Top cover of power battery and power battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10516151-B2
Application number	US-201715435681-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Priority date	Jun 7, 2016
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

The present application provides a top cover of power battery, including top cover plate, first electrode unit and second electrode unit, the first electrode unit includes insulation piece, conductive plate, deformable plate and sealing piece, the top cover plate is provided with deformable plate connecting hole and fixing hole, the deformable plate seals the deformable plate connecting hole, the insulation piece is provided with top cover plate connecting portion and conductive plate connecting portion, the insulation piece is fixed underneath the top cover plate through cooperation of top cover plate connecting portion and fixing hole, the conductive plate is insulated from and fixed with the top cover plate through the conductive plate connecting portion, the conductive plate is electrically connected with the deformable plate, the sealing piece seals path from the fixing hole to interior of the power battery passing through gap between insulation piece and top cover plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A top cover of a power battery, characterized in that, comprising a top cover plate, a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit,
the first electrode unit comprises an insulation piece, a conductive plate, a deformable plate and a sealing piece,
the top cover plate is provided with a deformable plate connecting hole and a fixing hole, the deformable plate seals the deformable plate connecting hole, the insulation piece is provided with a top cover plate connecting portion and a conductive plate connecting portion, the insulation piece is fixed underneath the top cover plate through a cooperation of the top cover plate connecting portion and the fixing hole, the conductive plate is insulated from and fixed with the top cover plate through the conductive plate connecting portion, the conductive plate is electrically connected with the deformable plate,
the sealing piece seals a path from the fixing hole to an interior of the power battery passing through a gap between the insulation piece and the top cover plate, and
the top cover plate connecting portion is a clamping piece, which is clamped with the fixing hole.

2. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 1 , characterized in that, the fixing hole is a ladder hole with a top diameter larger than a bottom diameter,
the sealing piece is inserted into the fixing hole from the top, and seals the fixing hole.

3. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 2 , characterized in that, an upper surface of the sealing piece is aligned with an upper surface of the top cover plate.

4. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 2 , characterized in that, a periphery surface of the sealing piece which matches the fixing hole is uniformly inclined from top to bottom.

5. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 4 , characterized in that, the fixing hole includes at least a three-stage ladder structure, the sealing piece is located in a topmost stage of the ladder structure.

6. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 5 , characterized in that, a top portion of the top cover plate connecting portion abuts against the sealing piece.

7. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 6 , characterized in that, a top surface of the top cover plate connecting portion is a flat surface, a bottom surface of the sealing piece is also a flat surface, the top surface of the top cover plate connecting portion is fitted with the bottom surface of the sealing piece.

8. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 2 , characterized in that, the sealing piece is arranged around the top cover plate connecting portion, and is pressed and sealed with a lower surface of the top cover plate.

9. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 8 , characterized in that, a sealing piece accommodating slot is provided on the insulation piece, the sealing piece accommodating slot is provided around the top cover plate connecting portion, the sealing piece is arranged in the sealing piece accommodating slot.

10. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 8 , characterized in that, the sealing piece is of a circular ring shape.

11. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 8 , characterized in that, the insulation piece is integratedly formed, the sealing piece protrudes from an upper surface of the insulation piece.

12. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 11 , characterized in that, the sealing piece is a ring flange.

13. The top cover of the power battery according to claim 1 , characterized in that, the top cover plate connecting portion is integratedly or separately arranged with the insulation piece.

14. A power battery, characterized in that, comprising the top cover of the power battery according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Quankun
• Deng Pinghua
• Wang Peng
• Guo Jian
• Zhu Lingbo
• Lin Yongshou

Classifications

• H01M2200/20

  Pressure-sensitive devices · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

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

• H01M2/043

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M10/34 Primary

  Gastight accumulators · CPC title

• H01M2/0473

  Electricity · mapped topic