IP Library Granted Patent US 7,914,926
Granted Patent B2
US 7,914,926 · App. 11/376,310 · Granted Mar 29, 2011

Flat-shaped battery

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Patent No.
US 7,914,926
App. No.
11/376,310
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flat-shaped battery according to the present invention includes: an outer can having an opening at its upper end; a gasket disposed at an inner edge of the opening; and a sealing plate that seals the opening together with the gasket. In this flat-shaped battery, the outer can houses a power generation element, the sealing plate is fixed to the inner edge of the opening of the outer can via the gasket by caulking, a nickel or nickel-containing plating layer having a thickness in a range from 1 to 10 μm is formed on an outer surface of a base composing the outer can, and a gold or gold-containing plating layer is formed on an outer surface of the nickel or nickel-containing plating layer.

Claims (13)

1. A flat-shaped battery comprising:

an outer can having an opening at its upper end;

a gasket disposed at an inner edge of the opening; and

a sealing plate that seals the opening together with the gasket,

wherein the outer can houses a power generation element,

the sealing plate is fixed to the inner edge of the opening of the outer can via the gasket by caulking,

an organic bright nickel plating layer or an organic bright nickel-containing plating layer is formed on an outer surface and an inner surface of a base composing the outer can,

a gold plating layer or a gold-containing plating layer is formed on an outer surface of the organic bright nickel plating layer or the organic bright nickel-containing plating layer that is formed on the outer surface and the inner surface of the base,

the base is formed of iron, and

the organic bright nickel plating layer or the organic bright nickel-containing plating layer has a thickness in a range from 4 to 10 μm.

2. The flat-shaped battery according to claim 1 , wherein the gold plating layer or the gold-containing plating layer has a thickness in a range from 0.05 to 0.5 μm.

3. The flat-shaped battery according to claim 1 , wherein the organic bright nickel plating layer or the organic bright nickel-containing plating layer has a surface roughness Ra of not more than 1.5.

4. The flat-shaped battery according to claim 1 , wherein the organic bright nickel plating layer or the organic bright nickel-containing plating layer has a layered crystal structure.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058301/0318 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 5, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL ENERGY, LTD.
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045245/0296 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Feb 5, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045247/0970 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2011
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: HITACHI MAXELL ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026564/0930 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2006
From: KIMURA, TAKASHI; SANO, KENICHI
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017698/0547 →