Top cover assembly of secondary battery and secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12334570-B2
Application number	US-202015733847-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2020
Priority date	Apr 9, 2019
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a top cover assembly of a secondary battery and a secondary battery, wherein the top cover assembly includes a top cover plate, provided with a through hole; an electrode terminal, covering the through hole; an insulating plate, wherein at least part of the insulating plate is arranged on a side of the top cover plate away from the electrode terminal; a seal, wherein at least part of the seal is arranged between the top cover plate and the electrode terminal; and an insulator, wherein at least part of the insulator is arranged between the top cover plate and the insulating plate; wherein the insulator and the seal at least jointly enclose a side wall of the through hole and an area, close to the through hole, on an upper surface of the top cover plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A top cover assembly of a secondary battery, comprising:
a top cover plate, provided with a through hole;
an electrode terminal, covering the through hole;
an insulating plate, wherein at least part of the insulating plate is arranged on a side of the top cover plate away from the electrode terminal;
a seal, wherein at least part of the seal is arranged between the top cover plate and the electrode terminal; and
an insulator, wherein at least part of the insulator is arranged between the top cover plate and the insulating plate;
wherein the insulator and the seal at least jointly enclose a side wall of the through hole and an area, close to the through hole, on an upper surface of the top cover plate, the seal and the insulator are staggered with each other, and an overlapping part is formed between connecting end parts of the seal and the insulator,
wherein the seal is of an annular structure and comprises:
a first part, arranged between the top cover plate and the electrode terminal; and
a second part, wherein an outline dimension of the second part relative to a center of the through hole on a cross section is smaller than that of the first part, and

wherein the insulator is of an annular structure and comprises:
a third part, arranged between the top cover plate and the insulating plate; and
a fourth part, wherein an outline dimension of the fourth part relative to a center of the through hole on a cross section is smaller than that of the third part, an outer surface of the fourth part is fit with the side wall of the through hole, and a top surface of the fourth part is not lower than an upper surface, in contact with the seal, of the top cover plate, and the top surface of the fourth part is higher than a bottommost surface of the seal,

wherein the second part is arranged on a side of the fourth part closest to the center of the through hole and is in contact with the insulator, and
wherein the insulating plate comprises a first main body part and an annular extending part which are connected with each other, the extending part extends to the through hole and at least part of the extending part is arranged in the through hole, and a bottom end of the second part abuts against a top end of the extending part.

2. The top cover assembly of a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the insulator covers an area, close to the through hole, of the lower surface of the top cover plate.

3. The top cover assembly of a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a concave-convex matching structure is arranged between the seal and the insulator.

4. The top cover assembly of a secondary battery according to claim 3 ,
wherein a groove is formed at a bottom surface of the first part, and a top end of the fourth part is embedded into the groove to form the concave-convex matching structure.

5. The top cover assembly of a secondary battery according to claim 4 ,
wherein
the top end of the fourth part is a straight wall section; or
the top end of the fourth part is provided with a bending section, and the bending section extends towards a side away from the second part and is fit to the upper surface of the top cover plate in contact with the seal.

6. The top cover assembly of a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
a contact surface between the extending part and the second part is a horizontal plane; or
a contact surface between the extending part and the second part is gradually inclined downwards from the inner side to the outer side of the through hole; or
an annular groove is provided on an outer edge of the top end of the extending part, and the bottom end of the second part abuts against the annular groove.

7. The top cover assembly of a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a cavity is formed among the third part, the top cover plate and the insulating plate.

8. The top cover assembly of a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the third part is provided with a bulge, the top cover plate is provided with a matching hole, and the bulge is matched with the matching hole to fix the third part and the top cover plate.

9. The top cover assembly of a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an accommodating groove is arranged on at least one of the top cover plate and the insulating plate, the third part is arranged in the accommodating groove, and the top cover plate is in contact with the area, outside the accommodating groove, of the insulating plate.

10. A secondary battery, comprising:
a housing;
an electrode assembly, arranged in the housing; and
the top cover assembly of the secondary battery according to claim 1 , arranged above the electrode assembly to close the housing.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Liang Chengdu
• Wu Kai
• Chen Xinxiang
• Huang Shoujun
• Chen Baisong
• Su Huasheng
• Li Guowei

Classifications

• H01M2220/20

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

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/593

  Spacers; Insulating plates · CPC title

• H01M50/188

  the sealing members being arranged between the lid and terminal · CPC title

• H01M50/547

  characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells · CPC title