Battery jar material for sealed secondary battery and battery jar for sealed secondary battery using the same

• US 6,071,643 A
• Filed: 06/25/1998
• Issued: 06/06/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Idemitsu Kosan Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Idemitsu Kosan Company Limited)
• Inventors: Matsukawa, Koji, Satoh, Nobuyuki, Okada, Akihiko, Chino, Shinji
• Primary Examiner(s): Gupta, Yogendra
• Assistant Examiner(s): INGERSOLL, CHRISTINE E
• Application Number:
  US09/091,818
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 429/176, 524/494, 524/505
• US Class Current: 429/176
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/121 Organic material
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/133 Thickness
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A battery jar material for sealed secondary batteries comprising a resin composition which comprises 50 to 98% by weight of (A) a styrenic polymer having a syndiotactic configuration, 2 to 50% by weight of (B) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins and styrenic elastomers, and 0 to 10% by weight of (C) a polyphenylene ether, or a resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a resin component having the same composition as the above resin composition, 1 to 350 parts by weight of (D) an inorganic filler, and 0 to 5 parts by weight of (E) a polyphenylene ether modified with a polar group; and a battery jar for sealed secondary batteries made of this material. A battery jar material and a battery jar for sealed secondary batteries which show excellent heat resistance, resistance to electrolytes, resistance to oil and grease, electric insulation, mechanical strengths, and moldability and enable decrease in thickness are provided.

Claims

1. A battery jar for sealed secondary batteries made from a resin composition which comprises 50 to 98% by weight of (A) a styrenic polymer having a syndiotactic configuration, 2 to 50% by weight of (B) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins and styrenic elastomers, and 0 to 10% by weight of (C) a polyphenylene ether, wherein said battery jar retains its shape when subjected to a temperature of 60°

C. and an inner pressure of 2 kg/cm² or a temperature of 100°

C. and an inner pressure of 1 kg/cm² and wherein said battery jar retains its shape and exhibits no more than a 5% weight loss when immersed in oil or grease and retained therein for 30 days at 100°

C.

3. A battery jar according to claim 1, wherein component (B) is at least one polymer selected from polypropylene, polyethylene, ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-ethylene block copolymers, and hydrogenated styrene-isoprene-ethylene block copolymers.

2. A battery jar for sealed secondary batteries made from a resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a resin component comprising 50 to 98% by weight of (A) a styrenic polymer having a syndiotactic configuration, 2 to 50% by weight of (B) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins and styrenic elastomers, and 0 to 10% by weight of (C) a polyphenylene ether;

1 to 350 parts by weight of (D) an inorganic filler; and

0 to 5 parts by weight of (E) a polyphenylene ether modified with a polar group, wherein said battery jar retains its shape when subjected to a temperature of 60°

C. and an inner pressure of 2 kg/cm² or a temperature of 100°

C. and an inner pressure of 1 kg/cm² and wherein said battery jar retains its shape and exhibits no more than a 5% weight loss when immersed in oil or grease and retained therein for 30 days at 100°

C.

4. A battery jar according to claim 2, wherein component (B) is at least one polymer selected from polypropylene, polyethylene, ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-ethylene block copolymers, and hydrogenated styrene-isoprene-ethylene block copolymers.

5. A battery jar according to claim 2, wherein component (D) is a glass fiber.

6. In a sealed secondary battery including electrodes, electrolyte, a battery jar and a sealing plate, the improvement wherein the battery jar is made from a resin composition which comprises 50 to 98% by weight of (A) a styrenic polymer having a syndiotactic configuration, 2 to 50% by weight of (B) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins and styrenic elastomers, and 0 to 10% by weight of (C) a polyphenylene ether, wherein said battery jar retains its shape when subjected to a temperature of 60°

C. and an inner pressure of 2 kg/cm² or a temperature of 100°

C. and an inner pressure of 1 kg/cm² and wherein the battery jar retains its shape and exhibits no more than a 5% weight loss when immersed in oil or grease and retained therein for 30 days at 100°

C.

8. A sealed secondary battery according to claim 6, wherein component (B) is at least one polymer selected from polypropylene, polyethylene, ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-ethylene block copolymers, and hydrogenated styrene-isoprene-ethylene block copolymers.

7. In a sealed secondary battery including electrodes, electrolyte, a battery jar and a sealing plate, the improvement wherein the battery jar is made from a resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a resin component comprising 50 to 98% by weight of (A) a styrenic polymer having a syndiotactic configuration, 2 to 50% by weight of (B) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins and styrenic elastomers, and 0 to 10% by weight of (C) a polyphenylene ether;

1 to 350 parts by weight of (D) an inorganic filler; and

0 to 5 parts by weight of (E) a polyphenylene ether modified with a polar group, wherein said battery jar retains its shape when subjected to a temperature of 60°

C. and an inner pressure of 2 kg/cm² or a temperature of 100°

C. and an inner pressure of 1 kg/cm² and wherein the battery jar retains its shape and exhibits no more than a 5% weight loss when immersed in oil or grease and retained therein for 30 days at 100°

C.

9. A sealed secondary battery according to claim 7, wherein component (B) is at least one polymer selected from polypropylene, polyethylene, ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-ethylene block copolymers, and hydrogenated styrene-isoprene-ethylene block copolymers.

10. A sealed secondary battery according to claim 7, wherein component (D) is glass fiber.