Provided is a bipolar lead-acid battery relating to the technical filed of battery. The bipolar lead-acid battery includes a housing with a battery cavity inside and a plurality of single cells provided in the battery cavity, each of the single cells has an inner cavity for electrolyte injection, and the inner cavity of each single cell is independent of one another, and the housing has a plurality of air-distributing chambers communicating with the inner cavity of the each of the single cells in one-to-one correspondence above the battery cavity, wherein the housing further has a common pressure chamber, the air-distributing chambers communicate with the common pressure chamber through vents, respectively. The bipolar lead-acid battery has the advantages that it can be successfully manufactured and can be used normally, and solves the problems of short service life and unsuccessful manufacture of the existing battery.

A battery includes a conductive piece, an electrode assembly, and a housing including a first wall provided with an opening, a second wall disposed opposite to the first wall along a first direction, and a sidewall. An accommodation cavity accommodating the electrode assembly is formed between the first wall, the second wall, and the sidewall. In the first direction, a projection of the conductive piece is at least partly located in a region of a projection of the opening. The battery further includes a sealing structure disposed at an end of the first wall towards the conductive piece and connected to the first wall and an insulation piece disposed between the sealing structure and the conductive piece. A thermal expansion coefficient of at least one of the sealing structure or the conductive piece is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the insulation piece.

A battery includes a conductive piece, an electrode assembly, and a housing including a first wall provided with an opening, a second wall disposed opposite to the first wall along a first direction, and a sidewall. An accommodation cavity accommodating the electrode assembly is formed between the first wall, the second wall, and the sidewall. In the first direction, a projection of the conductive piece is at least partly located in a region of a projection of the opening. The battery further includes a sealing structure disposed at an end of the first wall towards the conductive piece and connected to the first wall and an insulation piece disposed between the sealing structure and the conductive piece. A thermal expansion coefficient of at least one of the sealing structure or the conductive piece is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the insulation piece.

A method of forming edge materials on an electrochemical cell component having a metallic foil substrate including a conductive coating on top and bottom surfaces and first and second edge portions extending laterally outward beyond the conductive coating, includes pulling the metallic foil substrate from a roll, feeding the metallic foil substrate through a profile machine and forming notches within the first and second edge portions that extend inwardly from outermost edges of the first and second edge portions a distance less than a distance between the outermost edges and the conductive coating, and define a plurality of electrode tabs, feeding the strip of metallic foil substrate sequentially through a plurality of 3-dimensional printing machines and printing edge materials onto the electrode tabs and the first and second edge portions between the plurality of electrode tabs, and rolling the strip of metallic foil substrate onto a roll.

A method of forming edge materials on an electrochemical cell component having a metallic foil substrate including a conductive coating on top and bottom surfaces and first and second edge portions extending laterally outward beyond the conductive coating, includes pulling the metallic foil substrate from a roll, feeding the metallic foil substrate through a profile machine and forming notches within the first and second edge portions that extend inwardly from outermost edges of the first and second edge portions a distance less than a distance between the outermost edges and the conductive coating, and define a plurality of electrode tabs, feeding the strip of metallic foil substrate sequentially through a plurality of 3-dimensional printing machines and printing edge materials onto the electrode tabs and the first and second edge portions between the plurality of electrode tabs, and rolling the strip of metallic foil substrate onto a roll.

A resin sealing gasket 10 to be incorporated in an alkaline battery 1 housing a power generation element (3 to 5) in a cylindrical battery can 2 closed at a bottom, the sealing gasket configured to insulate a top opening of the battery can and a negative electrode terminal plate 7 from each other. The sealing gasket includes: an outer periphery part 14 standing upward from the rim of a disc-shaped partition part 13; a boss part 11 in a hollow cylindrical shape enabling a rod-shaped negative electrode current collector 6 to stand at the center of the partition part; and a thin-walled portion 15 formed in a groove shape along the outer periphery of the boss part and being thinner than other portions of the partition part.

A resin sealing gasket 10 to be incorporated in an alkaline battery 1 housing a power generation element (3 to 5) in a cylindrical battery can 2 closed at a bottom, the sealing gasket configured to insulate a top opening of the battery can and a negative electrode terminal plate 7 from each other. The sealing gasket includes: an outer periphery part 14 standing upward from the rim of a disc-shaped partition part 13; a boss part 11 in a hollow cylindrical shape enabling a rod-shaped negative electrode current collector 6 to stand at the center of the partition part; and a thin-walled portion 15 formed in a groove shape along the outer periphery of the boss part and being thinner than other portions of the partition part.

Provided are a top cover assembly of a cell, a cell, and a power battery. The top cover assembly includes an insulation cover plate, a metallic support plate, a terminal assembly, and an elastic seal. The metallic support plate and the insulation cover plate are stacked in a thickness direction. The terminal assembly passes through the insulation cover plate and the metallic support plate in the thickness direction to connect the insulation cover plate and the metallic support plate. The elastic seal surrounds a peripheral outside of the metallic support plate and the insulation cover plate. The elastic seal has a positioning flange provided on an inner peripheral surface thereof and is configured to be in a sealing fit with a housing of the cell. The positioning flange is sandwiched between the metallic support plate and the insulation cover plate.

A secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a jelly-roll type electrode assembly; a top insulator located at the top of the electrode assembly; and a bottom insulator located at the bottom of the electrode assembly, wherein at least one of the top insulator and the bottom insulator includes a temperature-sensitive polymer that swells in accordance with a temperature rise.

The disclosure relates to the technical field of batteries, and provides a battery manufacturing method, a battery, a battery module, and a battery pack. The battery manufacturing method includes following steps. Providing an insulating mylar, laminating on the insulating mylar to form a laminated cell that includes a separator film different from the insulating mylar, and wrapping the laminated cell with the insulating mylar. By laminating on the insulating mylar to form the laminated cell and then wrapping the laminated cell with the insulating mylar, a process of moving the laminated cell to the insulating mylar is omitted.