Protection device and battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11145944-B2
Application number	US-201916267028-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2019
Priority date	Feb 5, 2018
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a technical field of cells, and discloses a protection device and a battery. The protection device includes: a first connecting member; a second connecting member; a first element; and an elastic sheet. When the elastic sheet has a temperature lower than a first temperature, the elastic sheet is connected to at least one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member; when the temperature of the elastic sheet is equal to the first temperature, the elastic sheet is deformed to allow the first connecting member, the second connecting member, the elastic sheet and the first element to form a series circuit. When the protection device is not triggered, the temperature of the elastic sheet is lower than the first temperature, and the elastic sheet is connected to at least one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A protection device, comprising:
a first connecting member;
a second connecting member;
a first element; and
an elastic sheet,
wherein the elastic sheet is connected to at least one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member when the elastic sheet has a temperature lower than a first temperature, and the elastic sheet is deformed when the temperature of the elastic sheet is higher than or equal to the first temperature, to connect to the first connecting member, the second connecting member, and the first element in series, wherein the first element comprises a curved top surface, the curved top surface is in contact with the elastic sheet, and the curved top surface of the first element has a curvature that matches a curvature of the elastic sheet before deformation.

2. The protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first element has a resistance value not less than 10 ohms.

3. The protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first element is a positive temperature coefficient thermistor.

4. The protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first element is located between the first connecting member and the elastic sheet, and the elastic sheet is located between the first element and the second connecting member.

5. The protection device according to claim 1 , wherein when the temperature of the elastic sheet is lower than the first temperature, the elastic sheet is connected to both of the first connecting member and the second connecting member.

6. The protection device according to claim 5 , wherein when the temperature of the elastic sheet is lower than the first temperature, the first connecting member is electrically connected to the second connecting member directly, or the first connecting member is electrically connected to the second connecting member via the elastic sheet.

7. The protection device according to claim 1 , wherein when the temperature of the elastic sheet is lower than the first temperature, the first connecting member is electrically connected to the second connecting member directly.

8. The protection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover plate, wherein the cover plate covers the first connecting member and the second connecting member.

9. The protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic sheet is connected to the first connecting member and the second connecting member via a terminal, and the terminal has a silvered surface.

10. The protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first element has a curvature same with a curvature of the elastic sheet before deformation.

11. A battery, comprising a cell and a protection device, the protection device comprising:
a first connecting member;
a second connecting member;
a first element; and
an elastic sheet,
wherein the elastic sheet is connected to at least one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member when the elastic sheet has a temperature lower than a first temperature, and the elastic sheet is deformed when the temperature of the elastic sheet is higher than or equal to the first temperature, to connect to the first connecting member, the second connecting member, and the first element in series;
wherein the cell comprises a first electrode tab coupled with the first connecting member or the second connecting member, the first element comprises a top surface, the top surface is in contact with the elastic sheet, and the curved top surface of the first element has a curvature that matches a curvature of the elastic sheet before deformation.

12. The battery according to claim 11 , wherein the product of a length of a connection path from the first electrode tab to the elastic sheet and a cooling coefficient of the connection path is less than a difference value between a second temperature of the first electrode tab and the first temperature.

13. The battery according to claim 12 , wherein the first electrode tab is electrically connected to the first connecting member or the second connecting member directly.

14. The battery according to claim 12 , further comprising a transition piece, wherein the first electrode tab is electrically connected to the transition piece, and the transition piece is electrically connected to the first connecting member or the second connecting member.

15. The battery according to claim 11 , wherein a welding connection is adopted to a path from the first electrode tab to the first connecting member or the second connecting member, and a welding area of each welding zone is not less than 10% of an overlapping area of two welding bodies in the welding zone.

16. The battery according to claim 11 , wherein the cell comprises a first wall, and the protection device is provided to the first wall.

17. The battery according to claim 16 , wherein the protection device comprises a housing, and the housing has an opening facing the first wall.

18. The battery according to claim 11 , wherein an outside of the first connecting member, a outside of the transition piece, and a outside of the first electrode tab are each enveloped with a porous material layer.

19. The battery according to claim 11 , wherein the cell further comprises a second electrode tab, a polarity of the second electrode tab is opposite to a polarity of the first electrode tab, and the second electrode tab is configured to be connected to an external electrical device.

20. The battery according to claim 11 , further comprising a feed-out piece, wherein the feed-out piece is coupled to the second connecting member or the first connecting member and configured to conduct charging and discharging current of the cell to an external electrical device.

Assignees

• Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Song Chuantao
• Liu Zuchao
• Nan Haiyang
• Xiao Zhiwen
• Su Xinru

Classifications

• H01M50/536

  characterised by the method of fixing the leads to the electrodes, e.g. by welding · CPC title

• H01M2200/106

  PTC · CPC title

• H01H71/14

  Electrothermal mechanisms {(combined with a electro-thermal time delay relay H01H61/002)} · CPC title

• H01M2200/10

  Temperature sensitive devices · CPC title

• H01M50/581 Primary

  in response to temperature · CPC title