IP Library Granted Patent US 12,738,592
Granted Patent B2
US 12,738,592 · App. 18/187,207 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Pressure relief apparatus, battery cell, battery, and electrical device

Inventors: Mingguang Gu (Ningde, CN); Xiaobo Chen (Ningde, CN); Yao Li (Ningde, CN); Xuehui Wang (Ningde, CN); Yucang Hao (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M50/3425F16K17/403H01M50/147H01M50/15H01M50/249H01M2200/20H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,738,592
App. No.
18/187,207
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pressure relief apparatus includes a pressure relief body and a plurality of score grooves. The pressure relief body includes a pressure relief portion, and the pressure relief portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the pressure relief portion. A plurality of score grooves are sequentially arranged at the pressure relief portion in a direction from the first surface to the second surface. In two adjacent score grooves in the thickness direction, a maximum width of a score groove farther away from the first surface is less than a minimum width of a score groove closer to the first surface.

Claims (50)

1 . A pressure relief apparatus, comprising:

a pressure relief body, comprising a pressure relief portion, the pressure relief portion having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the pressure relief portion; and

a plurality of score grooves sequentially arranged at the pressure relief portion in a direction from the first surface to the second surface;

wherein:

in two adjacent score grooves of the plurality of score grooves in the thickness direction, a maximum width of one of the two adjacent score grooves that is farther away from the first surface is less than a minimum width of another one of the two adjacent score grooves that is closer to the first surface;

the plurality of score grooves comprise a first score groove, a second score groove, and a third score groove, the first score groove and the second score groove extend in a same direction, the first score groove is arranged on a bottom surface of the second score groove, the third score groove is arranged on the first surface, and the second score groove is arranged on a bottom surface of the third score groove;

the second score groove comprises a first groove section, a second groove section, and a third groove section, the first groove section and the second groove section are arranged at an interval, and both the first groove section and the second groove section intersect with the third groove section;

the pressure relief portion comprises an opening region jointly formed by the first groove section, the second groove section, and the third groove section; and

the second surface is provided with a notch groove located in the opening region, the notch groove is spaced apart from the third groove section in an extension direction of the first groove section, the extension direction of the first groove section is perpendicular to the third groove section, and a distance between the notch groove and the third groove section along a direction parallel to the extension direction of the first groove section is less than a distance between the end of the first groove section and the third groove section along the extension direction of the first groove section.

2 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the opening region is configured to open with the first groove section, the second groove section, and the third groove section as boundaries.

3 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second score groove further comprises a fourth groove section, in an extension direction of the third groove section, the fourth groove section is located between the first groove section and the second groove section, and the fourth groove section intersects with the third groove section.

4 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein in the extension direction of the third groove section, a distance from an intersection between the fourth groove section and the third groove section to the first groove section is equal to a distance from the intersection between the fourth groove section and the third groove section to the second groove section.

5 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the opening region is one of two opening regions jointly formed by the first groove section, the second groove section, and the third groove section, and the two opening regions are located on two sides of the third groove section, respectively.

6 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a distance H0 between the first surface and the second surface and a distance H1 from a bottom surface of one of the plurality of score grooves that is closest to the second surface among the plurality of score grooves to the second surface satisfy H1/H0<0.2.

7 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

a distance from a bottom surface of a first score groove of the plurality of score grooves that is closest to the second surface among the plurality of score grooves to the second surface is smaller than 0.5 mm;

a depth of a second score groove of the plurality of score grooves that is arranged on the first surface is smaller than 1 mm; or

a depth of a third score groove of the plurality of score grooves that is between the first score grooves and the second score groove is smaller than 1.5 mm.

8 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an accommodating space is formed inside the pressure relief body, the pressure relief body has a plurality of walls forming the accommodating space, the accommodating space is configured to accommodate an electrode assembly, and one of the plurality of walls is provided with the pressure relief portion.

9 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of walls comprise a peripheral wall and a bottom wall, the peripheral wall is arranged around an edge of the bottom wall, the peripheral wall and the bottom wall together jointly form the accommodating space, and the bottom wall is provided with the pressure relief portion.

10 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the peripheral wall and the bottom wall are of an integrally molded structure.

11 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first surface is an outer surface of the bottom wall.

12 . A battery cell, comprising:

a pressure relief apparatus comprising:

a pressure relief body, comprising a pressure relief portion, the pressure relief portion having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the pressure relief portion; and

a plurality of score grooves sequentially arranged at the pressure relief portion in a direction from the first surface to the second surface;

wherein:

in two adjacent score grooves of the plurality of score grooves in the thickness direction, a maximum width of one of the two adjacent score grooves that is farther away from the first surface is less than a minimum width of another one of the two adjacent score grooves that is closer to the first surface;

the plurality of score grooves comprise a first score groove, a second score groove, and a third score groove, the first score groove and the second score groove extend in a same direction, the first score groove is arranged on a bottom surface of the second score groove, the third score groove is arranged on the first surface, and the second score groove is arranged on a bottom surface of the third score groove;

the second score groove comprises a first groove section, a second groove section, and a third groove section, the first groove section and the second groove section are arranged at an interval, and both the first groove section and the second groove section intersect with the third groove section;

the pressure relief portion comprises an opening region jointly formed by the first groove section, the second groove section, and the third groove section; and

the second surface is provided with a notch groove located in the opening region, the notch groove is spaced apart from the third groove section in an extension direction of the first groove section, the extension direction of the first groove section is perpendicular to the third groove section, and a distance between the notch groove and the third groove section along a direction parallel to the extension direction of the first groove section is less than a distance between the end of the first groove section and the third groove section along the extension direction of the first groove section.

13 . A battery, comprising:

the battery cell according to claim 12 ; and

a box body configured to accommodate the battery cell.

14 . An electrical device, comprising the battery according to claim 13 .

15 . A manufacturing method for a pressure relief apparatus, the method comprising:

providing a pressure relief body, the pressure relief body comprising a pressure relief portion, the pressure relief portion having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the pressure relief portion; and

sequentially processing a plurality of score grooves on the pressure relief portion in a direction from the first surface to the second surface;

wherein:

in two adjacent score grooves in the thickness direction, a maximum width of one of the two adjacent score grooves that is farther away from the first surface is less than a minimum width of another one of the two adjacent score grooves that is closer to the first surface;

the plurality of score grooves comprise a first score groove, a second score groove, and a third score groove, the first score groove and the second score groove extend in a same direction, the first score groove is arranged on a bottom surface of the second score groove, the third score groove is arranged on the first surface, and the second score groove is arranged on a bottom surface of the third score groove;

the second score groove comprises a first groove section, a second groove section, and a third groove section, the first groove section and the second groove section are arranged at an interval, and both the first groove section and the second groove section intersect with the third groove section;

the pressure relief portion comprises an opening region jointly formed by the first groove section, the second groove section, and the third groove section; and

the second surface is provided with a notch groove located in the opening region, the notch groove is spaced apart from the third groove section in an extension direction of the first groove section, the extension direction of the first groove section is perpendicular to the third groove section, and a distance between the notch groove and the third groove section along a direction parallel to the extension direction of the first groove section is less than a distance between the end of the first groove section and the third groove section along the extension direction of the first groove section.

16 . The manufacturing method according to claim 15 , wherein sequentially processing the plurality of score grooves on the pressure relief portion in the direction from the first surface to the second surface comprises:

sequentially punching the plurality of score grooves on the pressure relief portion in the direction from the first surface to the second surface.

17 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second score groove further comprises a fourth groove section, in an extension direction of the third groove section, the fourth groove section is located between the first groove section and the second groove section, the fourth groove section intersects with the third groove section, and the fourth groove section is parallel to the first groove section and the second groove section, and perpendicular to the third groove section.

18 . The pressure relief apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of first groove section is equal to a depth of second groove section, and is less than a depth of third groove section.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: GU, MINGGUANG; CHEN, XIAOBO; LI, YAO; WANG, XUEHUI
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063045/0918 →
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: HAO, YUCANG
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063123/0085 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021115766 · Aug 31, 2021
Related Publication 20230223644A1 · Jul 13, 2023
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