Secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12230817-B2
Application number	US-202318237635-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2023
Priority date	Dec 4, 2013
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

A secondary battery with an exterior body having a novel scaling structure, and a structure of a sealing portion that relaxes a stress of deformation are provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and an exterior body enclosing at least part of the positive electrode, at least part of the negative electrode, and the electrolyte solution. The exterior body includes a first region having a shape with a curve, a shape with a wavy line, a shape with an arc, or a shape with a plurality of inflection points, and a second region having the same shape as the first region. The first region is in contact with the second region. Alternatively, the first region has a shape without a straight line. The secondary battery may be flexible, and the exterior body in a region having flexibility may include the first region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power storage device comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode;
an electrolytic solution; and
an exterior body being sheet-like,
wherein the exterior body has a shape comprising:
a first portion enclosing at least a part of the positive electrode, at least a part of the negative electrode, and the electrolytic solution with two exterior body films; and
a second portion that the two exterior body films are in contact with each other,

wherein the exterior body comprises a shape that an interface between the first portion and the second portion is linear except for corners,
wherein at least one of the corners of the interface of the exterior body has a shape with a curved shape or an arc shape,
wherein the shape with a curved shape or an arc shape has a shape protruding toward an inside of the power storage device in a plane view,
wherein the power storage device has a flexible region, and
wherein the interface comprises the at least one of the corners having the shape with a curved shape or an arc shape of the at least one of the corners in the flexible region.

2. A power storage device comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode;
an electrolytic solution; and
an exterior body being sheet-like,
wherein the exterior body has a shape comprising:
a first portion enclosing at least a part of the positive electrode, at least a part of the negative electrode, and the electrolytic solution with two exterior body films; and
a second portion that the two exterior body films are in contact with each other,

wherein the exterior body comprises a shape that an interface between the first portion and the second portion is linear except for corners,
wherein at least one of the corners of the interface of the exterior body has a shape with a curved shape or an arc shape,
wherein the shape with a curved shape or an arc shape has a shape protruding toward an inside of the power storage device in a plane view,
wherein the power storage device comprises a region that is capable of being deformed, and
wherein the interface comprises the at least one of the corners having the shape with a curved shape or an arc shape of the at least one of the corners in the region that is capable of being deformed.

3. A power storage device comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode;
an electrolytic solution; and
an exterior body being sheet-like,
wherein the exterior body has a shape comprising:
a first portion enclosing at least a part of the positive electrode, at least a part of the negative electrode, and the electrolytic solution with one exterior body film; and
a second portion that two regions of the one exterior body film are in contact with each other,

wherein the exterior body comprises a shape that an interface between the first portion and the second portion is linear except for corners,
wherein at least one of the corners of the interface of the exterior body has a shape with a curved shape or an arc shape,
wherein the shape with a curved shape or an arc shape has a shape protruding toward an inside of the power storage device in a plane view,
wherein the power storage device has a flexible region, and
wherein the interface comprises the at least one of the corners having the shape with a curved shape or an arc shape of the at least one of the corners in the flexible region.

4. A power storage device comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode;
an electrolytic solution; and
an exterior body being sheet-like,
wherein the exterior body has a shape comprising:
a first portion enclosing at least a part of the positive electrode, at least a part of the negative electrode, and the electrolytic solution with one exterior body film; and
a second portion that two regions of the one exterior body film are in contact with each other,

wherein the exterior body comprises a shape that an interface between the first portion and the second portion is linear except for corners,
wherein at least one of the corners of the interface of the exterior body has a shape with a curved shape or an arc shape,
wherein the shape with a curved shape or an arc shape has a shape protruding toward an inside of the power storage device in a plane view,
wherein the power storage device comprises a region that is capable of being deformed, and
wherein the interface comprises the at least one of the corners having the shape with a curved shape or an arc shape of the at least one of the corners in the region that is capable of being deformed.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Takahashi Minoru
• Tajima Ryota

Classifications

• H01M50/10

  Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings · CPC title

• H01M50/183

  Sealing members · CPC title

• H01M50/116

  characterised by the material · CPC title

• H01M50/198

  characterised by physical properties, e.g. adhesiveness or hardness · CPC title

• H01M50/184 Primary

  characterised by their shape or structure · CPC title