IP Library Granted Patent US 11,688,914
Granted Patent B2
US 11,688,914 · App. 16/920,534 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Secondary battery top cover assembly, secondary battery and vehicle

Inventor: Chengyou Xing (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M50/578H01M50/147H01M50/30H01M50/342H01M50/591H01M2200/20H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,688,914
App. No.
16/920,534
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a secondary battery top cover assembly, a secondary battery and a vehicle. The top cover assembly includes: a top cover plate; an electrode terminal; and a short-circuit component including a deformable plate and a conductive plate disposed above the deformable plate. The deformable plate is connected to the top cover plate, and the conductive plate is connected to the electrode terminal. The conductive plate includes a body portion and a protrusion portion protruding upwardly from the body portion, the conductive plate is provided with a gas hole, and the gas hole cuts through the protrusion portion and the body portion, an inner wall of the gas hole includes an arc-shaped smooth transition portion.

Claims (24)

1. A secondary battery top cover assembly, comprising:

a top cover plate;

an electrode terminal;

an insulating cover; and

a short-circuit component comprising a deformable plate and a conductive plate disposed above the deformable plate, wherein the deformable plate is connected to the top cover plate, and the conductive plate is connected to the electrode terminal;

wherein the conductive plate comprises a body portion and a protrusion portion protruding upwardly from the body portion, the conductive plate is provided with a gas hole, the gas hole cuts through the protrusion portion and the body portion;

wherein the insulating cover comprises a body, a covering portion, and an obstructing portion, the covering portion is provided on the body, the covering portion is disposed above the conductive plate and covers the protrusion portion and the gas hole, the obstructing portion protrudes from an edge of an outer contour of the body toward the conductive plate, and the obstructing portion surrounds the covering portion and has a mouth that allows gas in the gas hole to be expelled outward;

wherein the insulating cover further comprises a protrusion extending from the body toward the conductive plate, the protrusion comprises a surrounding portion which surrounds the covering portion, and space is formed between the surrounding portion and the covering portion; and

wherein the protrusion further comprises a convoluted portion which is disposed outside a region surrounded by the surrounding portion, and the convoluted portion is arranged at the mouth in a bent configuration and extends along a direction of a curve.

2. The secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the obstructing portion close to the conductive plate is disposed to be lower than a surface of the convoluted portion close to the conductive plate, and the surface of the convoluted portion close to the conductive plate is disposed to be lower than a surface of the surrounding portion close to the conductive plate.

3. The secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion comprises a separating portion, the separating portion is connected to the surrounding portion and the obstructing portion and divides space between the surrounding portion and the obstructing portion into a plurality of subspaces.

4. The secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 3 , wherein a vent hole is provided in at least one of the surrounding portion, the convoluted portion and the separating portion, and the vent hole penetrates the at least one of the surrounding portion, the convoluted portion and the separating portion.

5. The secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating cover further comprises an obstructing portion protruding from an edge of an outer contour of the body toward the conductive plate, and the obstructing portion surrounds the covering portion.

6. The secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the surrounding portion close to the conductive plate and a surface of the covering portion close to the conductive plate are disposed in a same plane.

7. The secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the gas hole is aligned with a center of the deformable plate, the conductive plate further comprises an annular contact portion protruding downwardly, the annular contact portion contacts with the deformable plate when the deformable plate is deformed upwardly, and a thickness of a region of the conductive plate located inside the annual contact portion is smaller than a thickness of a region of the conductive plate located outside the annual contact portion.

8. The secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the gas hole is deviated from a center of the deformable plate.

9. The secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 8 , wherein a cavity for deforming of the deformable plate is formed between the deformable plate and the conductive plate, and the gas hole overlaps an edge of the cavity.

10. The secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the top cover plate is provided with a through hole, the deformable plate seals the through hole, the secondary battery top cover assembly further comprises an annular sealing piece, and the annular sealing piece is disposed between the conductive plate and the top cover plate and seals the through hole and the gas hole.

11. A secondary battery, comprising:

an electrode assembly;

a case for accommodating the electrode assembly; and

the secondary battery top cover assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the secondary battery top cover assembly seals an opening of the case, and the electrode terminal is connected to the electrode assembly.

12. A vehicle, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 11 .

Assignments (1)
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810051374.4 · Jan 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16101290 · Aug 10, 2018
Related Publication 20200335765A1 · Oct 22, 2020
Cited By (1)
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