IP Library Granted Patent US 12,341,222
Granted Patent B2
US 12,341,222 · App. 17/634,089 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Secondary battery and method of manufacturing same

Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto (Hyogo, JP); Hiroaki Imanishi (Hyogo, JP); Yukinobu Miyamura (Hyogo, JP)
Assignees: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
H01M50/538H01M10/0431H01M50/103H01M50/536
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Patent No.
US 12,341,222
App. No.
17/634,089
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In this secondary battery in which an electrode body having a positive electrode tab group at one end thereof is accommodated in a battery case, a positive electrode terminal and the positive electrode tab group are electrically connected via a second positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode tab group is connected to a tab connection part of the second positive electrode current collector in a bent state, and a tape as a fixing means is attached across a first main surface of the electrode body-the tab connection part of the second positive electrode current collector-a second main surface of the electrode body.

Claims (47)

1. A secondary battery comprising:

an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate;

a rectangular outer body having an opening and containing the electrode assembly;

a sealing plate for sealing the opening; and

a terminal attached to the sealing plate, wherein

the electrode assembly has a positive electrode tab group at one end and a negative electrode tab group at the other end,

the electrode assembly has a first main surface and a second main surface oriented facing each other,

the rectangular outer body has a bottom, a pair of first side walls oriented facing each other, and a pair of second side walls oriented facing each other,

the positive electrode tab group is located adjacent to one of the first side walls,

the negative electrode tab group is located adjacent to the other first side wall,

the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group, and the terminal are electrically connected to each other through a current collector,

the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group is connected to the current collector while being bent, and

fixing means are attached across the first main surface, the current collector and the second main surface,

wherein with respect to the width direction of the current collector, a joint between the current collector and the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group is displaced toward a root of the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the end of the fixing means adjacent to the sealing plate is located closer to the sealing plate than the end of the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group adjacent to the sealing plate, and

the end of the fixing means adjacent to the bottom is located closer to the bottom than the end of the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group adjacent to the bottom.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the end of the current collector adjacent to the bottom is located closer to the bottom than the end of the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group adjacent to the bottom.

4. A secondary battery comprising:

an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate;

a rectangular outer body having an opening and containing the electrode assembly;

a sealing plate for sealing the opening; and

a terminal attached to the sealing plate, wherein

the electrode assembly has a positive electrode tab group at one end and a negative electrode tab group at the other end,

the electrode assembly has a first main surface and a second main surface oriented facing each other,

the rectangular outer body has a bottom, a pair of first side walls oriented facing each other, and a pair of second side walls oriented facing each other,

the positive electrode tab group is located adjacent to one of the first side walls,

the negative electrode tab group is located adjacent to the other first side wall,

the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group, and the terminal are electrically connected to each other through a current collector,

the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group is connected to the current collector while being bent, and

fixing means are attached across the first main surface, the current collector and the second main surface,

wherein the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group has a contact region that is in contact with the current collector, a root region located closer to the root of the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group than the contact region, and a tip region located closer to the tip of the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group than the contact region.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the fixing means are in contact with the tip region.

6. A secondary battery comprising:

an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate;

a rectangular outer body having an opening and containing the electrode assembly;

a sealing plate for sealing the opening; and

a terminal attached to the sealing plate, wherein

the electrode assembly has a positive electrode tab group at one end and a negative electrode tab group at the other end,

the electrode assembly has a first main surface and a second main surface oriented facing each other,

the rectangular outer body has a bottom, a pair of first side walls oriented facing each other, and a pair of second side walls oriented facing each other,

the positive electrode tab group is located adjacent to one of the first side walls,

the negative electrode tab group is located adjacent to the other first side wall,

the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group, and the terminal are electrically connected to each other through a current collector,

the positive electrode tab group or the negative electrode tab group is connected to the current collector while being bent, and

fixing means are attached across the first main surface, the current collector and the second main surface,

wherein the fixing means are a tape.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2022
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060054/0248 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2022
From: WAKIMOTO, RYOICHI; IMANISHI, HIROAKI; MIYAMURA, YUKINOBU
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059382/0942 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-174879 · Sep 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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