Battery pack and wiring substrate

• US 8,728,656 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2013
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Tsukasa, Okada, Tomomichi, Tatehata, Shoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Leong, Jonathan G
• Application Number:
  US14/048,716
• Publication Number:
  US 20140037993A1
• Time in Patent Office: 224 Days
• Field of Search: 429/90, 429/92, 429/162, 429/178, 429/179
• US Class Current: 429/179
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/176 for prismatic or rectangular cells H01M50/181 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/528 Fixed electrical connections, i.e. not intended for disconnection
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/55 on the same side of the cell
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/553 Terminals adapted for prismatic, pouch or rectangular cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/597 Protection against reversal of polarity
• 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

A battery pack includes a pack body that includes a battery cell and that has an external shape substantially symmetric with respect to the horizontal and vertical axes, viewed from a front face on which terminals are arranged, and a terminal unit on the front face. The terminal unit includes a positive terminal, a negative terminal, a control terminal, and a temperature detection terminal for outputting temperature data. The positive terminal and the negative terminal are arranged on one side with respect to a center line in the width direction of the pack body. The control terminal is arranged symmetrically to the temperature detection terminal with respect to the center line in the width direction of the pack body.

Claims

1. A battery pack for supplying electricity to an electronic device, the battery pack comprising:

a main body that includes a battery cell, an external shape of the main body being substantially symmetric with respect to a center line of a cover unit in a width direction, the main body having a circular arc shape on a side face;

a terminal unit arranged on a front face of the battery pack, the terminal unit including a plurality of terminals; and

the cover unit arranged on the terminal unit, the cover unit including a plurality of openings which each uncover one of the plurality of terminals, the openings being arranged in a line along a width direction on a front face of the battery pack, the openings including, in an order along the width direction, a first opening which uncovers a part of a positive terminal, a second opening which uncovers a part of a temperature detection terminal, a third opening which uncovers a part of a negative terminal, and a fourth opening which uncovers a part of a terminal of the plurality of terminals, the first opening and the second opening being arranged on one side with respect to the center line in the width direction of the cover unit, the fourth opening being arranged on an opposite side to the one side with respect to the center line in the width direction of the cover unit, a mirror image of the second opening onto the opposite side with respect to the center line in the width direction overlaps with the fourth opening, and the first opening being arranged asymmetrically to the fourth opening with respect to the center line in the width direction of the cover unit.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the third opening is arranged on the same side with the first opening and second opening.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the third opening and the fourth opening is different from both a distance between the first opening and the second opening, and a distance between the second opening and the third opening.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the main body has a flat shape on a face which is a different face than the side face.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the battery pack is configured to be inserted to the electronic device from the front face of the battery pack when the battery pack supplies electricity to the electronic device.

6. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the cover unit has a substantially flat face.

7. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the fourth opening uncovers a part of a control terminal.

27. The battery pack according to claim 3, wherein the distance between the first opening and the second opening, and the distance between the second opening and the third opening are equal to each other.

8. A battery pack for supplying electricity to an electronic device, the battery pack comprising:

a main body, an external shape of the main body being substantially symmetric with respect to a center line of a cover unit in a width direction as viewed from a front face of the battery pack, the main body having a circular arc shape on a side face;

a terminal unit arranged on the front face of the battery pack, the terminal unit including a plurality of terminals; and

the cover unit arranged on the terminal unit, the cover unit including a plurality of openings which each uncover a part of one of the plurality of terminals, the openings being arranged in a line along the width direction on the front face of the battery pack, the openings including, in an order along the width direction, a first opening which uncovers a part of a positive terminal, a second opening which uncovers a part of a temperature detection terminal, a third opening which uncovers a part of a negative terminal, and a fourth opening which uncovers a part of a terminal of the plurality of terminals, the first opening and the second opening being arranged on one side with respect to the center line in the width direction of the cover unit, the fourth opening being arranged on an opposite side to the one side with respect to the center line in the width direction of the cover unit, a mirror image of the second opening onto the opposite side with respect to the center line in the width direction overlaps with the fourth opening, and a part of the second opening and a part of the fourth opening are disposed a same distance from the center line in the width direction of the cover unit.

9. The battery pack according to claim 8, wherein at least a part of the third opening is arranged on the same side with the first opening and second opening.

10. The battery pack according to claim 8, wherein a distance between the third opening and the fourth opening is different from both a distance between the first opening and the second opening, and a distance between the second opening and the third opening.

11. The battery pack according to claim 8, wherein the main body has a flat shape on a face which is a different face than the side face.

12. The battery pack according to claim 8, wherein the battery pack is configured to be inserted to the electronic device from the front face of the battery pack when the battery pack supplies electricity to the electronic device.

13. The battery pack according to claim 8, wherein the cover unit has a substantially flat face.

14. The battery pack according to claim 8, wherein the fourth opening uncovers a part of a control terminal.

28. The battery pack according to claim 10, wherein the distance between the first opening and the second opening, and the distance between the second opening and the third opening are equal to each other.

15. A battery pack for supplying electricity to an electronic device, the battery pack comprising:

a main body, an external shape of the main body being substantially symmetric with respect to a center line of a cover unit in a width direction as viewed from a front face of the battery pack;

a terminal unit arranged on the front face of the battery pack, the terminal unit including a plurality of terminals; and

the cover unit arranged on the terminal unit, the cover unit including a plurality of openings which each uncover a part of one of the plurality of terminals, the openings being arranged in a line along the width direction on the front face of the battery pack, the openings including, in an order along the width direction, a first opening which uncovers a part of a positive terminal, a second opening which uncovers a part of a terminal of the plurality of terminals and is arranged next to the first opening, a third opening which uncovers a part of a negative terminal, and a fourth opening which uncovers a part of another terminal of the plurality of terminals, a mirror image of the second opening onto the opposite side with respect to the center line in the width direction overlaps with the fourth opening, and the first opening being arranged asymmetrically to the fourth opening with respect to the center line in the width direction of the cover unit.

16. The battery pack according to claim 15, wherein at least a part of the third opening is arranged on the same side with the first opening and second opening.

17. The battery pack according to claim 15, wherein a distance between the third opening and the fourth opening is different from both a distance between the first opening and the second opening, and a distance between the second opening and the third opening.

18. The battery pack according to claim 15, wherein the main body has a flat shape on a face which is a different face than a side face, the side face of the main body having a circular arc shape.

19. The battery pack according to claim 15, wherein the battery pack is configured to be inserted to the electronic device from the front face of the battery pack when the battery pack supplies electricity to the electronic device.

20. The battery pack according to claim 15, wherein the cover unit has a substantially flat face.

21. The battery pack according to claim 15, wherein the fourth opening uncovers a part of a control terminal.

22. The battery pack according to claim 15, wherein the fourth opening is arranged on an opposite side of the center line from the first opening and second opening.

29. The battery pack according to claim 17, wherein the distance between the first opening and the second opening, and the distance between the second opening and the third opening are equal to each other.

23. A battery pack for supplying electricity to an electronic device, the battery pack comprising:

a main body that includes a battery cell, an external shape of the main body being substantially symmetric with respect to a center line of a cover unit in a width direction as viewed from a front face of the battery pack, the main body having a circular arc shape on a side face and a flat shape on a face which is a different face than the side face;

a terminal unit arranged on the front face of the battery pack, the terminal unit including a plurality of terminals; and

the cover unit arranged on the terminal unit, the cover unit including a plurality of openings which each uncover a part of one of the plurality of terminals, the openings being arranged in a line along the width direction on the front face of the battery pack, the cover unit having a substantially flat face, the openings including, in an order along the width direction, a first opening which uncovers a part of a positive terminal, a second opening which uncovers a part of a temperature detection terminal, a third opening which uncovers a part of a negative terminal, and a fourth opening which uncovers a part of a terminal of the plurality of terminals, the first opening and the second opening being arranged on one side with respect to the center line in the width direction of the cover unit, at least a part of the third opening being arranged on the same side with the first opening and second opening, the fourth opening being arranged on an opposite side to the one side with respect to the center line in the width direction of the cover unit, a mirror image of the second opening onto the opposite side with respect to the center line in the width direction overlaps with the fourth opening, and the first opening being arranged asymmetrically to the fourth opening with respect to the center line in the width direction of the cover unit.

24. The battery pack according to claim 23, wherein a distance between the third opening and the fourth opening is different from both a distance between the first opening and the second opening, and a distance between the second opening and the third opening.

25. The battery pack according to claim 23, wherein the battery pack is configured to be inserted to the electronic device from the front face of the battery pack when the battery pack supplies electricity to the electronic device.

26. The battery pack according to claim 23, wherein the fourth opening uncovers a part of a control terminal.

30. The battery pack according to claim 24, wherein the distance between the first opening and the second opening, and the distance between the second opening and the third opening are equal to each other.