Cylindrical electric double-layer capacitor

• US 6,414,838 B1
• Filed: 08/09/2000
• Issued: 07/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Noguchi, Minoru, Oyama, Shigeki
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinkins, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US09/635,273
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 361/502, 361/511, 361/512, 361/517-519, 361/530, 361/535-538, 361/301.5
• US Class Current: 361/511
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 11/52 Separators
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 4/32 Wound capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/02 Diaphragms; Separators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/13 Energy storage using capacitors

Abstract

A cylindrical electric double-layer capacitor includes an electrode winding which is formed by superposing band-shaped positive and negative electrodes one on another with a first separator interposed therebetween, superposing a second separator onto one of the band-shaped positive and negative electrodes to provide a superposed material, and by spirally winding the superposed material such that the second separator is located on an outermost side, and a container having the electrode winding accommodated therein. A cylindrical electrode is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the container opposed to an outer peripheral surface of the electrode winding. The polarity of the cylindrical electrode is set at a polarity opposite from the polarity of that portion of the band-shaped negative electrode, which is located on an outermost periphery of the electrode winding.

Claims

1. A cylindrical electric double-layer capacitor comprising an electrode winding which is formed by superposing band-shaped positive and negative electrodes one on another with a first separator interposed therebetween, superposing a second separator onto one of said band-shaped positive and negative electrodes to provide a superposed material, and by spirally winding the superposed material such that said second separator is located on an outermost side, and a container having said electrode winding accommodated therein, wherein a cylindrical electrode is provided on an inner peripheral surface of said container opposed to an outer peripheral surface of said electrode winding, the polarity of said cylindrical electrode being set at a polarity opposite from the polarity of that portion of said one of said band-shaped positive and negative electrodes, which is located on an outermost periphery of said electrode winding.

2. A cylindrical electric double-layer capacitor comprising an electrode winding which is formed by interposing one separator between band-shaped positive and negative electrodes expanded by the charging, superposing another separator onto one of said band-shaped positive and negative electrodes to provide a superposed material, and by spirally winding the superposed material such that said another separator is located on an outermost side, and a container having said electrode winding accommodated therein, wherein the thickness of each of said positive and negative electrodes is decreased from a winding start point toward a winding end point.

3. The cylindrical electric double-layer capacitor of claim 2, wherein the thickness of each of said positive and negative electrodes is decreased step-wise from a winding start point toward a winding end point.

4. The cylindrical electric double-layer capacitor of claim 2, wherein the thickness of each of said positive and negative electrodes is decreased linearly from a winding start point to a winding end point.