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Granted Patent B2
US 12,626,977 · App. 17/956,204 · Granted May 12, 2026

Top cover assembly for battery and battery

Inventors: Weidong Xu (Xiamen, CN); Nan Zhang (Xiamen, CN); Yang Tang (Xiamen, CN); Ziqi Yi (Xiamen, CN); Zuyu Wu (Xiamen, CN)
Assignee: HITHIUM TECH HK LIMITED
H01M50/16H01M50/172H01M50/186H01M50/342H01M50/55H01M50/627
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Patent No.
US 12,626,977
App. No.
17/956,204
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a top cover assembly of battery and top cover assembly, the top cover assembly comprising: a top cover having first recess on top surface, the first recess is provided around mounting hole; a terminal post penetrating mounting hole, first end of terminal post is limited to a side of top cover on which a bottom surface is located, second end of terminal post is higher than top surface of top cover; an upper plastic member provided on a side of top cover where top surface thereof is located and surrounding second end of terminal post to be connected to second end of the terminal post, the upper plastic member has a first boss on a bottom surface, the first boss is accommodated in the first recess, the bottom surface of the upper plastic member is connected to the top surface of the top cover.

Claims (38)

1 . A top cover assembly for a battery, the battery comprising a housing having an opening and a jelly-roll disposed within the housing, the top cover assembly being for closing the opening, wherein the top cover assembly comprises:

a top cover, the top cover having at least one mounting hole, the mounting hole extending through the top cover in a thickness direction of the top cover, the top cover having a first recess on a top surface thereof, the first recess being provided around the mounting hole;

a terminal post, the terminal post penetrating the mounting hole, a first end of the terminal post being limited to a side of the top cover on which a bottom surface thereof is located, a second end of the terminal post being higher than the top surface of the top cover; and

an upper plastic member, the upper plastic member being provided on a side of the top cover on which the top surface is located and surrounding the second end of the terminal post to be connected to the second end of the terminal post, the upper plastic member having a first boss on a bottom surface thereof, the first boss being accommodated in the first recess, the bottom surface of the upper plastic member being located on the top surface of the top cover, wherein:

a first convex ring is provided at an outer edge of the first recess, and

the first convex ring is provided around the mounting hole,

a first concave ring is provided at a position of the first boss of the upper plastic member corresponding to the first convex ring, and

the first convex ring is embedded in the first concave ring.

2 . The top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the top cover assembly further comprises a lower plastic member, the lower plastic member being provided on a side of the top cover on which the bottom surface thereof is located; and

the top cover is provided with a second recess on the bottom surface thereof, the second recess is provided around the mounting hole, a second boss matching the second recess is provided at a position of the lower plastic member corresponding to the second recess, and the second boss is accommodated in the second recess.

3 . The top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first convex ring is provided along an edge of the first recess, and the first convex ring protrudes from the top surface of the top cover.

4 . The top cover assembly according to claim 2 , wherein:

the first recess has a rectangular shape; and/or

the second recess has a rectangular shape.

5 . The top cover assembly according to claim 2 , wherein an area of a projection of the first recess on the top surface of the top cover is smaller than an area of a projection of the second recess on the top surface of the top cover.

6 . The top cover assembly according to claim 2 , wherein a depth of the first recess is less than a depth of the second recess.

7 . The top cover assembly according to claim 2 , wherein a volume of the first recess is the same as a volume of the second recess, and the volume of the first recess is a volume of a cavity enclosed by the first recess; and a volume of the second recess is a volume of a cavity enclosed by the second recess.

8 . The top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the top cover has two mounting holes, and

the two mounting holes are located at two ends of the top cover and are symmetrically located with respect to a centerline of the top cover.

9 . The top cover assembly according to claim 8 , wherein:

the top cover is further provided with a liquid injection hole extending through the top cover in the thickness direction of the top cover, and

the liquid injection hole is located between the two mounting holes and is offset from the centerline of the top cover.

10 . The top cover assembly according to claim 9 , wherein:

the top cover is further provided with an explosion-proof through hole extending through the top cover in the thickness direction of the top cover, and

the explosion-proof through hole is located between the two mounting holes and located on the centerline of the top cover.

11 . The top cover assembly according to claim 10 , wherein a sum of areas of the mounting hole, the liquid injection hole and the explosion-proof through hole is S1, and a total area of the top cover is S, 0<S1/S≤0.2.

12 . The top cover assembly according to claim 2 , wherein an inner edge of the first recess and an inner edge of the second recess are both connected to a hole edge of the mounting hole.

13 . The top cover assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the upper plastic member is connected to the second end of the terminal post by a snap-fit structure, the snap-fit structure comprising a snap slot and a snap protrusion that cooperate with each other, the snap slot being provided on one of the upper plastic member and the second end of the terminal post, and the snap protrusion being provided on the other of the second end of the terminal post and the upper plastic member.

14 . The top cover assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the snap-fit structure is located at least partially within the mounting hole.

15 . The top cover assembly according to claim 2 , wherein:

the top cover assembly further comprises a sealing member,

the top cover, the upper plastic member, the terminal post and the lower plastic member jointly form an accommodating cavity for accommodating the sealing member, and

the sealing member is disposed in the accommodating cavity.

16 . The top cover assembly according to claim 15 , wherein a portion of the sealing member is embedded between an inner surface of the mounting hole and an outer surface of the terminal post.

17 . The top cover assembly according to claim 16 , wherein another portion of the sealing member is embedded between the second recess and the first end of the terminal post.

18 . A battery comprising the top cover assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2025
From: SHENZHEN HAIRUN NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; XIAMEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: HITHIUM TECH HK LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070395/0480 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: XIAMEN HITHIUM NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: XIAMEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061709/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: XU, WEIDONG; ZHANG, NAN; TANG, YANG; YI, ZIQI; WU, ZUYU
To: SHENZHEN HAIRUN NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; XIAMEN HITHIUM NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061257/0227 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202122508489.1 · Oct 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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