JPH04267083A - Cell - Google Patents

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JPH04267083A
JPH04267083A JP3027512A JP2751291A JPH04267083A JP H04267083 A JPH04267083 A JP H04267083A JP 3027512 A JP3027512 A JP 3027512A JP 2751291 A JP2751291 A JP 2751291A JP H04267083 A JPH04267083 A JP H04267083A
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battery
electrode
positive electrode
positive
negative
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Inventor
Kazutoshi Takeda
和俊 竹田
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Seiko Electronic Components Ltd
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Seiko Electronic Components Ltd
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    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

PURPOSE:To secure a normal operation of an equipment irrespective of the insertion direction of a cell by constituting the cell in such a manner that the upper and bottom surfaces thereof are positive while the side surface thereof is negative. CONSTITUTION:Diffusion paper 3a, a water repellent film 4a, an air electrode 5a serving as a positive electrode, a separator 6a and an impregnating material 7a are disposed in order in a positive electrode can 1a. The air electrode 5a is electrically connected to the positive electrode can 1a. A gasket 8a is engaged with the positive electrode can 1a, and then, it is inserted into a negative electrode can 9. After filling a negative electrode agent 10a, a current collector 11 is mounted. In the other member, diffusion paper 3, a water repellent film 4, an air electrode 5, a separator 6 and an impregnating material 7 are housed in sequence inside a positive electrode can 1, and then, the positive electrode can 1 is engaged with a gasket 8 for an integral body, to be inserted into the back surface of the current collector 11. Finally, a cell is sealed. Consequently, it is possible to obtain the cell where the polarity of the upper and bottom surfaces of the cell is positive while that of the side surface thereof is negative.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】[Detailed description of the invention]

【0001】0001

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は電池の上面と底面を正極
とし、電池の側面を負極とした電池に関するものである
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a battery in which the top and bottom surfaces of the battery are positive electrodes and the side surfaces of the battery are negative electrodes.

【0002】0002

【従来の技術】従来、電池の上面が負極で、電池の側面
と底面が正極を示すボタン形電池において、特開平1−
200561号公報が開示されている。この従来例では
負極缶を包み込むように正極缶でガスケットを介してク
リンプにてカシメているから、電池から負極缶の露出し
ている部分、すなわち電池の上面が負極となり、正極缶
の部分、すなわち電池の側面と底面は正極となる。
[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a button type battery in which the top surface of the battery is a negative electrode and the side and bottom surfaces of the battery are positive electrodes, JP-A No.
No. 200561 is disclosed. In this conventional example, the positive electrode can is crimped through a gasket so as to wrap around the negative electrode can, so the exposed part of the negative electrode can from the battery, that is, the top surface of the battery, becomes the negative electrode, and the part of the positive electrode can, that is, The sides and bottom of the battery serve as positive electrodes.

【0003】0003

【発明が解決しようとする課題】上記した従来例の電池
は電池の上面が負極で、電池の側面と底面が正極である
から、電池の上面もしくは底面のいずれか一方と電池の
側面とからリードを取り出すように設計されている機器
においては、電池の挿入方向は必ず指定され、電池の極
性を間違えないように電池を正しくセットしなければな
らない。
[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional battery described above, the top surface of the battery is the negative electrode, and the side and bottom surfaces of the battery are the positive electrodes, so the lead must come from either the top or bottom of the battery and the side of the battery. In devices designed to remove batteries, the direction in which the batteries are inserted must be specified, and the batteries must be set correctly to avoid misunderstanding the polarity of the batteries.

【0004】しかし、この従来例の電池を補聴器などに
使用すると、補聴器が極めて小さくなっているので、電
池収納室へ電池の表裏を間違えないように入れ替えるこ
とが困難になっている欠点がある。さらに、補聴器用に
多用されるボタン形空気電池にあっては上面と底面が凸
になっているので、表裏の見分けがつき難い。特に、外
径5.8mm、高さ3.6mmのPR536や外径7.
9mm、高さ3.6mmのPR41などの小形電池で表
裏の見分けがつき難い欠点がある。
However, when this conventional battery is used in a hearing aid or the like, the hearing aid is extremely small, so there is a drawback that it is difficult to replace the battery into the battery storage chamber without making a mistake. Furthermore, button-type air batteries often used in hearing aids have convex top and bottom surfaces, making it difficult to distinguish between the front and back. In particular, PR536 with an outer diameter of 5.8 mm and a height of 3.6 mm and an outer diameter of 7.
A small battery such as the PR41, which is 9 mm long and 3.6 mm high, has the disadvantage that it is difficult to distinguish between the front and the back.

【0005】[0005]

【課題を解決するための手段】上記課題を解決するため
に本発明は、電池の高さに対して中間の位置に集電体を
挟んで負極となる発電要素を配設し、この発電要素を含
浸材、セパレータを介して上・下からそれぞれ正極とな
る発電要素にて挟むことにより、電池の上面と底面が正
極、電池の側面が負極であり、故に上・下が対称形をな
し、その方向性をなくしたものである。
[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention disposes a power generation element serving as a negative electrode with a current collector sandwiched in between the height of the battery, and the power generation element By sandwiching the battery between power generation elements that serve as positive electrodes from above and below through an impregnating material and a separator, the top and bottom surfaces of the battery are positive electrodes, and the sides of the battery are negative electrodes, so the top and bottom form a symmetrical shape. This direction has been lost.

【0006】[0006]

【作用】上記した構造により、電池の挿入方向にかかわ
らず、すなわち電池の上面を下に向けても、電池の底面
を下に向けても補聴器などの機器が正常に作動できるよ
うにしたものである。
[Operation] The structure described above allows devices such as hearing aids to operate normally regardless of the direction in which the battery is inserted, whether the top side of the battery is facing down or the bottom side of the battery is facing down. be.

【0007】[0007]

【実施例】以下に本発明の実施例の構造を説明する。先
ず図1の断面図においてボタン形又はコイン形電池の高
さに対して中間の位置に集電体11を挟んで負極となる
発電要素である負極合剤10と10aを配設し、この負
極合剤10と10aを含浸材7と7a、セパレータ6と
6aを介して上・下からそれぞれ正極となる発電要素で
ある空気極5と5aにて挟むことにより構成される。こ
のようにして、電池の上面と底面が正極で、電池の側面
のみが負極となった電池30が得られる。この電池30
を電子機器に装着した状態を図3に示す。同図は、本発
明電池が機器の電池収納室へ挿入された一実施例を示す
断面図である。図中、30は本発明電池、31は機器の
電池収納室、32は負極リードバネ、33は正極リード
バネである。
[Embodiment] The structure of an embodiment of the present invention will be explained below. First, as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 1, negative electrode mixtures 10 and 10a, which are power generation elements that will become negative electrodes, are placed at a position intermediate to the height of a button-shaped or coin-shaped battery with a current collector 11 in between. It is constructed by sandwiching mixtures 10 and 10a between air electrodes 5 and 5a, which are power generation elements serving as positive electrodes, from above and below through impregnating materials 7 and 7a and separators 6 and 6a, respectively. In this way, a battery 30 is obtained in which the top and bottom surfaces of the battery are positive electrodes, and only the side surfaces of the battery are negative electrodes. This battery 30
Figure 3 shows the state in which it is attached to an electronic device. This figure is a sectional view showing an embodiment in which the battery of the present invention is inserted into a battery storage chamber of a device. In the figure, 30 is a battery of the present invention, 31 is a battery storage chamber of the device, 32 is a negative lead spring, and 33 is a positive lead spring.

【0008】この図に示したように、電池の側面と電池
の上面で、それぞれ負極、正極のリードを取り出すよう
に設計された電池収納室においては、本発明電池30は
上面と底面が正極で、側面全体が負極であるから電池の
表裏又は上下を区別することなく使用しても補聴器など
の機器は正常に動作可能である。次に本発明の電池を得
る製法の手段について図面に基づいて説明する。
As shown in this figure, the battery 30 of the present invention has positive electrodes on the top and bottom surfaces of the battery storage chamber designed to take out the negative and positive electrode leads on the side and top of the battery, respectively. Since the entire side surface is a negative electrode, devices such as hearing aids can operate normally even if the battery is used without distinguishing between the front and back, or the top and bottom. Next, the manufacturing method for obtaining the battery of the present invention will be explained based on the drawings.

【0009】図1は本発明電池の一実施例を示す電池の
断面図である。図中、1aは正極缶で空気取り入れ孔2
aを有している。この正極缶1aに拡散紙3a、撥水膜
4a、正極となる発電要素である空気極5a、セパレー
タ6a、含浸材7aを順次載置する。この空気極5aは
この外周部で正極缶1aと電気的に接続されている。ま
た、空気取り入れ孔5aは電池の用途により設ける孔数
と孔のサイズ、形状等は適宜選択できる。本実施例では
空気取り入れ孔5のサイズは直径0.3mm〜0.5m
mで、その形状は円形である。また、この空気取り入れ
孔5の数は各正極缶1aの中央部に1個である。
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a battery showing an embodiment of the battery of the present invention. In the figure, 1a is the positive electrode can with air intake hole 2.
It has a. A diffusion paper 3a, a water-repellent film 4a, an air electrode 5a which is a power generation element serving as a positive electrode, a separator 6a, and an impregnating material 7a are sequentially placed on this positive electrode can 1a. This air electrode 5a is electrically connected to the positive electrode can 1a at this outer peripheral portion. Further, the number of air intake holes 5a, the size and shape of the holes, etc. can be selected as appropriate depending on the use of the battery. In this embodiment, the size of the air intake hole 5 is 0.3 mm to 0.5 m in diameter.
m, and its shape is circular. Further, the number of air intake holes 5 is one in the center of each positive electrode can 1a.

【0010】次にガスケット8aを正極缶1aに嵌合す
る。このように正極缶1aとガスケット8aを一体化し
たのち、負極缶9に挿入しこの負極缶9の頂部9aのみ
カシメる。次に負極合剤10aが充填されたのち集電体
11が載置される。この集電体11は図2(A)、(B
)に示すように中央部が多孔部11aとなっている。図
2(A)、(B)はそれぞれ本発明に係る集電体の一実
施例を示す平面図と断面図である。この集電体11は中
央部に多孔部11aを有し、その外径は負極缶9の内径
と同じかそれよりわずかに大きくなっている。この多孔
部11aはパンチングにて微孔が設けられる。この多孔
部11aにより両側に配設されている負極合剤10同士
は電気化学的に同一反応を行うし、かつ電子伝導性の点
でも連続している。この集電体11の外周部は負極缶9
に当接しており、電気的に接続されている。
Next, the gasket 8a is fitted into the positive electrode can 1a. After the positive electrode can 1a and the gasket 8a are integrated in this manner, the positive electrode can 1a and the gasket 8a are inserted into the negative electrode can 9, and only the top 9a of the negative electrode can 9 is caulked. Next, after the negative electrode mixture 10a is filled, the current collector 11 is placed. This current collector 11 is shown in FIGS.
), the central portion is a porous portion 11a. FIGS. 2A and 2B are a plan view and a cross-sectional view, respectively, showing one embodiment of a current collector according to the present invention. This current collector 11 has a porous portion 11a in the center, and its outer diameter is the same as or slightly larger than the inner diameter of the negative electrode can 9. This porous portion 11a is provided with micropores by punching. Due to this porous portion 11a, the negative electrode mixtures 10 disposed on both sides perform the same electrochemical reaction, and are also continuous in terms of electronic conductivity. The outer periphery of this current collector 11 is the negative electrode can 9
is in contact with and electrically connected.

【0011】また、この集電体11の中央部に限定して
多孔部11aを設けている理由は、集電体11の外周部
はガスケット8の間で圧縮されて、アルカリ電解液のは
い上りを防止するためである。仮に、この集電体11の
全面が多孔性である場合には、集電体11の外周部にま
でアルカリ電解液が浸み込み、電池の外部へ漏出し易く
なる。
Further, the reason why the porous portion 11a is provided only in the center of the current collector 11 is that the outer circumferential portion of the current collector 11 is compressed between the gaskets 8 and the alkaline electrolyte leaks out. This is to prevent If the entire surface of the current collector 11 is porous, the alkaline electrolyte will permeate to the outer periphery of the current collector 11 and easily leak out to the outside of the battery.

【0012】この集電体11の材質は銅で、厚み0.1
5mmである。次に残る一方の電池体の組立について説
明すると、符番aを付して説明した上記とは別の一方の
部材において、空気取り入れ孔2を有する正極缶1内に
、順次拡散紙3、撥水膜4、空気極5、セパレータ6、
含浸材7を載置したのち、この正極缶1とガスケット8
を嵌合、一体化せしめ、亜鉛を主体とする負極合剤10
を収納して一体化し、これを前記した集電体11の裏面
の上に挿入する。
The material of this current collector 11 is copper, and the thickness is 0.1
It is 5mm. Next, to explain the assembly of the remaining one battery body, in one member other than the above described with reference numeral a, the diffusion paper 3 and the repellent paper are sequentially placed inside the positive electrode can 1 having the air intake hole 2. water film 4, air electrode 5, separator 6,
After placing the impregnating material 7, this positive electrode can 1 and gasket 8
Negative electrode mixture 10 mainly composed of zinc
are housed and integrated, and this is inserted onto the back surface of the current collector 11 described above.

【0013】最後に負極缶9の底部9bの開口部をカシ
メて電池を完全に封口する。この電池を図3に示すよう
に機器に装置して用いた場合、正極缶1の空気取り入れ
孔2より空気が電池内へ取り込まれる。この空気は拡散
紙3により微孔性膜からなる撥水膜4の全面に行き渡る
。この侵入、拡散した空気は撥水膜4を透過し、空気極
5において酸素ガスのみが正極活物質として利用される
Finally, the opening in the bottom 9b of the negative electrode can 9 is caulked to completely seal the battery. When this battery is used in a device as shown in FIG. 3, air is taken into the battery through the air intake hole 2 of the positive electrode can 1. This air is spread through the diffusion paper 3 over the entire surface of the water-repellent film 4 made of a microporous film. This infiltrated and diffused air passes through the water-repellent film 4, and only oxygen gas is used as a positive electrode active material at the air electrode 5.

【0014】このように組立てた空気電池のサイズは直
径7.9mm、高さ3.6mmである。開路電圧は1.
4Vで公称容量は100mAHで、同一サイズの補聴器
用水銀電池の公称容量60mAHに比較して約1.7倍
大きい。また、双方の正極を共通にした場合、従来の空
気電池に比べて、空気極5の反応面積が2倍になってい
るので、放電電流の大きさは2倍となる。すなわち従来
電池に比べて、2倍の大電流での使用が可能であり、中
度〜高度難聴者向け補聴器にも使用できる。本実施例で
は、10mAHでの連続放電使用が可能であった。
The size of the air cell assembled in this way is 7.9 mm in diameter and 3.6 mm in height. The open circuit voltage is 1.
At 4V, the nominal capacity is 100 mAH, which is approximately 1.7 times larger than the nominal capacity of a hearing aid mercury battery of the same size, 60 mAH. Further, when both the positive electrodes are used in common, the reaction area of the air electrode 5 is twice that of a conventional air battery, so the discharge current is twice as large. That is, compared to conventional batteries, it can be used with twice as much current, and can also be used in hearing aids for people with moderate to severe hearing loss. In this example, continuous discharge at 10 mAH was possible.

【0015】尚、本実施例は典型的な好例としてボタン
形空気電池について説明したが、本発明は消費者が自分
で電池を交換する機器に使われるボタン形、コイン形、
シリンダ形電池すべてに適用が可能で、同様の効果が発
揮される。
In this embodiment, a button-type air battery has been described as a typical example, but the present invention is applicable to button-type, coin-type, and
It can be applied to all cylindrical batteries and produces the same effect.

【0016】[0016]

【発明の効果】本発明は、電池の上面と底面の極性が正
極で、電池の側面の極性が負極である電池を提供するこ
とができ、消費者自ら電池交換する際、入れ間違いがな
いので機器を正常に作動させることができる。また、本
発明は電極反応面積が従来電池に比べて2倍の電池構造
であるから、大電流を取り出すことのできる電池を提供
することができ、大電流での使用を必要とする中〜高度
難聴者向け補聴器に最適である。従って、本発明の工業
的価値は大なるものである。
[Effects of the Invention] The present invention can provide a battery in which the polarity of the top and bottom surfaces of the battery is positive, and the polarity of the side surface of the battery is negative, so that when consumers replace the battery themselves, there is no mistake in inserting the battery. Equipment can be operated normally. Furthermore, since the present invention has a battery structure in which the electrode reaction area is twice as large as that of conventional batteries, it is possible to provide a battery that can extract a large current. Ideal for hearing aids for people with hearing loss. Therefore, the industrial value of the present invention is great.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

【図1】本発明電池の一実施例を示す電池の断面図であ
る。
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a battery showing one embodiment of the battery of the present invention.

【図2】(A)、(B)はそれぞれ本発明に係る集電体
の一実施例を示す平面図、断面図である。
FIGS. 2A and 2B are a plan view and a cross-sectional view, respectively, showing one embodiment of a current collector according to the present invention.

【図3】本発明電池が機器の電池収納室へ挿入された一
実施例を示す断面図である。
FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an embodiment in which the battery of the present invention is inserted into a battery storage chamber of a device.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1、1a  正極缶 2、2a  空気取り入れ孔 3、3a  拡散紙 4、4a  撥水膜 5、5a  空気極 6、6a  セパレータ 7、7a  含浸材 8、8a  ガスケット 9  負極缶 10、10a  負極合剤 11  集電体 11a  多孔部 30  電池 31  電池収納室 32  負極リード部 33  正極リード部 (+)、(−)  電池の極性 1, 1a Positive electrode can 2, 2a Air intake hole 3, 3a Diffusion paper 4, 4a Water repellent film 5, 5a Air electrode 6, 6a Separator 7, 7a Impregnation material 8, 8a Gasket 9 Negative electrode can 10, 10a Negative electrode mixture 11 Current collector 11a Porous part 30 Battery 31 Battery storage room 32 Negative electrode lead part 33 Positive electrode lead part (+), (-) Battery polarity

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】  電池の高さに対して中間の位置に集電
体を挟んで負極となる発電要素を配設し、この発電要素
を含浸材、セパレータを介して上・下からそれぞれ正極
となる発電要素にて挟むことにより、電池の上面と底面
が正極、電池の側面が負極であることを特徴とする電池
Claim 1: A power generating element serving as a negative electrode is disposed at an intermediate position with respect to the height of the battery with a current collector sandwiched therebetween, and this power generating element is connected to a positive electrode from above and below through an impregnated material and a separator. A battery characterized in that the top and bottom surfaces of the battery are positive electrodes, and the side surfaces of the battery are negative electrodes, by being sandwiched between power generation elements.
JP3027512A 1991-02-21 1991-02-21 Cell Pending JPH04267083A (en)

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