IP Library Granted Patent US 8,017,263
Granted Patent B2
US 8,017,263 · App. 11/626,249 · Granted Sep 13, 2011

Separator and battery

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Patent No.
US 8,017,263
App. No.
11/626,249
Granted
Sep 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery in which a cathode and an anode are arranged so as to face each other an having a separator in between is provided. The separator is formed from a plurality of laminated microporous membranes and has a film thickness of 10x μm and a piercing strength of 150x gf or more, where 1≦x≦2. The air permeability of one layer among the plurality of microporous membranes is equal to or larger than 10% of the air permeability of the whole separator.

Claims (28)

1. A battery in which a cathode and an anode are arranged to face each other and having a separator in between, wherein

said separator is formed by a plurality of laminated microporous membranes and has a film thickness of 10x μm and a piercing strength of 150x gf or more, where 1≦x≦2,

the plurality of microporous membranes comprises a polyethylene base material layer and a polypropylene surface layer formed on a surface of the base material layer, and

an air permeability of the base material layer is between 10%-40% of an air permeability of the entire separator.

2. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein an open circuit voltage in a full charging state per pair of said cathode and anode ranges from 4.25V to 6.00V.

3. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein the base material layer and the microporous membranes other than said base material layer have different air permeability values.

4. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein a melting point of the base material layer is lower than the melting point of the surface layer.

5. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein said anode includes a carbon material or a metal material which can dope and dedope alkaline metal ions or alkaline earth metal ions.

6. A battery according to claim 5 , wherein said carbon material contains at least one kind of material selected from a group consisting of graphite, easy-graphitizable carbon, and non-easy-graphitizable carbon.

7. A battery according to claim 5 , wherein said alkaline metal or said alkaline earth metal contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin, and lead.

8. A separator formed by a plurality of laminated microporous membranes, wherein

said separator has a film thickness of 10x μm and a piercing strength of 150x gf or more, where 1≦x≦2,

the plurality of microporous membranes comprises a polyethylene base material layer and a polypropylene surface layer formed on a surface of the base material layer, and

an air permeability of the base material layer is between 10%-40% of an air permeability of the entire separator.

9. A battery in which a cathode and an anode are arranged to face each other and having a separator in between, wherein

said separator is formed by a plurality of laminated microporous membranes and has a film thickness of 10x μm and a piercing strength of 150x gf or more, where 1≦x≦2,

the plurality of microporous membranes comprises a polyethylene base material layer and a polypropylene surface layer formed on a surface of the base material layer, and

an air permeability of the base material layer is between 35%-40% of an air permeability of the entire separator.

10. A battery according to claim 9 , wherein an open circuit voltage in a full charging state per pair of said cathode and anode ranges from 4.25V to 6.00V.

11. A battery according to claim 9 , wherein the base material layer and the microporous membranes other than said base material layer have different air permeability values.

12. A battery according to claim 9 , wherein a melting point of the base material layer is lower than the melting point of the surface layer.

13. A battery according to claim 9 , wherein said anode includes a carbon material or a metal material which can dope and dedope alkaline metal ions or alkaline earth metal ions.

14. A battery according to claim 13 , wherein said carbon material contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a graphite, easy-graphitizable carbon, and non-easy-graphitizable carbon.

15. A battery according to claim 13 , wherein said alkaline metal or said alkaline earth metal contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin, and lead.

16. A separator formed by a plurality of laminated microporous membranes, wherein

said separator has a film thickness of 10x μm and a piercing strength of 150x gf or more, where 1≦x≦2,

the plurality of microporous membranes comprises a polyethylene base material layer and a polypropylene surface layer formed on a surface of the base material layer, and

an air permeability of the base material layer is between 35%-40% of an air permeability of the entire separator.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2018
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045103/0835 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2018
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD
Reel/Frame 045104/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2007
From: OGAWA, KENICHI; AKASHI, HIROYUKI; KONISHI, YOSUKE; KAJITA, ATSUSHI; OBANA, YOSHIAKI; HARA, TOMITARO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019750/0043 →