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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129055 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE TYPE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY CELL There is provided a lithium ion secondary cell excellent in charging and discharging cycle characteristics. A lithium ion secondary cell includes: an electrode body including a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode having a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129010 | Battery pack A battery pack includes at least one bare cell, a protection circuit module (PCM) external to the at least one bare cell, and at least one conductive tab connecting the bare cell to the PCM, the conductive tabs including a non-magnetic portion and a magnetic portion on ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129043 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ASSEMBLED BATTERY AND ASSEMBLED BATTERY To provide a method for producing an assembled battery with which electric resistance welding can be performed more efficiently and flexibility in cell layout can be increased. The method includes a step of preparing a lead plate 5A for connecting a cell 4... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129017 | BATTERY PACK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A battery pack and a manufacturing method thereof enabling the streamlining of assembly work are provided. This battery pack comprises a printed circuit board 6 including wiring, lead plates 7, 10 that are fixed to the printed circuit board 6 and th... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129035 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE TYPE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY CELL There is provided a lithium ion secondary cell excellent in charging and discharging cycle characteristics. A lithium ion secondary cell includes an electrode body including a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode having a ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120107675 | TERMINAL OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE TERMINAL OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, RECHARGEABLE BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY MODULE A terminal of a rechargeable battery, the terminal including a current collecting terminal electrically coupled to an electrode assembly inside a case, wherein the current collecting terminal protrudes from the case; a terminal plate outside of the case and coupled to t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107680 | Lithium Ion Batteries with Supplemental Lithium Supplemental lithium can be used to stabilize lithium ion batteries with lithium rich metal oxides as the positive electrode active material. Dramatic improvements in the specific capacity at long cycling have been obtained. The supplemental lithium can be provided with... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105007 | LITHIUM ION BATTERIES WITH SUPPLEMENTAL LITHIUM Supplemental lithium can be used to stabilize lithium ion batteries with lithium rich metal oxides as the positive electrode active material. Dramatic improvements in the specific capacity at long cycling have been obtained. The supplemental lithium can be provided with... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107652 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A nonaqueous secondary battery includes a current cutoff mechanism that cuts off a current in a short period of time in response to a rise in pressure inside a battery outer body in at least one of a conductive path through which a current is taken out from a positive e... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107672 | Electrode With Interconnection Design for Miniature Electrochemical Cells and Methods of Making Miniature electrodes and electrochemical cells are disclosed. Such electrodes are made from forming an electrode mixture onto a current collector and distal end of a feedthrough pin such that the current collector and distal end of the feedthrough pin is encapsulated. T... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107668 | PRISMATIC BATTERIES AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS COMPRISING A STACK OF INSULATED ELECTRODE PLATES A prismatic battery cell or an electronic component comprising an electrode plate group of alternately stacked positive and negative electrode plates, wherein adjacent electrode plates of opposite polarity are insulated by an insulating separator, and electrode plates o... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107669 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN A FEEDTHROUGH PIN AND AN ELECTRODE STACK A battery comprises a battery case forming a substantially sealed enclosure and an electrode stack within the enclosure. The electrode stack includes a first set of electrode elements and a second set of electrode elements. The electrode elements in the second set alter... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120102725 | Battery Separator Resinous fibers of nanometer to micrometer width dimensions are drawn from a multi-component system by a melt extrusion process. The process includes a step of combining a fiber resin with a water-soluble carrier resin to form a resinous mixture. The resinous mixture is... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107688 | BINDER FOR LITHIUM ION RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELLS An electrode for a rechargeable battery cell includes a substrate, e.g., a current collector and a particulate silicon forming active material in the electrode, along with a cellulose based binder. At least one chelating agent is provided, the chelating agent being capa... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082904 | HIGH ENERGY DENSITY ALUMINUM BATTERY Compositions and methods of making are provided for a high energy density aluminum battery. The battery comprises an anode comprising aluminum metal. The battery further comprises a cathode comprising a material capable of intercalating aluminum ions during a discharge ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082898 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY A method for producing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, the negative electrode a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082905 | HIGH ENERGY DENSITY ALUMINUM BATTERY Compositions and methods of making are provided for a high energy density aluminum battery. The battery comprises an anode comprising aluminum metal. The battery further comprises a cathode comprising a material capable of intercalating aluminum or lithium ions during a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120079711 | PRESS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR BENDING ELECTRICAL TERMINALS OF BATTERY CELLS A press assembly and a method for bending electrical terminals of battery cells are provided. The assembly includes a supporting member that holds a body portion of a cell thereon. The cell has first and second electrical terminals. The assembly further includes a lower... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120079712 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTRODE FOR A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY A method of producing an active material for a lithium secondary battery, by which impurities causing problems in synthesizing an active material for a lithium secondary battery, including a lithium transition metal oxyanion compound are removed efficiently and enhancem... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082893 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY One embodiment may include a lithium ion battery, wherein one or more chelating agents may be attached to a battery component... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070750 | ELECTROLYTE FOR A BATTERY An electrolyte for an electrochemical cell and an electrochemical cell comprising such an electrolyte. The electrolyte comprises at least one conductive salt comprising lithium ions, at least one solvent and at least one wetting agent. The electrochemical cell comprises... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068070 | PYROELECTRIC MATERIAL, RADIATION SENSOR, METHOD OF MAKING A RADIATION SENSOR, USE OF LITHIUM TANTALATE AND LITHIUM NiOBATE A pyroelectric material is made of lithium tantalate treated to an extent that a bulk resistivity is in a range of less than 2e+14Ω*cm, preferably less than 5e+12Ω*cm, but more than a lower threshold is obtained.... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068551 | ELECTRICAL-ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES An electrical-energy storage device configured for use in a time-varying electromagnetic field, the storage device comprising: an electrode at least part of which is configured so as to hinder the ability of eddy currents induced by said field to circulate therein.... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070715 | BIPOLAR SECONDARY BATTERY A bipolar secondary battery includes a power generating element in which a bipolar electrode and an electrolyte layer are stacked. The bipolar electrode includes a positive-electrode active material layer formed on one surface of a current collector and a negative-elect... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120052369 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An electrode assembly includes a positive plate, a negative plate, and a separator located between the positive plate and the negative plate, each of the positive plate and the negative plate having an active part formed by applying an active material to at least one su... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052380 | BATTERY MANUFACTURING METHOD, BATTERY, PRE-WELDING POSITIVE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND PRE-WELDING POSITIVE PLATE Provided is a method of manufacturing a battery having an electrode module including: a positive plate having a cathode collector portion formed by attaching a lead member to a cathode substrate made of a foamed metal plate; and a cathode collector plate welded to the c... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052342 | ENERGY STORAGE CHAMBERS WITH FLEXIBLE PACKAGES, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME An energy storage device is provided. In one embodiment, the energy storage device includes an energy storage chamber containing an electrolyte, a flexible package packaging the energy storage chamber, a set of electrodes contacting with the electrolyte and extending fr... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052400 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, AND ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS WITH THE ELECTRODE STRUCTURE Disclosed herein is an electrode structure for an energy storage apparatus. The electrode structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a current collector; and an active material layer formed in the current collector, wherein the acti... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052363 | STRUCTURAL ENERGY STORAGE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF Described herein are multi-functional composite materials containing energy storage assemblies that can be significantly resistant to tension/compression stress. The energy storage assemblies can contain at least one energy storage layer that contains an insulating laye... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047719 | METHOD OF MAKING A BATTERY GRID A method of forming battery grids or plates that includes the step of mechanically reshaping or refinishing battery grid wires to improve adhesion between the battery paste and the grid wires. The method is particularly useful in improving the past adhesion to battery g... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045670 | AUXILIARY ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS CONTAINING HIGH CAPACITY ACTIVE MATERIALS Provided are novel electrochemical cells that include positive electrodes, negative electrodes containing high capacity active materials such as silicon, and auxiliary electrodes containing lithium. An auxiliary electrode is provided in the cell at least prior to its fo... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045685 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE To provide an electric storage device whose negative electrode can be doped with lithium ions in a short time and whose resistance can be lowered. An electric storage device including a unit that is obtained by alternately stacking a positive-electrode sheet 9 an... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040231 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Provide an electrochemical device offering a large capacity per current collector and a low internal resistance, which is also easy to assemble. Provided is a laminated sheet body 16S by inserting a negative-electrode continuous body 11BW between an adjace... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041507 | ELECTRODE INCLUDING A 3D FRAMEWORK FORMED OF FLUORINATED CARBON One example includes a battery case sealed to retain electrolyte, an electrode disposed in the battery case, the electrode comprising a framework defining open areas disposed along three axes (“3D framework”) formed of fluorinated carbon including elements that each... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040218 | SINGLE CELL AND POWER BATTERY PACK COMPRISING THE SAME A single cell and a power battery pack comprising the same are provided. The single cell comprises: a shell; a cover board sealing an open end of the shell; an electrode core disposed inside the shell; an electrode terminal extending through the cover board, the electro... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040209 | SECONDARY BATTERY PACK OF NOVEL STRUCTURE Disclosed herein is a secondary battery pack including a battery cell including first and second electrode terminals of specific structures, a protection circuit module (PCM) including connection members A and B connected to the first and second electrode terminals and ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040234 | LAMINATED BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A laminated battery formed by laminating a plurality of flat cells each having an electrode tab includes: an insulating member disposed to prevent a short-circuit in the electrode tab; and a terminal connected to the electrode tab, wherein a tip end side of the terminal... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034502 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH CURRENT LIMITER A rechargeable battery comprises a battery cell comprising a plurality of battery component films on a substrate, the battery component films including at least a pair of electrodes about an electrolyte. A current limiter is electrically coupled to the battery cell to l... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034504 | FLAT SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE GROUP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND FLAT SECONDARY BATTERY WITH FLAT SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE GROUP Innermost parts (8A, 9A) of bent portions of an electrode group (1) are positioned opposite each other relative to a center line (6).... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030932 | Method of Controlled Cell-Level Fusing Within a Battery Pack A method is provided that achieves improved battery pack performance, system reliability and system safety while impacting only a small region of the battery pack/battery module, and thus having only a minor impact on battery pack cost, complexity, weight and size. The ... | 02/09/2012 |
