Secondary battery and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10320025-B2
Application number	US-201414509717-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2014
Priority date	Oct 22, 2013
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

To provide a secondary battery that is suitable to a portable information terminal or a wearable device. To provide an electronic device having a novel structure that can have various forms and a secondary battery that fits the forms of the electronic device. The secondary battery includes a film provided with depressions or projections that can ease stress on the film due to application of external force. The sizes of the depressions or projections are different between a center portion and an end portion of the film. The end portion of the film is sealed with an adhesive layer. The depressions or projections of the film are formed by pressing such as embossing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode current collector;
a negative electrode current collector;
a separator between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector;
a folded film inside which the positive electrode current collector, the negative electrode current collector, and the separator are sandwiched; and
an adhesive layer inside the folded film,
wherein the folded film is capable of changing a shape of the folded film,
wherein the folded film comprises:
a first region overlapping with the positive electrode current collector, the negative electrode current collector, and the separator; and
a second region overlapping with the adhesive layer,

wherein the folded film has a pattern including first depressions extending along a first direction and second depressions extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction in both the first region and the second region,
wherein the first direction and the second direction are not parallel to an edge in a width direction of the folded film,
wherein the folded film is a metal film,
wherein a depth of the first depressions in the first region is larger than a depth of the first depressions in the second region, and
wherein a depth of the second depressions in the first region is larger than a depth of the second depressions in the second region.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector comprises a protruding portion, and
wherein the protruding portion has a curved shape.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector comprises a protruding portion, and
wherein the protruding portion has a slit.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the separator is folded, and
wherein at least one of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector is inside the separator that is folded.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , comprising a stack of a plurality of positive electrode current collectors, a plurality of negative electrode current collectors, and a plurality of separators.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the folded film is an aluminum film.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adhesive layer includes polypropylene or polyethylene.

8. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
the secondary battery according to claim 1 , the secondary battery in the housing; and
a display device in the housing and electrically connected to the secondary battery.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the housing has a curved shape, and
wherein the secondary battery has a shape along the curved shape of the housing.

10. A secondary battery comprising:
a first film;
a second film;
a positive electrode current collector between the first film and the second film;
a negative electrode current collector between the first film and the second film;
a separator between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector; and
an adhesive layer between the first film and the second film,
wherein the first film is capable of changing a shape of the first film,
wherein the second film is capable of changing a shape of the second film,
wherein the first film and the second film each comprise:
a first region overlapping with the positive electrode current collector, the negative electrode current collector, and the separator; and
a second region overlapping with the adhesive layer,

wherein the first film and the second film each have a pattern including first depressions extending along a first direction and second depressions extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction in both the first region and the second region,
wherein the first direction and the second direction are not parallel to an edge in a width direction of each of the first film and the second film,
wherein each of the first film and the second film is a metal film,
wherein a depth of the first depressions in the first region is larger than a depth of the first depressions in the second region, and
wherein a depth of the second depressions in the first region is larger than a depth of the second depressions in the second region.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 10 ,
wherein each of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector comprises a protruding portion, and
wherein the protruding portion has a curved shape.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 10 ,
wherein each of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector comprises a protruding portion, and
wherein the protruding portion has a slit.

13. The secondary battery according to claim 10 ,
wherein the separator is folded, and
wherein at least one of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector is inside the separator that is folded.

14. The secondary battery according to claim 10 , comprising a stack of a plurality of positive electrode current collectors, a plurality of negative electrode current collectors, and a plurality of separators.

15. The secondary battery according to claim 10 ,
wherein each of the first film and the second film is an aluminum film.

16. The secondary battery according to claim 10 ,
wherein the adhesive layer includes polypropylene or polyethylene.

17. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
the secondary battery according to claim 10 , the secondary battery in the housing; and
a display device in the housing and electrically connected to the secondary battery.

18. The electronic device according to claim 17 ,
wherein the housing has a curved shape, and
wherein the secondary battery has a shape along the curved shape of the housing.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Hiroki Masaaki
• Furumatsu Daisuke

Classifications

• H01M4/70 Primary

  characterised by shape or form · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M10/0436 Primary

  Small-sized flat cells or batteries for portable equipment · CPC title

• H01M2220/30

  Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop · CPC title

• H01M50/466

  U-shaped, bag-shaped or folded · CPC title