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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168320 | Secondary battery A battery including: a spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode having a cathode active material layer on a strip-shaped cathode current collector and an anode having an anode active material layer on a strip-shaped anode current collector are layered with a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8142923 | Battery The battery of the invention has a positive-electrode layer 20, a negative-electrode layer 50, and an electrolytic layer 40 through which ionic conduction is performed between the two electrode layers. In this battery, the positive-electrode lay... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8119278 | Flexible thin printed battery and device and method of manufacturing same A flat, flexible electrochemical cell is provided. The within invention describes various aspects of the flat, flexible electrochemical cell. A printed anode is provided that obviates the need for a discrete anode current collector, thereby reducing the size of the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110303 | Non-aqueous secondary battery and its control method The invention provides a non-aqueous secondary battery having positive and negative electrodes and non-aqueous electrolyte containing lithium salt which has an energy capacity of 30 Wh or more, a volume energy density of 180 Wh/l or higher, which battery has a flat ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105710 | Battery with leads A battery 10A with leads has a low-profile external casing acting 11 as one of a pair of electrode terminals and a closure plate 12 acting as the other of the electrode terminals. The closure plate 12 hermetically seals an opening of the ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8053103 | Battery pack A battery pack including: a bare cell; a holder disposed at an end of the bare cell, having a connection groove on a side surface thereof; a protection circuit board seated in the holder; and an outer case disposed upon a side of the bare cell, having a connection p... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043740 | Flat-shaped battery The flat-shaped battery includes an electrode material containing an active material, and a battery case which has the electrode material housed inside and in which a plurality of protruding members extending inwardly from an inner surface of the battery case are fi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8034477 | Chip battery A chip battery includes an element body including a solid electrolyte layer, a positive electrode layer, and a negative electrode layer. Current collectors are provided on the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, respectively, of the element bo... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029927 | Thin printable electrochemical cell utilizing a “picture frame” and methods of making the same A thin printed flexible electrochemical cell, and its method of manufacture, using a “picture frame” structure sealed, for example, with a high moisture and oxygen barrier polymer film and featuring, for example, a printed cathode deposited on an optional, highl... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025997 | Battery pack A secondary battery comprises a case which includes a frame and a film covering an opening of the frame to form a space inside the frame, and a unit battery cell placed in the space inside the case. The frame has a higher hardness than the film. The frame can be for... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021778 | Electrochemical apparatus with barrier layer protected substrate The present invention relates to apparatus, compositions and methods of fabricating high performance thin-film batteries on metallic substrates, polymeric substrates, or doped or undoped silicon substrates by fabricating an appropriate barrier layer composed, for ex... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7985500 | Method and apparatus for flexible battery for implantable device One embodiment of the present subject matter includes an apparatus for storing energy, the apparatus having a first portion comprising a flexible substrate containing a polymer electrolyte and a second portion adapted to provide a conformable housing surrounding the... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7939195 | Structured electrolyte for micro-battery In order to increase the capacity of an “all-solid” type micro-battery, the layer of electrolyte is structured: transversing cavities are created in the flat layer, advantageously at the level of patches of collector material, then filled by anode or cathode mat... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7914925 | Thin-type secondary battery and method of producing the same, and secondary battery module To provide a high capacity thin-type secondary battery suitably formed into a module and having no thickness fluctuation, excellent quality stability, and excellent heat radiation properties, by using a sheet-like separator having expansion anisotropy due to penetra... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7906234 | All-solid-state lithium secondary cell and method of manufacturing the same An all-solid-state lithium secondary cell has a laminate, and a pair of external current collectors. The laminate is shaped into substantially a rectangular parallelepiped and is made of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte between the... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7875383 | Pouch type secondary battery A pouch type secondary battery which can prevent a cut portion from electrically contacting a protective circuit module, thereby preventing an electrical short circuit and acceleration of corrosion of a core material and enhancing safety includes an electrode assemb... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7862927 | Thin film battery and manufacturing method In a method of fabricating a battery, a substrate is annealed to reduce surface contaminants or even water of crystallization from the substrate. A series of battery component films are deposited on a substrate, including an adhesion film, electrode films, and an el... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855012 | Secondary battery A secondary battery for electronic appliance to be installed in an electronic appliance, thereby feeding an electric power to the electronic appliance, is disclosed, which includes: a battery cell in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyt... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7846577 | Battery pack A battery pack is provided, in which a plurality of rechargeable batteries are held by a center frame, a bottom-side frame, and a terminal-side frame in a parallel spaced relationship, the plurality of rechargeable batteries being connected in series and integrated ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7829216 | Secondary battery having independent coupling frame members and battery module having the same The present invention is a secondary battery, which is formed in the shape of a plate and has an electrode assembly mounted in a battery case made of a laminated sheet including a metal layer and a resin layer, wherein the secondary battery is constructed in a struc... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829215 | Surface micromachined electrolyte-cavities for use in micro-aluminum galvanic cells The present invention is directed to the fabrication of thin aluminum anode batteries using a highly reproducible process that enables high volume manufacturing of the galvanic cells. In the present invention, semiconductor fabrication methods are used to fabricate ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824795 | Solid electrolyte structure for all-solid-state battery, all-solid-state battery, and their production methods A solid electrolyte structure (1) for all-solid-state batteries includes a plate-like dense body (2) formed of a ceramic that includes a solid electrolyte, and a porous layer (3) formed of a ceramic that includes a solid electrolyte that is the ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7811702 | Microbattery comprising through-connections and production method thereof A microbattery has a support having a front face, a rear face, first and second current collectors arranged on the front face. A stack including a cathode and an anode separated by an electrolyte is arranged on the current collectors. The anode and cathode respectiv... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7781096 | Battery case The present invention provides a battery including a case and a battery cell accommodated in the case. The case is divided in a thicknesswise direction of the battery cell into a first case and a second case. The first and second cases have joint portions formed alo... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7776468 | Wafer alkaline cell A wafer alkaline cell of a laminar structure is disclosed. The cell comprises an anode assembly and a cathode assembly bonded together to form a laminate structure. There may be one and desirably two anode frames securing an anode current collector sheet sandwiched ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7704636 | Cell having film outer casing A cell having a film outer casing with high volume energy density and preferably sealing performance is provided. The cell has a flat electrode assembly having a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to opposed to each other via a separator and wound into ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700228 | Secondary battery A secondary battery for electronic appliance to be installed in an electronic appliance, thereby feeding an electric power to the electronic appliance is disclosed, which includes a cell stack of plural battery cells in each of which a positive electrode, a negative... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7682733 | Thin film battery having textured layer A monolithically integrated lithium thin film battery (10) provides increased areal capacity on a single level (without stacking of multiple cells). The Lithium thin film battery (10) comprises a substrate (12) having a surface (13) textu... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7645541 | Secondary battery of excellent sealability Disclosed herein is a secondary battery comprising electrode leads mounted in a sealed fashion in a battery case while the electrode leads partially protrude from the battery case and resin films disposed between the battery case and the electrode leads wherein the ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7632602 | Thin film buried anode battery A reverse configuration, lithium thin film battery (300) having a buried lithium anode layer (305) and process for making the same. The present invention is formed from a precursor composite structure (200) made by depositing electrolyte layer (... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7625666 | Lead plate-attached coin-type battery whose lead plate is attached to exclusively either an outer can or a cap A lead plate-attached coin-type battery is constituted from a combination of a coin-type battery and a positive lead plate. In the coin-type battery, a negative cap seals the aperture of a positive outer can. In a lateral view, the positive lead plate is crank-shape... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7618744 | Thin film lithium battery A thin film lithium battery is provided which can realize a high yield by solving various problems caused by a pin hole formed in a solid electrolyte layer. A thin film lithium battery according to the present invention is a thin film lithium battery in which... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7566515 | Flat non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell containing an electricity-generating element with at least a cathode, a separator and an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte inside a cathode case, electrode units each consisting of the cathode and the anode opposite to each... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7556884 | Battery pack and thermostat used therefor The present invention reduces components of a circuit board and miniaturizes a battery pack using a thermostat. The battery pack includes a thermostat (9) having a casing portion (10) formed of a nonconductive material, a first electrode portion (13... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7531271 | Wafer alkaline cell A wafer alkaline cell of a laminar structure is disclosed. The cell has a pair of opposing sides comprising at least the majority of the boundary surface of said cell and defining a short cell dimension therebetween. The cell comprises an anode assembly and a cathod... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7504179 | Secondary cell module and method of its production A secondary cell module and the method of its production, which comprises a combination cell formed by connecting the positive and/or the negative electrode terminal(s) of multiple secondary cells in series and/or in parallel with each other through a metal bus-bar ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7501201 | Battery and method for manufacturing spiral electrode group for use therein A wound electrode group includes an electrode stack that is formed by laminating a strip of positive electrode plate, a strip of negative electrode plate, and a pair of separators interposed therebetween. When the electrode stack is wound, a difference L in length b... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7494742 | Layered barrier structure having one or more definable layers and method A system provides an environmental barrier also useful for providing a circuit, for example, one having a thin-film battery such as one that includes lithium or lithium compounds connected to an electronic circuit. An environmental barrier is deposited as alternatin... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7442468 | Secondary battery with improved energy density A secondary battery includes a cathode electrode (10), an anode electrode (10′), and a separator (12) sandwiched between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode. The cathode electrode and the anode electrode each have a regular repeating... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427453 | Pouched lithium secondary battery A pouched lithium secondary battery including a battery unit having a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; a positive electrode tab electrically connecte... | 09/23/2008 |
