End cover assembly, battery cell, battery pack and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12506203-B2
Application number	US-202017059991-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2020
Priority date	Apr 9, 2020
Publication date	Dec 23, 2025
Grant date	Dec 23, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an end cover assembly, a battery cell, a battery pack and a device. The end cover assembly includes a cover assembly, a terminal assembly, a sealing piece and a first connected flow channel. The cover assembly is provided with an installation hole, and the installation hole penetrates through the cover assembly along an axial direction of the installation hole; the terminal assembly is installed in the installation hole; the sealing piece is configured to seal the installation hole; the first connected flow channel is arranged in at least one of the terminal assembly and the cover assembly, and the first connected flow channel is configured as follows: when the sealing of the sealing piece is invalid, the first connected flow channel enables the inside and the outside of the housing to be communicated through the installation hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An end cover assembly configured to close a housing of a battery cell, comprising:
a cover assembly, provided with an installation hole, wherein the installation hole penetrates through the cover assembly along an axial direction of the installation hole;
a terminal assembly, installed in the installation hole;
a sealing piece, configured to seal the installation hole; and
a first connected flow channel arranged in at least one of the terminal assembly and the cover assembly,
wherein the terminal assembly comprises a terminal main body and a first terminal extending part, the terminal main body penetrates through the installation hole; and the first terminal extending part extends outwards from the peripheral surface of the terminal main body, and is fixed on an outer side, along the axial direction, of the cover assembly,
wherein the cover assembly comprises a cover plate and a first insulating member, wherein at least part of the first insulating member is arranged between the first terminal extending part and the cover plate,
wherein the installation hole comprises a first hole segment and a second hole segment, wherein the first hole segment penetrates through the cover plate along the axial direction, and the second hole segment is communicated with the first hole segment and penetrates through the first insulating member along the axial direction,
wherein at least part of the sealing piece is arranged between the terminal main body and a hole wall of the second hole segment, and along the axial direction, the first terminal extending part and the cover plate jointly squeeze the part of the sealing piece arranged between the terminal main body and the hole wall of the second hole segment,
wherein the first connected flow channel is concavely-formed between the first insulating member and the cover plate on a cover-plate-facing surface of the first insulating member or on a first-insulating-member-facing surface of the cover plate; and/or, the first connected flow channel is concavely-formed between the first insulating member and the first terminal extending part on a first-terminal-extending-part-facing surface of the first insulating member or on a first-insulating-member-facing surface of the first terminal extending part,
wherein the first connected flow channel is an elongated channel having in an elongated direction a first end and a second end, the first end connecting with the second hole segment, and the second end connecting with outside of the housing, wherein the first connected flow channel allows fluid to flow between the outside of the housing and the second hole segment through the first end and the second end, and
wherein when the sealing piece is leaking, the first connected flow channel is configured to allow fluid leaking through the sealing piece to pass through the first end and the second end of the first connected flow channel.

2. The end cover assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first connected flow channel is configured to be a groove or a rough surface.

3. The end cover assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the terminal assembly further comprises a second terminal extending part which extends outwards from the peripheral surface of the terminal main body and the second terminal extending part is fixed on the inner side, along the axial direction, of the cover plate,
wherein the cover assembly further comprises a second insulating member, and at least part of the second insulating member is arranged between the second terminal extending part and the cover plate, and
wherein the installation hole further comprises a third hole segment, and the third hole segment is communicated with the first hole segment and penetrates through the second insulating member along the axial direction.

4. The end cover assembly as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:
a penetrating structure, arranged between the second insulating member and the terminal main body.

5. The end cover assembly as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the penetrating structure penetrates through a hole wall of the third hole segment along an axial direction, and is configured to be concave.

6. A battery cell, comprising a housing and the end cover assembly claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing is provided with an opening, and the end cover assembly closes the opening.

7. A battery pack, comprising the battery cell according to claim 6 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Yuanbao
• Li Quankun
• Wang Peng
• Jiang Lingyan

Classifications

• H01M50/342

  Non-re-sealable arrangements · CPC title

• H01M50/35

  Gas exhaust passages comprising elongated, tortuous or labyrinth-shaped exhaust passages · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

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

• H01M50/152

  for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/15, H01M50/153 take precedence) · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title