LAMINATE CASE SECONDARY BATTERY

• US 20120244423A1
• Filed: 03/22/2012
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujiwara, Masayuki, Shinyashiki, Yoshitaka, Kusukawa, Masao
• Application Number:
  US13/427,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20120244423A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/178
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0585 of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4235 Safety or regulating additives or arrangements in electrodes, separators or electrolyte H01M10/4242 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/70 characterised by shape or form
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/186 characterised by the disposition of the sealing members
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/191 Inorganic material
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/528 Fixed electrical connections, i.e. not intended for disconnection
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/533 characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/54 Connection of several leads or tabs of plate-like electrode stacks, e.g. electrode pole straps or bridges
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

A positive electrode current collector terminal (15) has an L-shape in side view having a first piece (15a) substantially parallel to positive electrode plates (1) and negative electrode plates (2) in a stacked electrode assembly (10), and a second piece (15b) substantially parallel to a stacking direction of the positive electrode plates (1) and the negative electrode plates (2) of the stacked electrode assembly (10). Positive electrode current collector leads (11) are joined to the second piece (15b) of the positive electrode current collector terminal (15), and a glass tape (20) is affixed in a staking direction-wise fore-end region (15d) of a surface of the second piece (15b) facing the laminate battery case, the staking direction being the stacking direction of the positive electrode plates (1) and the negative electrode plates (2) of the stacked electrode assembly (10).

Claims

1. A laminate case secondary battery comprising:

a stacked electrode assembly and a laminate battery case enclosing the stacked electrode assembly, the stacked electrode assembly comprising a plurality of positive electrode plates and a plurality of negative electrode plates being alternately stacked one another across separators, a plurality of positive electrode current collector leads and a plurality of negative electrode current collector leads protruding respectively from the positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates and being respectively stacked on and joined to a positive electrode current collector terminal and a negative electrode current collector terminal, wherein;

at least one of the positive electrode current collector terminal and the negative electrode current collector terminal has an L-shape in side view having a first piece substantially parallel to the positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates of the stacked electrode assembly and a second piece substantially parallel to a stacking direction of the positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates of the stacked electrode assembly;

at least one of the positive electrode current collector leads and the negative electrode current collector leads is joined to the second piece of the at least one of the positive electrode current collector terminal and the negative electrode current collector terminal; and

a glass tape is affixed to a stacking direction-wise fore-end region of a surface of the second piece, the surface of the second piece facing the laminate battery base, and the stacking direction being the stacking direction of the positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates of the stacked electrode assembly.

2. The laminate case secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the at least one of the positive electrode current collector terminal and the negative electrode current collector terminal and the corresponding electrode current collector leads are covered with an insulating layer containing ceramic particles.

3. The laminate case secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the ceramic particles comprise at least one substance selected from the group consisting of alumina, titania, zirconia, and mullite.

4. The laminate case secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the amount of the ceramic particles in the insulating layer containing the ceramic particles is from 85 mass % to 98 mass % with respect to the total amount of the insulating layer containing the ceramic particles.

5. The laminate case secondary battery according to claim 3, wherein the amount of the ceramic particles in the insulating layer containing the ceramic particles is from 85 mass % to 98 mass % with respect to the total amount of the insulating layer containing the ceramic particles.

6. The laminate case secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the glass tape is affixed to an outer face of a boundary region between the first piece and the second piece of the current collector terminal.

7. The laminate case secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the glass tape is affixed to an outer face of a boundary region between the first piece and the second piece of the current collector terminal.

8. The laminate case secondary battery according to claim 3, wherein the glass tape is affixed to an outer face of a boundary region between the first piece and the second piece of the current collector terminal.

9. The laminate case secondary battery according to claim 4, wherein the glass tape is affixed to an outer face of a boundary region between the first piece and the second piece of the current collector terminal.

10. The laminate case secondary battery according to claim 5, wherein the glass tape is affixed to an outer face of a boundary region between the first piece and the second piece of the current collector terminal.