METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE
A method for producing a power storage device includes forming a lid, forming a lid assembly, closing, and welding. In forming a lid, there is included forming, by forging, a protruding portion between a peripheral portion and an insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid to block scattered light of a laser beam from being irradiated to a resin member, with a distance D from an end surface of the peripheral portion to a side surface of the protruding portion falling within 0.5t (D≤0.5t) relative to a thickness t of the lid.
1 . A method for producing a power storage device,
the power storage device including:
a case including a bottomed tube-shaped case body having an opening portion, and a lid that is laser-welded to the case body over an entire circumference and closes the opening portion,
a terminal member inserted in an insertion hole that penetrates through the lid in a lid thickness direction, and
a resin member joined to the terminal member and joined to an insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid, which surrounds the insertion hole, while insulating between the insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid and the terminal member,
wherein the method comprises:
forming the lid;
forming a lid assembly that includes the lid and the terminal member integrated with the lid via the resin member, by forming the resin member by insert-molding in a state where the terminal member is inserted in the insertion hole of the lid;
closing the opening portion of the case body with the lid of the lid assembly; and
laser-welding the opening portion of the case body and a peripheral portion of the lid over the entire circumference to form the case by irradiating a laser beam from an outer side in the lid thickness direction of the lid,
wherein forming the lid comprises:
using forging,
forming a protruding portion between the peripheral portion and the insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid so as to protrude toward the outer side in the lid thickness direction to block scattered light of the laser beam irradiated to the opening portion and the peripheral portion from being irradiated to the resin member,
such that the protruding portion is located at a position with a distance D from an end surface of the peripheral portion to a side surface of a proximal portion of the protruding portion on the peripheral portion side falling within 0.5t (D≤0.5t), relative to a thickness t of the lid.
2 . The method for producing the power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the opening portion of the case body has a rectangular ring shape including a pair of long-side opening portions and a pair of short-side opening portions,
the peripheral portion of the lid has a rectangular ring shape including a pair of long-side peripheral portions and a pair of short-side peripheral portions,
in closing the opening portion, the lid is placed to close the opening portion of the case body so that the pair of long-side peripheral portions of the lid faces the pair of long-side opening portions of the case body and the pair of short-side peripheral portions of the lid faces the pair of short-side opening portions of the case body, and
the protruding portion includes a pair of protruding strip portions located one by one between the pair of long-side peripheral portions and the insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid, the protruding strip portions extending along the long-side peripheral portions.
3 . A power storage device comprising:
a case including a bottomed tube-shaped case body having an opening portion, and a lid that is laser-welded to the case body over an entire circumference and closes the opening portion;
a terminal member inserted into an insertion hole that penetrates through the lid in a lid thickness direction; and
a resin member joined to the terminal member and joined to an insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid, which surrounds the insertion hole, while insulating between the insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid and the terminal member,
wherein the lid includes a protruding portion which is located between a peripheral portion and the insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid, which protrudes toward an outer side in the lid thickness direction, which blocks scattered light of a laser beam irradiated to the opening portion and the peripheral portion from being irradiated to the resin member, and which is formed by forging such that a distance D of the protruding portion from an end surface of the peripheral portion to a side surface of a proximal portion of the protruding portion on the peripheral portion side is within 0.5t (D≤0.5t) with respect to a thickness t of the lid, and
the resin member has been prevented by the protruding portion of the lid from formation of a scorched portion.
4 . The power storage device according to claim 3 , wherein
the opening portion of the case body has a rectangular ring shape including a pair of long-side opening portions and a pair of short-side opening portions,
the peripheral portion of the lid has a rectangular ring shape including a pair of long-side peripheral portions and a pair of short-side peripheral portions,
the protruding portion includes a pair of protruding strip portions located one by one between the pair of long-side peripheral portions and the insertion-hole surrounding portion of the lid, the protruding strip portions extending along the long-side peripheral portions, and
the resin member has been prevented by the protruding strip portions of the lid from formation of a scorched portion at peripheral proximity portions, which are close to the long-side peripheral portions.