Battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024178506-A1
Application number	US-202318479111-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 2, 2023
Priority date	Nov 25, 2022
Publication date	May 30, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A battery pack disclosed herein includes a wound electrode body, a battery case, and a pressing member. The battery case includes a pair of first side walls. The wound electrode body includes a flat region and a pair of curved regions and is disposed inside the battery case in a manner that the flat region faces the first side wall. In at least one of the pair of first side walls, 80% or more of the entire parts facing the pair of curved regions including border parts with the flat region is pressed in a band shape by the pressing member, 20 to 50% of the entire part facing the flat region is pressed by the pressing member, and a space extending from a center part to an end part in a winding axis direction is formed between the part facing the flat region and the pressing member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery pack comprising:
a wound electrode body with a flat shape that includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode; a battery case that accommodates the wound electrode body; and a pressing member that presses the battery case, wherein the battery case includes a bottom wall, an upper wall, a pair of first side walls disposed so as to face each other and connecting the bottom wall and the upper wall, and a pair of second side walls disposed so as to face each other and connecting the bottom wall and the upper wall, the wound electrode body includes a flat region provided with a pair of flat outer surfaces, and a pair of curved regions provided on both ends of the flat region and each provided with a curved outer surface, the wound electrode body is disposed inside the battery case in a manner that a winding axis is disposed along the bottom wall and each of the pair of flat outer surfaces faces the first side wall, and in at least one of the pair of first side walls of the battery case here, when an entire area of parts facing the pair of curved regions is 100%, 80% or more of the area including border parts with the flat region is pressed in a band shape along the winding axis by the pressing member, when an entire area of a part facing the flat region is 100%, 20% or more and 50% or less of the area is pressed by the pressing member, and a space extending from a center part to an end part of the wound electrode body in a winding axis direction is formed between the part facing the flat region and the pressing member.

2 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein in at least one of the pair of first side walls of the battery case, each of positions facing vertex parts of the pair of curved regions is pressed by the pressing member.

3 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein
the pressing member includes a protrusion part with a dot shape or a stripe shape at the part facing the flat region, and in at least one of the pair of first side walls of the battery case, the part facing the flat region is pressed by the protrusion part.

4 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein in at least one of the pair of first side walls of the battery case, each of the entire parts facing the pair of curved regions is pressed by the pressing member.

5 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein in at least one of the pair of first side walls of the battery case, when an area ratio of a region pressed by the pressing member in the part facing the flat region is Ax % and an area ratio of regions pressed by the pressing member in the parts facing the pair of curved regions is Ay %, a difference between Ax and Ay (Ay-Ax) is 50% or more.

6 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein in at least one of the pair of first side walls of the battery case, a part ranging from the part facing the curved region to a part that does not face the curved region and the flat region is pressed in the band shape along the winding axis by the pressing member.

Assignees

• Prime Planet Energy & Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Onizuka Hiroshi

Classifications

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• H01M50/244

  Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method · CPC title

• H01M50/531

  Electrode connections inside a battery casing · CPC title

• H01M50/249

  specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) · CPC title

• H01M50/204 Primary

  Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells · CPC title