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US 12,224,448 · App. 17/189,100 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Cell frame set and energy storage device package including cell frame set

Inventors: Jinbing Zhou (Ningde, CN); Xin Wang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
H01M50/202H01M50/227
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Patent No.
US 12,224,448
App. No.
17/189,100
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cell frame set, including a first frame and a second frame. The first frame includes a first side edge and a second side edge opposite to the first side edge; the first side edge and the second side edge of the first frame are provided with protruding structures. The second frame includes a first side edge and a second side edge opposite to the first side edge; the first side edge and the second side edge of the second frame are provided with fitting members. The protruding structure of the first frame forms a tight fit with the fitting member of the second frame.

Claims (54)

1. A cell frame set for a cell, comprising:

a first frame having a first side edge of the first frame and a second side edge of the first frame opposite to the first side edge of the first frame, wherein the first side edge of the first frame and the second side edge of the first frame are provided with protruding structures; and

a second frame having a first side edge of the second frame and a second side edge of the second frame opposite to the first side edge of the second frame, wherein the first side edge of the second frame and the second side edge of the second frame are provided with fitting structures,

wherein,

the protruding structures of the first frame form a fit with the fitting structures of the second frame;

the first frame further comprises a third side edge of the first frame and a fourth side edge of the first frame opposite to the third side edge of the first frame, the first frame is provided with a first baffle plate at the third side edge of the first frame;

the first baffle plate comprises a two-layer stepped structure with a support region;

the cell frame set is configured to structurally support the cell such that:

the cell extends in a first direction from the third side edge of the first frame to the fourth side edge of the first frame; and

the support region supports a cell tab of the cell, wherein the cell tab rests on the support region of the two-stepped layer structure and has a first bend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and has a second bend in a third direction opposite to the second direction, such that the bent cell tab forms a U shape; and

the first baffle plate separates bent cell tabs of adjacent layers of cells from each other.

2. The cell frame set according to claim 1 , wherein the first frame is provided with a second baffle plate at the fourth side edge.

3. The cell frame set according to claim 2 , wherein the second baffle plate is a double-layer stepped structural member.

4. The cell frame set according to claim 1 , wherein the first frame is provided with convex structures at intersections of (i) the first side edge of the first frame, (ii) the third side edge of the first frame, and (iii) the fourth side edge of the first frame; and at intersections of (1) the second side edge of the first frame, (2) the third side edge of the first frame, and (3) the fourth side edge of the first frame.

5. The cell frame set according to claim 1 , wherein two sides of the U shape are perpendicular to the first direction.

6. A cell frame set for a cell, comprising:

a first frame having a first side edge of the first frame and a second side edge of the first frame opposite to the first side edge of the first frame, wherein the first side edge of the first frame and the second side edge of the first frame are provided with protruding structures;

a second frame having a first side edge of the second frame and a second side edge of the second frame opposite to the first side edge of the second frame, wherein the first side edge of the second frame and the second side edge of the second frame are provided with fitting structures;

at least one intermediate frame disposed between the first frame and the second frame, each of the at least one intermediate frame having a first side edge and a second side edge opposite to the first side edge, wherein the first side edge and the second side edge of the each of the at least one intermediate frame are provided with a protruding structure and a fitting structure corresponding to the protruding structure;

the protruding structure of one intermediate frame forms a fit with the fitting structure of the second frame, the fitting structure of the one intermediate frame or another intermediate frame forms a fit with the protruding structure of the first frame;

the first frame further comprises a third side edge of the first frame and a fourth side edge of the first frame opposite to the third side edge of the first frame, the first frame is provided with a first baffle plate at the third side edge of the first frame;

the first baffle plate comprises a two-layer stepped structure with a support region;

the cell extends in a first direction from the third side edge of the first frame to the fourth side edge of the first frame;

the support region supports a cell tab of the cell, wherein the cell tab rests on the support region of the two-stepped layer structure and has a first bend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and has a second bend in a third direction opposite to the second direction, such that the bent cell tab forms a U shape; and

the first baffle plate separates bent cell tabs of adjacent layers of cells from each other.

7. The cell frame set according to claim 6 , wherein the first frame is provided with a second baffle plate at the fourth side edge.

8. The cell frame set according to claim 6 , wherein the first side edge of the intermediate frame is correspondingly combined with the second side edge of the adjacent intermediate frame.

9. The cell frame set according to claim 6 , wherein:

the first frame is provided with convex structures at intersections of (i) the first side edge of the first frame, (ii) the third side edge of the first frame, and (iii) the fourth side edge of the first frame; and

the first frame is provided with the convex structures at intersections of (1) the second side edge of the first frame, (2) the third side edge of the first frame, and (3) the fourth side edge of the first frame.

10. The cell frame set according to claim 6 , wherein the first side edge of the intermediate frame comprises a first pattern on a first surface, and the second side edge of the intermediate frame comprises a second pattern on a first surface, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern have a fool-proof function.

11. The cell frame set according to claim 6 , wherein two sides of the U shape are perpendicular to the first direction.

12. An energy storage device package, comprising:

a fixing steel strip;

a package housing; and

a cell frame set for a cell, comprising:

a first frame having a first side edge of the first frame and a second side edge of the first frame opposite to the first side edge of the first frame, wherein the first side edge of the first frame and the second side edge of the first frame are provided with protruding structures; and

a second frame having a first side edge of the second frame and a second side edge of the second frame opposite to the first side edge of the second frame, wherein the first side edge of the second frame and the second side edge of the second frame are provided with fitting structures,

wherein,

the protruding structures of the first frame form a fit with the fitting structures of the second frame;

the first frame further comprises a third side edge of the first frame and a fourth side edge of the first frame opposite to the third side edge of the first frame, the first frame is provided with a first baffle plate at the third side edge of the first frame;

the first baffle plate comprises a two-layer stepped structure with a support region;

the cell frame set is configured to structurally support the cell such that:

the cell extends in a first direction from the third side edge of the first frame to the fourth side edge of the first frame; and

the support region supports a cell tab of the cell, wherein the cell tab rests on the support region of the two-stepped layer structure and has a first bend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and has a second bend in a third direction opposite to the second direction, such that the bent cell tab forms a U shape; and

the first baffle plate separates bent cell tabs of adjacent layers of cells from each other; and

wherein the fixing steel strip surrounds and fixes the cell frame set, and the package housing covers the fixed cell frame set.

13. The energy storage device package according to claim 12 , wherein the package housing comprises a fiber material and a resin material, wherein the fiber material is selected from the group consisting of glass fibers, carbon fibers and a combination thereof, and the resin material is selected from the group consisting of an ABS resin, a PC resin, a PA66 resin and a combination thereof.

14. The energy storage device package according to claim 12 , wherein the package housing comprises an upper cover, a lower cover and two side covers, wherein the upper cover further comprises grooves disposed at two ends thereof.

15. The energy storage device package according to claim 14 , wherein the upper cover has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface has a plurality of first through holes, the second surface has a plurality of second through holes, and the plurality of first through holes are not aligned with the plurality of second through holes in a direction perpendicular to the first surface.

16. The energy storage device package according to claim 12 , further comprising: an insulator, wherein the insulator covers a first portion of the fixing steel strip and exposes a second portion of the fixing steel strip.

17. The energy storage device package according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a cell, wherein:

the first baffle plate provides a support region such that a cell tab of the cell is bent in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the cell in the support region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2021
From: ZHOU, JINBING; WANG, XIN
To: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057047/0244 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 201910934489.2 · Sep 29, 2019 · national
CN 201921651026.7 · Sep 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020080023 · Mar 18, 2020
Related Publication 20210184302A1 · Jun 17, 2021
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