Power storage module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11811015-B2
Application number	US-201816970420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2018
Priority date	Feb 28, 2018
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

Provided is an electricity-storage module including: a stacked body that includes electrodes which are stacked along a first direction; a sealing body that is provided to the stacked body so as to surround a peripheral edge portion of the electrodes, forms an inner space that stores an electrolytic solution between the electrodes adjacent to each other along the first direction, and seals the inner space; and a reinforcing body that is provided in the electrodes so as to suppress deformation of the electrodes. The electrodes include bipolar electrodes and a negative terminal electrode, the negative terminal electrode includes the electrode plate and a negative electrode provided on the second surface, and is disposed at one end of the stacked body in the first direction such that the second surface faces an inner side of the stacked body in the first direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electricity-storage module comprising:
a stacked body that includes a plurality of electrodes which are stacked along a first direction;
a sealing body that is provided to the stacked body so as to surround a peripheral edge portion of the electrodes, forms an inner space that stores an electrolytic solution between the electrodes adjacent to each other along the first direction, and seals the inner space; and
a reinforcing body that is provided in the electrodes so as to suppress deformation of the electrodes,
wherein the electrodes include a plurality of bipolar electrodes and a negative terminal electrode,
the bipolar electrode includes an electrode plate, a positive electrode provided on a first surface of the electrode plate, and a negative electrode provided on a second surface of the electrode plate which is opposite to the first surface,
the negative terminal electrode includes the electrode plate and a negative electrode provided on the second surface, and is disposed at one end of the stacked body in the first direction such that the second surface faces an inner side of the stacked body in the first direction,
the sealing body includes a plurality of first sealing portions welded to the first surface at a peripheral edge portion of the electrodes, and a second sealing portion joined to the first sealing portion so as to surround the plurality of first sealing portions from an outer side in the first direction, and
the reinforcing body includes a first reinforcing portion joined to the second surface of the negative terminal electrode at a peripheral edge portion of the negative terminal electrode.

2. The electricity-storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electrodes further include a positive terminal electrode,
the positive terminal electrode includes the electrode plate and a positive electrode provided on the first surface, and is disposed at the other end of the stacked body in the first direction such that the first surface faces an inner side of the stacked body in the first direction, and
the reinforcing body further includes a second reinforcing portion joined to the second surface of the positive terminal electrode at a peripheral edge portion of the positive terminal electrode.

3. The electricity-storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the reinforcing body is joined to the second sealing portion in combination with the first sealing portion.

4. The electricity-storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second sealing portion includes an overlapping portion provided in one end and the other end of the stacked body so as to overlap the electrodes when viewed from the first direction.

5. The electricity-storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein tensile strength of a material of the reinforcing body is greater than tensile strength of a material of the first sealing portion.

6. The electricity-storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein Young's modulus of the material of the reinforcing body is greater than Young's modulus of the material of the first sealing portion.

7. The electricity-storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the material of the reinforcing body is polypropylene.

8. The electricity-storage module according to claim 7 ,
wherein the material of the reinforcing body is oriented polypropylene.

9. The electricity-storage module according to claim 8 ,
wherein the material of the reinforcing body is biaxially oriented polypropylene.

10. The electricity-storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the material of the reinforcing body is the same as the material of the first sealing portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk

Inventors

• CHUJO Yuki
• Hirose Takayuki
• Nakamura Tomohiro
• Yamada Masahiro

Classifications

• H01M10/0418 Primary

  with bipolar electrodes · CPC title

• H01G11/24

  characterised by structural features of the materials making up or comprised in the electrodes, e.g. form, surface area or porosity; characterised by the structural features of powders or particles used therefor · CPC title

• H01G11/80 Primary

  Gaskets; Sealings · CPC title

• H01M10/02

  Details (of electrodes H01M4/00; of non-active parts H01M50/00) · CPC title

• H01M10/0468

  Compression means for stacks of electrodes and separators · CPC title