# US 12,224,449 B2 · Case, secondary battery, battery pack, vehicle, and method for manufacturing secondary battery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,224,449 B2 - Document ID: US12224449B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/563,077 - Filed: 2021-12-28 - Published: 2022-04-21 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-19 - Assignees: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited - Applicants: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited - Inventors: Jingjing Yu; Jie Du; Zhiming Chen; Ruiqi Han - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224449B2 ## CPC - H01M 50/103: prismatic or rectangular (H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence) - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/119: Metals - H01M 50/121: Organic material - H01M 50/1245: {characterised by the external coating on the casing} - H01M 50/15: for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/153 takes precedence) - H01M 50/159: Metals - H01M 50/169: by welding, brazing or soldering - 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 50/271: Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - 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 - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract Embodiments of the present application provide a case, a secondary battery, a battery pack, a vehicle, and a method for manufacturing a secondary battery. The case includes a bottom wall and a side wall, the bottom wall and the side wall defining an accommodating cavity with an opening at one end for accommodating an electrode assembly of the secondary battery; wherein, an outer surface of the side wall includes a coated region coated with an insulating coating, and the coated region extends, in a height direction of the side wall, from a side of the side wall that is close to the bottom wall to a position near an edge of a side of the side wall that is close to the opening, so as to reserve a non-coated region with a preset height on the outer surface of the side wall that is near an edge of the opening. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for manufacturing a secondary battery, comprising: providing a case comprising: a bottom wall and a side wall, the bottom wall and the side wall defining an accommodating cavity with an opening at one end for accommodating an electrode assembly of the secondary battery; wherein, an outer surface of the side wall comprises a coated region coated with an insulating coating, and the coated region extends, in a height direction of the side wall, from a side of the side wall that is close to the bottom wall to a position near an edge of a side of the side wall that is close to the opening, so as to reserve a non-coated region with a preset height on the outer surface of the side wall that is near an edge of the opening, and the coated region has an area of from 70% to 85%, relative to a total area of the outer surface of the side wall and the coated region has an extension height of from 70% to 85% in the height direction, relative to a total height of the side wall, and wherein the insulating coating comprises: relative to a total weight of the insulating coating, 80-97 wt % of insulating film-forming resin, 3-12 wt % of auxiliary agent, and 0-8 wt % of pigment, the case is a positively charged metal case; placing the electrode assembly into the accommodating cavity from the opening; covering the opening by a cover plate, and welding the cover plate and the side wall to each other; and bonding a second insulating film to the outside of the side wall, the second insulating film covering at least the non-coated region, the second insulating film comprises a bonding segment and a stacking segment successively arranged in the height direction, the bonding segment is bonded to the non-coated region, and the stacking segment extends from the bonding segment to an outer surface of the insulating coating, and wherein an outer surface of the cover plate away from the accommodating cavity is provided with a first insulating film, and the second insulating film and the first insulating film are disposed integrally, and the stacking segment has an extension height of from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the height direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The secondary battery manufactured by the method according to claim 1, comprising: the case comprising: the bottom wall and the side wall, the bottom wall and the side wall defining the accommodating cavity with the opening at one end for accommodating the electrode assembly of the secondary battery; wherein, the outer surface of the side wall comprises the coated region coated with an insulating coating, and the coated region extends, in the height direction of the side wall, from the side of the side wall that is close to the bottom wall to the position near the edge of the side of the side wall that is close to the opening, so as to reserve the non-coated region with the preset height on the outer surface of the side wall that is near the edge of the opening, and the coated region has an area of from 70% to 85%, relative to a total area of the outer surface of the side wall and the coated region has an extension height of from 70% to 85% in the height direction, relative to a total height of the side wall, and wherein the insulating coating comprises: relative to the total weight of the insulating coating, 80-97 wt % of insulating film-forming resin, 3-12 wt % of auxiliary agent, and 0-8 wt % of pigment, the case is the positively charged metal case; the electrode assembly placed in the accommodating cavity; a cover plate covering the opening, wherein the outer surface of the cover plate away from the accommodating cavity is provided with the first insulating film, and the cover plate is provided with protruding structures, and the first insulating film is provided with through holes from which electrode terminals extend out; and a second insulating film covering at least the non-coated region, the second insulating film comprises the bonding segment and the stacking segment successively arranged in the height direction, the bonding segment is bonded to the non-coated region, and the stacking segment extends from the bonding segment to the outer surface of the insulating coating, and the stacking segment has an extension height of from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the height direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the stacking segment has an extension height of from 3 mm to 5 mm in the height direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the insulating film has a thickness of from 100 μm to 120 μm. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the coated region has an area of 80%, relative to the total area of the outer surface of the side wall. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the non-coated region has an extension height of greater than or equal to 3 mm in the height direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein pigment powders in the pigment have a particle size of less than or equal to 25 μm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the pigment is selected from a toner; and/or, the insulating film-forming resin is selected from epoxy resin, polyurethane resin, acrylic resin, phenolic resin, polyester resin, and combinations thereof; and/or, the auxiliary agent is selected from at least one of a light stabilizer, a heat stabilizer, an antioxidant, a defoamer, a leveling agent, a flame retardant, and a plasticizer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the insulating film-forming resin is obtained by photo-curing an acrylic functionalized prepolymer and an acrylic monomer in the presence of a photoinitiator, wherein the acrylic functionalized prepolymer is selected from at least one of a polyester acrylate prepolymer, epoxy acrylate prepolymer, urethane acrylate prepolymer and pure acrylate prepolymer, and the acrylic monomer is selected from at least one of monoalkyl acrylate, diol diacrylate and triol triacrylate; or, the insulating film-forming resin is obtained by curing reaction of epoxy resin, polyurethane, polyester or acrylic resin with a curing agent. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the insulating film-forming resin is obtained by photo-curing an acrylic functionalized prepolymer and an acrylic monomer in the presence of a photoinitiator, and the insulating coating comprises 5-8 wt % of the pigment, 60-80 wt % of the prepolymer, 10-30 wt % of the monomer, 2-10 wt % of the photoinitiator and 1-3 wt % of the auxiliary agent. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the insulating film-forming resin is obtained by curing reaction of the epoxy resin, the polyurethane, the polyester or the acrylic resin with the curing agent, and the insulating coating comprises 2-3 wt % of the pigment, 40-55 wt % of matrix resin, 30-50 wt % of the curing agent, and 1-15 wt % of the auxiliary agent. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The secondary battery according to claim 11, wherein the curing agent comprises at least one of phenolic resin and dicyandiamide. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the insulating coating has a thickness of from 80 μm to 160 μm. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the outer surface of the bottom wall away from the accommodating cavity is coated with the insulating coating. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) The secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the edge of the coated region that is close to the opening and the edge of the side wall that is close to the opening are disposed in parallel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) A battery pack, comprising: a box; and a plurality of secondary batteries according to claim 2 being accommodated in the box. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The battery pack according to claim 16, wherein the secondary batteries are adhered to an inner wall surface of the box by an adhesive. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) A vehicle, comprising the battery pack according to claim 16. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The secondary battery manufactured by the method according to claim 1, comprising: the case comprising: the bottom wall and the side wall, the bottom wall and the side wall defining the accommodating cavity with the opening at one end for accommodating the electrode assembly of the secondary battery; wherein, the outer surface of the side wall comprises the coated region coated with the insulating coating, and the coated region extends, in the height direction of the side wall, from the side of the side wall that is close to the bottom wall to the position near the edge of the side of the side wall that is close to the opening, so as to reserve the non-coated region with the preset height on the outer surface of the side wall that is near the edge of the opening and wherein the insulating coating comprises: relative to the total weight of the insulating coating, 80-97 wt % of insulating film-forming resin, 3-12 wt % of auxiliary agent, and 0-8 wt % of pigment, and wherein the case is made of a metal material and insulation protection is provided for the secondary battery to avoid an external short circuit of the secondary battery caused by electrically connecting the case of the secondary battery with a negative electrode, the case is the positively charged metal case; the electrode assembly placed in the accommodating cavity; the cover plate covering the opening, wherein the outer surface of the cover plate away from the accommodating cavity is provided with the first insulating film; and the second insulating film covering at least the non-coated region, the second insulating film comprises the bonding segment and the stacking segment successively arranged in the height direction, the bonding segment is bonded to the non-coated region, and the stacking segment extends from the bonding segment to the outer surface of the insulating coating. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The secondary battery manufactured by the method according to claim 1, comprising: the case for the secondary battery, the case comprising the bottom wall and the side wall, the bottom wall and the side wall defining the accommodating cavity with the opening at one end for accommodating the electrode assembly of the secondary battery, and the case is the positively charged metal case; the electrode assembly placed in the accommodating cavity; the cover plate covering the opening; and the second insulating film covering at least the non-coated region, the second insulating film comprises the bonding segment and the stacking segment successively arranged in the height direction, the bonding segment is bonded to the non-coated region, and the stacking segment extends from the bonding segment to the outer surface of the insulating coating, wherein, the outer surface of the side wall comprises the coated region coated with the insulating coating, and the coated region extends, in the height direction of the side wall, from the side of the side wall that is close to the bottom wall to the position near the edge of the side of the side wall that is close to the opening, so as to reserve the non-coated region with the preset height on the outer surface of the side wall that is near the edge of the opening, and the insulating coating comprises: relative to the total weight of the insulating coating, 80-97 wt % of insulating film-forming resin, 3-12 wt % of auxiliary agent, and 0-8 wt % of pigment, and the second insulating film comprises the bonding segment and the stacking segment successively arranged in the height direction, and the stacking segment has the extension height of from 1.5 mm to 6 mm in the height direction, and wherein the outer surface of the cover plate away from the accommodating cavity is provided with the first insulating film, and the second insulating film and the first insulating film are disposed integrally.