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US 2015/0318526 A1Published application
Electricity storage device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsShimpei MUNE, Motoaki OKUDA, Yushi KONDO, Hirokuni AKIYAMA, Hiroyasu NISHIHARA, Atsushi MINAGATA
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Abstract
An electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case, a safety valve, and a cover member. The case accommodates the electrode assembly. The safety valve is arranged in the case and opens to discharge gas out of the case when an inner pressure of the case exceeds a release pressure. The cover member is arranged in the case opposing the safety valve and includes a flow passage for the gas.
Claims11
An electricity storage device comprising:
- an electrode assembly;
- a case that accommodates the electrode assembly;
- a safety valve arranged in the case, wherein the safety valve opens and discharges gas out of the case when an inner pressure of the case exceeds a release pressure;
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- an opposing member arranged in the case opposing the safety valve, wherein the opposing member includes a flow passage for the gas, and wherein
- the electrode assembly is formed by stacking electrodes and a separator,
- ends of the electrodes respectively include tabs,
- a conductor joined with the tabs is arranged between the tabs and an inner surface of the case,
- the opposing member is plate-shaped and located between the conductor and the inner surface of the case on which the safety valve is arranged,
- the electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode having different polarities,
- the tabs include a first tab arranged on the end of the first electrode and a second tab arranged on the end of the second electrode,
- the conductor is one of a first conductor joined with the first tab and a second conductor joined with the second tab,
- the first conductor and the second conductor are spaced apart in a direction orthogonal to both of an opposing direction of the safety valve and the opposing member and a stacking direction of the electrode assembly,
- the opposing member includes a projection arranged on a surface of the opposing member that is close to the conductor,
- at least a portion of the projection is located between the first conductor and the second conductor
- the second conductor is plate-shaped and includes a thick portion and a thin portion having different thicknesses,
- the thin portion and the second tab are welded, and
- a portion of the projection overlaps the thin portion as viewed from the opposing direction.
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