Patent ID: 7138204

Claim:
A gel electrolyte battery, comprising: (a) an elongated positive electrode comprising an elongated positive-electrode collector having two sides on which positive-electrode active material layers are formed; (b) a positive-electrode lead in a substantially a rectangular shape with a long side and a short side and connected to the positive electrode such that the long side of the positive-electrode lead is substantially in parallel with the widthwise direction of the positive electrode; (c) an elongated negative electrode comprising an elongated negative-electrode collector having two sides on which negative-electrode active materials layers are formed; (d) a negative-electrode lead in a substantially a rectangular shape with a long side and a short side and connected to the negative electrode such that the long side of the negative-electrode lead is substantially in parallel with the widthwise direction of the negative electrode; (e) a gel electrolyte layer formed on at least either surface of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the gel electrolyte layer including polymer material in an amount of about 5% to about 50% of the weight of a gel electrolyte solution; and (f) a fusible film placed on the positive and negative electrode leads, the fusible film being surrounded by the laminated film, wherein, the elongated positive electrode and the elongated negative electrode are laminated such that the surfaces in each of which the electrolyte layer is formed are disposed opposite to each other and wound in the lengthwise direction so as to be accommodated in a case of the solid-electrolyte battery, when the total thickness of a pair of the positive-electrode active material layers formed on the two sides of the collector for the positive electrode is a total film thickness A and the total thickness of a pair of the negative-electrode active material layers formed on the two sides of the collector for the negative electrode is a total thickness B, the total film thickness A of the positive-electrode active material layers is from 60 μm to 150 μm, and a ratio A/B of the total film thickness A of the positive-electrode active material layers with respect to the total thickness B of the negative-electrode active material layers is from 0.5 to 1.2, the positive-electrode lead and the negative-electrode lead are mounted on the elongated positive-electrode collector and the elongated negative-electrode collector in the vicinity of the innermost end of the wound electrode, and the wound electrode is encapsulated by a laminated film, and a lead of the positive electrode and a lead of the negative electrode connected to the wound electrode are drawn out to the outside portion of the laminated film.