IP Library Granted Patent US 9,570,776
Granted Patent B2
US 9,570,776 · App. 14/430,244 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Lithium-ion secondary battery and method of producing the same

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,570,776
App. No.
14/430,244
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a battery in which collector foil is unlikely to break. In a lithium-ion secondary battery, as for a distance from a connection section between a positive electrode tab and the positive electrode terminal to a boundary section between applying and non-applying sections of positive-electrode active material in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction, compared with a reference positive electrode having the boundary section that is located farthest to the connection section by straight-line distance, a layer of a positive electrode that is stacked in such a way as to be farthest from the reference positive electrode has a smaller distance from a boundary of the applying and non-applying sections of the positive-electrode active material to a connection section with the positive electrode tab in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction.

Claims (31)

1. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising:

an electrode-stacked body including

a plurality of positive electrodes, each of said positive electrodes including an applying section of positive-electrode active material on a positive electrode current collector, and a non-applying section of positive-electrode active material which becomes a positive electrode tab,

a plurality of negative electrodes, each of said negative electrodes including an applying section of negative-electrode active material on a negative electrode current collector, and a non-applying section of negative-electrode active material which becomes a negative electrode tab, and

a separator, wherein the plurality of positive electrodes and negative electrodes are alternately stacked via separators;

a positive electrode terminal that is electrically connected to the positive electrode tabs;

a negative electrode terminal that is electrically connected to the negative electrode tabs, wherein

the electrode-stacked body, an electrolysis solution, the positive electrode terminal, and the negative electrode terminal are housed in an exterior body except for one end of the positive electrode terminal and one end of the negative electrode terminal, and

as for a horizontal distance from a connection section between the positive electrode tab and the positive electrode terminal to a boundary section between the applying and non-applying sections of positive-electrode active material, a positive electrode that is stacked in such a way as to be farthest from a reference positive electrode has a shorter distance than the reference positive electrode having the boundary section that is farthest to the connection section by straight-line distance.

2. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

from the reference positive electrode toward a layer of positive electrode that is stacked at a position that is farthest from the reference positive electrode, the distance from the boundary section to the connection section becomes gradually shorter.

3. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , further comprising

an insulation section formed in a boundary section of applying and non-applying sections of the positive-electrode active material.

4. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are pulled out from the same side of the exterior body.

5. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are pulled out from different sides of the exterior body that face one another.

6. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , further comprising

an insulation section formed in a boundary section of applying and non-applying sections of the positive-electrode active material.

7. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein

the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are pulled out from the same side of the exterior body.

8. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein

the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are pulled out from different sides of the exterior body that face one another.

9. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein

the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are pulled out from the same side of the exterior body.

10. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein

the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are pulled out from different sides of the exterior body that face one another.

11. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein

the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are pulled out from the same side of the exterior body.

12. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein

the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are pulled out from different sides of the exterior body that face one another.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2024
From: SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECURITY AGENT
To: ENVISION AESC JAPAN LTD.; ENVISION AESC ENERGY DEVICES LTD.
Reel/Frame 069461/0179 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: ENVISION AESC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO MITUSI BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 049649/0924 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 21, 2019
From: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
To: ENVISION AESC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049556/0123 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2015
From: YAMAMOTO, YOSHIMASA
To: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035232/0802 →