Secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12444815-B2
Application number	US-202318385034-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2023
Priority date	Sep 24, 2020
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure is to suppress the scratching of or damage to an exterior body or current collectors caused by displacement of terminals connected to electrode bodies when a battery expands or contracts. The displacement of terminals when a battery expands or contracts is prevented by arranging the protruding positions of the terminals side by side with at least one of a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal formed in a crank-like shape, and supporting the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal by a holder.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A secondary battery, comprising an exterior body, an electrode laminate, a first terminal,a second terminal, and a holder, wherein the exterior body houses the electrode laminate, the electrode laminate has a laminate part and a current collection part, the laminate part has a plurality of laminated electrode bodies, the current collection part has at least one positive electrode current collector and at least one negative electrode current collector which protrude from the laminate part, the first terminal has a first connection part extending in a first direction, a first protrusion extending in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a first crank-shaped part extending generally normal to the first direction and the second direction, the second terminal has a second connection part and a second protrusion, the first connection part is connected to one of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector, the second connection part is connected to the other of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector, the first connection part is provided on one lamination direction side of the plurality of electrode bodies with respect to the second connection part, the second connection part is provided on the other lamination direction side of the plurality of electrode bodies with respect to the first connection part, the first crank-shaped part couples the first connection part and the first protrusion, the first crank-shaped part is bent from the first connection part toward the other lamination direction side, the first protrusion and the second protrusion protrude to the outside of the exterior body, the first protrusion and the second protrusion do not face each other in the lamination direction, the first protrusion and the second protrusion are overlapped in the lamination direction, a holder is present between the first connection part and the second connection part, and the holder contacts the first connection part, the second connection part and the first crank-shaped part.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first protrusion is positioned between a first plane orthogonal to the lamination direction and transecting the first connection part and a second plane orthogonal to the lamination direction and transecting the second connection part or the second plane transects the second protrusion,
the second protrusion is positioned between the first plane and the second plane, or the second plane transects the second protrusion, and
the holder contacts the first terminal and the second terminal and supports the first terminal and the second terminal.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein:
the second terminal has a second crank-shaped part,
the second crank-shaped part couples the second connection part and the second protrusion,
the second crank-shaped part is bent from the second connection part toward the one lamination direction side,
the first crank-shaped part and the second-crank shaped part do not face each other in the lamination direction, and
the first protrusion and the second protrusion are positioned between the first plane and the second plane.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the exterior body is composed of a laminate film,
the exterior body comprises a seal part, and
the first protrusion and the second protrusion protrude through the seal part to outside of the exterior body.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the current collection part has a plurality of the positive electrode current collectors and a plurality of the negative electrode current collectors which protrude from the laminate part,
the plurality of positive electrode current collectors are connected to each other to form a first terminal connection part,
the plurality of negative electrode current collectors are connected to each other to form a second terminal connection part,
the first connection part is connected to one of the first terminal connection part and the second terminal connection part, and
the second connection part is connected to the other of the first terminal connection part and the second terminal connection part.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
at least a part of the first connection part and at least a part of the second connection part face each other in the lamination direction.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
when a third plane orthogonal to the lamination direction and transects the first protrusion, the third plane transects the second protrusion.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the holder is provided inside the exterior body between the electrode laminate and an inner surface of the exterior body.

9. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the holder is composed of a thermoplastic resin or a curable resin.

10. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , which is an all-solid-state battery.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection part and the first protrusion are spaced from each other in the lamination direction.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first crank-shaped part is elongated in the lamination direction.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kagami Ryo

Classifications

• H01M50/55 Primary

  on the same side of the cell · CPC title

• H01M50/105

  Pouches or flexible bags · CPC title

• H01M50/474

  characterised by their position inside the cells · CPC title

• H01M50/178

  for pouch or flexible bag cells · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

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