IP Library Granted Patent US 12,347,890
Granted Patent B2
US 12,347,890 · App. 17/826,466 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Secondary battery, battery module, and device using secondary battery as power supply

Inventors: Hu Xu (Fujian, CN); Yuanbao Chen (Fujian, CN); Long Xu (Fujian, CN); Jiao Dong (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M50/533H01M50/204H01M50/249H01M50/547H01M50/59H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,347,890
App. No.
17/826,466
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a secondary battery, a battery module, and a device using a secondary battery as a power supply. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a cap assembly, and current collection members. The electrode assembly includes a main body and tabs that extend from the main body. The cap assembly includes a cap plate, electrode terminals, and an insulation baffle. The electrode terminals are disposed on the cap plate. The insulation baffle is connected to a side of the cap plate, where the side is close to the main body. The current collection members are at least partly located between the insulation baffle and the main body, and each of the current collection members includes a tab connection portion connected to one of the tabs. The insulation baffle contains a first recess.

Claims (31)

1. A secondary battery, comprising:

an electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly comprises a main body and tabs extending from the main body;

a cap assembly, wherein the cap assembly comprises a cap plate, electrode terminals, and an insulation baffle, the electrode terminals are disposed on the cap plate, and the insulation baffle is connected to a side of the cap plate, wherein the side is close to the main body; and

current collection members, wherein the current collection members are at least partly located between the insulation baffle and the main body, and each of the current collection members comprises a tab connection portion connected to one of the tabs, a tilt portion and a terminal connection portion,

wherein the insulation baffle contains a first recess, a first bulge and a second bulge, wherein the first recess is recessed against a lower surface of the insulation baffle away from the main body, and the tab connection portion is at least partly accommodated in the first recess;

wherein the first bulge protrudes against the lower surface, and along the thickness direction of the insulation baffle, the terminal connection portion is located on a side of the first bulge, wherein the side is close to the main body, and the tilt portion is located on a side of the first bulge along a length direction of the secondary battery;

wherein along a direction close to the main body, the second bulge protrudes against the first bulge.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal connection portion is connected to the electrode terminals, both the terminal connection portion and the tab connection portion are flat plate structures, and the tab connection portion is farther away from the main body than the terminal connection portion.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the tab is connected to a side of the tab connection portion, wherein the side is close to the main body.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a gap exists between the tab connection portion and a bottom face of the first recess.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein

wherein the tilt portion is connected between the terminal connection portion and the tab connection portion, and the tilt portion tilts against the terminal connection portion away from the main body.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the terminal connection portion is parallel to the tab connection portion.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein

the terminal connection portion comprises a fixing region and a fuse region, the fixing region is connected to the electrode terminals, and the fuse region is connected between the fixing region and the tilt portion.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein the current collection member further comprises an insulation strip that wraps around the fuse region; and

a part of the insulation strip is accommodated in the first recess, and a surface that is of the insulation strip and that is away from the main body is closer to the main body than a surface that is of the tab connection portion and that is away from the main body.

9. A battery module, comprising a secondary battery, wherein the secondary battery is plural in number and the secondary battery comprises:

an electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly comprises a main body and tabs extending from the main body;

a cap assembly, wherein the cap assembly comprises a cap plate, electrode terminals, and an insulation baffle, the electrode terminals are disposed on the cap plate, and the insulation baffle is connected to a side of the cap plate, wherein the side is close to the main body; and

current collection members, wherein the current collection members are at least partly located between the insulation baffle and the main body, and each of the current collection members comprises a tab connection portion connected to one of the tabs, a tilt portion and a terminal connection portion,

wherein the insulation baffle contains a first recess, a first bulge and a second bulge, wherein the first recess is recessed against a lower surface of the insulation baffle away from the main body, and the tab connection portion is at least partly accommodated in the first recess;

wherein the first bulge protrudes against the lower surface, and along the thickness direction of the insulation baffle, the terminal connection portion is located on a side of the first bulge, wherein the side is close to the main body, and the tilt portion is located on a side of the first bulge along a length direction of the secondary battery;

wherein along a direction close to the main body, the second bulge protrudes against the first bulge.

10. A device using a secondary battery as a power supply, wherein the device comprises the secondary battery, and the secondary battery comprises:

an electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly comprises a main body and tabs extending from the main body;

a cap assembly, wherein the cap assembly comprises a cap plate, electrode terminals, and an insulation baffle, the electrode terminals are disposed on the cap plate, and the insulation baffle is connected to a side of the cap plate, wherein the side is close to the main body; and

current collection members, wherein the current collection members are at least partly located between the insulation baffle and the main body, and each of the current collection members comprises a tab connection portion connected to one of the tabs, a tilt portion and a terminal connection portion,

wherein the insulation baffle contains a first recess, a first bulge and a second bulge, wherein the first recess is recessed against a lower surface of the insulation baffle away from the main body, and the tab connection portion is at least partly accommodated in the first recess;

wherein the first bulge protrudes against the lower surface, and along the thickness direction of the insulation baffle, the terminal connection portion is located on a side of the first bulge, wherein the side is close to the main body, and the tilt portion is located on a side of the first bulge along a length direction of the secondary battery;

wherein along a direction close to the main body, the second bulge protrudes against the first bulge.

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 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: XU, HU; CHEN, YUANBAO; XU, LONG; DONG, JIAO
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060036/0968 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202020306566.8 · Mar 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020141780 · Dec 30, 2020
Related Publication 20220285795A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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