Electricity storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10320208-B2
Application number	US-201515309894-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2015
Priority date	May 12, 2014
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

An electricity storage device includes a casing, a terminal, and a current interruption device. The terminal includes a column part and a base part. A first sealing member having an insulating property including a first sealing part sealing between the terminal and a terminal wall is provided between the terminal and the terminal wall, and surrounding an entire periphery of the column part. A first insulating member having an insulating property is disposed within a first space provided between the terminal and the terminal wall on a casing inner side relative to the first sealing part, and surrounds the entire periphery of the column part. At least one of the first sealing member and the first insulating member is disposed in the first space from an end face of the first space on a casing outer side to an end face on the casing inner side thereof.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electricity storage device comprising:
a casing configured to accommodate electrolyte and an electrode assembly including a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
a terminal configured to extend from inside to outside of the casing through an opening provided on a terminal wall of the casing; and
a current interruption device accommodated within the casing, electrically connected to the terminal and one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and comprising a conductive member configured to switch the terminal and the one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode from a conductive state to a non-conductive state,
wherein
the terminal comprises a column part inserted in the opening and a base part arranged on one end of the column part and disposed within the casing,
the base part is larger than the opening in a plan view of the terminal wall and is electrically connected to the conductive member,
a first sealing member having an insulating property and comprising a first sealing part sealing between the terminal and the terminal wall by being in contact with both of the terminal and the terminal wall is disposed between the terminal and the terminal wall,
the first sealing member surrounds an entire periphery of the column part,
a first insulating member having an insulating property is disposed within a first space provided between the terminal and the terminal wall on a casing inner side relative to the first sealing part, and surrounds the entire periphery of the column part,
the first space extends from on a casing inner side end of the first sealing part to a casing inner side end of the base part,
at least one of the first sealing member and the first insulating member is disposed in the first space from an end face of the first space on a casing outer side to an end face of the first space on the casing inner side,
the first sealing member comprises a second sealing part sealing between the first insulating member and one of the terminal wall and the terminal by being in contact with both of the first insulating member and the one of the terminal wall and the terminal in a space where the first insulating member and the one of the terminal wall and the terminal face each other in a first direction viewed in the plan view of the terminal wall,
a first protrusion is provided on at least one of the first insulating member, the terminal wall and the terminal in a range where the second sealing part is present, and projects toward a side of the first sealing member in the first direction,
the first protrusion is in contact with the first sealing member.

2. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the first insulating member, the terminal wall and the terminal comprises a first contact surface in surface contact with the second sealing part,
the first contact surface comprises the first protrusion, a first outer side planer part provided in the casing outer side relative to the first protrusion, and a first inner side planer part provided in the casing inner side relative to the first protrusion and in the same plane with the first outer side planer part,
wherein
the first protrusion projects toward the second sealing part in the first direction relative to the first outer side planer part and the first inner side planer part.

3. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal comprises a fixation part arranged on the column part at an opposite side of a side where the base part is arranged on the column part, the fixation part being located outside the casing, and fixing the terminal to the terminal wall by bending outward in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the column part from the opposite side of the column part, and
the first sealing part is located in a range where the terminal and the terminal wall overlap each other, and where the fixation part is present in the plan view of the terminal wall.

4. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal is fastened and fixed to the terminal wall by a nut provided outside the casing, and
the first sealing part is located in a range where the terminal and the terminal wall overlap each other, and where the nut is present in the plan view of the terminal wall.

5. An electricity storage device module comprising:
a plurality of the electricity storage devices according to claim 1 , wherein
the electricity storage devices are connected in series.

6. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
a second protrusion is provided on one of the terminal and the terminal wall in an overlap range where the first sealing member is present and where the terminal and the terminal wall overlap each other in the plan view of the terminal wall, the second protrusion projecting in the first direction viewed in plan of the terminal wall toward the other of the terminal and the terminal wall, and
the second protrusion is in contact with the first sealing member.

7. The electric storage device according to claim 6 , wherein
at least one of the terminal and the terminal wall comprises a second contact surface in surface contact with the first sealing part located in the overlap range,
the second contact surface comprises the second protrusion, a second outer side planer part provided in the casing outer side relative to the second protrusion, and a second inner side planer part provided in the casing inner side relative to the second protrusion and in the same plane with the second outer side planer part,
wherein
the second protrusion projects toward the first sealing part located in the overlap range in the first direction relative to the second outer side planer part and the second inner side planer part.

8. The electricity storage device according to claim 6 , wherein
the first sealing member comprises a second sealing part sealing between the first insulating member and one of the terminal wall and the terminal by being in contact with both of the first insulating member and the one of the terminal wall and the terminal in a space where the first insulating member and the one of the terminal wall and the terminal face each other in the first direction viewed in plan of the terminal wall,
a first protrusion is provided on at least one of the first insulating member, the terminal wall and the terminal in a range where the second sealing part is present, and projects toward a first sealing member side in the first direction,
the first protrusion is in contact with the first sealing member, and
a compression rate of the first sealing member at a portion in contact with one protrusion which is close to the column part of the terminal and being one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is larger than a compression rate of the first sealing member at a portion in contact with the other protrusion which is apart from the column part of the terminal and being the other of the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

9. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second sealing part seals between the terminal wall and the first insulating member by being in contact with both of the terminal wall and the first insulating member in a space where the terminal wall and the first insulating member face each other in the first direction.

10. The electricity storage device according to claim 9 , wherein
a first protrusion is provided on the first insulating member in a range where the second sealing part is present, and projects toward a side of the first sealing member in the first direction,
the first protrusion is in contact with the first sea

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk

Inventors

• Tamaru Kojiro
• Okuda Motoaki
• Nishihara Hiroyasu
• Hirose Takayuki

Classifications

• H02J7/61

  against overcharge · CPC title

• H02J7/663 Primary

  using battery or load disconnect circuits (H02J9/002 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M10/44

  Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00) · CPC title

• H01G11/16 Primary

  against electric overloads, e.g. including fuses · CPC title

• H01M2200/00

  Safety devices for primary or secondary batteries · CPC title