18659120. POWER STORAGE CELL (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)

POWER STORAGE CELL

Organization Name

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Kenichi Kakishita of Nagoya-shi (JP)

Atsushi Sugihara of Toyota-shi (JP)

Jun Izumi of Toyota-shi (JP)

Tetsuya Mimura of Chiryu-shi (JP)

Kota Ohata of Toyota-shi (JP)

Nana Kurashita of Toyota-shi (JP)

Yuki Takahashi of Miyoshi-shi (JP)

POWER STORAGE CELL

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18659120 titled 'POWER STORAGE CELL

Original Abstract Submitted

A power storage cell includes an electrode assembly, an insulating plate, and a cell case. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes and a separator. The electrodes include respective current collector foils and active material layers. The electrode assembly includes: an electrode assembly body where respective parts of the current collector foils provided with the active material layers are arranged side by side in one direction with the separator interposed therebetween; and a plurality of current collector tabs formed by respective parts of the current collector foils not provided with the active material layers. The current collector tabs are bent with a part of one current collector tab superposed on an adjacent current collector tab. The insulating plate includes a base portion and a thickness adjusting portion located on an end of the base portion in a second direction. The thickness adjusting portion tapers inward in the second direction.