Battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11450915-B2
Application number	US-202016811771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2020
Priority date	Mar 27, 2019
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, provided is a battery pack that can prevent the surface pressure applied to a cell group at the time of restraint from being uneven, and can stably demonstrate a high level of battery performance. The battery pack disclosed herein includes a cell group in which a plurality of single cells is arranged, and a restraining member that restrains the cell group. Each of the single cells of this battery pack is an all-solid-state cell including a stacked electrode body in which sheet materials composed of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer are stacked, and an outer package body that accommodates the stacked electrode body. The cell group of the battery pack disclosed herein is configured such that the ratio of the maximum value K1 of spring constant to the minimum value K2 of spring constant along the arrangement direction (K1/K2) is 1 or more and 3 or less. As a result, the surface pressure applied to the cell group at the time of restraint can be prevented from being uneven, and a high level of battery performance can be exhibited.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack comprising:
a cell group in which a plurality of single cells are arranged along a predetermined arrangement direction; and
a restraining member that restrains the cell group along the arrangement direction, wherein
each of the single cells is an all-solid-state cell including a stacked electrode body in which a plurality of sheet materials composed of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer are stacked, and an outer package body that is made of a laminate film and accommodates the stacked electrode body,
the cell group is configured such that, in a front view, where a spring constant in a region having a maximum spring constant along the arrangement direction is taken as a maximum value K 1 , and a spring constant in a region having a minimum spring constant along the arrangement direction is taken as a minimum value K 2 , a relationship between the maximum value K 1 and the minimum value K 2 satisfies formula (1) below: and
the cell group is configured such that, in a front view, where a total thickness in a region having a maximum total thickness of a plurality of the stacked electrode bodies is taken as a maximum value T 1 , and a total thickness in a region having a minimum total thickness of the plurality of the stacked electrode bodies is taken as a minimum value T 2 , a relationship between the maximum value T 1 and the minimum value T 2 satisfies formula (2) below:
1 ≤K 1 /K 2≤3  (1)

1 ≤T 1 /T 2≤1.01  (2).

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a thickest part is formed at one end in a width direction of each of the stacked electrode bodies, a thinnest part is formed at the other end in the width direction of each of the stacked electrode bodies, and the cell group is configured such that, between two of the single cells adjacent to each other, the thickest part of the stacked electrode body of one single cell is adjacent to the thinnest part of the stacked electrode body of the other single cell.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a thickest part is formed at one end in a width direction of each of the sheet materials, a thinnest part is formed at the other end in the width direction of each of the sheet materials, and the stacked electrode body is configured such that, between two of the sheet materials adjacent to each other, the thickest part of one sheet material is adjacent to the thinnest part of the other sheet material.

4. A battery pack comprising:
a cell group in which a plurality of single cells are arranged along a predetermined arrangement direction; and
a restraining member that restrains the cell group along the arrangement direction, wherein
each of the single cells is an all-solid-state cell including a stacked electrode body in which a plurality of sheet materials composed of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer are stacked, and an outer package body that is made of a laminate film and accommodates the stacked electrode body,
the cell group is configured such that, in a front view, where a spring constant in a region having a maximum spring constant along the arrangement direction is taken as a maximum value K 1 , and a spring constant in a region having a minimum spring constant along the arrangement direction is taken as a minimum value K 2 , a relationship between the maximum value K 1 and the minimum value K 2 satisfies formula (1) below: and
a thickest part is formed at a center in the width direction of each of the stacked electrode bodies, a thinnest part is formed at both ends in the width direction of each of the stacked electrode bodies, and the stacked electrode bodies are accommodated in the outer package body in a state where the center in the width direction of each of the stacked electrode bodies is shifted from a center in a width direction of the outer package body, so that, between two of the single cells adjacent to each other, the thickest part of the stacked electrode body of one single cell is adjacent to the thinnest part of the stacked electrode body of the other single cell:
1 ≤K 1 /K 2≤3.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the stacked electrode body has a Young's modulus of 0.1 GPa or more.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kagami Ryo

Classifications

• H01M10/0562 Primary

  Solid materials · CPC title

• H01M50/291

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H01M50/211

  adapted for pouch cells · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M2300/0071

  Oxides · CPC title