IP Library Granted Patent US 12,562,438
Granted Patent B2
US 12,562,438 · App. 18/076,764 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Power storage device

Inventor: Daiki Watanabe (Kakogawa, JP)
Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
H01M50/533H01M50/538
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Patent No.
US 12,562,438
App. No.
18/076,764
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a power storage device, a plurality of electrode tabs includes a bent portion bent in a tab thickness direction. At least one of the electrode tabs constituting an electrode tab group has a shape that a tab width of a connection-side bent portion of bent portions, which is located on a side close to a tab connection portion, is smaller than a tab width of a tab connection portion including a bonded portion located on an inside in a tab width direction, the bonded portion being bonded to an electrode terminal directly or through another or other electrode tabs.

Claims (59)

1 . A power storage device comprising:

an electrode body having a flat shape and including a plurality of electrode sheets each having an electrode sheet body, and an electrode tab protruding from the electrode sheet body, in which the electrode tabs of the electrode sheets overlap one another in a tab thickness direction to form an electrode tab group, wherein the tab thickness direction is perpendicular to both a tab width direction and a direction in which the electrode tab protrudes from the electrode sheet body;

a case in which the electrode body is accommodated; and

an electrode terminal that is fixedly provided to the case, extends from inside to outside of the case, and is bonded to the electrode tab group in the case,

wherein each of the electrode tabs includes a plurality of bent portions bent in the tab thickness direction,

the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each include a tab connection portion including a bonded portion that is located on an inside in the tab width direction and bonded to the electrode terminal directly or through another or other electrode tabs, and the at least one bent portion includes a connection-side bent portion located close to the tab connection portion,

the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each further include a tab base portion,

the plurality of bent portions include a base-side bent portion located closest to the tab base portion,

among the plurality of bent portions, the connection-side bent portion and the base-side bent portion are bent in opposite directions in the tab thickness direction, forming an S-shaped electrode tab,

at least one of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group has a shape in which a tab width of the connection-side bent portion is smaller than a tab width of the tab connection portion, and

at least one of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group has a shape in which a tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than a tab width of the tab base portion.

2 . The power storage device according to 1 , wherein among the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group, at least an electrode tab with the connection-side bent portion bent with a smallest curvature radius has a shape in which the tab width of the connection-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab connection portion.

3 . The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the connection-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab connection portion.

4 . The power storage device according to claim 2 , wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the connection-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab connection portion.

5 . The power storage device according to claim 2 , wherein

the at least one bent portion of each of the electrode tabs comprises a plurality of bent portions,

the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each further include a tab base portion,

the plurality of bent portions include a base-side bent portion located closest to the tab base portion, and

at least one of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group has a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

6 . The power storage device according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one bent portion of each of the electrode tabs comprises a plurality of bent portions,

the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each further include a tab base portion,

the plurality of bent portions include a base-side bent portion located closest to the tab base portion, and

at least one of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group has a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

7 . The power storage device according to claim 4 , wherein

the at least one bent portion of each of the electrode tabs comprises a plurality of bent portions,

the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each further include a tab base portion,

the plurality of bent portions include a base-side bent portion located closest to the tab base portion, and

at least one of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group has a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

8 . The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein among the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group, at least an electrode tab with the base-side bent portion bent with a smallest curvature radius has a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

9 . The power storage device according to claim 5 , wherein among the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group, at least an electrode tab with the base-side bent portion bent with a smallest curvature radius has a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

10 . The power storage device according to claim 6 , wherein among the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group, at least an electrode tab with the base-side bent portion bent with a smallest curvature radius has a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

11 . The power storage device according to claim 7 , wherein among the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group, at least an electrode tab with the base-side bent portion bent with a smallest curvature radius has a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

12 . The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

13 . The power storage device according to claim 5 , wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

14 . The power storage device according to claim 6 , wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

15 . The power storage device according to claim 7 , wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

16 . The power storage device according to claim 8 , wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

17 . The power storage device according to claim 9 , wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion.

18 . The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode body is accommodated in the case without being bound by the case in an electrode body thickness direction.

19 . A power storage device comprising:

an electrode body having a flat shape and including a plurality of electrode sheets each having an electrode sheet body, and an electrode tab protruding from the electrode sheet body, in which the electrode tabs of the electrode sheets overlap one another in a tab thickness direction to form an electrode tab group, wherein the tab thickness direction is perpendicular to both a tab width direction and a direction in which the electrode tab protrudes from the electrode sheet body;

a case in which the electrode body is accommodated; and

an electrode terminal that is fixedly provided to the case, extends from inside to outside of the case, and is bonded to the electrode tab group in the case,

wherein each of the electrode tabs includes a plurality of bent portions bent in the tab thickness direction,

the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each include a tab connection portion including a bonded portion that is located on an inside in the tab width direction and bonded to the electrode terminal directly or through another or other electrode tabs, and the at least one bent portion includes a connection-side bent portion located close to the tab connection portion,

the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each further include a tab base portion,

the plurality of bent portions include a base-side bent portion located closest to the tab base portion,

among the plurality of bent portions, the connection-side bent portion and the base-side bent portion are bent in opposite directions in the tab thickness direction, forming an S-shaped electrode tab,

at least one of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group has a shape in which a tab width of the connection-side bent portion is smaller than a tab width of the tab connection portion, and

at least one of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group has a shape in which a tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than a tab width of the tab base portion,

wherein among the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group, at least an electrode tab with the connection-side bent portion bent with a smallest curvature radius has a shape in which the tab width of the connection-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab connection portion,

wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the connection-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab connection portion,

wherein the at least one bent portion of each of the electrode tabs comprises a plurality of bent portions,

and

at least one of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group has a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion,

wherein among the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group, at least an electrode tab with the base-side bent portion bent with a smallest curvature radius has a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion,

wherein more than half of the electrode tabs constituting the electrode tab group each have a shape in which the tab width of the base-side bent portion is smaller than the tab width of the tab base portion, and

wherein the electrode body is accommodated in the case without being bound by the case in an electrode body thickness direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: WATANABE, DAIKI
To: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062011/0709 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-054448 · Mar 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230318150A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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