Detailed Description
Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure.
In the drawings, the thickness of regions and layers may be exaggerated for clarity. The same reference numerals denote the same or similar structures in the drawings, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.
The described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the embodiments of the disclosure can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring the primary technical ideas of the disclosure.
When a structure is "on" another structure, it may mean that the structure is integrally formed with the other structure, or that the structure is "directly" disposed on the other structure, or that the structure is "indirectly" disposed on the other structure via another structure.
The terms "a," "an," "the," and the like are used to denote the presence of one or more elements/components/parts; the terms "comprising" and "having" are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may be additional elements/components/etc. other than the listed elements/components/etc. The terms "first" and "second", etc. are used merely as labels, and are not limiting on the number of their objects.
As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 10, a battery cover plate assembly 10 is provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and includes a cover plate 100, a connector 200 and a pole 300. The cover plate 100 is provided with at least two pole post holes 110, the pole post holes 110 penetrate through two opposite surfaces of the cover plate 100, and an inter-post reinforcing rib 120 is arranged between two adjacent pole post holes 110. The connection member 200 is disposed at a side of the cap plate 100 away from the inside of the battery. The number of the poles 300 is at least two, and two adjacent poles 300 respectively pass through different pole holes 110 and are connected to the same connector 200.
The battery cover plate assembly 10 provided by the present disclosure includes a cover plate 100, a connector 200, and a pole 300. The quantity of utmost point post 300 is two at least, connects in same connecting piece 200 after two adjacent utmost point posts 300 pass apron 100, and this kind of mode simple structure, the assembly degree of difficulty is low, and is favorable to the assembly dynamics of balanced two utmost point posts 300 when the assembly, improves the assembly yield and the assembly efficiency of battery. In addition, the inter-column reinforcing ribs 120 are arranged between two adjacent pole column holes 110 on the cover plate 100, so that the structural strength of the cover plate 100 between the pole column holes 110 can be enhanced, and the cover plate 100 is prevented from deforming when the pole column 300 is assembled.
The components of the battery cover plate assembly 10 provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 10, the present disclosure provides a battery cover plate assembly 10 for completing the assembly and sealing of a battery. The battery comprises a bottom shell and a battery core, wherein the battery core is arranged in the bottom shell, and the battery cover plate assembly 10 is used for sealing the bottom shell and the battery core. The battery cover plate assembly 10 includes a cover plate 100, a connector 200, and a terminal post 300. The cover plate 100 is provided with at least two pole post holes 110, the pole post holes 110 penetrate through two opposite surfaces of the cover plate 100, and an inter-post reinforcing rib 120 is arranged between two adjacent pole post holes 110. The connection member 200 is disposed at a side of the cap plate 100 away from the inside of the battery. The number of the poles 300 is at least two, and two adjacent poles 300 respectively pass through different pole holes 110 to be connected to the same connector 200.
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the shape and size of the cap plate 100 are set according to the requirements of the battery. The cover plate 100 may be rectangular or have other shapes, and the disclosure is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the cover plate 100 is a generally rectangular plate structure with a long side length that is about 4 to 10 times the length of a short side. In other embodiments, the cover plate 100 is a housing with a depth, including a top wall and a side wall, the top wall having an area greater than the side wall. The post holes 110 and the inter-post ribs 120 are provided in the top wall. In a preferred embodiment, the cover plate 100 is a rounded rectangular plate.
In some embodiments, the number of the post holes 110 on the cover plate 100 is at least two, and in some embodiments, four post holes 110 are provided on the cover plate 100. The positive post hole 110 includes a positive post hole 111 and a negative post hole 112, the positive post hole 111 is disposed at one corner of the cover plate 100, the negative post hole 112 is disposed at the other corner of the cover plate 100, the positive post hole 111 and the negative post hole 112 are diagonally disposed, and the positive post hole 111 and the negative post hole 112 are centrally symmetrical with respect to an intersection point of two diagonals of the cover plate 100. In one embodiment, the number of the positive and negative post holes 111 and 112 is two. The positive pole hole 111 and the negative pole hole 112 are arranged on the diagonal line of the cover plate 100, so that when a single battery is assembled to form a battery pack, two adjacent batteries are connected in series and in parallel.
As shown in fig. 1, an inter-post rib 120 is disposed between two adjacent post holes 110 of the cover plate 100, and the inter-post rib 120 is disposed on a side of the cover plate 100 close to the inside of the battery. In the present disclosure, the inter-column reinforcing rib 120 and the cover plate 100 may be formed integrally or may be formed separately, and in a preferred embodiment, the inter-column reinforcing rib 120 and the cover plate 100 are formed integrally. The inter-post reinforcing ribs 120 are used for reinforcing the structural strength of the cover plate 100 between two adjacent post holes 110, reducing the deformation amount thereof and ensuring the assembly effect of the post 300.
As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a partial region of the cap plate 100 protrudes toward a direction close to the inside of the battery to form a concave region on a side surface of the cap plate 100 away from the inside of the battery, and a convex portion is formed on a side surface of the cap plate 100 close to the inside of the battery, and the convex portion forms an inter-pillar reinforcement 120. A partial region of the cap plate 100 is a region located between two adjacent pole holes 110 (two adjacent positive pole holes 111 or two adjacent negative pole holes 112). When the battery is charged and discharged, gas is generated to easily deform the cover plate 100, so that the deformation of the cover plate 100 is effectively reduced, and the structural strength of the cover plate 100 is enhanced; moreover, when the adjacent poles 300 are connected to the same connector 200 through the pole post holes 110, when the poles 300 are assembled (for example, riveting or welding), the regions of the cover plates 100 between the adjacent pole post holes 110 are easily deformed, and the design can reduce the maximum stress, reduce the stress concentration, reduce the deformation of the regions of the cover plates 100 between the adjacent pole post holes 110, reduce the deformation of the pole post holes 110 to a certain extent, and improve the sealing performance of the poles 300. In this embodiment, the inter-column reinforcing ribs 120 are press-molded from the cover plate 100. The shape and size of the partial region of the cap plate 100 can be designed according to the distance between two adjacent pole holes 110 and the structure of the cap plate 100. In the preferred embodiment, a partial region of the cover plate 100 is a continuous closed pattern, and the inter-pillar reinforcement 120 formed therefrom is also a continuous closed pattern. The inter-pillar reinforcement 120 of the continuous closed pattern, when subjected to pressure, uniformly disperses the pressure within the pattern, and can improve the structural strength of the cover plate 100 at the corresponding position to a greater extent.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the inter-column reinforcing ribs 120 are in an axisymmetric pattern. The force distribution of the inter-column reinforcing ribs 120 in the axisymmetric pattern is more uniform. Further, the symmetry axis of the inter-column reinforcing rib 120 coincides with the central axis between the adjacent two pole column holes 110. In a particular embodiment, two adjacent post holes 110 are axisymmetrical along the central axis. In the assembling process of the pole 300, when the assembling force of two adjacent poles 300 is consistent, the influence on the cover plate 100 is minimal. When the inter-column reinforcing rib 120 is in an axisymmetric pattern and the symmetry axis thereof coincides with the central axis between two adjacent polar column holes 110, the stress uniformity of the inter-column reinforcing rib 120 between the two polar column holes 110 can be ensured, and the deformation of the cover plate 100 is further reduced.
As shown in fig. 3, 4 and 11, in some embodiments, the inter-column reinforcing ribs 120 include first inter-column reinforcing ribs 122 and second inter-column reinforcing ribs 123, the pole post hole 110 includes a positive pole post hole 111 and a negative pole post hole 112, the positive pole post hole 111 and the negative pole post hole 112 are centered and symmetrical with respect to an intersection of two diagonal lines of the cap plate 100, the first inter-column reinforcing ribs 122 are disposed between two adjacent positive pole post holes 111, the second inter-column reinforcing ribs 123 are disposed between two adjacent negative pole post holes 112, and the first inter-column reinforcing ribs 122 and the second inter-column reinforcing ribs 123 are centered and symmetrical with respect to an intersection of two diagonal lines of the cap plate 100. In this embodiment, since the inter-post reinforcing ribs 120 and the post holes 110 are both centrosymmetric with respect to the intersection point of two diagonal lines of the cover plate, when the positive post and the negative post need to pass through the cover plate 100, the positive post and the negative post can pass through any post hole 110 at will, and it is not necessary to particularly correspond the positive post to the positive post hole 111 and the negative post to the negative post hole 112, which reduces the assembly time and improves the production efficiency.
As shown in fig. 4 and 11, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the inter-column reinforcing ribs 120 (the first inter-column reinforcing rib 122 and the second inter-column reinforcing rib 123) include an inter-column reinforcing surface 121, a side surface of the inter-column reinforcing rib 120 adjacent to the inside of the battery is the inter-column reinforcing surface 121, and the inter-column reinforcing surface 121 has a regular geometric figure including a rectangle, a regular polygon, a circle, and an ellipse. In the actual production process, the regular geometric figure is easier to form, and the reinforcing effect on the structural strength is better. It should be noted that the rectangles and regular polygons of the present disclosure also include figures obtained by rounding the rectangles and regular polygons. In the preferred embodiment, the intercolumn reinforcement surfaces 121 are rectangular in shape with rounded corners.
The size of the inter-post reinforcing rib 120 may be set according to the distance between the adjacent two pole post holes 110. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the inter-column stiffener 120 includes a first length a and a second length b, a longest distance of the inter-column stiffener 120 in a direction parallel to a connecting line of center points of two adjacent pole column holes 110 is the first length a, a longest distance of the inter-column stiffener 120 in a direction perpendicular to a connecting line of center points of two adjacent pole column holes 110 is the second length b, and the first length a is greater than or equal to the second length b. This first length a more than or equal to second length b of this open design, when guaranteeing 100 structural strength reinforcing effects to apron, reduce the interference to the battery is inside, avoid because second length b overlength causes influences such as oppression to the battery is inside.
As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the cover plate 100 is further provided with a pole reinforcement rib 130, and the pole reinforcement rib 130 is disposed around the pole hole 110. The pole reinforcing rib 130 is disposed on one side of the cover plate 100 near the inside of the battery. In the present disclosure, the pole reinforcing rib 130 and the cover plate 100 may be integrally formed, or may be separately formed, and in a preferred embodiment, the pole reinforcing rib 130 and the cover plate 100 are integrally formed. The pole reinforcing ribs 130 are used for reinforcing the structural strength of the cover plate 100 at the pole hole 110, reducing the deformation of the pole hole 110 and ensuring the assembling effect of the pole 300.
As shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments, the pole reinforcement rib 130 also surrounds the pole bore 110, and the pole reinforcement rib 130 is seamlessly connected to the outer edge of the pole bore 110.
In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the post reinforcement 130 surrounds the post hole 110 and is spaced from the edge of the post hole 110.
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, the post stiffener 130 surrounds the post hole 110 for a circle. The pole is assembled, and the pole reinforcing ribs 130 surrounding the pole hole 110 for one circle can effectively evenly disperse the pressure around the pole hole 110, so that the uneven stress around the pole hole 110 is improved, and the deformation of the pole hole 110 is reduced. It should be noted that the pole reinforcing rib 130 may be continuously and uninterruptedly enclosed and surround the pole hole 110 for one circle, or may be discontinuously surrounded and surrounded the pole hole 110 for one circle. In a preferred embodiment, the pole reinforcement rib 130 continuously encloses around the pole bore 110 for a circle to better protect the pole bore 110 from deformation.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a partial region of the cap plate 100 protrudes toward the inside of the battery to form a concave region c on a side surface of the cap plate 100 away from the inside of the battery, and a convex portion is formed on a side surface of the cap plate 100 close to the inside of the battery, and the convex portion forms the pole reinforcement 130. The pole reinforcing rib 130 may be press-molded from the cap plate 100. In this embodiment, the shape and size of the partial region of the cover plate 100 may be designed according to the structure and size of the region around the post hole 110. In a preferred embodiment, the annular region of the cover plate 100 continuously surrounding the pole post hole 110 is protruded toward the direction close to the inside of the battery with a pole post reinforcing rib 130 formed, and the pole post reinforcing rib 130 is closed to surround the pole post hole 110 for one circle. When the pole 300 is pressed, the pressure is uniformly dispersed in the pole reinforcing rib 130, the structural strength of the cover plate 100 at the pole hole 110 can be improved to a greater extent, and the deformation of the pole hole 110 is reduced when the pole 300 is assembled.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the pole stiffener 130 is an axisymmetric pattern. The stress distribution of the axially symmetrical pole reinforcing ribs 130 is more uniform. Further, the pole reinforcing rib 130 is also in a central symmetrical pattern. In utmost point post 300 assembling process, utmost point post 300's assembly pressure ability homodisperse is in utmost point post strengthening rib 130 around utmost point post hole 110, when guaranteeing that the apron 100 atress around utmost point post hole 110 is even, strengthens utmost point post hole 110 department apron 100's structural strength to avoid utmost point post hole 110 to take place deformation. In a preferred embodiment, the symmetric center point of the pole reinforcing rib 130 coincides with the center point of the pole hole 110, so that the pole reinforcing rib 130 is uniformly distributed around the pole hole 110 to reinforce the cover plate 100 around the pole hole 110.
As shown in fig. 3, 4 and 11, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the pole reinforcing ribs 130 include a first pole reinforcing rib 132 and a second pole reinforcing rib 133, the pole hole 110 includes a positive pole hole 111 and a negative pole hole 112, the first pole reinforcing rib 132 surrounds the positive pole hole 111, the second pole reinforcing rib 133 surrounds the negative pole hole 112, the positive pole hole 111 and the negative pole hole 112 are centrally symmetrical with respect to an intersection of two diagonal lines of the cover plate 100, and the first pole reinforcing rib 132 and the second pole reinforcing rib 133 are centrally symmetrical with respect to an intersection of two diagonal lines of the cover plate 100. In this embodiment, since the post reinforcing ribs 130 and the post holes 110 are both centrosymmetric with respect to the intersection point of the two diagonal lines of the cover plate, when the positive post and the negative post need to pass through the cover plate 100, the positive post and the negative post can pass through any one of the post holes 110 at will, and it is not necessary to particularly correspond the positive post to the positive post hole 111 and the negative post to the negative post hole 112, which reduces the assembly time and improves the production efficiency.
As shown in fig. 4 and 11, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminal reinforcing rib 130 (the first terminal reinforcing rib 132 and the second terminal reinforcing rib 133) includes a terminal reinforcing surface 131, a side surface of the terminal reinforcing rib 130 close to the inside of the battery is the terminal reinforcing surface 131, an outer boundary of the terminal reinforcing surface 131 is a regular geometric figure, and the regular geometric figure includes a rectangle, a regular polygon, a circle and an ellipse. In the actual production process, the regular geometric figure is easier to form, and the reinforcing effect on the structural strength is better. It should be noted that the rectangles and regular polygons of the present disclosure also include figures obtained by rounding the rectangles and regular polygons. In a preferred embodiment, the outer boundary of the pole reinforcement surface 131 is rounded.
As shown in fig. 1 and 5, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the connection member 200 is provided with two first through holes 210, and the first through holes 210 correspond to the pole hole 110 in position. Specifically, two first through holes 210 correspond to two adjacent pole post holes 110 in position one to one. The shape of the first through-hole 210 may be consistent with the shape of the pole post hole 110. In some embodiments, the post hole 110 and the first through hole 210 are both circular. In actual assembly, two adjacent poles 300 are riveted to the same connector 200 after passing through the pole hole 110 and the first through hole 210. In an embodiment, the battery cover plate assembly 10 includes two connecting members 200, one of the connecting members 200 is disposed at the positive post hole 111, the other connecting member 200 is disposed at the negative post hole 112, and the connecting member 200 is an aluminum block.
As shown in fig. 1, 6 and 9, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the battery cover plate assembly 10 further includes an insulating member 400, the insulating member 400 is disposed on a side of the cover plate 100 away from the inside of the battery, a protruding portion 430 is disposed on a side of the insulating member 400 close to the cover plate 100, and the protruding portion 430 is connected to the recessed region c. Preferably, the protruding portion 430 is engaged with the recessed area c to limit the insulating member 400 to a certain extent, so that the space of the cover plate 100 is effectively utilized and the connection strength between the insulating member 400 and the cover plate 100 is increased. Specifically, the insulating member 400 is disposed between the connecting member 200 and the cap plate 100, and the insulating member 400 is provided with at least two second through holes 410, and the second through holes 410 correspond to the pole holes 110 in position. The insulating member 400 is made of an insulating material to ensure insulation between the cap plate 100 and the connector 200. The two second through holes 410 correspond to the two adjacent pole holes 110 in a one-to-one manner. The shape of the second through-hole 410 may conform to the shape of the pole bore 110. In some embodiments, the second through-hole 410 is circular.
As shown in fig. 5 and 6, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a first position-limiting portion 220 is disposed on a side of the connecting member 200 close to the insulating member 400, and a second position-limiting portion 420 engaged with the first position-limiting portion 220 is disposed on a side of the insulating member 400 close to the connecting member 200. The connection member 200 and the insulation member 400 are restricted from each other by the first and second restriction parts 220 and 420. For example, the first position-limiting portion 220 is a protrusion, the second position-limiting portion 420 is a groove, or the first position-limiting portion 220 is a groove, the first position-limiting portion 220 is a protrusion, and the protrusion is received in the groove, so as to limit the position between the connecting member 200 and the insulating member 400.
In some embodiments, a protrusion is disposed on a side of the connecting member 200 close to the insulating member 400, and a first groove is disposed on a surface of the insulating member 400 close to the connecting member 200, wherein the shape and size of the first groove match the shape and size of the protrusion. In this embodiment, the first position-limiting portion 220 is a protrusion, and the second position-limiting portion 420 is a first groove, and the protrusion is received in the first groove. The specific shape of the bump is not limiting in this disclosure. In one embodiment, the bump is a rectangular parallelepiped structure after rounding.
The present disclosure also provides a battery including the battery cover plate assembly 10 in any of the above embodiments. The battery further comprises a bottom shell and an electric core, the bottom shell is of a hollow structure with an opening at the top end, the electric core is located in the bottom shell, and the battery top cover assembly is used for assembling the pole 300 and sealing the opening at the top end of the bottom shell.
It is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangements of the components set forth in the specification. The present disclosure is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. The foregoing variations and modifications are within the scope of the present disclosure. It should be understood that the disclosure disclosed and defined in this specification extends to all alternative combinations of two or more of the individual features mentioned or evident from the text and/or drawings. All of these different combinations constitute various alternative aspects of the present disclosure. The embodiments of this specification illustrate the best mode known for carrying out the disclosure and will enable those skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure.