Battery powered devices are provided with electrically isolated outputs. One exemplary battery device comprises at least one battery; and control electronics configured to provide a plurality of outputs from one of the at least one battery, wherein the plurality of outputs comprise at least one output that is electrically isolated from at least one other output of the plurality of outputs that each provide power to one or more of a plurality of loads. In another exemplary battery device, the control electronics are configured to provide a plurality of outputs from one of the at least one battery, and further comprises a housing assembly comprising (i) at least two surfaces, wherein the at least two surfaces have a space therebetween configured to house the control electronics and the at least one battery; or (ii) a tubular structure configured to house the control electronics and the at least one battery.

Provided are a pouch case for a pouch type secondary battery in which one corner is in close contact with a cooling plate and a pouch type secondary battery including the same. In the pouch case, by controlling a shape relation among a forming portion formed to have a non-zero depth determined in advance at a center to accommodate one side of an electrode assembly, a receiving portion in surface contact with a side surface of the electrode assembly at the time of sealing the pouch case, and a sealing portion for sealing opposing ends of the forming portion and the electrode assembly, a size of a sealing protrusion formed after the electrode assembly is packaged through mechanical properties of a metal laminate sheet and a simplified die and punch may be minimized.

A method including providing, on a substrate, first and second stacks for an energy storage device with a groove therebetween is provided. The first and second stacks each, respectively, include a first electrode layer on the substrate, an electrolyte layer on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer on the electrolyte layer. A first material is deposited within the groove and a second material is deposited over the first stack, the first material and the second stack to electrically connect the second electrode layers of the first and second stacks, via the second material. The first material prevents the second material from contacting the first electrode layer of the first and second stacks and the electrolyte layer of the first and second stacks, to electrically insulate the first electrode layer of the first and second stacks and the electrolyte layer of the first and second stacks from the second material.

An implantable medical device, battery and method include memory configured to store program instructions. At least one of circuitry or a processor are configured to execute the program instructions in connection with at least one of monitoring a biological signal or administering a therapy. The device includes a battery comprising a cell stack that includes an anode, a cathode, and one or more separator layers electrically insulating the anode from the cathode. The device includes a case having a feedthrough port and a feedthrough assembly disposed in the feedthrough port. The feedthrough assembly includes a ferrule having a lumen. An inner conductor is disposed within the lumen of the ferrule. The inner conductor is formed from a material having a first composition and a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). An insulating core is disposed within the lumen of the ferrule and separates the inner conductor from the ferrule. The insulating core is formed from a material having a second composition and a second CTE. The first CTE of the inner conductor is equal to or greater than the second CTE of the insulating core and the first and second compositions are molecularly bonded with one another to form a hermetic seal between the inner conductor and the insulating core.

A conductive member is disposed on a side of the sealing plate adjacent to an electrode assembly with a first insulating member disposed therebetween. The conductive member has a conductive-member opening portion. The conductive-member opening portion of the conductive member is sealed by a deformation plate. The deformation plate is connected to a first positive-electrode current collector, which is electrically connected to positive electrode plates. A second insulating member is disposed between the deformation plate and the first positive-electrode current collector. Fixing projections and displacement prevention projections are provided on a surface of the second insulating member. The second insulating member is fixed to the first positive-electrode current collector such that the fixing projections are disposed in fixing holes in the first positive-electrode current collector. The displacement prevention projections on the second insulating member are disposed in displacement prevention holes in the first positive-electrode current collector.

A battery including a battery body and a flange portion; the battery body includes a first side face protruding from a surface of the battery body; the flange portion is arranged outside the battery body and includes a protrusion segment connected to the battery body, the protrusion segment protruding away from the battery body.

A flexible battery and a display device are provided. The flexible battery includes: a plurality of flexible electric core blocks; wherein the plurality of flexible electric core blocks are arranged at intervals along a curling traveling direction, a spacing between adjacent flexible electric core blocks is gradually increased along the curling traveling direction; at least one flexible connecting bridge is arranged between the adjacent flexible electric core blocks, and two ends of the flexible connecting bridge are electrically connected with the adjacent flexible electric core blocks respectively.

A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly disposed within a constraint. The electrode assembly comprises a population of unit cells comprising an electrode current collector layer, an electrode layer, a separator layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a counter-electrode current collector layer in stacked succession. A subset of the unit cell population includes extended spacer members between the electrode current collector layer and the counter-electrode current collector layer. One of the spacer members is spaced in a transverse direction from the other extended spacer member, at least a portion of the counter-electrode active material of the counter-electrode layer being located between the spacer members such that the portion of the counter-electrode active material and the spacer members lie in a common plane defined by x and z axes, wherein each of the extended spacer members extend a distance SD in the x-axis direction beyond an x-axis edge of the constraint.

A circuit board having a power supply, an electrical device having a circuit board, and a method for producing a circuit board are disclosed. In an embodiment a circuit board includes a power supply, a carrier substrate and an energy store with a first layer stack having a first electrode layer with a first electrode, a second electrode layer with a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer arranged therebetween, which has an electrolyte, wherein the first electrode, the second electrode and the electrolyte are solid states.

A battery includes an outer encasement member configured to accommodate an electrode body that is quadrilateral in plan view. The outer encasement member has a recessed portion that is quadrilateral in plan view and configured to accommodate the electrode body, and is provided with a joint portion at an outer peripheral end portion. A corner portion of the recessed portion is provided with a projection extending toward the joint portion.