The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202110412543.4, filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on Apr. 16, 2021, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present application relates to the technical field of batteries, for example, to a battery top cover and a battery including the battery top cover.
With the development of new energy sources, there is an increasing market demand for lithium-ion batteries. In the battery industry, a top cover of a battery is generally manufactured by the pole encapsulation injection molding, riveting and other processes. For example, in a relatively common manufacturing process of the top cover, firstly, it is required to assemble and weld the cover plate and multiple parts configured to fix, insulate and isolate the pole, and finally, it is required to perform encapsulation injection molding to realize the protection of pole and the multiple parts. However, the top cover has more parts, a complex structure, and a tedious assembly process, which is not conductive to improving the manufacturing efficiency of the battery.
The present application provides a battery top cover and a battery, which are simple in structure, are high in production efficiency, and are low in manufacturing cost.
There is provided a battery top cover. The battery top cover includes a cover plate, a pressing plate, an insulation assembly and a pole. The cover plate is provided with a mounting hole penetrating through two sides in a thickness direction of the cover plate. The pole is disposed in the mounting hole and is spaced from the cover plate. The pole includes a pole body, a middle of a first end of the pole body is provided with a first mounting groove configured to mount a connection member, and a circumferential portion of the first end of the pole body is provided with a first flange. A free end of the first flange extends towards a direction facing away from an axis of the mounting hole. The pressing plate is sleeved on an end of the pole body facing away from the first flange. The insulation assembly is arranged between the pressing plate and the cover plate and between the first flange and the cover plate, and the cover plate and the insulation assembly are clamped between the pressing plate and the first flange.
There is further provided a battery. The battery includes a battery top cover, a cell and a connection member. One end of the connection member is connected to a tab of the cell, and another end of the connection member is connected to a bottom of a first mounting groove of the battery top cover to enable a pole of the battery top cover to be electrically connected to the cell through the connection member. The battery top cover includes a cover plate, a pressing plate, an insulation assembly and the pole. The cover plate is provided with a mounting hole penetrating through two sides in a thickness direction of the cover plate. The pole is disposed in the mounting hole and is spaced from the cover plate. The pole includes a pole body, a middle portion of a first end of the pole body is provided with a first mounting groove configured to mount a connection member, and a circumferential portion of the first end of the pole body is provided with a first flange. A free end of the first flange extends towards a direction facing away from an axis of the mounting hole. The pressing plate is sleeved on an end of the pole body facing away from the first flange. The insulation assembly is arranged between the pressing plate and the cover plate and between the first flange and the cover plate, and the cover plate and the insulation assembly are clamped between the pressing plate and the first flange.
Technical solution of the present application will be described hereinafter in conjunction with drawings and embodiments.
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One of the first insulation plate 31 and the cover plate 1 is provided with a positioning column 35, and another one of the first insulation plate 31 and the cover plate 1 is provided with a positioning groove fitted with the positioning column 35, and the positioning column 35 is inserted into the positioning groove. The positioning column 35 and the positioning groove are respectively arranged on the insulation member 3 and the cover plate 1, thereby facilitating the positioning and mounting of the insulation member 3, and avoiding the rotation of the insulation member 3 relative to the cover plate 1. In this embodiment, the positioning column 35 is arranged on a side of the first insulation plate 31 facing the cover plate 1, and the positioning groove is arranged on the cover plate 1.
In order to improve the mounting stability between the insulation member 3 and the cover plate 1, in a circumferential direction of the first insulation plate 31, multiple positioning columns 35 are arranged on a side of the first insulation plate 31 facing the cover plate 1, and the multiple positioning columns 35 are uniformly distributed.
The first insulation plate 31, the second insulation plate 32, the third insulation plate 33 and the positioning column 35 in the insulation member 3 are integrally injection molded.
In this embodiment, the positive pole and the negative pole are arranged on the cover plate 1 at intervals. Correspondingly, two insulation members 3 and two sealing rings 4 are provided, the two insulation members 3 are a positive insulation member and a negative insulation member, respectively, the two sealing rings 4 are a positive sealing ring and a negative sealing ring, respectively, the positive insulation member and the positive sealing ring are configured to correspond to the positive pole, the negative insulation member and the negative sealing ring are configured to correspond to the negative pole, and conductive particles are embedded within the positive insulation member. The insulation member 3 and the sealing ring 4 are made of an insulation material to enable the pole 5 to be insulated from the cover plate 1. In order to improve the safety of the battery in use, a small amount of conductive particles are added to the positive insulation member to enable the positive pole and the cover plate 1 to conduct, and to be in a weak conductive state.
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The sealing ring 4 includes a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion arranged at an included angle. The first sealing portion is located between the first flange 51 and the cover plate 1, the second sealing portion is located between the pole body 50 and the hole wall of the mounting hole 10, and the second sealing portion is configured to abut against the insulation member 3. The sealing ring 4 is an ring structure, and the sealing ring 4 is sleeved on an outer circumferential portion of the pole 5. The cross-section of sealing ring is āLā-shaped, that is, the sealing ring 4 includes a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion arranged perpendicular to each other. The sealing ring 4 is mounted at an opening of the mounting hole 10, the first sealing portion is clamped between the first flange 51 and the cover plate 1, and the second sealing portion is clamped between the pole body 50 and the hole wall of the mounting hole 10. This structure advantageously utilizes the self-shape of the sealing ring 4 for positioning. Moreover, the second sealing portion abuts against the insulation member 3, that is, a gap between the pole 5 and the hole wall of the mounting hole 10 is filled by the insulation member 3 and the sealing ring 4, thereby improving the mounting sealing of the pole 5.
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In an embodiment, the battery top cover further includes an insulation bracket 6, the insulation bracket 6 is arranged on a side of the cover plate 1 facing the cell, the insulation bracket 6 is provided with an avoidance hole 61 communicating with the mounting hole 10, a hole wall of the avoidance hole 61 is provided with a second flange 62, and a free end of the second flange 62 extends towards an axial direction of the avoidance hole 61 to enable the second flange 62 to be clamped between the first flange 51 and the cover plate 1. In this embodiment, the insulation bracket 6 plays a role of the insulation protection. The avoidance hole 61 is disposed to pass through at the least one of the pole 5 and the connection member 7. The second flange 62 is arranged on the avoidance hole 61 and the second flange 62 is clamped between the first flange 51 and the cover plate 1, and the mounting and fixing of the insulation bracket 6 are achieved, compared to the welding manner in the related art, which is conductive to simplifying the structure and the manufacturing process.
The cover plate 1 is further provided with an explosion-proof valve, and two ends of the explosion-proof valve communicate with the interior of the battery and the exterior of the battery, respectively, and the pressure relief may be performed through the explosion-proof valve in a case of a safety accident of the battery during use, thereby improving the safety in utilization. The cover plate 1 is provided with an explosion-proof hole 13 communicating with the interior of the battery and the exterior of the battery, an outlet end of the explosion-proof valve communicates with the explosion-proof hole 13, a protective film 8 is further arranged on the cover plate 1, and the protective film 8 is configured to selectively seal and block the explosion-proof hole 13. The explosion-proof valve undergoes the pressure relief when the internal pressure of the battery exceeds a set value. Generally, the explosion-proof hole 13 is in a state to be used, and the explosion-proof hole 13 communicates with the exterior of the battery only during the pressure relief to achieve the pressure relief. The protective film 8 is used to cover the explosion-proof hole 13, which is conductive to protecting the explosion-proof hole 13 and preventing external impurities from entering the explosion-proof hole 13. The protective film 8 is made of a low-strength material, or the protective film 8 is adhered to the cover plate 1 by using a low-viscosity adhesive layer, and when the explosion-proof valve is subjected to the pressure relief, the ejected gas or liquid can break the protective film 8 to enable the explosion-proof valve to communicate with the exterior of the battery.
The cover plate 1 is further provided with a liquid injection hole 14. The liquid injection hole 14 is configured to inject the electrolyte into the interior of the housing. The liquid injection hole 14 is sealed and blocked after the injection of the electrolyte is completed.
According to this embodiment, the first mounting groove 52 is arranged in the middle portion of the first end of the pole 5, the first flange 51 is arranged at the circumferential portion of the first end of the pole 5, and the pressing plate 2 is arranged at the second end of the pole 5, and the cover plate 1 and the insulation assembly are clamped between the pressing plate 2 and the first flange 51, and the mounting and fixing of the pole 5 are achieved, which is conductive to reducing a number of parts of the battery top cover and avoiding the encapsulation injection molding of the battery top cover, and has the characteristics of simple structure, simplified manufacturing process and low manufacturing cost. Meanwhile, the first mounting groove 52, which is configured to mount the connection member 7, is arranged in the middle portion of the first end of the pole 5, and the connection member 7 is welded within the first mounting groove 52, thereby avoiding the heat influence on the insulation assembly located at the circumferential portion of the pole 5 during welding. Moreover, the first mounting groove 52 configured to mount the connection member 7 is arranged at the first end of the pole 5, and the mounting space between the pole 5 and the cell is increased.
There is further provided a battery including the battery top cover described above. The battery further includes a cell and a connection member 7. One end of the connection member 7 is connected to a tab of the cell, and another end of the connection member 7 is connected to a bottom of the first mounting groove 52, and the pole 5 is electrically connected to the cell through the connection member 7. In this embodiment, the connection member 7 is welded to the bottom of the first mounting groove 52, which is conductive to keeping the welding position away from the sealing ring 4 sleeved on the circumferential portion of the pole 5, and avoiding the heat effect on the sealing ring 4 during welding. Moreover, the mounting space between the pole 5 and the cell is increased, and the welding operation is facilitated.
The battery was manufactured as follows. In a first step, the cover plate 1, the pressing plate 2, the insulation member 3, the sealing ring 4, the pole 5 and the insulation bracket 6 are formed separately. The cover plate 1 is formed by sheet stamping forming, the insulation member 3 is formed by injection molding, and the pole 5 is formed by extrude-stretch forming. In a second step, the cover plate 1, the pressing plate 2, the insulation member 3, the sealing ring 4, the pole 5 and the insulation bracket 6 are assembled, the pole 5 is passed through the mounting hole 10, and the first flange 51 is located on the side of the cover plate 1 facing the cell. The pressing plate 2 is sleeved on an end of the pole 5 facing away from the cell, the insulation member 3 is clamped between the pressing plate 2 and the cover plate 1, the sealing ring 4 is clamped between the first flange 51 and the cover plate 1, and the second flange 62 of the insulation bracket 6 is clamped between the first flange 51 and the cover plate 1. In a third step, the pressure is applied to the pressing plate 2 to enable the insulation member 3, the sealing ring 4, the second flange 62 and the cover plate 1 to be clamped between the pressing plate 2 and the first flange 51, and then the pressing plate 2 and the pole 5 are welded to fix the pressing plate 2. In a fourth step, a top end of the battery is connected to the core through the connection member 7, the core is inserted into the interior of the housing, and the cover plate 1 and the housing are welded, and the cover plate 1 of the battery is fixed to the cell.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 202110412543.4 | Apr 2021 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/CN2021/126261 | 10/26/2021 | WO |