10-01-2009 |
20100035142 | BATTERY MODULE AND MIDDLE OR LARGE-SIZED BATTERY PACK CONTAINING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a battery module constructed in a structure in which a cell stack, including a plurality of secondary battery cells (‘battery cells’) or a plurality of unit modules, each of which including a plurality of battery cells, stacked with high density, is mounted in a hexahedral module case, wherein the module case is provided at least one side thereof with a sliding coupling structure, and the battery module has a variable grip mounted thereto. | 02-11-2010 |
20100119931 | POWER STORAGE UNIT - A power storage unit includes a battery module housed in a battery case. The battery module has, as components, a plurality of battery cells stacked and arranged in a direction (direction Y) crossing a transverse direction. Reinforcing members arranged at a predetermined spacing are provided between the battery cells. The power storage unit of this structure can prevent damage to the power storage unit disposed between seats adjacent to each other in the transverse direction, when frame members provided in the seats are moved in the transverse direction in the event of a crash of a moving conveyance. | 05-13-2010 |
20100216007 | BATTERY MODULE COMPOSED OF FLEXIBLE BATTERY CELLS AND CELL INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE THEREFOR - An interconnect device enables battery cells having terminals in the form of flexible tabs to be serially interconnected in a stack. The interconnect device comprises a relatively rigid substrate and at least two arrays of pins projecting from opposing first and second surfaces of the substrate. This enables the flexible tabs of the battery cell to be embedded in the pin arrays, providing a quick and easy means of fixing the tabs and enabling them to be interconnected to other cells in a stacked arrangement. A battery module formed from such a stack of cell assemblies is also disclosed. | 08-26-2010 |
20110033744 | Long life lead acid battery having titanium core grids and method of their production - A lead acid electric storage battery uses conventional lead-acid secondary battery chemistry. The battery may be a sealed battery, an unsealed battery or a conventional multi-cellbattery. It has 12 to 25 cells in a single case. The case is less than 12 inches long and may be less than 6 inches long. The battery has a set of positive battery grids (plates) which are constructed with a core of thin titanium expanded metal having a thickness preferably, for start batteries etc. in the range 0.1 mm to 0.7 mm and most preferably 0.2 mm to 0.4 mm. The grid cores are of a titanium alloy containing a platinum group metal. The cores are coated with hot melt dip lead and are not lead electroplated. The grid cores expand and contract, with temperature changes, much less than conventional lead grids. | 02-10-2011 |
20110064991 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and a pouch, the electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and insulating the first electrode and the second electrode from each other, the pouch configured to have a bottom face and lateral faces extending from edges of the bottom face and including a cavity to accommodate the electrode assembly. The pouch includes at least one alignment protrusion provided on its lateral face, and the electrode assembly including at least one alignment hole provided at its edge, the at least one alignment hole corresponding to the alignment protrusion of the pouch. | 03-17-2011 |
20110064992 | BATTERY MODULE HAVING AN IMPROVED UNIT BATTERY ASSEMBLY COUPLING STRUCTURE - A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a battery body having a plurality of unit cells arranged in series and having a respective barrier disposed between adjacent unit cells. End plates are disposed on opposite outermost sides of the battery body. A fixing unit fixes together the end plates and the battery body by enclosing an outer circumference of an assembly of the end plates and the battery body. | 03-17-2011 |
20110117418 | Individual Cell for a Battery and Method for the Production Thereof - An individual cell for a battery comprises an electrode stack disposed within a cell housing and a method for the production thereof. The individual electrodes, preferably electrode foils, are electrically connected to lead vanes, and at least electrodes of different polarity are separated and insulated from each other by a separator preferably a separator foil. Lead vanes of the same polarity are electrically connected to each other to form a pole. The lead vanes of a pole are electrically compressed with each other and/or welded to each other. | 05-19-2011 |
20110129718 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - An electrode assembly and a secondary battery including the same. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of alternately disposed positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates, separators disposed between the positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates, a plurality of positive electrode tabs formed in the plurality of positive electrode plates, a plurality of negative electrode tabs formed in the plurality of negative electrode plates, a positive electrode lead including a clip accommodating the plurality of positive electrode tabs and a lead line coupled to the clip, and a negative electrode lead including a clip accommodating the plurality of negative electrode tabs and a lead line coupled to the clip. | 06-02-2011 |
20110151310 | HIGH ENERGY DENSITY BATTERY FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A high energy density battery is provided that improves energy density through efficient placement of the inter-plate connections within the battery enclosure. The placement of the current carrying leads in the high energy density battery allows for a greater volume of active material to be placed within the battery enclosure. This placement design can also be used to reduce the size of existing power sources. Methods for constructing high energy density batteries and methods for increasing the volumetric energy density of an implantable battery are also provided. The resulting high energy density battery can be used to power electronics associated with a variety of devices such as medical devices. | 06-23-2011 |
20110165451 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, each of the battery modules having a plurality of secondary batteries stacked together and a housing assembly housing the secondary batteries; and a reinforcement assembly including at least one reinforcement plate extending around the housing assembly of at least one of the battery modules. | 07-07-2011 |
20110177377 | EXPANDABLE BATTERY PACK CONTAINMENT DEVICE FOR POUCH BATTERY CELLS - A pouch battery cell container, including at least, one battery cell compartment, is interposed between two end plates. The planar electrode surfaces of a pouch battery cell, housed within the battery cell compartment, are subjected to a constant and optimal amount of compressive force during cell expansion and contraction for battery cell optimization. A first end plate and a second end plate are coupled together by a plurality of connecting devices, wherein each connecting device includes an elastic deformation component. As the battery cells housed within the battery container expand and/or contract, the first and second end plates move relative to each other while constrained by the elastic deformation device so as to maintain a constant amount of compressive force on the planar electrode surfaces housed within the battery cell. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177378 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLAGE AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY USING THE SAME - An electrode assemblage includes a first electrode assembly with first electrodes. Each first electrode has a porous first electrode current collector with a plurality of pores, and first electrode active material layers attached to the porous first electrode current collector. The electrode assemblage further includes a second electrode having a second electrode current collector and second electrode active material layers attached to the second electrode current collector, and also includes a separator disposed between the first electrode assembly and the second electrode. | 07-21-2011 |
20110195298 | STACKED SECONDARY BATTERY - A stacked secondary battery having desirable characteristics against overcharging is provided. | 08-11-2011 |
20110195299 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY SYSTEM - A secondary battery in accordance with the present invention includes a square battery can ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110195300 | STACKED LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A stacked lithium ion secondary battery is characterized in that: a positive terminal is taken out from positive electrodes of a battery element stack in which the positive electrodes and negative electrodes are stacked via separators; a negative terminal is taken out from the negative electrodes; the battery element stack, except the taken-out portions of the positive and negative terminals, is covered with a porous plastic film; and an opening of the battery element stack covered with the porous plastic film is sealed with a film-like covering material. | 08-11-2011 |
20110206976 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - An embodiment of the present invention provides an electrode assembly in which a plurality of electrode tabs is made more compact inside an exterior case and a secondary battery using the same. An electrode assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of first plates of a first polarity; a plurality of second plates of a second polarity alternately arranged with the first plates; at least one of a plurality of first tabs or a plurality of second tabs extending from the first plates or the second plates, respectively, the at least one of the plurality of first tabs or the plurality of second tabs being together wound or bent more than once; a plurality of separators interposed between the first plates and the second plates; and a lead physically coupled to at least one of the first tabs or the second tabs. | 08-25-2011 |
20110217586 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE WITH ALTERNATIVE SEPARATOR SYSTEM - Provided is an electrochemical device comprising multi-stacked unit cells of full cells or bicells and a separation film disposed therebetween, whereby the separation film and separators are alternately stacked between electrode layers with an opposite polarity. Herein, as the separation film is formed of a material having a higher thermal shrinkage rate than that of the separator, the thermal stability of the device can be secured by stable induction of shutdown via thermal behavior of the separation film, without causing short-circuiting due to thermal shrinkage of the separator even when a temperature of a battery suddenly rises by internal or external factors. | 09-08-2011 |
20110223465 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND BATTERY SYSTEM - A rechargeable battery including: an angular battery can (1) having a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal; a group of electrodes which is disposed inside the angular battery can and in which a sheet-shaped positive electrode (2) electrically connected to the positive electrode terminal and a sheet-shaped negative electrode (2) electrically connected to the negative electrode terminal are stacked interposing a separator (7); and first and second insulating auxiliary sheets (8) which are disposed inside the angular battery can to have a width greater than a width of the group of electrodes along the long-side direction of a plane of the angular battery can where the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are formed and to have a thickness capable of substantially covering a round part of a corner of the angular battery can, wherein the first and the second insulating auxiliary sheets (8) are disposed at mutually opposing positions in the long-side direction, with the group of electrodes held between them. | 09-15-2011 |
20110250485 | SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a reliable secondary battery with improved life characteristics. The lithium-ion secondary battery (secondary battery) has: a positive electrode which includes a positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode which includes a negative electrode active material layer and which is arranged to face the positive electrode; a housing container in which the positive and negative electrodes are housed; and a lid member which seals the opening of the housing container. The positive and negative electrodes have edge portions respectively, and are housed in the housing container with a pressing force applied to a region of the positive and negative electrode active material layers excluding at least part of the edge portions. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250486 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY SYSTEM - A secondary battery | 10-13-2011 |
20110256444 | SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING THIRD TERMINAL IN ADDITION TO POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE TERMINALS AND STORAGE BATTERY USING THE SAME - A secondary battery in which temperature rise (heat generation) can be measured accurately at the time of quick charge/discharge, and a battery which can be configured readily using the secondary batteries while realizing low resistance. Separately from the positive and negative electrode terminals of a flat laminate film secondary battery, a third terminal is fixed perpendicularly thereto. The third terminal is connected with the electrode current collecting parts of a power generating element body constituting the secondary battery ( | 10-20-2011 |
20120040234 | LAMINATED BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A laminated battery formed by laminating a plurality of flat cells each having an electrode tab includes: an insulating member disposed to prevent a short-circuit in the electrode tab; and a terminal connected to the electrode tab, wherein a tip end side of the terminal is supported by a support member provided on the insulating member. | 02-16-2012 |
20120045685 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - To provide an electric storage device whose negative electrode can be doped with lithium ions in a short time and whose resistance can be lowered. An electric storage device including a unit that is obtained by alternately stacking a positive-electrode sheet | 02-23-2012 |
20120058380 | MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED THIN-FILM SOLID STATE LITHIUM BATTERY DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LITHIUM ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - A monolithically integrated thin-film solid-state lithium battery device to supply energy to a mobile communication device. The battery device comprises multiple layers ranging from greater than 100 layers to less than 20,000 layers of lithium electrochemical cells. The lithium electrochemical cells are connected in parallel or in series to conform to a spatial volume. The device is substantially free from a substrate member. The overlying multiple layers are free from any intermediary substrate member. The multiple layers are configured to form a plurality of electrochemical cells configured in a parallel arrangement or a serial arrangement using either a self terminated or post terminated connector configuration. | 03-08-2012 |
20120077075 | STACK TYPE BATTERY - A stack type battery has a stacked electrode assembly ( | 03-29-2012 |
20120107669 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN A FEEDTHROUGH PIN AND AN ELECTRODE STACK - A battery comprises a battery case forming a substantially sealed enclosure and an electrode stack within the enclosure. The electrode stack includes a first set of electrode elements and a second set of electrode elements. The electrode elements in the second set alternate with the electrode elements in the first set within the electrode stack. A conductive tab extends from each of the electrode elements in the first and second sets, wherein each of the conductive tabs in the first set forms an aperture, wherein the apertures are coincident with each other. The battery further comprises a feedthrough including a feedthrough pin extending through the battery case and through each of the coincident apertures, wherein the feedthrough pin serves as a positive terminal for the battery. | 05-03-2012 |
20120107670 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH ELECTRODE ELEMENTS THAT INCLUDE ALIGNMENT APERATURES - A battery comprises a battery case forming a substantially sealed enclosure and an electrode stack within the enclosure. The electrode stack includes a first set of electrode elements and a second set of electrode elements. The electrode elements in the second set alternate with the electrode elements in the first set within the electrode stack. In addition, the electrode elements include coincident alignment apertures. The coincident alignment apertures are configured to restrict rotation of the electrode elements to align the electrode elements when the alignment apertures are positioned over mating alignment protrusions during assembly of the electrode stack. The battery further comprises a feedthrough including a feedthrough pin extending through the battery case. The feedthrough pin is electrically coupled to the electrode stack and serves as a positive terminal for the battery. | 05-03-2012 |
20120129037 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE CELL - The electric energy storage cell according to the invention is provided with: an active part, which is designed and adapted to store electric energy supplied externally and to release stored electric energy to the exterior; a casing consisting of a film material, which surrounds the active part in a gas- and liquid-tight manner; and at least two current collectors that are connected to the active part and are designed and adapted to supply electric current externally to the active part and to release electric current from the active part to the exterior. According to the invention, the part that is surrounded by the casing follows the contours of a prismatic structure with a substantially parallelepipedal form, said structure extending to a substantially lesser extent in a first spatial direction than in the other two remaining spatial directions and substantially defining two opposing, parallel flat faces and four narrow faces that connect the two flat faces. The first and the second current collectors project from the casing parallel to the planes of the two flat faces in opposite directions from two opposing narrow faces. The extension of said first and second current collector along the narrow faces from which they project is greater than half the length of said narrow faces. | 05-24-2012 |
20120135292 | CONFORMAL SOLID STATE PACKAGE METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A BATTERY DEVICE - A monolithically integrated thin-film solid-state lithium battery device to supply energy to a mobile communication device. The device includes a plurality of layers ranging from greater than 100 layers to less than 20,000 layers of lithium electrochemical cells, which may be connected in parallel or in series to conform to a spatial volume. The device also includes a polymer based coating characterized by a thickness to house the plurality of layers and configured as an exterior region for the battery device, the polymer based coating having a resistivity of 10 | 05-31-2012 |
20120177977 | Battery with a Stack of Bipolar Individual Battery Cells - A battery includes a stack of bipolar individual battery cells, each of which includes an electrode stack and two sheet metal covers bounding the individual battery cell at least in the stacking direction. The electrode stack is connected to at least one of the sheet metal covers by at least one weld. In the region of the at least one weld, the sheet metal cover welded to the electrode stack and/or the sheet metal cover of the adjacent individual battery cell in contact with the sheet metal cover is/are of a set-back design. As a result, the sheet metal covers of adjacent individual battery cells do not have any contact in the region of the at least one weld. | 07-12-2012 |
20120189899 | SECONDARY BATTERY, SECONDARY BATTERY MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND SECONDARY BATTERY MANUFACTURING METHOD - A secondary battery of the invention includes: an electrode terminal; a plurality of electrode plates ( | 07-26-2012 |
20120196174 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE CELL AND CELL BLOCK, ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND THE VEHICLE COMPRISING THE SAME - An electrical energy storage cell is provided with: an active part which is equipped and adapted to store electrical energy supplied from the outside and to discharge stored electrical energy to the outside; at least two current conductors which are connected to the active part and are equipped and adapted to supply electric current from the outside to the active part and to discharge electric current from the active part to the outside; and an enclosure, which defines a prismatic basic shape having a substantially cuboid-like outline and encloses the active part in a gas-tight and fluid-tight manner. According to the invention, the enclosure has two flat foil parts and a peripheral seam part connecting the edges of the foil parts, wherein the seam part surrounds the active part in the manner of the frame and has sections of maximum thickness, in which the thickness is uniformly greater than the thickness of the active part. A cell block comprises a plurality of said electrical energy storage cells, wherein the cells are stacked in the direction of the thickness thereof and, together with connecting terminals, form an electrical energy storage device which can advantageously be used in a vehicle. | 08-02-2012 |
20120202105 | STACK TYPE BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stack type battery has a stacked electrode assembly ( | 08-09-2012 |
20120208069 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked together; first and second end plates located at a first end and a second end, respectively, of the stacked battery cells; and side plates and a bottom plate coupled to the first and second end plates, wherein at least one of the first end plate and the second end plate has a bent support portion that overlaps with at least a portion of the bottom plate. | 08-16-2012 |
20120219844 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING FIBER ELECTRODE, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient electrical storage device that uses a fiber positive electrode and a fiber negative electrode and in which lithium ion is used as an intercalating species, and to provide a method of fabricating the electrical storage device. The electrical storage device according to the present invention includes: a fiber positive electrode including an electrically conductive fiber, the fiber having a surface on which a positive electrode active material coating is formed, the positive electrode active material coating containing a transition metal oxide represented by a chemical formula 1 which is (Li | 08-30-2012 |
20120219845 | SECONDARY BATTERY - In a battery case main body of the lithium secondary battery, many positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates are stacked. Furthermore, these many positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates are bundled for each predetermined number of plates. In each bundle, the positive electrode plates are bonded to one strap-shaped current collector lead | 08-30-2012 |
20120270091 | ELECTRICAL INSULATOR SHAPED TO CONFORM TO POWER SOURCE ELECTRODES - One example includes a plurality of substantially planar electrodes disposed in a stack, in alignment, the stack being at least partially disk-shaped with a first major face opposing a second major face, with an edge extending between the first major face and the second major face, a pocket, with a covered portion of the stack disposed in the pocket, the pocket shaped to conform to the stack with a first portion of the pocket covering a first segment of the first major face, a second portion covering a second segment of the second major face opposite the first segment, and an edge portion covering the edge of the stack, wherein a remaining portion of the stack extends out of the pocket and a film disposed over the remaining portion of the stack, substantially covering the remaining portion. | 10-25-2012 |
20130011717 | BATTERY AND ULTRASONIC WELDING SYSTEM USED IN PRODUCING THEREOF - In welding between a tab bundle and lead, the outer edge of a lead on the electrode side cannot be connected to the tab bundle, even though the tab bundle extended from the electrode stacked body and a part of an end portion of the lead are connected. This leads to the outer edge bended up, damaging the tab and causing contact failure between the electrode plate and the electrode terminal. With the battery of the present invention, such contact failure can be prevented. It includes an electrode stacked body ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130065105 | Bipolar Battery and Plate - 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. | 03-14-2013 |
20130065106 | Bipolar Battery and Plate - 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. | 03-14-2013 |
20130084484 | LAMINATE BATTERY HOUSING FLAT ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - 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. | 04-04-2013 |
20130143097 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY - A lithium ion battery includes a cell assembly, a casing containing the cell assembly with electrolyte filling therein, a cap assembly a retaining member and an insulator. The cell assembly comprises a number of stacked electrode plates, each electrode plate having an electrode ear. The cap assembly includes a cap plate covering a top side of the casing, a pair of electrode terminals assembled to one side face of the cap plate, and a pair of cap ears connecting to and electrically separated from the other side face of the cap plate. The retaining member is connecting the cap plate, the pair of electrode terminals and the cap ears, and the insulator electrically separates the electrode terminals with the cap plate and the cap ears. | 06-06-2013 |
20130143098 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND CASING FOR THE SAME - A casing for a lithium ion battery is formed by a piece of metal sheet. The casing includes a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall to define a top opening opposite to the bottom wall. The plurality of side walls includes at least two opposite side walls, each defining a recess region recessing inwards therefrom. The recess region has a symmetrical shape. | 06-06-2013 |
20130143099 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY - A lithium ion battery includes a cell assembly and a casing containing the cell assembly. The cell assembly includes a plurality of positive electrode plates and a plurality of negative electrode plates. The positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates are alternatively arranged in a stack. Each positive electrode plate and each negative electrode plate includes a base substrate covered with electrode pastes. A total of 121-161 pieces of the positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates are arranged within per 18 mm length of the battery. | 06-06-2013 |
20130157110 | STACKED BATTERY - The stacked battery includes a negative electrode ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130196210 | Lithium Secondary Battery Having Multi-Directional Lead-Tab Structure - A lithium rechargeable battery, and more particularly, a lithium rechargeable battery having a multidirectional lead-tab structure is provided. The lithium rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly in which a separator and an electrode plate having a current collector, an active material, and a tab are alternately stacked; a lead electrically connected to the tab; and a battery case, wherein the lead is divided into a positive electrode lead and a negative electrode lead, and at least one positive electrode lead and at least one negative electrode lead are provided. The lithium rechargeable battery is appropriate for using a high current even while using a conventional lead-tab size. | 08-01-2013 |
20130252069 | MANUFACTURE DEVICE OF BATTERY CELL - Disclosed herein is a battery cell manufacturing device configured to manufacture a battery cell including two or more unit cells. The battery cell manufacturing device includes a unit cell stacking unit into which unit cells are introduced from above and in which the unit cells are sequentially stacked, a wrapping unit to wrap an outside of the unit cell stack discharged from the unit cell stacking unit with a separation film, and a heating unit to thermally shrink the separation film wrapping the outside of the unit cell stack. | 09-26-2013 |
20130288104 | BATTERY CELL OF ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURE AND BATTERY PACK EMPLOYED WITH THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly including a separator disposed between a cathode and an anode is mounted in a battery case, wherein an asymmetric structure with respect to a central axis crossing the electrode assembly in plane is formed at a portion of at least one side of the electrode assembly constituting the outer circumference of the electrode assembly. | 10-31-2013 |
20130323572 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL UNIT FOR A SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to an electric cell unit for a secondary battery as well as to such a secondary battery module. The electric cell unit comprises:
| 12-05-2013 |
20140030579 | Lithium Secondary Battery Having Multi-Directional Lead-Tab Structure - A lithium rechargeable battery, and more particularly, a lithium rechargeable battery having a multidirectional lead-tab structure is provided. The lithium rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly in which a separator and an electrode plate having a current collector, an active material, and a tab are alternately stacked; a lead electrically connected to the tab; and a battery case, wherein the lead is divided into a positive electrode lead and a negative electrode lead, and at least one positive electrode lead and at least one negative electrode lead are provided. The lithium rechargeable battery is appropriate for using a high current even while using a conventional lead-tab size. | 01-30-2014 |
20140045034 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a stacked electrode assembly formed by stacking a plurality of layers of a positive electrode plate and a plurality of layers of a negative electrode plate with a separator interposed therebetween; a nonaqueous electrolyte formed by dissolving LiPF | 02-13-2014 |
20140045035 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate disposed with a separator interposed therebetween; and an outer body storing the electrode assembly and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains an additive to form a covering on a surface of a positive electrode active material and LiPF | 02-13-2014 |
20140113178 | AUTOMOBILE CELL AND RELATED METHOD - An automobile cell is provided with an electric power generating element composed of a positive electrode having a positive electrode active substance layer, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active substance layer and a separator interposed between the electrodes, a cell outer sheath made of a laminate film compositely composed of polymer and metal, a positive electrode terminal lead electrically conductive with the positive electrode and extending to an outside of the cell outer sheath, and a negative electrode terminal lead electrically conductive with the negative electrode and extending to the outside of the cell outer sheath. The positive electrode and the negative electrode associated therewith via the separator defines a unit electrode, and the relationship between a thickness of the automobile cell and a sum of a thickness of the positive electrode active substance layer and a thickness of the negative electrode active substance layer of the unit electrodes, is defined such that a value obtained by dividing the former by the latter is equal to or less than 80. | 04-24-2014 |
20140170468 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module which has a structure that can apply an approximately uniform pressure to electrodes contained in the battery module. A battery module including two or more unit cells and a hermetically closed housing for housing the two or more unit cells and a fluid, each unit cell including one or more stack units and a cell case for housing the one or more stack units, each stack unit including at least a positive electrode, an electrolyte layer and a negative electrode stacked together, wherein the two or more unit cells are stacked in a direction that is substantially the same as a stacking direction of the one or more stack units, and wherein a gap member is present between the stacked unit cells, the gap member being configured to allow the fluid to flow into the gap member. | 06-19-2014 |
20140370364 | THIN FILM BATTERY MODULE, THIN FILM BATTERY PACKAGE, THIN FILM BATTERY PACKAGE MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND THIN FILM BATTERY PACKAGE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a thin film battery module. The thin film battery module comprises: a battery module which is configured of unit cells stacked against each other; and a shock absorbing portion which surrounds the space between the unit cells and the battery module. Also provided are a thin film battery package, a thin film battery package manufacturing device, and a thin film battery package manufacturing method. | 12-18-2014 |
20150024252 | BATTERY MODULE OF IMPROVED STABILITY - Disclosed herein is a battery module including a plurality of battery cells, the battery module including the battery cells being stacked in a state in which electrode terminals are electrically connected to each other, a pair of cell covers coupled to each other to surround the entirety of an outside of a battery cell stack including two or more battery cells excluding the electrode terminals of the battery cells, and fixing members mounted at the cell covers in contact with the outside of the battery cell stack to properly fix the battery cells in the cell covers. | 01-22-2015 |
20150064540 | BATTERY MODULE HAVING STRUCTURE OF IMPROVED STABILITY AND HIGH COOLING EFFICIENCY - Disclosed herein is a battery module including a battery cell stack configured to have a rectangular parallelepiped structure in which two or more plate-shaped battery cells, each of which has electrode terminals formed at one side thereof, are stacked and a breadth of one surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed is smaller than a width and a height of each major surface of the battery cell stack, a first module case bent to surround two relatively large major surfaces of the battery cell stack and one surface of the battery cell stack opposite to the surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed, among six surfaces of the battery cell stack and a surface, the first module case being made of a thermally conductive material that is capable of dissipating heat generated from the battery cells during charge and discharge of the battery cells, and a second module case bent to surround side surfaces of the battery cell stack adjacent to the two major surfaces of the battery cell stack and the surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed, the second module case being fastened to the first module case, the second module case being provided with through holes, through which the electrode terminals of the battery cells protrude outward, the second module case being made of an electrically insulative material. | 03-05-2015 |
20150072215 | BARRIER FOR THIN FILM LITHIUM BATTERIES MADE ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES AND RELATED METHODS - A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication. | 03-12-2015 |
20150118541 | BATTERY MODULE HAVING ASSEMBLY COUPLING STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein is a battery module including a battery cell array including two or more stacked battery cells, each of which is configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly, including a cathode, an anode, and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, is received in a battery case together with an electrolyte in a sealed state, and fixing members, each of which is integrally coupled to a portion or the entirety of an outer edge of a corresponding one of the battery cells, each of the fixing members being provided with an assembly type coupling structure, by which the fixing members are coupled to each other such that the battery cell array forms a stable stack structure. | 04-30-2015 |
20150132634 | POWER STORAGE MODULE AND FIXING STRUCTURE OF POWER STORAGE MODULE - A power storage module is formed by superimposing a pair of end plates at opposite ends in the stacking direction of a plurality of power storage cells that are stacked in the stacking direction. The pair of end plates are connected by a frame holding an insulator between itself and the power storage cells. Condensed water occurring on the surface of the power storage cells could contact the end plate. There is thus a possibility that a liquid junction will be formed; when the power storage module is in a mounted state the insulator includes a first rib extending in a direction, condensed water attached to the insulator cannot flow toward the end plate due to it being blocked by the first rib, thus preventing the power storage cell from forming a liquid junction with the end plate via the condensed water. | 05-14-2015 |
20150147628 | AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An electrochemical device including a housing and a stack of electrochemical cells in the housing. Each electrochemical cell includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, a separator located between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode and an electrolyte. The electrochemical device also includes a current collector located between adjacent electrochemical cells, an anode bus operatively connected to the anodes of the electrochemical cells in the stack and a cathode bus operatively connected to the cathodes of the electrochemical cells in the stack. The housing, the anode electrode, the cathode electrode, the separator, the anode bus and the cathode bus are non-metallic. | 05-28-2015 |
20150333304 | Assembled Battery - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an assembled battery including a battery holder capable of holding single battery cells while automatically aligning the cells during assembly. In the assembled battery ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150333312 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY - An assembled battery is configured by connecting a plurality of battery cells arranged in a laminated structure via a bus bar. The battery cell includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal; and the bus bar includes a first electrode connection portion connected to the first electrode terminal of one battery cell and a second electrode connection portion connected to the second electrode terminal of another battery cell adjacent to the one battery cell. A connecting device, configured with the bus bar, the first electrode terminal of the one battery cell and the second electrode terminal of the other battery cell, includes a space-forming portion that forms a space where relative displacement of the second electrode connection portion and the second electrode terminal, occurring when the other battery cell is disposed with an offset from a reference position thereof along a laminating direction in which the battery cells are laminated and/or a direction running perpendicular to the laminating direction relative to the one battery cell, is absorbed; and the second electrode terminal and the second electrode connection portion are butt-welded or lap-welded. | 11-19-2015 |
20150340728 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY OF INCLINE STRUCTURE AND BATTERY CELL EMPLOYED WITH THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly, including positive electrodes, negative electrodes, and separators disposed respectively between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes, is mounted in a battery case, wherein the electrode assembly includes two or more electrodes or unit cells stacked in a height direction when viewed in a plan view, the battery case is provided with a receiving unit, in which electrode assembly is mounted, the electrode assembly is configured to have a quadrangular shape having side (a), side (b), side (c), and side (d) when viewed in a plan view, and inclined such that an interior angle between side (a) of each of the electrode plates or the unit cells, at which an electrode terminal is located, and side (b) adjacent to side (a) is less than 90 degrees, and the receiving unit of the battery case has an internal shape corresponding to a planer shape of the electrode assembly. | 11-26-2015 |
20160020438 | BATTERY PACK - Provided is a battery pack capable of improving volumetric efficiency while reducing the thickness of the entire battery. The battery pack is configured by laminating a plurality of film-sheathed batteries ( | 01-21-2016 |
20160056445 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE APPARATUS - An electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly having primary electrodes and secondary electrodes, a case having a wall with an inlet, and an insulator. The electrode assembly has a facing surface facing the wall of the case. The primary electrodes have primary tabs protruding from one edge. The second electrodes have secondary tabs. The group of primary tabs and the group of secondary tabs each have a first side and a second side on the opposite sides. In each of the group of primary tabs and the group of secondary tabs, the first side faces the facing surface, and the second side is bent to face the wall of the case. The inlet is located at a position sandwiched regions of the wall onto which the primary tab group and the secondary tab group are projected when the wall is viewed from a direction perpendicular to the facing surface. | 02-25-2016 |
20160056495 | ACCUMULATOR DEVICE - The electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case, and a holding tape. The electrode assembly further includes a bottom surface, which is supported by an inner bottom surface of the case, two end faces in a lamination direction, which are joined to the bottom face, two side surfaces, which are joined to the bottom surface and intersect with the end surfaces, and two corner sections, which are formed from the bottom surface and the side surfaces. Each corner section includes a chamfered section, and a border section between the chamfered section and the bottom surface. The holding tape covers the border section from the bottom surface in a direction parallel to the bottom surface and orthogonal to the stacking direction, further inward of the electrode assembly than the side surface. | 02-25-2016 |
20160072104 | ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS - An energy storage apparatus includes: at least one energy storage device which includes an electrode assembly and a case for housing the electrode assembly; a spacer which is arranged adjacent to the case; and a holder which holds the energy storage device and the spacer. The energy storage device includes an insulating film which covers an outer surface of the case and is adhered to at least a portion of the outer surface of the case. The spacer has at least one of edges and corners thereof disposed at positions where the edges or the corners are in contact with the outer surface of the case with the insulating film interposed therebetween. | 03-10-2016 |
20160126516 | BATTERY MODULE - To provide a film-covered battery and a battery module having high resistance to external impact. | 05-05-2016 |
20160133909 | A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY AND BATTERY - The invention relates to an accumulator having a plurality of electrode plates which are adjacently arranged and form at least one electrode plate stack in the form of a block, wherein each electrode plate comprises a frame having a grid arranged therein and wherein at least the grid is filled with an active mass, and wherein each electrode plate comprises at least one connecting lug protruding beyond the frame, wherein the connecting lugs of same-polarity electrode plates are arranged adjacent to one another in a row, wherein the connecting lugs adjacently arranged in a row are materially bonded together electrically and mechanically into a connecting lug block by at least one weld or solder point arranged between the connecting lugs. The invention furthermore relates to a method for manufacturing an accumulator, | 05-12-2016 |
20160149256 | MODULE HAVING A PLURALITY OF REMOVABLE CELLS, BATTERY COMPRISING SUCH A MODULE AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A BATTERY - A module includes a plurality of flexible prismatic cells for storing electricity. Each cell includes, on at least one of the edges thereof, a flexible and flat electrical terminal. The cells are arranged against one another in order to form a stack and the electrical terminals of the cells are aligned in the stack. The flexible and flat terminals of a pair of two adjacent cells in the stack, one being a positive terminal and the other being a negative terminal, are folded between the two cells. Two spacers are inserted in the fold of each of the two flexible terminals, respectively. A compressive force is exerted on the stack of cells such that at least a portion of the two flexible terminals are compressed against one another between the two spacers. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160156004 | BASE PLATE OF BATTERY MODULE ASSEMBLY WITH NOVEL STRUCTURE | 06-02-2016 |
20160189884 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATION - The described invention provides a packaged electrochemical device comprising an electrochemical battery, further comprising at least one electrochemical cell stack and a barrier packaging material. The present invention further provides a method of fabricating the packaged electrochemical device. The present invention further provides a flexible multifunctional liquid-based thermogalvanic cell that converts and stores electricity derived from low grade temperature differentials that exist in ubiquitous scenarios. | 06-30-2016 |
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