# US 10,873,069 B2 · Single cell battery, battery module, power battery, and electric vehicle

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- Number: US 10,873,069 B2
- Document ID: US10873069B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/110,480
- Filed: 2018-08-23
- Published: 2018-12-20
- Granted: 2020-12-22
- Earliest claimed: 2016-02-25
- Assignees: BYD Company Limited
- Applicants: BYD Company Limited
- Inventors: Xubin Gong; Yanfei Zhou
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873069B2

## CPC

- H01M 50/578: in response to pressure
- H01M 10/44: Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00)
- H01M 10/48: Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569)
- H01M 50/147: Lids or covers
- H01M 50/176: for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/181 takes precedence)
- H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence)
- H01M 50/249: specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64)
- H01M 50/55: on the same side of the cell
- H01M 50/574: Devices or arrangements for the interruption of current
- H01M 2200/20: Pressure-sensitive devices
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a single-cell battery, a battery module, a power battery, and an electric vehicle. The single-cell battery includes a case, a battery cell, an electrode terminal, and a cover plate. The electrode terminal includes a battery post. The single-cell battery further includes a current interruption device mounted on the battery post. The current interruption device has a conductive member and a flipping member connected to the conductive member for mutual electrical connection. The flipping member and the conductive member can be electrically disconnected from each other under action of air pressure. The conductive member is connected to the battery post for mutual electrical connection. The flipping member and the conductive member are connected to each other by using a boss welded structure. The boss welded structure includes a boss, a connection hole accommodating the boss, and an annular welding spot located between the boss and the connection hole. The flipping member includes the connection hole. The conductive member includes the boss. The conductive member is connected to an outer end surface of the battery post. An outer periphery of the flipping member is fixed relative to the cover plate. The battery post is mounted in a ceramic ring connected to the cover plate and is insulated from the outer periphery of the flipping member by using the ceramic ring.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A single-cell battery, comprising:
a case;
a battery cell accommodated in the case;
an electrode terminal electrically connected to the battery cell;
a cover plate for sealing the case, wherein the electrode terminal is disposed on the cover plate, and the electrode terminal comprises a battery post passing through the cover plate and electrically connected to the battery cell; and
a current interruption device mounted on the battery post, and in communication with gas inside the case, comprising a conductive member and a flipping member, wherein:
the flipping member is connected to the conductive member, the flipping member and the conductive member are configured to be electrically disconnected from each other under action of air pressure, the conductive member is connected to the battery post, and the flipping member and the conductive member are connected to each other with a boss welded structure comprising:
a boss;
a connection hole accommodating the boss; and
an annular welding spot located between the boss and the connection hole, wherein the flipping member is formed with a first sheet-like structure, the first sheet-like structure includes the connection hole, the conductive member is formed with a second sheet-like structure, the second sheet-like structure includes the boss, the conductive member is connected to an outer end surface of the battery post, an outer periphery of the flipping member is fixed relative to the cover plate, and the battery post is mounted in a ceramic ring connected to the cover plate and is insulated from the outer periphery of the flipping member with the ceramic ring, wherein an outer end surface of the ceramic ring is connected to a conductive ring, the outer periphery of the flipping member is fixedly connected to the conductive ring, and the battery post and the conductive ring are insulated from each other by the ceramic ring,
wherein the outer end surface of the ceramic ring is formed in a stepped structure having an inner ring and an outer ring, the battery post is in embedded connection with the inner ring, the outer ring is connected to the conductive ring, an inner end surface of the ceramic ring is connected to a transition ring, and the transition ring is connected to the cover plate so that the ceramic ring and the cover plate are disposed at intervals.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The single-cell battery according to claim 1, wherein the conductive member includes a notch, and the notch is disposed surrounding the boss.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The single-cell battery according to claim 2, wherein the notch has a shape of an ellipse, the boss is circular, a center of the notch and a center of the boss are staggered along a direction of a major axis of the ellipse, and the major axis of the ellipse and an axial line of the electrode terminal are obliquely disposed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The single-cell battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery post is fixedly connected to the cover plate, and the battery post includes an air-guide duct communicating an inner part of the case and the current interruption device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The single-cell battery according to claim 1, wherein the ceramic ring is connected to the conductive ring, the battery post, and the transition ring with ceramic brazing.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The single-cell battery according to claim 1, wherein the transition ring includes an inner ring and an outer ring that form a Z-shaped structure, the cover plate includes a through hole through which the battery post passes, an end surface of the through hole is in a staircase structure, and the inner ring of the transition ring is embedded in and supports the staircase structure.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The single-cell battery according to claim 1, wherein the outer end surface of the conductive ring includes an L-shaped rabbet, the outer periphery of the flipping member is embedded in and supports the L-shaped rabbet, and the outer periphery is connected to the L-shaped rabbet with a covering cap covering the flipping member.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The single-cell battery according to claim 1, wherein the outer end surface of the battery post includes an accommodation hole, and an outer periphery of the conductive member is fixed to an inner wall of the accommodation hole.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The single-cell battery according to claim 1, wherein an outer end periphery of the battery post has a plurality of radial bosses disposed at intervals along a circumferential direction, an inner periphery of the ceramic ring has a plurality of radial supports supporting and connected to the radial bosses, the plurality of radial supports are configured to be disposed at intervals along the circumferential direction, and the plurality of radial bosses are in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality radial supports.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The single-cell battery according to claim 1, wherein a lower spacer ring is connected to the battery cell, an upper spacer ring is connected below the cover plate, the single-cell battery further comprises an internal connecting sheet connected to the battery cell, the internal connecting sheet extends to between the upper spacer ring and the lower spacer ring, a lower surface of the battery post includes a staircase portion, and the staircase portion passes through the cover plate and the upper spacer ring and is clipped to an end portion of the internal connecting sheet.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A battery module, wherein the battery module comprises a plurality of single-cell batteries, wherein at least one of the plurality of single-cell batteries is the single-cell battery according to claim 1, the current interruption device extends out of the cover plate along a radial direction, and between adjacent single-cell batteries, the current interruption device and an adjacent electrode terminal are staggered in a direction of extension of the cover plate.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The battery module according to claim 11, wherein between the adjacent single-cell batteries, the current interruption device is connected to the adjacent electrode terminal with an L-shaped connecting member, the L-shaped connecting member includes a cover portion and a guide portion, the cover portion covers and is connected to the current interruption device, and the guide portion extends to the adjacent electrode terminal.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

A power battery, wherein the power battery comprises an inclusion body and the battery module according to claim 11, the battery module being accommodated in the inclusion body, wherein a gas detection device for detecting flammable gas is disposed inside the inclusion body, and the gas detection device is disposed close to the current interruption device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

An electric vehicle, wherein the electric vehicle includes the power battery according to claim 13.