Provided is a battery pack having a bidirectional cooling structure, which uniformly supplies or discharge heat to/from battery modules that are disposed to overlap each other.

A cell structure for a secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of electrode tabs extending from the electrodes to an outside of the electrode assembly, and a plurality of lead tabs electrically connected to the electrode tabs and contacting the electrode assembly. In the cell structure, a part of each of the lead tabs is folded, and the electrode tabs are inserted into the folded part of each of the lead tabs.

A current collector assembly, such as for a bipolar lead acid battery, can include an electrically-conductive silicon substrate and a frame bonded to the electrically-conductive silicon substrate. The substrate can be treated or modified, such as to include one or more thin films which render a surface substrate electrically conductive and electrochemically stable in the presence of a lead acid electrolyte chemistry. An interface between the frame and the electrically-conductive silicon substrate can be hermetically sealed. In an example, the frame can provide an edge-seal ring configuration. In an example, a casing assembly can include a spacer bonded to the substrate, along with a casing segment and a thermally-conductive rib, the spacer isolating the thermally-conductive rib from the electrically-conductive silicon substrate electrically.

The present disclosure provides a battery module. The battery module comprises: a plurality of mono-batteries arranged along an arrangement direction; and a frame receiving and fixing the plurality of mono-batteries. The battery module further comprises a plurality of isolating plates, each isolating plate is interposed between two adjacent mono-batteries, each isolating plate is provided with a through hole penetrating along the arrangement direction. Each isolating plate is configured to be capable of self-foaming to make a volume of each isolating plate expanded when each isolating plate is heated and a temperature of each isolating plate is more than 200 C. When one mono-battery suffers thermal runaway, the through hole of each isolating plate can form air thermal resistance, thereby preventing heat generated by the runaway mono-battery from massively and quickly transferring to the large surfaces of the adjacent mono-batteries, so as to achieve the purpose of thermal isolation.

An energy storage apparatus including: an outer case having an opening portion; a plurality of energy storage devices arranged in a first direction in the outer case; and a positioning projection disposed on opposedly facing inner side surfaces of the outer case, extending in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction toward a lower side of the outer case opposite from the opening, and being capable of positioning the adjacently disposed energy storage devices at the lower side of the outer case.

A battery system includes a battery frame, a battery module, and a polymeric seat. The battery frame includes a horizontal bottom plate and a plurality of members that extend in a vertical direction from the bottom plate. The battery module includes at least one battery cell enclosed inside body of the battery module. The battery module also includes an attachment surface fixedly attached to the body and one or more supports that extend downward from to the body. The attachment surface is fixedly attached to one or more of plurality of members to generate a force on the one or more supports in a direction of the bottom plate. The polymeric seat is fixedly attached to either the one or more supports or the battery frame and removably contacts the other of the one or more supports or the battery frame. The polymeric seat is compressed in response to the force.

The present invention provides an all-solid-state secondary battery and a method for producing the same that can prevent the collapse of a laminate due to a shearing force occurring in the peripheral portion of the laminate when the laminate is pressed, and the occurrence of an internal short circuit can be prevented. The all-solid-state secondary battery includes a laminate and a plate-shaped insulating member both arranged between the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector. The laminate includes a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer. The plate-shaped insulating member is arranged around the laminate and contacted at least with the solid electrolyte layer to electrically insulate the positive electrode layer from the negative electrode layer. In the insulating member, a contact inner edge portion contacted with the laminate is thicker than a plate-shaped portion on the outer side.

A battery module includes: a cell stack body that is constituted by a plurality of cells stacked in a front-rear direction and comprises a front surface, a rear surface, a left surface, a right surface, an upper surface, and a lower surface; a pair of end plates that are disposed on the front surface and the rear surface of the cell stack body; and a pair of side frames disposed on the right surface and the left surface of the cell stack body. An end of the end plate and an end of the side frame have an overlapping portion in which the end of the end plate and the end of the side frame overlap with each other when viewed from an up-down direction. The overlapping portion has a through hole passing through in the up-down direction. A connection shaft is inserted into the through hole.

A cell structure for a secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of electrode tabs extending from the electrodes to an outside of the electrode assembly, and a plurality of lead tabs electrically connected to the electrode tabs and contacting the electrode assembly. In the cell structure, a part of each of the lead tabs is folded, and the electrode tabs are inserted into the folded part of each of the lead tabs.

A cartridge for a secondary battery includes a cooling channel in which an upper cooling plate and a lower cooling plate are respectively coupled to an upper rim and a lower rim of a ring-shaped main frame having a hollow central area to face each other, the cooling channel being formed in a space between the upper cooling plate and the lower cooling plate, and the main frame includes an opening configured to form an inlet and an outlet of the cooling channel by passing through the main frame in a lateral direction, the opening having an edge area chamfered such that a diameter thereof expands in an outward direction.