Disclosed is a battery, the battery including a housing, where the housing is a metal piece, the housing includes a bottom shell and a cap, and the cap covers an opening of the bottom shell; the cap includes a mounting hole, a conductive sealing pin disposed in the mounting hole, a side periphery of the sealing pin is provided with a clamping groove, and the cap close to the mounting hole extends into the clamping groove and is in clamped connection to the clamping groove; and a seal is provided at a connection between the clamping groove and the cap, and the seal is an electrical insulator. The structure improves application stability of the battery and improves sealing performance and safety of the battery.

The present disclosure relates to a top cover for a battery which belongs to the technical field of batteries, comprising: a top cover body; a liquid injection hole formed in the top cover body and having a first side face; a sealing pin accommodated in the liquid injection hole and having a second side face, wherein the first side face is parallel to the second side face, there exists a gap between the first side face and the second side face; and a welding part connecting the sealing pin and the top cover body, and filling at least part of the gap.

Provided is a technology to suppress a decrease in airtightness around a liquid injection port of a secondary battery. A secondary battery disclosed here has a lid having a liquid injection port, a resin washer attached to the liquid injection port, and a sealing member. The sealing member has a sleeve inserted into the liquid injection port and a flange extending from the sleeve along an outer surface of the lid in an outer diameter direction. The resin washer is installed in the liquid injection port and is sandwiched between the flange and the outer surface of the lid. A protrusion protruding toward the outer surface of the lid is provided at a radial intermediate portion of the flange. A restricting portion that restricts an outer edge of the resin washer is provided in the lid or the sealing member.

Provided is a technology to suppress a decrease in airtightness around a liquid injection port of a secondary battery. A secondary battery disclosed here has a lid having a liquid injection port, a resin washer attached to the liquid injection port, and a sealing member. The sealing member has a sleeve inserted into the liquid injection port and a flange extending from the sleeve along an outer surface of the lid in an outer diameter direction. The resin washer is installed in the liquid injection port and is sandwiched between the flange and the outer surface of the lid. A protrusion protruding toward the outer surface of the lid is provided at a radial intermediate portion of the flange. A restricting portion that restricts an outer edge of the resin washer is provided in the lid or the sealing member.

A marine battery pack including a battery enclosure having an exterior and an interior defining a cavity, wherein the battery enclosure is configured to protect against water ingress into the cavity. The marine battery pack further comprises a plurality of cell modules within the cavity, each including a plurality of battery cells, and at least one exterior sensor on the battery enclosure configured to sense at least one of an exterior temperature, an exterior pressure, and a presence of water on the exterior of the battery enclosure. A controller is configured to identify a water exposure event based on the at least one of the exterior temperature, the exterior pressure, and the presence of water on the exterior of the battery enclosure. A water exposure response is then generated.

Disclosed are a high-capacity battery manufacturing method and a high-capacity battery, which mainly solve the problems of poor consistency, unstable performance and poor overall working performance of existing high-capacity lithium batteries. The method comprises: assembling coiled or laminated units that make up high-capacity battery cells into battery cells individually, carrying out formation and capacity grading of the battery cells, grouping the battery cells according to one or more of their capacity, internal resistance, voltage and self-discharge, connecting the battery cells in the same group in shunt, loading the battery cells in the same group into a high-capacity battery pack, and then carrying out secondary electrolyte injection, sealing, aging and capacity grading of the high-capacity battery pack. According to the present application, battery cell formation and capacity grading are carried out after primary electrolyte injection.

Disclosed are a high-capacity battery manufacturing method and a high-capacity battery, which mainly solve the problems of poor consistency, unstable performance and poor overall working performance of existing high-capacity lithium batteries. The method comprises: assembling coiled or laminated units that make up high-capacity battery cells into battery cells individually, carrying out formation and capacity grading of the battery cells, grouping the battery cells according to one or more of their capacity, internal resistance, voltage and self-discharge, connecting the battery cells in the same group in shunt, loading the battery cells in the same group into a high-capacity battery pack, and then carrying out secondary electrolyte injection, sealing, aging and capacity grading of the high-capacity battery pack. According to the present application, battery cell formation and capacity grading are carried out after primary electrolyte injection.

A method of producing a lithium-ion battery includes filling at least one cell of the battery with an electrolyte followed directly with a first step of sealing the at least one cell and a second step of applying pulsating compression to the at least one cell during formation charging, the pulsating compression comprising alternating a first time period of applying a first compression force F.sub.1 greater than zero and a second time period of applying a second compression force F.sub.2, wherein F.sub.1>F.sub.2, and the formation charging includes a first charge of the battery.

A pouch cell cutting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes a top knife and a bottom knife for cutting a sealing part of a battery cell which includes a cell case and an electrode assembly housed in the cell case, wherein both side parts of the top knife comprises protrusion parts protruding toward the recessed parts formed on both side parts of the bottom knife, respectively, and wherein a corner part of the battery cell is cut by the protrusion part.

A pouch cell cutting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes a top knife and a bottom knife for cutting a sealing part of a battery cell which includes a cell case and an electrode assembly housed in the cell case, wherein both side parts of the top knife comprises protrusion parts protruding toward the recessed parts formed on both side parts of the bottom knife, respectively, and wherein a corner part of the battery cell is cut by the protrusion part.