Vent and cap assembly of power battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9853266-B2
Application number	US-201414253805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2014
Priority date	Apr 19, 2013
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a vent and a cap assembly of a power battery. The vent comprises a vent body and a vent body protective sheath having a wall portion and a hollow portion, the vent body is fixedly connected to a lower portion of the wall portion and sealing the hollow portion from below, an upper portion of the wall portion is fixedly connected to a cap plate for sealing a vent hole. The cap assembly of the power battery comprises a cap plate provided with a vent hole and an electrolyte-injection hole; a first electrode post connected to the cap plate; a second electrode post connected to the cap plate; and a vent fixedly provided to the vent hole; wherein the vent is the above vent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cap assembly of a power battery configured to release pressure from the power battery, comprising: a cap plate provided with a vent hole and a vent configured to release pressure on the cap plate of the power battery, the vent comprising a vent body, and a vent body protective sheath, both located inside the power battery and below the cap plate, wherein:
the vent body protective sheath has a wall portion and a hollow portion, the vent body being fixedly connected to a lower portion of the wall portion and sealing the hollow portion from below, an upper portion of the wall portion being fixedly connected to an interior surface of the cap plate facing an inside of the power battery, and the upper portion of the wall portion having an upper end that is co-planar with an exterior surface of the cap plate of the power battery for sealing the vent hole in the cap plate;
wherein the wall portion of the vent body protective sheath is provided with a stepped portion at an outer side surface between the lower portion and the upper portion of the wall portion and the stepped portion is directly connected to the interior surface of the cap plate at an edge from below.

2. The cap assembly of a power battery according to claim 1 , wherein the wall portion of the vent body protective sheath is provided with a recessed portion at a lower end surface, the vent body is fixedly connected in the recessed portion.

3. The cap assembly of a power battery according to claim 1 , wherein the vent body is a foil with a uniform thickness.

4. The cap assembly of a power battery according to claim 1 , wherein the vent body is provided with a notch at an edge portion thereof.

5. The cap assembly of a power battery according to claim 4 , wherein an area enclosed by an inner side edges of the notch is smaller than or equal to an area of the hollow portion.

6. The cap assembly of a power battery according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the vent body is not larger than an area of the lower end surface of the wall portion of the vent body protective sheath.

7. The cap assembly of a power battery according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a vent protective sheet fixedly connected onto the cap plate and covering the vent hole from above.

8. A cap assembly of a power battery configured to release pressure from the power battery, comprising:
a cap plate provided with a vent hole and an electrolyte-injection hole;
a first electrode post connected to the cap plate;
a second electrode post connected to the cap plate; and
a vent fixedly connected to the vent hole, the vent comprising a vent body and a vent body protective sheath, both located inside the power battery and below the cap plate, the vent body protective sheath having a wall portion and a hollow portion, the vent body being fixedly connected to a lower portion of the wall portion and sealing the hollow portion from below, an upper portion of the wall portion being fixedly connected to an interior surface of the cap plate facing an inside of the power battery, and the upper portion of the wall portion having an upper end that is co-planar with an exterior surface of the cap plate of the power battery for sealing the vent hole in the cap plate;
wherein the wall portion of the vent body protective sheath is provided with a stepped portion at an outer side surface between the lower portion and the upper portion of the wall portion and the stepped portion is directly connected to the interior surface of the cap plate at an edge from below.

9. The cap assembly of the power battery according to claim 8 , wherein the wall portion of the vent body protective sheath is provided with a recessed portion at a lower end surface, the vent body is fixedly connected in the recessed portion.

10. The cap assembly of the power battery according to claim 8 , wherein the vent body is a foil with a uniform thickness.

11. The cap assembly of the power battery according to claim 8 , wherein the vent body is provided with a notch at an edge portion thereof.

12. The cap assembly of the power battery according to claim 11 , wherein an area enclosed by an inner side edges of the notch is smaller than or equal to an area of the hollow portion.

13. The cap assembly of the power battery according to claim 8 , wherein an area of the vent body is not larger than an area of the lower end surface of the wall portion of the vent body protective sheath.

14. The cap assembly of the power battery according to claim 8 , the vent further comprises:
a vent protective sheet fixedly connected onto the cap plate and covering the vent hole from above.

Assignees

• Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Li Quankun
• Deng Pinghua
• Wang Peng
• Geng Jibin
• Wu Kai

Classifications

• H01M50/627

  Filling ports · CPC title

• H01M2/1241

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/36

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/1235 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M50/342 Primary

  Non-re-sealable arrangements · CPC title