IP Library Granted Patent US 9,716,275
Granted Patent B2
US 9,716,275 · App. 14/551,222 · Granted Jul 25, 2017

Cylindrical nonaqueous electrolyte battery

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Patent No.
US 9,716,275
App. No.
14/551,222
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cylindrical nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a wound electrode unit as a wound electrode laminate of belt-like positive and negative electrodes laminated via a separator, the positive electrode including a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active material layer, and the negative electrode including a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer; an adhesive member provided to cover the wound electrode laminate at a terminating end portion lying on an outer side of the wound electrode unit; and a battery canister housing the wound electrode unit, the adhesive member including a base material, and an adhesive layer provided on a whole surface or on at least a part of the surface on one side of the base material, and the base material being a mixture of a resin material of high swellability and a resin material of high melting point.

Claims (29)

1. A cylindrical nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising:

a wound electrode unit as a wound electrode laminate of a belt shaped positive electrode and a belt shaped negative electrode laminated via a separator, the positive electrode including a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector, and the negative electrode including a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer formed on the negative electrode collector;

an adhesive member provided to cover the wound electrode laminate at a terminating end portion that lies on an outer side of the wound electrode unit; and

a battery canister that houses the wound electrode unit,

wherein the adhesive member includes a base material, and an adhesive layer provided on a whole surface or on at least a part of the surface on one side of the base material,

wherein the base material is a mixture of a resin material of high swellability and a resin material of high melting point, and

wherein the resin material of high melting point includes acryl rubber.

2. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin material of high swellability has a degree of swelling of 5% or more after being dipped in propylene carbonate, and

wherein the resin material of high melting point has a melting point of 60° C. or more.

3. The battery according to claim 2 , wherein the mixture ratio of the resin material of high swellability and the resin material of high melting point ranges from 10:90 to 97:3 in terms of a weight ratio.

4. The battery according to claim 3 , wherein the adhesive member covers at least 10% of the whole area of the outer surface of the wound electrode unit.

5. The battery according to claim 4 , wherein the resin material of high swellability is a polymeric compound that includes a halogen group, or a polar group including an ester group and a carboxyl group.

6. The battery according to claim 5 , wherein the resin material of high swellability is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, a copolymer of primarily vinylidene fluoride, polybutadiene, polyisoprene, a tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, and a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene-vinylidene fluoride ternary copolymer.

7. The battery according to claim 4 , wherein the adhesive layer is formed of at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylic adhesive, a rubber-based adhesive, a silicone-based adhesive, a urethane-based adhesive, an α-olefin-based adhesive, an ether-based adhesive, an ethylene-vinyl acetate resin-based adhesive, an epoxy resin-based adhesive, a vinyl chloride resin-based adhesive, a chloroprene rubber-based adhesive, a cyanoacrylate-based adhesive, an aqueous polymer-isocyanate-based adhesive, a styrene-butadiene rubber-based adhesive, a nitrile rubber-based adhesive, a nitrocellulose-based adhesive, a reactive hotmelt-based adhesive, a phenol resin-based adhesive, a modified silicone-based adhesive, a polyamide resin-based adhesive, a polyimide-based adhesive, a polyurethane resin-based adhesive, a polyolefin resin-based adhesive, a polyvinyl acetate resin-based adhesive, a polystyrene resin solvent-based adhesive, a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive, a polyvinyl pyrrolidone resin-based adhesive, a polyvinyl butyral resin-based adhesive, a polybenzimidazole-based adhesive, a polymethacrylate resin-based adhesive, a melamine resin-based adhesive, a urea resin-based adhesive, and a resorcinol-based adhesive.

8. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin material of high melting point includes polyethylene.

9. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin material of high melting point includes polypropylene.

10. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin material of high melting point includes polyimide.

11. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the resin material of high swellability includes polyvinylidene fluoride.

12. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the resin material of high swellability includes a copolymer of primarily vinylidene fluoride.

13. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the resin material of high swellability includes polybutadiene.

14. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the resin material of high swellability includes polyisoprene.

15. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the resin material of high swellability includes a tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer.

16. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the resin material of high swellability includes a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer.

17. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the resin material of high swellability includes a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer.

18. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the resin material of high swellability includes a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene-vinylidene fluoride ternary copolymer.

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 Jan 15, 2015
From: KOBAYASHI, YUTA; TSUJIMOTO, HISASHI; KURATSUKA, MASAKI; FUKUSHIMA, YUZURU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034727/0137 →