Battery casing and battery including the same
US10964971B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P70/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A battery casing including a container configured to house an electrode assembly, wherein the container includes a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls, the bottom wall and the plurality of side walls are integrated to define an open side opposite to the bottom wall and to define a space for housing the electrode assembly, at least one of the bottom wall and plurality of the side walls includes a composite including a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer and a nanoclay dispersed in the thermotropic liquid crystal polymer, wherein the main chain of the thermotropic liquid crystal polymer includes an aromatic oxycarbonyl repeating unit and an alkylene moiety-containing repeating unit, and at least a portion of the nanoclay is present in an exfoliated state, and an X-ray diffraction pattern of the composite does not exhibit an intrinsic peak corresponding to the nanoclay.
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