Energy storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10381630-B2
Application number	US-201515535893-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2015
Priority date	Dec 26, 2014
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

An energy storage device includes: a casing 30 having an opening; an energy storage element 20 housed in the casing 30 ; a lid plate 40 mounted in the opening of the casing 30 ; a positive electrode terminal member 100 and a negative electrode terminal member 71 integrally fixed to the lid plate 40 in an insulation state by an insulating synthetic resin; a positive electrode current collector 60 P configured to electrically connect the energy storage element 20 and the positive electrode terminal member 100 to each other; and a negative electrode current collector 60 N configured to electrically connect the energy storage element 20 and the negative electrode terminal member 71 to each other, wherein an easy-to-break portion 65 is formed on at least either one of the positive electrode terminal member 100 or the positive electrode current collector 60 P.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An energy storage device, comprising:
a casing having an opening;
an energy storage element housed in the casing;
a lid plate mounted in the opening of the casing;
a terminal member integrally fixed to, and insulated from, the lid plate by an insulating synthetic resin; and
a current collector configured to electrically connect the energy storage element and the terminal member to each other,
wherein a breakable portion is formed on at least one of the terminal member and the current collector,
wherein a first insulating member, including the insulating synthetic resin, is interposed between the lid plate and the terminal member, and
wherein the terminal member includes:
an external connecting portion electrically connected to an external circuit;
a film which projects downward, in a direction opposite to a direction that the terminal member projects from the lid plate, from a bottom surface of the external connecting portion; and
an inserting portion which is inserted into an inside of the first insulating member.

2. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inserting portion extends from the external connecting portion, in a direction parallel to the lid plate, to be inserted into the inside of the first insulating member.

3. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the film comprises a metal-made reverse film which is defaulted when a pressure in the casing is increased, and
wherein the breakable portion is formed on the current collector such that the breakable portion breaks due to a deformation of the metal-made reverse film.

4. The energy storage device according to claim 3 , wherein the current collector includes:
a base portion disposed on a lower surface of the lid plate; and
a projecting portion disposed on the base portion, projecting toward the metal-made reverse film, and connected to the metal-made reverse film, and
wherein the breakable portion forms a part of the projecting portion.

5. The energy storage device according to claim 3 , wherein the first insulating member is interposed between the lid plate and the terminal member, and a lower surface of the metal-made reverse film is positioned above a lower surface of the first insulating member or the lid plate.

6. The energy storage device according to claim 3 , wherein the first insulating member is interposed between the lid plate and the terminal member,
wherein a first through hole is formed in the first insulating member such that the first through hole penetrates the first insulating member,
wherein, a second through hole is formed in the lid plate coaxially with the first through hole such that the second through hole penetrates the lid plate,
wherein the metal-made reverse film has a disk shape, and
wherein a diameter size of the metal-made reverse film is set equal to or smaller than a diameter size of a hole edge portion of the first through hole or the second through hole.

7. The energy storage device according to claim 3 , wherein a second insulating member comprising an insulating synthetic resin is disposed between the external connecting portion of the terminal member and the lid plate.

8. The energy storage device according to claim 4 , wherein the current collector includes:
a base portion disposed on a lower surface of the lid plate; and
a projecting portion disposed on the base portion, projecting toward the metal-made reverse film, and connected to the metal-made reverse film, and
wherein the base portion is fixed to the lid plate.

9. The energy storage device according to claim 4 , further comprising an external terminal connected to the external connecting portion of the terminal member.

10. An energy storage device, comprising:
a casing having an opening;
an energy storage element housed in the casing;
a lid plate mounted in the opening of the casing;
a terminal member integrally fixed to, and insulated from, the lid plate by an insulating synthetic resin; and
a current collector configured to electrically connect the energy storage element and the terminal members to each other,
wherein the terminal member includes:
a metal-made reverse film which is deformed when a pressure in the casing is increased; and
an external connecting portion electrically connected to an external circuit,

wherein the current collector includes a breakable portion configured to be broken due to a deformation of the metal-made reverse film,
wherein a thickness of the external connecting portion is set larger than a thickness of the metal-made reverse film in a reversing direction in which the metal-made reverse film is reversed due to the deformation of the metal-made reverse film, and
wherein the metal-made reverse film projects downward, in a direction opposite to a direction that the terminal member projects from the lid plate, from a bottom surface of the external connecting portion.

11. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating member comprises a recess extending in a direction parallel to the lid plate.

12. The energy storage device according to claim 11 , wherein the insertion portion penetrates into the recess of the first insulating member to extends inside the first insulating member in the direction parallel to the lid plate.

13. The energy storage device according to claim 12 , wherein, in a cross-sectional view, the first insulating member contacts an upper surface of the insertion portion, a side surface of the insertion portion, and a bottom surface of the insertion portion.

14. The energy storage device according to claim 11 , wherein the insertion portion penetrates into the recess of the first insulating member, such that, in a cross-sectional view, the first insulating member abuts three surfaces of the insertion portion.

15. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein, when a pressure in the casing is increased, the film, which bulges downward, deforms to reverse into a state where the reverse film bulges upward.

16. The energy storage device according to claim 10 , wherein the terminal member further includes an insertion portion that penetrates into a recess of a insulating member that is interposed between the lid plate and the terminal member, and
wherein the insertion portion extends inside the insulating member in a direction parallel to the lid plate, such that, in a cross-sectional view, the insulating member abuts three surfaces of the insertion portion.

Assignees

• Gs Yuasa Int Ltd

Inventors

• Ito Shun

Classifications

• H01M2200/20

  Pressure-sensitive devices · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01G11/74 Primary

  Terminals, e.g. extensions of current collectors · CPC title

• H01G11/16

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

• Y02E60/13

  Energy storage using capacitors · CPC title