Sealing assembly for sealing through hole, and method and device for preparing battery cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12334572-B2
Application number	US-202318180815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2023
Priority date	Mar 10, 2021
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

A sealing assembly for sealing a through hole, and a method and device for preparing a battery cell are provided. The sealing assembly comprises: a sealing sleeve provided in the through hole and having a cavity and an opening that is in communication with the cavity; an elastic sleeve tube provided in the cavity and having a first mounting hole that extends in an axial direction of the through hole; and a central rod, which is provided in the first mounting hole and is in threaded connection with the elastic sleeve tube to enable the elastic sleeve tube to expand in a radial direction of the through hole to press the sealing sleeve and form, on an outer wall of the elastic sleeve tube, a raised portion that rivets the sealing sleeve to the through hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sealing assembly for sealing a through hole, comprising:
a sealing sleeve provided in the through hole and having a cavity and an opening, the opening being in communication with the cavity;
an elastic sleeve tube provided in the cavity, the elastic sleeve tube having a first mounting hole that extends in an axial direction of the through hole, an inner wall, and an outer wall; and
a central rod provided in the first mounting hole and being in threaded connection with the elastic sleeve tube to enable the elastic sleeve tube to expand in a radial direction of the through hole to press the sealing sleeve and form, on the outer wall of the elastic sleeve tube, a raised portion that rivets the sealing sleeve to the through hole,
wherein one end, away from the opening, of the inner wall of the elastic sleeve tube is provided with at least one protruding structure, the at least one protruding structure protrudes in the radial direction and is configured to be pressed by the central rod to enable the elastic sleeve tube to expand in the radial direction of the through hole.

2. The sealing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing sleeve further has a sealing end provided opposite the opening.

3. The sealing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein when the central rod is not provided in the elastic sleeve tube, the first mounting hole has different inner diameters at positions.

4. The sealing assembly according to claim 3 , wherein when the central rod is not provided in the elastic sleeve tube, at least part of the first mounting hole has an inner diameter gradually decreasing in a first direction that is directed from the end at the opening of the sealing sleeve to the end opposite the opening.

5. The sealing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing sleeve comprises a first head portion and a first main body portion, the first main body portion having the opening and the cavity, the first head portion being provided around an outer edge of the opening, the first main body portion being provided in the through hole, and the first head portion being fixed outside the through hole.

6. The sealing assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the elastic sleeve tube comprises a second head portion and a second main body portion, the second main body portion being provided with the first mounting hole, the second head portion being provided around an outer edge of the first mounting hole, the second main body portion being provided in the cavity, and the second head portion at least partially covering the first head portion.

7. The sealing assembly according to claim 6 , characterized in that the second main body portion comprises at least one slit, the slit extending, in the axial direction of the through hole, from an end of the second main body portion away from the opening to the other end and penetrating the second main body portion in the radial direction of the through hole, and the slit being provided to achieve the expansion of the second main body portion in the radial direction of the through hole.

8. The sealing assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the central rod comprises a third head portion and a third main body portion, the third head portion being provided on one side of the third main body portion, the third main body portion being provided in the first mounting hole, and the third head portion at least partially covering the second head portion.

9. The sealing assembly according to claim 8 , characterized in that an outer wall of the third main body portion is in threaded connection with an inner wall of the second main body portion.

10. The sealing assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the sealing assembly further comprises:
an outer sleeve member provided outside the through hole, the outer sleeve member being fixedly connected to the elastic sleeve tube and the sealing sleeve.

11. The sealing assembly according to claim 10 , wherein that the outer sleeve member has a second mounting hole, and the first head portion and the second head portion are both fixed in the second mounting hole.

12. The sealing assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the inner wall of the outer sleeve member is in threaded connection with the first head portion; and/or
the inner wall of the outer sleeve member is in threaded connection with the second head portion.

13. The sealing assembly according to claim 10 , wherein a surface of an end of the outer sleeve member close to the third head portion is flush with the surface of the end of the second head portion close to the third head portion.

14. The sealing assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the third head portion at least partially covers the end of the outer sleeve member close to the third head portion.

15. The sealing assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the end of the outer sleeve member close to the through hole has a limiting portion that extends in the axial direction of the through hole, and the first head portion and the second head portion are provided between the limiting portion and the third head portion.

16. An end cap assembly, wherein the end cap assembly is provided on a battery cell, and the end cap assembly comprises:
an end cap having a through hole for liquid injection; and
a sealing assembly according to claim 1 for sealing the through hole.

17. A battery, characterized by comprising:
a plurality of battery cells, including at least one battery cell characterized by comprising a housing, with one end of the housing being provided with an opening, and an end cap assembly according to claim 16 for closing the opening of the housing.

18. The sealing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one protruding structure comprises a plurality of protruding structures circumferentially provided on the inner wall of the of the elastic sleeve tube.

19. The sealing assembly according to claim 7 , wherein:
the at least one slit comprises a plurality of slits,
a lower half portion of the second main body portion is divided into a plurality of portions by the plurality of slits,
the at least one protruding structure comprises a plurality of protruding structures corresponding to the plurality of portions, the plurality of protruding structures are circumferential provided on the inner wall of the of the elastic sleeve tube, and
the plurality of protruding structures are the same with respect to shape, configuration position in a height direction, and size.

Assignees

• Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Tech Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Xinxiang
• Zheng Yulian
• Huang Shoujun
• Wang Peng

Classifications

• H01M50/183

  Sealing members · CPC title

• H01M50/645

  Plugs · CPC title

• H01M50/186 Primary

  characterised by the disposition of the sealing members · CPC title

• H01M50/636

  Closing or sealing filling ports, e.g. using lids · CPC title

• H01M50/209

  adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) · CPC title