Battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10763483-B2
Application number	US-201815946997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2018
Priority date	Apr 10, 2017
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

The battery pack disclosed herein includes a plurality of unit cells. The plurality of unit cells is connected to each other by a bus bar. The bus bar has two terminal connection portions and a linking portion. A linear welded portion is formed in a portion where the terminal connection portions and the external terminals overlap with each other. The linear welded portion is non-annular in the plane of the terminal connection portions and has a straight linear portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction, and two circular arc portions that extend from respective ends of the straight linear portion and are curved toward a side opposite to the side where the linking portion is located.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack configured by arranging a plurality of unit cells in a predetermined direction, the battery pack comprising:
a plurality of unit cells each including an electrode body having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a battery case accommodating the electrode body, and external terminals attached to the outside of the battery case, wherein
in the plurality of unit cells, one external terminal and another external terminal are linked to each other by a bus bar between the adjacent unit cells;
the bus bar is a plate-shaped member extending in the arrangement direction and has two terminal connection portions which overlap the respective external terminals, and a linking portion for linking the two terminal connection portions;
a linear welded portion is formed in a portion where the terminal connection portion of the bus bar and the external terminal overlap with each other;
the linear welded portion is non-annular in a plane of the terminal connection portion, and has

a straight linear portion that extends in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction, and
two circular arc portions that extend from respective ends of the straight linear portion and are curved toward a side opposite to the side where the linking portion is located,
wherein the straight linear portion is formed at a position displaced, in the arrangement direction, from a center point of the portion where the terminal connection portion overlaps the entire external terminal, toward the side where the linking portion is located.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a relationship between a length L of the straight linear portion in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction and a radius R of the circular arc portion satisfies (R/L) <0.2.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a central angle θ of the circular arc portion is 30 degrees or more and 120 degrees or less.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a relationship between a length L of the straight linear portion in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction and a radius R of the circular arc portion satisfies (R/L) <0.2.

5. The battery pack according to claim , wherein a central angle θ of the circular arc portion is 30 degrees or more and 120 degrees or less.

6. The battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein a central angle θ of the circular arc portion is 30 degrees or more and 120 degrees or less.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nagai Hiroki
• Tamaru Koji
• Kagami Ryo
• Okamoto Yuki

Classifications

• H01M10/4207 Primary

  for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H01M50/505

  comprising a single busbar · CPC title

• H01M50/522

  Inorganic material · CPC title

• H01M50/50

  Current conducting connections for cells or batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/209 Primary

  adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) · CPC title