Battery, electric apparatus, and cell installation method
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the application disclose a battery. A first current collector in the battery is brought into a contact with a battery housing, so that a part of heat generated by a cell can be directly conducted to the battery housing through the first current collector. The battery includes a battery housing, a first current collector, a separator, and a second current collector. The first current collector, the separator, and the second current collector are stacked and disposed inside the battery housing. The polarities of the first current collector and the second current collector are different. The first current collector is in contact with the battery housing.
1. A battery, comprising:
a battery housing;
a first current collector;
a separator; and
a second current collector; wherein the first current collector, the separator, and the second current collector are stacked and disposed inside the battery housing, wherein polarities of the first current collector and the second current collector are different, and wherein the first current collector is in a contact with the battery housing;
wherein the first current collector, the separator, and the second current collector are stacked in a first direction, and the first current collector extends in a second direction beyond the separator, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction;
a second distance between the second current collector and the battery housing in the second direction is greater than a first distance between the separator and the battery housing in the second direction.
2. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first current collector is coated with an active substance, and a coating range of the active substance on the first current collector does not extend in the second direction beyond the separator.
3. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first current collector, the separator, and the second current collector are stacked and rolled by using a third direction as an axis; and
the first current collector extends in the third direction beyond the separator, and the first current collector conducts, in the third direction, heat to the battery housing through the contact between the first current collector and the battery housing.
4. The battery according to claim 3 , wherein the first current collector is coated with an active substance, and a coating range of the active substance on the first current collector does not extend in the third direction beyond the separator.
5. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first current collector is welded to an inner surface of the battery housing.
6. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the battery housing comprises a battery outer casing and a heat sink; and the heat sink is in a contact with an inner surface of the battery outer casing, and the first current collector is in a contact with the heat sink.
7. The battery according to claim 6 , wherein the first current collector is welded to the heat sink.
8. An electrical apparatus, comprising:
an electrical load; and
at least one battery, wherein the battery comprises:
a battery housing,
a first current collector,
a separator, and
a second current collector, wherein the first current collector, the separator, and the second current collector are stacked and disposed inside the battery housing, wherein polarities of the first current collector and the second current collector are different, and the first current collector is in a contact with the battery housing, wherein the battery is electrically connected to the electrical load, and the battery is configured to supply power to the electrical load;
wherein the first current collector, the separator, and the second current collector are stacked in a first direction, and the first current collector extends in a second direction beyond the separator, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction;
a second distance between the second current collector and the battery housing in the second direction is greater than a first distance between the separator and the battery housing in the second direction.
9. The electrical apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first current collector is coated with an active substance, and a coating range of the active substance on the first current collector does not extend in the second direction beyond the separator.
10. The electrical apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first current collector, the separator, and the second current collector are stacked and rolled by using a third direction as an axis; and
the first current collector extends in the third direction beyond the separator, and the first current collector conducts, in the third direction, heat to the battery housing through the contact between the first current collector and the battery housing.
11. The electrical apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first current collector is coated with an active substance, and a coating range of the active substance on the first current collector does not extend in the third direction beyond the separator.
12. The electrical apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first current collector is welded to an inner surface of the battery housing.
13. The electrical apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the battery housing comprises a battery outer casing and a heat sink; and the heat sink is in a contact with an inner surface of the battery outer casing, and the first current collector is in a contact with the heat sink.
14. The electrical apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first current collector is welded to the heat sink.