Patent Description:
A mobile phone has become an essential electronic product in people's life. With a development of the mobile phone, an electric core of the mobile phone has also been subjected to several stages of development.

A first stage is an electric core with aluminum shell. The shell is shaped into a square by impact molding of aluminum material, and then a rolled core is added to form the electric core. The disadvantages lie in that, since the shell is shaped by impact molding of aluminum material, the size cannot be made large enough, especially in the length direction, due to the influence of aluminum deformation amount and material, which causes a limited size of the electric core and an insufficient capacity of the electric core.

A second stage is a soft-packed electric core, which is composed of an aluminum-plastic film and a rolled core. The aluminum-plastic film has a five-layer structure, and is mainly composed of aluminum foil. The aluminum foil forms the shell of the electric core through an aluminum bag formed by stamping, pressure heating, and the like and then a rolled core is added to form the electric core. The soft-packed electric core is mainly of rectangular structure, the advantages lie in that the electric capacity of the electric core may be made large enough, and the size may be made relatively large. The disadvantage lie in that the electric core is easy to cause the deformation of the outer aluminum-plastic film during the dropping process of the whole machine, which will cause the deformation of the inner rolled core and the failure of the electric core, and may cause safety accidents. Another disadvantage lies in that this kind of battery is usually pasted in the battery compartment through strong double-sided adhesive. If the battery is to be replaced, the removed battery is easy to deform during the disassembly process due to its softness, and the inner part of the electric core will also deform, resulting in potential safety hazards inside the electric core. So it cannot be reused, resulting in a lot of waste.

A third stage is a soft-packed special-shaped electric core, which is composed of an aluminum-plastic film and laminated positive and negative plates. The aluminum-plastic film has a five-layer structure, and is mainly composed of aluminum foil. The aluminum foil forms the shell of the electric core through an aluminum bag formed by stamping, pressure heating, and the like, and then laminated positive and negative plates are added to form the electric core. The electric core can be made into a step shape or one or several corners can be removed to adapt to the appearance design requirements of mobile phones or wearable devices, and also to meet the layout restrictions of electrical hardware. The advantages lie in that, the capacity of the electric core may be made large enough, the space of the appearance modeling of the device can be fully used, and the size may be made relatively large. The disadvantages lie in that, like the second kind of electric core, the electric core is easy to deform and fail when falling down in one aspect, and in another aspect, the battery is easy to deform when disassembled and cannot be reused.

How to change the problems of limited capacity and size of the electric core with aluminum shell, the failure of the soft-packed electric core upon falling down and the secondary use of the soft-packed battery are urgent problems that need to be solved.

<CIT> relates to a single battery comprising a package structure, a battery core and tabs. The package structure covers the outside of the battery core to directly package the battery core. The tabs are connected with the battery core, and is partially exposed to the outside of the package structure. The package structure comprises an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper and lower housings are combined with each other to form a closed space for accommodating the battery core. The material of the upper housing and the material of the lower housing are rigid materials. The battery core is formed by stacking the positive tab, a diaphragm and the negative tag.

<CIT> relates to a large-capacity Li-FeS<NUM> rigid package type special-shaped monomer battery, which comprises a monomer battery case and a monomer battery cap. The monomer battery case is of a special-shaped metal case body lacking one or two ring angles at one or two ends of the bottom surface, high-power special-shaped FeS<NUM> enveloped positive plates and special-shaped lithium-foil enveloped negative plates corresponding to guide lugs of the positive plates and the negative plates are arranged at intervals inside the special-shaped metal case body. All the guide lugs of the positive plates are fixedly arranged on a positive lead-out sheet. All the guide lugs of the negative plates are fixedly arranged on a negative lead-out sheet. The monomer battery cap is provided with a safety exhaust valve.

<CIT> relates to a large-capacity Li-FeS<NUM> rigid package type module battery pack. The module battery pack comprises a plurality of large-capacity Li-FeS<NUM> rigid package type monomer batteries. The monomer batteries are divided into a multiple number of groups. When the multiple number is higher than or equal to <NUM>, two adjacent groups of corresponding monomer batteries are connected in series by conductors, the remained positive ends of the monomer batteries at two sides are connected in parallel by a conductor to form a whole, and the remained negative ends of the monomer batteries at the two sides are connected in parallel by a conductor to form a whole.

In <CIT>, a battery pack including a bare cell, a metal case covering the outer surface of the bare cell, and a protection circuit board electrically connected to the metal case.

<CIT> discloses a secondary battery pack including a battery cell having a cathode terminal and an anode terminal formed on one surface including a sealed portion to seal the battery cell and a protection circuit module (PCM) including a protection circuit board (PCB) having a protection circuit formed thereon, an external input and output terminal electrically connected to the protection circuit, a connector electrically connected to the external input and output terminal, and an electrically insulative PCM case in which the PCB is mounted, wherein the PCM is loaded on the sealed portion in a state in which the PCM is electrically connected to the battery cell and the connector is formed on the PCM such that the connector does not protrude outward from the secondary battery pack.

<CIT> discloses a battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly that can be charged and discharged is mounted in a plate-shaped battery case, a cathode terminal and an anode terminal protrude from one end of the battery case, the electrode terminals deviate to one side from a vertical central axis of a battery body when viewed from above, and a depressed portion is formed at one side of the battery body.

The present invention is an electric core according to independent claim <NUM> and a method for packaging an electric core according to independent claim <NUM>. Preferred embodiments are as defined in the dependent claims.

Other features and advantages of this present invention will be set forth in a subsequent description, and will become apparent in part from the description, or will be understood by implementing this present application. The purpose and other advantages of this present application can be realized and obtained through the structure specially pointed out in the description, the claims and the accompanying drawings.

The accompanying drawings are used to provide an understanding of the technical solution of this application in some embodiments, and form a part of the description. Together with the embodiments of the application, the accompanying drawings are used to explain the technical solution of this application and do not constitute a limitation of the technical solution of this application.

herein, the relationship between the reference signs and the component names in <FIG> is as follows:
<NUM> upper shell, <NUM> lower shell, <NUM> positive contact plate, <NUM> negative contact plate, <NUM> insulating film, <NUM> liquid injection hole, <NUM> installation through-hole, <NUM> laminated battery cell, <NUM> positive plate, <NUM> negative plate, <NUM> separator, <NUM> positive lug, <NUM> negative lug, <NUM> steel ball.

In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of this application clearer, embodiments of this application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in <FIG>, this embodiment provides an electric core, including a shell and a battery cell.

As shown in <FIG>, the shell includes a steel lower shell <NUM> and a steel upper shell <NUM>. Since the steel material has good rigidity and is easy to shape, the upper shell <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM> may be made into various sizes and shapes (such as special-shaped shapes). Thus the shell may be made into various shapes, so as to adapt to the design requirements of electronic devices such as mobile phones or wearable devices.

In addition, the lower shell <NUM> and the upper shell <NUM> may be connected by welding due to the weldability of the steel material to realize the sealing connection between the upper shell <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM>, and form a sealed cavity between the upper shell <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM>, so as to hermetically fix the battery cell in the sealed cavity of the shell.

In addition, as the shell is made of steel, the structure of the shell has good strength and is not easy to deform, and the electric core in the shell is further protected from deformation, so that the battery cell is safe and reliable to use, not easy to deform and fail, and can be reused after disassembled.

In some embodiments, the surfaces of the upper shell <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM> are provided with insulating layers, so that the shell is not conductive to avoid leakage.

As shown in <FIG>, the battery cell is a laminated battery cell <NUM>, that is, the laminated battery cell <NUM> includes a laminated positive plate <NUM>, a negative plate <NUM> and a separator <NUM>. Herein, the separator <NUM> is arranged between the positive plate <NUM> and the negative plate <NUM>, the positive plate <NUM> is connected with the positive lug <NUM> by welding, and the negative plate <NUM> is connected with the negative lug <NUM> by welding. In some embodiments, the shell is provided with a positive contact plate <NUM> and a negative contact plate <NUM>, the positive lug <NUM> of the laminated battery cell <NUM> is connected with the positive contact plate <NUM> of the shell, and the negative lug <NUM> of the laminated battery cell <NUM> is connected with the positive contact plate <NUM> of the shell.

In some embodiments, both the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer of the laminated battery cell <NUM> are separators <NUM>, to prevent the positive plate <NUM> or the negative plate <NUM> from directly contacting the shell and to prevent the occurrence of leakage.

The laminated battery cell <NUM> is formed by laminating the positive plate <NUM>, the negative plate <NUM> and the isolation plate, so that the laminated battery cell <NUM> may take on various shapes by making the positive plate <NUM>, the negative plate <NUM> and the isolation plate of each layer into various shapes. The shell which may be made into various shapes is combined with the battery cell which may be made into various shapes, so that the electric core may take on various shapes and can better adapt to the design requirements of electronic devices such as mobile phones or wearable devices.

Since both the steel shell and the laminated battery cell <NUM> have good shaping characteristics, the shell may be shaped into a special-shaped shell with a special-shaped cross-section, and meanwhile the upper shell <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM> are also special-shaped. Correspondingly, the laminated battery cell <NUM> also has special-shaped shape, and adapts to the shape of the shell, so as to fix the laminated battery cell <NUM> in the shell.

In some embodiments, unlike the electric core with a shape of square generally, the special-shaped shell may have a bend, and the laminated battery cell <NUM> correspondingly has a bend. Alternatively, the shell has an outward convex groove, and the laminated battery cell <NUM> has a convex matching with the convex groove. Alternatively, the shell has an inward concave groove, and the laminated battery cell <NUM> has a concave matching with the concave groove. Alternatively, a corner of the shell has a cut edge, and a corner of the laminated battery cell <NUM> correspondingly also has a cut edge.

The outward convex groove of the shell may be a groove which protrudes outward at a position of the shell away from the electric core, and the inward concave groove of the shell may be a groove which protrudes towards the position of the shell close to the electric core.

As shown in <FIG>, in this embodiment, an L-shaped special-shaped electric core with a missing angle and a convex plate is provided, that is to say, the installation space left for the battery in the electronic device is an L-shaped complex space with a missing angle and a convex plate. The previous battery cannot fully utilize these spaces, while the electric core of this embodiment may fully utilize these spaces, thereby greatly increasing the capacity of the electric core. Moreover, a lot of previous production process methods and materials used for protecting the electric core may be reduced in terms of the design of the whole machine.

The shell may be made relatively thin under the condition of meeting the strength requirements due to the good strength of steel materials. In some embodiments, the upper shell <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM> have a wall thickness of <NUM>-<NUM>, and are formed by stamping. The wall thickness is basically the same as the thickness of the aluminum-plastic film used for the soft-packed electric core, but the strength is much stronger than that of the aluminum-plastic film used for the soft-packed electric core, so that the electric core may not be easily deformed. In addition, making the shell thinner may save materials and reduce costs, and meanwhile, may help to reduce the volume occupied by the shell, which is convenient to make the laminated battery cell relatively larger to increase the capacity of the electric core.

In some embodiments, as shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, the lower shell <NUM> is provided with an installation through-hole <NUM>. The negative contact plate <NUM> is embedded in the installation through-hole <NUM>, and an insulating film <NUM> is arranged between the negative contact plate <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM> to insulate the negative contact plate <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM>, so as to prevent the lower shell <NUM> from conducting electricity, and generating electric leakage, etc.. Then, the negative lug <NUM> is connected to the negative contact plate 21by welding.

In some embodiments, as shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, the lower shell <NUM> is provided with a convex protruding outward. The convex and the lower shell <NUM> are of an integrated structure. The convex may be used as the positive contact plate <NUM>, and the positive lug <NUM> may be connected by welding to the lower shell <NUM> at a position of the convex.

Of course, the positive contact plate and the negative contact plate may also be in other forms. For example, the lower shell is provided with an installation through-hole, the positive contact plate is embedded in the installation through-hole, and an insulating film is arranged between the positive contact plate and the lower shell; the lower shell is provided with a convex with an integrated structure, and the convex is the negative contact plate. Alternatively, the lower shell is provided with two installation through-holes, and both the positive contact plate and the negative contact plate are embedded in the installation through-holes and insulating films are arranged between each of the contact plates and the lower shell. Alternatively, both the positive contact plate and the negative contact plate may be arranged on the upper shell. Alternatively, one of the positive contact plate and the negative contact plate may be arranged on the upper shell and the other one is arranged on the lower shell.

As the steel shell is not easy to deform, the positive contact plate <NUM> and the negative contact plate <NUM> arranged on the steel shell are not easy to deform, and may be used as the external contact points for connecting the electric core with an electronic device such as a mobile phone, so that the electric core may be used to supply power for the electronic device without secondary packaging process. Therefore, in order to remove the secondary packaging process of the electric core, a battery protection board is arranged on a control main board of the electronic device such as the mobile phone. In this way, the electric core may be directly delivered to a mobile phone assembly plant for mobile phone assembly after leaving the factory. It is no longer necessary to re-package the electric core, thereby greatly improving the production efficiency of the whole machine industry, reducing a complex battery packaging production process and saving production costs. The electric core of this embodiment has changed the production process of the whole battery industry and further influenced the relevant certification standards in the battery industry, which is an earth-shaking change.

In some embodiments, the shell is provided with a liquid injection hole <NUM> from which electrolyte may be injected into the shell.

In some embodiments, a pressure relief valve is arranged at the liquid injection hole <NUM>. When the pressure in the shell is too large, the pressure relief valve may be opened to relieve the pressure, so as to prevent the shell from exploding due to excessive internal pressure and danger.

In some embodiments, in this embodiment, as shown in <FIG>, the lower shell <NUM> is provided with a liquid injection hole <NUM>, of course, the liquid injection hole <NUM> may also be arranged on the upper shell <NUM>. The pressure relief valve is a steel ball <NUM> which is in interference fit with the liquid injection hole <NUM>, herein the fit of the steel ball <NUM> can be tested to give an appropriate interference amount. The steel ball <NUM> is in sealing fit with the liquid injection hole <NUM>, so that the ball <NUM> may seal the liquid injection hole <NUM>. In addition, when the internal pressure of the shell is too large (such as due to the generation of gas), the pressure may push the steel ball <NUM> out and open the liquid injection hole <NUM>, so that the internal gas or electrolyte may be discharged from the liquid injection hole <NUM> to prevent the shell from exploding due to excessive internal pressure and danger.

In conclusion, the biggest difference between the electric core of this embodiment and the existing electric core lies in that the steel shell is adopted to replace the former aluminum shell and aluminum-plastic film, and the steel material has the characteristics of good strength and weldability, so that the steel material may be used to manufacture the shell of the battery cell. The positive contact plate <NUM> and the negative contact plate <NUM> are directly added to the steel shell as external contact points for the connection of the electric core with the devices such as the mobile phone, and the battery protection board is arranged on the control main board of the electronic devices such as the mobile phone, so that the electric core may be used for mobile phone assembly without secondary packaging.

The shell of the electric core is made of steel sheet with a thickness of <NUM>-<NUM>. The wall thickness of the shell is thin, and the strength is greatly enhanced compared with that of the soft-packed electric core. The shell will not be deformed and damaged due to the dropping of the whole machine, making the use of the electric core safe and reliable, and the electric core may be used for secondary use after disassembled, thereby saving costs.

The impact molding performance of the steel sheet is good, which make the size of the shell be not limited, so that the shell of the electric core may be made into the shape of removing corner edges or be made into a stepped shape. The laminated battery cell <NUM> may be made into a corresponding shape, so that the electric core may be special-shaped, which may meet the complex modeling requirements of the electronic device such as the mobile phone or wearable device, and make full use of the design space, to meet the requirements of increasing the capacity of the electric core and the strength of the electric core.

This embodiment provides an electronic device (not shown), including a device body provided with a battery compartment and an electric core described in embodiment <NUM>, herein the electric core is installed in the battery compartment.

The electronic device of this embodiment includes the electric core described in embodiment <NUM>, so it also has all beneficial effects of the electric core described in embodiment <NUM>.

As the shell of the electric core is a steel shell with good strength, the electric core may be fixed in the battery compartment not only by bonding, but also by clamping. For example, a buckle and a buckling position may be provided respectively in the shell of the electric core and the battery compartment and the electric core is fixed in the battery compartment by buckling the buckle and the buckling position. The electric core fixed by clamping is convenient to disassemble and assemble, which is convenient to replace the electric core and recycle the electric core.

In some embodiments, the device body includes a control main board on which a battery protection board is welded, and the battery protection board is connected with the electric core.

As the electric core has a good strength in the whole, not easy to deform, and may be directly used for supplying power to electronic devices, the battery protection board is installed on the control main board instead of the electric core, in this way the electric core may be directly delivered to a mobile phone assembly plant for mobile phone assembly after leaving the factory, without secondary packaging of the electric core, which may greatly improve the production efficiency of the whole machine industry, reduce a complex battery packaging production process and save the production cost.

This embodiment provides a method for packaging an electric core. Herein the electric core includes a shell and a laminated battery cell, and the shell includes a steel lower shell and a steel upper shell. Surfaces of the upper shell and the lower shell are provided with insulating layers. The lower shell is provided with a positive contact plate and a negative contact plate, and the upper shell or the lower shell is provided with a liquid injection hole.

The method for packaging the electric core includes the following steps:.

The assembly process of the laminated battery cell <NUM> is as follows: first, as shown in <FIG>, the positive plate <NUM>, the negative plate <NUM> and the separator <NUM> are laminated layer by layer, herein the separator <NUM> is arranged between the positive plate <NUM> and the negative plate <NUM>; then, as shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, the positive plate <NUM> is connected to the positive lug <NUM> by welding, and the negative plate <NUM> is connected to the negative lug <NUM> by welding.

In the packaging method of this embodiment, after the laminated battery cell <NUM> is assembled, the laminated battery cell <NUM> is placed into the lower shell <NUM>, as shown in <FIG>.

Then, the laminated battery cell <NUM> is connected to the positive contact plate <NUM> and the negative contact plate <NUM> by welding. First, the positive lug <NUM> is welded with the positive contact plate <NUM>. Since the positive contact plate <NUM> is a convex which is integrated with the lower shell <NUM>, the welding connection between the positive contact plate <NUM> and the positive lug <NUM> may be realized by welding the positive lug <NUM> with the lower shell <NUM> at the convex position, as shown in <FIG>. Then the negative lug <NUM> and the negative contact plate <NUM> are welded. As shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, the negative contact plate <NUM> and the insulating film <NUM> which is required to isolate and insulate the negative contact plate <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM> are embedded into an installation through-hole <NUM> of the lower shell <NUM>, and then the negative contact plate <NUM> and the negative lug <NUM> are welded.

After the connection between the laminated battery cell <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM> is completed, as shown in <FIG>, the upper shell <NUM> is buckled to the lower shell <NUM>, and then the periphery of the upper shell <NUM> are welded with the periphery of the lower shell <NUM>, as shown in <FIG>, so that the connection between the upper shell <NUM> and the lower shell <NUM> is sealed.

Then, as shown in <FIG>, electrolyte is injected into the sealed shell at the liquid injection hole <NUM> of the lower shell <NUM>;.

After the completion of electrolyte injection, as shown in <FIG>, a steel ball <NUM> is pressed into the liquid injection hole <NUM>, and the steel ball <NUM> and the liquid injection hole <NUM> are in a state of interference fit. The liquid injection hole <NUM> may be sealed to prevent the electrolyte from flowing out of the liquid injection hole <NUM>, and the packaging of the electric core is completed at this time.

Claim 1:
An electric core, comprising: a shell and a battery cell (<NUM>), characterized in that, the shell comprises a steel lower shell (<NUM>) and a steel upper shell (<NUM>), surfaces of the upper shell (<NUM>) and the lower shell (<NUM>) are provided with insulating layers, the lower shell (<NUM>) and the upper shell (<NUM>) are hermetically connected by welding to form a sealed cavity, and the shell is provided with a positive contact plate (<NUM>) and a negative contact plate (<NUM>);
wherein the lower shell (<NUM>) is provided with a convex protruding outward, the convex and the lower shell (<NUM>) are of an integrated structure, or the convex is embedded in an installation through-hole (<NUM>) of the lower shell (<NUM>) and an insulation film is arranged between the convex and the lower shell, and the convex is the positive contact plate (<NUM>) or the negative contact plate (<NUM>);
wherein the battery cell (<NUM>) is a laminated battery cell (<NUM>) fixed in the sealed cavity, and a positive lug (<NUM>) and a negative lug (<NUM>) of the laminated battery cell (<NUM>) are respectively connected with the positive contact plate (<NUM>) and the negative contact plate (<NUM>); and
wherein the laminated battery cell (<NUM>) is L-shaped with a missing angle and the shell has a cross section adapted to the shape of the laminated battery cell (<NUM>).