Battery pack and wiring substrate

• US 9,793,534 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2014
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• 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:
  US14/275,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20140248530A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,254 Days
• Field of Search: 429 92, 429162, 429178, 429179
• 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 supplying electricity to an electronic device, the battery pack comprising:

a pack body that includes a battery cell;

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

a cover unit arranged on the terminal unit, the cover unit including a plurality of opening parts which each uncover one of the plurality of terminals,

wherein an external shape of the cover unit is substantially symmetric with respect to a center line of the battery pack, the center line extending in a direction perpendicular to a width direction, the width direction being a direction of arrangement of the plurality of opening parts, viewed from the front face of the pack body, and the cover unit has a circular arc shape on a side face,

wherein the cover unit includes, in order along the width direction, a first opening part which uncovers a part of a positive terminal, a second opening part which uncovers a part of temperature detection terminal, a third opening part which uncovers a part of a negative terminal, and a fourth opening part, and

wherein the first opening part and the second opening part are arranged on one side in the width direction of the cover unit with respect to the center line, the fourth opening part being arranged on an opposite side to the one side with respect to the center line, a mirror image of the second opening part on the opposite side with respect to the center line overlaps with the fourth opening part, the first opening part being arranged asymmetrically to the fourth opening part in the width direction of the cover unit with respect to the center line.

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

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

4. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the battery pack is insertable into the electronic device from the front face of the battery pack to supply electricity to the electronic device.

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

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

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

a battery cell

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

a cover unit arranged on the terminal unit, the cover unit including a plurality of opening parts which each uncover one of the plurality of terminals,

wherein an external shape of the battery cell is substantially symmetric with respect to a center line of the cover unit of the battery pack, the center line extending in a direction perpendicular to a width direction, the width direction being a direction of arrangement of the plurality of opening parts, viewed from the front face of the battery cell, and the battery cell has a circular arc shape on a side face, and

wherein the cover unit includes, in order along the width direction, a first opening part which uncovers a part of a positive terminal, a second opening part which uncovers a part of temperature detection terminal, a third opening part which uncovers a part of a negative terminal, and a fourth opening part, and

wherein the first opening part and the second opening part are arranged on one side in the width direction of the cover unit with respect to the center line, the fourth opening part being arranged on an opposite side to the one side with respect to the center line, a mirror image of the second opening part on the opposite side with respect to the center line overlaps with the fourth opening part, and the first opening part being arranged asymmetrically to the fourth opening part in the width direction of the cover unit with respect to the center line.

8. The battery pack according to claim 7, wherein at least a part of the third opening part is arranged on a same side with the first opening part and the second opening part.

9. The battery pack according to claim 7, wherein a distance between the third opening part and the fourth opening part is different from both a distance between the first opening part and the second opening part, and a distance between the second opening part and the third opening part.

10. The battery pack according to claim 7, wherein the battery pack is insertable into the electronic device from the front face of the battery pack to supply electricity to the electronic device.

11. The battery pack according to claim 7, wherein the cover unit has a substantially flat face.

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

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

a pack body;

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

a cover unit arranged on the terminal unit, the cover unit including a plurality of opening parts which each uncover one of the plurality of terminals,

wherein an external shape of the pack body is substantially symmetric with respect to a center line of the battery pack, the center line extending in a direction perpendicular to a width direction, the width direction being a direction of arrangement of the plurality of opening parts, viewed from the front face of the pack body, and

wherein the cover unit includes, in order along the width direction, a first opening part which uncovers a part of a positive terminal, a second opening part which uncovers a part of a terminal and is arranged in a position next to the first opening part, a third opening part which uncovers a part of a negative terminal, and a fourth opening part, and

wherein a mirror image of the second opening part on an opposite side in the width direction of the cover unit with respect to the center line overlaps with the fourth opening part, and the first opening part being arranged asymmetrically to the fourth opening part in the width direction of the cover unit with respect to the center line.

14. The battery pack according to claim 13, wherein at least a part of the third opening part is arranged on a same side with the first opening part and the second opening part.

15. The battery pack according to claim 13, wherein a distance between the third opening part and the fourth opening part is different from both a distance between the first opening part and the second opening part, and a distance between the second opening part and the third opening part.

16. The battery pack according to claim 13, wherein the battery pack is insertable into the electronic device from the front face of the battery pack to supply electricity to the electronic device.

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

18. The battery pack according to claim 13, wherein the fourth opening part uncovers a part of a control terminal.

19. The battery pack according to claim 13, wherein the fourth opening part is arranged on the opposite side of the center line from the first opening part and the second opening part.