# US 2022/0045367 A1 · Battery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0045367 A1 - Document ID: US20220045367A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/497,476 - Filed: 2021-10-08 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-09 - Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Daiki NISHIIE; Hideaki TOKUGAWA; Yoshiichi HORIKOSHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220045367A1 ## CPC - H01M 10/0587: of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators - H01M 4/131: Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx - H01M 4/70: characterised by shape or form - H01M 10/0431: {Cells with wound or folded electrodes (H01M10/045 takes precedence)} - H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries - H01M 50/103: prismatic or rectangular (H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence) - H01M 50/449: having a layered structure - H01M 50/46: Separators, membranes or diaphragms characterised by their combination with electrodes - H01M 50/531: Electrode connections inside a battery casing - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A battery is provided. The battery includes an electrode body having a winding structure. The electrode body includes a first electrode having a first belt shape, a second electrode having a second belt shape, and a separator having a third belt shape, and an electrolyte. The separator is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery comprising: an electrode body having a winding structure, the electrode body including: a first electrode having a first belt shape; a second electrode having a second belt shape; and a separator having a third belt shape, the separator being provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electrolyte, wherein an electrode that is located at an innermost periphery from among the first electrode and the second electrode includes: a current collector that includes a first principal face and a second principal face; a first active material layer that is provided on the first principal face in such a way that a first current-collector exposed part is provided at an end on a winding center side of the electrode; a second active material layer that is provided on the second principal face in such a way that a second current-collector exposed part is provided at the end on the winding center side of the electrode; a first insulating member; and a second insulating member, wherein the first insulating member covers a boundary between the first active material layer and the first current-collector exposed part, and the first current-collector exposed part, the second insulating member covers a boundary between the second active material layer and the second current-collector exposed part, and the second current-collector exposed part, the first insulating member and the second insulating member overlap each other to sandwich the current collector, widths of the first insulating member and the second insulating member in a shorter side direction of the electrode are greater than a width of the electrode in the shorter side direction of the electrode, the second insulating member is located on the second principal face between the end on the winding center side of the electrode and an end of the first active material layer, and the first insulating member is located on the first principal face between the end on the winding center side of the electrode and an end of the second active material layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein an amount of misalignment of ends on the winding center side of the first insulating member and the second insulating member is less than or equal to 3.0 mm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein the electrode includes: a third current-collector exposed part in which an end on the winding center side of the first current-collector exposed part is not covered by the first insulating member, and is exposed; and a forth current-collector exposed part in which an end on the winding center side of the second current-collector exposed part is not covered by the second insulating member, and is exposed, and a length of a portion where the third current-collector exposed part and the fourth current-collector exposed part overlap each other in a thickness direction of the electrode is less than or equal to 5 mm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein the electrode includes: a third current-collector exposed part in which an end on the winding center side of the first current-collector exposed part is not covered by the first insulating member, and is exposed; and a forth current-collector exposed part in which an end on the winding center side of the second current-collector exposed part is not covered by the second insulating member, and is exposed, and a length of a portion where the third current-collector exposed part and the fourth current-collector exposed part overlap each other in a thickness direction of the electrode is less than or equal to 5 mm. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein the electrode body has a flat shape, the electrode includes a single-sided electrode part in which the first active material layer is not provided on the first principal face, the first principal face serves as the first current-collector exposed part, and the second active material layer is provided on the second principal face, the single-sided electrode part includes a curved part, and a region that corresponds to the curved part of the single-sided electrode part in the first current-collector exposed part is covered by the first insulating member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein the electrode body has a flat shape, the electrode includes a single-sided electrode part in which the first active material layer is not provided on the first principal face, the first principal face serves as the first current-collector exposed part, and the second active material layer is provided on the second principal face, the single-sided electrode part includes a curved part, and a region that corresponds to the curved part of the single-sided electrode part in the first current-collector exposed part is covered by the first insulating member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The battery according to claim 3, wherein the electrode body has a flat shape, the electrode includes a single-sided electrode part in which the first active material layer is not provided on the first principal face, the first principal face serves as the first current-collector exposed part, and the second active material layer is provided on the second principal face, the single-sided electrode part includes a curved part, and a region that corresponds to the curved part of the single-sided electrode part in the first current-collector exposed part is covered by the first insulating member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein a width of the current collector ranges from 5 mm to 25 mm inclusive. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein a width of the current collector ranges from 5 mm to 25 mm inclusive. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The battery according to claim 3, wherein a width of the current collector ranges from 5 mm to 25 mm inclusive. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The battery according to claim 5, wherein a width of the current collector ranges from 5 mm to 25 mm inclusive. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the current collector ranges from 5 μm to 15 μm inclusive. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of the current collector ranges from 5 μm to 15 μm inclusive. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The battery according to claim 3, wherein a thickness of the current collector ranges from 5 μm to 15 μm inclusive. ### Claim 15 (depends on 5) The battery according to claim 5, wherein a thickness of the current collector ranges from 5 μm to 15 μm inclusive. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The battery according to claim 8, wherein a thickness of the current collector ranges from 5 μm to 15 μm inclusive. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode is a positive electrode, the second electrode is a negative electrode, the positive electrode includes a positive electrode tab that is provided on an outermost peripheral side of the positive electrode, and the negative electrode includes a negative electrode tab that is provided on the outermost peripheral side of the negative electrode. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein the electrode is a positive electrode. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, further comprising: a metal can that accommodates the electrode body and the electrolyte, wherein a negative electrode is wound at an outermost periphery of the electrode body, the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, and the negative electrode current collector that is exposed is in contact with an inside face of the metal can.