Energy storage element and method for producing an energy storage element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026051581-A1
Application number	US-202519295846-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 11, 2025
Priority date	Aug 13, 2024
Publication date	Feb 19, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

An energy storage element includes a housing that defines a longitudinal axis and an interior and comprises a metallic housing cup and a cover assembly that closes the housing cup. A seal arrangement having a seal radially encloses the cover assembly and seals against the housing cup. An electrode-separator composite has an anode, a separator, and a cathode. The anode includes an anode current collector, and the cathode includes a cathode current collector. A contact plate part is seated on a protrusion of the anode current collector and covers the first terminal end face of the electrode-separator composite and is connected thereto or is seated on a protrusion of the cathode current collector and covers the second terminal end face of the electrode-separator composite and is connected thereto. The housing cup is formed without a tool engagement structure.

First claim

1 . An energy storage element comprising:
a) a housing comprising a metallic housing cup and a cover assembly that closes the housing cup, the housing defining a longitudinal axis and an interior; b) a seal arrangement comprising a seal that radially encloses the cover assembly and seals against the housing cup, wherein the seal is compressed against the cover assembly by a free end section of the housing cup that is bent over radially inward; c) an electrode-separator composite having a sequence anode/separator/cathode/separator, the electrode-separator assembly being housed in the housing cup and is provided in the form of a cylindrical winding, wherein:
c1) the anode comprises an anode current collector having a band-shaped main area loaded with a layer of negative electrode material and a free edge strip not loaded with the negative electrode material, the anode current collector further having a first longitudinal edge, wherein the free edge strip emerges from a first terminal end face of the electrode-separator composite and forms a protrusion at the first end face;
c2) the cathode comprises a cathode current collector having a band-shaped main area loaded with a layer of positive electrode material, and a free edge strip not loaded with the positive electrode material, the cathode current collector further having a first longitudinal edge, wherein the free edge strip emerges from a second terminal end face of the electrode-separator composite and forms a protrusion at the second end face;
d) a contact plate part, wherein:
d1) the contact plate part is seated on the protrusion of the anode current collector and covers the first terminal end face of the electrode-separator composite and is connected thereto; or
d2) the contact plate part is seated on the protrusion of the cathode current collector and covers the second terminal end face of the electrode-separator composite and is connected thereto;
wherein:
e) the protrusion connected to the contact plate part is a protrusion compressed in the axial direction; and
f) the housing cup is formed without a tool engagement structure.

2 . The energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the cover assembly defines a closure plane and an axial distance between the main areas of the anode and the cathode and the closure plane is between 0.6 mm and 3.0 mm.

3 . The energy storage element according to claim 2 , wherein the cover assembly comprises a circumferential outer closure ring, which is enclosed by the seal, wherein the closure plane is delimited by the inner side of the closure ring facing toward the interior of the housing.

4 . The energy storage element according to claim 3 , wherein the cover assembly comprises a metal disc welded to a distance equalization structure in a connecting area of the distance equalization structure, which is provided by a distance equalization plate part connected to the contact plate part; or is provided by the contact plate part.

5 . The energy storage element according to claim 4 , wherein the distance equalization structure is provided by the distance equalization plate part,
wherein a support ring is provided between the distance equalization plate part and the metal disc, which is a separate part or is comprised by the seal, and wherein a distance remains between the contact plate part and the seal in the axial direction or the seal comprises a support section with which it is supported on the contact plate part.

6 . The energy storage element according to claim 4 , wherein the distance equalization structure is provided by the contact plate part and a support ring is provided between the contact plate part and the metal disc, which is a separate part or is comprised by the seal.

7 . The energy storage element according to claim 5 , wherein the distance equalization structure provides a CID function and comprises a groove, flanking the connecting area of the distance equalization structure.

8 . The energy storage element according to claim 5 , wherein the metal disc is designed as a PRV and comprises a weakening groove in the form of a ring or a circular ring.

9 . A method for producing an energy storage element according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
(A) providing the housing having the metallic housing cup and the cover assembly; (B) providing the seal arrangement having the seal and providing the support ring; (C) providing the electrode-separator composite; (D) connecting the contact plate part to the edge strip of the anode current collector or to the edge strip of the cathode current collector; (E) positioning the seal and the support ring; (F) connecting the cover assembly to the contact plate part; (G) closing the housing cup; (H) compressing the edge strips in the axial direction or bending the edge strips over; (I) performing steps (D), (E), and (F) and (H) outside the housing cup, so that a cover winding composite is formed; and (K) introducing the cover winding composite and the seal into the housing cup before performing step (G).

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein:
(L) the distance equalization structure is provided by the distance equalization plate part and in step (F) the cover assembly is connected to the distance equalization structure and the distance equalization plate part is connected to the contact plate part; or (M) the distance equalization structure is provided by the contact plate part and in step (F) the cover assembly is connected to the distance equalization structure.

Assignees

• Varta Microbattery Gmbh

Inventors

• Drews Verena
• Frank Waldemar
• Geiger Michael
• Kieninger Dominik
• Rieker Patrick

Classifications

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• H01M50/56

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• Y02E60/10

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