IP Library Granted Patent US 11,848,412
Granted Patent B2
US 11,848,412 · App. 17/043,149 · Granted Dec 19, 2023

Secondary battery with packing bag

Inventors: Mianyu Xie (Ningde, CN); Min Zhang (Ningde, CN); Lei Chen (Ningde, CN); Xiao Chen (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
H01M10/0525H01M50/178H01M50/184H01M50/103H01M50/105H01M50/124H01M50/131H01M50/133H01M50/55H01M50/553H01M50/557
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Patent No.
US 11,848,412
App. No.
17/043,149
Granted
Dec 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a secondary battery, including: an electrode assembly, a packing bag, an electrode lead and an insulation part; the electrode assembly is housed in the packing bag having a sealing part on edge, and the electrode lead is connected to the electrode assembly and passes through the sealing part. The sealing part includes a main body area, a first step area and a first transition area which are located on same side of the electrode lead along width direction, and the main body area, first transition area and first step area are successively arranged along direction approaching the electrode lead; the insulation part is wrapped around the electrode lead, and has a first portion which is located on a side of the electrode lead close to the main body area along width direction and covered by the first step area on both sides in thickness direction.

Claims (129)

1. A secondary battery, comprising:

an electrode assembly;

a packing bag;

an electrode lead; and

an insulation part,

wherein the electrode assembly is housed in the packing bag, the packing bag has a sealing part on an edge, and the electrode lead is connected to the electrode assembly and passes through the sealing part,

wherein the sealing part comprises a main body area, a first step area and a first transition area; the main body area, the first transition area and the first step area are located on a same side of the electrode lead along a width direction, and the main body area, the first transition area and the first step area are successively arranged along a direction approaching the electrode lead,

wherein the insulation part is wrapped around outside of the electrode lead and separates the sealing part from the electrode lead; the insulation part has a first portion, and the first step area covers the first portion on both sides in a thickness direction,

wherein along the thickness direction, a thickness of the main body area is H 1 , a sum of thicknesses of the first portion and the first step area is H 2 ; along the width direction, a width of the first step area is L 1 , and

H 1 , H 2 and L 1 satisfy the following relational expressions:

H 1 <H 2 ; and

0

.

0

2

L

1

-

0.3

1

0

H

2

-

2

2.2

,

wherein H 1 is 0.2 to 0.4 mm, H 2 is 0.3 to 0.9 mm, and L 1 is 0.4 to 2.5 mm.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein H 2 and L 1 satisfy the following relational expression:

0

.

0

8

L

1

-

0

.

3

1

0

H

2

-

2

1.2

.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein H 2 and L 1 satisfy the following relational expression:

0

.

2

L

1

-

0

.

3

1

0

H

2

-

2

0

.

9

.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein H 1 and H 2 satisfy the following relational expression:

0.1 mm< H 2 −H 1 <0.6 mm

5. The secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein,

the sealing part further comprises a second step area, and the second step area is connected to the first step area and located on both sides of the electrode lead along the thickness direction;

the insulation part further has a second portion, and the second portion is disposed between the second step area and the electrode lead; and

along the thickness direction, a sum of thicknesses of the second step area, the second portion and the electrode lead is H 3 , and H 3 is larger than H 2 .

6. The secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein,

the packing bag comprises two layers of packing films; the electrode assembly is located between the two layers of the packing films, and the two layers of the packing films are connected at an edge and form the sealing part;

each of the packing films comprises a protective layer, a metal layer and a connection layer; the connection layer is disposed on a surface of the metal layer facing the electrode assembly, and the protective layer is disposed on a surface of the metal layer away from the electrode assembly; and

in the main body area, connection layers of the two layers of the packing films are fused into a whole; in the first step area, the connection layer of each of the packing films is fused with the first portion.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein H 1 and H 2 satisfy the following relational expression:

0.1 mm< H 2 −H 1 <0.6 mm

8. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein,

the sealing part further comprises a second step area, and the second step area is connected to the first step area and located on both sides of the electrode lead along the thickness direction;

the insulation part further has a second portion, and the second portion is disposed between the second step area and the electrode lead; and

along the thickness direction, a sum of thicknesses of the second step area, the second portion and the electrode lead is H 3 , and H 3 is larger than H 2 .

9. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein,

the packing bag comprises two layers of packing films; the electrode assembly is located between the two layers of the packing films, and the two layers of the packing films are connected at an edge and form the sealing part;

each of the packing films comprises a protective layer, a metal layer and a connection layer; the connection layer is disposed on a surface of the metal layer facing the electrode assembly, and the protective layer is disposed on a surface of the metal layer away from the electrode assembly; and

in the main body area, connection layers of the two layers of the packing films are fused into a whole; in the first step area, the connection layer of each of the packing films is fused with the first portion.

10. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein H 1 and H 2 satisfy the following relational expression:

0.1 mm< H 2 −H 1 <0.6 mm

11. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein,

the main body area and the first step area are connected by the first transition area; the first transition area has two outer surfaces disposed oppositely along the thickness direction, and the two outer surfaces are tilted with respect to the main body area towards a direction approaching the first step area.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the two outer surfaces of the first transition area are disposed asymmetrically with respect to a plane that is perpendicular to the thickness direction.

13. The secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein along the width direction, a width of the first transition area is L 2 , and L 1 and L 2 satisfy the following relational expression: L 2 ≤0.4L 1 .

14. The secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein,

the sealing part further comprises a second step area, and the second step area is connected to the first step area and located on both sides of the electrode lead along the thickness direction;

the insulation part further has a second portion, and the second portion is disposed between the second step area and the electrode lead; and

along the thickness direction, a sum of thicknesses of the second step area, the second portion and the electrode lead is H 3 , and H 3 is larger than H 2 .

15. The secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein along the width direction, a width of the first transition area is L 2 , and L 1 and L 2 satisfy the following relational expression: L 2 ≤0.4L 1 .

16. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein,

the sealing part further comprises a second step area, and the second step area is connected to the first step area and located on both sides of the electrode lead along the thickness direction;

the insulation part further has a second portion, and the second portion is disposed between the second step area and the electrode lead; and

along the thickness direction, a sum of thicknesses of the second step area, the second portion and the electrode lead is H 3 , and H 3 is larger than H 2 .

17. The secondary battery according to claim 16 , wherein,

the sealing part further comprises a second transition area, and the second transition area is connected between the first step area and the second step area;

the insulation part further has a third portion, and the first portion and the second portion are connected by the third portion; the second transition area covers the third portion on both sides in the thickness direction; and

along a direction in which the main body area points towards the second step area, a sum of thicknesses of the second transition area and the third portion gradually increases.

18. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein along the direction in which the main body area points towards the second step area, a thickness of the third portion gradually increases.

19. The secondary battery according to claim 18 , wherein,

the packing bag comprises two layers of packing films; the electrode assembly is located between the two layers of the packing films, and the two layers of the packing films are connected at an edge and form the sealing part;

each of the packing films comprises a protective layer, a metal layer and a connection layer; the connection layer is disposed on a surface of the metal layer facing the electrode assembly, and the protective layer is disposed on a surface of the metal layer away from the electrode assembly; and

in the main body area, connection layers of the two layers of the packing films are fused into a whole; in the first step area, the connection layer of each of the packing films is fused with the first portion.

20. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein,

the packing bag comprises two layers of packing films; the electrode assembly is located between the two layers of the packing films, and the two layers of the packing films are connected at an edge and form the sealing part;

each of the packing films comprises a protective layer, a metal layer and a connection layer; the connection layer is disposed on a surface of the metal layer facing the electrode assembly, and the protective layer is disposed on a surface of the metal layer away from the electrode assembly;

in the main body area, connection layers of the two layers of the packing films are fused into a whole; in the first step area, the connection layer of each of the packing films is fused with the first portion.

Assignments (2)
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 Sep 29, 2020
From: XIE, MIANYU; ZHANG, MIN; CHEN, LEI; CHEN, XIAO
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053923/0713 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910413593.7 · May 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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