Current collecting member, secondary battery and fabrication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11949128-B2
Application number	US-202117317854-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2021
Priority date	Nov 22, 2018
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

This application provides a current collecting member, a secondary battery, and a fabrication method. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing, a top cover assembly and current collecting members. The electrode assembly includes a main body portion and a first tab extending from an end of the main body portion along a transverse direction. The top cover assembly includes a top cover plate and a first electrode terminal disposed on the top cover plate connected to the housing. The current collecting member is connected to the first tab and the first electrode terminal. The current collecting member includes a substrate and a support plate, the substrate being provided at a side of the main body portion along a transverse direction, the support plate extending from an end part of the substrate in a longitudinal direction, and the first tab being connected to the support plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A current collecting member of a secondary battery, wherein the current collecting member is configured to connect a first tab of an electrode assembly of the secondary battery to a first electrode terminal of a top cover assembly of the secondary battery, wherein the electrode assembly comprises a main body portion;
the current collecting member comprises a substrate and two support plates, wherein the substrate is arranged on an end surface of the main body portion, the two support plates are respectively connected to two ends of the substrate and located on a side of the substrate facing away from the main body portion, and the two support plates extend in the direction approaching each other and are parallel with the substrate;
a gap is disposed between the two support plates;
the substrate is provided with a channel, wherein the channel is configured to place an end surface of the main body portion in communication with space on a side of the substrate facing away from the main body portion, the channel comprises a plurality of through holes through the substrate and overlapping the gap in the thickness direction of the substrate, the plurality of through holes are configured to allow gas generated inside the electrode assembly to discharge through the plurality of through holes; and
the channel includes a groove disposed in an inner surface of the substrate close to the end surface of the main body portion, wherein the groove extends to an edge of the substrate.

2. The current collecting member according to claim 1 , wherein the groove is recessed from one surface of the substrate to the other surface of the substrate.

3. The current collecting member according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the groove extends to an edge of the substrate.

4. The current collecting member according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the groove is 0.5 cm to 2 cm.

5. The current collecting member according to claim 1 , wherein a bulge is formed on an outer surface of the substrate facing away from the main body portion, and the groove is formed on one side of the bulge closer to the main body portion.

6. The current collecting member according to claim 5 , wherein the groove is formed by stamping the surface of the substrate on one side, wherein the bulge is formed on the other side of the substrate.

7. The current collecting member according to claim 5 , wherein the bulge extends to the interior of the gap.

8. The current collecting member according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the plurality of the through holes is formed in the bulge and in communication with the groove.

9. A secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly, a housing, a top cover assembly and current collecting members according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Hu
• Ren Miaomiao
• Chen Yuanbao
• Xu Long
• Zheng Donglai
• Zhu Lingbo
• Lin Yongshou

Classifications

• H01M50/54 Primary

  Connection of several leads or tabs of plate-like electrode stacks, e.g. electrode pole straps or bridges · CPC title

• H01M50/50

  Current conducting connections for cells or batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/564

  characterised by their manufacturing process · CPC title

• H01M50/296 Primary

  characterised by terminals of battery packs (terminals of batteries H01M50/543) · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title