IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,217,972
Granted Patent B2
US 10,217,972 · App. 15/628,385 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Battery pack

Inventors: Mieko Hara (Tokyo, JP); Jiro Moriya (Chiba, JP); Tomomaru Ueda (Kanagawa, JP); Michihito Kobayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Toshiyuki Okada (Aichi, JP); Hideki Kamiya (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H01M2/0202H01M2/0217H01M2/0404H01M2/0473H01M2/06H01M2/1011H01M2/1022H01M2/1061H01M2/1066H01M2/30H01M2/34H01M10/0525H01M2002/0205H01M2220/30Y02E60/122
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,217,972
App. No.
15/628,385
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a pack main body of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a battery cell is embedded, and a terminal portion provided on a front face of the pack main body. The pack main body includes bevelled portions at corner portions formed by a top face and a bottom face and opposite side faces. The terminal portion is provided, in a protruding manner, on the front face at a position biased with respect to center lines in a width direction and a height direction. The corner portions on one side have a chamfered shape and the corner portions on the other side have a rounded shape.

Claims (31)

1. A battery comprising:

a pack main body having a front side and a back side in a length direction, a top side and bottom side in a height direction, and opposite sides in a width direction in which a battery cell is embedded; and

a terminal portion provided on the front side of the pack main body,

wherein the pack main body includes first bevelled portions at corner portions formed by the top side and the opposite sides and second bevelled portions at corner portions formed by the bottom side and the opposite sides, and

wherein the terminal portion protrudes from the front side of the pack main body at a position biased to one side with respect to center lines in the width direction and the height direction, and

wherein third bevelled portions are formed at corner portions formed by the front side, and the top side, and the bottom side of the pack main body and a fourth bevelled portions are formed at corner portions formed by the back side, and the top side, and the bottom side of the pack main body, and

wherein the fourth bevelled portions are smaller than the third bevelled portions, and

wherein the first bevelled portions and the second bevelled portions are differently shaped.

2. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first bevelled portions have a first chamfered shape and the second bevelled portions have a second chamfered shape.

3. The battery according to claim 2 , wherein:

first bevelled portions have a continuous rounded shape that includes the first chamfered shape in a middle of the continuous rounded shape, and

the first chamfered shape is the same as the second chamfered shape of the second bevelled portions.

4. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein concave portions stretching between the opposite sides and the bottom side are formed on the front side of the pack main body.

5. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first bevelled portions have a first rounded shape and the second bevelled portions have a second rounded shape.

6. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first bevelled portions include a rounded shape and the second bevelled portions include a chamfered shape.

7. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pack main body is formed by half cases, wherein one of the half cases is matte finished.

8. The battery according to claim 6 , further comprising:

an insertion direction display portion formed on the top side of the pack main body.

9. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the terminal portion is provided with a negative terminal, a control terminal, and a positive terminal in this order from the center line in the width direction.

10. The battery according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second bevelled portions include a chamfered surface and rounded surfaces provided at both sides of the chamfered surface.

11. The battery according to claim 10 ,

wherein the chamfered surface formed by the angle of the bevel is 45 degrees and a measurement of the bevel is 3 mm.

12. The battery according to claim 9 , further comprising:

concave portions positioned at the corner portions formed by the bottom side and the opposite sides, on the front side of the pack main body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2017
From: HARA, MIEKO; MORIYA, JIRO; UEDA, TOMOMARU; KOBAYASHI, MICHIHITO; OKADA, TOSHIYUKI; KAMIYA, HIDEKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043581/0920 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14333360 · Jul 16, 2014
Continuation 13321089
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