IP Library Patent Application 18617697
Patent Application
App. No. 18/617,697

BATTERY

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App. No.
18/617,697
Abstract

In a battery, a lid member of a battery case is provided with a terminal part and a resin member. The terminal part has a terminal plate-shaped portion located inside the battery case, which extends wider than a through hole along an inner surface of the lid member. The resin member has an inner resin plate-shaped portion located between the inner surface of the lid member and the terminal plate-shaped portion. The lid member, on the inner surface side around the through hole, includes a protruding portion defined by a protruding inner surface joined to the inner resin plate-shaped portion and protruding toward the inside of the battery case relative to a non-protruding inner surface farther from the through hole than the protruding inner surface. Side surfaces of the protruding portion and the terminal plate-shaped portion do not project outward beyond a side surface of the inner resin plate-shaped portion.

Claims (27)

1 . A battery comprising:

a battery case formed with a through hole;

a terminal part provided extending through the through hole to inside and outside of the battery case; and

a resin member provided between and joined to the battery case and the terminal part,

wherein the terminal part includes a columnar portion, at least a part of which is located in the through hole, and a terminal plate-shaped portion that is located in the battery case and has a shape extending more widely than the through hole along an inner surface of the battery case,

the resin member includes a tube-shaped portion located between a wall surface of the through hole and the columnar portion of the terminal part, and a resin plate-shaped portion located between the inner surface of the battery case and the terminal plate-shaped portion,

the battery case includes a protruding portion, on the inner surface along a circumferential edge of the through hole, the protruding portion including a joining inner surface that is joined to the resin plate-shaped portion and located protruding toward the inside of the battery case as compared with a portion of the inner surface, that is farther from the through hole than the joining inner surface, and

the protruding portion and the terminal plate-shaped portion each have a side surface that does not project outward beyond a side surface of the resin plate-shaped portion.

2 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the side surface of the resin plate-shaped portion projects beyond at least one of the side surface of the protruding portion and the side surface of the terminal plate-shaped portion.

3 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the resin member is made of base resin containing filler, and

the filler in the resin plate-shaped portion is mainly oriented in an orientation direction parallel to the joining inner surface of the battery case and a joining surface of the terminal plate-shaped portion joined to the resin plate-shaped portion.

4 . The battery according to claim 2 , wherein

the resin member is made of base resin containing filler, and

the filler in the resin plate-shaped portion is mainly oriented in an orientation direction parallel to the joining inner surface of the battery case and a joining surface of the terminal plate-shaped portion joined to the resin plate-shaped portion.

5 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the protruding portion of the battery case and the terminal plate-shaped portion of the terminal part includes a region that faces the resin plate-shaped portion and is formed with fine asperities, and

the resin member penetrates into the asperities to form an anchor structure.

6 . The battery according to claim 2 , wherein

at least one of the protruding portion of the battery case and the terminal plate-shaped portion of the terminal part includes a region that faces the resin plate-shaped portion and is formed with fine asperities, and

the resin member penetrates into the asperities to form an anchor structure.

7 . The battery according to claim 3 , wherein

at least one of the protruding portion of the battery case and the terminal plate-shaped portion of the terminal part includes a region that faces the resin plate-shaped portion and is formed with fine asperities, and

the resin member penetrates into the asperities to form an anchor structure.

8 . The battery according to claim 4 , wherein

at least one of the protruding portion of the battery case and the terminal plate-shaped portion of the terminal part includes a region that faces the resin plate-shaped portion and is formed with fine asperities, and

the resin member penetrates into the asperities to form an anchor structure.

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 Mar 27, 2024
From: FUJIMURA, SATOSHI; SATO, YUKI; UCHIDA, YOZO; TATEYAMA, NOZOMI; UCHIMURA, MASAHIRO; ASAI, MASATAKA; MATSUMOTO, SHIGERU; TAKIMOTO, TAKASHI; NAKAMURA, SHUNSUKE; MACHIDA, KEITARO
To: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066925/0547 →