Battery cell, battery, and electric apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12494557-B2
Application number	US-202217894015-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2022
Priority date	Sep 7, 2020
Publication date	Dec 9, 2025
Grant date	Dec 9, 2025

Abstract

This application provides a battery cell, a battery, and an electric apparatus. The battery cell includes: an electrode assembly, including a body portion and a first tab. A first size L 1 of the body portion in a length direction thereof is greater than a second size L 2 of the body portion in a width direction thereof. The first tab is located on at least one end of the body portion in the width direction. The first tab has a third size L 3 in the length direction. The first size L 1 , the second size L 2 , and the third size L 3 satisfy 0.5L 2 ≤L 3 ≤L 1 . The battery cell according to an embodiment of this application is intended to resolve a technical problem of severe heat generation by a tab.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery cell, comprising:
an electrode assembly, comprising a body portion, a first tab, and a second tab with a polarity opposite to that of the first tab, wherein:
a first size L 1 of the body portion in a length direction thereof is greater than a second size L 2 of the body portion in a width direction thereof;
the first tab is located on at least one end of the body portion in the width direction, the first tab has a third size L 3 in the length direction, and the first size L 1 , the second size L 2 , and the third size L 3 satisfy 0.5L 2 ≤L 3 ≤L 1 ; and
the first tab comprises two first sub-tabs, and the two first sub-tabs are respectively located on two ends of the body portion in the width direction;
a first electrode terminal, located on a side of the electrode assembly in the length direction; and a first adapting component, comprising a first adapting plate and two second adapting plates, wherein the first adapting plate is configured to be connected to the first electrode terminal, and the two second adapting plates are configured to be connected to the two first sub-tabs respectively.

2 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first size L 1 , the second size L 2 , and the third size L 3 satisfy L 2 ≤L 3 ≤L 1 .

3 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first size L 1 and the second size L 2 satisfy that a ratio of L 1 to L 2 ranges from 4 to 20.

4 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the battery cell further comprises:
a housing, wherein the electrode assembly is located inside the housing; and a first end cap, located on a side of the electrode assembly in the length direction and configured to close a first opening of the housing.

5 . The battery cell according to claim 4 , wherein the first tab and the second tab are respectively disposed on two ends of the body portion in the width direction.

6 . The battery cell according to claim 5 , wherein the second tab has a fourth size L 4 in the length direction, and the first size L 1 , the second size L 2 , and the fourth size L 4 satisfy 0.5L 2 ≤L 4 ≤L 1 .

7 . The battery cell according to claim 4 , wherein the first tab and the second tab are disposed on a same end of the body portion in the width direction, and the first tab and the second tab are spaced apart in the length direction.

8 . The battery cell according to claim 7 , wherein the first size L 1 , the second size L 2 , and the third size L 3 satisfy 0.5L 2 ≤L 3 <0.5L 1 , the second tab has a fourth size L 4 in the length direction, and the first size L 1 , the second size L 2 , and the fourth size L 4 satisfy 0.5L 2 ≤L 4 <0.5L 1 .

9 . The battery cell according to claim 4 , wherein the second tab comprises two second sub-tabs, and the two second sub-tabs are respectively located on two ends of the body portion in the width direction.

10 . The battery cell according to claim 9 , wherein the first sub-tab and the second sub-tab on a same end of the body portion are spaced apart in the length direction.

11 . The battery cell according to claim 9 , wherein the two first sub-tabs are disposed in a staggered manner in the width direction, and the two second sub-tabs are disposed in a staggered manner in the width direction.

12 . A battery, comprising the battery cell according to claim 1 .

13 . The battery according to claim 12 , wherein the first size L 1 , the second size L 2 , and the third size L 3 satisfy L 2 ≤L 3 ≤L 1 .

14 . The battery according to claim 12 , wherein the first size L 1 and the second size L 2 satisfy that a ratio of L 1 to L 2 ranges from 4 to 20.

15 . The battery according to claim 12 , wherein the battery cell further comprises:
a housing, wherein the electrode assembly is located inside the housing; and a first end cap, located on a side of the electrode assembly in the length direction and configured to close a first opening of the housing.

16 . An electric apparatus, comprising the battery according to claim 12 , wherein the battery is configured to supply electrical energy to the electric apparatus.

17 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two second adapting plates comprises a body part and a bending part, the body part is configured to be connected to the first adapting plate, and the bending part is configured to be connected to a corresponding one of the two first sub-tabs.

18 . The battery cell according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a second end cap, located on the other side of the electrode assembly in the length direction and configured to close a second opening of the housing; a second electrode terminal, disposed on the second end cap; and a second adapting component, configured to connect the second electrode terminal and the second tab.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Haizu
• Wu Xinzhan
• Li Zhenhua
• You Kaijie
• Chen Wenwei

Classifications

• H01M2220/20

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

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/15

  for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/153 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/103

  prismatic or rectangular (H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/533 Primary

  characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs · CPC title