POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE POWER STORAGE DEVICE
A power storage device has a case member, a terminal member, and a resin member subjected to insert molding to fix the terminal member to the case member. The resin member is made of a resin material including a thermoplastic main resin having a first glass transition temperature equal to or higher than 70° C., a thermoplastic elastomer, and a filler. The elastomer has a second glass transition temperature that is equal to or higher than −10° C. and equal to or lower than 20° C. and a third glass transition temperature equal to or lower than −40° C.
1 . A power storage device comprising:
a case member having an insertion hole;
a terminal member inserted through the insertion hole of the case member; and
a resin member subjected to insert molding and hermetically joined to the case member and the terminal member while insulating the case member and the terminal member from each other, to fix the terminal member to the case member,
wherein the resin member comprises a resin material including a thermoplastic main resin having a first glass transition temperature Tg 1 that is equal to or higher than 70° C. (Tg 1 ≥70), a thermoplastic elastomer, and a filler, and
wherein the elastomer has a second glass transition temperature Tg 2 that is equal to or higher than −10° C. and equal to or lower than 20° C. (−10≤Tg 2 ≤20) and a third glass transition temperature Tg 3 that is equal to or lower than −40° C. (Tg 3 ≤−40).
2 . The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the third glass transition temperature Tg 3 is equal to or lower than −60° C. (Tg 3 ≤−60).
3 . The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the terminal member includes a terminal seal portion to which the resin member is hermetically joined;
terminal nanocolumns with a height of 50 nm or more formed by joining particles derived from a metal that forms the terminal member and having a diameter of 100 nm or less together like strings of beads, into the form of columns, stand numerously on a surface of the terminal seal portion; and
the resin member is hermetically joined to the terminal seal portion with the resin material filling gaps between the terminal nanocolumns standing numerously.
4 . A method of manufacturing a power storage device including
a case member having an insertion hole,
a terminal member inserted through the insertion hole of the case member, and
a resin member subjected to insert molding and hermetically joined to the case member and the terminal member while insulating the case member and the terminal member from each other, to fix the terminal member to the case member,
wherein the resin member comprises a resin material including a thermoplastic main resin having a first glass transition temperature Tg 1 that is equal to or higher than 70° C. (Tg 1 ≥70), a thermoplastic elastomer, and a filler, and
wherein the elastomer has a second glass transition temperature Tg 2 that is equal to or higher than −10° C. and equal to or lower than 20° C. (−10≤Tg 2 ≤20) and a third glass transition temperature Tg 3 that is equal to or lower than −40° C. (Tg 3 ≤−40),
the method including
an insert molding of insert molding the resin member in a condition where the terminal member is inserted through the insertion hole of the case member,
wherein the insert molding comprises molding the resin member, using the resin material including the main resin having the first glass transition temperature Tg 1 , the elastomer having the second glass transition temperature Tg 2 and the third glass transition temperature Tg 3 , and the filler.
5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein:
the terminal member includes a terminal seal portion to which the resin member is hermetically joined;
terminal nanocolumns with a height of 50 nm or more formed by joining particles derived from a metal that forms the terminal member and having a diameter of 100 nm or less together like strings of beads, into the form of columns, stand numerously on a surface of the terminal seal portion; and
the resin member is hermetically joined to the terminal seal portion with the resin material filling gaps between the terminal nanocolumns standing numerously, the method further including
a terminal nanocolumn forming of applying a pulse oscillation laser beam to the terminal seal portion of the terminal member while shifting an irradiation position, to form the terminal nanocolumns standing numerously on the terminal seal portion, before the insert molding,
wherein the insert molding comprises molding the resin member while filling gaps between the terminal nanocolumns standing numerously on the terminal seal portion with the resin material.
6 . The power storage device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the terminal member includes a terminal seal portion to which the resin member is hermetically joined;
terminal nanocolumns with a height of 50 nm or more formed by joining particles derived from a metal that forms the terminal member and having a diameter of 100 nm or less together like strings of beads, into the form of columns, stand numerously on a surface of the terminal seal portion; and
the resin member is hermetically joined to the terminal seal portion with the resin material filling gaps between the terminal nanocolumns standing numerously.