# US 2025/0096431 A1 · Power storage cell

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- Number: US 2025/0096431 A1
- Document ID: US20250096431A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/644,632
- Filed: 2024-04-24
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Earliest claimed: 2023-09-20
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Kazuhito KATO; Junta TAKASU; Atsushi Yamanaka; Masato Ono; Satoshi Moriyama; Kosuke Suzuki; Kazuki Sugie; Kazuya Kumazawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250096431A1

## CPC

- H01M 50/528: Fixed electrical connections, i.e. not intended for disconnection
- H01M 10/0431: {Cells with wound or folded electrodes (H01M10/045 takes precedence)}
- H01M 10/0587: of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators
- H01M 50/107: having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/103, H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence)
- H01M 50/169: by welding, brazing or soldering
- H01M 50/536: characterised by the method of fixing the leads to the electrodes, e.g. by welding
- H01M 50/538: Connection of several leads or tabs of wound or folded electrode stacks
- 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

In a power storage cell according to the present disclosure, the first electrode of the wound electrode assembly includes a sheet-shaped current collector and an electrode composite material layer formed on the current collector. The current collector includes a coated portion on which the electrode composite material layer is coated and an uncoated portion on which the electrode composite material layer is not coated. The uncoated portion protrudes from the coated portion to one side in the axial direction of the wound electrode assembly. The case houses the wound electrode assembly, and includes a cylindrical wall portion and a bottom portion. The cylindrical wall portion is provided so as to cover the outer peripheral side of the wound electrode assembly. The bottom portion is disposed on one side in the axial direction, connected to one end of the cylindrical wall portion, and joined to the uncoated portion by welding.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A power storage cell comprising:
a wound electrode assembly including a wound first electrode and a wound second electrode; and
a case that houses the wound electrode assembly, wherein
the first electrode includes a sheet-shaped current collector and an electrode composite material layer provided on the current collector,
the current collector includes a coated portion that is coated with the electrode composite material layer, and an uncoated portion that is not coated with the electrode composite material layer,
the uncoated portion protrudes from the coated portion to one side in an axial direction of the wound electrode assembly,
the case includes a cylindrical wall portion provided to cover an outer peripheral side of the wound electrode assembly, and a bottom portion disposed on the one side in the axial direction and connected to one end of the cylindrical wall portion, and
the bottom portion is joined to the uncoated portion by welding from an outside of the case.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The power storage cell according to claim 1, wherein:
the case further includes an external terminal connected to the other end of the cylindrical wall portion and integrated with the cylindrical wall portion; and
the bottom portion is joined to the cylindrical wall portion by welding to electrically connect the first electrode to the external terminal via the bottom portion and the cylindrical wall portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The power storage cell according to claim 1, wherein:
the case further includes an external terminal joined to the other end of the cylindrical wall portion by welding; and
the bottom portion is integrated with the cylindrical wall portion to electrically connect the first electrode to the external terminal via the bottom portion and the cylindrical wall portion.