SECONDARY BATTERY

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Patent No.: US None
App. No.: 18/069,935

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Abstract

In a secondary battery, a lid member and a negative terminal are integrated through a resin. The negative terminal includes a first member and a second member. A first bonded surface of a lower surface of the first member is bonded to a second bonded surface of an upper surface of the second member. The first member includes a projecting portion at an outer peripheral edge of the lower surface of the first member. The second member includes a chamfered portion at an outer peripheral edge of the upper surface of the second member. The projecting portion and the chamfered portion are combined with each other so that the projecting portion contacts the chamfered portion.

Claims (65)

1 . A secondary battery comprising:

a case having an opening;

a lid member that closes the opening; and

an electrode terminal,

wherein the lid member and the electrode terminal are integrated with resin,

the electrode terminal includes a first member and a second member placed under the first member,

the first member includes a lower surface including: an outer peripheral edge; and a first bonded surface located inside the outer peripheral edge,

the second member includes an upper surface including: an outer peripheral edge; and a second bonded surface located inside the outer peripheral edge,

at least a part of the first bonded surface and at least a part of the second bonded surface are bonded to each other,

the first member further includes a projecting portion along the outer peripheral edge of the lower surface, the projecting portion projecting downward from the first bonded surface,

the second member further includes a chamfered portion along the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface, the chamfered portion inclining outward and downward from the second bonded surface, and

the projecting portion of the first member and the chamfered portion of the second member combined with each other so that the projecting portion contacts at least a part of the chamfered portion.

2 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a projection height of the projecting portion of the first member, the projection height being a distance from the first bonded surface to a distal end of the projecting portion in a vertical direction, is equal to or larger than a chamfer depth of the chamfered portion of the second member, the chamfer depth being a distance from the second bonded surface to a lower end of the chamfered portion.

3 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the projecting portion of the first member includes a projecting inclined face that is inclined with respect to an outer peripheral surface of the first member and faces the chamfered portion, and

an inclination angle of the projecting inclined face with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the first member is equal to or smaller than an inclination angle of the chamfered portion with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the first member.

4 . The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein

the projecting portion of the first member includes a projecting inclined face that is inclined with respect to an outer peripheral surface of the first member and faces the chamfered portion, and

5 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the projecting portion has a rounded shape in cross-section.

6 . The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the distal end of the projecting portion has a rounded shape in cross-section.

7 . The secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the distal end of the projecting portion has a rounded shape in cross-section.

8 . The secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the distal end of the projecting portion has a rounded shape in cross-section.

9 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the projecting portion extends over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral edge of the lower surface of the first member in a circumference direction, and