IP Library Granted Patent US 12,580,286
Granted Patent B2
US 12,580,286 · App. 18/061,402 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Button cell and manufacturing method thereof and electronic equipment

Inventors: Bin Xie (Zhuhai, CN); Ning Peng (Zhuhai, CN); Longyun Chen (Zhuhai, CN); Yuxiang Zeng (Zhuhai, CN); Zhida Wei (Zhuhai, CN); Yongwang Wang (Zhuhai, CN); Zhifeng Wang (Zhuhai, CN); Desheng Xu (Zhuhai, CN); Hongkai Lin (Zhuhai, CN)
Assignee: Zhuhai CosMX Battery Co., Ltd
H01M50/636H01M50/109H01M50/169H01M50/184H01M50/536H01M50/538H01M50/566H01M50/627
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Patent No.
US 12,580,286
App. No.
18/061,402
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides a button cell and its manufacturing method and electronic equipment. The button cell includes a housing, an electrode assembly and a covering member, an accommodating cavity being provided in the housing, the electrode assembly being located in the accommodating cavity, the housing having a liquid injection hole for injecting electrolyte into the accommodating cavity; an outer surface of the housing having a recessed portion that is recessed towards an inner side of the accommodating cavity, the recessed portion being located at a orifice of the liquid injection hole and communicated with the liquid injection hole; and the covering member being welded to the outer side of the housing to cover the recessed portion and the liquid injection hole. The button cell and its manufacturing method and electronic equipment of the present.

Claims (58)

1 . A button cell, comprising: a housing, an electrode assembly and a covering member, wherein an accommodating cavity is disposed in the housing, the electrode assembly is located in the accommodating cavity, and the housing is provided with a liquid injection hole for injecting electrolyte into the accommodating cavity;

an outer surface of the housing is provided with a recessed portion, which is recessed towards an inner side of the accommodation cavity, and the recessed portion is located at an orifice of the liquid injection hole and communicated with the liquid injection hole; the covering member is welded to an outer side of the housing to cover the recessed portion and the liquid injection hole;

the housing comprises a lower housing and a cover plate assembly, the lower housing and the cover plate assembly enclosing together to form the accommodation cavity;

the lower housing comprises a bottom wall and a side wall surrounding the bottom wall, a bottom end of the side wall is connected with the bottom wall;

the cover plate assembly comprises a head cover and a conductive member, the head cover is connected to a top end of the side wall and is provided with a through hole, the through hole is covered by the conductive member, and the conductive member is connected with the head cover in an insulated manner; and the electrode assembly comprises a first tab and a second tab, the first tab is welded with the conductive member, and the second tab is welded with the bottom wall;

the conductive member comprises a boss portion, and the boss portion is arranged to correspond to the through hole of the head cover and protrudes beyond an outer side of other parts of the conductive member.

2 . The button cell according to claim 1 , wherein

the recessed portion surrounds the orifice along a circumferential direction of the liquid injection hole, so as to make the recessed portion form a counter bore structure.

3 . The button cell according to claim 1 , wherein

the liquid injection hole is located in the conductive part, the covering member is welded to the conductive member to cover the recessed portion and the liquid injection hole.

4 . The button cell according to claim 3 , wherein

the conductive member comprises a boss portion, and the boss portion is arranged to extend into an interior of the accommodation cavity through the through hole; and

the electrode assembly comprises a first tab, and the first tab is electrically connected with the boss portion.

5 . The button cell according to claim 4 , wherein

the covering member and the conductive member are welded with each other to form a first welding mark, the first welding mark being located on a side of the conductive member facing the covering member; and the first tab and the boss portion are welded with each other to form a second welding mark, the second welding mark being located on a side of the conductive member away from the covering member;

the first welding mark and the second welding mark are staggered; or

the first welding mark and the second welding mark are overlapped each other.

6 . The button cell according to claim 4 , wherein

a height of a protruding end face of the boss portion relative to a bottom of the lower housing is lower than that of a bottom end face of the head cover relative to the bottom of the lower housing; or

a side of the conductive member away from the boss portion is provided with a mounting groove, the mounting groove corresponds to the boss portion, the liquid injection hole is located at a groove bottom of the mounting groove, and the covering member is installed in the mounting groove.

7 . The button cell according to claim 1 , wherein

the liquid injection hole is located in the bottom wall, and the covering member is welded to the bottom wall to cover the liquid injection hole.

8 . An electronic equipment, comprising an electronic equipment body and the button cell according to claim 1 , wherein the button cell provides electric energy for the electronic equipment body.

9 . A button cell, comprising a housing, an electric core and a conductive member, wherein

the housing comprises a bottom housing and a head cover, the head cover is connected with the bottom housing in a sealed manner, the bottom housing and the head cover enclose together to form an accommodating cavity for holding the electric core, the head cover is provided with a through hole communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the conductive member covers the through hole and is connected with the head cover through a sealing rubber ring in an insulated and sealed manner;

the conductive member is also provided with a liquid injection port for injecting electrolyte into the accommodating cavity, the liquid injection port is covered with a covering member, and the covering member is hermetically connected with the liquid injection port;

the electric core has a first tab and a second tab, the first tab is butted to and welded with an inner bottom wall of the bottom housing, and the second tab is electrically connected with the conductive member.

10 . The button cell according to claim 9 , wherein the conductive member is provided with an extension penetrating through the through hole, the extension extends into the accommodating cavity, and the second tab is electrically connected with one end of the extension facing the accommodating cavity.

11 . The button cell according to claim 9 , wherein the covering member is a sealing nail; one end of the liquid injection port away from the accommodating cavity is provided with a counter bore, the diameter of the counter bore is larger than that of the liquid injection port, the counter bore is communicated with the liquid injection port, and the sealing nail is located in the counter bore and hermetically connected with the counter bore; and

the sealing nail is welded with the counter bore.

12 . The button cell according to claim 9 , wherein an electric core cavity is formed at a center of the electric core, and the electric core cavity is concentric with the housing and the liquid injection port; or

the head cover is provided with a counter bore, the conductive member is located in the counter bore, and an upper surface of the conductive member is flush with that of the head cover.

13 . The button cell according to claim 9 , wherein a cross section of the housing is circular; or the electric core is a winding-type electric core.

14 . The button cell according to claim 9 , further comprising a butting piece, the butting piece is located in the electric core cavity and is concentric with the electric core cavity, and one end of the butting piece is butted to the first tab to make the first tab tightly contact with the inner bottom wall of the bottom housing.

15 . An electronic equipment, comprising an electronic equipment body and the button cell according to claim 9 , wherein

the button cell provides electric energy for the electronic equipment body.

16 . A manufacturing method of a button cell, comprising the following steps:

covering a through hole of a head cover with a conductive member and making the head cover and the conductive member connected together in an insulate and sealed manner;

placing an electric core in an accommodating cavity of a bottom housing;

subjecting a first tab in the electric core to be butted to an inner bottom wall of the bottom housing with a butting piece, so as to make the first tab tightly contact with the inner bottom wall of the bottom housing;

welding the first tab to the inner bottom wall of the bottom housing;

electrically connecting a second tab in the electric core with the conductive member; and

removing the butting piece, injecting an electrolyte into the accommodating cavity from a liquid injection port of the conductive member, and after injection of the electrolyte is completed, covering the liquid injection port with a covering member and hermetically connecting the covering member with the conductive member.

17 . The manufacturing method of the button cell according to claim 16 , wherein before the first tab is welded to the inner bottom wall of the bottom housing, further comprising:

connecting the head cover provided with the conductive member to the bottom housing in a sealed manner; or

after the first tab is welded to the inner bottom wall of the bottom housing, further comprising:

connecting the head cover provided with the conductive member to the bottom housing in a sealed manner; or

before the head cover and the conductive member are connected together in an insulated and sealed manner, further comprising:

performing a passivation treatment on the head cover and the conductive member.

18 . The manufacturing method of the button cell according to claim 16 , wherein a step of covering a through hole of a head cover with a conductive member and making the head cover and the conductive member connected together in an insulated and sealed manner comprises:

covering the through hole of the head cover with the conductive member and making the head cover and the conductive member connected together in an insulated and sealed manner by means of heating and pressurization.

19 . A manufacturing method of the button cell according to claim 9 , comprising the following steps:

connecting a head cover with a conductive member together in an insulated and sealed manner, a through hole of the head cover being covered by the conductive member;

electrically connecting a second tab in an electric core with the conductive member;

placing the electric core electrically connected with the conductive member in an accommodating cavity that is formed by enclosing of a bottom housing and the head cover provided with the conductive member;

connecting the head cover that is provided with the conductive member with the bottom housing in a sealed manner;

welding a first tab in the electric core with the bottom housing; and

injecting an electrolyte into the accommodating cavity from a liquid injection port of the conductive member, and after injection of the electrolyte is completed, covering the liquid injection port with a covering member, and connecting the covering member with the conductive member in a sealed manner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2022
From: XIE, BIN; PENG, NING; CHEN, LONGYUN; ZENG, YUXIANG; WEI, ZHIDA; WANG, YONGWANG; WANG, ZHIFENG; XU, DESHENG; LIN, HONGKAI
To: ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061980/0784 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202010496417.7 · Jun 3, 2020 · national
CN 202110394741.2 · Apr 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021098182 · Jun 3, 2021
Related Publication 20230106855A1 · Apr 6, 2023
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