Nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery

• US 7,348,099 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2006
• Issued: 03/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd. (GS Yuasa Corporation)
• Original Assignee: GS Yuasa Corporation
• Inventors: Yumoto, Hiroyuki, Nagata, Mikito, Nakahara, Hiroshi, Okada, Mikio, Murai, Tetsuya, Kitano, Shinya, Mukai, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ryan; Patrick Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Martin; Angela J.
• Application Number:
  US11/553,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20070059596A1
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• Field of Search: 429/185, 429/94, 429176-181, 429162-164, 429166-167
• US Class Current: 429/185
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0431 Cells with wound or folded electrodes H01M10/045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/052 Li-accumulators
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0587 of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/105 Pouches or flexible bags
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/124 having a layered structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/126 comprising three or more layers
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/178 for pouch or flexible bag cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/55 on the same side of the cell
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/557 Plate-shaped terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/562 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/566 by welding, soldering or brazing
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 6/10 with wound or folded electrodes
• 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 nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery comprising an electricity-generating element formed by spirally winding a laminate of a positive electrode plate, a separating material and a negative electrode plate, and an electrolytic solution with which the separating material, if it is a separator, is impregnated. The electricity-generating element is sealed in a battery case formed by a resin-laminated sheet comprising a metal layer as a barrier layer. Only a pair of lead terminals are drawn to the exterior of the battery case. The resin sheet comprises an oriented resin layer laminated on both surfaces of the metal layer. The inner heat-fused layers are opposed and heat-fused to each other. A molten and solidified resin mass is formed protruding from the inner end of the welded portion toward the inner space of the battery by 0.1 mm or more. Alternatively, the welded portion is formed thinner at the outer end thereof than at the inner end thereof.

Claims

1. A nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery comprising:

an electricity-generating element having a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate opposed to each other with a separating material interposed therebetween, and lead terminals electrically connected to said electrode plates, respectively; and

a battery case, which is made of a resin sheet, accommodating said electricity-generating element therein, and having welded portions in which overlapped portions of the resin sheet are sealed together, said lead terminals extending through one of said welded portions;

wherein a resin mass protrudes from an inner end of one of the welded portions in a direction toward an inner space of the battery case by 0.1 mm or more.

2. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 1, wherein said positive electrode plate and said negative electrode plate are wound about a winding axis, such that said electricity-generating element has an ellipsoidal cross-sectional shape, and

wherein said electricity-generating element is received in said battery case, such that the winding axis is perpendicular to one of said welded portions.

3. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of one of said welded portions is greater at an inner end thereof than at an outer end thereof.

4. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 2, wherein the thickness of one of said welded portions is greater at an inner end thereof than at an outer end thereof.

5. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 1, wherein said resin sheet is a metal-laminated film comprising a metal foil and a resin layer laminated on each other.

6. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 2, wherein said resin sheet is a metal-laminated film comprising a metal foil and a resin layer laminated on each other.

7. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 3, wherein said resin sheet is a metal-laminated film comprising a metal foil and a resin layer laminated on each other.

8. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 4, wherein said resin sheet is a metal-laminated film comprising a metal foil and a resin layer laminated on each other.

9. A nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery comprising:

an electricity-generating element having a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate opposed to each other with a separating material interposed therebetween, and lead terminals electrically connected to said electrode plates, respectively; and

a battery case, which is made of a resin sheet having welded portions in which overlapped portions of said resin sheet are welded together, accommodating said electricity-generating element therein, said lead terminals extending through one of said welded portions;

wherein an inner pressure of said battery case lower than 760 mmHg.

10. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 9, wherein said positive electrode plate and said negative electrode plate are wound about a winding axis, such that said electricity-generating element has ellipsoidal cross-sectional shape, and

wherein said electricity-generating element is received in said battery cases, such that the winding axis is perpendicular to one of said welded portions.

11. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 9, wherein said resin sheet is a metal-laminated film comprising a metal foil and a resin layer laminated on each other.

12. The nonaqueous secondary electrolytic battery according to claim 10, wherein said resin sheet is a metal-laminated film comprising a metal foil and a resin layer laminated on each other.