# US 11,908,991 B2 · Sealed battery and assembled battery

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- Number: US 11,908,991 B2
- Document ID: US11908991B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/790,977
- Filed: 2020-02-14
- Published: 2020-09-03
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2019-02-28
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ehara; Yoshinori Shibata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11908991B2

## CPC

- H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
- H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence)
- H01M 50/503: characterised by the shape of the interconnectors
- H01M 50/522: Inorganic material
- H01M 50/534: characterised by the material of the leads or tabs
- H01M 50/536: characterised by the method of fixing the leads to the electrodes, e.g. by welding
- H01M 50/55: on the same side of the cell
- H01M 50/553: Terminals adapted for prismatic, pouch or rectangular cells
- H01M 50/562: characterised by the material
- H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using 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

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides a joining technique capable of improving strength and reducing electrical resistance of a connecting portion that performs heterometal interjunction in a sealed battery. A mode of the sealed battery disclosed herein includes an electrode body, a battery case, a positive electrode internal terminal, a positive electrode external terminal, a negative electrode internal terminal, and a negative electrode external terminal. In the sealed battery, in a connecting portion between the negative electrode internal terminal and the negative electrode external terminal, an upper end of the negative electrode internal terminal and the negative electrode external terminal are stacked with a plated layer interposed therebetween and, at the same time, the negative electrode internal terminal and the negative electrode external terminal are joined to each other via the plated layer. In addition, a rough surface having a plurality of recessed portions is formed on the upper surface of the negative electrode external terminal having been stacked with the plated layer interposed therebetween, and a part of the plated layer penetrates into the recessed portions. Accordingly, a connecting portion having high strength and low resistance can be formed between the negative electrode internal terminal and the negative electrode external terminal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of manufacturing a sealed battery that includes:
an electrode body having a positive electrode and a negative electrode;
a battery case housing the electrode body;
a positive electrode-side internal terminal which is connected inside the battery case to the positive electrode and of which a part is exposed to outside of the battery case;
a positive electrode-side external terminal which is connected outside the battery case to the positive electrode-side internal terminal;
a negative electrode-side internal terminal which is connected inside the battery case to the negative electrode and of which a part is exposed to outside of the battery case; and
a negative electrode-side external terminal which is connected outside the battery case to the negative electrode-side internal terminal,
the internal terminal and the external terminal of at least one of the positive electrode side and the negative electrode side being constituted by metal materials that differ from each other,
the method comprising a step of connecting the internal terminal and the external terminal to each other, wherein
the step of connecting the internal terminal and the external terminal includes:
a rough surface forming step of forming a rough surface having a plurality of recessed portions on at least one of a surface of the internal terminal and a surface of the external terminal;
a plating-joining step of arranging the internal terminal and the external terminal so that the rough surface faces another connection object with a gap between the rough surface and the connection object, forming a plated layer between the internal terminal and the external terminal, and joining the internal terminal and the external terminal to each other by causing a part of the plated layer to penetrate into the recessed portions; and
in the rough surface forming step, by performing anodization on a surface of a negative electrode-side external terminal constituted by a metal material of which a main component is Al, an alumite layer having a plurality of micropores is formed on the surface of the external terminal.