Battery cell, battery, electrical apparatus, and manufacturing method for battery cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12537232-B2
Application number	US-202318099791-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2023
Priority date	Sep 26, 2021
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

A battery cell, a battery, an electrical apparatus, and a manufacturing method for a battery cell are disclosed. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly, and the electrode assembly includes a main body part and a tab extending from the main body part. The tab includes a first bending portion and a straight portion, and the straight portion is connected to the main body part through the first bending portion; a second bending portion is formed on the straight portion, and the second bending portion protrudes towards the side of the main body part. The arrangement of the second bending portion generates a protruding deformation towards the side of the main body part, which makes the layers of the tab close together, forming a local binding of the tab, and increasing the resistance to separation between the layers of the tab, thereby improving the safety of the battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery cell, comprising an electrode assembly, a case, an end cover, and a pressing-down structure, wherein:
the electrode assembly comprises a main body part and a tab extending from the main body part, and the tab is formed by bending a plurality of tab sheets stacked in layers; the tab comprises a first bending portion and a straight portion, and the straight portion is connected to the main body part through the first bending portion; a second bending portion is formed at least on the straight portion, and the second bending portion protrudes towards the side of the main body part; and the case has an opening, the end cover is arranged at the opening to close the opening, the tab extends from the main body part to the side of the end cover, the pressing-down structure is arranged between the tab and the end cover, and the pressing-down structure abuts against the tab, so that the tab forms the second bending portion.

2 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the second bending portion is formed on the straight portion and the first bending portion.

3 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , further comprising a terminal post arranged on the end cover and an adapter plate, wherein the adapter plate is configured to connect the terminal post and the straight portion of the tab, and the pressing-down structure is arranged at a position where the adapter plate cooperates with the straight portion.

4 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , further comprising a terminal post arranged on the end cover and an adapter plate, wherein the adapter plate is configured to connect the terminal post and the straight portion of the tab, and the pressing-down structure is arranged at a position where the adapter plate cooperates with the straight portion and the first bending portion.

5 . The battery cell according to claim 3 , wherein the pressing-down structure comprises a protruding portion arranged on the adapter plate.

6 . The battery cell according to claim 5 , wherein the height of the protruding portion is 1 mm to 5 mm.

7 . The battery cell according to claim 5 , wherein the height of the protruding portion is gradually increased in a direction from the first bending portion to the straight portion.

8 . The battery cell according to claim 5 , wherein the protruding portion and the adapter plate are formed integrally; or the protruding portion and the adapter plate are separate structures, and the protruding portion is connected to the adapter plate.

9 . The battery cell according to claim 5 , wherein the protruding portion has a contact surface abutting against the tab, and the contact surface comprises a curved surface.

10 . The battery cell according to claim 3 , wherein the adapter plate comprises a first connection region connected to the terminal post and a second connection region connected to the tab, and the pressing-down structure and the first connection region are located on both sides of the second connection region.

11 . The battery cell according to claim 3 , wherein the adapter plate comprises a first connection region connected to the terminal post, and a second connection region and a third connection region connected to the tab, and the pressing-down structure is located between the second connection region and the third connection region.

12 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , further comprising a terminal post arranged on the end cover and an adapter plate, wherein the adapter plate is configured to connect the terminal post and the tab, and the pressing-down structure is arranged on the side of the end cover facing the tab and at a position that is not blocked by the adapter plate.

13 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein, in a direction of the first bending axis, the pressing-down structure abuts against a portion of the tab close to the middle of the tab.

14 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode assembly is one of two or more electrode assemblies of the battery cell arranged side by side, and the pressing-down structure abuts against at least two tabs of the two or more electrode assemblies.

15 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode assembly comprises a positive tab and a negative tab, and straight portions of the positive tab and the negative tab are each provided with a second bending portion.

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

17 . An electrical apparatus, wherein the electrical apparatus comprises the battery according to claim 16 , and the battery is configured to provide electric energy.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Xiao Haihe
• Zhang Xiaowen
• Li Baiqing
• Jin Haizu

Classifications

• H01M50/533 Primary

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

• H01M50/172

  Arrangements of electric connectors penetrating the casing · CPC title

• H01M10/4235 Primary

  Safety or regulating additives or arrangements in electrodes, separators or electrolyte (H01M10/4242 takes precedence) · 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