Disclosure of utility model
To overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a battery assembly and an electronic device.
According to the first aspect of the disclosure, a battery assembly is provided, the battery assembly comprises at least two battery cells arranged side by side, each battery cell comprises a shell, the shell comprises a cover plate and a shell with one side being open, the cover plate is arranged on the open side of the shell and forms a flange edge part at the periphery of the open part of the shell, the cover plates of two adjacent battery cells are located on different sides of the battery cells along the thickness direction of the battery cells, the shell of each battery cell is provided with an avoidance structure in a region corresponding to the flange edge part of the adjacent battery cell, and the avoidance space formed by the avoidance structure is used for being inserted into the flange edge part of the adjacent battery cell.
In some embodiments of the disclosure, the housing of each cell includes a first surface, a first step surface, a second step surface and a second surface that are sequentially connected, where the first surface and the second step surface face the housing of an adjacent cell, the first step surface and the second surface face away from the cover plate, and along the arrangement direction of the at least two cells, the first surface protrudes in a direction away from the second surface, and the first step surface and the second step surface form the avoidance structure, and a flange edge of each cell, which is close to the adjacent cell, is opposite to the first step surface of the adjacent cell.
In some embodiments of the disclosure, a preset gap is provided between the flange edge of each cell and the second step surface of the adjacent cell.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first surfaces of the housings of two adjacent cells abut.
In some embodiments of the disclosure, the housing is a steel structural member.
In some embodiments of the disclosure, the battery assembly includes a protection circuit board disposed on the same side of each of the battery cells, the protection circuit board being electrically connected to each of the battery cells.
In some embodiments of the disclosure, each of the electrical cores is provided with a positive electrode connection portion and a negative electrode connection portion, the negative electrode connection portions are electrically connected with the shell of the electrical core where the negative electrode connection portion is located, and the shells of the adjacent electrical cores are electrically connected, wherein the positive electrode connection portions of the electrical cores are electrically connected to the protection circuit board, and the negative electrode connection portion of any one of the at least two electrical cores is connected with the protection circuit board.
In some embodiments of the disclosure, the protection circuit board is provided with a positive electrode pad corresponding to the positive electrode connection part of each cell, the positive electrode connection part of each cell is welded with the corresponding positive electrode pad, the protection circuit board is provided with a negative electrode pad, and the negative electrode connection part of any one cell of the at least two cells is welded with the negative electrode pad.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the battery assembly further includes a protection device, and the positive electrode connection part is connected with the protection circuit board through the protection device.
According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device comprising a battery assembly as described in the first aspect.
The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects:
In the battery pack provided by the disclosure, along the thickness direction of the battery cell, the cover plates of two adjacent battery cells are positioned on different sides of the battery cell, the area corresponding to the flange edge part of the adjacent battery cell on the shell of each battery cell is provided with an avoidance structure, and the flange edge part of each battery cell close to the adjacent battery cell stretches into the avoidance space formed by the avoidance structure of the adjacent battery cell, so that the distance between the two adjacent battery cells is reduced. By the design, space loss caused by the flange edge of the adjacent battery cell can be absorbed, so that the miniaturization design of the electronic equipment is facilitated, the improvement of the whole capacity of the battery is facilitated, and the use experience of a user is improved.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples are not representative of all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of the present disclosure as detailed in the accompanying claims.
With the continuous progress of technology, steel-shell batteries are increasingly used in electronic devices. It is understood that a steel-shell battery is a battery with a steel shell, and is advantageous in terms of safety, temperature resistance and life compared to a conventional aluminum-shell battery. Meanwhile, the steel shell has the characteristics of corrosion resistance, strong compression resistance, good sealing performance and the like, so that the problems of leakage of electrolyte, gas leakage and the like can be effectively prevented.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the battery includes a battery cell 11 having a casing 12, the casing 12 includes a cover plate 122 and a casing 121 having an opening at one side, the cover plate 122 is covered on the opening side of the casing 121, and in order to facilitate welding while avoiding damage to the battery cell 11, the area of the cover plate 122 needs to be larger than the cross-sectional area of the casing 121, so that, after the cover plate 122 is connected with the casing 121, the cover plate 122 forms a flange 123 at the peripheral edge of the casing 121.
With the development of 5G technology, the functions and usage scenarios of electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers are becoming more and more abundant, and the battery capacity of the electronic devices is also increasing. Accordingly, the related art expands the overall capacity of the battery by providing a dual cell battery. Illustratively, two steel can batteries are spliced to form a double cell battery. The existence of the flange edge 123 on the housing 12 of the battery cell 11 may cause a certain space loss, for example, the flange edge 123 on the housing 121 abuts against the flange edge 123 of the adjacent other battery cell 11, resulting in a larger space between the two battery cells 11, thereby causing a certain space loss, which is not beneficial to the miniaturization design of the electronic device.
In order to solve the technical problem, the present disclosure provides a battery assembly, along the thickness direction of an electric core, cover plates of two adjacent electric cores are located at different sides of the electric core, an avoidance structure is arranged in a region corresponding to a flange edge of the adjacent electric core on a shell of each electric core, the flange edge of the adjacent electric core near to the electric core in each electric core stretches into an avoidance space formed by the avoidance structure of the adjacent electric core, and the distance between the two adjacent electric cores is reduced. By the design, space loss caused by the flange edge of the adjacent battery cell can be absorbed, so that the miniaturization design of the electronic equipment is facilitated, the improvement of the whole capacity of the battery is facilitated, and the use experience of a user is improved.
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a battery assembly, as shown in fig. 9, where the battery assembly 1 includes at least two electric cells 11 disposed side by side, and for example, the battery assembly 1 may include two electric cells 11 disposed side by side, or may include three or more electric cells 11 disposed side by side. As shown in fig. 5 to 8, each of the battery cells 11 includes a case 12, the case 12 including a cover plate 122 and a case 121 having one side opened, the cover plate 122 being provided to cover the opened side of the case 121 and forming a flange portion 123 at the outer periphery of the opened portion of the case 121. Illustratively, the orthographic projection of the housing 121 onto the cover 122 is located within the cover 122, e.g., the housing 121 is of rectangular configuration, the cover 122 is also of rectangular configuration, and each rim of the cover 122 forms a flange edge 123 on the rim of its corresponding housing 121.
As shown in fig. 9 to 12, the cover plates 122 of two adjacent cells 11 are located on different sides of the cell 11 in the thickness direction of the cell 11, and when the battery assembly 1 includes two cells 11, i.e., a first cell and a second cell, which are arranged side by side, the plane of the cover plate 122 of the first cell is opposite to, but not coincident with, the plane of the cover plate 122 of the second cell. When the battery assembly 1 includes three electric cells 11 arranged side by side, namely, a first electric cell, a second electric cell and a third electric cell, a plane where the cover plate 122 of the first electric cell is located is the same plane or parallel to a plane where the cover plate 122 of the third electric cell is located, and a plane where the cover plate 122 of the first electric cell is located is opposite to a plane where the cover plate 122 of the second electric cell is located. By analogy, when the battery assembly 1 is provided with a plurality of cells 11 side by side, the planes of the cover plates 122 of each adjacent two of the cells 11 are opposite.
The housing 121 of each cell 11 is provided with a relief structure 13 in a region corresponding to the flange edge 123 of the adjacent cell 11, and a relief space formed by the relief structure 13 is used for inserting the flange edge 123 of the adjacent cell 11. Illustratively, the avoidance structure 13 may be, for example, an inclined plane or a step structure, so long as the flange edge 123 of each cell 11 close to the adjacent cell 11 is inserted into the avoidance space formed by the avoidance structure 13 of the adjacent cell 11, and the specific arrangement form of the avoidance structure 13 is not specifically limited.
Taking the battery assembly 1 as an example and comprising two electric cores 11 arranged side by side, the two electric cores 11 comprise a first electric core and a second electric core, an avoidance structure 13 is arranged in a region corresponding to a flange edge 123 of the second electric core on a shell 121 of the first electric core, an avoidance structure 13 is also arranged in a region corresponding to the flange edge 123 of the first electric core on the shell 121 of the second electric core, after the first electric core and the second electric core are spliced, the flange edge 123 of the first electric core facing the second electric core side is inserted into an avoidance space formed by the avoidance structure 13 of the second electric core, and the flange edge 123 of the second electric core facing the first electric core side on the other side is inserted into an avoidance space formed by the avoidance structure 13 of the first electric core. Therefore, the distance between the first battery cell and the second battery cell is shortened, namely, one side surface of the first battery cell facing the second battery cell is close to or attached to one side surface of the second battery cell facing the first battery cell.
By adopting the arrangement mode, the space loss caused by the flange edge 123 of the adjacent battery cell 11 can be absorbed, so that the miniaturization design of the electronic equipment is facilitated, the improvement of the whole capacity of the battery is facilitated, and the use experience of a user is further improved.
As shown in fig. 5 and 11, in an embodiment, the housing 121 of each cell 11 includes a first surface 1211, a first step surface 131, a second step surface 132, and a second surface 1212 that are sequentially connected, where the first surface 1211 and the second step surface 132 face the housing 121 of the adjacent cell 11, and the first step surface 131 and the second surface 1212 face away from the second surface 1212 of the cover plate 122, and along the arrangement direction of at least two cells 11, the first surface 1211 protrudes away from the second surface 1212.
The first step surface 131 and the second step surface 132 connected to each other constitute the relief structure 13. By the design, the avoiding structure 13 is simple in arrangement, convenient to process and convenient to control in size, and effective avoiding of the flange edge 123 is achieved. The avoidance structure 13 formed by the first step surface 131 and the second step surface 132 forms an avoidance space, and after the flange edge 123 of each cell 11, which is close to the adjacent cell 11, extends into the avoidance space on the adjacent cell 11, the flange edge 123 is opposite to the first step surface 131 of the adjacent cell 11. By adopting the arrangement mode, the first step surface 131 compensates the width of the flange edge 123 of the adjacent battery cell 11 so as to realize the effect of absorbing the space loss caused by the flange edge 123, thereby being beneficial to the miniaturization design of the electronic equipment, being beneficial to the improvement of the whole capacity of the battery and further improving the use experience of a user.
With continued reference to fig. 5 and 11, in one embodiment, after the flange edge 123 of each cell 11, which is close to the adjacent cell 11, extends into the avoidance space formed by the avoidance structure 13 on the adjacent cell 11, the flange edge 123 abuts against the second step surface 132 of the adjacent cell 11. By such design, on the one hand, the structure of the battery assembly 1 is more compact, and the space loss caused by the flange edge 123 is further reduced. On the other hand, it is also possible to prevent impurities from entering the escape space due to the clearance generated between the flange edge 123 and the second step surface 132 of the adjacent cell 11.
In another embodiment, after the flange edge 123 of each cell 11 near the adjacent cell 11 extends into the avoiding space formed by the avoiding structure 13 on the adjacent cell 11, the flange edge 123 and the second step surface 132 of the adjacent cell 11 have a preset gap. The preset gap may be, for example, 1mm to 3mm. By the design, a safe distance is provided for assembly between two adjacent battery cells 11, and damage such as stabbing of the battery cells 11 caused by flange edge 123 on the adjacent battery cells 11 can be effectively avoided, so that reliability of the battery assembly 1 is improved. On the other hand, the situation that the first surfaces 1211 of the shells 121 of two adjacent two battery cells 11 cannot be abutted due to the fact that the width of the flange edge 123 on the adjacent battery cells 11 is too large can be effectively avoided, so that the distance between the two battery cells 11 is further shortened, the structure of the battery assembly 1 is more compact, and occupation of the internal space of the electronic equipment is further reduced.
With continued reference to fig. 5 and 11, in an embodiment, the first surfaces 1211 of the housings 121 of two adjacent battery cells 11 are abutted, and with such arrangement, the space between the housings 121 of two battery cells 11 is further reduced, so that on one hand, the structure of the battery assembly 1 is more compact, the occupation of the battery assembly 1 to the internal space of the electronic device is reduced, thereby being beneficial to the miniaturization design of the electronic device, and on the other hand, the internal volume of the housing 12 of each battery cell 11 can be further enlarged, thereby being beneficial to the improvement of the overall capacity of the battery, and improving the use experience of the user.
In one embodiment, the housing 12 is a steel structural member. In this way, on the one hand, the steel structural member is more advantageous in terms of safety, temperature resistance and life, compared to the aluminum material, so that the reliability of the battery assembly 1 can be effectively improved. On the other hand, the steel shell has the characteristics of corrosion resistance, strong compression resistance, good sealing performance and the like, so that the problems of leakage of electrolyte, gas leakage and the like can be effectively prevented, and the reliability of the battery assembly 1 is further improved.
As shown in fig. 13, in an embodiment, the battery assembly 1 includes a protection circuit board 14, the protection circuit board 14 is disposed on the same side of each of the battery cells 11, and the protection circuit board 14 is electrically connected to each of the battery cells 11. The battery assembly 1 protects each of the battery cells 11 by using an integrated protection circuit board 14, for example, the battery assembly 1 includes two battery cells 11 arranged side by side, the two battery cells 11 form a battery cell group, the protection circuit board 14 is arranged on the top of the battery cell group, and two ends of the protection circuit board 14 extend to the two battery cells 11 respectively, so that the protection circuit board 14 can be electrically connected with the two battery cells 11. Compared with the mode that the protection circuit boards 14 are arranged on the battery cells 11 respectively, the integrated protection circuit boards 14 are adopted to protect the battery cells 11, so that the use of the protection circuit boards 14 is saved, the battery assembly 1 is simple in structure, the weight of the battery assembly 1 can be reduced, the lightweight design of electronic equipment is facilitated, meanwhile, the assembly efficiency of the battery assembly 1 can be effectively improved, and the production efficiency of the electronic equipment is improved.
With continued reference to fig. 13, in one embodiment, each cell 11 is provided with a positive electrode connection portion 111 and a negative electrode connection portion 112, and the cell 11 further includes, illustratively, a positive electrode sheet, a separator, and a negative electrode sheet disposed in the housing 12, and an electrolyte filled in the housing 12. The positive electrode connecting portion 111 is connected with a positive electrode plate, the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode material layer, the positive electrode material layer is arranged on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode current collector is used for providing a conductive channel for electrons, and the positive electrode material layer can be connected with the positive electrode connecting portion 111 of the battery cell 11, so that the flow of electrons is realized. The negative electrode connecting portion 112 is connected with a negative electrode plate, the negative electrode plate comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode material layer, the negative electrode material layer is arranged on the surface of the negative electrode current collector, and the negative electrode current collector also has the function of providing a conductive channel for electrons, so that the negative electrode material layer can be connected with the negative electrode connecting portion 112 of the battery cell 11, and the flow of electrons is realized.
In this embodiment, the positive electrode connection portion 111 on each cell 11 penetrates the housing 12 of the cell 11 where it is located, so as to be electrically connected to the protection circuit board 14. The negative electrode connection portions 112 are electrically connected to the housing 12 of the battery cell 11 where the negative electrode connection portions 112 are located, and for example, the negative electrode connection portions 112 are welded to the housing 12 of the battery cell 11 where the negative electrode connection portions 112 are located because the housing 12 of the battery cell 11 is made of a steel structural member, so that the conductive connection between the negative electrode connection portions 112 and the housing 12 of the battery cell 11 where the negative electrode connection portions 112 are located is achieved.
Meanwhile, the first surfaces 1211 of the housings 121 of the adjacent two electric cores 11 abut against each other, and illustratively, the outer shell 12 of each electric core 11 is made of a steel structural member, and the first surfaces 1211 of the housings 121 of the adjacent two electric cores 11 are welded, so that conductive connection between the outer shells 12 of the adjacent two electric cores 11 is realized, and thus, the outer shells 12 of the electric cores 11 simultaneously have negative charges. The negative charge carried on the housing 12 is low in voltage and does not pose a hazard to the human body or other structural components. In addition, when electrically connected to the protection circuit board 14, the negative electrode connection portion 112 of any one of the at least two cells 11 may be connected to the protection circuit board 14. With such arrangement, the use of the bonding pads for the negative electrode connection portion 112 on the protection circuit board 14 is reduced, thereby saving the space for the use of the protection circuit board 14, facilitating arrangement of various electric devices, and simultaneously, effectively reducing the overall weight of the battery assembly 1, thereby facilitating lightweight design of electronic devices.
In addition, in this embodiment, the negative electrode connection portion 112 is electrically connected with the casing 12 of the battery cell 11 where the negative electrode connection portion 112 is located, and then the negative electrode connection portion 112 on any one of the at least two battery cells 11 is connected with the protection circuit board 14, so that the casing 12 of each battery cell 11 is negatively charged at the same time, the setting mode of using the bonding pad is saved, and the casing 12 of each battery cell 11 does not have corrosion problems, so that the reliability of the battery assembly 1 is effectively further improved, the service life of the battery assembly 1 is prolonged, the reliability of the electronic equipment is improved, and the service life of a user is further improved.
With continued reference to fig. 13, in an embodiment, the protection circuit board 14 is provided with positive electrode pads 141 corresponding to the positive electrode connection portions 111 of the respective battery cells 11 one by one, and the positive electrode connection portions 111 of the battery cells 11 are soldered to the corresponding positive electrode pads 141. In this way, the electrical connection between each positive electrode connection portion 111 and the protection circuit board 14 is achieved. The protection circuit board 14 is provided with a negative electrode bonding pad 142, and the negative electrode connecting portion 112 on any one cell 11 of at least two cells 11 is welded with the negative electrode bonding pad 142, so that the shell 12 of each cell 11 is negatively charged at the same time, that is, the electrical connection between the negative electrode connecting portion 112 of each cell 11 and the protection circuit board 14 is realized. With such arrangement, the use of the bonding pads is saved, thereby saving the space for using the protection circuit board 14, facilitating arrangement of the electrical devices, and simultaneously effectively reducing the overall weight of the battery assembly 1, thereby facilitating lightweight design of the electronic device.
In order to avoid the negative charge on the casing 121 from affecting the performance of the battery assembly 1, in an embodiment, the battery assembly 1 further includes a protection device, and the positive electrode connection portion 111 is connected with the protection circuit board 14 through the protection device, so that the positive charge flows through the positive electrode connection portion 111, the protection device and the protection circuit board 14, and the negative electrode connection portion 112 is directly connected with the protection circuit board 14, so that the negative charge does not flow through the protection device, thereby effectively avoiding the damage of the negative charge to the protection device, further effectively ensuring the performance of the battery assembly 1, and improving the reliability of the battery assembly 1.
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, which may be a mobile device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a non-mobile device such as a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a self-service machine, or the like.
The electronic device includes the battery assembly 1 as described above, as shown in fig. 9 to 12, the battery assembly 1 includes at least two battery cells 11 arranged side by side, as shown in fig. 5 to 8, each battery cell 11 includes a case 12, the case 12 includes a cover plate 122 and a case 121 having one side opened, the cover plate 122 covers the opened side of the case 121 and forms a flange edge 123 at the outer periphery of the opened portion of the case 121.
As shown in fig. 9 to 12, along the thickness direction of the battery cells 11, the cover plates 122 of two adjacent battery cells 11 are located at different sides of the battery cells 11, the housing 121 of each battery cell 11 is provided with an avoidance structure 13 in a region corresponding to the flange edge 123 of the adjacent battery cell 11, and an avoidance space formed by the avoidance structure 13 is used for inserting the flange edge 123 of the adjacent battery cell 11. By adopting the arrangement mode, the space loss caused by the flange edge 123 of the adjacent battery cell 11 can be absorbed, so that the miniaturization design of the electronic equipment is facilitated, the improvement of the whole capacity of the battery is facilitated, and the use experience of a user is further improved.
Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.
It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.