Secondary battery and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9960446-B2
Application number	US-201514722939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2015
Priority date	May 29, 2014
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

A secondary battery suitable for a portable information terminal or a wearable device is provided. An electronic device having a novel structure which can have various forms and a secondary battery that fits the forms of the electronic device are provided. In the secondary battery, sealing is performed using a film provided with depressions or projections that ease stress on the film due to application of external force. A pattern of depressions or projections is formed on the film by pressing, e.g., embossing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A secondary battery comprising a film,
wherein the film has a region with a first pattern of depressions or projections and a region without the first pattern of the depressions or the projections,
wherein the region with the first pattern comprises a portion having a first thickness and a portion having a second thickness,
wherein sealing is performed using the film,
wherein the secondary battery has flexibility,
wherein the secondary battery is a multi-stable flexible secondary battery having at least a first stable condition and a second stable condition,
wherein the first stable condition is flat,
wherein the second stable condition is fixed while being bent, and
wherein the secondary battery deforms repeatedly between the first stable condition and the second stable condition.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the depressions or the projections have a first pitch in the portion having the first thickness, and
wherein the depressions or the projections have a second pitch in the portion having the second thickness.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the first pitch is different from the second pitch.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the depths of the depressions with the first pitch or the heights of the projections with the first pitch and the depths of the depressions with the second pitch or the heights of the projections with the second pitch are smaller than half the thickness of the secondary battery.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , comprising a boundary between the region with the first pattern and the region without the first pattern.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the film has a region with a second pattern of depressions or projections different from the first pattern, and
wherein the region with the second pattern comprises a portion having a third thickness and a portion having a fourth thickness.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 6 , comprising a boundary between the first pattern and the second pattern.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , comprising at least a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and an electrolyte solution in a space inside the film which is folded.

9. The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein a surface of the film far from a center of curvature is the region with the first pattern in the second stable condition.

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

11. A secondary battery comprising a film,
wherein the film has a region with a first pattern of depressions or projections and a region without the first pattern of the depressions or the projections,
wherein the region with the first pattern comprises a portion having a first thickness and a portion having a second thickness,
wherein sealing is performed using the film,
wherein the depressions or the projections have a first pitch in the portion having the first thickness, and
wherein the depressions or the projections have a second pitch in the portion having the second thickness.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 11 , comprising a boundary between the region with the first pattern and the region without the first pattern.

13. The secondary battery according to claim 11 ,
wherein the film has a region with a second pattern of depressions or projections different from the first pattern, and
wherein the region with the second pattern comprises a portion having a third thickness and a portion having a fourth thickness.

14. The secondary battery according to claim 13 , comprising a boundary between the first pattern and the second pattern.

15. The secondary battery according to claim 11 , comprising at least a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and an electrolyte solution in a space inside the film which is folded.

16. The secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the first pitch is different from the second pitch.

17. The secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the depths of the depressions with the first pitch or the heights of the projections with the first pitch and the depths of the depressions with the second pitch or the heights of the projections with the second pitch are smaller than half the thickness of the secondary battery.

18. The secondary battery according to claim 11 ,
wherein the secondary battery has flexibility,
wherein the secondary battery is a multi-stable flexible secondary battery having at least a first stable condition and a second stable condition,
wherein the first stable condition is flat,
wherein the second stable condition is fixed while being bent,
wherein the secondary battery deforms repeatedly between the first stable condition and the second stable condition, and
wherein a surface of the film far from a center of curvature is the region with the first pattern in the second stable condition.

19. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
the secondary battery according to claim 11 , the secondary battery being in the housing; and
a display device in the housing, the display device being electrically connected to the secondary battery.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Takahashi Minoru
• Tajima Ryota

Classifications

• H01G9/048

  characterised by their structure (H01G11/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• Y02E60/13

  Energy storage using capacitors · CPC title

• H01M2220/30

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

• H01M10/0436 Primary

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