Abstract: A battery cell includes a shell and an electrode assembly accommodated in the shell. The shell includes a wall portion, the wall portion includes a main body, a connecting portion and a reinforcing portion, the connecting portion surrounds an outer side of the reinforcing portion, and the main body surrounds an outer side of the connecting portion. The connecting portion is provided with a weakened region, and the battery cell is configured to rupture along the weakened region when an internal pressure of the battery cell reaches a threshold, so as to release the internal pressure. The maximum thickness of the reinforcing portion is greater than the maximum thickness of the main body so as to reduce deformation of the reinforcing portion under the internal pressure.

Abstract: An end cap includes a cap body and a groove. The cap body contains a first surface. The groove is created on the cap body to form a pressure relief region at a position of the groove on the cap body. The groove is recessed from the first surface along a thickness direction of the cap body. Lateral faces of the groove include a corner face located at a corner position of the groove. The corner face is connected to the first surface by a first chamfered face.

Abstract: A battery cell includes electrode assemblies arranged in a first direction, where an end part of each electrode assembly along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is provided with a tab; and a connection member configured to connect tabs of the electrode assemblies and an electrode terminal of the battery cell. The connection member includes a main body portion and a pin, the main body portion extends along the first direction, and includes a first surface and a second surface perpendicular to the second direction, the main body portion is provided with a plurality of through grooves passing through the first surface and the second surface, and the plurality of through grooves are respectively configured to accommodate the tabs of the plurality of electrode assemblies.

Abstract: A safety mechanism includes a connecting piece and an expanding layer. The connecting piece includes a first connecting portion, a fusing portion, and a second connecting portion that are connected in sequence. The expanding layer is disposed on a side of the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion in a first direction and located at a position of the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion close to the fusing portion. The first direction is a thickness direction of the connecting piece.

Abstract: The embodiments of this application provide a battery cell, a battery, an electrical device, and a battery cell manufacturing method and device, which pertains to the technical field of batteries. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly, a housing, an end cover assembly, and a support piece. The electrode assembly includes a main body and tabs. The housing has an opening and is used to accommodate the electrode assembly. The end cover assembly is used to cover the opening. The support piece is located between the main body and the end cover assembly, the tabs are bent around the support piece, and the support piece is configured to prevent the main body from moving along a direction facing the end cover assembly.

Abstract: Provided are a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical apparatus. The battery cell includes a case, an electrode assembly, a first electrode terminal, and a cover plate. The case includes a cylinder and a cover body that are integrally formed, and the cylinder has an opening at the end facing away from the cover body. The electrode assembly is accommodated in the case and includes a first tab. The first electrode terminal is arranged on the cover body and is configured for electrical connection with the first tab. The cover plate is connected to the cylinder and covers the opening. The first electrode terminal is mounted to the cover body, which can increase a distance between a joint between the cylinder and the cover plate and the first electrode terminal.

Abstract: A pressure relief apparatus may include a pressure relief portion and a plurality of stages of indented grooves. The pressure relief portion may be provided with a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to each other in a thickness direction thereof. The plurality of stages of indented grooves may be formed in the pressure relief portion in sequence in a direction from the first surface to the second surface, and among two adjacent stages of indented grooves, the stage of indented groove away from the first surface may be formed in a bottom surface of the stage of indented groove close to the first surface. The pressure relief portion may be provided with an opening area, and the indented grooves may be formed along an edge of the opening area.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a battery cell, a battery, a power consumption device, and a battery cell manufacturing method and device. The battery cell includes: a shell, including a first wall provided with a medium injection hole; an electrode assembly, disposed inside the shell; and an insulating member, disposed between the first wall and the electrode assembly to insulate and isolate the first wall and the electrode assembly, where a guide structure is disposed on a side, facing the first wall, of the insulating member, and the guide structure is configured to guide a medium injected from the medium injection hole to an edge of the insulating member, so that the medium enters the interior of the battery cell from the edge of the insulating member.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an end cap, a battery cell, a battery and a power consuming device, which relate to the technical field of batteries. The end cap may include a cap body and a groove. The cap body may have a first surface. The groove may be provided in the cap body to form a pressure relief zone in a region of the cap body where the groove is provided. The groove may be recessed from the first surface in a thickness direction of the cap body, and groove side faces of the groove may include corner faces at corners of the groove. Each corner face may be connected to the first surface via a first chamfer face.

Abstract: Battery cell and a device and a method for manufacturing the same, a battery, and a power consumption device are provided. The battery cell includes: a shell; an end cap patch; an end cap patch; an insulating film, including a main body portion and a flanging portion, wherein the flanging portion is provided between the end cap and the end cap patch; and a first glue layer, comprising a first portion and a second portion which are provided continuously. The first portion is provided around the second portion, and the first portion is provided between the flanging portion and the end cap patch. The first portion bonds the flanging portion and the end cap patch. The second portion is provided between the end cap and the end cap patch, and the second portion bonds the end cap and the end cap patch. The first portion is thinner than the second portion.

Abstract: Provided are an end cover assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical apparatus. The end cover assembly is for a battery cell and comprises: an end cover provided with a pressure relief through hole; a pressure relief mechanism connected to the end cover and covering the pressure relief through hole, and configured to be actuated to release the pressure inside the battery cell when the pressure reaches a threshold; and a reinforcing mechanism, located on a side of the end cover facing away from an electrode assembly of the battery cell, and covering at least a part of the pressure relief through hole. The reinforcing mechanism is at least connected to a portion of the end cover at two sides of the pressure relief through hole along a first direction to enhance the strength of the end cover at the pressure relief through hole.

Abstract: A battery cell, a battery, a power consuming apparatus, and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the battery cell are described. The battery cell includes a housing, an electrode assembly, and an end cap. The electrode assembly is accommodated in the housing. The end cap includes a first body portion and a first protrusion. The first body portion surrounds an edge of the first protrusion and is configured to be connected to the housing, the first protrusion protrudes relative to the first body portion in a direction away from the electrode assembly in a thickness direction of the end cap, and a first accommodating space is formed inside the first protrusion and is configured to accommodate at least a part of a tab of the electrode assembly. The first body portion is provided with a reinforcement portion being configured to enhance the stiffness of the first body portion.

Abstract: Provided are a battery cell, a battery, a power consuming apparatus, and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the battery cell, relating to the technical field of batteries. The battery cell includes a housing, an electrode assembly, an end cap, an insulator and a thermally conductive member. The housing is provided with an opening. The electrode assembly is configured to be accommodated in the housing. The end cap is configured to cover the opening. The insulator is located on the side of the end cap facing the electrode assembly, and the insulator is configured to isolate the end cap from the electrode assembly. The thermally conductive member is embedded in the insulator, and the thermally conductive member is configured to be attached to the end cap. Heat generated by the electrode assembly may be transferred to the end cap through the thermally conductive member.

Abstract: An end cap includes a cap body, a pressure relief boss, and an insulating member. The cap body has a pressure relief region and an outer surface. In a thickness direction of the cap body, the pressure relief boss is arranged on the outer surface in a protruding manner and surrounds the pressure relief region. The insulating member is attached to the outer surface. In the thickness direction, the pressure relief boss does not extend beyond, in a direction facing away from the outer surface, an end of the insulating member that faces away from the outer surface.

Abstract: A pressure relief apparatus includes a pressure relief portion provided with a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the pressure relief portion, and at least one stage of depressed groove and an indented groove. The at least one stage of depressed groove and the indented groove are formed in the pressure relief portion in sequence in a direction from the first surface to the second surface. A groove bottom wall of the stage of depressed groove farthest away from the first surface among the at least one stage of depressed groove is provided with an opening area. The indented groove is formed along an edge of the opening area. The opening area is configured to be openable with the stage of indented groove farthest away from the first surface as a boundary.

Abstract: An end cap includes a cap body and a reinforcing portion. The cap body is provided with a pressure relief region arranged on a side of the cap body in a protruding manner in a thickness direction. The reinforcing portion is arranged around the pressure relief region.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an end cap assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical device. The end cap assembly may be applicable to the battery cell. The end cap assembly may include: an end cap; and an end cap patch attached to the end cap. At least one through-hole may be made on the end cap patch. The through-hole may be configured to be filled with a heat transfer structure. The end cap may exchange heat with the outside through the heat transfer structure so as to regulate a temperature inside the battery cell.

Abstract: An end cap may comprise a cap body and a pressure relief groove. The cap body may be provided with a pressure relief portion, wherein the pressure relief groove may be formed in the cap body, and the pressure relief groove may delimit the pressure relief portion. The pressure relief portion may be bent in a thickness direction of the cap body.

Abstract: An end cap, a battery cell, a battery and a power consuming device are described. The end cap includes a cap body and a pressure relief groove. The pressure relief groove is provided in the cap body, and the pressure relief groove defines a pressure relief zone. A length direction of the pressure relief zone is consistent with a width direction of the cap body. The end cap has a stress concentration region at a short edge of the pressure relief groove when the inner side of the end cap is subjected to the pressure inside the battery cell, and the end cap has a stress concentration region at a long edge of the pressure relief groove when the outer side of the end cap is subjected to an impact force.

Abstract: An end cap includes a first recess recessed from a side facing toward an electrode assembly of a battery cell and away from the electrode assembly, and a second recess recessed from a side facing away from the electrode assembly and toward the electrode assembly. A bottom wall of the second recess includes a first part and a second part surrounding the first part. The first part and a bottom wall of the first recess are opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the end cap. The end cap further includes a pressure relief portion formed between the first part and the bottom wall of the first recess, and configured to be actuated when an internal pressure of the battery cell reaches a threshold. A side of the second part facing away from the electrode assembly forms an avoidance space to avoid the pressure relief portion.