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| 20100247991 | BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - It is possible to ensure welding of an exposed portion of an electrode core member protruding from one end surface of an electrode group to a desired connection portion of a current collector plate by constituting a battery wherein an end portion of a first electrode is protruding from an end portion of a second electrode and an end portion of a separator on one end surface of an electrode group, the protruding end portion of the first electrode includes an exposed portion of a first electrode core member, the exposed portion of the first electrode core member is welded to a connection portion on one surface of the first current collector plate, and an insulating layer is formed in an area except for a reverse face portion of the connection portion on the other surface of the first current collector plate. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100310938 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention mainly relates to non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. The present invention intends to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent cycle characteristics and excellent storage characteristics. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110008661 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A lithium ion secondary battery of the invention includes an electrode structure including an electrode group composed of a strip-shaped laminate or winding including a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer is attached to a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode, and a separator; a positive electrode current collector plate including aluminum foil; and a negative electrode current collector plate electrically connected to the negative electrode. The positive electrode has, at one longitudinally extending end edge of the laminate, a positive electrode current collector-exposed portion protruding beyond the negative electrode. The positive electrode current collector plate is electrically connected to the positive electrode by applying a non-corrosive flux containing a fluoride to at least one of the positive electrode current collector-exposed portion and the positive electrode current collector plate, and then welding the positive electrode current collector plate to the positive electrode current collector-exposed portion. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110033750 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes composite oxide particles including lithium, nickel, and an element M, the element M being at least one of aluminum and cobalt. The composite oxide particles include primary particles and each particle of the primary particles includes a surface portion and an inner portion. A content of the element M in the surface portion is higher than a content of the element M in the inner portion, and a proportion of the primary particles relative to all of the composite oxide particles is 80 to 100 wt %. According to the invention, a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has excellent cycle characteristics and storage characteristics and is suitable for use in a wide range of the state of charge and in a high-temperature environment and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same can be obtained. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110189518 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a high-output, and long-life nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an electrode group which is formed by winding a positive electrode | 08-04-2011 |
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| 20100016629 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF TEREPHTHALIC ACID - The invention provides a method for producing terephthalic acid, characterized by including subjecting a p-phenylene compound to liquid-phase oxidation reaction by use of a molecular-oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst at least containing a heavy metal compound and a bromine compound, and hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass %, to thereby yield a slurry; regulating the temperature of the slurry to 35 to 140° C., to thereby cause terephthalic acid to precipitate; removing the terephthalic acid through solid-liquid separation, to thereby recover a mother liquor; and recovering the catalyst from the mother liquor through a series of the following steps (1) to (4) for reusing at least a portion of the catalyst in the liquid-phase oxidation reaction: (1) an adsorption step including regulating the ratio “amount by mole of bromide ions in the mother liquor/total amount by mole of heavy metal ions in the mother liquor” to 0.6 to 3, and then exposing the mother liquor to a pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has been heated to 35 to 140° C., so that the resin adsorbs catalyst-derived heavy metal ions and bromide ions, and also adsorbs a carboxylic acid mixture which has been by-produced through the liquid-phase oxidation reaction, (2) an elution step (A) of exposing hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass % to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the adsorption step, thereby yielding an eluate containing the by-produced carboxylic acid mixture, (3) an elution step (B) of exposing water or hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 20 mass % or more to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the elution step (A), thereby yielding an eluate containing catalyst-derived heavy metal ions and bromide ions, and (4) a displacement step of exposing hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass % to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the elution step (B), serving as a displacement liquid, thereby regenerating the resin. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100048943 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ISOPHTHALIC ACID - The invention provides a method for producing isophthalic acid, characterized by including subjecting a m-phenylene compound to liquid-phase oxidation reaction by use of a molecular-oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst at least containing a heavy metal compound and a bromine compound, and hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass %, to thereby yield a slurry; regulating the temperature of the slurry to 35 to 140° C., to thereby cause isophthalic acid to precipitate; removing the isophthalic acid through to solid-liquid separation to thereby recover a mother liquor; and recovering the catalyst from the mother liquor through a series of the following steps (1) to (4) for reusing at least a portion of the catalyst in the liquid-phase oxidation reaction: (1) an adsorption step including regulating the ratio “amount by mole of bromide ions in the mother liquor/total amount by mole of heavy metal ions in the mother liquor” to 0.3 to 3, and then exposing the mother liquor to a pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has been heated to 35 to 140° C., so that the resin adsorbs catalyst-derived heavy metal ions and bromide ions, and also adsorbs a carboxylic acid mixture which has been by-produced through the liquid-phase oxidation reaction, (2) an elution step (A) of exposing hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass % to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the adsorption step, thereby yielding an eluate containing the by-produced carboxylic acid mixture, (3) an elution step (B) of exposing water or hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 20 mass % or more to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the elution step (A), thereby yielding an eluate containing catalyst-derived heavy metal ions and bromide ions, and (4) a displacement step of exposing hydrous acetic acid having a water content of 1 to 15 mass % to the pyridine-ring-containing chelate resin which has undergone the elution step (B), serving as a displacement liquid, thereby regenerating the resin. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110213180 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ISOPHTHALIC ACID - A method for producing isophthalic acid, comprising:
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| 20110213181 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF TEREPHTHALIC ACID - A method for producing terephthalic acid comprising:
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| 20080315803 | HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A hybrid electric vehicle includes, in one example, a motor-generator driven by an engine to generate alternating current, wherein the motor-generator is further configured to start the engine, a motor for driving the vehicle, a diode rectifier to rectify alternating current generated by the motor-generator, an inverter connected to a feed circuit between the diode rectifier and the motor to convert direct current in the feed circuit into alternating current, a power supply connected to a line connecting the diode rectifier with the inverter, a first feed circuit to supply current to the motor to drive the vehicle through the diode rectifier and the inverter in series a second feed circuit to connect the motor-generator with the power supply while bypassing at least the diode rectifier, and an alternating current converter provided in the second feed circuit. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080315817 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A control system and method for a hybrid electric vehicle. One example control system includes a current calculating module to calculate a current, the current being at least one of a current to drive a motor of the vehicle and a current generated by the motor, and a feed controller to selectively implement a first mode when the calculated current is below a predetermined current value and to selectively implement a second mode when the calculated current is more than the predetermined current value, wherein either the first feed circuit or the second feed circuit is used in the first mode and both the first feed circuit and the second feed circuit are used in the second mode. | 12-25-2008 |
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| 20080299086 | Cultured muscle cells with high metabolic activity and method for production of the cultured muscle cells - The object of the present invention is to provide a method of preparing excellent cultured muscle cells having high metabolic capacity and insulin responsiveness, and further provide a method for the measurement of sensitive metabolic capacity using the cells. Moreover, its purpose is to provide a culture system/culture apparatus that can smoothly translocate such highly advanced cultured muscle cells intact to activity evaluation systems of a number of drugs. Moreover, the object of the present invention is to provide cultured muscle cells that are very suitable for measurement of the membrane-translocation activity of GLUT4 in an extraneous stimulus-dependent manner such as insulin, etc., and to provide a method for the measurement of the membrane-translocation activity of GLUT4 using the cells. The present invention is a method of preparing myotube cells, comprising a step (1) of culturing myoblast cells, a step (2) of differentiation-inducing the myotube cells into the myoblast cells in a culture medium with a high content of amino acids, and a step (3) of applying an electric pulse to the differentiation-induced myotube cells, and a method for the measurement of insulin-dependent sugar uptake using the myotube cells prepared by said method, and relates to the method for the measurement, comprising applying insulin stimulation by culturing the cells in a culture medium containing insulin, culturing the cells in the culture medium further supplemented with sugar, and measuring the sugar uptake. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a differentiation-type culture myotube cell constitutively expressing a recombinant GLUT4 having a labeled substance at its extra-cellular site, which is prepared by co-culturing wild-type myoblast cells and recombinant myoblast cells constitutively expressing said recombinant GLUT4, and a method for the measurement of membrane-translocation activity of the recombinant GLUT4 using the cells, and particularly a method for the measurement of insulin-dependent sugar uptake activity. | 12-04-2008 |
