Cap assembly for secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10490792-B2
Application number	US-201615578438-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2016
Priority date	Jun 5, 2015
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the same. Specifically, a CID filter is fixed in the cap assembly such that, even when a gas is discharged due to the rupture of a safety vent, the CID short-circuit pressure is not affected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cap assembly equipped with a fixed-type current interrupt device (CID), which comprises:
a safety vent made of a circular metal plate, wherein an indented portion is provided at the center thereof and one or more notch is formed on concentric circles around the indented portion;
a current interrupt device, which is made of a circular metal plate, comprises a filter portion and a supporting portion, the filter portion having a gas discharge hole and a center portion of the current interrupt device and thereby joined to a protruding portion of the safety vent, and a notch formed on a concentric circle around the center portion, and the supporting portion having an outer diameter equal to or greater than the diameter of the filter portion and equipped on the filter portion with a ring shape, the filter portion and the supporting portion being formed integrally with a height difference; and
a current interrupt device gasket which is disposed between the safety vent and the current interrupt device and insulates the safety vent and the current interrupt device,
wherein the safety vent has a downwardly protruding current interrupt device fixing portion formed on a concentric circle between the concentric circle on which the notch is formed and the outer circumference of the circular metal plate and the current interrupt device fixing portion supports the current interrupt device directly or indirectly downwardly.

2. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the safety vent has at least two downwardly protruding current interrupt device fixing portions.

3. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , which comprises:
a top cap wherein a gas discharge hole is equipped and a protruding terminal is formed; and
a gasket, wherein an inclined portion or a step portion is formed, which surrounds and seals the outer circumference of cap assembly devices including the safety vent, the current interrupt device, the current interrupt device gasket and the top cap.

4. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the joint strength of the center portion of the safety vent and the protruding portion of the current interrupt device is larger than the fracture strength of the all the respective notches formed in the safety vent and the current interrupt device.

5. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the current interrupt device gasket is ring-shaped, a step portion is formed at an outer circumference, the step portion corresponds to the height difference of the current interrupt device filter portion and the current interrupt device supporting portion and the step portion is seated on the height difference of the current interrupt device.

6. The cap assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the current interrupt device gasket has a protruding portion formed upwardly around the inner circumference of the ring and the current interrupt device supporting portion is seated between the step portion and the protruding portion.

7. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the current interrupt device is fixed as the current interrupt device fixing portion of the safety vent supports the upper side of the current interrupt device gasket downwardly.

8. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the current interrupt device is fixed as the current interrupt device fixing portion of the safety vent supports the upper side of the current interrupt device gasket downwardly and the current interrupt device is supported by the gasket upwardly as the current interrupt device supporting portion is seated on an inclined portion or a step portion of the gasket.

9. The cap assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the gas discharge hole equipped at the top cap and the gas discharge hole equipped at the current interrupt device are equipped at the same location when seen along the axis direction.

10. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , which further comprises a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device between a top cap and the safety vent.

11. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the current interrupt device supporting portion is seated on an inclined portion or a step portion of the gasket such that the leakage of an electrolyte is prevented.

12. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the safety vent further comprises a lower notch formed on the concentric circle between the concentric circle on which the current interrupt device fixing portion is formed and the outer circumference of the circular metal plate.

13. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the current interrupt device gasket has irregularities formed on the surface of a safety vent facing portion on which the safety vent is seated.

14. The cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the safety vent further comprises a lower notch formed on the concentric circle between the concentric circle on which the current interrupt device fixing portion is formed and the outer circumference of the circular metal plate and the current interrupt device gasket has irregularities formed on the surface of a safety vent facing portion on which the safety vent is seated, wherein the irregularities are formed to contact the lower notch.

15. A cylindrical secondary battery comprising the cap assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Byoung-Kook
• Lee Je-Jun
• Kim Do-Gyun
• Jung Sang-Sok

Classifications

• H01M10/0422

  Cells or battery with cylindrical casing · CPC title

• H01M2200/20

  Pressure-sensitive devices · CPC title

• H01M2/046

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M10/04

  Construction or manufacture in general (H01M10/058, H01M10/12, H01M10/28, H01M10/38 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M2/1241 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic