Battery product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11588263-B2
Application number	US-202117179227-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2021
Priority date	Nov 14, 2018
Publication date	Feb 21, 2023
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a battery product and an assembling method of the battery product, the battery product comprises a box and a heating connector. The box comprises a mounting panel. The mounting panel has a first receptacle portion and a second receptacle portion, and the second receptacle portion and the first receptacle portion are provided opposite to each other and communicating with each other. The heating connector comprises: a first plug assembly being mounted on the first receptacle portion; and a second plug assembly being mounted on the second receptacle portion. Compared with the technology related to the background, the battery product is equivalent to directly integrating the receptacle of the heating connector on the mounting panel, which not only eliminates the manner of fixing by the bolt, but also improves the integration of the battery product, thereby improving the space utilization and energy density.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heating connector mounted on a mounting panel of a battery product, wherein the heating connector comprises:
a first plug assembly mounted on a first receptacle portion of the mounting panel; and
a second plug assembly mounted on a second receptacle portion of the mounting panel and electrically connected to the first plug assembly in a direction perpendicular to the mounting panel,
wherein the first receptacle portion has: a first wall; and a first connecting portion provided at an outer side of the first wall;
the first plug assembly comprises: a first shell cooperating with the first wall; and a first connecting member provided at an outer side of the first shell and connected to the first connecting portion;
the second receptacle portion has: a second wall, a second connecting portion provided at an outer side of the second wall, and a third positioning portion provided at an inner side of the second wall; and
the second plug assembly comprises: a second shell cooperating with the second wall; and a second connecting member provided at an outer side of the second shell and connected to the second connecting portion; the second shell having: a second body portion received in the second wall; a second mounting portion protruding from the second body portion, wherein the second connecting member is provided on the second mounting portion; and a fourth positioning portion provided at an outer side of the second body portion and cooperating with the third positioning portion by a concave-convex fit.

2. The heating connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the first receptacle portion further has a first positioning portion provided at the outer side of the first wall;
the first shell has: a first body portion sheathing the first wall; a first mounting portion protruding from the first body portion, and the first connecting member is provided on the first mounting portion; and a second positioning portion provided at an inner side of the first body portion and cooperating with the first positioning portion by a concave-convex fit.

3. The heating connector according to claim 2 , wherein
the first connecting member is provided on the first mounting portion of the first shell in a cantilever manner;
the first plug assembly further comprises a first locking member provided on the first mounting portion of the first shell;
one end of the first connecting member is latched with the first connecting portion, and the first locking member makes the other end of the first connecting member fixed.

4. The heating connector according to claim 3 , wherein
the first shell further has a first fixing groove provided on the first mounting portion;
the first locking member has: a first base portion; a first extending portion protruding from the first base portion; a first elastic portion, one end of the first elastic portion is connected to the first base portion, the other end of the first elastic portion is spaced apart from the first base portion; and a first latching portion provided at the other end of the first elastic portion and protruding from the first elastic portion, and the first latching portion cooperates with the first fixing groove to make the other end of the first connecting member fixed.

5. The heating connector according to claim 4 , wherein
the first locking member further has: a first guiding portion protruding from the first elastic portion and spaced apart from the first latching portion; and a first handle portion connected to the first base portion and protruding from the first base portion.

6. The heating connector according to claim 5 , wherein the main body portion is provided with an avoiding groove provided facing the second connecting portion of the second receptacle portion.

7. The heating connector according to claim 4 , wherein the first shell further has a first guiding groove spaced apart from the first fixing groove.

8. The heating connector according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second connecting member is provided on the second mounting portion of the second shell in a cantilever manner;
the second plug assembly further comprises a second locking member provided on the second mounting portion of the second shell;
one end of the second connecting member is latched with the second connecting portion, and the second locking member makes the other end of the second connecting member fixed.

9. The heating connector according to claim 8 , wherein
the second shell further has a second fixing groove provided on the second mounting portion;
the second locking member has: a second base portion; a second extending portion protruding from the second base portion; a second elastic portion, one end of the second elastic portion is connected to the second base portion, the other end of the second elastic portion is spaced apart from the second base portion; and a second latching portion provided at the other end of the second elastic portion and protruding from the second elastic portion, and the second latching portion cooperates with the second fixing groove of the second shell to make the other end of the second connecting member fixed.

10. The heating connector according to claim 9 , wherein
the second locking member further has: a second guiding portion protruding from the second elastic portion and spaced apart from the second latching portion; and a second handle portion connected to the second base portion and protruding from the second base portion.

11. The heating connector according to claim 9 , wherein the second shell further has a second guiding groove spaced apart from the second fixing groove.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Jianwei
• Chan Libing
• Zhou Linggang
• Weng Zhiqin
• Ruan Shengshen
• Wang Peng

Classifications

• H01M50/244

  Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method · CPC title

• H01R13/639

  Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} · CPC title

• H01M50/528

  Fixed electrical connections, i.e. not intended for disconnection · CPC title

• H01R13/745

  separate from the housing · CPC title

• H01R13/631

  for engagement only · CPC title