| 18th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
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| 20160126503 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The OLED panel comprises: a base substrate, a plurality of OLED units formed on the base substrate, and a reflective structure formed on the base substrate, disposed along the periphery of the OLED units and configured to partially or completely encircle the OLED units. The OLED unit includes an anode layer, an organic emission layer and a cathode layer. The reflective structure is provided with a reflective surface which is configured to reflect light emitted from a side terminal of the organic emission layer to the outside of the OLED panel. The OLED panel can improve the utilization rate of light emitted by the OLED units and hence improve the display quality of the OLED panel. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126504 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES - An electroluminescent device comprising: an organic electroluminescent element and a junction transistor having a first region, a second region, and an intermediate semiconducting region configured to control flow of charge between the first and second regions, wherein at least two abutting regions consist essentially of one or more semiconducting inorganic metal compounds, and wherein each region of the junction transistor and the electroluminescent element are successively stacked along a common direction. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126505 | Solution Process Electron Transporting Layer for Polymer Light Emitting Diode - The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a solution-processed PLED including an electron transport layer. The electron transport layer, deposited on an emission layer by a solution process, provides the performance comparable to those processed by vacuum deposition. In addition, the method of the present invention is able to lower manufacturing cost and reduce time for fabrication. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126506 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus includes forming a pixel electrode, a bus electrode and a pixel defining layer on a same layer on a substrate, the pixel defining layer exposing a center of the pixel electrode and a portion of the bus electrode, forming an intermediate layer on the pixel-defining layer and on the pixel electrode and the bus electrode, orienting the substrate such that the intermediate layer is located underneath the substrate, forming an opening in the intermediate layer by irradiating the intermediate layer with a laser beam from underneath the intermediate layer to remove the intermediate layer on the bus electrode, exposing at least a portion of the bus electrode, and forming an opposite electrode such that the opposite electrode contacts the bus electrode via the opening in the intermediate layer. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126507 | MASK FRAME ASSEMBLY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A mask frame assembly includes a frame, and a mask tensioned on the frame in a first direction, the mask having a deposition pattern portion having a plurality of pattern holes therethrough, a deposition material being deposited on a substrate through the pattern holes, and a dummy portion extending from the deposition pattern portion in the first direction, the dummy portion having an increased thickness in a second direction as a distance from the deposition pattern portion in the first direction increases, the second direction being oriented along a normal to the mask. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126508 | ORGANIC EL LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ORGANIC EL ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An organic EL light emitting device includes a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode film formed on the substrate, a positive electrode contact portion in contact with a part of the transparent electrode film and electrically connected therewith, an insulating layer formed on the transparent electrode film such that the an insulating layer covers a portion excluding a light emitting part, an organic light emitting layer formed on the transparent electrode film and on the insulating layer, a negative electrode film formed on the organic light emitting layer, a negative electrode contact portion in contact with at least a part of the negative electrode film and electrically connected therewith, and a protective layer for separating and electrically insulating the positive electrode contact portion and the transparent electrode film from the negative electrode contact portion. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126509 | PLASMA COATING FOR CORROSION PROTECTION OF LIGHT-METAL COMPONENTS IN BATTERY FABRICATION - A method is disclosed for making a lithium-ion electrochemical cell comprising elements of the lithium-ion electrochemical cell contained within an aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy single-cell container. External surfaces of the container are coated for resistance to water-based corrosion. Rolled or folded layers of anode, cathode, and separator elements of the lithium-ion cell are placed in the aluminum or magnesium alloy container. And, with the placed elements of the lithium-ion cell in the container, and during one or more following steps of a manufacturing assembly process of the lithium-ion cell, an atmospheric pressure plasma stream, initially comprising hexamethyldisiloxane, is applied to external surfaces of the aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy container to form a silicone polymer coating on the surfaces that protects the container from water-based corrosion. The method is useful in forming batteries for automotive vehicles exposed to salt water environments. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126510 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY MODULE - A lithium-ion battery module includes a housing having a plurality of partitions configured to define a plurality of compartments within a housing. The battery module also includes a lithium-ion cell element provided in each of the compartments of the housing. The battery module further includes a cover coupled to the housing and configured to route electrolyte into each of the compartments. The cover is also configured to seal the compartments of the housing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126511 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY PACK INCLUDING THE SAME - A secondary battery, includes a bare cell including an upper surface having an electrode terminal and side surfaces perpendicular to the upper surface; and a first coverlay and a second coverlay electrically connected to the bare cell, the side surfaces including a pair of first side surfaces that are in parallel with each other, and a pair of second side surfaces connecting the pair of first side surfaces to each other and having a smaller area than that of the pair of first side surfaces, the first coverlay including a first region on the upper surface, and a second region bent perpendicularly from the first region and on one of the pair of the second side surfaces, the second coverlay including a third region on the first region, and a fourth region bent perpendicularly from the third region and on the second region. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126512 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate combined with the case and having first and second terminal openings passing through the case from an inside to an outside; first and second seal gaskets inserted into the first and second terminal openings, respectively, and having insertion openings; and first and second terminals inserted into the insertion openings of the first and second seal gaskets, respectively, and electrically connected with first and second current collecting members of the electrode assembly, respectively, wherein sidewalls of the first and second gasket seals, which are brought into contact with inner walls of the first and second terminal openings, are inclined with respect to center axes of the first and second terminal openings. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126513 | Battery System for Mobile Workstation - A retro-fit battery system for attachment to a mobile workstation having a generally upright post. The battery system comprises a main body shaped so as to locate around at least part of the perimeter of a generally upright post and having a means of removable attachment to said post, wherein the main body further comprises at least one battery docking mount to which a battery can be detachably connected, an electrical outlet and a control system for providing electrical energy from the battery to the electrical outlet. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126514 | BATTERY MODULE - The present invention aims to provide a battery module in which adjacent battery cells can be kept in an insulating state while restricting movement of relative positional displacement of the battery cells with a simple configuration. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126515 | LOW-FLOOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The invention provides for a high occupancy or heavy-duty vehicle with a battery propulsion power source, which may include lithium titanate batteries. The vehicle may be all-battery or may be a hybrid, and may have a composite body. The vehicle battery system may be housed within the floor of the vehicle and may have different groupings and arrangements. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126516 | BATTERY MODULE - To provide a film-covered battery and a battery module having high resistance to external impact. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126517 | CLOSURE PLUG ASSEMBLY, CASE AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - The invention relates to a sealing plug arrangement ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126518 | CROSSLINKED POLYOLEFIN SEPARATOR AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of preparing a crosslinked polyolefin separator including preparing a silane grafted polyolefin solution using a polyolefin having a weight average molecular weight higher than or equal to 200,000, a diluent, an alkoxy group containing vinylsilane, and an initiator, forming the silane grafted polyolefin solution in a sheet shape and stretching, extracting the diluent from the stretched sheet to produce a porous membrane, and crosslinking the porous membrane in the presence of water, and a crosslinked polyolefin separator. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126519 | CROSS-LINKED COMPOUND PARTICLE AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are a cross-linked compound particle and a secondary battery including the same. More particularly, a compound particle which includes a monomer and a polymerization initiator, as a core and a film including a material disappeared at predetermined temperature as a shell is provided. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126520 | BATTERY SEPARATOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A battery separator which is a laminated polyolefin microporous membrane, comprising a polyolefin microporous membrane, and a modifying porous layer comprising a water-soluble resin or water-dispersible resin, and fine particles, the modifying porous layer being laminated on at least one surface of the polyolefin microporous membrane, wherein the polyolefin microporous membrane comprises a polyethylene resin and has (a) a shutdown temperature (a temperature at which an air resistance measured while heating the polyolefin microporous membrane at a temperature rise rate of 5° C./min reaches 1×10 | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126521 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL - A rechargeable battery cell comprises a separator ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126522 | BATTERY SEPARATORS, BATTERIES AND RELATED METHODS - New, improved or optimized battery separators, components, batteries, industrial batteries, inverter batteries, batteries for heavy or light industrial applications, forklift batteries, float charged batteries, inverters, accumulators, systems, methods, profiles, additives, compositions, composites, mixes, coatings, and/or related methods of water retention, water loss prevention, improved charge acceptance, production, use, and/or combinations thereof are provided or disclosed. More particularly, the present invention is directed to one or more improved battery separators having various improvements that may result in decreased water loss for a battery in which such a separator is incorporated, enhanced charge acceptance, or combinations thereof. Additionally, the present invention relates to one or more improved battery separators having various improvements with regard to shape, and/or physical profile, and/or chemical(s), additives, mixes, coatings, and/or the like used to make such battery separators (such as oil(s), and/or chemical additive(s) or agents used to coat, finish or improve such battery separators (such as surfactant(s))). The improved battery separators of the instant invention are particularly useful in or with industrial batteries, such as inverter batteries, batteries for heavy or light duty industrial applications, and so forth. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126523 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a first battery module having first and second battery frame assemblies and first and second battery cells. The first battery frame assembly has a plastic frame member, a thermally conductive plate, a busbar, and a voltage sensing member. The plastic frame member has a rectangular ring-shaped body. The thermally conductive plate is coupled to rectangular ring-shaped body. The busbar has a first post and a first conductive body coupled to the first post. The first post extends outwardly from the plastic frame member, and the first conductive body extends through the rectangular ring-shaped body. The voltage sensing member has a first sensing post and a first sensing body. The first sensing post extends outwardly from the rectangular ring-shaped body. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126524 | ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ENERGY STORAGE APARATUS - An energy storage apparatus including: a plurality of energy storage devices each including a pair of external terminals, wherein one of two adjacent energy storage devices among the plurality of energy storage devices includes a connecting portion having at least a convex part at one of the pair of external terminals, the other of the two adjacent energy storage devices includes a connecting portion having at least a concave part at the other of the pair of external terminals, and the convex part is fitted into the concave part. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126525 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery, including an electrode assembly; a cap plate that seals the electrode assembly; an electrode pin electrically connected to the electrode assembly and on the cap plate with an insulating gasket therebetween; and a first lead tab coupled to the electrode pin, a relative ratio W | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126526 | COMPONENT FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SECONDARY BATTERY AND MULTI-BATTERY SYSTEM MANUFACTURED BY USING THE COMPONENT - The present invention describes a component for a secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof, and a secondary battery manufactured by using the component. The component for a secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a lead-free soldering bridge having a melting point of 150 to 300° C. and containing tin (Sn) and copper (Cu) as a main ingredient; the first and second metal plates spaced therebetween through a gap and coupling with the lead-free soldering bridge. According to the present invention, when an over-current flows through the component for a secondary battery, the temperature of the lead-free soldering bridge is locally increased rapidly to melt the lead-free soldering bridge, thereby efficiently interrupting the flow of an over-current. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126527 | BATTERY PARTS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Battery parts, such as battery terminals, and associated systems and methods for making same. In one embodiment, a battery part has a sealing region or sealing bead located on a lateral face of an acid ring for increasing resistance to leakage therepast as the battery container shrinks. Another embodiment includes a forming assembly for use with, for example, a battery part having a bifurcated acid ring with spaced apart lips. The forming assembly can include movable forming members that can be driven together to peen, crimp, flare or otherwise form the lips on the bifurcated acid ring. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126528 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes a wound electrode assembly comprising a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first and second electrodes each include uncoated regions and coated regions; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; and a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal respectively coupled to the first and second electrodes and extending from the case, wherein an uncoated region of the first electrode includes inner and outer uncoated regions of a terminal end portion located at an outermost side of the electrode assembly, and wherein the second electrode includes an outer uncoated region of a terminal end portion facing the inner uncoated region of the first electrode and an additional inner coated region at an opposite side of the outer uncoated region. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126529 | TERMINAL-SECURING AUXILIARY MEMBER - A terminal-securing auxiliary member includes a terminal securing portion which is to be fastened to a battery post and which is to be secured to a battery terminal, the battery post disposed at a post disposing portion of a battery, the battery having a portion of irregular height on an upper surface thereof in a circumferential edge of the post disposing portion, the battery terminal to which a battery-direct-attached type fuse unit is to be fastened; a battery joining portion which engages with the portion of the irregular height to restrict movement in a direction along the upper surface of the battery; and a connecting portion which connects the terminal securing portion and the battery joining portion. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126530 | BATTERY TERMINAL - A battery terminal includes a penetration plate arranged to penetrate from one end portions of annular portions to the other end portions interposing slits, a fastening bolt supported to be rotatable around an axial direction by a threaded hole provided on the other end portion of the penetration plate, and a spacer arranged in contact with the annular portions from the other end portion side of the penetration plate and converting a tightening force in the axial direction arising along with the rotation of the fastening bolt around the axial direction into a pressing force that presses the annular portions from a long-side direction. The penetration plate is arranged to penetrate a clearance of the pair of annular portions. The pair of annular portions includes projecting portions as a clearance reduction portion that reduces the clearance in at least a part of the penetration area of the penetration plate. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126531 | BATTERY PACK INCLUDING BUSHING FOR CONNECTING END PLATE - Disclosed is a battery pack including a bushing for connecting an end plate. The battery pack according to the present disclosure connects an upper housing and an end plate for a battery module assembly by the bushing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126532 | MULTI-ELECTRODE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A multi-electrode device that includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a gate electrode situated between the anode and cathode, and having an electrolyte. The multi-electrode device can be a secondary (rechargeable) electrochemical cell. The gate electrode is permeable to at least one mobile species which is redox-active at at least one of the anode and cathode. The gate electrode has a resistance that is lower than that of a conductive non-uniform morphological feature that could be grown on the anode. The gate electrode provides the ability to avoid, recognize, and remove the presence of such non-uniform morphological features, and provides an electrical electrode that can be used to remove such non-uniform morphological features. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126533 | Transport System for Convertible Battery Pack - A battery pack and transport coupler for enabling the battery pack to reduce the pack power capacity. The battery pack include a plurality of strings of battery cells and a switching network for coupling and decoupling the strings of battery cells from each other. When the plurality of strings of battery cells are coupled together in a default configuration the transport coupler includes a decoupler for decoupling the strings of battery cells and when the plurality of strings of battery cells are not coupled together in a default configuration the transport coupler includes a coupler for coupling the strings of battery cells for operation with an electronic device such as a power tool. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126534 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes fuses inside and outside a cell, thereby improving safety by preventing abnormal breakdown from occurring in the cell due to an electric short circuit. The rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, and a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal electrically connected to the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate and protruding to the outside of the case. One of the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal includes a fuse part. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126535 | MITIGATING THERMAL RUNAWAY IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIES USING DAMAGE-INITIATING MATERIALS OR DEVICES - A method of manufacturing a battery includes introducing a first material to the battery, providing an anode, a cathode and a separator of the battery; and assembling the anode, the separator and the cathode. The first material is configured and arranged to increase the internal impedance of the battery upon mechanical or thermal loading. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126536 | BATTERY PACK - Provided is battery pack, including a plurality of battery cells that and a case covering the plurality of battery cells, wherein at least one drainage hole is formed on a bottom of the lower case, that includes a first region and a second region, the first region being a region from an inner surface to a predetermined depth in a thickness direction of the bottom of the lower case and the second region being a region from where the first region ends to an outer surface from the thickness direction of the bottom of the lower case, wherein the first region includes a first tiling portion formed tilted such that the drainage hole becomes smaller, grooves formed at regular intervals along a circumference of the drainage hole from where the first tilting portion ends to the outer surface of the bottom of the lower case and a foreign substance blocking portion formed on a same plane as the outer surface of the lower case. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126537 | CARBON ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Provided are a carbon electrode particularly suitable to be used as a negative electrode of an energy storing apparatus and the like and a method for manufacturing the same by forming the carbon electrode by heat-treating a natural carbon material such as a natural fiber sheet including a natural fiber or cellulose sheet including a natural cellulose fiber which is a natural material other than a petroleum-based material or a petroleum-based synthetic material to reduce manufacturing cost, shorten a manufacturing process, minimize discharge of a hazardous substance, and uniformly maintain storage capacitance even in repeated charging and discharging when being applied to the energy storing apparatus. The carbon electrode includes any one of an alkali metal particle and an alkali earth metal particle having an average particle size of less than 100 nm which is formed on a surface in a process of carbonizing a natural carbon material. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126538 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - The invention relates to an electrode material for lithium ion batteries, comprising 5-85% by weight of nanoscale silicon particles, which are not aggregated and of which the volume-weighted particle size distribution is between the diameter percentiles d | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126539 | CARBON-TREATED COMPLEX OXIDES AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a carbon-treated complex oxide having a very low water content and to its use as cathode material. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126540 | LITHIUM IONIC ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A lithium ionic energy storage element comprises a positive electrode having a first current collector and a positive electrode active substance provided on the first current collector; a negative electrode having a second current collector and a negative electrode active substance provided on the second current collector, wherein the negative electrode active substance is a material selected from the group consisting of carbon-containing materials, Si alloy and Sn alloy; and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active substance comprises a lithium ion donor including lithium peroxide, lithium oxide or the mixture thereof and a positive electrode frame active substance. The invention also relates to a method for making a lithium ionic energy storage element. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126541 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A negative electrode and a secondary battery including the negative electrode are provided. A plurality of projections and depressions are provided in a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode current collector. The plurality of projections and depressions in the negative electrode active material layer absorb expansion of the negative electrode active material and suppress deformation thereof. The plurality of projections and depressions in the negative electrode current collector suppress deformation of the negative electrode current collector caused by expansion and contraction of the negative electrode active material. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126542 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A positive active material, a method of preparing the positive active material, a positive electrode including the positive active material, and a lithium battery including the positive active material are disclosed. The positive active material includes a core including a lithium metal composite oxide and a coating layer formed on the core. The coating layer includes at least one of lithium fluoride (LiF) and lithium phosphate (Li | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126543 | Pre-Lithiation of Electrode Materials in a Semi-Solid Electrode - Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having pre-lithiated semi-solid electrodes, and particularly to semi-solid electrodes that are pre-lithiated during the mixing of the semi-solid electrode slurry such that a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer is formed in the semi-solid electrode before the electrochemical cell formation. In some embodiments, a semi-solid electrode includes about 20% to about 90% by volume of an active material, about 0% to about 25% by volume of a conductive material, about 10% to about 70% by volume of a liquid electrolyte, and lithium (as lithium metal, a lithium-containing material, and/or a lithium metal equivalent) in an amount sufficient to substantially pre-lithiate the active material. The lithium metal is configured to form a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer on a surface of the active material before an initial charging cycle of an electrochemical cell that includes the semi-solid electrode. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126544 | HIGH CAPACITY ELECTROACTIVE PARTICLES, AND ELECTRODES AND BATTERIES COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided herein is a coated electroactive particle, comprising i) a core comprising one or more electroactive materials, and optionally a binder; and ii) a polymeric overcoating on the surface of the core. Also provided herein is a coated electroactive particle, comprising i) a core that comprises an electroactive subparticle, an agglomerated particle comprising at least two electroactive subparticles and optionally a binder, or an agglomerated particle comprising at least one electroactive subparticle, at least one diluent subparticle, and optionally a binder; and ii) a polymeric overcoating on the surface of the core. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126545 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LITHIUM TITANIUM SPINEL AND ITS USE - A composite oxide with x wt.—parts Li | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126546 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND MOTOR CAR - A power supply system includes a first battery module and a second battery module. The first battery module comprises a first nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising a negative electrode containing a carbonaceous material. The second battery module comprises a second nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material that has a lithium ion absorbing potential of 0.4V (vs.Li/Li | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126547 | LITHIUM MANGANATE PARTICLES FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to lithium manganate particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, having a spinel structure, an average primary particle diameter of 0.4 to 1.8 μm and an average secondary particle diameter (D50) of 8 to 20 μm, a ratio of the average secondary particle diameter (D50) to the average primary particle diameter (D50/average primary particle diameter) being in the range of 10 to 30, and pore diameters of pores in the lithium manganate particles as measured by a mercury intrusion porosimetry method being in the range of 100 to 500 nm, and a process for producing the lithium manganate particles, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The lithium manganate particles according to the present invention are excellent in high-temperature storage characteristics. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126548 | SPHERICAL PARTICLES, PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE - Spherical particles comprising a lithiated mixed transition metal oxide comprising nickel, cobalt and manganese and optionally at least one further transition metal, each in cationic form, wherein the carbonate content, calculated as Li | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126549 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention relates to a lithium manganese composite oxide having a metal-containing compound film and a carbon coating, in which at least a part of a surface of the lithium manganese composite oxide represented by Formula (1) is coated with the metal-containing compound film, and at least a part of the surface thereof is further coated with the carbon coating. The present invention can provide a positive electrode material capable of improving the discharge characteristics and the capacity retention rate after cycles of lithium ion secondary batteries. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126550 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND SODIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A negative-electrode active material for a sodium-ion secondary battery contains a porous carbon material which has a plurality of open pores that extend through to the surface, a plurality of closed pores that do not extend through to the surface, and a solid made of carbon material. The distance between (002) planes of the solid portion is not less than 0.340 nm and not more than 0.410 nm. The plurality of closed pores account for a volume ratio of not less than 0% and not more than 10% with respect to a total volume of the plurality of open pores, the plurality of closed pores, and the solid portion. The plurality of open pores account for a volume ratio of not less than 0% and not more than 50% with respect to a total volume of the plurality of open pores, the plurality of closed pores, and the solid portion. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126551 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODES, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODES, ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A binder composition for a lithium ion secondary battery electrode, including a particulate polymer and a water-soluble polymer, wherein the water-soluble polymer includes an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit in an amount of 20% by weight to 85% by weight, a carboxylic acid amide monomer unit in an amount of 0.1% by weight to 10% by weight, and a crosslinkable monomer unit in an amount of 0.1% by weight to 2.0% by weight. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126552 | STORAGE STRUCTURE FOR A SOLID ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A storage medium and an inert material, either integrated into the storage medium or existing as a separate phase in the storage medium, form a storage structure. The inert material at least partially contains or is formed by a polymorphous inert material. The polymorphous inert material has at least one polymorphous phase transition in the range between ambient temperature and maximum operating temperature of the solid electrolyte battery. The polymorphous phase transition induces a distortion of the lattice structure of the inert material, thus causing a change in the specific volume and acting on the surrounding grains of the storage medium. A mechanical coupling of the stresses triggered by the phase transition of the inert material causes the neighboring grains of the storage medium to break apart, such that new reactive zones become available in the storage medium, thereby regenerating the solid electrolyte battery. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126553 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, METHOD OF PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The disclosed binder composition for the positive electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery includes a binder and an organic dispersion medium, a weight-average molecular weight of the binder being from 100,000 to 2,000,000, and the binder containing 10% to 35% by mass of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit containing an acid group, and includes 0.6 to 1.5 equivalents of lithium with respect to the acid group. The disclosed slurry composition for the positive electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery includes this binder composition, a positive electrode active material, and a conductive material. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126554 | PRINTING OR SPRAY DEPOSITION METHOD FOR PREPARING A SUPPORTED FLEXIBLE ELECTRODE AND MANUFACTURE OF A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY - The present invention relates to a printing or spray deposition method for preparing a supported flexible electrode and to a method for manufacturing a lithium-ion battery. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126555 | ELECTRODE COMPOSITE, AND SECONDARY BATTERY AND CABLE TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a sheet type separation layer-electrode composite including a current collector, an electrode active material layer formed on one surface of the current collector, and a porous first support layer formed on an upper surface of the electrode active material layer, and a secondary battery and a cable type secondary battery including the same. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126556 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative current collector; a negative active material layer on the negative current collector; and a negative electrode tab on an uncoated region of the negative current collector, the uncoated region not having a negative active material coated thereon, wherein the negative electrode tab has a three-layered structure of a nickel layer-copper layer-nickel layer. A rechargeable lithium battery includes the negative electrode. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126557 | CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a current collector with low resistance and superior durability, which hardly suffer any change in the appearance of the current collector after the pressing process, and electrode structures, non-aqueous electrolyte batteries, and electrical storage devices using such current collector. A current collector, including an aluminum foil; and a conductive resin layer provided on at least one side of the aluminum foil; wherein the conductive resin layer includes a resin and conductive particles; the aluminum foil has a tensile strength of 180 MPa or higher; an indentation hardness at a surface of the conductive resin layer of the current collector is 600 MPa or lower; and an area occupying ratio of the conductive particles at the surface of the conductive resin layer is 45% or higher, is provided. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126558 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ELECTRODE ARCHITECTURE FOR A MICROBATTERY - A three-dimensional (3D) electrode architecture for a microbattery includes an anode structure comprising one or more anode digits and a cathode structure comprising one or more cathode digits, the anode digits being positioned alternately with the cathode digits in an interdigitated configuration on a substrate, where each of the anode digits has a width w | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126559 | HIGH PERMEABLE POROUS SUBSTRATE FOR A SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND THE PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides a high permeable porous substrate for a solid oxide fuel cell. The high permeable porous substrate for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a porous substrate body and a plurality of channels. The plurality of channels penetrate the first surface of the porous substrate body and does not penetrate the second surface of the porous substrate body. In addition, a production method for the high permeable porous substrate of a solid oxide fuel cell is also provided. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126560 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING CATALYST - The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a core-shell catalyst capable of achieving, when evaluated for a fuel cell, the catalytic activity anticipated from the catalyst activity value obtained using a rotating disc electrode (RDE); and a method for activating a core-shell catalyst in said manner. The present invention relates to a fuel cell catalyst, which is an electrode catalyst having a core-shell structure and is characterized in that at least 99% of the core member is covered by the shell member and the halogen content is not more than 5000 ppm. The present invention also relates to a method for activating said core-shell catalyst, the method comprising: a process for dispersing the core-shell catalyst in a dispersion solvent; a process for separating impurities from said core-shell catalyst by blowing a gas that has reducing properties or a mixed gas comprising same into said dispersion solvent; and a process for removing said impurities. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126561 | USE OF AN ANODE CATALYST LAYER - A method of operating a fuel cell having an anode, a cathode and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, includes feeding the anode with an impure hydrogen stream having low levels of carbon monoxide up to 5 ppm, and wherein the anode includes an anode catalyst layer including a carbon monoxide tolerant catalyst material, wherein the catalyst material includes: (i) a binary alloy of PtX, wherein X is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, V and Cr, and wherein the atomic percentage of platinum in the alloy is from 45 to 80 atomic % and the atomic percentage of X in the alloy is from 20 to 55 atomic %; and (ii) a support material on which the PtX alloy is dispersed; wherein the total loading of platinum in the anode catalyst layer is from 0.01 to 0.2 mgPt/cm | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126562 | PLATINUM NICKEL NANOWIRES AS OXYGEN REDUCING ELECTROCATALYSTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Aspects disclosed herein relate to methods for producing nanostructured metal catalysts that can be used in various alternative fuel applications. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126563 | INSULATOR AND FUEL CELL DEVICE - In order to prevent a reduction in workability when inserting an insulator, the insulator is to be disposed between a stacked body having a cell stack including a plurality of stacked unit cells and an end member to be disposed outward from the cell stack in stacking directions of the plurality of unit cells, and a covering to be disposed so as to separate in a perpendicular direction to the stacking directions from a side face of the stacked body parallel to the stacking directions. In a state where an end portion of the end member in the perpendicular direction is closer to the covering than an end portion of the cell stack in the perpendicular direction, and the insulator is disposed between the stacked body and the covering, the insulator includes a planar portion for covering at least a part of the side face, and a protruded portion disposed in the planar portion and protruded toward one or more unit cells near the end member among the plurality of unit cells constituting the cell stack. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126564 | CERAMIC SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFORE, FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL STACK - A ceramic substrate for an electrochemical element that includes a ceramic layer and a high-thermal-expansion-coefficient material layer that is laminated on the surface of the ceramic layer. The high-thermal-expansion-coefficient material layer has a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than the ceramic layer, and applies compressive stress to the ceramic layer. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126565 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF FUEL CELL STACK - A system and method for controlling a temperature of a fuel cell stack are provided. The method includes performing a pump OFF mode which turns off the cooling water pump or operates the cooling water pump while reducing the rotation speed of the cooling water pump to be less than the reference rotation speed, when a cooling water outlet temperature is equal to or less than a preset first temperature while a pump normal mode which adjusts a rotation speed of a cooling water pump to be equal to or greater than a preset reference rotation speed and varies rpm based on the cooling water outlet temperature is performed. In addition, the pump normal mode is performed when a cooling water outlet temperature estimation value of the fuel cell stack exceeds a preset second temperature while the pump OFF mode is performed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126566 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - When it is judged that a fuel cell stack is drying up, recovery control is performed. In recovery control, the cathode pressure control valve is controlled so that the cathode pressure becomes an increased cathode pressure, a discharge flow rate of air of a turbocompressor is set to an increased flow rate of air, and a bypass control valve is controlled so that a flow rate of air which is fed to the fuel cell stack is maintained at the requested flow rate of air. Furthermore, a combination of an increased cathode pressure and increased flow rate of air for minimizing the amount of consumed power of the turbocompressor required for eliminating dry-up is set based on the requested flow rate of air of the fuel cell stack. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126567 | END PLATE OF FUEL CELL - An end plate arranged on one end of a fuel cell unit includes a plate body, which is formed from a metal material, and a gas-liquid separator, which includes a housing into which emission from the fuel cell unit is drawn in. The gas-liquid separator separates water from the emission and drains the separated water out of the housing. The housing is formed from a resin material and is in contact with the plate body. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126568 | GAS-LIQUID SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL - A gas-liquid separator includes a housing that draws in emission from a fuel cell unit. The gas-liquid separator separates water from the emission and drains the separated water out of the housing. The housing includes a case including an emission inlet, a cap including a drain port that drains the separated water out of the housing, and a filter fitted into the emission inlet from an inner side of the housing. The filter captures foreign matter entering the housing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126569 | MANIFOLD DEVICE OF FUEL CELL STACK - A manifold device of a fuel cell stack is provided which prevents moisture condensed in gases supplied to the fuel cell stack from excessively flowing into specific cells of the stack by heating gases supplied into the stack using heat of the stack. The manifold device also prevents flooding that is caused by liquid generated in cells disposed away from a gas inlet by removing a flow rate difference of gases generated in respective cells based on distances from the gas inlet of the stack. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126570 | COMBINED POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND UNIT, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The system includes an exhaust fuel gas line, an exhaust-fuel-gas supplying line, a recirculating line that circulates the exhaust fuel gas to the SOFC, a shut-off valve in a vent line that splits off on the upstream side of the branching point, an orifice on the downstream side of the shut-off valve, a water supplying portion that supplies water to the recirculating line, and a DPX that measures the system pressure difference of the SOFC, and, when stopping power generation by the SOFC or when power generation by the SOFC comes to an abnormal stop, the shut-off valve is opened, while causing a predetermined amount of pressure loss in the vent line by using the orifice, and thus, the water flow volume of the water supplying portion is controlled so that the pressure difference measured by the DPX reaches a predetermined value. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126571 | FUEL BATTERY CELL - Provided is a fuel battery cell capable of suppressing absorption of water discharged from a manifold by a porous body disposed between a membrane electrode assembly and a separator, and so improving drainage performance. This fuel battery cell | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126572 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM OPERATION METHOD USING TWO OR MORE POWER SUPPLIES - A fuel cell system and a fuel cell system operation method using two or more power supplies are provided. A main stack is operated to output constant voltage by receiving air and hydrogen of an air supply device and a fuel supply device. An initial average cell voltage of the main stack and an average cell voltage of the main stack are measured after 10 hours. The initial average cell voltage value and the measured average cell voltage value are compared to calculate a voltage reduction rate. The main stack up is operated when the voltage reduction rate is greater than the reference value and a sub power supply is operated until EOL is reached when the voltage reduction rate is greater than the reference value to increase operation efficiency. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126573 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING CURRENT SENSOR OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method for diagnosing a current sensor of a fuel cell system includes calculating an estimated duty value of a hydrogen pressure control valve, corresponding to a sensing value of the current sensor, while operating the fuel cell system. The estimated duty value is compared with an actual duty value where the hydrogen pressure control valve is controlled during the operation of the fuel cell system, thereby calculating an error value between the estimated duty value and the actual duty value. The error value is compared with a critical value in a normal range, thereby determining whether a failure occurs in the current sensor. The hydrogen pressure control valve controls a pressure of hydrogen supplied to a fuel cell stack of the fuel cell system. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126574 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND MAXIMUM POWER CALCULATION METHOD - The fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126575 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - The present invention discloses an electrochemical cell, comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode, an absorption layer, and an electrolyte. The absorption layer is positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode and releases hydrogen ions by means of having metal ions be redox absorbed to active C—H bonds of the absorption layer. The electrolyte is positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126576 | REDOX SYSTEMS - A composition comprising a polyoxometalate and an additive tolerant to the properties of the polyoxometalate, wherein the properties of the polyoxometalate are maintained despite the presence of the additive, and wherein the additive is effective to reduce the freezing point and/or elevate the boiling point of the composition. Such a composition may be used in a fuel cell. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126577 | PROCESS FOR SEPARATING ELECTRODE FOR MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY OF FUEL CELL AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed are a process for separating an electrode for membrane-electrode assemblies of fuel cells from the decal transfer film and an apparatus for separating the electrode. In particular, during the electrode separating process, only an electrode is separated from the decal transfer film on which the electrode is coated, without any damage, by a freezing method for freezing the specimen on the deionized water surface, and thus, wasting the expensive MEA is prevented. Thus, mechanical properties of the pristine electrode can be rapidly quantified in advance, and therefore, long term durability evaluation period during developing MEA having excellent durability is substantially reduced. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126578 | CONSOLIDATED FUEL CELL ELECTRODE - This disclosure related to polymer electrolyte member fuel cells and components thereof, including fuel cell electrodes. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126579 | FLOW BATTERY WITH HYDRATED ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE HAVING MAXIMUM WATER DOMAIN CLUSTER SIZES - A flow battery includes a cell that has a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode and an electrolyte separator layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. A supply/storage system is external of the at least one cell and includes first and second vessels that are fluidly connected with the at least one cell. First and second fluid electrolytes are located in the supply/storage system. The electrolyte separator layer includes a hydrated ion-exchange membrane of a polymer that has a carbon backbone chain and side chains extending from the carbon backbone chain. The side chains include hydrophilic chemical groups with water molecules attached by secondary bonding to form clusters of water domains. The clusters have an average maximum cluster size no greater than 4 nanometers, with an average number of water molecules per hydrophilic chemical group, λ (lambda), being greater than zero. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126580 | ELECTROLYTE FOR STABLE CYCLING OF HIGH-ENERGY LITHIUM SULFUR REDOX FLOW BATTERIES - A device comprising:
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| 20160126581 | RECHARGEABLE NANOELECTROFUEL ELECTRODES AND DEVICES FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITY FLOW BATTERIES - Nanoelectrofuel compositions include a plurality of electroactive surface-treated or surface modified nanoparticles dispersed in an electrolyte or self suspended and exhibit fluid characteristics are provided. A Redox flow cell may employ the nanoelectrofuels compositions, wherein the redox flow cell includes a first inlet and a first outlet in fluid communication with a first half-cell body, a second inlet and a second outlet in fluid communication with a second half-cell body, a third cell body, and an ion-conductive membrane separating the first half-cell body from the second half-cell body and defining the second half-cell body. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126582 | PREFORMATION OF STABLE SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE FILMS ON GRAPHITE-MATERIAL ELECTRODES - Disclosed are preformed solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film graphite electrodes in lithium-sulfur based chemistry energy storage systems and methods of making the preformed SEI films on graphite electrodes to expand the use of graphite-based electrodes in previously non-graphite anode energy systems, such as lithium-sulfur battery systems. Also disclosed are lithium-ion sulfur battery systems comprising electrolytes that do not include an alkyl carbonate, such as those that do not include EC, and graphite anodes having preformed alkyl carbonate, such as EC-based SEI films. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126583 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - In a fixing process, a fixing tape is wound around a first side surface of an electrode body and a second side surface which is a rear surface of the first side surface across a first end surface and a second end surface positioned at both ends of the electrode body in a stacking direction of the electrode body, from an outside of the stacked electrode body. In a stacking process before the fixing process, the electrode body is formed, and at least at a corner in the first and second side surfaces of the electrode body on a downstream side of a direction in which the fixing tape is wound, a protection member which protects the corner is disposed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126584 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes a wound electrode assembly having first and second electrodes at opposite surfaces of a separator; a first case accommodating a first side of the electrode assembly and being coupled to the first electrode; a second case accommodating a second side of the electrode assembly and coupled to the second electrode; and a gasket engaged by the electrode assembly and combined at the first and second openings to seal the first and second openings. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126585 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery that includes: an electrode assembly with a first electrode and a second electrode that include uncoated regions and coated regions; a case; a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab coupled to the first and second electrodes; and a laminating tape attached to opposite surfaces of a front end portion disposed at a center of the electrode assembly and opposite surfaces of a terminal end portion disposed at an outermost side of the electrode assembly. The second electrode tab is coupled to the uncoated region of the second electrode toward the uncoated region of the first electrode in the terminal end portion that is disposed at the outermost side of the electrode assembly, the first electrode tab is coupled to the uncoated region of the first electrode while being disposed closer to the coated region than the second electrode tab in the terminal end portion that is disposed at the outermost side of the electrode assembly, and an insulating laminating tape for preventing the second electrode tab and the uncoated region of the first electrode from electrically contacting each other is further included. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126586 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which a flat wound electrode body, a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, and an insulating film are accommodated in a quadrilateral battery case. The insulating film is formed into a bag shape corresponding to a shape of the electrode body and is arranged between an inner wall of the battery case and the electrode body. An entire surface of a bottom-side R portion of two R portions of the electrode body, which faces a bottom surface of the battery case, and an inside of the bag-shaped insulating film, which faces the bottom-side R portion of the electrode body, are joined to each other. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126587 | Semiconductor Structures Having a Micro-Battery and Methods for Making the Same - The present disclosure provides an embodiment of an integrated structure that includes a first electrode of a first conductive material embedded in a first semiconductor substrate; a second electrode of a second conductive material embedded in a second semiconductor substrate; and a electrolyte disposed between the first and second electrodes. The first and second semiconductor substrates are bonded together through bonding pads such that the first and second electrodes are enclosed between the first and second semiconductor substrates. The second conductive material is different from the first conductive material. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126588 | BATTERY MADE UP OF A CHAIN ASSEMBLY OF MODULES - Energy transmission device module ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126589 | ELECTROLYTE FOR BATTERIES WITH REGENERATIVE SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE - An energy storage device comprising: | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126590 | THERMALLY RESPONSIVE ELECTROLYTES - Methods compositions for controlling lithium-ion cell performance, using thermally responsive electrolytes incorporating compounds that exhibit a phase transition at elevated temperatures and are suited for incorporation into lithium-ion and lithium-metal cells are disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126591 | GEL ELECTROLYTE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - Processes of improving the safety of lithium ion cells are provided without compromising cell performance. Provided are processes of forming a gel electrolyte that for the first time can fully substitute a liquid electrolyte and provide similar performance but also has greatly improved safety. A process includes in situ formation of a gel electrolyte in the presence of a liquid electrolyte material and then subjecting the resulting gel to a wetting step. The resulting gel electrolyte is capable of excellent cycle life and capacity without the presence of remaining liquid electrolyte. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126592 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery, including an electrolyte, a solvent and an additive, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The additive contains a compound represented by the following formula (I): | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126593 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE USING SAME, AND BIPHENYL GROUP-CONTAINING CARBONATE COMPOUND USED IN SAME - Provided are (1) a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a biphenyl group-containing carbonate compound represented by the following general formula (I), (2) an energy storage device using the same, and (3) a biphenyl group-containing carbonate compound used for the same. This nonaqueous electrolytic solution is capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range, especially at high temperatures, and further reducing a rate of increase in electrode thickness after high-temperature cycles. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126594 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte solution including a nonaqueous solvent; an electrolyte; and a combustion inhibitor, in which the combustion inhibitor contains a phosphazene compound, and specific conditions are defined by boiling points of a combustion inhibitor, a boiling point of a solvent, and the like. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126595 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - A molten salt battery is provided which includes a positive electrode including a positive-electrode active material represented by the general formula: A | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126596 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE BATTERY, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE BATTERY, AND LAMINATE BATTERY - A method for producing a laminate battery includes: forming a membrane electrode assembly having a multilayer structure including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and an electrolyte layer, the electrolyte layer being provided between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, a tab attachment step including joining terminal tabs to end portions of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate of the membrane electrode assembly on an outer packaging material, and covering the membrane electrode assembly with the outer packaging material. Each terminal tab is joined by bending at least a part of the end portion of the outer packaging material in a direction opposite to the membrane electrode assembly, and then joining the terminal tab to the positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate at a portion corresponding to the bent part of the end portion of the outer packaging material. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126597 | STEPWISE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY HAVING VARIOUSLY-SHAPED CORNER AND SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - There is provided an electrode assembly having steps including: a first electrode stair including at least one first electrode unit; and a second electrode stair including at least one second electrode unit having an area different from that of the first electrode unit, wherein the first electrode stair and the second electrode stair are stacked to be adjacent, separated by at least one separator as a boundary therebetween and including one or more electrode laminates having steps formed by a difference between areas of the first electrode stair and the second electrode stair, and shapes of the corners of the first electrode stair and the second electrode stair having steps are different. There is also provided a secondary battery including the electrode assembly. Secondary batteries having various designs without restriction in shapes of corners of electrode units can be provided. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126598 | JELLYROLL-TYPE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed is a jellyroll-type electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the electrodes folded together, in which the first electrode has a non-coating part and a first electrode tab attached onto the non-coating part, the non-coating part representing a part of the first electrode not coated with an active material, and the at least double-folded-layer separator is disposed between the first electrode tab and the second electrode. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126599 | SODIUM MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - Provided is a sodium molten-salt battery having good charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The sodium molten-salt battery includes a positive electrode that contains a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode that contains a negative electrode active material, and a molten-salt electrolyte that contains a sodium salt and an ionic liquid that dissolves the sodium salt. The negative electrode active material contains non-graphitizable carbon. The ionic liquid is a salt of a bis(sulfonyl)imide anion and a first onium cation that does not cause a Faradaic reaction with the non-graphitizable carbon. The molten-salt electrolyte contains a second onium cation in an amount of 1,000 ppm by mass or less. The second onium cation is represented by a general formula (1): R | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126600 | BATTERY - A battery capable of inhibiting swollenness of the battery is provided. A cathode and an anode are layered with a separator and an electrolyte layer in between. The anode contains an anode active material containing Sn or Si as an element. The electrolyte layer contains an electrolytic solution and a high molecular weight compound. It is preferable that the distance between the cathode and the anode is from 15 μm to 50 μm, and the distance between the cathode and the separator and the distance between the anode and the separator are respectively from 3 μm to 20 μm. Thereby, expansion of the anode is absorbed, stress on the anode is reduced, and occurrence of wrinkles in the anode is inhibited. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126601 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR TEMPERATURE DETECTOR - An attachment structure for a temperature detector, includes a battery module including a plurality of battery cells each having a pair of electrode terminals, an insulating cover configured to be attached to the battery module so as to cover the electrode terminals, a temperature detector configured to contact with a temperature measuring face of the battery cells and detect a temperature of the battery cells, and a temperature detector holding portion formed in the insulating cover. The plurality of battery cells are disposed to stack one another. The temperature detector holding portion hold the temperature detector in a position where the temperature detector contacts with the temperature measuring face when the insulating cover is attached to the battery module. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160126602 | BATTERY PACK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A battery pack includes a battery module having a set of battery cells and at least one cooling device. Each cooling device includes a heat collecting plate, a heat duct, and a heat dissipating element. The heat collecting plate is in contact with an outer surface of at least one battery cell of the set of battery cells. The heat duct is in contact with the heat collecting plate. The heat dissipating element has a circular orifice in which the heat duct is positioned. The heat duct contains a fluid. A connection between the heat dissipating element and the heat duct is established by tinning. A method for producing the battery pack is provided. | 2016-05-05 |
