Battery

• US 20030143460A1
• Filed: 01/29/2003
• Published: 07/31/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd. (GS Yuasa Corporation)
• Original Assignee: GS Yuasa Corporation
• Inventors: Inoue, Takefumi, Naoi, Taro, Iwamoto, Tatsuya, Hatanaka, Teruhiro, Yoshida, Hiroaki, Imamura, Nobutaka, Yamazaki, Hideki, Sashiki, Masaru, Miyanaga, Naozumi, Kamata, Kouji
• Granted Patent: US 6,696,199 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/181
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0431 Cells with wound or folded electrodes H01M10/045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/179 for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic H01M50/176, H01M50/181 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/559 Terminals adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round, elliptic or button cells H01M50/553 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/562 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

An insulating sleeve 6 made of ceramic hermetically fixed into an opening in a terminal supporting plate 7 in a battery sheath made of metal, a positive terminal 4 made of an aluminum alloy or negative terminal 5 made of a copper alloy is inserted in the insulating sleeve, and a metallic ring is fitted over the positive terminal 4 or negative terminal 5. The inner edge of the metallic ring 11 and the positive terminal 4 or negative terminal 5 are hermetically fixed to each other by an aluminum-based brazing metal 8 or copper-based brazing metal 9, and the outer edge of the metallic ring 11 and the insulating sleeve 6 are hermetically fixed to each other by an aluminum-based brazing metal 8 or copper-based brazing metal 9.

Claims

1. A battery, comprising:

an insulating sleeve made of ceramic hermetically fixed into an opening in a battery sheath made of metal;

a metallic terminal inserted in the insulating sleeve; and

a metallic ring fitted over said metallic terminal,

wherein said metallic ring and said metallic terminal are hermetically fixed to each other by a brazing metal and the metallic ring and said insulating sleeve made of ceramic are hermetically fixed to each other by a brazing metal.

2. The battery according to claim 1, wherein said metallic ring is fixed to support said metallic terminal at an upper end face and/or lower end face of the insulating sleeve.

3. The battery according to claim 1, wherein a film made of a protective material having a corrosion resistance is formed on at least a surface of said metallic ring, the surface being exposed to the inside of said battery sheath.

4. The battery according to claim 1, wherein a film made of a protective material having a corrosion resistance is formed on at least a surface of said brazing metal for hermetically fixing the metallic ring, the surface being exposed to the inside of said battery sheath.

5. The battery according to claim 3, wherein a film made of a protective material having a corrosion resistance is formed on at least a surface of said brazing metal for hermetically fixing the metallic ring, the surface being exposed to the inside of said battery sheath.

6. The battery according to claim 1, wherein a gap between said metallic terminal and said insulating sleeve made of ceramic is filled with a protective filler having a corrosion resistance, the gap being located to the inner side of said battery sheath compared to the parts of said metallic ring which is hermetically fixed to the metallic terminal and the insulating sleeve.

7. The battery according to claim 1, wherein at least a surface of said metallic ring that is exposed to the outside of the battery is covered with said brazing metal, so that said metallic ring is encapsulated in the brazing.

8. The battery according to claim 7, wherein said metallic ring is a substantially right triangular in cross section.

9. The battery according to claim 1, wherein the brazing on said insulating sleeve is coated with a metalized layer.

10. The battery according to claim 1, wherein said metallic ring on the positive electrode is made of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, titanium, a titanium alloy, kobar, a nickel-iron alloy, stainless steel or nickel-plated iron.

11. The battery according to claim 1, wherein said metallic terminal on the positive electrode is made of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, titanium, a titanium alloy, kobar, a nickel-iron alloy, stainless steel or nickel-plated iron.

12. The battery according to claim 1, wherein said metallic ring on the negative electrode is made of copper, a copper alloy, nickel, a nickel alloy, kobar, a nickel-iron alloy, stainless steel or nickel-plated iron.

13. The battery according to claim 1, wherein said metallic terminal on the negative electrode is made of copper, a copper alloy, nickel, a nickel alloy, kobar, a nickel-iron alloy, stainless steel or nickel-plated iron.

14. The battery according to claim 3, wherein said film made of a protective material is made of metal, resin, ceramic or a combination thereof.

15. The battery according to claim 4, wherein said film made of a protective material is made of metal, resin, ceramic or a combination thereof.

16. The battery according to claim 5, wherein said film made of a protective material is made of metal, resin, ceramic or a combination thereof.

17. The battery according to claim 6, wherein said protective filler made of a protective material is made of metal, resin, ceramic or a combination thereof.

18. A battery, comprising:

an insulating sleeve made of ceramic hermetically fixed into an opening in a battery sheath made of metal; and

a metallic terminal inserted in the insulating sleeve;

wherein said metallic terminal has a ring-shaped flange formed thereon, and the flange and said insulating sleeve made of ceramic are hermetically fixed to each other by a brazing metal.

19. The battery according to claim 18, wherein a gap between said metallic terminal and said insulating sleeve made of ceramic is filled with a protective filler having a corrosion resistance, the gap being located to the inner side of said battery sheath compared to the part of said flange which is hermetically fixed to the insulating sleeve.