Secondary battery
Provided is a secondary battery that enables an air tightness of a battery container to be ensured with more certainty compared with a conventional one. A secondary battery 100 includes a wound body 30 , a pair of current collector plates 40 , a battery can 11 , a battery lid 12 , an insulating plate 14 , an insulating sheet 50 , and a pair of external terminals 20 , and an end portion 50 e of the insulating sheet 50 adjacent to the battery lid 12 is secured to the insulating plate 14.
1 . A secondary battery comprising:
a wound body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound with separators interposed;
a respective pair of current collector plates connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode;
a battery can that houses the wound body and the current collector plates;
a battery lid joined to an opening of the battery can;
a pair of insulating plates disposed between the current collector plates and the battery lid without contacting each other, the pair of insulating plates being disconnected;
an insulating sheet that covers the wound body and the current collector plates inside the battery can; and
a pair of external terminals that are connected to the respective current collector plates, pass through the pair of insulating plate and the battery lid, and are exposed to an outside of the battery lid,
wherein the insulating sheet has an end portion adjacent to the battery lid and the end portion is secured directly to both insulating plates of the pair of insulating plates.
2 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the insulating sheet covers the wound body in a circumferential direction of the battery can along an opening edge of the opening and has second end portions in the circumferential direction disposed at positions not to overlap the pair of insulating plates.
3 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the insulating sheet covers the wound body over a whole circumference in a circumferential direction of the battery can along an opening edge of the opening, and second end portions in the circumferential direction mutually overlap.
4 . The secondary battery according to claim 2 or claim 3 ,
wherein the insulating sheet has a plurality of partial insulating sheets.
5 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the end portion of the insulating sheet is secured to at least one of the pair of insulating plates via a welding portion.
6 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the end portion of the insulating sheet is secured to at least one of the pair of insulating plates via a bonding portion.
7 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the end portion of the insulating sheet is secured to at least one of the pair of insulating plates with an adhesive tape.
8 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the end portion of the insulating sheet is sandwiched between the current collector plates and the pair of insulating plates or between the battery lid and the pair of insulating plates.
9 . A secondary battery comprising:
a wound body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound with separators interposed;
a respective pair of current collector plates connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode;
a battery can that houses the wound body and the current collector plates;
a battery lid joined to an opening of the battery can;
a pair of insulating plates disposed between the current collector plates and the battery lid without contacting each other, the pair of insulating plates being disconnected;
an insulating sheet having a first end portion adjacent to the battery lid and a pair of second end portions that are wound around the wound body in a circumferential direction to cover the wound body and the current collector plates inside the battery can; and
a pair of external terminals that are connected to the respective current collector plates, pass through the pair of insulating plate and the battery lid, and are exposed to an outside of the battery lid,
wherein the first end portion of the insulating sheet is secured to the pair of insulating plates, and the pair of second end portions of the insulating sheet overlap.
10 . The secondary battery according to claim 9 ,
wherein the insulating sheet covers the wound body over a whole circumference in the circumferential direction of the battery can along an opening edge of the opening, and the second end portions mutually overlap.
11 . A secondary battery comprising:
a wound body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound with separators interposed;
a respective pair of current collector plates connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode;
a battery can that houses the wound body and the current collector plates;
a battery lid joined to an opening of the battery can;
a pair of insulating plates disposed between the current collector plates and the battery lid without contacting each other, the pair of insulating plates being disconnected and located on opposite ends of the battery lid;
an insulating sheet that covers the wound body and the current collector plates inside the battery can; and
a pair of external terminals that are connected to the respective current collector plates, pass through the insulating plate and the battery lid, and are exposed to an outside of the battery lid,
wherein the insulating sheet has an end portion positioned adjacent to the battery lid and between at least one of the current collector plates and the battery lid, the end portion is secured to the pair of insulating plates.
12 . The secondary battery according to claim 11 ,
wherein the end portion of the insulating sheet is sandwiched between the battery lid and the insulating plate.
13 . The secondary battery according to claim 11 ,
wherein the insulating sheet defines a through hole that one of the external terminals passes through.
14 . The secondary battery according to claim 11 ,
wherein the insulating sheet defines a pair of through holes each receiving one of the external terminals.