1. A battery comprising:
a case;
an electrode group provided in the case and comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
a lid provided to an opening in the case and comprising a first through hole and a second through hole;
a positive electrode external terminal comprising a head section including a top surface for welding attachment to a first electrical bus, and an axial section extended from the head section, and the axial section being caulked and fixed into the first through hole in the lid;
a negative electrode external terminal comprising a head section including a top surface for welding attachment to a second electrical bus, and an axial section extended from the head section, and the axial section being caulked and fixed into the second through hole in the lid;
a first insulating member arranged between the lid and the positive electrode external terminal, and comprising a first external insulator comprising a side wall section thereof which surrounds a circumference of the head section of the positive electrode external terminal and which extends toward the top surface of the head section of the positive electrode external terminal, a bus bar-fixing section on a top end face of the side wall section of the first insulating member, and a first insulating gasket comprising a cylindrical section inserted into the first through hole in the lid; and
a second insulating member arranged between the lid and the negative electrode external terminal, and comprising a second external insulator comprising a side wall section thereof which surrounds a circumference of the head section of the negative electrode external terminal and which extends toward the top surface of the head section of the negative electrode external terminal, a bus bar-fixing section on a top end face of the side wall section of the second external insulator, and a second insulating gasket comprising a cylindrical section inserted into the second through hole in the lid,
wherein the first and second insulating gaskets members each comprise a tetrafluoroethyleneperfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, and
the first and second external insulators each comprise a resin having a lower melting point than the tetrafluoroethyleneperfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer.
2. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the bus bar-fixing section of the first external insulator and the bus bar-fixing section of the second external insulator each comprise a columnar shape.
3. The battery according to claim 2, wherein the bus bar-fixing section of the first external insulator and the bus bar-fixing section of the second external insulator each comprise a hook projected outward.
4. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the bus bar-fixing section of the first external insulator and the bus bar-fixing section of the second external insulator each comprise a polyangular prismatic shape.
5. The battery according to claim 4, wherein the bus bar-fixing section of the first external insulator and the bus bar-fixing section of the second external insulator each comprise a hook projected outward.
6. The battery according to claim 1, wherein a color of the first external insulator is different from a color of the second external insulator.
7. The battery according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first external insulator and the second external insulator comprises a polarity indication.
8. The battery according to claim 1, further comprising:
a positive electrode lead arranged in the case, connected electrically to the positive electrode, and the positive electrode lead being caulked and fixed to the axial section of the positive electrode external terminal;
a first internal insulator arranged between the positive electrode lead and the lid;
a negative electrode lead arranged in the case, connected electrically to the negative electrode, and the negative electrode lead being caulked and fixed to the axial section of the negative electrode external terminal; and
a second internal insulator arranged between the negative electrode lead and the lid.
9. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the resin having the lower melting point than the tetrafluoroethyleneperfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer comprises at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate and polyphenylene sulfide.
10. A battery module comprising:
a plurality of batteries, each being the battery according to claim 1;
said first electrical bus; and
said second electrical bus,
wherein said first electrical bus is fixed to the bus bar-fixing section of the first insulating member, and said second electrical bus is fixed to the bus bar-fixing section of the second insulating member.
11. A method of manufacturing the battery module according to claim 10, said method comprising:
fixing said first electrical bus to the bus bar-fixing section of the first insulating member;
fixing said second electrical bus to the bus bar-fixing section of the second insulating member;
welding said first electrical bus to the top surface of the positive electrode external terminal; and
welding said second electrical bus to the top surface of the negative electrode external terminal.
12. The method of manufacturing a battery module according to claim 11, wherein the welding is laser beam welding.
13. A battery module comprising:
a plurality of batteries, each of the plurality of batteries being the battery according to claim 1;
said first electrical bus; and
said second electrical bus;
wherein said first electrical bus comprises a hole into which the bus bar-fixing section of the first insulating member is fitted, and said second electrical bus comprises a hole into which the bus bar-fixing section of the second insulating member is fitted.
14. The method of manufacturing the battery module according to claim 13, said method comprising:
fitting the hole in said first electrical bus to the bus bar-fixing section of the first insulating member;
fitting the hole in said second electrical bus to the bus bar-fixing section of the second insulating member;
welding said first electrical bus to the top surface of the positive electrode external terminal; and
welding said second electrical bus to the top surface of the negative electrode external terminal.
15. The method of manufacturing a battery module according to claim 14, wherein the welding is laser beam welding.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
That which is claimed:
1. A synthetic peptide containing the motif E(LVS)RGDS, wherein said synthetic peptide exhibits preferential binding to RG2 glioma cells when compared to its binding to astrocytes.
2. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the synthetic peptide of claim 1.
3. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2, wherein said synthetic peptide is conjugated to a compound.
4. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 3, wherein said compound is selected from the group consisting of chemotherapeutic agents.
5. The synthetic peptide of claim 1, wherein said peptide is eight amino acids in length.
6. The synthetic peptide of claim 1, wherein said peptide comprises the amino acid sequence ELRGDSLP.
7. A nucleotide sequence encoding the synthetic peptide of claim 1.
8. A vector comprising the nucleotide sequence of claim 7.
9. A phage clone expressing the synthetic peptide of claim 1.
10. A synthetic peptide containing the motif D(TSLM)TK, wherein said synthetic peptide exhibits preferential binding to RG2 glioma cells when compared to its binding to astrocytes.
11. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the synthetic peptide of claim 10.
12. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 11, wherein said synthetic peptide is conjugated to a compound.
13. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 12, wherein said compound is selected from the group consisting of chemotherapeutic agents.
14. The synthetic peptide of claim 10, wherein said peptide is eight amino acids in length.
15. The synthetic peptide of claim 10, wherein said peptide comprises the amino acid sequence DSTKSGNM.
16. The synthetic peptide of claim 10, wherein said peptide comprises the amino acid sequence DYDMTKNT.
17. A nucleotide sequence encoding the synthetic peptide of claim 9.
18. A vector comprising the nucleotide sequence of claim 17.
19. A phage clone expressing the synthetic peptide of claim 10.
20. A synthetic peptide containing the motif V(DG)LP(ET)H, wherein said synthetic peptide exhibits binding to RG2 glioma cells.