Stacked battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10446805-B2
Application number	US-201715703305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2017
Priority date	Sep 16, 2016
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

In a stacked battery according to one aspect of the present disclosure, a first current collecting case includes: a first facing portion facing the electrode body in the stacking direction of the electrode body; and positive-electrode wall portions that extend from edge portions of the first facing portion so as to cover first side portions of the electrode body, and whose inner surfaces are electrically connected to edge sides of positive-electrode protruding portions. In the stacking direction of the electrode body, a second current collecting case includes: a second facing portion facing the electrode body in the stacking direction of the electrode body; and negative-electrode wall portions that extend from edge portions of the second facing portion so as to cover second side portions of the electrode body, and whose inner surfaces are electrically connected to edge sides of negative-electrode protruding portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stacked battery comprising:
an electrode body provided by alternately stacking a plurality of positive electrode plates and a plurality of negative electrode plates with separators interposed between the positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates, each of the positive electrode plates including positive-electrode protruding portions protruding laterally from the negative electrode plate, each of the negative electrode plates including negative-electrode protruding portions protruding laterally from the positive electrode plate; and
a case that is electrically conductive and contains the electrode body inside the case, the case including: a first current collecting case that covers the electrode body from one side of the electrode body in a stacking direction of the electrode body; and a second current collecting case that is electrically insulated from the first current collecting case, and covers the electrode body from the other side of the electrode body in the stacking direction of the electrode body,
the first current collecting case including: a first facing portion that faces the electrode body in the stacking direction of the electrode body; and positive-electrode wall portions that extend from edge portions of the first facing portion so as to cover first side portions of the electrode body, inner surfaces of the positive-electrode wall portions being electrically and physically connected to edge sides of the positive-electrode protruding portions, and
the second current collecting case including: a second facing portion that faces the electrode body in the stacking direction of the electrode body; and negative-electrode wall portions that extend from edge portions of the second facing portion so as to cover second side portions of the electrode body, and inner surfaces of the negative-electrode wall portions being electrically and physically connected to edge sides of the negative-electrode protruding portions.

2. The stacked battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the positive-electrode protruding portions are provided in pairs at positions where the positive-electrode protruding portions face each other,
a pair of the positive-electrode wall portions are provided so as to be electrically connected to the positive-electrode protruding portions,
the negative-electrode protruding portions are provided in pairs at positions where the negative-electrode protruding portions face each other, and
a pair of the negative-electrode wall portions are provided so as to be electrically connected to the negative-electrode protruding portions.

3. The stacked battery according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the edge sides of the positive-electrode protruding portion is electrically connected to the positive-electrode wall portion in entire length of the each of the edge sides, and
each of the edge sides of the negative-electrode protruding portion is electrically connected to the negative-electrode wall portion in entire length of the each of the edge sides.

4. The stacked battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the edge portions of the first facing portion and the edge portions of the positive-electrode wall portions are in contact respectively with corresponding edge portions of the second facing portion and corresponding edge portions of the negative-electrode wall portions via electric insulating members.

5. The stacked battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the case has a rectangular shape as viewed from the stacking direction of the electrode body,
only a pair of the positive-electrode protruding portions is provided for each positive electrode plate at respective positions so as to face each other,
only a pair of the negative-electrode protruding portions is provided for each negative electrode plate at respective positions so as to face each other,
the first current collecting case includes only a pair of the first positive-electrode wall portions, and
the second current collecting case includes only a pair of the second negative-electrode wall portions.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kikuchi Takuro

Classifications

• H01M10/0585 Primary

  of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M10/30 Primary

  Nickel accumulators (H01M10/34 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M10/286

  Cells or batteries with wound or folded electrodes · CPC title