IP Library Granted Patent US 12,592,435
Granted Patent B2
US 12,592,435 · App. 18/303,571 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Sealed power storage device

Inventors: Yozo Uchida (Toyota, JP); Tsuyoshi Ehara (Toyota, JP); Yuki Sato (Toyota, JP); Syoichi Tsuchiya (Toyota, JP); Masataka Asai (Toyota, JP); Tsuyoshi Asano (Toyota, JP); Masahiro Uchimura (Toyota, JP); Shigeru Matsumoto (Toyohashi, JP); Yasuaki Nagano (Kosai, JP)
Assignees: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYOTA BATTERY CO., LTD.
H01M50/121H01M50/103H01M50/15H01M50/16H01M50/176
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Patent No.
US 12,592,435
App. No.
18/303,571
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a sealed power storage device, a device case includes a resin case body with an opening and a resin lid closing the opening. The resin lid is made of electrical insulation resin. A metal terminal member is extended from inside to outside of the device case, penetrating through the resin lid. The resin lid is hermetically molded together with the metal terminal member so that the resin lid is directly joined to the outer peripheral surface of the metal terminal member without interposing another member between the resin lid and the metal terminal member.

Claims (18)

1 . A sealed power storage device, comprising:

an electrode body;

an electrolytic solution;

a device case accommodating the electrode body and the electrolytic solution; and

a metal terminal member connected to the electrode body and extended from inside to outside of the device case,

wherein the device case includes:

a case body having an opening; and

a lid closing the opening of the case body,

the lid is a resin lid made of a resin having electrical insulation,

the metal terminal member is extended from inside to outside of the device case to penetrate through the resin lid,

the resin lid is hermetically integrated with the metal terminal member in a form of directly joining to an outer peripheral surface of the metal terminal member without interposing another member between the resin lid and the metal terminal member,

the outer peripheral surface of the metal terminal member includes an annular roughened surface having pits and protrusions and extending to make a circuit of a periphery of the metal terminal member, and

the resin lid is hermetically joined to the annular roughened surface by a part of the resin that forms the resin lid, the part of the resin entering into the pits of the annular roughened surface of the metal terminal member.

2 . The sealed power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the case body is a resin case body made of a resin having electrical insulation, and

the device case is a resin device case including the resin case body and the resin lid joined to each other.

3 . The sealed power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the resin that forms the resin lid is either polyphenylene sulfide or polyarylene sulfide.

4 . The sealed power storage device according to claim 2 , wherein the resin that forms the resin lid and the resin that forms the resin case body are either polyphenylene sulfide or polyarylene sulfide.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 16, 2025
From: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
To: TOYOTA BATTERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070226/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: UCHIDA, YOZO; EHARA, TSUYOSHI; SATO, YUKI; TSUCHIYA, SYOICHI; ASAI, MASATAKA; UCHIMURA, MASAHIRO; ASANO, TSUYOSHI; MATSUMOTO, SHIGERU; NAGANO, YASUAKI
To: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063383/0826 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-086249 · May 26, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230387516A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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