Energy storage device
AssigneeGS Yuasa International Ltd.
InventorHironori Ichinohashi
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Abstract
An energy storage device includes a case, an electrode assembly housed in the case, a current collector arranged between the electrode assembly and a lid of the case in Z-axis direction, and an electrode terminal fixed to the lid. The current collector has a terminal connecting portion connected to the electrode terminal and an electrode connecting portion connected to the electrode assembly. The terminal connecting portion and the electrode connecting portion are arranged side by side in X-axis direction intersecting with the Z-axis direction, and a thickness of the electrode connecting portion is smaller than a thickness of the terminal connecting portion.
Claims15
An energy storage device including a case and an electrode assembly housed in the case, the energy storage device comprising:
- a current collector arranged between the electrode assembly and a wall of the case in a first direction;
- and
- an electrode terminal fixed to the wall,
- wherein the current collector includes:
- a terminal connecting portion connected to the electrode terminal;
- and
- an electrode connecting portion connected to the electrode assembly,
- wherein the terminal connecting portion and the electrode connecting portion are arranged side by side in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,
- wherein a thickness of the electrode connecting portion is smaller than a thickness of the terminal connecting portion,
- wherein the electrode assembly includes an electrode assembly body portion and a tab portion protruding from a part of the electrode assembly body portion in the first direction,
- wherein the electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate,
- wherein the tab portion is disposed between the electrode assembly body portion and the wall in the first direction,
- wherein the tab portion includes a plurality of tabs on the positive electrode plate and a plurality of tabs on the negative electrode plate, and
- wherein the plurality of tabs on the positive electrode plate and the plurality of tabs on the negative electrode plate protrude toward the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.