Pouch-type battery case and pouch type secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12244023-B2
Application number	US-202118021490-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2021
Priority date	Aug 19, 2020
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

A pouch-type battery case according to an embodiment of the present invention can include a cup part configured to accommodate an electrode assembly of stacked electrodes and separators. The cup part comprises a plurality of outer walls forming a periphery of the cup part, and a plurality of die edges connecting the plurality of outer walls to a side or degassing part. At least one of the die edges can be rounded to define a curvature radius of 1 mm or less. The cup part can have a depth of 6.5 mm or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pouch-type battery case comprising a cup part configured to accommodate an electrode assembly of stacked electrodes and separators, the cup part comprising:
a plurality of outer walls forming a periphery of the cup part, and
a plurality of die edges connecting the plurality of outer walls to a side or degassing part,
wherein at least one of the die edges is rounded to define a curvature radius that corresponds to 1/20 to ⅙ of a depth of the cup part, wherein at least one of the die edges is rounded to define a curvature radius of 1 mm or less.

2. The pouch-type battery case of claim 1 , wherein the cup part further comprises:
a plurality of punch edges which connect the outer walls to a bottom part, at least one punch edge being rounded to define a curvature radius of 1 mm or less; and
a thickness edge configured to connect two outer walls adjacent to each other.

3. The pouch-type battery case of claim 2 , wherein a vertical distance between a die edge vertical line passing a boundary point of the die edge and the die edge-side outer wall is perpendicular to the bottom part, and an edge vertical line passing a boundary point of the die edge-side punch edge and the die edge-side outer wall and is perpendicular to the bottom part is 0.5 mm or less.

4. The pouch-type battery case of claim 2 , wherein the thickness edge is connected to two punch edges adjacent to each other to form a corner, and
at least one of the corner is rounded to define a curvature radius of 2 mm to 5 mm, wherein the curvature radius is greater than that of the thickness edge.

5. The pouch-type battery case of claim 4 , wherein the corner has a variable curvature radius.

6. The pouch-type battery case of claim 5 , wherein a curvature radius of a central portion of the corner is greater than a peripheral portion of the corner.

7. The pouch-type battery case of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the punch edges has a curvature radius of 0.7 mm or less.

8. The pouch-type battery case of claim 2 , wherein the punch edge has a curvature radius that corresponds to 1/20 to ⅙ of a depth of the cup part.

9. The pouch-type battery case of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first case and a second case in which first and second cup parts are formed, respectively; and
a bridge formed between the first and second cup parts,
wherein the bridge has a thickness of 2 mm or less.

10. The pouch-type battery case of claim 9 , wherein the bridge has a thickness of 1.4 mm or less.

11. The pouch-type battery case of claim 9 , wherein the bridge has a thickness that corresponds to 1/200 to 1/30 of a width of the electrode assembly.

12. The pouch-type battery case of claim 9 , wherein the bridge is rounded to define a curvature radius of 1 mm or less.

13. The pouch-type battery case of claim 12 , wherein the bridge is rounded to define a curvature radius of 0.7 mm or less.

14. The pouch-type battery case of claim 9 , wherein the bridge has a thickness corresponding to a distance between two bridge vertical lines passing through a boundary point of the bridge and a bridge-side outer wall, respectively, the two bridge vertical lines being perpendicular to a bottom part.

15. The pouch-type battery case of claim 1 , wherein an outer wall is inclined at an inclination angle of 90° to 95° from a bottom part.

16. A pouch-type secondary battery comprising:
an electrode assembly of stacked electrodes and separators;
a pouch-type battery case comprising a cup part configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein,
wherein the pouch-type battery case comprises:
a first case and a second case, of which at least one comprises the cup part; and
a folding part configured to fold and connect the first case to the second case,
wherein the cup part comprises a plurality of die edges connecting a plurality of outer walls forming a periphery of the cup part to a side or degassing part,
wherein at least one of the die edges is rounded to define a curvature radius that corresponds to 1/20 to ⅙ of a depth of the cup part, wherein at least one of the die edges is rounded to define a curvature radius of 1 mm or less.

17. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 16 , wherein the electrode assembly has an area of 15,000 mm 2 to 100,000 mm 2 .

18. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 16 , wherein the folding part has a width of 1 mm to 3.2 mm.

19. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 16 , wherein the folding part comprises a groove that is recessed inward.

20. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 19 , wherein the battery case comprises a pair of protrusions protruding outward with the groove located therebetween, and
a distance between an innermost portion of the groove and an outermost portion of the protrusion being 0.8 mm or less.

21. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 16 , wherein a difference in a width of the cup part and a width of the electrode assembly is 2.5 mm or less.

22. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 21 , wherein a difference in a width of the cup part and the electrode assembly is 1.7 mm or less.

23. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 21 , wherein the width of the cup part is a distance between both ends of both outer walls of the cup part.

24. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 16 , wherein the cup part further comprises:
a plurality of punch edges which connect a plurality of outer walls configured to surround a periphery of the cup part to a bottom part of the cup part, at least one of the plurality of punch edges being rounded to define a curvature radius of 1 mm or less; and
a thickness edge configured to connect the two outer walls adjacent to each other.

25. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 24 , wherein a vertical distance between a die edge vertical line extending between a boundary point of the die edge and a die edge-side outer wall is perpendicular to the bottom part, and an edge vertical line extending between a boundary point of the die edge-side punch edge and the die edge-side outer wall is perpendicular to the bottom part, the edge vertical line being 0.5 mm or less.

26. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 25 , wherein one end of at least one of the electrodes in the electrode assembly is disposed such that a vertical distance from the edge vertical line is 0.75 mm or less.

27. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 26 , wherein, one end of at least one of the electrodes in the electrode assembly is disposed so that a vertical distance from the edge vertical line is 0.5 mm or less.

28. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 24 , wherein, a peripheral portion of the separator protruding outward from the electrode is folded in an opposite direction of the bottom part with respect to one end of the electrode.

29. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 28 , wherein each of the electrode and the separator of the electrode assembly is provided in plurality, the peripheral portion is folded toward the second case in the separator accommodated in the cup part of the first case, and
the peripheral portion is folded toward the first case in the separator accommodated in the cup part of the second case.

30. The pouch-type secondary battery of claim 29 , wherein the peripheral portion of at least one separator is aligned with the peripheral portion of

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Se Young
• Ha Jeong Min
• Kim Geun Hee
• Kim Hyun Beom
• Kwon Hyung Ho

Classifications

• H01M50/466

  U-shaped, bag-shaped or folded · CPC title

• H01M50/342

  Non-re-sealable arrangements · CPC title

• H01M50/148

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H01M10/52

  Removing gases inside the secondary cell, e.g. by absorption (vent plugs or other mechanical arrangements for facilitating escape of gases H01M50/30) · CPC title

• H01M50/105 Primary

  Pouches or flexible bags · CPC title