An ultracapacitor that is capable of exhibiting good properties even after being subjected to high temperatures, such as experienced during solder reflow, is provided. The ultracapacitor contains a housing having sidewalls that extend in a direction generally perpendicular to a base. An interior cavity is defined between an inner surface of the base and the sidewalls within which an electrode assembly can be positioned. To attach the electrode assembly, first and second conductive members are disposed on the inner surface of the base. The electrode assembly likewise contains first and second leads that extend outwardly therefrom and are electrically connected to the first and second conductive members, respectively. The first and second conductive members are, in turn, electrically connected to first and second external terminations, respectively, which are provided on an outer surface of the base.

An ultracapacitor that is capable of exhibiting good properties even after being subjected to high temperatures, such as experienced during solder reflow, is provided. The ultracapacitor contains a housing having sidewalls that extend in a direction generally perpendicular to a base. An interior cavity is defined between an inner surface of the base and the sidewalls within which an electrode assembly can be positioned. To attach the electrode assembly, first and second conductive members are disposed on the inner surface of the base. The electrode assembly likewise contains first and second leads that extend outwardly therefrom and are electrically connected to the first and second conductive members, respectively. The first and second conductive members are, in turn, electrically connected to first and second external terminations, respectively, which are provided on an outer surface of the base.

Provided is a technique to reduce voids between an electrode tab and a current collecting unit in a portion where the electrode tab and the current collecting unit are welded. The secondary battery manufacturing method disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a secondary battery including an electrode body having an electrode tab and a current collecting unit electrically connected to the electrode body. This method includes: welding between the electrode tab and the current collecting unit, by sandwiching the electrode tab between a transparent material and the current collecting unit and then applying laser to penetrate the transparent material.

An electrical device for a converter has at least one capacitor having a first connection and a second connection, a first busbar and a second busbar is disclosed. A respective busbar has a greater extension along a transverse direction than along a longitudinal direction, and has a greater extension along the longitudinal direction than along a vertical direction. The respective busbar has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite one other with respect to the vertical direction. The device also has a first contact-connection device electrically conductively contact-connected to the first connection and via which the first connection is electrically conductively connected to the first busbar, and a second contact-connection device electrically conductively contact-connected to the second connection via which the second connection is electrically conductively connected to the second busbar. The busbars delimit a connection space in the vertical direction for connecting a semiconductor power unit.

A power storage module including: a plurality of power storage devices; and a holder that holds the plurality of power storage devices, wherein each of the power storage devices includes a case including an opening, an electrode assembly accommodated in the case and including a first electrode and a second electrode, and a sealing member that seals the opening, the case includes a cylindrical cylinder part, an opening end part corresponding to the opening provided at one end part of the cylinder part, and a bottom part that closes another end part of the cylinder part, in each of the plurality of power storage devices, at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder part is covered with an insulating layer, and positions of a pair of the power storage devices adjacent to each other included in the plurality of power storage devices are regulated by the insulating layer.

An energy storage apparatus includes: two energy storage devices each including an electrode assembly formed by stacking in a stacking direction and a metal case in which the electrode assembly is accommodated, the two energy storage devices including a first energy storage device and a second energy storage device that are arrayed in an array direction intersecting the stacking direction; and a pair of restraint bodies that collectively sandwiches the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device in the stacking direction.

An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly; a case that accommodates the electrode assembly; and an external terminal made of metal and disposed in the case, in which the external terminal includes: a flange portion spreading along the case outside the case; and a shaft portion extending from the flange portion, penetrating the case, and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, in which the flange portion includes a plurality of metal layers layered in a penetrating direction of the shaft portion.

A method of manufacturing a winding capacitor package structure is provided. The method of manufacturing the winding capacitor package structure includes: forming a base layer on an inner bottom surface of a casing structure; placing a winding assembly and a part of a conductive assembly inside an accommodating space of the casing structure; sequentially forming a plurality of filling layers between the winding assembly and the casing structure; and then placing a bottom carrier frame on a bottom portion of the casing structure so as to match with the casing structure. The casing structure includes a rough inner surface, and the base layer and the filling layer are limited inside the casing structure through a friction provided by the rough inner surface of the casing structure.

A method of manufacturing a winding capacitor package structure is provided. The method of manufacturing the winding capacitor package structure includes: forming a base layer on an inner bottom surface of a casing structure; placing a winding assembly and a part of a conductive assembly inside an accommodating space of the casing structure; sequentially forming a plurality of filling layers between the winding assembly and the casing structure; and then placing a bottom carrier frame on a bottom portion of the casing structure so as to match with the casing structure. The casing structure includes a main casing for enclosing the base layer and the filling layer and a retaining body inwardly bent from a bottom side of the main casing, and the base layer and the filling layer are retained and limited inside the casing structure by the retaining body.

Disclosed herein is an energy storage apparatus suitable for mounting on a printed circuit board using a solder reflow process, the apparatus comprising a sealed housing body comprising a positive internal contact and a negative internal contact each disposed within the body and each respectively in electrical communication with a positive external contact and a negative external contact, each of the external contacts providing electrical communication to the exterior of the body; an electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) energy storage cell disposed within a cavity in the body comprising a stack of alternating electrode layers and electrically insulating separator layers; an electrolyte disposed within the cavity and wetting the electrode layers; a positive lead electrically connecting a first group of one or more of the electrode layers to the positive internal contact; and a negative lead electrically connecting a second group of one or more of the electrode layers to the negative internal contact; wherein at least one of the positive external contact and the negative external contact is configured with an elongated exterior terminal configured to dissipate thermal shock to the energy storage apparatus.