Prismatic secondary battery
A prismatic secondary battery including a battery container containing an electric storage element and having first and second wide surfaces and an opening; a lid having first and second through holes and a centerline extending along a length of the lid; a first and second flat plate-like current collector plate inserted into the first and second through holes made of metal materials. A first insertion position of the first current collector plate is spaced at a first distance from the centerline of the lid, the first distance extending in a direction parallel to a top surface of the lid from the centerline toward the first wide surface. A second insertion position of the second current collector plate is spaced at a second distance from the centerline, the second distance extending in a direction parallel to the top surface of the lid.
1. A prismatic secondary battery comprising:
a battery container containing an electric storage element and having a first wide surface, a second wide surface, a pair of narrow surfaces, a bottom surface, and an opening;
a lid having a first through hole, a second through hole, and a centerline extending along a length of the lid, and configured to close the opening of the battery container;
a flat plate-like first current collector plate inserted into the first through hole and extending in a straight line toward the bottom surface; and
a flat plate-like second current collector plate inserted into the second through hole and extending in a straight line toward the bottom surface,
wherein the first current collector plate and the second current collector plate are made of metal materials, and a main material of the first current collector plate is different from a main material of the second current collector plate,
wherein a first position of a portion of the first current collector plate, disposed within the first through hole, is spaced at a first distance from the centerline of the lid, the first distance extending in a direction parallel to a top surface of the lid from the centerline of the lid toward the first wide surface,
wherein a second position of a portion of the second current collector plate, disposed within the second through hole, is spaced at a second distance from the centerline of the lid, the second distance extending in a direction parallel to the top surface of the lid, and
wherein a centerline of the first through hole and a centerline of the second through hole deviate from the centerline of the lid toward the first wide surface.
2. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first current collector plate is a positive electrode current collector plate containing aluminum as the main material, and the second current collector plate is a negative electrode current collector plate containing copper as the main material.
3. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
a first resin member is arranged and sealed between the first current collector plate and the first through hole, and
a second resin member is arranged and sealed between the second current collector plate and the second through hole.
4. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein
a first gap of 0.3 mm or more is provided between the first current collector plate and the first through hole, and
a second gap of 0.3 mm or more is provided between the second current collector plate and the second through hole.
5. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 3 ,
wherein a roughening treatment is applied to a first adhesion portion of the first current collector plate and a second adhesion portion of the second current collector plate,
wherein the first adhesion portion is configured to contact the first resin member and the second adhesion portion is configured to contact the second resin member.
6. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the first current collector plate and the second current collector plate are fixed to the lid with the respective resin members.
7. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein either one of the first current collector plate and the second current collector plate has a cladding conversion portion with a dissimilar metal, and the cladding conversion portion is arranged in the resin member.
8. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first current collector plate has a first thickness and the second current collector plate has a second thickness, wherein the first thickness is different from the second thickness.
9. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second distance corresponding to the portion of the second position extends from the centerline of the lid toward the first wide surface.
10. A prismatic secondary battery comprising:
a battery container containing an electric storage element and having a first wide surface, a second wide surface, a pair of narrow surfaces, a bottom surface, and an opening;
a lid having a first through hole, a second through hole, and a centerline extending along a length of the lid, and configured to close the opening of the battery container;
a flat plate-like first current collector plate inserted into the first through hole and extending in a straight line toward the bottom surface; and
a flat plate-like second current collector plate inserted into the second through hole and extending in a straight line toward the bottom surface,
wherein the first current collector plate and the second current collector plate are made of metal materials, and a main material of the first current collector plate is different from a main material of the second current collector plate,
wherein a first position of a portion of the first current collector plate, disposed within the first through hole, is spaced at a first distance from and perpendicular to the centerline of the lid, the first distance extending in a direction parallel to a top surface of the lid from the centerline of the lid toward the first wide surface,
wherein a second position of a portion of the second current collector plate, disposed within the second through hole, is spaced at a second distance from and perpendicular to the centerline of the lid, the second distance extending in a direction parallel to the top surface of the lid toward the second wide surface,
wherein a centerline of the first through hole deviates from the centerline of the lid toward the first wide surface, and a centerline of the second through hole deviates from the centerline of the lid toward the second wide surface, and
wherein the first distance from the centerline of the lid is greater than the second distance from the centerline of the lid.
11. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein the first current collector plate is a positive electrode current collector plate containing aluminum as the main material, and the second current collector plate is a negative electrode current collector plate containing copper as the main material.
12. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein
a first resin member is arranged and sealed between the first current collector plate and the first through hole, and
a second resin member is arranged and sealed between the second current collector plate and the second through hole.
13. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein
a first gap of 0.3 mm or more is provided between the first current collector plate and the first through hole, and
a second gap of 0.3 mm or more is provided between the second current collector plate and the second through hole.
14. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 12 ,
wherein a roughening treatment is applied to a first adhesion portion of the first current collector plate and a second adhesion portion of the second current collector plate,
wherein the first adhesion portion is configured to contact the first resin member and the second adhesion portion is configured to contact the second resin member.
15. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the first current collector plate and the second current collector plate are fixed to the lid with the respective resin members.
16. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein either one of the first current collector plate and the second current collector plate has a cladding conversion portion with a dissimilar metal, and the cladding conversion portion is arranged in the resin member.
17. The prismatic secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein the first current collector plate has a first thickness and the second current collector plate has a second thickness, wherein the first thickness is different from the second thickness.