IP Library Granted Patent US 12679010
Granted Patent B2
US 12679010 · App. 18/593,982 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Aluminum member, aluminum-resin composite, and method for producing the aluminum-resin composite

Inventors: Yuki Sato (Toyota, JP); Yozo Uchida (Toyota, JP); Tsuyoshi Ehara (Toyota, JP); Syoichi Tsuchiya (Toyota, JP); Masataka Asai (Toyota, JP); Tsuyoshi Asano (Toyota, JP); Masahiro Uchimura (Miyoshi, JP); Yasuaki Nagano (Kosai, JP); Shigeru Matsumoto (Toyohashi, JP)
Assignees: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYOTA BATTERY CO., LTD.
B29C45/14311B23K26/342B32B15/08B32B15/20B23K2103/10B29C2045/14868B29K2705/02H01M50/119H01M50/121H01M50/124H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12679010
App. No.
18/593,982
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an aluminum member, a member body made of metal aluminum (a lid member and a positive terminal member) is formed, on its member surface, with protrusions (a lid upper-surface protrusion layer, a lid lower-surface protrusion layer, a terminal side-surface protrusion layer, a terminal lower-surface protrusion layer) having a nano-order diameter of less than 1 μm and a nano-order height of less than 1 μm, which are densely arranged. Proximal end portions of the protrusions, continuous to the member surface, contains amorphous alumina and α-alumina.

Claims (19)

1 . A battery, comprising:

an aluminum-resin composite composed of:

an aluminum member made of metal aluminum, having a member surface on which protrusions are densely arranged, the protrusions each having a nano-order diameter of less than 1 μm and a nano-order height of less than 1 μm, wherein

each protrusion of the protrusions includes a proximal end portion continuous to the member surface, the proximal end portion having a height of 20 nm from a root portion of said each protrusion and containing amorphous alumina and α-alumina, and

the proximal end portion of each protrusion of the protrusions contains a higher mass ratio of α-alumina to amorphous alumina than in a region more than 20 nm from the root portion of said each protrusion; and

a resin member joined to the aluminum member; and

a non-aqueous electrolyte containing lithium hexafluorophosphate.

2 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein an average height of the protrusions is in a range of 84 nm to 1000 nm.

3 . A method of producing a battery, the battery comprising:

an aluminum-resin composite composed of:

an aluminum member made of metal aluminum, having a member surface on which protrusions are densely arranged,

a resin member joined to the aluminum member; and

a non-aqueous electrolyte containing lithium hexafluorophosphate, the method comprising:

forming the protrusions on the member surface by laser irradiation to the member surface to be formed with protrusions, the protrusions each having a nano-order diameter of less than 1 μm and a nano-order height of less than 1 μm, wherein

each protrusion of the protrusions includes a proximal end portion continuous to the member surface,

the proximal end portion has a height of 20 nm from a root portion of said each protrusion and contains amorphous alumina and α-alumina, and

the proximal end portion of each protrusion contains a higher mass ratio of α-alumina to amorphous alumina than in a region more than 20 nm from the root portion of said each protrusion; and

after forming the protrusions, forming the resin member on the member surface by insert molding.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein an average height of the protrusions is in a range of 84 nm to 1000 nm.