Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments that embody features and advantages of the invention are described in detail below. It is to be understood that the invention is capable of other and different embodiments and its several details are capable of modification without departing from the scope of the invention, and that the description and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.
In the following description of various exemplary embodiments of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration various exemplary structures, systems, and steps in which aspects of the invention may be practiced. It is to be understood that other specific arrangements of parts, structures, example devices, systems, and steps may be utilized and structural and functional modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Moreover, although the terms "over," "between," "within," and the like may be used in this specification to describe various example features and elements of the invention, these terms are used herein for convenience only, e.g., in accordance with the orientation of the examples in the figures. Nothing in this specification should be construed as requiring a specific three dimensional orientation of structures to fall within the scope of the invention.
An embodiment of the utility model provides a power battery cover plate structure, please refer to fig. 1 to 4, power battery cover plate structure includes: a cover plate body 10; a fixing part 20, the fixing part 20 is arranged on the cover plate body 10; an electrode terminal 30, the electrode terminal 30 being disposed on the cap body 10, the fixing portion 20 being connected to the electrode terminal 30 to restrict the electrode terminal 30 from being detached from the cap body 10; wherein, the electrode terminal 30 is provided with a screw 31 for connection with an external fixture.
The utility model discloses a power battery cover plate structure is through being provided with screw thread 31 on electrode terminal 30, electrode terminal 30's screw thread 31 and external fixation spare threaded connection, can realize electrode terminal 30 and the stable connection of busbar, and set up fixed part 20 on apron body 10 and be connected with electrode terminal 30, realized spacing to electrode terminal 30, even under the environment of vibration and impact, also can guarantee electrode terminal 30's relative stability, thereby improve electrode terminal 30 and external fixation spare threaded connection's stability, guarantee the stable connection of electrode terminal 30 and busbar with this.
It should be noted that the fixing portion 20 is connected to the electrode terminal 30, that is, the fixing portion 20 and the electrode terminal 30 can be fixedly connected, that is, the fixing portion 20 and the electrode terminal 30 are connected by a conventional connection method, such as clamping. Or the fixing portion 20 and the electrode terminal 30 are only in a contact relationship, that is, the fixing portion 20 is pressed on the electrode terminal 30, and the electrode terminal 30 is prevented from being separated from the cap body 10.
In one embodiment, the electrode terminal 30 may be disposed on a surface of the cap body 10, or may be partially located inside the cap body 10. And the fixing part 20 is secured to be in contact with the electrode terminal 30 and can perform a fixing function.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, when the screw 31 on the electrode terminal 30 is an external screw, the external fixture may be a nut, and is screw-coupled with the electrode terminal 30 by the nut, thereby pressing the bus bar against the electrode terminal 30.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, when the screw 31 on the electrode terminal 30 is an internal screw, the external fixture may be a bolt, which is screw-coupled with the electrode terminal 30, thereby pressing the bus bar against the electrode terminal 30.
The electrode terminal 30 may be a unitary structure, and the unitary structure may be formed by molding a plurality of separate members and then fixedly connecting the members, as shown in fig. 2. The unitary structure may also be a one-piece structure, as shown in fig. 3 and 4.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the fixing portion 20 includes: the connecting section 21, the connecting section 21 is arranged on the cover plate body 10; a pressing section 22, the pressing section 22 is connected with the connecting section 21 and is inclined to the connecting section 21 so as to press against the electrode terminal 30; wherein, at least part of the screw thread 31 is arranged at one side of the electrode terminal 30 close to the pressing section 22 to connect with an external fixing piece.
In one embodiment, the fixing portion 20 is composed of a connecting section 21 and a pressing section 22, the connecting section 21 connects the fixing portion 20 to the cover body 10, and the pressing section 22 limits the electrode terminal 30 on the cover body 10, i.e. it is ensured that the electrode terminal 30 is reliably disposed on the cover body 10.
It should be noted that, the pressing section 22 is disposed obliquely to the connecting section 21, that is, the pressing section 22 can press against the end surface of the electrode terminal 30, the end surface here is not necessarily a top end, for example, when the thread 31 is an external thread, the pressing section 22 needs not to prevent the external thread from being connected with an external fixing member, that is, a part of the electrode terminal 30 is located outside the pressing section 22. For example, when the screw 31 is an internal screw, the pressing section 22 may press against the top end of the electrode terminal 30, and of course, may press against the bottom end, i.e., a portion of the electrode terminal 30 is located outside the pressing section 22. The pressing position of the pressing section 22 is not limited herein, and may be selected accordingly according to the specific structure.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the cap body 10 is provided with a first through hole 11, the fixing portion 20 is provided with a second through hole 23, the first through hole 11 and the second through hole 23 are communicated to form a stepped hole, and the electrode terminal 30 is located on a stepped surface in the stepped hole; one end of the fixing portion 20, which is far away from the cover plate body 10, is bent toward the inside of the second through hole 23, so that the fixing portion 20 is formed into a connecting section 21 and a pressing section 22, thereby ensuring that the pressing section 22 presses against the electrode terminal 30. The pressing section 22 is used for pressing the electrode terminal 30, so that the electrode terminal 30 can be stably fixed, the electrode terminal 30 is prevented from being separated from the fixing part 20 in the use process of the power battery, the safety of the battery is improved, the height of the electrode terminal 30 can be limited, the height of the whole battery is limited, the structure is simple, the cost is low, and the stability of pressing the electrode terminal 30 is good.
In one embodiment, the fixing portion 20 may be an annular boss, where the annular boss is not specifically a circular ring, but may also be a polygon, and the emphasis may be to form a closed second through hole 23.
In one embodiment, the first through hole 11 includes a first hole section and a second hole section, the first hole section is communicated with the second through hole 23, and the aperture of the first hole section is larger than that of the second hole section, i.e., the step surface can be understood as the bottom of the first hole section, so that when the electrode terminal 30 is disposed on the step surface in the step hole, the electrode terminal 30 blocks the aperture of the second hole section, and the electrode connection piece 50 is electrically connected to the electrode terminal 30 after passing through the second hole section.
In one embodiment, an end of the fixing portion 20 away from the cover body 10 is bent toward the inside of the second through hole 23, so that the fixing portion 20 is formed into the connecting section 21 and the pressing section 22, that is, the second through hole 23 is also divided into two hole sections, and the diameter of the hole section away from the first through hole 11 is smaller.
In one embodiment, the shapes of the first and second through holes 11 and 23 are adapted to the shape of the electrode terminal 30. After the electrode terminal 30 is mounted on the stepped surface in the stepped hole, the fixing portion 20 is bent, thereby ensuring that the pressing section 22 presses against the electrode terminal 30.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the electrode terminal 30 includes: a first electrode segment 32, the first electrode segment 32 being disposed on the cap body 10; the second electrode section 33, the second electrode section 33 is set in the first electrode section 32, the area of cross section of the first electrode section 32 is greater than the area of cross section of the second electrode section 33, the pressing section 22 presses against the first electrode section 32; wherein at least part of the thread 31 is arranged on the second electrode segment 33. The first electrode segment 32 and the second electrode segment 33 form a step surface, and the pressing segment 22 presses against the step surface, thereby preventing the electrode terminal 30 from being separated.
In one embodiment, the fixing part 20 is screw-coupled with the electrode terminal 30, thereby improving stability of the electrode terminal 30.
The fixing portion 20 may be screwed to the electrode terminal 30, may be screwed to the screw 31 of the electrode terminal 30, or may be screwed to another screw of the electrode terminal 30.
In one embodiment, the threads 31 are external threads, and the fixation portion 20 is coupled to the external threads; wherein the portion of the thread 31 is located outside the fixing portion 20. The fixing portion 20 is coupled to the screw 31 of the electrode terminal 30, that is, the screw 31 can be used to couple to the fixing portion 20 while ensuring coupling to an external fixture, and the structure is relatively simple.
In one embodiment, the threads 31 are external threads, at least a portion of which are located outside of the fixation portion 20; alternatively, the thread 31 is an internal thread. The thread 31 may be selected on the basis of ensuring a threaded connection with an external fixture.
For example, when the screw 31 on the electrode terminal 30 is an external screw, the external fixture may be a nut, and is screw-coupled with the electrode terminal 30 by the nut, thereby pressing the bus bar against the electrode terminal 30.
For example, when the screw 31 on the electrode terminal 30 is an internal screw, the external fixture may be a bolt, which is screw-coupled with the electrode terminal 30 by the bolt, thereby pressing the bus bar against the electrode terminal 30.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the power cell cover structure further comprises: the insulating member 40, the insulating member 40 is disposed between the electrode terminal 30 and the fixing portion 20, and between the electrode terminal 30 and the cap body 10, so as to ensure that the fixing portion 20 and the cap body 10 are both disposed in an insulating manner from the electrode terminal 30, and can perform a sealing function.
It should be noted that the fixing portion 20 is connected to the electrode terminal 30 through the insulating member 40, i.e., the fixing portion 20 and the electrode terminal 30 are insulated from each other by the insulating member 40.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the insulating member 40 includes a first insulating portion 41, a second insulating portion 42, and a third insulating portion 43, at least a portion of the first insulating portion 41 is disposed between the electrode terminal 30 and the fixing portion 20, the second insulating portion 42 is disposed between the electrode terminal 30 and the cap body 10, and at least a portion of the third insulating portion 43 is disposed between the electrode terminal 30 and the cap body 10; wherein at least one of the first insulating portion 41 and the third insulating portion 43 is provided to overlap the second insulating portion 42.
Note that, at least one of the first insulating portion 41 and the third insulating portion 43 is provided to overlap with the second insulating portion 42. The overlapping may be understood as that a portion of the first insulating portion 41 is pressed on the second insulating portion 42, or when the first insulating portion 41 and the second insulating portion 42 are integrally formed, there is no gap between the first insulating portion 41 and the second insulating portion 42, and a vertically overlapping portion may be cut out from the structure.
In one embodiment, at least a portion of the first insulating portion 41 is disposed between the electrode terminal 30 and the connection section 21, and between the electrode terminal 30 and the pressing section 22, thereby ensuring reliable insulation between the fixing portion 20 and the electrode terminal 30.
In one embodiment, at least a portion of the second insulating portion 42 and the third insulating portion 43 is located between the first electrode segment 32 and the step surface in the step hole, and the first insulating portion 41 is disposed between the pressing segment 22 and the second electrode segment 33, between the pressing segment 22 and the first electrode segment 32, and between the first electrode segment 32 and the cap body 10.
In one embodiment, a portion of the first insulating portion 41 is located between the electrode terminal 30 and the stepped surface, thereby ensuring that the first insulating portion 41 and the second insulating portion 42 are reliably contacted, e.g., disposed to overlap each other.
In one embodiment, at least one of the cap body 10, the fixing portion 20, and the electrode terminal 30 is fixedly connected to the insulating member 40, thereby ensuring connection stability of the insulating member 40 and may serve to ensure stability between connection parts.
In one embodiment, the first insulating portion 41 is connected to the fixing portion 20, and the first insulating portion 41 is connected to the electrode terminal 30, so that the electrode terminal 30 can be prevented from relatively rotating, and the connection stability of the electrode terminal 30 can be further improved.
In one embodiment, at least one of the cap body 10, the fixing portion 20, and the electrode terminal 30 is snapped with the insulating member 40. The clamping may be a protrusion and a groove, and the insulating member 40 may be directly injected into a gap formed by the cap body 10, the fixing portion 20, and the electrode terminal 30.
In one embodiment, the first insulating portion 41 and the second insulating portion 42 are integrally formed, so that the sealing and insulating effects can be ensured on the basis of improving the molding efficiency.
In one embodiment, the second insulating portion 42 and the third insulating portion 43 are of a unitary structure.
In one embodiment, the first insulating portion 41, the second insulating portion 42, and the third insulating portion 43 are an integral structure.
In one embodiment, the fixing portion 20 is integrated with the cover body 10, so as to improve the processing efficiency and ensure the structural stability.
It should be noted that the integral structure may be directly formed integrally, or may be formed separately and then connected together, that is, the two parts are overlapped to ensure the sealing performance.
In one embodiment, the second insulating portion 42 is a gasket.
An embodiment of the utility model also provides a battery, including foretell power battery cover plate structure.
The utility model discloses a battery of an embodiment is through being provided with screw thread 31 on electrode terminal 30, electrode terminal 30's screw thread 31 and external mounting threaded connection, can realize electrode terminal 30 and the stable connection of busbar, and set up fixed part 20 on apron body 10 and be connected with electrode terminal 30, realized spacing to electrode terminal 30, even under the environment of vibration and impact, also can guarantee electrode terminal 30's relative stability, thereby improve electrode terminal 30 and external mounting threaded connection's stability, guarantee electrode terminal 30 and the stable connection of busbar with this.
In one embodiment, two electrode terminals 30 are disposed on the cap body 10, and each of the two electrode terminals 30 corresponds to the fixing portion 20.
Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. The present invention is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and exemplary embodiments be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.
It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.