Lead-acid battery terminal member and lead-acid battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9608253-B2
Application number	US-201414281011-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2014
Priority date	Jun 7, 2013
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

A lead-acid battery terminal member includes: a terminal portion which is arranged in a resin-made cover for closing a container; and a cylindrical bushing which is connected to the terminal portion through a conducting portion. The bushing is embedded in the cover, and has a plurality of annular projecting portions formed on an outer periphery thereof. Poles extending from an electrode group arranged in the container are inserted into and are welded to the bushing. Surface roughness of a surface of the annular projecting portion which faces a resin forming the cover in an opposed manner is lower than surface roughness of a surface of a portion other than the annular projecting portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lead-acid battery terminal member comprising:
a terminal portion which is arranged in a resin-made cover for closing a container; and
a cylindrical bushing which is connected to the terminal portion, is embedded in the cover, and has a plurality of annular projecting portions formed on an outer periphery thereof, and into which poles extending from an electrode group arranged in the container are inserted and to which the poles are welded, wherein
surface roughness of at least a portion of the outer periphery of the bushing which faces a resin which forms the cover is lower than surface roughness of the terminal portion.

2. The lead-acid battery terminal member according to claim 1 further comprising a conducting portion which joins the terminal portion and the bushing.

3. The lead-acid battery terminal member according to claim 2 , wherein the surface roughness of the whole bushing which faces a resin forming the cover in an opposed manner is lower than the surface roughness of the terminal portion.

4. A lead-acid battery which includes the lead-acid battery terminal member according to claim 1 .

5. The lead-acid battery terminal member according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical bushing comprises recessed portions formed between the annular projecting portions arranged adjacent to each other, and
the surface roughness of the annular projecting portions is lower than the surface roughness of the recessed portions.

6. A lead-acid battery terminal member comprising:
a terminal portion which is arranged in a resin-made cover for closing a container; and
a cylindrical bushing which is connected to the terminal portion, is embedded in the cover, and has a plurality of annular projecting portions formed on an outer periphery thereof, and into which poles extending from an electrode group arranged in the container are inserted and to which the poles are welded, wherein
surface roughness of the terminal portion is higher than surface roughness of at least a portion of the outer periphery of the bushing which faces a resin which forms the cover.

7. A lead-acid battery terminal member comprising:
a terminal portion which is arranged in a resin-made cover for closing a container; and
a cylindrical bushing which is connected to the terminal portion, is embedded in the cover, and has a plurality of annular projecting portions formed on an outer periphery thereof, and into which poles extending from an electrode group arranged in the container are inserted and to which the poles are welded, wherein
surface roughness of at least a portion of the outer periphery of the bushing which faces a resin which forms the cover is lower than surface roughness of the terminal portion, and
the surface of the terminal portion has high surface roughness such that the surface of the terminal portion suppresses climbing up of an electrolyte solution on the surface of the terminal portion.

Assignees

• Gs Yuasa Int Ltd

Inventors

• Osaki Shin

Classifications

• H01M50/176

  for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/181 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M2/06

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M10/06

  Lead-acid accumulators (semi-lead accumulators H01M10/20) · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

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