Battery pack and combination of a power tool and the battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022109217-A1
Application number	US-202117551597-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 15, 2021
Priority date	Jun 20, 2019
Publication date	Apr 7, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A battery pack includes a housing, a cell assembly, a cell support member, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The cell assembly is disposed in the housing; and the cell support member is at least configured to support the cell assembly. The cell assembly includes a plurality of cells which are sheet-shaped, the plurality of cells are stacked, and a cell among the plurality of cells includes an encapsulation member configured to encapsulate the cell and a tab disposed at at least one end of the cell assembly and protruding from the cell. The first sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the cell and is disposed on a side of the tab facing towards the cell support member. The second sensor is configured to detect a parameter related to leakage of the cell and is disposed in the cell assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery pack configured to supply electricity to a power tool and comprising:
a housing; a cell assembly disposed in the housing; and a cell support member at least configured to support the cell assembly; wherein the cell assembly comprises a plurality of cells which are sheet-shaped and tabs disposed at at least one end of the cell assembly and protruding from the plurality of cells, the plurality of cells are stacked, each of the plurality of cells comprises an encapsulation member configured to encapsulate the each of the plurality of cells, the cell support member is disposed at two ends of the cell assembly, at least a part of the cell support member encapsulates the tabs, the cell support member is made of an elastic material with a compression ratio higher than or equal to 50%, the cell assembly is configured to be capable of discharging at a rate higher than or equal to 5 C at an ambient temperature T, −22° C.≤T≤−15° C., 5 C represents a current intensity when the cell assembly completely discharges for ⅕ hours, the cell assembly has a gravimetric energy density higher than or equal to 300 wh/kg, and battery pack further comprises a first sensor configured to detect a temperature of the plurality of cells which are sheet-shaped disposed on a side of the tabs facing towards the cell support member and a second sensor configured to detect a parameter related to leakage of the plurality of cells, which are sheet-shaped, disposed in the cell assembly.

2 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the cell assembly is configured to be capable of discharging at the rate higher than or equal to 5 C at the ambient temperature T and −22° C.≤T≤−18° C.

3 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery pack has a capacity higher than or equal to 2 Ah.

4 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the cell support member has elongation at break higher than or equal to 100%.

5 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the cell support member has tensile strength higher than or equal to 0.9 N/mm 2 .

6 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the cell support member has thermal conductivity higher than or equal to 0.6 W/(m·k).

7 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery pack terminal electrically connected to the tabs, a switch configured to make or break an electrical connection between the tabs and the battery pack terminal, and a controller configured to output a control signal for turning off the switch so as to break the electrical connection between the battery pack terminal and the tabs in a case where the second sensor detects that the parameter related to the leakage of the cell is greater than or equal to a parameter threshold.

8 . The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the switch is an insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) or a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET).

9 . The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the switch is a mechanical switch.

10 . The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the second sensor is a pressure sensor configured to detect an amount of deformation of the cell, the second sensor is disposed between adjacent cells among the plurality of cells, and the controller is configured to output the control signal for turning off the switch so as to break the electrical connection between the battery pack terminal and the tabs in a case where the pressure sensor detects that the amount of deformation of the cell exceeds a deformation threshold.

11 . The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the second sensor is a gas sensor configured to detect a gas concentration in the housing and disposed in the housing and the controller is configured to output the control signal for turning off the switch so as to break the electrical connection between the battery pack terminal and the tabs in a case where the gas sensor detects that the gas concentration in the housing is higher than or equal to a concentration threshold.

12 . The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the second sensor is a voltage sensor configured to detect a voltage of the cell, the battery pack further comprises a circuit board, the voltage sensor is disposed on the circuit board, and the controller is configured to output the control signal for turning off the switch so as to break the electrical connection between the battery pack terminal and the tabs in a case where the voltage sensor detects that a rate at which the voltage of the cell decreases reaches a rate threshold.

13 . The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the second sensor is a voltage sensor configured to detect a voltage of the cell and disposed on the tab and the controller is configured to output the control signal for turning off the switch so as to break the electrical connection between the battery pack terminal and the tabs in a case where the voltage sensor detects that a rate at which the voltage of the cell decreases reaches a rate threshold.

14 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the cell assembly has a gravimetric energy density within a range of 1000 wh/kg to 3500 wh/kg.

15 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit board electrically connected to the cell assembly wherein a distance between a lower surface of the circuit board and an upper surface of the cell assembly is greater than or equal to 5 mm.

16 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a buffer that surrounds an outer surface of the cell assembly so as to fix the cell assembly.

17 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a buffer layer disposed between adjacent cells among the plurality of cells and made of a same material as the cell support member.

18 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the cell support member is formed at the two ends of the cell assembly through glue injection.

19 . A battery pack configured to supply electricity to a power tool and comprising:
a housing; a cell assembly disposed in the housing; and a cell support member at least configured to support the cell assembly; wherein the cell assembly comprises a plurality of cells which are sheet-shaped and tabs disposed at each of two ends of the cell assembly and protruding from the plurality of cells, the plurality of cells are stacked, each of the plurality of cells comprises an encapsulation member configured to encapsulate the each of the plurality of cells, the cell support member is disposed at the two ends of the cell assembly, at least part of the cell support member encapsulates the tabs, the cell assembly is configured to be capable of discharging at a rate higher than or equal to 5 C at an ambient temperature T, −22° C.≤T≤−15° C., 5 C represents a current intensity when a battery pack completely discharges for ⅕ hours, and the cell assembly has a gravimetric energy density higher than or equal to 300 wh/kg.

20 . A combination of a power tool and a battery pack, comprising:
the power tool; and the battery pack connected to the power tool; wherein the battery pack comprises a housing; a cell assembly disposed in the housing wherein the cell assembly comprises a plurality of cells which are sheet-shaped and tabs disposed at at least one end of the cell assembly and protruding from the plurality of cells, the plurality of cells are stacked, and each of the plurality of cells comprises an encapsulation member configured to encapsulate

Assignees

• Nanjing Chervon Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dong Zhijun
• Liu Jianan
• Xu Zhongquan

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M2220/30

  Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop · CPC title

• H01M10/443

  in response to temperature · CPC title

• H01M10/4228

  Leak testing of cells or batteries · CPC title

• H01M10/0585

  of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators · CPC title