IP Library Granted Patent US 11,276,873
Granted Patent B2
US 11,276,873 · App. 16/848,606 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Superwide pouch type secondary battery with double tabs

Inventors: Dong Ju Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jin Go Kim (Daejeon, KR); Bo Hyun Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
H01M10/0413H01M10/0459
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Patent No.
US 11,276,873
App. No.
16/848,606
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a superwide pouch type secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly including a cathode plate, an anode plate, and a separator; a pouch surrounding the electrode assembly; and electrode tabs connected to both ends of the electrode assembly and protruding outward of the pouch, wherein the electrode tabs connected to the both ends of the electrode assembly include one or more cathode tabs and anode tabs, respectively, and width of battery cell is more than 4 times longer than height of battery cell such that loading efficiency of the pouch type secondary battery into a vehicle and an energy density may be improved without increasing an internal electrode.

Claims (21)

1. A pouch type secondary battery comprising:

an electrode assembly including a cathode plate, an anode plate, and a separator;

a pouch surrounding the electrode assembly; and

electrode tabs connected to both ends of the electrode assembly and protruding outward of the pouch,

wherein the electrode tabs connected to the both ends of the electrode assembly include two or more pairs of a cathode tab and an anode tab, respectively,

Wc/Hc>4 in which Hc is a length of a battery cell at edges in a first direction of the battery cell to which the electrode tabs are connected and Wc is a length of the battery cell at edges in a second direction of the battery cell except for protrusion lengths of the electrode tabs, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, and,

wherein 0.3<(Wt 1 +Wt 2 )/Hc<0.6 in which Wt 1 is a width of the cathode tab and Wt 2 is a width of the anode tab.

2. The pouch type secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein both ends of edges of the cathode tab and the anode tab in the second direction have a shape in which thicknesses thereof are gradually decreased in the first direction.

3. The pouch type secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein sealing films for protecting the electrode tabs at the time of sealing the pouch are disposed at connected portions to which the electrode tabs are connected, in a form in which the sealing films surround the electrode tabs, and

the sealing films are disposed in a form in which the sealing films surround the cathode tab and the anode tab, respectively.

4. The pouch type secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the length of the battery cell at the edge of the second direction is 300 mm or more, and

the length of the battery cell at the edge of the first direction is 70 mm or more.

5. The pouch type secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein 0.3 mm<t 1 <1.5 mm and 1.0<t 1 /t 2 <2.0 in which tl is a thickness of the cathode tab and t 2 is a thickness of the anode tab.

6. The pouch type secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein 0.4<(Ws 1 +Ws 2 )/Hc<1.2 in which Ws 1 is a width of a cathode tab sealing film surrounding the cathode tab and Ws 2 is a width of an anode tab sealing film surrounding the anode tab.

7. The pouch type secondary battery of claim 6 , wherein 0.08<Wsg/(Ws 1 +Ws 2 )<0.32 in which Wsg is a distance between one end of the cathode tab sealing film surrounding the cathode tab and one end of the anode tab sealing film surrounding the anode tab.

8. The pouch type secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a bent portion surrounding the electrode assembly is formed at one edge of the pouch, and a sealing portion is formed at the other edge of the pouch by bonding both ends of the pouch to each other.

9. The pouch type secondary battery of claim 1 ,

Wc/Hc>5 in which Hc is a length of a battery cell at edges in a first direction of the battery cell to which the electrode tabs are connected and Wc is a length of the battery cell at edges in a second direction of the battery cell except for protrusion lengths of the electrode tabs, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.

10. The pouch type secondary battery of claim 1 ,

Wc/Hc>7 in which Hc is a length of a battery cell at edges in a first direction of the battery cell to which the electrode tabs are connected and Wc is a length of the battery cell at edges in a second direction of the battery cell except for protrusion lengths of the electrode tabs, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.

11. A battery module comprising the pouch type secondary battery of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062034/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2020
From: LEE, BO HYUN
To: SK INNOVATION CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 052516/0183 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2020
From: KIM, DONG JU; KIM, JIN GO
To: SK INNOVATION CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 052395/0518 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0043771 · Apr 15, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0157980 · Dec 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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