Battery pack

• US 8,597,810 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2008
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yusa, Takahiro, Naito, Masakazu
• Primary Examiner(s): RHEE, JANE J
• Application Number:
  US12/102,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20080286637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,059 Days
• Field of Search: 429/99, 429/164, 429/149, 429/121
• US Class Current: 429/99
• 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 50/213 adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/51 Connection only in series
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/512 Connection only in parallel
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/516 by welding, soldering or brazing
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/522 Inorganic material
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a battery pack including: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; and an electrode tab for electrically connecting terminals of the battery cells arranged in a pattern; wherein the electrode tab is formed with a slit along the longitudinal direction thereof, between fixation parts for fixation to the terminals of the battery cells.

Claims

1. A battery pack comprising:

a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; and

an electrode tab for electrically connecting terminals of said battery cells arranged in a pattern;

wherein said electrode tab is formed with a slit along the longitudinal direction, each electrode tab further includes a position matching hole located above a center of each of the cylindrical battery cells, and each slit is offset from the center of each of the cylindrical battery cells such that each slit is separate from each position matching hole.

2. The battery pack as set forth in claim 1, wherein said electrode tab has a copper plate which is plated with nickel.

3. The battery pack as set forth in claim 1, wherein said slit is provided substantially at the center in the width direction of said electrode tab.

4. The battery pack as set forth in claim 1,

wherein said battery cell has a side surface and outer peripheral surfaces of terminal faces are covered with an insulating film;

and

said slit is provided to have such a length that both end parts are located on the outside of said insulating film covering said outer peripheral parts when said electrode tab is fixed to said terminals of said battery cells.

5. The battery pack as set forth in claim 1, wherein each position matching hole is above an electrode terminal portion of an adjacent cylindrical battery cell and does not extend to an insulated portion of the adjacent cylindrical battery cell.

6. The battery pack as set forth in claim 1, wherein each position matching hole is circular.

7. The battery pack as set forth in claim 1, wherein each slit extends from an insulated portion of a first battery to an insulated portion of a second battery.

8. The battery pack as set forth in claim 1, wherein the electrode tab extends past each end of a corresponding slit such that each end of the corresponding slit ends before a corresponding end of the electrode tab.

9. The battery pack as set forth in claim 1, wherein each position matching hole is located equidistantly between welds in the width direction and the length direction of the electrode tab.