IP Library Granted Patent US 12,119,517
Granted Patent B2
US 12,119,517 · App. 16/979,727 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Secondary battery

Inventors: Norie Mantoku (Osaka, JP); Oose Okutani (Hyogo, JP); Kyosuke Miyata (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
H01M50/533H01M50/583H01M50/534H01M50/536H01M50/553H01M50/559
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Patent No.
US 12,119,517
App. No.
16/979,727
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a secondary battery in which a current interruption function of an electrode tap can be enhanced during an external short circuit, and a temperature rise in the battery can be effectively suppressed. A secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with: an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a sealing assembly constituting a positive terminal; a case body constituting a negative terminal; a positive electrode tap connecting the positive electrode and the sealing assembly; and a negative electrode tap connecting the negative electrode and the case body, wherein the positive electrode has a fuse part which has a relatively small cross-sectional area in the positive electrode, and the fuse part of the positive electrode is metallurgically bonded to the sealing assembly.

Claims (30)

1. A secondary battery, comprising:

an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode;

a positive electrode terminal;

a negative electrode terminal;

a positive electrode tab which connects the positive electrode and the positive electrode terminal; and

a negative electrode tab which connects the negative electrode and the negative electrode terminal; wherein

the positive electrode tab has a non-fuse part, and a fuse part smaller in sectional area than the non-fuse part, and

the secondary battery further comprising:

a section of the fuse part of the positive electrode tab in which at least one of the group consisting of one or more slits, a thin-walled portion, and a notch portion are/is formed in a longitudinal direction of the positive electrode tab, wherein the section is metallurgically bonded to the positive electrode terminal.

2. A secondary battery, comprising:

an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode;

a positive electrode terminal;

a negative electrode terminal;

a positive electrode tab which connects the positive electrode and the positive electrode terminal; and

a negative electrode tab which connects the negative electrode and the negative electrode terminal; wherein

the negative electrode tab has a non-fuse part, and a fuse part smaller in sectional area than the non-fuse part, and

the secondary battery further comprising:

a section of the fuse part of the negative electrode tab in which at least one of the group consisting of one or more slits, a thin-walled portion, and a notch portion are/is formed in a longitudinal direction of the negative electrode tab, wherein the section is metallurgically bonded to the negative electrode terminal.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , having a case body that houses the electrode assembly and a sealing assembly that seals an opening in the case body, wherein

one of the case body and the sealing assembly serves as the positive electrode terminal, and the other of the case body and the sealing assembly serves as the negative electrode terminal.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a sectional area of the fuse part is in the range from 0.19 to 0.48 mm 2 .

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode tab has a plurality of slits and the fuse part interposed between the plurality of slits.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the negative electrode tab has a plurality of slits and the fuse part interposed between the plurality of slits.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein a width of one of the plurality of slits is in the range from 0.03 to 1.90 mm.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , having a case body that houses the electrode assembly and a sealing assembly that seals an opening in the case body, wherein

one of the case body and the sealing assembly serves as the positive electrode terminal, and the other of the case body and the sealing assembly serves as the negative electrode terminal.

9. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein a sectional area of the fuse part is in the range from 0.19 to 0.48 mm 2 .

10. The secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein a width of one of the plurality of slits is in the range from 0.03 to 1.90 mm.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the section of the fuse part of the positive electrode tab is a section of the fuse part in which slits are formed.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the section of the fuse part of the negative electrode tab is a section of the fuse part in which slits are formed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063632/0545 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2020
From: MANTOKU, NORIE; OKUTANI, OOSE; MIYATA, KYOSUKE
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054413/0138 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-056527 · Mar 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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