IP Library Granted Patent US 9,343,730
Granted Patent B2
US 9,343,730 · App. 14/243,730 · Granted May 17, 2016

Lithium-ion battery and deformable safety valve as overcharge protection device thereof

Inventors: Shilin Huang (NingDe, CN); Junzhong Hu (NingDe, CN); Pinghua Deng (NingDe, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M2/345H01M10/0525H01M2200/20
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Patent No.
US 9,343,730
App. No.
14/243,730
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a lithium-ion battery and a deformable safety valve as an overcharge protection device thereof. The deformable safety valve as the overcharge protection device of the lithium-ion battery comprises a short-circuit conductive plate and a deformable plate made from aluminum, a facing surface of the deformable plate being coated with a metal layer to reduce contact resistance between the deformable plate and the short-circuit conductive plate. The lithium-ion battery comprises a first electrode post; a cap plate electrically connected to the first electrode post; an electrolyte-injection hole provided in the cap plate; a vent provided in the cap plate; a deformable safety valve provided to the cap plate; and a second electrode post assembled to the cap plate in an insulating manner; wherein the deformable safety valve is the above deformable safety valve as the overcharge protection device of the lithium-ion battery.

Claims (22)

1. A deformable safety valve as an overcharge protection device of a lithium-ion battery, comprising:

a short-circuit conductive plate and a deformable plate made from aluminum, a facing surface of the deformable plate being coated with a metal layer to reduce contact resistance between the deformable plate and the short-circuit conductive plate,

wherein edges of a back surface of the deformable plate are provided with a notch, the back surface of the deformable plate is coated with the metal layer, and a coating range of the metal layer on the back surface is within the notch.

2. The deformable safety valve as the overcharge protection device of the lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the metal layer is at least one of tin layer, copper layer, nickel layer and gold layer.

3. The deformable safety valve as the overcharge protection device of the lithium-ion battery according to claim 2 , wherein the metal layer is tin layer.

4. The deformable safety valve as the overcharge protection device of the lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the metal layer is 10˜50 μm.

5. The deformable safety valve as the overcharge protection device of the lithium-ion battery according to claim 4 , wherein the thickness of the metal layer is 20˜40 μm.

6. The deformable safety valve as the overcharge protection device of the lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the short-circuit conductive plate is flat plate, flat plate with stretched pits, perforated plate, plate with pits, or arc-shaped plate; and the deformable plate is arc-shaped.

7. A lithium-ion battery, comprising:

a first electrode post;

a cap plate electrically connected to the first electrode post;

an electrolyte-injection hole provided in the cap plate;

a vent provided in the cap plate;

a deformable safety valve provided to the cap plate; and

a second electrode post assembled to the cap plate in an insulating manner;

the deformable safety valve comprising a short-circuit conductive plate and a deformable plate made from aluminum, a facing surface of the deformable plate being coated with a metal layer to reduce contact resistance between the deformable plate and the short-circuit conductive plate,

wherein edges of a back surface of the deformable plate are provided with a notch, the back surface of the deformable plate is coated with the metal layer, a coating range of the metal layer on the back surface is within the notch.

8. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 7 , wherein the metal layer is at least one of tin layer, copper layer, nickel layer and gold layer.

9. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 8 , wherein the metal layer is tin layer.

10. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 7 , wherein a thickness of the metal layer is 10˜50 μm.

11. The battery according to claim 10 , wherein the thickness of the metal layer is 20˜40 μm.

12. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 7 , wherein a shape of the short-circuit conductive plate is flat plate, flat plate with stretched pits, perforated plate, plate with pits, or arc-shaped plate; and the deformable plate is arc-shaped.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068376/0012 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0723 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2016
From: NINGDE CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 038089/0209 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2016
From: HUANG, SHILIN; HU, JUNZHONG; DENG, PINGHUA
To: NINGDE CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037870/0681 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 2 0173580 U · Apr 9, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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