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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120040239 | SEALING CONSTRUCTION FOR SECONDARY CELL The present invention is a sealing construction for a secondary cell in which an electrode terminal member is disposed inside an opening of a cell container with interposition of a seal member, with a circumferential portion of the cell container around its opening bein... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110256447 | BATTERY A battery includes an insulating body, a brass cap, a cathode plate, and a protection member. The brass cap is disposed on one end of the insulating body as an anode of the battery. The cathode plate is disposed on the other end of the insulating body as a cathode of th... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110244279 | END CAP SEAL FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL An end cap seal assembly for an electrochemical cell such as an alkaline cell is disclosed. The end cap assembly comprises a metal support disk and underlying insulating sealing disk and a metal end cap overlying the metal support disk. The edge of the end cap and metal... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110223472 | CYLINDRICAL BATTERY CELL WITH NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE A non-aqueous electrolyte battery cell according to the present invention includes: a generating unit; a battery cell container that contains the generating unit; and a sealing lid, disposed in an open end portion of the battery cell container, and that seals the batter... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110217589 | CYLINDRICAL NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY A cylindrical nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a wound electrode unit as a wound electrode laminate of belt-like positive and negative electrodes laminated via a separator, the positive electrode including a positive electrode collector and a positive ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110212360 | BATTERY CELL DESIGN AND METHOD OF ITS CONSTRUCTION A compact, robust, multifunctional and highly manufacturable rechargeable battery cell is provided. The cell design dedicates minimal internal volume to inert components of the cell. This is accomplished, in part, by providing multiple functionalities to individual cell... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110159354 | GALVANIC ELEMENT WITH A HIGH CAPACITY A button cell includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator arranged in a housing comprising a cell cup and a cell lid insulated from one another by a seal, wherein the negative electrode is tablet-shaped pressed body having a self-supporting struc... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110076549 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME A secondary battery and a method of fabricating the same. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed therebetween, a sealing tape surrounding a circumferential surface... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110064995 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SECONDARY BATTERY A secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including an external surface, an electrolyte, a sealing tape including an adhesive layer attached to at least portion of an... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110039135 | LIQUID POWERED ASSEMBLY A liquid powered assembly including a housing; a removable bottom base; a seal; an electrolyte battery assembly; and, a liquid powered device. The housing includes an upper end portion and a lower end portion. The housing has a volume therein for containing an electroly... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110008672 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SECONDARY BATTERY A secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, the secondary battery includes 1) an electrode assembly comprising an outer surface, 2) an electrolyte, 3) a sealing tape attached to and surrounding at least part of the outer surf... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100310927 | CURRENT COLLECTOR TERMINAL PLATE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SECONDARY BATTERY A current collector terminal plate comprising a plate-shaped conductive material is used. The conductive material has an expected welding portion that melts with priority. The conductive material has, for example, a bent portion forming a protrusion on one side and a de... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100248014 | Vapor Transmission Resistant Seal Members for Nonaqueous Electrochemical Cells A seal member having a thermoplastic body for an electrochemical cell containing a nonaqueous organic solvent electrolyte. In particular, the seal member is preferably one or more of (a) a seal located between a cell container wall and a cell cover and (b) a seal of a v... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100221599 | AA CELL BATTERY Electric power elements (positive and negative electrode mixtures 2 and 3) are included in a cylindrical battery case 1 with a base also serving as one electrode terminal (positive electrode terminal), an opening portion of the battery case 1... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100216014 | Closure Assembly for Electrochemical Cells A closure assembly for an electrochemical cell includes a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device and a dual wall gasket that isolates the PTC device from primary axial compression forces present in the closure assembly. A method for closing an electrochemical cel... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100209766 | SECONDARY BATTERY A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the two electrode plates, a can housing the electrode assembly and a cap assembly sealing the can. Further, the second... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100183912 | GALVANIC ELEMENT FOR HIGH STRESSES The present invention relates to a galvanic element, in particular an element of the button cell type, which has a long service life even when there are high mechanical or thermal loads. The element has a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte, a separator arranged between t... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100143792 | CAP ASSEMBLY AND SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING THE SAME Provided are a cap assembly for a secondary battery and a secondary battery having the same. Here, when a can is sealed using a laser beam, soot and degradation of a gasket of the cap assembly may be prevented. The cap assembly includes an ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100136374 | PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT MODULE AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME A protective circuit module and a secondary battery including the same. The secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly, a can to house the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly to seal an opening of the can. The protective circuit module includes: a first module... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100112434 | CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING STRUCTURE IN WHICH ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY IS CONNECTED WITH SEALING COVER VIA COMBINATION OF CURRENT COLLECTOR PLATE AND CURRENT COLLECTOR LEAD To aim to provide a cylindrical secondary battery comprising a current collector assembly that is inserted between the electrode assembly and the sealing cover, and electrically connects the sealing cover with a core of one of the positive electrode plate and the negati... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100068619 | Electrochemical Cell With Improved Internal Contact Electrochemical battery cells with strip-like electrodes and having a pressure contact between a lead from one of the electrodes and a side wall of the cell container. An electrochemical cell having a spiral wound electrode assembly having an internal lead in direct pre... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090325062 | GALVANIC ELEMENT COMPRISING A NOVEL HOUSING A galvanic element having a housing including a housing cup, a housing cover, and a film seal that isolates the housing cup from the housing cover, wherein the housing cover includes a cover base, an adjacent cylindrical section and an adjacent edge section, and wherein... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090311595 | BATTERY CASE AND BATTERY USING THE SAME An Fe—Ni diffusion layer (3) is formed on the surface of a steel plate (2) containing Fe in an amount of 98 percent by weight or more, and the Fe/Ni ratio is adjusted within the range of 0.1 to 2.5. The steel plate (2) is shaped into a battery cas... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090305128 | Secondary battery A secondary battery including an electrode assembly; a can having an upper opening to receive the electrode assembly and having two facing wide walls, wherein the wide walls are asymmetrical to each other; and a cap assembly sealing the upper opening of the can.... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090246619 | CENTER PIN FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING THE SAME A center pin for a secondary battery and a secondary battery having the same, which optimizes a void volume of the secondary battery. The center pin is inserted into an electrode assembly of the secondary battery. The center pin has a longitudinal hole and includes a se... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090197165 | ALKALINE BATTERY An alkaline battery includes: a battery can (2) encasing a positive mixture (4), a separator (5) and a gel-like negative electrode (6); and a sealing assembly for fitting to an opening of the battery can (11), the sealing assembly incl... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090169988 | AA and AAA Alkaline dry batteries An AA alkaline dry battery includes a bottomed cylindrical casing of which internal volume is 6.25 ml or larger and which accommodates a positive electrode containing manganese dioxide of 9.30 g or more, a negative electrode containing zinc, and electrolyte containing a... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090148763 | ALKALINE BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK A positive electrode and a gelled negative electrode are stored with a separator interposed therebetween in a battery case and an opening portion of the battery case is sealed with a gasket. The battery case is formed so that a thickness of a body portion thereof is sma... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090142660 | SEALED BATTERY, AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED THEREWITH A sealed battery includes: a battery container having in at least an end portion thereof an opening portion, and a container folded-back portion formed in a peripheral edge of the opening portion; a lid having in its outer periphery a lid folded-back portion, and being ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090136841 | HERMETICALLY SEALED BATTERY To provide a hermetically sealed battery having a seal that also serves as a terminal plate, in which the seal can be reliably welded to a battery case without causing spatters and the like while ensuring good weld strength of a lead to the seal. | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090130551 | Nickel Metal-Hydride Battery A sealed nickel metal-hydride battery shows a high output density and an excellent cycle performance particularly in a cold atmosphere. In a nickel metal-hydride battery having a nickel electrode and a hydrogen absorbing electrode respectively as positive electrode and ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090104521 | Storage battery and insulating material and battery container using the same A storage battery which can further intensify the sealing properties of the electrode rod piercing portion thereof, a technique capable of increasing the area of the sealing surface at the sealed portion of the storage battery, a technique capable of certainly preventin... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090061306 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY A rechargeable battery including: an electrode assembly; a can to house the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly to seal an opening of the can. The cap assembly includes: a cap plate; an insulation plate disposed upon a lower surface of the cap plate; a terminal plate... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090047576 | Nickel Metal-Hydride Battery and Method of Manufacturing the Same An object of the present invention is to provide a sealed nickel metal-hydride that shows an excellent output power performance, while maintaining an excellent charge/discharge cycle performance, and a method of manufacturing the same. A hy... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090029238 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL HAVING POLYMERIC MOISTURE BARRIER An alkaline electrochemical cell is provided which employs a polymeric moisture barrier material disposed in the collector assembly to substantially prevent the passage of moisture into the cell. The polymeric vapor barrier material may include a polyvinylidene chloride... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090011329 | SECONDARY BATTERY A secondary battery including: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator located between the two plates; a lower collector plate located beneath the electrode assembly, and electrically connected to the posit... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080274402 | Secondary battery The present invention relates to a secondary battery including an insulating case interposed between the cap assembly and the electrode assembly. The insulating case is made of a sealing material with low thermal deformation, excellent flame-retardation, and excellent e... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080226981 | CENTER PIN CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY BATTERY AND CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING THE SAME A center pin of a cylindrical secondary battery and a cylindrical secondary battery including the same are provided. The cylindrical secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator dispos... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080160392 | Cylindrical battery The board assembly portion includes a circuit board, a communication terminal, and an insulating formed section. A data-processing circuit is mounted on the circuit board. The insulating formed section positions the communication terminal in a predetermined position. A ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080160401 | BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A battery having a collecting structure that can reduce internal resistance of the battery and a structure that allows easy manufacturing of the battery by the following processes is provided. An enlarged portion is formed near an opening end of a battery case and a sup... | 07/03/2008 |
