IP Library Granted Patent US 12,415,262
Granted Patent B2
US 12,415,262 · App. 17/580,958 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Secondary battery, battery pack, electronic device, electric tool, electric aircraft, and electric vehicle

Inventor: Akira Shinkawa (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
B25F5/00B64C27/00B64D27/34B64D27/357B64U50/30H01M10/0587H01M50/531B64U10/16B64U30/20H01M2220/20H01M2220/30
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Patent No.
US 12,415,262
App. No.
17/580,958
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a secondary battery, where a positive electrode includes a first covered part covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered part on a positive electrode foil, and a negative electrode includes a second covered part covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered part on a negative electrode foil, the positive electrode active material non-covered part is joined to a positive electrode current-collecting plate at one end of the electrode wound body, and the negative electrode active material non-covered part is joined to a negative electrode current-collecting plate at the other end of the electrode wound body.

Claims (45)

1. A secondary battery comprising:

an electrode wound body that has a positive electrode and a negative electrode stacked with a separator interposed therebetween and has a wound structure; and

a positive electrode current-collecting plate and a negative electrode current-collecting plate, wherein the electrode wound body, the positive electrode current-collecting plate and the negative electrode current-collecting plate are accommodated in an exterior can,

wherein the positive electrode includes a first covered part covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered part on a positive electrode foil,

the negative electrode comprises a second covered part covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered part on a negative electrode foil,

the positive electrode active material non-covered part is joined to the positive electrode current-collecting plate at one end of the electrode wound body,

the negative electrode active material non-covered part is joined to the negative electrode current-collecting plate at the other end of the electrode wound body,

one or both of the positive electrode active material non-covered part and the negative electrode active material non-covered part have a surface formed by bending toward a central axis of the wound structure and overlapping each other,

the surface has grooves,

the surface located between the adjacent grooves includes a raised part raising outward, and

at the raised part, at least the positive electrode active material non-covered part is joined to the positive electrode current-collecting plate or the negative electrode active material non-covered part is joined to the negative electrode current-collecting plate.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a number of overlapped sheets of the positive electrode foil in the positive electrode active material non-covered part, or a number of overlapped sheets of the negative electrode foil in the negative electrode active material non-covered part is 2 or more.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the positive electrode current-collecting plate includes aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein a material of the positive electrode current-collecting plate includes aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the negative electrode current-collecting plate includes a simple substance of nickel, a nickel alloy, copper, a copper alloy, or a composite thereof.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

a width of the positive electrode active material non-covered part is larger than a width of the negative electrode active material non-covered part,

an end of the positive electrode active material non-covered part and an end of the negative electrode active material non-covered part is protruded outward from the separator, and

a length of a part of the positive electrode active material non-covered part protruded from one end of the separator in a width direction is larger than a length of a part of the negative electrode active material non-covered part protruded from the other end of the separator in the width direction.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the positive electrode active material non-covered part that faces the negative electrode with the separator interposed therebetween has an insulating layer.

8. A battery pack comprising:

the secondary battery according to claim 1 ;

a controller configured to control the secondary battery; and

an exterior body that encloses the secondary battery.

9. An electronic device comprising the secondary battery according to claim 1 .

10. An electronic device comprising the secondary battery according to the battery pack according to claim 8 .

11. An electric tool comprising the battery pack according to claim 8 ,

wherein the electric tool is configured to use the battery pack as a power supply.

12. An electric aircraft comprising:

the battery pack according to claim 8 ;

a plurality of rotor blades;

a motor that rotates each of the rotor blades;

a support shaft that supports each of the rotor blades and the motor;

a motor controller configured to control rotation of the motor; and

a power supply line that supplies power to the motor,

wherein the battery pack is connected to the power supply line.

13. The electric aircraft according to claim 12 , comprising:

a plurality of pairs of the rotor blades facing each other; and

a plurality of the battery packs,

wherein the plurality of pairs of rotor blades and the plurality of battery packs are equal in number.

14. An electric vehicle including the secondary battery according to claim 1 , comprising:

a conversion device that receives power supply from the secondary battery to convert the power to a driving force for the electric vehicle; and

a controller configured to perform information processing related to vehicle control, based on information on the secondary battery.

15. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

in the vicinity of the apex of the raised part, the positive electrode active material non-covered part is joined to the positive electrode current-collecting plate and/or the negative electrode active material non-covered part is joined to the negative electrode current-collecting plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2022
From: SHINKAWA, AKIRA
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-139815 · Jul 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020028457 · Jul 22, 2020
Related Publication 20220149489A1 · May 12, 2022
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