IP Library Granted Patent US 12,002,992
Granted Patent B2
US 12,002,992 · App. 17/875,174 · Granted Jun 4, 2024

Battery, electrical device, and method and device for manufacturing battery

Inventors: Rulai Cai (Ningde, CN); Liwen Jiang (Ningde, CN); Fuping Luo (Ningde, CN); Tingting Zhu (Ningde, CN); Wumei Fang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
H01M50/503H01M50/213H01M50/516H01M50/526H01M50/548H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,002,992
App. No.
17/875,174
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application discloses a battery, an electrical device, and a method and device for manufacturing a battery. The battery includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged along a first direction, where electrode terminals are disposed on two end faces of each of the battery cells along the first direction respectively; and a busbar component, configured to connect the two electrode terminals to implement electrical connection between two battery cells. The busbar component includes a flexible bend portion. The flexible bend portion is configured to adjust a relative position between the two electrode terminals. A maximum width of the flexible bend portion along the first direction is greater than a distance between the two electrode terminals. The flexible bend portion disposed in the busbar component can be bent in various forms to meet a requirement of electrically connecting the two battery cells arranged at a variety of relative positions.

Claims (32)

1. A battery, comprising:

two battery cells arranged along a first direction, wherein two adjacent electrode terminals protrude on two adjacent end faces of the two battery cells along the first direction respectively; and

a busbar structure to connect the two adjacent electrode terminals of the two battery cells arranged along the first direction to implement electrical connection between the two battery cells,

wherein, the busbar structure comprises a flexible bend structure, the flexible bend structure adjusts a relative position between the two adjacent electrode terminals, and a maximum width of the flexible bend structure along the first direction is greater than a distance between the two adjacent electrode terminals, and

the flexible bend structure is not in contact with the two adjacent end faces of the two battery cells.

2. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum width of the flexible bend structure along the first direction is less than a distance between two adjacent end faces of the two battery cells.

3. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the busbar structure is configured to be bent through the flexible bend structure so that the two adjacent electrode terminals are disposed opposite to each other along the first direction.

4. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible bend structure protrudes from a gap between the two electrode terminals along a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

5. The battery according to claim 4 , wherein the flexible bend structure does not protrude beyond an outer periphery of the battery cell along the second direction.

6. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the busbar structure comprises:

a first connecting structure to fixedly connect to an electrode terminal of one of the two battery cells; and

a second connecting structure to fixedly connect to an electrode terminal of the other of the two battery cells, wherein

the flexible bend structure connects the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure.

7. The battery according to claim 6 , wherein the flexible bend structure comprises a plurality of conductor strips stacked in layers, the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure each comprise a conductor plate, and two ends of each conductor strip are fixedly connected to the conductor plate separately.

8. The battery according to claim 7 , wherein a ratio of a thickness of the conductor strip to a thickness of the conductor plate is 1/25 to 1/5.

9. The battery according to claim 6 , wherein the busbar structure comprises a plurality of conductor strips stacked in layers, the conductor strips of a preset length at two ends of the busbar structure fit closely with each other to form the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure respectively, and the conductor strips at middle positions of the busbar structure fit closely with each other to form the flexible bend structure.

10. The battery according to claim 6 , wherein the flexible bend structure comprises:

an arc structure, located at a middle position of the flexible bend structure;

a first guider to connect the arc structure and the first connecting structure; and

a second guider to connect the arc structure and the second connecting structure, wherein

the first guider and the second guider guide the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure respectively to bend in a case that the flexible bend structure is bent.

11. The battery according to claim 10 , wherein the first guider is arc-shaped, and a radius of the first guider is not greater than a radius of the arc structure; and/or

the second guider is arc-shaped, and a radius of the second guider is not greater than a radius of the arc structure.

12. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible bend structure is provided with a notch, and the flexible bend structure is configured to be bent through the notch.

13. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein a bending degree of the flexible bend structure is adjustable, and the flexible bend structure is configured to adjust the relative position between the two electrode terminals by adjusting the bending degree.

14. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of the flexible bend structure is an opened circle, an opened rectangle, or an opened ellipse.

15. An electrical device, comprising a battery, wherein the battery is configured to provide electrical energy, and the battery further comprises:

two battery cells arranged along a first direction, wherein two adjacent electrode terminals protrude on two adjacent end faces of the two battery cells along the first direction respectively; and

a busbar structure to connect the two adjacent electrode terminals of the two battery cells arranged along the first direction to implement electrical connection between the two battery cells,

wherein, the busbar structure comprises a flexible bend structure, the flexible bend structure adjusts a relative position between the two adjacent electrode terminals, and a maximum width of the flexible bend structure along the first direction is greater than a distance between the two adjacent electrode terminals, and

the flexible bend structure is not in contact with the two adjacent end faces of the two battery cells.

16. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum width of the flexible bend structure along the first direction is a maximum dimension of an outer contour of the flexible bend structure.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0723 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2022
From: JIANG, LIWEN; LUO, FUPING; ZHU, TINGTING; FANG, WUMEI
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061288/0441 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2022
From: CAI, RULAI
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061288/0520 →
Continuity (2)
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