Battery cell, battery, and electric device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12537262-B2
Application number	US-202519223024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2025
Priority date	May 9, 2023
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

A battery cell includes a casing with a wall portion having a weakened portion configured to rupture when internal pressure is released. The outer surface of the wall portion has a center point. A minimum distance between a projection of the weakened portion and the center point is defined as a, and a minimum radial dimension of the outer surface is defined as A, where a is greater than or equal to 0.3A. The weakened portion is positioned farther from the center and closer to the edge of the wall portion. The edge area has greater rigidity, deformation resistance, and fatigue resistance compared to the center. Placing the weakened portion near the edge reduces the likelihood of fatigue failure under gas pressure and helps prevent premature rupture, thereby improving pressure release reliability and maintaining normal battery cell operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery cell, comprising:
a casing having a wall portion, the wall portion comprising a weakened portion, the weakened portion being configured to be ruptured when the battery cell releases internal pressure, and an outer surface of the wall portion having a center point; and a minimum distance between a projection of the weakened portion on an outer surface of the wall portion and the center point is denoted as a, a minimum radial dimension of the outer surface of the wall portion is denoted as A, and the two satisfy: a≥0.3A, wherein the radial direction refers to a direction passing through the center point, wherein the wall portion comprises a first region, the first region being a region within a preset distance b from an edge of the outer surface, and the weakened portion is disposed in the first region, satisfying: b=0.2A, the weakened portion comprises a first weakened segment and a second weakened segment, the first weakened segment is closer to the edge of the outer surface than the second weakened segment, and a thickness of the first weakened segment is less than a thickness of the second weakened segment.

2 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface of the wall portion is square, the first region comprises a long-side region, a short-side region, and a corner region, the long-side region extends along a length direction of the wall portion, the short-side region extends along a width direction of the wall portion, the corner region connects the long-side region and the short-side region, and the weakened portion is disposed in the corner region.

3 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the wall portion is provided with a score groove, and the weakened portion is formed at the bottom of the score groove.

4 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the weakened portion comprises a third weakened segment, the first weakened segment and the second weakened segment are opposite each other and spaced apart, and the third weakened segment connects the first weakened segment and the second weakened segment.

5 . The battery cell according to claim 4 , wherein the third weakened segment intersects the first weakened segment at a first end, the third weakened segment intersects the second weakened segment at a second end, and along an extension direction of the third weakened segment, a thickness of the third weakened segment gradually increases from the first end toward the second end.

6 . The battery cell according to claim 4 , wherein the weakened portion comprises a fourth weakened segment, the fourth weakened segment is located between the first weakened segment and the second weakened segment and intersects the third weakened segment, a thickness of the fourth weakened segment is greater than the thickness of the first weakened segment, and the thickness of the fourth weakened segment is less than the thickness of the second weakened segment.

7 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the weakened portion comprises a first weakened segment, the first weakened segment comprises a third end and a fourth end opposite each other, the third end is closer to the edge of the outer surface than the fourth end, and a thickness of the third end is less than a thickness of the fourth end.

8 . The battery cell according to claim 7 , wherein along an extension direction of the first weakened segment, the thickness of the first weakened segment gradually increases from the third end toward the fourth end.

9 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the weakened portion comprises an arbitrary first weakened point and an arbitrary second weakened point, the first weakened point is closer to the edge of the outer surface than the second weakened point, and a thickness of the weakened portion at the first weakened point is less than a thickness of the weakened portion at the second weakened point.

10 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises a shell and an end cap, the shell has an opening, the end cap closes the opening, and the end cap and the shell are welded to form a weld mark portion; and
along a thickness direction of the wall portion, a projection of the weakened portion does not overlap with a projection of the weld mark portion.

11 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the wall portion comprises a body portion, and the weakened portion is integrally formed with the body portion.

12 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the wall portion comprises a body portion and a pressure relief mechanism, the pressure relief mechanism and the body portion are separately arranged and connected, the weakened portion is disposed on the pressure relief mechanism, and an outer surface of the body portion is the outer surface of the wall portion.

13 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises:
a shell having an opening; and an end cap closing the opening; wherein the wall portion is the end cap or a wall of the shell.

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

15 . An electric device, comprising the battery cell according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Kai
• Chen Xiaobo
• Liu Sike
• Gu Mingguang
• Bai Jingfeng

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

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

• H01M50/103

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

• H01M50/3425 Primary

  in the form of rupturable membranes or weakened parts, e.g. pierced with the aid of a sharp member · CPC title

• H01M50/10

  Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings · CPC title