IP Library Granted Patent US 12,230,813
Granted Patent B2
US 12,230,813 · App. 18/608,314 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Top cap assembly, battery, and electrical device

Inventors: Yukun Wu (Ningde, CN); Xiaoping Zhang (Ningde, CN); Wenzhu Xu (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M50/169H01M50/103H01M50/15
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Patent No.
US 12,230,813
App. No.
18/608,314
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A top cap assembly includes a top cap plate, a mounting piece, and a protection film. The top cap plate includes an inner side and an outer side disposed opposite to each other along a thickness direction of the top cap plate, the inner side and the outer side are spaced apart from each other to form a receptacle in between, and the receptacle communicates with an outside space. The mounting piece is disposed protrusively in the receptacle and comprising a fixed end and a free end disposed opposite to each other. The fixed end is disposed on a wall of the receptacle, and the free end extends along the thickness direction of the top cap plate and is spaced apart from the wall of the receptacle to form a threading clearance. One end of the protection film is attached to the mounting piece through the threading clearance.

Claims (16)

1. A top cap assembly, comprising:

a top cap plate, comprising an inner side and an outer side disposed opposite to each other along a thickness direction of the top cap plate and spaced apart from each other, the inner side has a first wall facing the outer side, the outer side has a second wall facing the inner side, a receptacle is formed between the first wall and the second wall, and the receptacle communicates with an outside space;

a mounting piece, disposed protrusively in the receptacle and comprising a fixed end and a free end disposed opposite to each other, wherein the fixed end is disposed on one of the first wall and the second wall, and the free end extends along the thickness direction of the top cap plate toward another one of the first wall and the second wall and is spaced apart from the other one of the first wall and the second wall to form a threading clearance between the free end and the other one of the first wall and the second wall; and

a protection film, wherein one end of the protection film extends into the receptacle through the threading clearance to be attached to the mounting piece.

2. The top cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the receptacle comprises a top wall and a bottom wall disposed opposite to each other along the thickness direction of the top cap plate, the fixed end of the mounting piece is disposed on one of the top wall or the bottom wall of the receptacle, and the free end is spaced apart from the other of the top wall or the bottom wall to form the threading clearance.

3. The top cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting piece further comprises a stop portion, and the stop portion is disposed protrusively on a surface of the free end, the surface being oriented back from an opening of the receptacle.

4. The top cap assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the stop portion and the free end are fitted together to form a snap hook structure oriented back from an opening surface of the receptacle.

5. The top cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting piece is one of at least two mounting pieces of the top cap assembly, and all the mounting pieces are arranged at intervals on an outer edge of the inner side along a circumferential direction.

6. The top cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a connecting hole matching the mounting piece is created on the protection film, and the connecting hole penetrates the mounting piece to connect the protection film and the top cap plate.

7. The top cap assembly according to claim 6 , wherein one end, attached to the mounting piece, of the protection film, is folded inward to form a folded edge, and the connecting hole is created on the folded edge.

8. The top cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the top cap plate comprises a boss, and the boss is supported between the inner side and the outer side along the thickness direction of the top cap plate to space out the inner side and the outer side to form the receptacle.

9. A battery, comprising:

a housing with an opening formed at one end, wherein an accommodation cavity communicating with the opening is formed inside the housing;

a battery cell, accommodated in the accommodation cavity; and

the top cap assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the top cap assembly is hermetically connected to the housing at the opening.

10. An electrical device, comprising an electrical main body and the battery according to claim 9 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: WU, YUKUN; ZHANG, XIAOPING; XU, WENZHU
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066891/0802 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202220730192.1 · Mar 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2023072860 · Jan 18, 2023
Related Publication 20240222753A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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