Battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10797362-B2
Application number	US-201715708939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2017
Priority date	May 15, 2012
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a battery pack including a pack body and a plurality of terminals. The pack body has first and second main surfaces that are opposed to each other in a first axis direction, first and second end surfaces that are opposed to each other in a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction, and first and second side surfaces that are opposed to each other in a third axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction and the second axis direction. The plurality of terminals includes a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a temperature detection terminal, and a control terminal that are arranged on the first end surface along the third axis direction. The negative terminal is arranged between the temperature detection terminal and the control terminal and closer to the control terminal than the temperature detection terminal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery pack, comprising:
a pack body having a first main surface and a second main surface that are opposed to each other in a first axis direction, a first end surface and a second end surface that are opposed to each other in a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction, and a first side surface and a second side surface that are opposed to each other in a third axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction and the second axis direction;
a plurality of terminals including at least a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a temperature terminal that are arranged on the first end surface along the third axis direction; and
a cover having a plurality of terminal windows placed on the first end surface, configured to expose the terminals to outside,
wherein each of the plurality of terminal windows includes a plurality of corner portions, and
wherein one corner portion of the plurality of corner portions of one terminal window positioned closest to the first side surface along the third axis, is formed with a radius of curvature larger than a radius of curvature of all of the other plurality of corner portions respectively of the one terminal window.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of terminal windows includes at least a first terminal window related to the positive terminal, a second terminal window related to the negative terminal, and a third terminal window related to the temperature terminal.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of terminal windows are closer to the first main surface than the second main surface along the first axis.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a first of the plurality of terminal windows is separated from a second of the plurality of terminal windows by a first gap, and the second of the plurality of terminal windows is separated from a third of the plurality of windows by a second gap,
wherein the first gap is smaller than the second gap.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the positive terminal has an area larger than that of the temperature terminal.

6. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the one corner portion of the one terminal window positioned closest to the first side surface along the third axis has a larger radius of curvature than corner portions of each of the remaining plurality of terminal windows.

7. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the first end surface includes a first concave portion provided close to the first side surface and a second concave portion provided close to the second side surface, and
wherein the first concave portion and the second concave portion are arranged closer to the second main surface than the first main surface.

8. The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the first concave portion has a width dimension larger than that of the second concave portion in the third axis direction.

9. The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the first concave portion and the second concave portion each have a height dimension of 1.8 mm or more along the second axis direction.

10. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the second end surface includes a locking portion configured to be locked to an electronic apparatus, and
wherein the locking portion is arranged on the second end surface and closer to the second main surface than the first main surface.

11. The battery pack according to claim 10 , wherein the locking portion is a concave portion in the second end surface.

12. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of terminal windows comprises four terminal windows arranged on the first end surface along the third axis direction.

13. The battery pack according to claim 12 , wherein the fourth terminal window is related to a control terminal.

14. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the first side surface and the second side surface are non-planar.

15. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the first side surface and the second side surface are curved.

16. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature terminal is located between the positive terminal and the negative terminal along the third axis direction.

17. The battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein among the first terminal window, the second terminal window and the third terminal window, the third terminal window related to the temperature terminal has a shortest length along the third axis direction.

18. The battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein the positive terminal has an area larger than that of the temperature terminal.

19. The battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein the negative terminal has an area larger than that of the temperature terminal.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Kumagai Atsuhiro
• Yonishi Kiyoshi
• Ikeda Shigeji

Classifications

• H01M10/486 Primary

  for measuring temperature · CPC title

• H01M10/48 Primary

  Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) · CPC title

• H01M50/55

  on the same side of the cell · CPC title

• H01M50/247

  specially adapted for portable devices, e.g. mobile phones, computers, hand tools or pacemakers · CPC title

• H01M50/555

  Window-shaped terminals · CPC title