Stacking system and method for continuously piling cutouts from at least one foil- or membrane-like material web onto a stack, wherein the at least one foil- or membrane-like material web is continuously fed, the at least one foil- or membrane-like material web is cut to a size dependent on the dimensions of the stack to form a blank, the blank is received by a magazine of a continuously moving, in particular rotating, transfer apparatus having a plurality of magazines, and where the received blank is transferred from the magazine onto the stack, before the magazine receives a subsequent blank.

To solve the above problem, a pouch forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a die in which a forming space is recessed inward from a top surface thereof; a partition wall partitioning the forming space into first and second forming spaces; a stripper disposed above the die and configured to descend to contact the die with the pouch film therebetween to fix the pouch film to be seated on a top surface of the die; and an electromagnetic force generation part disposed above the forming space and configured to generate electromagnetic force and configured to apply the electromagnetic force to the forming space.

The present invention is related to a battery module packaging comprising a multilayer structure 1, said structure comprising an inner polymer layer 2, an outer polymer layer 4 and an aluminum foil 5 sandwiched between the inner polymer layer 2 and the outer polymer layer 4, or an inner polymer layer 2, an outer polymer layer 4, an aluminum foil 5 sandwiched between the inner polymer layer 2 and the outer polymer layer 4 and an intermediary layer 3 sandwiched between aluminum foil 5 and inner polymer layer 2. In use, the inner polymer layer 2 is in direct contact with the cell part of the battery and the outer polymer layer 4 is in contact with a hardware element of the battery.

The present disclosure relates to the active initiation of incident energy-dissipating material from a structure surface coating as a counter measure response for the protection of a structure surface. The active initiation is triggered at a predetermined area or areas on a targeted structure surface in response to incident directed energy sensed on a target surface.

The invention provides a method for delaminating a composite by immersing the composite into a delamination solution; wherein the composite comprises a metal substrate and a coating applied on one side or both sides of the metal substrate, wherein the coating comprises a polymeric binder; and wherein the polymeric binder comprises an aqueous copolymer. The use of delamination solution comprising an alkali metal phosphate salt allows for complete delamination of the composite in a highly efficient and extremely fast manner. Furthermore, the delamination method disclosed herein circumvents complex separation processes, contamination and corrosion of the metal substrate and enables an excellent materials recovery. An application of the method for delaminating an electrode for a battery is disclosed herein.

Supported copper foils and method for making and using supported copper foils are described. In an aspect, a supported copper foil includes: a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film; a thin copper foil; and an adhesive provided between the PET film and the thin copper foil, the adhesive removably coupling the PET film to the copper foil.

In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the application, disclosure or invention relates to improved membranes, separator membranes, separators, battery separators, secondary lithium battery separators, multilayer membranes, multilayer separator membranes, multilayer separators, multilayer battery separators, multilayer secondary lithium battery separators, multilayer battery separators, electrochemical cells, batteries, capacitors, super capacitors, double layer super capacitors, fuel cells, lithium batteries, lithium ion batteries, secondary lithium batteries, and/or secondary lithium ion batteries, and/or methods for making and/or using such membranes, separator membranes, separators, battery separators, secondary lithium battery separators, electrochemical cells, batteries, capacitors, fuel cells, lithium batteries, lithium ion batteries, secondary lithium batteries, and/or secondary lithium ion batteries, and/or devices, vehicles or products including the same, and/or the like.

A sheathing material for an all solid state battery, the sheathing material including at least: a stack including a substrate layer, a barrier layer, and a heat fusible resin layer in this order; and an insulating layer provided on the heat fusible resin layer on the opposite side from the substrate layer side, wherein when an all solid state battery obtained by accommodating, in a packaged formed from the sheathing material for an all solid state battery, a battery element which includes at least a unit cell including a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and a solid state electrolyte layer stacked between the positive and negative electrode active material layers is seen in plan view, the insulating layer is disposed at a position covering the entire surface of the positive electrode active material layer in the all solid state battery.

An ultrasonic bonding device includes a processing member, a biasing member, a first moving unit and a second moving unit. The biasing member biases a pair of separators to the ultrasonic horn. A first moving unit separates the ultrasonic horn and the biasing member from each other with respect to a transport path of the separators. A second moving unit moves the separators and positions a bonding portion of the separators between the ultrasonic horn and the biasing member. The first moving unit has a coupling cam rotationally driven by a driving unit, a first connecting portion coupling the coupling cam and the processing member, and a second connecting portion coupling the coupling cam and the biasing member, and separating the processing member and the biasing member from each other with respect to the transport path by rotation of the coupling cam.

A laminated polyolefin microporous membrane is disclosed. The laminated polyolefin microporous membrane includes a first polyolefin microporous membrane, and a second polyolefin microporous membrane. A shutdown temperature of the laminated polyolefin microporous membrane is from 128° C. to 135° C., an air permeation resistance increase rate from 30° C. to 105° C. per 20 μm of thickness of the laminated polyolefin microporous membrane is less than 1.5 sec/100 cc Air/° C., and a variation range in an F25 value of the laminated polyolefin microporous membrane in a longitudinal direction is not greater than 1 MPa. The F25 value represents a value determined by dividing the load at 25% elongation of a sample of the laminated polyolefin microporous membrane as measured with a tensile tester by the cross-sectional area of the sample polyolefin microporous membrane.