Battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11817541-B2
Application number	US-202017109403-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2020
Priority date	Dec 11, 2019
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

A battery pack including a base substrate including first and second surfaces opposite to each other, an output terminal being on the first surface; and a battery cell on the second surface of the base substrate, the battery cell including an accommodation portion in which an electrode assembly is accommodated, and a terrace portion that seals the accommodation portion and which is bent toward the base substrate, an electrode tab connected to the electrode assembly being drawn out of the terrace portion and electrically connected to the output terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack, comprising:
a base substrate including first and second surfaces opposite to each other, an output terminal being on the first surface; and
a battery cell on the second surface of the base substrate, the battery cell including:
an accommodation portion separate from the base substrate and in which an electrode assembly is accommodated, and
a terrace portion that seals the accommodation portion and which is bent toward the base substrate, an electrode tab connected to the electrode assembly being drawn out of the terrace portion and electrically connected to the output terminal,
wherein a first main outer surface of the accommodation portion and the second surface of the base substrate are arranged parallel to each other such that the first main outer surface of the accommodation portion faces away from the electrode assembly and faces toward the base substrate, and is between the electrode assembly and the second surface of the base substrate.

2. The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the accommodation portion includes:
a front surface at which the electrode tab is drawn,
a rear surface opposite to the front surface,
the first main outer surface and a second main outer surface connecting the front surface to the rear surface, the first main outer surface and the second main outer surface each having a largest area among surfaces of the accommodation portion, and
a pair of side surfaces connecting the front surface to the rear surface, the pair of side surfaces each having an area smaller than the area of each of the first main outer surface and the second main outer surface.

3. The battery pack as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first main outer surface and the second main outer surface each have a larger area than that of the front surface, the rear surface, and the side surfaces of the accommodation portion.

4. The battery pack as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first main outer surface corresponds to the main outer surface distal to the terrace portion along a direction in which the first main outer surface and the second main outer surface face each other.

5. The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive member between the first main outer surface of the accommodation portion and the second surface of the base substrate.

6. The battery pack as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the adhesive member includes a double-sided tape.

7. The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the battery cell includes a sealing portion formed along an edge of the accommodation portion to seal the accommodation portion, and
the sealing portion includes the terrace portion extending from the accommodation portion in a front direction of the accommodation portion and a side sealing portion extending from the accommodation portion in a side direction of the accommodation portion.

8. The battery pack as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the terrace portion and the side sealing portion are spaced apart from each other with a gap therebetween and are respectively folded up toward a front surface and a side surfaces of the accommodation portion.

9. The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrode tab includes first and second electrode tabs of different polarities.

10. The battery pack as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the output terminal includes:
a first terminal group including a pair of first and second output terminals of different polarities; and
a second terminal group including a pair of first and second output terminals of different polarities.

11. The battery pack as claimed in claim 10 , wherein:
the first and second output terminals forming the first terminal group are spaced apart from each other along a same direction in which the first and second electrode tabs of the battery cell are spaced apart, and
the first and second output terminals forming the second terminal group are spaced apart from each other along the same direction in which the first and second electrode tabs of the battery are spaced apart.

12. The battery pack as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first terminal group and the second terminal group are spaced apart from each other along a direction intersecting with a direction in which the first and second electrode tabs are spaced apart.

13. The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a connection tab protruding from the second surface and electrically connected to the electrode tab on the second surface of the base substrate.

14. The battery pack as claimed in claim 13 , wherein:
the electrode tab includes first and second electrode tabs of different polarities,
the connection tab includes first and second connection tabs respectively connected to the first and second electrode tabs, and
a first tab including the first electrode tab and the first connection tab connected to each other and a second tab including the second electrode tab and the second connection tab connected to each other are each between the first main outer surface of the accommodation portion and the second surface of the base substrate.

15. The battery pack as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising a tab tape around a coupling portion of the first electrode tab and the first connection tab and around a coupling portion of the second electrode tab and the second connection tab.

16. The battery pack as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the first and second tabs are between the first main outer surface of the accommodation portion and the second surface of the base substrate, the first and second tabs being curved to surround the accommodation portion from the terrace portion bent toward the base substrate.

17. The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a tab hole penetrating the first and second surfaces of the base substrate in the base substrate,
wherein the electrode tab extends onto the first surface of the base substrate through the tab hole from the terrace portion bent toward the base substrate on a side of the second surface of the base substrate.

18. The battery pack as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the electrode tab is bent to be in parallel to the first surface of the base substrate around the tab hole to overlap the first surface.

19. The battery pack as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the electrode tab overlaps the output terminal on the first surface of the base substrate and is coupled with the output terminal.

20. The battery pack as claimed in claim 19 , further comprising a conductive tape attached onto the electrode tab overlapping the output terminal.

21. The battery pack as claimed in claim 19 , wherein:
the output terminal includes:
a first terminal group including a pair of first and second output terminals of different polarities; and
a second terminal group including a pair of first and second output terminals of different polarities,

the first and second terminal groups are spaced apart from each other in a lengthwise direction of the electrode tab extending on the first surface, and
the electrode tab is coupled with the first terminal group proximate to the tab hole in the lengthwise direction of the electrode tab, among the first and second terminal groups.

22. A battery pack, comprising:
a base substrate including first and second surfaces opposite to each other, an output terminal being on the first surface;
a battery cell on the second surface of the base substrate, the battery cell including:
an accommodation portion in wh

Assignees

• Samsung Sdi Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Sanghun
• Seo Heechul

Classifications

• H01M50/543

  Terminals · CPC title

• H01M50/533

  characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs · CPC title

• H01M50/531 Primary

  Electrode connections inside a battery casing · CPC title

• H01M50/174

  adapted for the shape of the cells · CPC title

• H01M50/184

  characterised by their shape or structure · CPC title