IP Library Granted Patent US 7,985,495
Granted Patent B2
US 7,985,495 · App. 11/654,682 · Granted Jul 26, 2011

Assembled battery, power-supply system and production method of assembled battery

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Patent No.
US 7,985,495
App. No.
11/654,682
Granted
Jul 26, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembled battery comprises mainly multiple non-aqueous secondary cells A and at least one electric device B for voltage detection containing a non-aqueous electrolyte connected to the multiple non-aqueous secondary cells A in series. When a difference in the non-aqueous secondary cell A between a voltage per cell (V A1 ) at a depth of discharge of 25% and a voltage per cell (V A2 ) at a depth of discharge of 75% is designated as ΔV A , and a difference in the electric device B between a voltage per cell (V B1 ) at a depth of discharge equivalent to the depth of discharge of 25% of the non-aqueous secondary cell A and a voltage per cell (V B2 ) at a depth of discharge equivalent to the depth of discharge of 75% of the non-aqueous secondary cell A is designated as ΔV B , the ΔV B of electric device B is greater than the ΔV A of non-aqueous secondary cell A.

Claims (15)

1. An assembled battery, comprising mainly multiple non-aqueous secondary cells A and at least one electric device B for voltage detection containing a non-aqueous electrolyte connected to the multiple non-aqueous secondary cells A in series, wherein,

when a difference in the non-aqueous secondary cell A between a voltage per cell (V A1 ) at a depth of discharge of 25% and a voltage per cell (V A2 ) at a depth of discharge of 75% is designated as ΔV A , and a difference in the electric device B between a voltage per cell (V B1 ) at a depth of discharge equivalent to the depth of discharge of 25% of the non-aqueous secondary cell A and a voltage per cell (V B2 ) at a depth of discharge equivalent to the depth of discharge of 75% of the non-aqueous secondary cell A, as ΔV B , the ΔV B of electric device B is greater than the ΔV A of non-aqueous secondary cell A,

a battery capacity per cell (C B ) of the electric device B is greater than a battery capacity per cell (C A ) of the non-aqueous secondary cell A, and

the electric device B is a non-aqueous secondary cell.

2. The assembled battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electric device B is an electric double-layer capacitor.

3. The assembled battery according to claim 1 , wherein a negative electrode of the non-aqueous secondary cell A contains a graphite-based carbon material as a negative-electrode active material, and a negative electrode of the electric device B contains at least one material selected from amorphous carbon, alloys and metal oxides as a negative-electrode active material.

4. The assembled battery according to claim 1 , wherein a positive electrode of the non-aqueous secondary cell A contains at least one compound selected from iron phosphate compounds and nickel manganese spinel oxides as a positive-electrode active material, and a positive electrode of the electric device B contains a lithium oxide represented by LiMO 2 (where M represents at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Mn, Al, and Mg) as a positive-electrode active material.

5. An assembled battery, comprising mainly multiple non-aqueous secondary cells A and at least one electric device D for internal-resistance detection containing a non-aqueous electrolyte connected to the multiple non-aqueous secondary cells A in series, wherein,

when a difference in the non-aqueous secondary cell A between an internal resistance per cell (R A1 ) at a depth of discharge of 25% and an internal resistance per cell (R A2 ) at a depth of discharge of 75% is designated as ΔR A , and a difference in the electric device D between an internal resistance per cell (R D1 ) at a depth of discharge equivalent to the depth of discharge of 25% of the non-aqueous secondary cell A and an internal resistance per cell (R D2 ) at a depth of discharge equivalent to the depth of discharge of 75% of the non-aqueous secondary cell A, as ΔR D , the ΔR D of electric device D is greater than the ΔR A of non-aqueous secondary cell A,

a battery capacity per cell (C D ) of the electric device D is greater than a battery capacity per cell (C A ) of the non-aqueous secondary cell A, and

wherein the electric device D is a non-aqueous secondary cell.

6. The assembled battery according to claim 5 , wherein a negative electrode of the non-aqueous secondary cell A contains a graphite-based carbon material as a negative-electrode active material, and a negative electrode of the electric device D contains at least one material selected from amorphous carbon, alloys and metal oxides as a negative-electrode active material.

7. The assembled battery according to claim 5 , wherein a positive electrode of the non-aqueous secondary cell A contains at least one compound selected from iron phosphate compounds and nickel manganese spinel oxides as a positive-electrode active material, and a positive electrode of the electric device D contains a lithium oxide represented by LiMO 2 (where M represents at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Mn, Al, and Mg) as a positive-electrode active material.

8. A power-supply system, comprising the assembled battery according to claim 1 .

9. A power-supply system, comprising the assembled battery according to claim 5 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0534 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2007
From: OKADA, YUKIHIRO; NAGAYAMA, MASATOSHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019716/0036 →