Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080197813 | METHOD FOR QUICK-CHARGING NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME - A non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery which includes a heat-resistant layer formed by a porous protective film or the like having a resin binder and an inorganic oxide filler between its negative electrode and a positive electrode has such a characteristic that the higher the battery's temperature becomes, the smaller its internal resistance value becomes. In a CC-CV charging method as a general method for charging a secondary battery, using such a characteristic that the internal resistance value of the non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery lowers as the battery's temperature rises, a VC-charge range where a charge is given using an optimum charging-current value at a maximum level up to which the battery's temperature does not reach an excessive temperature even if a charging current flows is provided within a CC-charge range. | 08-21-2008 |
20090042097 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium ion secondary battery includes a negative electrode that is shaped like waves in a section in the thickness direction. In the negative electrode, the ratio t | 02-12-2009 |
20090098451 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - In a lithium ion secondary battery including a flat-plate electrode assembly which is configured by stacking the positive electrode, the separator, and the negative electrode in the thickness direction thereof, each of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer. Each of the current collector includes a substantially rectangular current collector body, a heat radiating portion, and a lead portion, and the heat radiating portions are projected toward the outside of the electrode assembly so as not to overlap with each other in the thickness direction of the electrode assembly. In this way, heat caused inside the lithium ion secondary battery can be diffused efficiently to the outside, and safety of the lithium ion secondary battery can be further increased, without complicating the battery structure and decreasing mechanical strength of the battery. | 04-16-2009 |
20090104515 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery of this invention includes: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material; a separator; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material includes a first portion capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions and a second portion covering at least a part of a surface of the first portion. The second portion includes at least one material that is less reactive with oxygen than the first portion. | 04-23-2009 |
20090117463 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - In a lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing an alloy-based negative electrode active material, a separator, a positive electrode lead, a negative electrode lead, a gasket, and an outer case, the positive electrode is allowed to contain an oxygen deficient non-stoichiometric oxide, or an oxygen removing layer containing an oxygen deficient non-stoichiometric oxide is provided between the positive electrode and the separator. In a lithium ion secondary battery containing the alloy-based negative electrode active material, a reaction between oxygen generated in the positive electrode and the alloy-based negative electrode active material, and heat generation accompanying the reaction are prevented. | 05-07-2009 |
20090197153 | BATTERY PACK, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH BATTERY HOUSING PART - A battery pack including at least a battery and a casing for accommodating the battery, in which the casing has a ventilation hole communicating with the outside of the casing, and a mesh member made of metal for covering at least the ventilation hole is provided at the side surface of the casing. Preferably, the mesh member is coated with an insulating resin. | 08-06-2009 |
20090286148 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT OF BATTERY, DEVICE FOR EVALUATING INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT OF BATTERY, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND THEIR MANUFACTURING METHODS - Methods for evaluating battery safety under internal short-circuit conditions are improved to eliminate variations in evaluation results and accurately evaluate battery safety under internal short-circuit conditions. An internal short-circuit is caused in a battery by using an internal short-circuit causing method in which battery information obtained upon the occurrence of an internal short-circuit hardly changes with the structure of the battery. At this time, the battery information is detected to accurately evaluate the safety of the battery upon the internal short-circuit and identify the safety level. | 11-19-2009 |
20100028762 | BATTERY - A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, a battery case, a first lead connecting the first electrode with a bottom of the battery case, a seal member sealing an opening of the battery case, and a second lead connecting the second electrode with the seal member. At least one of the first lead and the second lead has a high resistant portion that has a higher resistance than the other portions per unit length. The high resistant portion is disposed at a position of the first lead closer to the first electrode than the portion connected to the bottom of the battery case or at a position of the second lead closer to the second electrode than the portion connected to the seal member. The high resistant portion is in contact with the battery case or the seal member. | 02-04-2010 |
20100046794 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING MICROPOROUS FILM ON BATTERY ELECTRODE PLATE, COATER EQUIPPED WITH FILM MEASURING DEVICE, AND COATING METHOD USING FILM MEASURING METHOD - There is provided a film measuring device capable of accurately and easily measuring the thickness of a microporous film formed on a battery electrode plate over the entire area of the film. A color CCD sensor | 02-25-2010 |
20100112442 | ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electrode for an electrochemical device according to the present invention includes a current collector and an active material layer formed on the current collector. The active material layer includes an active material capable of reversibly absorbing and desorbing lithium ions and having a theoretical capacity density of more than 833 mAh/cm | 05-06-2010 |
20100136393 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - In a lithium ion secondary battery, a lithium-nickel-containing composite oxide that contains lithium and nickel is used as a positive electrode active material, and a negative electrode active material having a melting temperature of 1200° C. or less in a lithium-absorbed state is included in a negative electrode active material layer. By configuring as above, in the lithium ion secondary battery, it is possible to achieve higher capacity, higher output, and longer life, as well as further improved safety, and particularly in a nail penetration test, to suppress the heat generation due to internal short circuit and to reliably prevent the occurrence of thermal runaway. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136428 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention is provided with an electrode plate group and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the electrode plate group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a positive electrode lead connected to the positive electrode, and a negative electrode lead connected to the negative electrode. The energy density of the electrode plate group is 750 Wh/L or higher by volume, and the cross-sectional area of at least one of the positive electrode lead and the negative electrode lead is 5.5×10 | 06-03-2010 |
20100178541 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery having enhanced safety, which includes an electrode group, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a battery can for housing them. The electrode group includes: a positive electrode having a strip-shaped positive electrode current collector and a material mixture layer carried thereon; a negative electrode having a strip-shaped negative electrode current collector and a material mixture layer carried thereon; a separator; and a porous heat resistant layer. The positive and negative electrodes are spirally wound with the separator and the porous heat resistant layer interposed therebetween. An outermost surface of the electrode group includes an exposed portion of either of the positive and negative electrode current collectors. The exposed portion faces an inner surface of the battery can with the separator interposed therebetween, and has opposite polarity to that of the battery can. | 07-15-2010 |
20100188050 | BATTERY INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND BATTERY PACK - A battery internal short-circuit detection apparatus includes: a voltage detection unit for detecting a terminal voltage of the battery; a current detection unit for detecting a discharging current of the battery; a voltage drop and recovery detection unit for detecting a momentary voltage drop of the battery and a recovery from the voltage drop, in response to a result of detection performed by the voltage detection unit; and a determination unit for determining that an internal short circuit has occurred, when a maximum value of the discharging current detected by the current detection unit between the voltage drop and the recovery is equal to or lower than a threshold current. | 07-29-2010 |
20100188054 | BATTERY INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - An internal short-circuit detecting device for detecting an internal short circuit of a battery being subjected to constant current charge using a constant current amount (I) has: a voltage detection unit for detecting a terminal voltage of the battery; a terminal voltage acquisition unit for acquiring a terminal voltage (V | 07-29-2010 |
20100201321 | BATTERY INTERNAL SHORT-CIRCUIT DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - A battery internal short-circuit detecting device has: a battery temperature detection unit for detecting a battery temperature Tr; an ambient temperature detection unit for detecting an ambient temperature Te; an average heating value detection unit for detecting an average value Pav of battery heating values per predetermined first period ΔW | 08-12-2010 |
20100227217 | BATTERY - The present invention provides a battery including: a battery case having a bottom, a side wall, and an upper opening; an electrode assembly; an electrolyte; and a sealing plate covering the upper opening of the battery case accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte, the electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein a gasket is interposed between an opening-edge portion of the battery case and the sealing plate, and a first highly-resistive layer is disposed between the opening-edge portion of the battery case and the gasket, or a second highly-resistive layer is disposed between the sealing plate and the gasket. This configuration makes it possible to prevent a short circuit between the battery case and the sealing plate from occurring even when the gasket is broken. | 09-09-2010 |
20100273033 | SECONDARY BATTERY - Positive and negative electrode plates are respectively joined to positive and negative electrode terminals through leads. At least one of the leads joined to the positive or negative electrode plate is made of a stack of first and second metal layers. The first metal layer has a resistance higher than that of the second metal layer. The second metal layer has a melting point lower than that of the first metal layer. When a short-circuit current flows in the secondary battery, current is concentrated in the second metal layer to cause a blowout of the second metal layer, and then, an increase in an heat generation amount due to an increase in a current density of a short-circuit current flowing in the first metal layer causes a blowout of the first metal layer, thereby causing a blowout of the lead to interrupt the short-circuit current. | 10-28-2010 |
20110052971 | BATTERY - In a battery, an electrode group ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110068800 | INTERNAL SHORT CIRCUIT EVALUATION APPARATUS FOR BATTERY - The present invention relates to an apparatus for evaluating an internal short circuit of a battery. An object of the invention is to provide an apparatus capable of evaluating whether or not an internal short circuit has occurred in an electrode group in consideration of pressure applied to the electrode group. An internal short circuit evaluation apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention includes at least a pressure member capable of operating independently and applying pressure to at least a predetermined position of the surface of the electrode group, and a short-circuiting member that is pressed into the predetermined position. An internal short circuit evaluation apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention includes a pressure member having an integrated short-circuiting member. | 03-24-2011 |
20110151297 | BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a plurality of batteries | 06-23-2011 |
20110159382 | NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - The nonaqueous solvent of the present invention for a nonaqueous secondary battery primarily contains a mixed solvent of a fluorinated cyclic carbonate having a structure in which one fluorine atom is bonded to each of two alkoxy group carbon atoms adjacent to carbonate oxygen atoms and a fluorinated acyclic carbonate having a similar structure. The fluorinated cyclic carbonate, in comparison with the unsubstituted cyclic carbonate, has not only an enhanced thermal stability but also a suppressed reactivity with the positive electrode in a charged state even at elevated temperatures. In addition, it forms a protective film which, with respect to a negative electrode in a charged state, suppresses reactivity between the negative electrode and the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The fluorinated acyclic carbonate suppresses the reactivity with the positive electrode in a charged state and also lowers the viscosity of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. | 06-30-2011 |
20110177369 | ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium ion secondary battery including an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the electrode including: a current collector | 07-21-2011 |
20110195291 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes: a plurality of secondary batteries; a housing for containing the secondary batteries; and at least one heat insulating layer for separating the secondary batteries from one another. The at least one heat insulating layer includes a foam material capable of foaming at a first predetermined temperature of 110° C. or more and less than 200° C. When the foam material foams, gas bubbles are produced in the heat insulating layer, so that the thickness of the heat insulating layer increases. The battery pack thus has excellent safety, exhibiting a high heat insulation effect in the event of abnormal heat generation of the batteries. | 08-11-2011 |
20110236761 | ELECTRODE PLATE FOR BATTERY AND BATTERY - An insulating resin layer is formed on part of the surface of a current collector of an electrode plate for a battery. The insulating resin layer is formed on at least part of a portion at which a mixture particle is not in contact with the surface of the current collector, in the area in which an electrode mixture layer is formed on the surface of the current collector. | 09-29-2011 |
20110236765 | NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY THAT USE NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT - The nonaqueous solvent for a nonaqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes: a fluorinated cyclic carbonate having at least one fluorine in each designated location in the molecule; and a fluorinated phosphazene having at least one fluorine bound to a phosphorus atom in the phosphazene molecule and a ratio of the number of fluorine atoms to the number of phosphorus atoms being 4/3 or more. The fluorinated cyclic carbonate forms a good protective coat by reductive decomposition at a negative electrode, thereby improving cycle characteristics of the nonaqueous secondary battery. The fluorinated phosphazene suppresses generation of organic ions in the nonaqueous solvent, thereby reducing gas production in the nonaqueous secondary battery. | 09-29-2011 |
20120121955 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, the positive electrode including a positive electrode material mixture layer which includes positive electrode active material particles and a binder. A curve representing a correlation between a distance from a current collector in the thickness direction of the positive electrode material mixture layer and an amount of the binder has a first maximum point, a minimum point, and a second maximum point. The minimum point corresponds to a position in a center area of the positive electrode material mixture layer in a thickness direction thereof, and the first and second maximum points correspond to a position nearer the current collector and a position further away from the current collector than the position corresponding to the minimum point, respectively. A ratio W | 05-17-2012 |
20120148895 | BATTERY MODULE - A cooling unit | 06-14-2012 |
20120155001 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A laminated film is used as a battery case to provide a secondary battery having high energy density and high strength. The secondary battery includes: a battery component | 06-21-2012 |
20120171529 | BATTERY PACK - Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery and a cooling member for cooling the battery. The cooling member includes a coolant and a container enclosing the coolant. The container is capable of having a releasing port for releasing the coolant at a first temperature of 100° C. or more. The cooling member is arranged at a position that allows the coolant released from the releasing port of the container to spread on a principal surface of the battery. The coolant may include water, a surfactant, and a metallic soap. The coolant may further include a foaming accelerator capable of foaming at a temperature of 100° C. or more. | 07-05-2012 |
20120196163 | HERMETIC BATTERY - A hermetic battery including: a safety valve through which gas generated in the battery due to increase in pressure in the battery is discharged outside the battery, wherein the safety valve includes a first safety valve | 08-02-2012 |
20120231317 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module | 09-13-2012 |
20120258347 | BATTERY MODULE - A battery module including: a plurality of aligned cells, wherein a cooling unit accommodating a cooling agent is provided in a vicinity of the cells, part of the cooling unit is a vulnerable section having a relatively low compressive strength, and the vulnerable section is unsealed when heat is abnormally generated in at least one of the cells. | 10-11-2012 |
20120282503 | ELECTRIC DEVICE - An electric device | 11-08-2012 |
20120301757 | RECTANGULAR BATTERY - In a rectangular battery, a lead | 11-29-2012 |
20120315548 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery including: a positive electrode, a negative electrode including an alloy-type material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte with lithium ion conductivity. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous solvent contains a carbonic acid ester, and a sulfinyl compound represented by the general formula (1): R | 12-13-2012 |
20120321965 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a lithium ion secondary battery including: a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer comprising an alloy-type active material, a lithium ion-permeable insulating layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer includes lithium which has been absorbed therein beforehand. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, and the non-aqueous solvent includes: at least one fluorine-containing compound selected from hydrogen fluoride and a specific fluoroethylene carbonate compound (A); and a carbonate-based solvent (B) other than the fluoroethylene carbonate compound (A). | 12-20-2012 |
20130040173 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack comprising: a secondary battery including a safety valve; a gas absorption portion including a gas absorbent represented by zeolite and a container hermetically enclosing the gas absorbent; and a case housing the secondary battery and the gas absorption portion. The safety valve is configured to discharge a gas produced in the secondary battery at the time of abnormality. The container includes a principal surface facing the safety valve, for example, and when the gas is discharged, the container is unsealed by rupturing of at least the principal surface of the container by an effect of heat or pressure of the gas. | 02-14-2013 |
20130095356 | CELL MODULE | 04-18-2013 |
20140147715 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium ion secondary battery includes an electrode group formed by winding a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, with a separator interposed between the electrodes. A wound positive electrode current collector exposing section faces a wound negative electrode current collector exposing section with the separator interposed therebetween, thereby forming a heteropolar electrode current collector facing zone corresponding to at least one turn in the electrode group. A unipolar electrode current collector facing zone, in which adjacent portions of the wound current collector exposing section or the wound current collector exposing section face each other directly or with the separator interposed therebetween corresponds to at least one turn in the electrode group. | 05-29-2014 |
20140302366 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an electrode group including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator. The positive and negative electrode plates are wound with the separator interposed therebetween. The positive electrode plate includes a first current collector exposed portion where a portion of the positive electrode current collector corresponding to an outermost portion of the electrode group is exposed over a length of greater than or equal to one turn in a winding direction of the electrode group, and a second current collector exposed portion where a portion of the positive electrode current collector corresponding to a middle portion of the electrode group is exposed over a length of greater than or equal to one turn in the winding direction. A positive electrode lead is provided on the second current collector exposed portion so as to be connected to an external electrode. | 10-09-2014 |
20140308550 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack | 10-16-2014 |
20140375279 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY CHARGING METHOD AND BATTERY-EQUIPPED DEVICE - In a charging method for a lithium ion battery, constant current charging of the lithium ion battery is performed. The constant current charging includes at least three consecutive charging stages. The at least three consecutive charging stages include consecutive first, second, and third charging stages. The second charging stage has a set current value which is set lower than set current values of the first and third charging stages. | 12-25-2014 |
20140377599 | SEALED SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode group formed by winding a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate with a separator interposed therebetween is housed in a battery case, and a sealing plate seals an opening of the battery case. The sealing plate includes an upper metal plate, a valve, and a lower metal plate that are stacked, an insulating plate is placed on a portion of the electrode group near the opening of the battery case, one of the positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate of the electrode group is connected to the lower metal plate through a lead, the lower metal plate and the insulating plate have a first opening and a second opening, respectively, and a ratio of S2/S1 is within the range of 1.8-3.3, where S1 represents an area of the first opening, and S2 represents an area of the second opening. | 12-25-2014 |