Battery Pack, Battery Pack System and Power Tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025055303-A1
Application number	US-202418888055-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 17, 2024
Priority date	Mar 17, 2022
Publication date	Feb 13, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A battery pack includes a housing and at least one battery cell located within the housing, a charging and discharging port disposed on the housing, the charging and discharging port is provided with a connection terminal, the connection terminal is configured to be connected to the battery cell; the external device is configured to be connected to the battery cell through the charging and discharging port and configured to charge or obtain electrical energy from the battery cell; the battery pack is discharged at a continuous discharge rate of greater than or equal to 4C at normal temperature, the absolute temperature of the battery pack is less than the charging protection temperature when the discharge process is completed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery pack comprising:
a housing; at least one battery cell located within the housing; a charging and discharging port disposed on the housing; an external device connected to the at least one battery cell through the charging and discharging port and configured to charge or obtain electrical energy from the at least one battery cell, wherein: the battery pack is discharged at a continuous discharge rate of greater than or equal to 4C at a normal temperature; an absolute temperature of the battery pack is less than a charging protection temperature when a discharge process is completed; and the charging protection temperature is a maximum allowable charging temperature of the battery pack.

2 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the battery pack is discharged at a continuous discharge rate of 10C at the normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is less than or equal to 35° C. when the discharge process is completed.

3 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the battery pack is discharged at a continuous discharge rate of greater than or equal to 3C and less than or equal to 4C at the normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is greater than or equal to 10° C. and less than or equal to 15° C. when the discharge process is completed.

4 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the battery pack is discharged at a continuous discharge rate of greater than or equal to 4C and less than or equal to 1° C. at normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is greater than or equal to 15° C. and less than or equal to 35° C. when the discharge process is completed.

5 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the battery pack is charged at a continuous charge rate of greater than 3C at the normal temperature, the absolute temperature of the battery pack is less than a discharging protection temperature when a charging process is completed, the discharging protection temperature is a maximum allowable discharge temperature of the battery pack.

6 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein the battery pack is charged at a continuous charge rate of 5C at normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is less than or equal to 17° C. when the charging process is completed.

7 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein the battery pack is charged at a continuous charge rate of 10C at normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is less than or equal to 21° C. when the charging process is completed.

8 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein when a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack does not start a cooling fan, and when the battery pack is charged at a continuous charge rate of greater than or equal to 3C and less than or equal to 6C at normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is greater than or equal to 6° C. and less than or equal to 15° C. when the charging process is completed.

9 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein when a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack does not start a cooling fan, and when the battery pack is charged at a continuous charge rate of greater than or equal to 6C and less than or equal to 8C at normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is greater than or equal to 15° C. and less than or equal to 25° C. when the charging process is completed.

10 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein when a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack does not start a cooling fan, and when the battery pack is charged at a continuous charge rate of greater than or equal to 8C and less than or equal to 12C at normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is greater than or equal to 25° C. and less than or equal to 35° C. when the charging process is completed.

11 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein when a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack starts a cooling fan, and when the battery pack is charged at a continuous charge rate of greater than or equal to 3C and less than or equal to 6C at normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is greater than or equal to 3° C. and less than or equal to 12° C. when the charging process is completed.

12 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein when a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack starts a cooling fan, and when the battery pack is charged at a continuous charge rate of greater than or equal to 6C and less than or equal to 8C at normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is greater than or equal to 12° C. and less than or equal to 21° C. when the charging process is completed.

13 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein when a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack starts a cooling fan, and when the battery pack is charged at a continuous charge rate of greater than or equal to 8C and less than or equal to 12C at normal temperature, a temperature rise of the battery pack is greater than or equal to 21° C. and less than or equal to 33° C. when the charging process is completed.

14 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein when a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack does not start a cooling fan, the battery pack maintains at least two times of continuous charge and discharge cycles when being charged and discharged at the continuous charge rate of 3C and the continuous discharge rate of 4C at normal temperature.

15 . The battery pack of claim 5 , wherein when a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack starts a cooling fan, the battery pack maintains at least six times of continuous charge and discharge cycles when being charged and discharged at a continuous charge rate of not less than 3C and a continuous discharge rate of not less than 3C at normal temperature.

16 . The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein a life cycle of the battery pack is greater than 2500 cycles at ambient temperatures ranging from about 0° C. to about 45° C., the battery pack charges at a continuous charging rate of 5C and discharges at a continuous discharging rate of 5C, a battery pack capacity retention is at least 75% after 2500 cycles.

17 . A power supply system comprising:
a battery pack detachably connected to a power tool or a charging apparatus, the battery pack including:
a housing;
at least one battery cell located within the housing;
a charging and discharging port disposed on the housing;
the power tool including a tool port configured to connect to the at least one battery cell through the charging and discharging port to obtain electrical energy from the at least one battery cell; and the charging apparatus including a charging port configured to connect to the at least one battery cell through the charging and discharging port to charge the at least one battery cell, wherein: a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the battery pack is provided in the power supply system; a charging protection temperature and a discharging protection temperature is stored in the power supply system; when an absolute temperature of the battery pack is less than the charging protection temperature, the power supply system allows the charging apparatus to charge the battery pack, and when the absolute temperature of the battery pack is greater than the charging protection temperature, the power supply system prohibits the charging apparatus to charge the battery pack; when an absolute temperature of the battery pack is less than the discharging protection temperature, the power supply system allows the battery pack to discharge the power tool, and when the absolute temperature of

Assignees

• Positec Power Tools Suzhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Hongbing
• Jiao Shiping
• Lv Shaofeng
• Qian Yaoqiu

Classifications

• H02J7/865

  Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/80

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title

• H02J7/65

  against overtemperature · CPC title

• H02J7/977 Primary

  of the battery · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title