IP Library Granted Patent US 11,764,446
Granted Patent B2
US 11,764,446 · App. 17/536,300 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Laminated battery comprising a terminal comprising a clad material

Inventor: Satoshi Nakashima (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
H01M50/534H01M50/183H01M50/536H01M50/543H01M50/105H01M50/178H01M50/562H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,764,446
App. No.
17/536,300
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminated battery disclosed herein includes an electrode body, a laminated exterior body, and positive and negative electrode terminals. At least one of the positive and negative electrode terminals is configured of a plate-shaped clad material in which a first metal and a second metal, which are different from each other, are joined to each other, and a tab film composed of a resin material is arranged on the surfaces of the first metal and the second metal of the clad material. The boundary region of the first metal and the second metal of the clad material is not exposed to the outside of the exterior body, and the tab film is arranged at a peripheral edge portion close to the boundary region, excluding the boundary region, on the wide surface of the clad material, and the tab film is welded to the exterior body.

Claims (16)

1. A laminated battery comprising:

an electrode body having a positive electrode and a negative electrode;

a laminated exterior body formed of rectangular laminated films inside which the electrode body is housed by welding the laminated films in a state where wide surfaces of the laminated films face each other; and

positive and negative electrode terminals that are each electrically connected at a first end to the respective electrode of the electrode body and are exposed at another end opposite to the first end outside of the exterior body from a welded portion of the exterior body, wherein

at least one of the positive and negative electrode terminals is configured of a plate-shaped clad material in which a first metal and a second metal, which are different from each other, are joined to each other;

in the at least one terminal configured of the clad material, one end, which is connected to the respective electrode of the electrode body, is configured of the first metal, and the other end, which is exposed to the outside, is configured of the second metal;

a tab film composed of a resin material is arranged on a surface of the first metal and a surface of the second metal of the clad material;

a boundary region of the first metal and the second metal of the clad material is not exposed to the outside of the exterior body;

the tab film is arranged at a peripheral edge portion close to the boundary region, excluding the boundary region, on a wide surface of the clad material; and

the tab film is welded to the welded portion of the exterior body.

2. The laminated battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode terminal is configured of the clad material, the first metal is configured of copper, and the second metal is configured of aluminum.

3. The laminated battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode terminal is configured of the clad material, the first metal is configured of aluminum, and the second metal is configured of copper.

4. The laminated battery according to claim 2 , wherein a nickel plating layer is provided on a surface of portions of the first metal that are configured of copper.

5. The laminated battery according to claim 1 , wherein the tab film is an acid-modified polyolefin resin.

6. The laminated battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the positive and negative terminals is 1 mm or less.

7. The laminated battery according to claim 3 , wherein a nickel plating layer is provided on a surface of portions of the second metal that are configured of copper.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: NAKASHIMA, SATOSHI
To: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058224/0592 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-201242 · Dec 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220181754A1 · Jun 9, 2022