Energy storage device comprising current collector plate with spring portion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12107300-B2
Application number	US-202117480730-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2021
Priority date	Sep 23, 2020
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

The extraction portion of a current collector plate is configured to include a first piece portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the first direction from an outer edge portion provided on an edge of the flat plate portion when viewed from the first direction, a second piece portion extending in the first direction and having an attachment portion that attaches the extraction portion, and a bent portion being where a plate material configuring the extraction portion bends, and connecting the first piece portion and the second piece portion. A spring portion that is configured to relieve a stress acting on the extraction portion is provided between the connection portion to the outer edge portion and the attachment portion in the extraction portion. The spring portion includes at least a first bent portion being where the plate material bends other than at the bent portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power storage device comprising:
a power storage module;
a pair of current collector plates located at both ends of the power storage module in a first direction that is a stacking direction, so that the power storage module is sandwiched between the pair of current collector plates;
a pair of restraint plates configured to restrain the power storage module and the pair of current collector plates in the first direction,
wherein:
the power storage module includes current extraction surfaces at both ends of the power storage module in the first direction,
at least one of the current collector plates of the pair of current collector plates includes: a flat plate portion that is in electrical contact with at least one of the current extraction surfaces, and an extraction portion connected to the flat plate portion and configured to extract current from the power storage module,
the extraction portion includes:
a first piece portion extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction from an outer edge portion provided on an edge of the flat plate portion when viewed from the first direction, wherein a boundary between the flat plate portion and the extraction portion is a connection portion of the first piece portion,
a second piece portion extending in the first direction and having an attachment portion that attaches the extraction portion to a terminal block of a restraint plate of the pair of restraint plates, and
a bent portion being where a plate material configuring the extraction portion bends, and connecting the first piece portion and the second piece portion,
a spring portion provided between the connection portion and the attachment portion, wherein the spring portion is configured to relieve a stress acting on the extraction portion, and
the spring portion includes a first bent portion and a second bent portion, and an extending portion that connects the first bent portion and the second bent portion,
wherein the first bent portion has a first bending point and a second bending point spaced apart from the first bending point,
wherein the second bent portion has a third bending point and a fourth bending point spaced apart from the third bending point, and
wherein the extending portion connects the second bending point and the third bending point; and

a sealing member having a frame-shape and provided on a side surface of the power storage module, wherein a surface of the sealing member is disposed between a virtual plane and the extending portion, wherein the virtual plane extends in the second direction, and wherein the first bending point and the fourth bending point are located on the virtual plane.

2. The power storage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second bent portion is located where the plate material bends to a side opposite to the first bent portion when viewed from the connection portion.

3. The power storage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the spring portion is formed in the first piece portion.

4. The power storage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a distance between the bent portion and the terminal block is greater than a distance between the connection portion and the terminal block, in the first direction.

5. The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the power storage module further includes an insulating plate disposed between the current collector plate and the restraint plate, wherein the insulating plate includes a recess portion, and an entirety of the extending portion is located within the recess portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oide Ryuji
• Morisaku Naoto
• Ueda Hiromi
• Morioka Satoshi
• Okumura Motoyoshi

Classifications

• H01M10/0418

  with bipolar electrodes · CPC title

• H01M50/531

  Electrode connections inside a battery casing · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title