Secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10529974-B2
Application number	US-201715657739-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2017
Priority date	Dec 9, 2016
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

The present application provides a secondary battery including a first terminal component, a second terminal component, a cap plate, an electrode component and a resistance element. One of the first and second terminal components is electrically connected to the cap plate through the resistance element, while the other is insulated from the cap plate. The first terminal component includes a connecting plate and a turnable plate, and the connecting plate is attached to the turnable plate. When the secondary battery is in a normal state, a first electrode plate is electrically connected to the connecting plate through the turnable plate, and the second electrode plate is electrically connected to the second terminal component. When a pressure inside the secondary battery exceeds a reference pressure, the turnable plate can turn over to cut off an electrical connection between the turnable plate and the first electrode plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A secondary battery comprising a first terminal component, a second terminal component, a cap plate, an electrode component and a resistance element, wherein:
the electrode component comprises a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates;
one of the first and second terminal components is electrically connected to the cap plate through the resistance element, while the other is electrically insulated from the cap plate;
the first terminal component comprises a connecting plate and a turnable plate, wherein the turnable plate is attached to the connecting plate;
when the secondary battery is in a normal state, the first electrode plate is electrically connected to the connecting plate through the turnable plate, and the second electrode plate is electrically connected to the second terminal component; and
when a pressure inside the secondary battery exceeds a reference pressure, the turnable plate turns over to cut off an electrical connection between the turnable plate and the first electrode plate,
wherein the first terminal component is electrically connected to the cap plate through the resistance element, and the second terminal component is electrically insulated from the cap plate; the connecting plate is provided on a side of the cap plate away from the electrode component, and the cap plate is provided with a first through hole; and the connecting plate is provided with a recess on a surface of the connecting plate facing the cap plate, wherein the recess provides turning space for the turnable plate, and the recess, the turnable plate and the first through hole are aligned with each other in turn.

2. The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the first terminal component further comprises a conductive plate;
when the secondary battery is in the normal state, the turnable plate is electrically connected to the first electrode plate through the conductive plate; and
when the pressure inside the secondary battery exceeds the reference pressure, the turnable plate turns over to break off the conductive plate and thus cut off an electrical connection between the connecting plate and the first electrode plate.

3. The secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein the conductive plate is inserted into the first through hole.

4. The secondary battery of claim 3 , wherein the conductive plate comprises a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion and a thinning area,
the thinning area is provided between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion and has a thickness less than those of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion; and
the first conductive portion is connected to the turnable plate, and the second conductive portion is inserted into the first through hole and electrically connected to the first electrode plate.

5. The secondary battery of claim 4 , wherein the turnable plate comprises a turnable portion and a protrusion,
the turnable portion has a torus sheet structure with an edge connected to the connecting plate; and
the protrusion is connected to the turnable portion, protrudes toward the electrode component, and is connected to the first conductive portion;
when the secondary battery is in the normal state, the connecting plate is electrically connected to the first electrode plate through the turnable portion, the protrusion, the first conductive portion, the thinning area, and the second conductive portion in turn;
when the pressure inside the secondary battery exceeds the reference pressure, the turnable portion turns over to disconnect the first conductive portion from the second conductive portion, and thus cut off the electrical connection between the connecting plate and the first electrode plate.

6. The secondary battery of claim 4 , wherein a first member is further provided as an insulating element between the connecting plate and the cap plate, and the second conductive portion is electrically connected to the cap plate through the resistance element.

7. The secondary battery of claim 6 , further comprising a second member, wherein the conductive plate is fixed to the cap plate through the second member, and the resistance element and the second member are formed as an integral structure.

8. The secondary battery of claim 4 , wherein the resistance element is provided between the connecting plate and the cap plate, and the connecting plate is electrically connected to the cap plate through the resistance element.

9. The secondary battery of claim 8 , further comprising a second member, which is provided as an insulating element between the second conductive portion and the first through hole.

10. The secondary battery of claim 8 , further comprising a first member provided between the connecting plate and the cap plate, wherein the resistance element and the first member are formed as an integral structure; and the connecting plate, the resistance element and the cap plate are stacked up.

11. The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a resistance of the resistance element is in a range of 1-100000 ohm.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Zhiyu
• Chen Baisong
• Wang Peng
• Cai Rulai

Classifications

• H01M2200/108

  Normal resistors · CPC title

• H01M10/42

  Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells (H01M10/60 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M2200/20

  Pressure-sensitive devices · CPC title

• H01M2/345 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M50/176

  for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/181 takes precedence) · CPC title