Electricity storage device and method for manufacturing electricity storage device

• US 10,777,802 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 09/15/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
• Inventors: Mori, Masayuki, Kubouchi, Tatsuo, Nawano, Takashi, Furusawa, Akihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Jelsma, Jonathan G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kekia, Omar M
• Application Number:
  US14/135,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20140113185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,461 Days
• Field of Search: 429179
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 15/008 Spot welding
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 26/22 Spot welding
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 11/70 characterised by their structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/0029 Processes of manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/169 by welding, brazing or soldering
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/171 using adhesives or sealing agents
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/174 adapted for the shape of the cells
• 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 50/55 on the same side of the cell
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49108 Electric battery cell making

Abstract

An electricity storage device includes an electricity storage element that is constituted by an electrode body in a positive side and an electrode body in a negative side that face each other while holding a separator; a sealing member that seals a case member accommodating the electricity storage element; at least one electrode protrusion that is either of the electrode bodies, which protrudes from an element end-face of the electricity storage element, at least one current collector plate that is connected to the electrode protrusion; and a terminal member that is installed in the sealing member, a lateral face of the terminal member being connected to a lateral face of the current collector plate.

Claims

1. An electricity storage device comprising:

an electricity storage element that is constituted by an electrode body in a positive side and an electrode body in a negative side that face each other while holding a separator;

a sealing member that seals a case member accommodating the electricity storage element;

an electrode protrusion in the positive side and an electrode protrusion in the negative side that are the electrode bodies, which are led out on an element end-face of the electricity storage element, the electrode protrusion in the positive side and the electrode protrusion in the negative side being provided for the element end-face;

a current collector plate in the positive side and a current collector plate in the negative side that are connected to the electrode protrusion in the positive side and the electrode protrusion in the negative side, respectively; and

a terminal member in the positive side that is installed in the sealing member, the terminal member in the positive side having a contact surface connected to a contact surface of the current collector plate in the positive side;

a terminal member in the negative side that is installed in the sealing member, the terminal member in the negative side having a contact surface connected to a contact surface of the current collector plate in the negative side, wherein

a lateral face of the contact surface of the current collector plate in the positive side and a lateral face of the contact surface of the terminal member in the positive side form a same plane in the positive side, and are welded with each other with a welded part formed on the same plane in the positive side by irradiation of laser beam or electron beam with which the lateral face of the current collector plate and the lateral face of the terminal member in the positive side are irradiated, wherein a center position of the irradiation of the laser beam or the electron beam is a same or different location from the contact surfaces of the current collector plate in the positive side and the terminal member in the positive side,

the welded part in the positive side is formed by irradiating the same plane in the positive side with the laser beam or the electron beam along a direction parallel or almost parallel to the contact surfaces of the current collector plate and the terminal member in the positive side,

a lateral face of the contact surface of the current collector plate in the negative side and a lateral face of the contact surface of the terminal member in the negative side form a same plane in the negative side, and are welded with each other with a welded part formed on the same plane in the negative side by irradiation of the laser beam or electron beam with which the lateral face of the current collector plate and the lateral face of the terminal member in the negative side are irradiated, wherein a center position of the irradiation of the laser beam or the electron beam is a same or different location from the contact surfaces of the current collector plate in the negative side and the terminal member in the negative side, and

the welded part in the negative side is formed by irradiating the same plane in the negative side with the laser beam or the electron beam along a direction parallel or almost parallel to the contact surfaces of the current collector plate and the terminal member in the negative side.

2. The electricity storage device of claim 1, wherein

the electrode protrusion in the positive side or the electrode protrusion in the negative side is folded over the element end-face with a fold provided therefor.

3. The electricity storage device of claim 1, wherein

a first isolation distance is set between the electrode protrusion in the positive side and the electrode protrusion in the negative side, which protrude on the element end-face of the electricity storage element, and

a second isolation distance is set between the current collector plate in the positive side, which is installed on the electrode protrusion in the positive side of the electricity storage element, and the current collector plate in the negative side, which is installed on the electrode protrusion in the negative side of the electricity storage element.

4. The electricity storage device of claim 1, wherein

the current collector plate in the positive side and the current collector plate in the negative side have connecting areas that connect to the electrode protrusion in the positive side and the electrode protrusion in the negative side, respectively, the connecting areas being set at different location from the same plane in the positive side and the same plane in the negative side.

5. The electricity storage device of claim 1, wherein

the same plane in the positive side or the negative side is irradiated with the laser beam or the electron beam along a direction orthogonal to the same plane in the positive side or the negative side.

6. A method for manufacturing an electricity storage device, the method comprising:

forming an electricity storage element that includes an electrode body in a positive side and an electrode body in a negative side between which a separator is interposed;

forming an electrode protrusion in the positive side and an electrode protrusion in the negative side that are the electrode bodies in the positive side and the negative side of the electricity storage element, the electrode bodies being drawn to an element end-face;

connecting a contact surface of a current collector plate in the positive side to a contact surface of a terminal member in the positive side that is installed in a sealing member that seals a case member accommodating the electricity storage element to connect the electrode protrusion in the positive side to the terminal member in the positive side through interposal of the current collector plate in the positive side,

connecting a contact surface of a current collector plate in the negative side to a contact surface of a terminal member in the negative side that is installed in the sealing member to connect the electrode protrusion in the negative side to the terminal member in the negative side through interposal of the current collector plate in the negative side, and wherein

a lateral face of the contact surface of the current collector plate in the positive side and a lateral face of the contact surface of the terminal member in the positive side form a same plane in the positive side, and are welded with each other with a welded part formed on the same plane in the positive side by irradiation of laser beam or electron beam with which the lateral face of the current collector plate and the lateral face of the terminal member in the positive side are irradiated, wherein a center position of the irradiation of the laser beam or the electron beam is a same or different location from the contact surfaces of the current collector plate in the positive side and the terminal member in the positive side,

the welded part in the positive side is formed by irradiating the same plane in the positive side with the laser beam or the electron beam along a direction parallel or almost parallel to the contact surfaces of the current collector plate and the terminal member in the positive side,

a lateral face of the contact surface of the current collector plate in the negative side and a lateral face of the contact surface of the terminal member in the negative side form a same plane in the negative side, and are welded with each other with a welded part formed on the same plane in the negative side by irradiation of the laser beam or electron beam with which the lateral face of the current collector plate and the lateral face of the terminal member in the negative side are irradiated, wherein a center position of the irradiation of the laser beam or the electron beam is a same or different location from the contact surfaces of the current collector plate in the negative side and the terminal member in the negative side, and

the welded part in the negative side is formed by irradiating the same plane in the negative side with the laser beam or the electron beam along a direction parallel or almost parallel to the contact surfaces of the current collector plate and the terminal member in the negative side.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein

the connecting the electrode protrusion in the positive side to the terminal member in the positive side through interposal of the current collector plate in the positive side includes setting a weld line on a top surface of the current collector plate in the positive side, performing laser irradiation on the weld line, and welding the current collector plate in the positive side and the electrode protrusion in the positive side, and

the connecting the electrode protrusion in the negative side to the terminal member in the negative side through interposal of the current collector plate in the negative side includes setting a weld line on a top surface of the current collector plate in the negative side, performing laser irradiation on the weld line, and welding the current collector plate in the negative side and the electrode protrusion in the negative side.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

changing power of a laser with which the weld line, which is set on the current collector plate in the positive side or in the negative side, is irradiated.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein

the same plane in the positive side or the negative side is irradiated with the laser beam or the electron beam along a direction orthogonal to the same plane in the positive side or the negative side.