Secondary battery

• US 8,232,008 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2009
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Morishima, Hideaki, Hikata, Seiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Crepeau, Jonathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): DOUYETTE, KENNETH J
• Application Number:
  US12/569,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20100081042A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: 429/94, 429/124, 429/233, 429/59, 429/211
• US Class Current: 429/233
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0431 Cells with wound or folded electrodes H01M10/045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/70 characterised by shape or form
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/538 Connection of several leads or tabs of wound or folded electrode stacks
• 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

An electrode body of a secondary battery is formed by superimposing a positive electrode and a negative electrode upon each other with a belt-shaped separator interposed between the electrodes, and rolling up the positive and negative electrodes and the separator into a spiral shape. At least one side edge of a positive electrode current collector of the positive electrode in the longitudinal direction thereof includes a plurality of step parts discontinuously formed in the longitudinal direction at unequal intervals, and extends at both sides of each step part with a deviation of 0.2 mm or more. At least one side edge of a negative electrode current collector of the negative electrode in the longitudinal direction thereof includes a plurality of step parts discontinuously formed in the longitudinal direction at unequal intervals, and extends on both sides of each step part with a deviation of 0.2 mm or more.

Claims

1. A secondary battery comprising:

an electrode body formed by superimposing a positive electrode including a belt-shaped positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, a plurality of positive electrode tabs protruding from one side edge of the positive electrode current collector in a longitudinal direction thereof, and formed integral with the positive electrode current collector; and

a negative electrode including a belt-shaped negative electrode current collector, negative electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector, a plurality of negative electrode tabs each protruding from one side edge of the negative electrode current collector in a longitudinal direction thereof, and formed integral with the negative electrode current collector;

upon each other with a belt-shaped separator interposed between the electrodes, and rolling up the positive and negative electrodes and the separator into a spiral shape,

at least one side edge of the positive electrode current collector in the longitudinal direction thereof including a plurality of step parts discontinuously formed in the longitudinal direction at unequal intervals, and extending at both sides of each step part with a deviation of 0.2 mm or more, and 1 mm or less, and

at least one side edge of the negative electrode current collector in the longitudinal direction thereof including a plurality of step parts discontinuously formed in the longitudinal direction at unequal intervals, and extending on both sides of each step part with a deviation of 0.2 mm or more, and 1 mm or less.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein each of the step parts of the positive electrode current collector is formed on the side edge of the positive electrode current collector on which the positive electrode tabs are provided, and is formed out of the positive electrode tabs, and

each of the step parts of the negative electrode current collector is formed on the side edge of the negative electrode current collector on which the negative electrode tabs are provided, and is formed out of the negative electrode tabs.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein each of both side edges of the positive electrode current collector in the longitudinal direction thereof includes a plurality of step parts discontinuously formed in the longitudinal direction at unequal intervals, and each side edge of the positive electrode current collector extends on both sides of each step part with a deviation of 0.2 mm or more, and 1 mm or less, and

each of both side edges of the negative electrode current collector in the longitudinal direction thereof includes a plurality of step parts discontinuously formed in the longitudinal direction at unequal intervals, and each side edge of the negative electrode current collector extends on both sides of each step part with a deviation of 0.2 mm or more, and 1 mm or less.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the positive electrode tabs of the positive electrode are arranged at unequal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the positive electrode current collector, and

the negative tabs of the negative electrode are arranged at unequal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the negative electrode current collector.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein when the number of the step parts formed on the positive electrode current collector is set as N1, and the number of turns of the rolled up positive electrode is set as N2, a relationship of N1>

(N2÷

2) is satisfied, and

when the number of the step parts formed on the negative electrode current collector is set as M1, and the number of turns of the rolled up negative electrode is set as M2, a relationship of M1>

(M2÷

2) is satisfied.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein a width of the positive electrode current collector and width of the negative electrode current collector are different from each other.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 6, wherein a width of the separator is larger than the width of the positive electrode current collector and width of the negative electrode current collector.