Secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10340497-B2
Application number	US-201715400673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2017
Priority date	Jan 20, 2016
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A secondary battery comprises a cell. The cell includes a positive electrode plate having a positive current collector and a negative electrode plate having a negative current collector. The secondary battery further includes: a first positive electrode tab and a second positive electrode tab, one end of the first positive electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the positive current collector, the other end of the first positive electrode tab extends to the outside of the cell; and/or, a first negative electrode tab and a second negative electrode tab, one end of the first negative electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the negative current collector, the other end of the first negative electrode tab extends to the outside of the cell, one end of the second negative electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the other end of the first negative electrode tab.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A secondary battery, comprising:
a cell, comprising:
a positive electrode plate having a positive current collector; and
a negative electrode plate having a negative current collector;
wherein
the secondary battery further comprises:
a first positive electrode tab and a second positive electrode tab, one end of the first positive electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the positive current collector, the other end of the first positive electrode tab extends to the outside of the cell, one end of the second positive electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the other end of the first positive electrode tab, a width of the second positive electrode tab is less than a width of the first positive electrode tab, and a thickness of the second positive electrode tab is larger than a thickness of the first positive electrode tab, the first positive electrode tab is fixed on the positive current collector by ultrasonic welding, uneven points are formed on a first surface of the first positive electrode tab at a part where the first positive electrode tab and the positive current collector are fixed together by the ultrasonic welding, an adhesive tape is bonded on the uneven points formed on the first surface, and a roughness of a first back surface which is opposite to the first surface of the positive current collector is between 1.5 μm and 10 μm; and/or
a first negative electrode tab and a second negative electrode tab, one end of the first negative electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the negative current collector, the other end of the first negative electrode tab extends to the outside the cell, one end of the second negative electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the other end of the first negative electrode tab, a width of the second negative electrode tab is less than a width of the first negative electrode tab, and a thickness of the second negative electrode tab is larger than a thickness of first negative electrode tab, the first negative electrode tab is fixed on the negative current collector by ultrasonic welding, uneven points are formed on a second surface of the first negative electrode tab at a part where the first negative electrode tab and the negative current collector are fixed together by the ultrasonic welding, an adhesive tape is bonded on the uneven points formed on the second surface, and a roughness of a second back surface which is opposite to the second surface of the negative current collector is between 1.5 μm and 10 μm.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first positive electrode tab is between 20 μm and 50 μm, and the width of the first positive electrode tab is between 6 mm and 30 mm.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first negative electrode tab is between 20 μm and 50 μm, and the width of the first negative electrode tab is between 6 mm and 30 mm.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the second positive electrode tab is between 50 μm and 150 μm, and the width of the second positive electrode tab is between 3 mm and 15 mm.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the second negative electrode tab is between 50 μm and 150 μm, and the width of the second negative electrode tab is between 3 mm and 15 mm.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the one end of the first positive electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the positive current collector at a starting end of the positive electrode plate positioned at the innermost of the cell which is a wound type cell; and/or
the one end of the first negative electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the negative current collector at a starting end of the negative electrode plate positioned at the innermost of the cell which is the wound type cell.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the one end of the first positive electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the positive current collector at a tail end of the positive electrode plate positioned at the outermost of the cell which is a wound type cell; and/or
the one end of the first negative electrode tab is fixed on and electrically connects with the negative current collector at a tail end of the negative electrode plate positioned at the outermost of the cell which is the wound type cell.

Assignees

• Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Zhu Baojian
• Yang Hong
• Zeng Qiao
• Cai Jiacai
• Xu Shoujiang

Classifications

• H01M4/75 Primary

  Wires, rods or strips · CPC title

• H01M50/562

  characterised by the material · CPC title

• H01M50/533

  characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs · CPC title

• H01M50/55

  on the same side of the cell · CPC title

• H01M50/534

  characterised by the material of the leads or tabs · CPC title