Lithium ion secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10236491-B2
Application number	US-201615053025-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2016
Priority date	Mar 25, 2015
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

A lithium ion secondary battery includes: an electrode multilayer body including a plurality of electrodes stacked with a plurality of separators interposed therebetween; and a package. An end of each of the plurality of separators of the electrode multilayer body housed in the package projects from each of the plurality of electrodes. The plurality of separators includes a first separator, and a second separator which is disposed inside of the first separator and whose projecting amount of an end is smaller than that of the first separator. The end of the first separator is in contact with an inner surface of the packaging film or an inner surface of the separator located outside of the first separator, the end of the first separator is curved further inside than a virtual extension plane of an outer surface of the second separator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising:
an electrode multilayer body including a plurality of positive electrodes and negative electrodes stacked with a plurality of heat-resistant separators interposed therebetween, the heat-resistant separators comprising at least one of a cross-linked resin and a heat-resistant filler; and
a package including a packaging film that has an inner surface with a heat-sealing layer and covers the electrode multilayer body from both sides in a stacking direction, wherein
the package comprises:
a preformed cup region that is a space that covers the electrode multilayer body; and
a sealing region sealing the package, the sealing region being on the packaging film extending past the preformed cup region, and being formed by heat-sealing overlapped heat-sealing layers in contact with each other,
an inclined region that is inclined in a stacking direction, the inclined region ranging from the preformed cup region to the sealing region,
wherein an end of each of the plurality of heat-resistant separators projects from each of the plurality of positive electrodes and negative electrodes,
wherein the plurality of heat-resistant separators includes a first heat-resistant separator, and a second heat-resistant separator which is disposed inside the first heat-resistant separator and whose projecting amount of an end is smaller than that of the first heat-resistant separator,
wherein the end of the first heat-resistant separator is in unbonded contact with an inner surface of the packaging film, the end of the first heat-resistant separator including a curved portion that is curved further inside than a virtual extension plane of an outer surface of the second heat-resistant separator,
wherein a tip of the end of the first heat-resistant separator is in contact with the inclined region, and the end of the first heat-resistant separator is curved along an inclination of the inclined region,
wherein ends of the second heat-resisting separator that are smaller than that of the first heat-resistant separator are located at an unbonded end of the first and second heat resistant separators, and
wherein a tip of the second heat-resistant separator is positioned further away from the sealing region than the tip of the end of the first heat-resistant separator is positioned so that the tip of the end of the first heat-resistant separator does not interfere with the second heat-resistant separator.

2. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the end of the first heat-resistant separator is in plane contact with the inner surface of the packaging film.

3. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of heat-resistant separators resist deforming due to softening at temperatures less than or equal to a heat-sealing temperature of the heat-sealing layer of the packaging film.

4. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of heat-resistant separators resist deforming due to softening at temperatures less than or equal to 150° C.

Assignees

• Automotive Energy Supply Corp

Inventors

• Sakaguchi Shinichiro
• Kimura Aika
• Mizuta Masatomo

Classifications

• H01M10/0525 Primary

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• H01M50/443

  Particulate material · CPC title

• H01M50/178

  for pouch or flexible bag cells · CPC title

• H01M50/105

  Pouches or flexible bags · CPC title

• H01M50/553

  Terminals adapted for prismatic, pouch or rectangular cells · CPC title