US 11,894,579 B2
Secondary battery
Tatsuhiko Sasaki, Anjo (JP); Taro Matsushita, Toyokawa (JP); Kenta Watanabe, Toyota (JP); Shotaro Ishikawa, Miyoshi (JP); and Koichiro Kishi, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,724.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-152873 (JP), filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085472 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01M 50/172 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/557 (2021.01); H01M 50/584 (2021.01); H01M 50/477 (2021.01); H01M 50/574 (2021.01); H01M 50/528 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/574 (2021.01) [H01M 50/172 (2021.01); H01M 50/477 (2021.01); H01M 50/528 (2021.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/557 (2021.01); H01M 50/584 (2021.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode;
a positive electrode current collector provided at one end of the positive electrode in one direction;
a negative electrode current collector provided at one end of the negative electrode in the one direction;
a positive electrode terminal connected to the positive electrode current collector and formed in a flat plate shape;
a negative electrode terminal connected to the negative electrode current collector and formed in a flat plate shape;
a laminate exterior body provided around the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the positive electrode current collector, and the negative electrode current collector;
an insulating plate that insulates between the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal,
the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal each having a protruding portion protruding from the laminate exterior body in the one direction, each protruding portion having a main side surface and a sub side surface having an area smaller than that of the main side surface,
the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal being arranged so that the main side surface of the protruding portion of the positive electrode terminal and the main side surface of the protruding portion of the negative electrode terminal face each other,
the insulating plate being arranged between the main side surface of the protruding portion of the positive electrode terminal and the main side surface of the protruding portion of the negative electrode terminal;
a fixing portion that fixes the positive and negative electrodes; and
a holder that holds the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal so that the main side surface of the protruding portion of the positive electrode terminal and the main side surface of the protruding portion of the negative electrode terminal face each other, wherein:
the insulating plate is connected to the holder, and
the holder is fixed to the fixing portion.