Abstract:
A battery comprises: a shell (1); a core (4) received in the shell (1) and having first and second electrode tabs (41, 42), a first current collector connected to the first electrode tab (41), and a second current collector connected to the second electrode tab (42); and a protection component (2) including two insulating layers (22) and a conducting layer (21) disposed between two insulating layers (22), in which the conducting layer (21) defines a first end electrically connected to the first electrode tab (41) and a second end configured as a free end, and an outmost current collector of the core (4) is configured by the second current collector.
Abstract:
A power battery assembly is provided. The power battery assembly comprises: a battery circuit having at least one battery module; a relay, wherein a normally open contact of the relay is connected with the battery circuit in series; a controller for controlling the normally open contact of the relay, wherein an input end and an output end of the relay are connected with the controller respectively; and a fuse protector connected with the battery circuit in series.
Abstract:
A battery comprises: a shell (1); a core (4) received in the shell (1) and having first and second electrode tabs (41, 42); and first and second protection components (2, 3), each of the first and second protection components (2, 3) including two insulating layers and a conducting layer disposed between two insulating layers, in which the conducting layer (21) of the first protection component (2) defines a first end electrically connected to the first electrode tab (41) and a second end configured as a free end, and the conducting layer (31) of the second protection component (3) defines a first end electrically connected to the second electrode tab (42) and a second end configured as a free end.
Abstract:
A sealing member and a battery comprising the sealing member are provided. The sealing member (6) comprises: a sealing part (5); an operation part having a supporting portion (2), an operation protrusion (1) disposed on an upper surface of the supporting portion (2), and a deformable leg (4) depending from a bottom surface of the supporting portion (2); and a connecting part (3) connecting the sealing part (5) and operation part. The sealing part (5) has a maximum diameter greater than that of the connecting part (3).
Abstract:
Described are cathode materials for lithium batteries. Better cathode materials may be produced by mixing at least two compounds and a binder additive. The first compound includes one or more salts of lithium metal phosphorous while the second compound includes one or more lithium transition metal oxides. In other instances, a conductive additive may also be incorporated. The cathode materials so produced exhibit enhanced electrical properties and thermal stability.
Abstract:
A battery system having interconnected battery packs (2300) is provided. Each battery pack (2300) includes a plurality of rectangular prismatic shaped cells (300). Each cell (300) includes a positive terminal at one end and a negative terminal at the other end. The cells (300) are housed in a battery pack housing (2305) in a side-by-side manner. The cells (300) may be electrically connected in series so that the positive terminal for a cell (300) extends toward and contacts the negative terminal of an adjacent cell (300) and the negative terminal for the cell (300) extends toward and contacts the positive terminal of another adjacent cell (300).
Abstract:
A core (200) for an electrochemical cell is provided. The core (200) comprises an anode sheet (105), a cathode sheet (110), and a separator sheet (115) disposed between the anode sheet (105) and the cathode sheet (110). The anode sheet (105), cathode sheet (110), and separator sheet (115) are wound to form a flattened coil structure. The flattened coil structure has opposed flattened sides (A, B) and opposed arcuate sides (C, D). The anode and cathode sheets (105, 115) terminate at the same or different arcuate sides (C, D). Further, the separator sheet may terminate at one of the arcuate sides (C, D).
Abstract:
A battery system for storing electrical power and supplying electrical power to a vehicle is provided. The system includes multiple battery packs, and each battery pack includes a plurality of cells (300a, 300b). The cells (300a, 300b) in each battery pack are electrically connected with one another and the multiple battery packs are also electrically connected with one another to combine the total energy output of the cells (300a, 300b) of the system. The electrical connections between at least some of the cells (300a, 300b) include a severable feature(800a, 800b) , whereby the electrical connection is severed locally at the severable feature(800a, 800b) in response to an impact force that is in excess of a predetermined magnitude and/or an overcurrent/overtemperature condition.
Abstract:
A method of preparing an electrode plate of a lithium-ion battery is provided. The method of preparing an electrode plate comprises steps of : providing a slurry and coating the slurry onto or filling the slurry within a current collector; drying the current collector so as to obtain the electrode plate, in which the drying is performed at a temperature in a range of about 70℃ to about 110℃ and under a pressure in a range of about 0.03MPa to about 0.09MPa. A method of manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery is also provided, and the lithium-ion secondary battery comprises the electrode plate.
Abstract:
An electrochemical storage cell (300) comprises a core and a rectangular shell (305) that receives the core (200) snugly therein. The rectangular shell (305) has first and second open ends. A first end cap (335) is used to close the first open end. An anode terminal extends through the first end cap (335) from an interior portion of the electrochemical storage cell (305) to an external portion thereof. A first gasket (1405) is secured within the rectangular shell (305) between the first end cap (335) and the core (200) to resiliently hold the core (200) away from the first end cap (335). A second end cap is used to close the second open end. A cathode terminal extends through the second end cap from an interior portion of the electrochemical storage cell to an external portion thereof. A second gasket is secured within the rectangular shell between the second end cap and the core to resiliently hold the core away from the second end cap.