Patent classifications
H01M50/112
Battery with enhanced resistance to dendrite formation
A battery includes a case having a feedthrough port, a feedthrough assembly disposed in the feedthrough port, and a cell stack disposed within the case. The feedthrough port includes an inner conductor and an insulator core separating the inner conductor from the case. The cell stack includes an anode, a cathode, and a separator insulating the anode from the cathode, wherein the anode and cathode are offset from one another. An insulating boot surrounding the cell stack insulates the cell stack from the case. The insulating boot has an opening configured to receive therein the feedthrough assembly, which may include overmolded insulation. The interior surfaces and interior walls of the battery case may be thermal spray-coated with a dielectric material to prevent lithium dendrite formation between cathode and anode surfaces.
Battery box for a block battery
The aim of the disclosure is to improve a battery box to the extent that, when manufactured and used in a simple manner, the performance of the battery is ensured also over a longer period of time and responses can be made to modifications to the box, to the pressures prevailing in the box, etc. This aim is achieved, according to the disclosure, by a battery box, for a block battery, for receiving at least one battery cell having an electrode plate, said battery box comprising a main body, which is made of plastics material and has two end walls, which extend substantially in parallel with the electrode plates, and two side walls, which extend substantially at a right angle to said end walls, the end walls and side walls each having a top edge and a bottom edge and being interconnected so as to form a corner edge and the side walls having on the outer faces thereof a fastening edge extending at an angle to the corner edge.
Battery box for a block battery
The aim of the disclosure is to improve a battery box to the extent that, when manufactured and used in a simple manner, the performance of the battery is ensured also over a longer period of time and responses can be made to modifications to the box, to the pressures prevailing in the box, etc. This aim is achieved, according to the disclosure, by a battery box, for a block battery, for receiving at least one battery cell having an electrode plate, said battery box comprising a main body, which is made of plastics material and has two end walls, which extend substantially in parallel with the electrode plates, and two side walls, which extend substantially at a right angle to said end walls, the end walls and side walls each having a top edge and a bottom edge and being interconnected so as to form a corner edge and the side walls having on the outer faces thereof a fastening edge extending at an angle to the corner edge.
CASE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL FOR A BATTERY, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL ARRANGEMENT FOR A BATTERY COMPRISING SUCH A CASE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A CELL ARRANGEMENT
A case accommodates at least one active element of an electrochemical cell. The case includes at least one duct that receives a circulation of a cooling fluid. The duct is arranged so as to be passed through by at least one electrical connector of the electrochemical cell.
Thermal epoxy and positioning of electrochemical cells
The present disclosure includes a battery module having a housing with a first end (having a cell receptacle region) and a second end opposite to the first end. The battery module includes a stack of electrochemical cells inserted through the cell receptacle region of the housing, disposed between the first end and the second end of the housing, and having terminal ends of all the electrochemical cells of the stack aligned in a planar area. The battery module includes a bus bar carrier disposed over the stack of electrochemical cells and within the cell receptacle region of the housing. The bus bar carrier includes bus bars disposed thereon that interface with the terminal ends. The battery module includes a layer of thermal epoxy disposed between the second end of the housing and a bottom side of the stack of electrochemical cells.
TEMPERATURE CONTROL MECHANISM FOR BATTERY CELL
A battery cell that includes a plurality of anodes and a plurality of cathodes is provided. The battery cell has a pouch laminate disposed over the plurality of anodes and the plurality of cathodes along with a temperature control mechanism centrally located within the pouch laminate. The temperature control mechanism is disposed between anodes of the plurality of anodes and cathodes of the plurality of cathodes such that the temperature control mechanism is centrally located within battery cell. The temperature control mechanism can regulate a temperature of the battery cell while also regulate an amount of pressure applied to the plurality of anodes and cathodes. The temperature control mechanism can include passageways through which heat transfer fluid can pass that be used to regulate the temperature and the pressure.
MULTICAVITY ELECTRIC POWER ACCUMULATOR
An accumulator comprising an outer insulating case configured for accommodating an electrolyte internally to which there is contained, in addition to said electrolyte, an inner block characterized in that said inner block has a geometrical structure formed of a plurality of hollow cells communicating with each other to form a alveolar structure, every hollow cell comprising a wall wherein at least one hole is derived configured in such a way as to put the volume internal to said hole in communication with the volume external thereto, in that said block is formed of an alternation of conductive material regions and insulating material regions integral and alternating with each other to form electrodes and separators, and in that said geometrical structure formed of a plurality of hollow cells communicating with each other is uninterrupted in correspondence with the separation surfaces between said conductive material regions and said insulating material regions.
MULTICAVITY ELECTRIC POWER ACCUMULATOR
An accumulator comprising an outer insulating case configured for accommodating an electrolyte internally to which there is contained, in addition to said electrolyte, an inner block characterized in that said inner block has a geometrical structure formed of a plurality of hollow cells communicating with each other to form a alveolar structure, every hollow cell comprising a wall wherein at least one hole is derived configured in such a way as to put the volume internal to said hole in communication with the volume external thereto, in that said block is formed of an alternation of conductive material regions and insulating material regions integral and alternating with each other to form electrodes and separators, and in that said geometrical structure formed of a plurality of hollow cells communicating with each other is uninterrupted in correspondence with the separation surfaces between said conductive material regions and said insulating material regions.
Housing for Rechargeable Batteries
Lithium ion batteries are provided that include materials that provide advantageous endothermic functionalities contributing to the safety and stability of the batteries. If the temperature of the lithium ion battery rises above a predetermined level, the endothermic materials serve to provide one or more functions to prevent and/or minimize the potential for thermal runaway, e.g., thermal insulation (particularly at high temperatures); (ii) energy absorption; (iii) venting of gases produced, (iv) raising total pressure within the battery structure; (v) removal of absorbed heat from the battery system via venting of gases produced during the endothermic reaction(s) associated with the endothermic materials, and/or (vi) dilution of toxic gases (if present) and their safe expulsion from the battery system. Multi-core rechargeable electrochemical assemblies are also provided that include a plurality of jelly rolls, a negative current collector, a positive current collector, and a metal case.
ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
An electrochemical apparatus, including two electrode assemblies and a packaging shell, where the two electrode assemblies are respectively disposed in independent cavities in the packaging shell; each electrode assembly includes two tabs with opposite polarities, where at least one tab of one electrode assembly is connected to one of two tabs of the other electrode assembly, and orthographic projections of the two connected tabs along a seal thickness direction Z overlap to form a tab overlapping region; and a ratio α of an overlapping width of the two connected tabs along a seal length direction X at an outer edge of a seal of the packaging shell viewed along the seal thickness direction Z to a width of either of the two connected tabs satisfies 40%<α≤100%. The electrochemical apparatus not only implements high-voltage output, but also improves packaging reliability of a tab region during the high-voltage output.