BATTERY CELL, BATTERY AND ELECTRIC DEVICE
A battery cell, a battery and an electric device are provided. The battery cell includes a casing, which is provided with an opening; an electrode assembly, which is accommodated inside the casing; and a cover body, which closes the opening and forms a sealing structure with the casing. One of the casing and the cover body is provided with a first flange portion; the first flange portion is connected to the other one of the casing and the cover body by means of a connection portion; the connection portion includes a first region and a second region; and the strength of the second region is lower than the strength of the first region.
1 . A battery cell, comprising:
a casing, having an opening;
an electrode assembly, accommodated in the casing; and
a cover body, configured for closing the opening and forming a sealing structure with the casing,
wherein one of the casing and the cover body has a first flange portion, the first flange portion is connected to the other of the casing and the cover body through a connection portion, the connection portion comprises a first region and a second region, and a strength of the second region is lower than a strength of the first region.
2 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the connection portion is a colloid or a welding portion.
3 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the connection portion is an annular connection portion provided in a circumferential direction of the opening.
4 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the connection portion has at least one gap, and the second region is the at least one gap.
5 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the connection portion is a welding portion, and a penetration depth of the second region is smaller than a penetration depth of the first region.
6 . The battery cell according to claim 5 , wherein the penetration depth of the second region is not greater than two thirds of the penetration depth of the first region.
7 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the second region is located at a long side of a connection region of the cover body and the casing.
8 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the casing has the first flange portion at one end thereof where the opening is, the cover body has a second flange portion, the first flange portion and the second flange portion are seamed and connected to form a seaming part, the seaming part is the sealing structure, and the seaming part is connected to the cover body through the connection portion.
9 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the cover body has the first flange portion, the casing has a second flange portion at one end thereof where the opening is, the first flange portion and the second flange portion are seamed and connected to form a seaming part, the seaming part is the sealing structure, and the seaming part is connected to the casing through the connection portion.
10 . The battery cell according to claim 8 , wherein the seaming part is coiled at least one turn.
11 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the casing has a limiting portion and the first flange portion at one end thereof where the opening is, and an edge portion of the cover body is clamped between the limiting portion and the first flange portion.
12 . The battery cell according to claim 11 , wherein the limiting portion is an annular structure extending in a circumferential direction of the casing, and the limiting portion forms a protrusion at an inner peripheral surface of the casing, and forms a recess at an outer peripheral surface of the casing.
13 . The battery cell according to claim 11 , wherein the battery cell further comprises:
a sealing member, provided between the limiting portion and the first flange portion, wherein the cover body and the casing are sealingly connected by the sealing member to form the sealing structure.
14 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein cover body is a wall with a largest area among all walls of the battery cell.
15 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein the battery cell further comprises:
electrode terminals, provided on the cover body or on a surface of the casing adjacent to the cover body, wherein the electrode terminals are electrically connected to the electrode assembly.
16 . The battery cell according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the casing is 0.2-1.8 mm, and/or a thickness of the cover body is 0.2-1.8 mm.
17 . A battery, comprising a plurality of battery cells each of which is according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of battery cells are stacked in a first direction, a first wall of each of the battery cells is perpendicular to the first direction, the connection portion is disposed on the second wall, and the second wall intersects with the first wall.
18 . An electric device, comprising at least one battery cell each according to claim 1 .
19 . The battery cell according to claim 2 , wherein the casing has the first flange portion at one end thereof where the opening is, the cover body has a second flange portion, the first flange portion and the second flange portion are seamed and connected to form a seaming part, the seaming part is the sealing structure, and the seaming part is connected to the cover body through the connection portion.
20 . The battery cell according to claim 2 , wherein the cover body has the first flange portion, the casing has a second flange portion at one end thereof where the opening is, the first flange portion and the second flange portion are seamed and connected to form a seaming part, the seaming part is the sealing structure, and the seaming part is connected to the casing through the connection portion.