IP Library Granted Patent US 12,040,498
Granted Patent B1
US 12,040,498 · App. 18/535,897 · Granted Jul 16, 2024

Top patch, energy-storage apparatus, and electricity-consumption device

Inventors: Weidong Xu (Guangdong, CN); Yongfeng Xiong (Guangdong, CN); Feng Wang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignees: Shenzhen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd.; Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd.
H01M50/15H01M50/119H01M50/143H01M50/164H01M50/317H01M50/325H01M50/333H01M50/342H01M50/3425H01M50/197H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,040,498
App. No.
18/535,897
Granted
Jul 16, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

A top patch, an energy-storage apparatus, and an electricity-consumption device are provided. The top patch defines a first pole through-hole and a first hole spaced apart from the first pole through-hole in a length direction of the top patch, the first hole includes two side walls arranged opposite to each other in a width direction of the top patch, each of the two side walls is provided with an extension bump, the first hole at one side of the extension bump forms a first explosion-proof valve through-hole, the first hole at the other side of the extension bump forms a second pole through-hole, and an angle at which each of the hole wall of the first pole through-hole, the hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and the hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole is inclined relative to a connecting surface ranges from 25 degrees to 85 degrees.

Claims (24)

1. A top patch configured to be attached to a smooth aluminum sheet of an energy-storage apparatus, wherein: the top patch defines a first pole through-hole and a first hole spaced apart from the first pole through-hole in a length direction of the top patch; the first hole comprises two side walls arranged opposite to each other in a width direction of the top patch; each of the two side walls is provided with an extension bump; the first hole at one side of the extension bump forms a first explosion-proof valve through-hole; the first hole at the other side of the extension bump forms a second pole through-hole; the top patch further comprises a connecting surface configured to be connected to the smooth aluminum sheet; each of a hole wall of the first pole through-hole, a hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and a hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole is arranged obliquely relative to the connecting surface; and an angle at which each of the hole wall of the first pole through-hole, the hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and the hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole is inclined relative to the connecting surface ranges from 25 degrees to 85 degrees.

2. The top patch according to claim 1 , wherein each of the hole wall of the first pole through-hole, the hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and the hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole has a flat surface with a fixed slope; or

each of the hole wall of the first pole through-hole, the hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and the hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole has a curved surface with a variable slope.

3. The top patch according to claim 1 , wherein the first hole between the two extension bumps forms a connecting through-hole, the connecting through-hole is located between the second pole through-hole and the first explosion-proof valve through-hole, the connecting through-hole communicates with the second pole through-hole and the first explosion-proof valve through-hole, and a hole wall of the connecting through-hole is obliquely arranged relative to the connecting surface.

4. The top patch according to claim 3 , wherein each of the two extension bumps further has a first curved surface, and the hole wall of the connecting through-hole is connected to the hole wall of the second pole through-hole through the first curved surface.

5. The top patch according to claim 4 , wherein a radius of curvature of the first curved surface ranges from 1 mm to 5 mm.

6. The top patch according to claim 3 , wherein the first hole further has a second curved surface, and the hole wall of the connecting through-hole is connected to the hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole through the second curved surface.

7. The top patch according to claim 6 , wherein a radius of curvature of the second curved surface ranges from 1 mm to 5 mm.

8. The top patch according to claim 1 , wherein in the width direction of the top patch, a length of each of the two extension bumps protruding relative to one side wall ranges from 0.5 mm to 5.5 mm.

9. The top patch according to claim 1 , wherein in the width direction of the top patch, a distance between the hole wall of the second pole through-hole and an outer edge of the top patch ranges from 2 mm to 5 mm.

10. The top patch according to claim 9 , wherein in the width direction of the top patch, a ratio of the distance between the hole wall of the second pole through-hole and the outer edge of the top patch to a width of the second pole through-hole ranges from ⅙ to ¼.

11. The top patch according to claim 3 , wherein the connecting through-hole is an identification through-hole, and an identification on the smooth aluminum sheet is exposed beyond the identification through-hole.

12. An energy-storage apparatus comprising a smooth aluminum sheet and a top patch, wherein: the top patch is attached to a top surface of the smooth aluminum sheet; the top patch defines a first pole through-hole and a first hole spaced apart from the first pole through-hole in a length direction of the top patch; the first hole comprises two side walls arranged opposite to each other in a width direction of the top patch; each of the two side walls is provided with an extension bump; the first hole at one side of the extension bump forms a first explosion-proof valve through-hole; the first hole at the other side of the extension bump forms a second pole through-hole; the top patch further comprises a connecting surface configured to be connected to the smooth aluminum sheet; each of a hole wall of the first pole through-hole, a hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and a hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole is arranged obliquely relative to the connecting surface; and an angle at which each of the hole wall of the first pole through-hole, the hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and the hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole is inclined relative to the connecting surface ranges from 25 degrees to 85 degrees.

13. The energy-storage apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the smooth aluminum sheet comprises a smooth aluminum-sheet body and a negative electrode protrusion, wherein the negative electrode protrusion protrudes from the smooth aluminum-sheet body, and the negative electrode protrusion is exposed beyond the second pole through-hole; and

in a width direction of the smooth aluminum sheet, a distance between an edge of the negative electrode protrusion and an edge of the smooth aluminum-sheet body is a first distance, the distance between the hole wall of the second pole through-hole and an outer edge of the top patch is a second distance, and the second distance is less than the first distance.

14. The energy-storage apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the smooth aluminum-sheet body has a first surface facing the top patch, the energy-storage apparatus further comprises a wrapping film, and an edge of the wrapping film covers a portion of an edge of the first surface; and

in the width direction of the smooth aluminum sheet, a width of the wrapping film covering the portion of the first surface is a third distance, and the second distance is greater than the third distance.

15. The energy-storage apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein each of the hole wall of the first pole through-hole, the hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and the hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole has a flat surface with a fixed slope; or

each of the hole wall of the first pole through-hole, the hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and the hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole has a curved surface with a variable slope.

16. The energy-storage apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein: the first hole between the two extension bumps forms a connecting through-hole, the connecting through-hole is located between the second pole through-hole and the first explosion-proof valve through-hole, the connecting through-hole communicates with the second pole through-hole and the first explosion-proof valve through-hole, and a hole wall of the connecting through-hole is obliquely arranged relative to the connecting surface.

17. An electricity-consumption device, comprising an energy-storage apparatus, wherein: the energy-storage apparatus comprises a smooth aluminum sheet and a top patch; the top patch is attached to a top surface of the smooth aluminum sheet; the top patch defines a first pole through-hole and a first hole spaced apart from the first pole through-hole in a length direction of the top patch; the first hole comprises two side walls arranged opposite to each other in a width direction of the top patch; each of the two side walls is provided with an extension bump; the first hole at one side of the extension bump forms a first explosion-proof valve through-hole; the first hole at the other side of the extension bump forms a second pole through-hole; the top patch further comprises a connecting surface configured to be connected to the smooth aluminum sheet; each of a hole wall of the first pole through-hole, a hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and a hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole is arranged obliquely relative to the connecting surface; and an angle at which each of the hole wall of the first pole through-hole, the hole wall of the second pole through-hole, and the hole wall of the first explosion-proof valve through-hole is inclined relative to the connecting surface ranges from 25 degrees to 85 degrees.

18. The electricity-consumption device according to claim 17 , wherein in the width direction of the top patch, a length of each of the two extension bumps protruding relative to one side wall ranges from 0.5 mm to 5.5 mm.

19. The electricity-consumption device according to claim 17 , wherein in the width direction of the top patch, a distance between the hole wall of the second pole through-hole and an outer edge of the top patch ranges from 2 mm to 5 mm.

20. The electricity-consumption device according to claim 19 , wherein in the width direction of the top patch, a ratio of the distance between the hole wall of the second pole through-hole and the outer edge of the top patch to a width of the second pole through-hole ranges from ⅙ to ¼.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2025
From: SHENZHEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; XIAMEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: HITHIUM TECH HK LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070384/0015 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2023
From: XU, WEIDONG; XIONG, YONGFENG; WANG, FENG
To: SHENZHEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; XIAMEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065832/0718 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202310091038.3 · Feb 9, 2023 · national