BATTERY PROVIDED WITH PRESSURE ABSORBING STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: MITSUTA SUSUMU, NISHIMURA KAZUYA, TSUTSUMI KAZUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.11.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the durability of a battery. SOLUTION: The durability of the battery can be improved by providing a pressure absorbing characteristic in a collector, a battery cell, a separator or the like of the battery. For example, a dimpled plate, a corrugated plate or a pleated plate is inserted between an active material and the collector or a barrier plate. A member having a space or a plate spring like object in an interior like an air spring, a honeycomb structure like member having a multiplicity of sealed chambers, a member filled with one type or a plurality of types of substances with elasticity in an interior, a member filled with air and one type or a plurality of types of substances with elasticity in an interior, a member that is a substance with elasticity itself, a member formed by a fibrous or foam like object, a member formed by a hollow yarn like object or the like can be used as the collector, the barrier plate, the battery cell, the separator or the like. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO