Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120070683 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - There is provided a manufacturing method of an aluminum structure, including a conductive treatment process of forming an electrically conductive layer on a surface of a resin molded body, the electrically conductive layer being made of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, nickel, copper, cobalt, iron, and aluminum, and a plating process of plating the resin molded body subjected to the conductive treatment process with aluminum in a molten salt bath. The manufacturing method of an aluminum structure allows aluminum plating on the surface of even a porous resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure. In particular, there is also provided a manufacturing method of an aluminum structure that can form porous aluminum having a large area. | 03-22-2012 |
20120088139 | ELECTRODE FOR MOLTEN SALT BATTERY, MOLTEN SALT BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE - An electrode for a molten salt battery includes a current collector connectable to an electrode terminal of the molten salt battery and an active material. The current collector has an internal space in which small spaces are mutually coupled. The internal space of the current collector is filled with the active material. | 04-12-2012 |
20120100416 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY CASE, AND MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - The case for a molten salt battery is used for a molten salt battery containing as an electrolyte a molten salt containing sodium ions. The case is formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy containing 90% by mass or more of aluminum. | 04-26-2012 |
20120115035 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NET-LIKE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, ELECTRODE USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY USING THE ELECTRODE, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CAPACITOR USING THE ELECTRODE - Provided are a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body; a current collector and an electrode each using the aluminum porous body; and methods for producing these members. The porous body is a three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body in a sheet form, for a current collector, in which the diameter of cells in the porous body is uneven in the thickness direction of the porous body. When a cross section in the thickness direction of the three-dimensional net-like aluminum porous body is divided into three regions of a region 1, a region 2 and a region 3 in this order, the average cell diameter of the regions 1 and 3 is preferably different from the cell diameter of the region 2. | 05-10-2012 |
20120129056 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PRECURSOR MATERIAL FOR BATTERY, AND BATTERY - In a molten salt battery | 05-24-2012 |
20120141882 | CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A current collector for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, in which oxygen content in the surface of an aluminum porous body is low. The current collector is made of an aluminum porous body. The content of oxygen in an aluminum porous body surface is 3.1% by mass or less. The aluminum porous body includes an aluminum alloy containing at least one Cr, Mn and transition metal elements. The aluminum porous body can be prepared by a method in which, after an aluminum alloy layer is formed on the surface of a resin of a resin body having continuous pores, the resin body is heated to a temperature of the melting point of the aluminum alloy or less to thermally decompose the resin body while applying a potential lower than the standard electrode potential of aluminum to the aluminum alloy layer with the resin body dipped in a molten salt. | 06-07-2012 |
20120171537 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - Provided is a molten salt battery which can be stably charged and discharged. A separator | 07-05-2012 |
20120176122 | CONTACT PROBE, LINKED BODY OF CONTACT PROBES, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - A contact probe, a method of manufacturing a linked body of contact probes, and a method of manufacturing a contact probe, which allow for stable use are provided. Contact probe includes a contact portion to be brought into contact with an object to be measured, a main body portion connected to the contact portion, and a covering portion covering the whole circumference of a cross section of the main body portion in a direction intersecting with an extensional direction, excluding the contact portion. The covering portion is of a material having a lower volume resistivity than a volume resistivity of a material of the main body portion. | 07-12-2012 |
20120183436 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - Provided is a method of producing an aluminum structure using a porous resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure, with which it is possible to form an aluminum structure having a low oxide content in the surface of aluminum (i.e., having an oxide film with a small thickness), and in particular, it is possible to obtain an aluminum porous body that has a large area. The method includes a step of preparing an aluminum-coated resin molded body in which an aluminum layer is formed, directly or with another layer therebetween, on a surface of a resin molded body composed of urethane, and a step of decomposing the resin molded body by bringing the aluminum-coated resin molded body into contact with concentrated nitric acid with a concentration of 62% or more. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183804 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE - Provided is a method of producing an aluminum structure using a porous resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure, with which it is possible to form an aluminum structure having a low oxide content in the surface of aluminum (i.e., having an oxide film with a small thickness), and in particular, it is possible to obtain an aluminum porous body that has a large area. The method includes a step of preparing an aluminum-coated resin molded body in which an aluminum layer is formed, directly or with another layer therebetween, on a surface of a resin molded body composed of urethane, and a heat treatment step in which the aluminum-coated resin molded body is subjected to heat treatment at a temperature equal to or higher than 270° C. and lower than 660° C. to decompose the resin molded body. | 07-19-2012 |
20120208068 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEPARATOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLTEN SALT BATTERY, SEPARATOR, AND MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - A separator of a molten salt battery made of a porous resin sheet. The separator is improved in wettability to a molten salt by giving hydrophilicity to the resin sheet. In the case of a fluororesin sheet, the sheet is impregnated with water, and irradiated with ultraviolet rays so that C—F bonds in the fluororesin are cleaved and the resultant reacts with water to generate hydrophilic groups, such as OH groups, in each surface layer thereof. The separator gains hydrophilicity through the hydrophilic groups. The separator made of the resin can be made into a bag form. In a molten salt battery having the bag-form separator, the growth of a dendrite is prevented. | 08-16-2012 |
20120228126 | GAS DECOMPOSITION APPARATUS - A gas decomposition apparatus having any one of the following structures: 1) a structure wherein an anode and a cathode on a solid electrolyte layer each have extended regions; the extended regions of the anode and those of the cathode are alternately extended to have a gap between the anode and the cathode; the cathode is higher in electric resistance than the anode; and a cathode electroconductive region connected electroconductively to a power source and made of an electroconductive material is extended in a direction crossing the direction in which the extended regions of the cathode are extended, thereby connecting the extended regions of the cathode electroconductively to each other; and (2) a structure which has an electroconductor layer through which the negative electrode of a power source is electroconductively connected to a cathode; and which is a structure wherein the cathode is laminated on the electroconductor layer to contact the layer, laminates each composed of a solid electrolyte layer and an anode are positioned on the cathode to have a gap between any adjacent two of the laminates, and the anodes are electroconductively connected to the positive electrode of the power source. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237827 | POROUS METAL BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND MOLTEN-SALT BATTERY - A porous metal body includes a porous skeleton that forms a three-dimensional network structure and includes an aluminum layer having a thickness of 1 to 100 μm, and tin layers disposed on an internal surface and an external surface of the aluminum layer. Such a porous metal body can be produced by an internal-tin-layer formation step of forming a tin layer on a surface of a resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure; an aluminum-skeleton formation step of forming an aluminum layer serving as an aluminum skeleton on a surface of the internal tin layer; an external-tin-layer formation step of forming a tin layer on a surface of the aluminum skeleton; and a resin removal step of removing the resin molded body, the resin removal step being performed after the aluminum-skeleton formation step or after the external-tin-layer formation step. | 09-20-2012 |
20120315502 | METAL LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a metal laminated structure in which a first metal layer containing tungsten is provided on a first surface of a second metal layer containing copper and a third metal layer containing tungsten is provided on a second surface of the second metal layer opposite to the first surface, and the first metal layer contains crystal grains of tungsten in a form of a columnar crystal extending in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the second metal layer and the third metal layer contains crystal grains of tungsten in a form of a columnar crystal extending in a direction perpendicular to the second surface of the second metal layer, and a method for producing the metal laminated structure. | 12-13-2012 |
20130130124 | POROUS METAL BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND BATTERY USING THE SAME - A main object is to produce a porous metal body that can be used as a battery electrode, in particular, that can be used as a negative electrode of a molten-salt battery using sodium. The porous metal body includes a hollow metal skeleton composed of a metal layer containing nickel or copper as a main component, and an aluminum covering layer that covers at least an outer surface of the metal skeleton. The porous metal body further includes a tin covering layer that covers the aluminum covering layer, and is used as a battery electrode. Preferably, the porous metal body has continuous pores due to a three-dimensional network structure thereof, and has a porosity of 90% or more. | 05-23-2013 |
20130171513 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - Provided is a molten salt battery whose cycle life is improved by using an electrolyte that is unlikely to cause corrosion of aluminum. In the molten salt battery of the present invention, the total concentration of iron ions and nickel ions contained as impurities in the electrolyte composed of a molten salt is set to be 0.1% by weight or less, preferably 0.01% by weight or less. Because of the low total concentration of iron ions and nickel ions contained in the electrolyte, corrosion of the electrode current collector composed of aluminum is inhibited, and the cycle life of the molten salt battery is improved. | 07-04-2013 |
20130202942 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - A molten-salt battery is provided with rectangular plate-like negative electrodes ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130227835 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTACT PROBE - A method for manufacturing a contact probe includes: a lithography step of obtaining a resin mold by forming a pattern for the contact probe, a pattern for a tie bar in a shape of a frame therearound, and a pattern for a coupling portion coupling these two patterns, in a resist formed on a conductive substrate, by lithography; an electroforming step of forming a layer made of a metal material on the resin mold by electroforming to form a metal structure in which the contact probe is integral with the tie bar at the coupling portion; a removal step of removing the resin mold and the conductive substrate; a plating step of forming a plating layer on a surface of the metal structure by electroplating after the removal step; and a separation step of separating the contact probe from the metal structure after the plating step. | 09-05-2013 |
20130294997 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE COMPOUND | 11-07-2013 |
20130295003 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SODIUM CHROMITE - According to this production method, the water content of a mixture of a chromium oxide (Cr2O3) powder and a sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) powder is brought to 1000 ppm or less, and the mixture is heated in an inert gas atmosphere at a calcination temperature (850 DEG C.) where the sodium carbonate and the chromium oxide undergo a calcination reaction. Sodium chromite is thereby obtained. | 11-07-2013 |
20130323567 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - It is an object to provide a molten salt battery which is capable of stably performing charging and discharging without using an internal elastic body for pressure contact as an essential constituent element. For achieving the object, the molten salt battery of the present invention includes: a molten salt battery body in which positive electrodes and negative electrodes are alternately stacked with a separator containing molten salt as an electrolyte interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a battery case which is formed of a material having flexibility and hermetically covers the molten salt battery body while exposing only terminal parts from the positive electrode and negative electrode. When the battery case is brought into a negative pressure state at the inside, the battery case itself compresses the molten salt battery body in a stacking direction under external pressure based on atmospheric pressure. | 12-05-2013 |
20130330608 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - The molten salt used as an electrolyte of a molten salt battery is a mixed salt between a salt in which the anion is an ion represented by [R1-SO | 12-12-2013 |
20130330618 | BATTERY ELECTRODE AND BATTERY - Provided are a battery electrode with low internal resistance and a battery with high charge and discharge efficiency. The battery electrode includes a current collector formed of a porous metal having a three-dimensional network structure and an active material, and the active material is supported in the network structure of the current collector without using a binder resin. | 12-12-2013 |
20140038011 | MOLTEN-SALT ELECTROLYTE BATTERY DEVICE - Safe molten-salt electrolyte battery device that can quickly decrease the temperature of a molten-salt electrolyte battery when abnormal heat generation occurs in the battery is provided. A molten-salt electrolyte battery device according to the present invention is provided with a molten-salt electrolyte battery which uses a molten-salt electrolyte and includes a temperature detection means which detects the temperature of the molten-salt electrolyte battery, a cooling means which cools the molten-salt electrolyte battery with a cooling medium, and a control means into which a signal from the temperature detection means is inputted and which outputs an operation instruction to the cooling means. When the molten-salt electrolyte battery device is used, in the case where abnormal heat generation occurs in the molten-salt electrolyte battery, the molten-salt electrolyte battery is cooled by the cooling medium, and therefore, the temperature of the battery can be quickly decreased to a safe temperature. | 02-06-2014 |
20140042979 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOLTEN SALT BATTERY AND METHOD OF CHARGING MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - Provided is a charge/discharge control device | 02-13-2014 |
20140059848 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a molten salt battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte salt, which is solid at normal temperature. The solid electrolyte salt is retained on a surface of at least one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator prior to assembly of the battery. Then, the battery is assembled by housing the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator in a battery case. | 03-06-2014 |
20140093757 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MOLTEN SALT BATTERY AND MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - Provided is a method for manufacturing a molten salt battery. The method includes a housing step (S | 04-03-2014 |
20140106234 | MOLTEN-SALT BATTERY - There is provided with a molten-salt battery which can prevent relative positional displacement between a positive electrode or a negative electrode and a separator. Both faces of the negative electrodes are covered with the separators which are formed to bend along a lower end part of the respective positive electrodes. The separators respectively have a V-shaped or U-shaped cross section, a bent part is formed to have a valley-like (groove-like) shape, and the respective bent parts are disposed along a lower side of the positive electrodes. The positive electrodes having both faces covered with the respective separators as described above and the negative electrodes are laminated alternately. The dimension of the separators after being bent is made larger than that of the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes by 1 to 10%. | 04-17-2014 |
20140170458 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - A separator ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140234685 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - A separator for use in a molten salt battery has the problem that due to usage specific to the molten salt battery, the separator is placed under mechanical, thermal and chemical stress, so that cracking or rupture easily occurs, leading to a degradation in battery performance such as an internal short-circuit. The molten salt battery of the present invention includes a separator containing a metal oxide, particularly aluminum oxide and/or zirconium oxide in an amount of 75% or more. The separator improves mechanical, thermal and chemical resistance, and thus an internal short-circuit ascribable to the separator is hard to occur, so that the molten salt battery can be stably operated for a long period of time. The separator has high heat stability, so that the safety of the molten salt battery can be improved. | 08-21-2014 |
20140241973 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING IMIDE SALT - A mixture of sulphamic acid, a halogenated sulphonic acid and thionyl chloride is heated to allow the reaction to proceed, to thereby produce first intermediate products. The first intermediate products are then subjected to reaction with an alkali metal fluoride MF to produce second intermediate products. The second intermediate products is then subjected to reaction with the alkali metal fluoride MF in a polar solvent to obtain a desired product MN(SO | 08-28-2014 |
20140285153 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - Provided is a method for operating a molten salt battery having a sodium compound (NaCrO | 09-25-2014 |
20140287302 | ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM BATTERY, ANODE, AND SODIUM BATTERY - Sodium titanium oxide is used as an anode active material for a sodium battery to improve the cycle properties of the sodium battery. For example, the anode active material is preferably a sodium titanium oxide having the following composition formula (1) or (2). Na | 09-25-2014 |