Disassembling tool and battery module using disassembling tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11524394-B2
Application number	US-201816631747-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2018
Priority date	Dec 15, 2017
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is a disassembling tool for a secondary battery. The disassembling tool includes a first rotation member configured to be rotatable and to allow a nut to be coupled thereto; a connection shaft coupled to the first rotation member; a second rotation member coupled to the connection shaft to transmit a rotational force to the connection shaft; and a housing, in which the connection shaft is disposed. The housing is inclined with respect to a virtual horizontal line parallel to a ground surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery module using a disassembling tool, comprising:
a battery cell stack having a plurality of battery cells provided with electrode leads such that the plurality of battery cells are stacked on each other;
a case configured to accommodate the battery cell stack such that the battery cell stack is coupled to the case by a plurality of bolts and nuts;
an interconnect board (ICB) cover fixedly coupled at an upper side of the battery cell stack so that only some of the plurality of bolts and nuts are exposed,
a guide protrusion formed on the case, and
a coupling protrusion formed on the case,
wherein in the battery module, among the plurality of bolts and nuts, a nut hidden by the ICB cover is configured to be disassembled from the bolt by using the disassembling tool,
wherein the guide protrusion is configured to guide the movement of the disassembling tool so that a coupling groove of the disassembling tool is coupled to the coupling protrusion.

2. The battery module using a disassembling tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein the guide protrusion includes:
a first rib having the same inclination as the inclination of the housing of the disassembling tool; and
a second rib extending from the first rib and having an inclination with an angle different from the first rib.

3. The battery module using a disassembling tool according to claim 2 ,
wherein the inclination angle of the second rib is greater than the inclination angle of the first rib with respect to a bottom portion of the case within a range of acute angle.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd
• Lg Energy Solutions Ltd

Inventors

• Moon Duck-Hee
• Kim Do-Hyeon
• Yu Sung-Chun
• Kang Tae-Young

Classifications

• H01M50/517

  by fixing means, e.g. screws, rivets or bolts · CPC title

• B25B13/481 Primary

  for operating in areas having limited access · CPC title

• H01M50/505

  comprising a single busbar · CPC title

• H01M50/204

  Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells · CPC title

• H01M50/211

  adapted for pouch cells · CPC title