CN218731631U - Connecting piece, battery and electronic equipment - Google Patents

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CN218731631U
CN218731631U CN202222791815.9U CN202222791815U CN218731631U CN 218731631 U CN218731631 U CN 218731631U CN 202222791815 U CN202222791815 U CN 202222791815U CN 218731631 U CN218731631 U CN 218731631U
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李国泰
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The embodiment of the application provides a connecting piece, battery and electronic equipment, this connecting piece is used for connecting electric core and circuit board, the connecting piece includes first mounting panel, second mounting panel and third mounting panel, first mounting panel with the second mounting panel is all relative the third mounting panel turns over a setting, just first mounting panel with the second mounting panel sets up relatively, first mounting panel is used for being connected with electric core utmost point ear, the second mounting panel is used for being connected with the circuit board. Under the condition that the height difference exists between the two electrode lugs of the battery core, the height difference existing between the two electrode lugs of the battery core is compensated by arranging the connecting piece at the electrode lug positions of the battery core, so that the reliability of the battery is improved.

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Connecting piece, battery and electronic equipment
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of batteries, in particular to a connecting piece, a battery and electronic equipment.
Background
Under the condition that the size of the battery is not changed, the size of the battery core needs to be maximized in order to improve the capacity of the battery. At present, a battery generally comprises a battery core, a circuit board, an L-shaped connecting sheet and an insulating assembly. Specifically, one side of the L-shaped connecting sheet is connected with the circuit board, and the other side of the L-shaped connecting sheet is connected with the top surface of the battery cell. In the packaging process, the L-shaped connecting sheets are respectively arranged at the two pole lug positions of the battery cell, and the L-shaped connecting sheets are bent to set the circuit board on the top surface of the battery cell. However, since the two electrode lugs of the battery cell have a height difference, when the circuit board is bent by the L-shaped connecting piece and placed on the top surface of the battery cell, the length and the size of the battery are easily unstable, and further, the reliability of the battery is poor.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The embodiment of the application provides a connection structure, battery and electronic equipment to solve the problem that the circuit board adopts the L type connection piece among the correlation technique to buckle and arrange in electric core top surface, lead to the unstability of battery length size easily, further, lead to the battery reliability poor.
In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:
in a first aspect, an embodiment of the application provides a connecting piece for connect electric core and circuit board, the connecting piece includes first mounting panel, second mounting panel and third mounting panel, first mounting panel and second mounting panel are all relative the third mounting panel turns over a setting, just first mounting panel with the second mounting panel sets up relatively, first mounting panel is used for being connected with electric core utmost point ear, the second mounting panel is used for being connected with the circuit board.
Optionally, the second mounting plate includes a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge, the first edge and the second edge being opposite, the third edge being opposite the third mounting plate.
Optionally, the first edge and the second edge are respectively provided with a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, and the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion are used for maintaining the distance between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate;
and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the third edge is provided with a third support portion for maintaining a distance between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate.
Optionally, at least one of the first supporting portion, the second supporting portion, and the third supporting portion is a turned-over edge that is turned over from an edge of the second mounting plate one or more times.
Optionally, the second mounting plate has an area smaller than the area of the first mounting plate.
Optionally, in the thickness direction of the connecting piece, the size of the third mounting plate is the same as the height of the first support part, the second support part and the third support part. Optionally, first supporting part with first contained angle has between the second mounting panel, the second supporting part with the second contained angle has between the second mounting panel, the third supporting part with the third contained angle has between the second mounting panel, first contained angle the second contained angle with the third contained angle is 80 degrees to 100 degrees.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a battery, including a battery cell, a circuit board, and the connector according to the first aspect;
the circuit board is connected with the electrode lug of the battery cell through at least one connecting piece.
Optionally, the battery further comprises a filler located between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate, the filler being configured to maintain a distance between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes the battery described in the second aspect.
In the embodiment of the application, a connecting piece for connecting battery core and circuit board is provided, including first mounting panel, second mounting panel and third mounting panel, first mounting panel with the second mounting panel is all relative the third mounting panel turns over a setting, just first mounting panel with the second mounting panel sets up relatively, first mounting panel is used for being connected with electric core utmost point ear, the second mounting panel is used for being connected with the circuit board. Therefore, under the condition that the height difference exists between the two electrode lugs of the battery core, the height difference existing between the two electrode lugs of the battery core is compensated by arranging the connecting piece at the electrode lug of the battery core, and the reliability of the battery is improved.
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FIG. 1 is a first structural diagram of a connecting sheet according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a second structural diagram of a connecting piece provided in the embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a third schematic structural diagram of a connecting sheet provided in the embodiments of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a fourth structural diagram of a connecting piece provided in the embodiments of the present application;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery provided in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6 is a first exploded view of a battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 7 is a second exploded view of the battery according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 8 is a first schematic view of a connecting sheet and a circuit board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of a connecting sheet and a circuit board according to an embodiment of the present application.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without making any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present application.
Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terms "first," "second," and the like, as used herein do not denote any order, quantity, or importance. But merely serve to distinguish between different components. Also, the use of the terms "a" or "an" and the like do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships are changed accordingly.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the structure of a connector provided in an embodiment of the present application is schematically illustrated, where the connector 100 is used to connect a battery cell and a circuit board, the connector 100 includes a first mounting plate 10, a second mounting plate 20, and a third mounting plate 30, the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20 are folded over relative to the third mounting plate 30, the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20 are disposed opposite to each other, the first mounting plate 10 is used to connect a battery cell tab, and the second mounting plate 20 is used to connect a circuit board.
The connecting piece 100 of this application embodiment can be for having first mounting panel 10, second mounting panel 20 and third mounting panel 30 welding to form, still can be the general piece that integrated into one piece set up to be used for the battery, specifically, connecting piece 100 is connected electric core utmost point ear and circuit board electricity.
It should be understood that the first mounting plate 10 and the third mounting plate 30 are turnably coupled, the second mounting plate 20 is also turnably coupled to the third mounting plate 30, and the turnarounds are formed to be opposite to the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20 to form a groove structure, which is a coupling member 100 applied to the battery. Specifically, a first folding connecting line is formed between the first mounting plate 10 and the third mounting plate 30, a second folding connecting line is formed between the second mounting plate 20 and the third mounting plate 30, the first mounting plate 10 after being folded is connected with the battery cell tab, and the second mounting plate 20 after being folded is connected with the circuit board, so that the battery cell tab is electrically connected with the circuit board, and the spacing distance between the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20 is the distance between the first folding connecting line and the second folding connecting line, namely, the height difference between the battery cell tab and the circuit board is compensated, so that the stability of the battery cell tab and the circuit board in electric connection is improved. It should be noted that the first folded connecting line and the second folded connecting line are parallel to each other and have a certain interval, where the size of the interval is the size of the third mounting plate 30, and is related to the height difference of the connection position between the battery tab and the circuit board, which is not limited in this embodiment.
It should be understood that the folding angle between the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20 may be 90 degrees, and the folding angle of the second mounting plate 20 towards the first mounting plate 10 along the first folding connection line may also be 90 degrees. The second mounting plate 20 after being turned over is parallel to the first mounting plate 10, so that the battery core connected with the first mounting plate 10 and the circuit board connected with the second mounting plate 20 are parallel to each other, and size fluctuation of the battery is reduced.
In the embodiment of the present application, a connection piece 100 for connecting a battery cell and a circuit board is provided, including first mounting panel 10, second mounting panel 20 and third mounting panel 30, first mounting panel 10 and second mounting panel 20 are all relative third mounting panel 30 turns over and turns over, and first mounting panel 10 and second mounting panel 20 set up relatively, first mounting panel 10 is used for being connected with battery cell tab, second mounting panel 20 is used for being connected with the circuit board. Therefore, under the condition that the battery cell two-pole lug has height difference, the connecting piece 100 is arranged at the battery cell pole lug to compensate the height difference of the battery cell two-pole lug, so that the reliability of the battery is improved.
In an alternative embodiment, the second mounting plate 20 includes a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge, the first edge and the second edge being opposite, the third edge being opposite the third mounting plate.
It should be understood that the first, second and third mounting plates 10, 20 and 30 may each have a rectangular plate-like structure, that is, the second mounting plate 20 has four edges and three edges in addition to the edge connected to the third mounting plate 30 in a folded manner, wherein the third edge is an edge disposed opposite to the third mounting plate (i.e., a second fold line), and the first and second edges are the remaining two edges disposed opposite to each other.
In an alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first edge and the second edge are respectively provided with a first supporting portion 21 and a second supporting portion 22, and the first supporting portion 21 and the second supporting portion 22 are used for maintaining the distance between the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20;
in this embodiment, by respectively providing the first supporting portion 21 and the second supporting portion 22 at the first edge and the second edge, the first mounting plate 10 is turned over along the first connecting line, the second mounting plate 20 is turned over along the second connecting line and is turned over to be opposite to the first mounting plate 10, that is, when the connecting member 100 is applied to a battery, so as to maintain the distance between the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20, so that the first mounting plate 10 is stably connected with the cell tab, and the second mounting plate 20 is stably connected with the circuit board, further, the stability of electrical connection between the cell tab and the circuit board can be improved.
In a specific implementation, when the area of the first mounting plate 10 connected to the cell tab may be greater than or equal to the area of the second mounting plate 20 connected to the circuit board, at this time, the first supporting portion 21 located at the first edge of the second mounting plate 20 and the second supporting portion 22 located at the second edge are both abutted to the first mounting plate 10 to provide a supporting function for the first mounting plate 10, specifically, when the connecting member 100 is applied to a battery, so that the groove structure formed by the connecting member 100 is maintained unchanged, thereby improving the stability of electrical connection between the cell tab and the circuit board.
When the area of the first mounting plate 10 connected with the battery cell tab is smaller than the area of the second mounting plate 20 connected with the circuit board, at this time, the first supporting part 21 located at the first edge of the second mounting plate 20 and the second supporting part 22 located at the second edge are all abutted to the end face where the battery cell tab is located, so as to keep the distance between the second mounting plate 20 and the battery cell, thereby ensuring the stability of the length of the battery, and further improving the reliability of the battery.
In another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the third edge is provided with a third support 23, and when the second mounting plate 20 is folded to be opposite to the first mounting plate 10, the third support 23 is used for maintaining the distance between the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20.
In this embodiment, through set up third supporting part 23 at the third edge, turn over to when opposing with first mounting panel 10 at second mounting panel 20, when connecting piece 100 is applied to the battery promptly, with a distance for keeping between first mounting panel 10 and the second mounting panel 20, so that first mounting panel 10 is connected stably with electric core utmost point ear, second mounting panel 20 is connected stably with the circuit board, and further, can improve electric core utmost point ear and the stability that the circuit board electricity is connected.
In another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, while the first edge and the second edge of the second mounting plate 20 are respectively provided with the first supporting portion 21 and the second supporting portion 22, the third edge of the second mounting plate 20 is also provided with the third supporting portion 23, when the second mounting plate 20 is folded to be opposite to the first mounting plate 10, that is, when the connecting member 100 is applied to a battery, the first supporting portion 21, the second supporting portion 22 and the third supporting portion 23 are respectively arranged at the first edge, the second edge and the third edge of the second mounting plate 20 to maintain the distance between the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20, so that the connection stability of the first mounting plate 10 and the cell tab and the connection stability of the second mounting plate 20 and the circuit board are improved, and further, the electrical connection stability of the cell tab and the circuit board can be improved.
In the case where the first support portion 21, the second support portion 22, and the third support portion 23 are respectively disposed at the first edge, the second edge, and the third edge of the second mounting plate 20, the stability of the electrical connection between the cell tab and the circuit board is the best, that is, the reliability of the battery is the highest.
Alternatively, the size of the third mounting plate 30 is the same as the height of the first, second and third support portions 21, 22 and 23 in the thickness direction of the link 100.
It will be appreciated that the first and second supports 21, 22 and the third support 23 are located within the female structural connector 100 formed after the first and second mounting plates 10, 20 are folded over, and are in contact with the first mounting plate 10, thereby improving the stability of the female structural connector 100.
In an alternative embodiment, at least one of the first support 21, the second support 22 and the third support 23 is a turned-over edge that is turned over from an edge of the second mounting plate 20 one or more times.
In a specific implementation, the first supporting portion 21 may be a bending plate disposed from a first edge of the second mounting plate 20, the second supporting portion 22 may be a bending plate disposed from a second edge of the second mounting plate 20, and the third supporting portion 23 may be a bending plate disposed from a third edge of the second mounting plate 20. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the bending plate is located between the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20, one end of the bending plate is connected to the second mounting plate 20, and the other end of the bending plate is parallel to the second mounting plate 20 and contacts with the first mounting plate 10, so as to increase the contact area between the first supporting portion 21 and the first mounting plate 10, and improve the supporting strength of the first mounting plate 10.
Optionally, the width of the bending plate contacting with the first mounting plate 10 may be greater than or equal to 0.2mm, and less than or equal to 5mm.
Since the second supporting portion 22 and the third supporting portion 23 have the same structure and the same function as the first supporting portion 21, the second supporting portion 22 and the third supporting portion 23 can also achieve all the technical effects of the embodiment related to the first supporting portion 21, and the description thereof is omitted here.
Optionally, the area of the second mounting plate 20 is smaller than the area of the first mounting plate 10.
In this embodiment, since other components are further disposed on the circuit board, the area of the second mounting board 20 connected to the circuit board is used up less, so as to reduce the occupation of the limited space on the circuit board by the connector 100.
Optionally, first supporting portion 21 with first contained angle has between the second mounting panel 20, second supporting portion 22 with second contained angle has between the second mounting panel 20, third supporting portion 23 with third contained angle has between the second mounting panel 20, first contained angle, second contained angle with the third contained angle is 80 degrees to 100 degrees.
Referring to fig. 5 to fig. 7, schematic structural diagrams of a battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure are shown, the battery includes a battery cell 200, a circuit board 300, and the connecting member 100;
the circuit board 300 is connected to the tabs of the battery cells 200 via at least one of the connectors 100.
Because two utmost point ears of electric core 200 utmost point ear have different heights for electric core 200 utmost point ear place terminal surface, as shown in fig. 8, the accessible sets up the connection piece that this application provided in the utmost point ear department that highly is lower to compensate the difference in height between two utmost point ears, thereby guarantee that battery length size remains stable, and further, can improve the reliability of battery.
In addition, as shown in fig. 9, the connecting pieces 100 may be disposed at two tabs, and the thicknesses of the two connecting pieces 100 are different, specifically, the connecting piece 100 with a smaller thickness may be disposed at the tab with a larger tab height, and the connecting piece 100 with a larger thickness may be disposed at the tab with the tab height, so that the end surface of the battery cell 200 connected to the circuit board 300 where the tab is located is finally disposed in parallel with the circuit board 300.
Since the technical solution of this embodiment includes all technical solutions of the above embodiments, at least all technical effects of the above embodiments can be achieved, and details are not repeated here.
Optionally, the battery further comprises a filler located between the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20, the filler being used to maintain a distance between the first mounting plate 10 and the second mounting plate 20.
It should be understood that the filling member may be foam, a silicone pad, or the like. Through set up the filling member between first mounting panel 10 and the second mounting panel 20 after turning over the book second mounting panel 20 turn over to with first mounting panel 10 is relative, in order to keep first mounting panel 10 with distance between the second mounting panel 20 when this connecting piece 100 after turning over a book is applied to the battery, so that the groove structure that this connecting piece 100 formed keeps unchangeable to improve the stability that electric core 200 utmost point ear and circuit board 300 electricity are connected.
The application also provides an electronic device comprising the battery. Since the technical solution of this embodiment includes all technical solutions of the above embodiments, at least all technical effects of the above embodiments can be achieved, and details are not repeated here.
The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. The utility model provides a connecting piece for connect electric core and circuit board, its characterized in that, the connecting piece includes first mounting panel, second mounting panel and third mounting panel, first mounting panel with the second mounting panel is all relative the third mounting panel turns over a setting, just first mounting panel with the second mounting panel sets up relatively, first mounting panel is used for being connected with electric core utmost point ear, the second mounting panel is used for being connected with the circuit board.
2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the second mounting plate includes a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge, the first edge and the second edge being opposite, the third edge being opposite the third mounting plate.
3. A connector according to claim 2, wherein the first and second edges are provided with first and second supports, respectively, for maintaining a distance between the first and second mounting plates;
and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the third edge is provided with a third support portion for maintaining a distance between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate.
4. The connector of claim 3, wherein at least one of the first support, the second support, and the third support is a flange that is folded over one or more times from an edge of the second mounting plate.
5. The connector of claim 1, wherein the second mounting plate has an area smaller than the area of the first mounting plate.
6. The connector according to claim 4, wherein the third mounting plate has a size equal to a height of the first, second, and third support portions in a thickness direction of the connector.
7. The connecting piece of claim 3, wherein a first included angle is formed between the first supporting portion and the second mounting plate, a second included angle is formed between the second supporting portion and the second mounting plate, a third included angle is formed between the third supporting portion and the second mounting plate, and the first included angle, the second included angle and the third included angle are all 80-100 degrees.
8. A battery comprising a cell, a circuit board, and the connector of any of claims 1-7;
the circuit board is connected with the electrode lug of the battery cell through at least one connecting piece.
9. The battery of claim 8, further comprising a filler member positioned between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate, the filler member configured to maintain a distance between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate.
10. An electronic device characterized by comprising the battery according to claim 8 or 9.
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