Abstract: Provided are an insulation patch, a battery cell, a battery, and a device. An electrode assembly is coated with the insulation patch, and a side edge of the insulation patch has a hot-melt region and a non-hot-melt region. The hot-melt region is configured to hot melt with a lower plastic, and the non-hot-melt region is lower than the hot-melt region. After the electrode assembly coated with the insulation patch is mounted to a shell, and the hot-melt region of the insulation patch is hot melted to the lower plastic of a top cover assembly, when a top cover member and the shell are welded together by using a laser, the non-hot-melt region of the insulation patch is lower than the hot-melt region, preventing the non-hot-melt region of the insulation patch from interfering with a welding position between the top cover member and the shell.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a battery cell, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method and device for producing a battery cell. The battery cell includes: a housing having an opening; an electrode assembly accommodated in the housing; an end cover configured to cover the opening and provided with an electrode terminal; and a support, disposed in the housing, where the support and the electrode assembly are arranged in a first direction, the support and the end cover are arranged in a second direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, the support abuts against the electrode assembly in the first direction so as to limit the electrode assembly.

Abstract: This application relates to a secondary battery, a battery column, and an apparatus. The secondary battery includes a top cover plate, having an outer surface and an inner surface disposed opposite each other in a thickness direction of the top cover plate and an electrode lead-out hole extending along the thickness direction; a pole, disposed in the electrode lead-out hole, where the pole includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer, and the first metal layer and the second metal layer are stacked along a direction from the inner surface to the outer surface; an insulation member, disposed between the top cover plate and the pole; and a first bonding layer, disposed between the insulation member and the first metal layer, where the insulation member is hermetically connected to the first metal layer through the first bonding layer.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a battery, an electric device, and a method and a device for preparing battery cell, featuring a higher space utilization. The battery includes: a plurality of battery cells, where the plurality of battery cells are arranged in a first direction, a first region on an edge of a first surface of each of the plurality of battery cells is recessed to form a first recess, a first electrode terminal of each of the battery cells is protrusively provided on a second surface of the battery cell, the first surface and the second surface are perpendicular to the first direction, and the plurality of battery cells include a first battery cell and a second battery cell that are adjacent; and a first busbar configured to connect first electrode terminals of the adjacent first battery cell and second battery cell.

Abstract: A battery cell includes a first surface, a second surface, and a first electrode terminal. A first region of an edge of the first surface is recessed to form a first recess. The second surface is configured to arrange the first electrode terminal. The first surface and the second surface are perpendicular to a first direction. The first electrode terminal protrudes from the second surface in the first direction and faces the first recess. In the first direction, a depth of the first recess is greater than a height of the first electrode terminal, and a projection area of the first recess on the first surface is greater than a projection area of the first electrode terminal on the first surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing multi-component polymers through post-polymerization modification, used to functionalize polysulfonyl imidate polymer including a dispersing polymer reactant, an electrophilic substitution reagent and a catalyst in an organic dispersant; adding acid-binding agent to react at room temperature for 4-48 h; obtaining the precipitate when the reaction finished; washing and drying the obtained precipitate to get the functionalized multi-component polymers. The present disclosure involves a low polymerization temperature, allowing for the reaction to occur at room temperature. Additionally, the conversion rate is high, and the applicable electrophilic substitution monomer reagents have a wide selection. Besides that, the synthesis cost of the reaction is low due to the widespread availability of common chemical reagents such as catalysts, organic dispersants, acid binding agents, and other reaction reagents.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a battery cell, a battery, and an apparatus using a battery, where the battery cell includes: a housing with an opening; and an end cover covering the opening. The housing and the end cover are welded together to form a fusion zone. The end cover is provided with a first stress-relieving groove on an inner surface. The first stress-relieving groove is configured to recess from the inner surface of the end cover in a direction leaving the inside of the battery cell, so as to relieve stress produced by welding of the housing and the end cover. The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application can enhance safety performance of batteries.

Abstract: An end cover assembly may include an end cover and an electrode terminal. The end cover may have an abutting surface. A terminal assembly may include the electrode terminal and a connector, where the connector may be configured to connect the electrode terminal and the end cover so as to fix the electrode terminal to the end cover, and the connector abuts against the abutting surface. The abutting surface may be provided with a concave portion recessed in a thickness direction of the end cover, and the concave portion may be configured to accommodate a part of the electrode terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a sleeve assembly, a cover plate assembly, a battery, and an electricity-consuming apparatus. The sleeve assembly is used for sealing a through hole. The sleeve assembly includes: a sleeve with an opening on at least one end; a nail body including a body portion. The size of the body portion is larger than the size of the barrel diameter of the sleeve. The body portion is configured to be inserted into the sleeve through the opening and press the inner wall of the sleeve after the sleeve is inserted into the through hole in the axial direction so as to form a protrusion for riveting the sleeve to the through hole on the outer wall of the sleeve.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a battery cell. The battery cell may include: a casing having an accommodating space; an electrode assembly accommodated in the accommodating space, the electrode assembly comprising electrode plates; and a heat-conducting structure configured to be directly connected to the electrode plates and the casing to conduct heat from the electrode assembly to the casing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly and a secondary battery. The cap assembly includes a cap plate, an electrode terminal, a fixing member and a connection member. The cap plate includes an electrode lead-out hole, the electrode terminal includes a terminal board, the terminal board is located at a side of the cap plate and covers the electrode lead-out hole, the fixing member at least partially surrounds the terminal board to fix the terminal board to the fixing member, the connection member is separated from the electrode terminal by the fixing member, and the connection member is connected with the cap plate. The connection member includes a main body, the main body is provided with a first groove opened downwardly along a top of the main body, and a part of the fixing member is located in the first groove.

Abstract: A pressure relief mechanism is provided. The pressure relief mechanism is disposed on a housing plate of a battery cell, and including: a connecting portion, located in a peripheral region of the pressure relief mechanism, and configured to connect to the housing plate; a first part, where one end of the first part is connected to the connecting portion, and the other end of the first part extends obliquely toward an interior of the battery cell; a fragile portion, connected to the extending end of the first part; and a second part, taking a shape that protrudes toward the interior of the battery cell. An outer edge region of the second part is connected to the fragile portion. When an internal temperature or gas pressure of the battery cell is less than a preset value, the fragile portion is squeezed and pressed by the first part and/or the second part.

Abstract: An end cover assembly, a battery cell and an electrolyte injection method therefor, a battery, and a power consumption device are provided. The end cover assembly may include an end cover provided with a through hole for injecting an electrolyte and an accommodating portion; a seal configured to seal the through hole; and a cover body covering at least part of the seal, the cover body including a limiting portion, the limiting portion being located within the accommodating portion to restrict the cover body from separating from the end cover, and the cover body being movable together with the seal by movement of the limiting portion relative to the accommodating portion, wherein when the cover body moves to a first position, the seal covers the through hole, and when the cover body moves to a second position, the seal avoids the through hole.

Abstract: A sealing assembly for sealing a through hole, and a method and device for preparing a battery cell are provided. The sealing assembly comprises: a sealing sleeve provided in the through hole and having a cavity and an opening that is in communication with the cavity; an elastic sleeve tube provided in the cavity and having a first mounting hole that extends in an axial direction of the through hole; and a central rod, which is provided in the first mounting hole and is in threaded connection with the elastic sleeve tube to enable the elastic sleeve tube to expand in a radial direction of the through hole to press the sealing sleeve and form, on an outer wall of the elastic sleeve tube, a raised portion that rivets the sealing sleeve to the through hole. The sealing assembly for sealing the through hole, and the method and device for preparing the battery cell according to the embodiments of the present application can improve the sealing performance on the through hole of the battery cell.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the battery cell includes a shell, including an opening; an electrode unit, accommodated in the shell, the electrode unit including a main body portion and a tab portion protruding from the main body portion; a cap assembly, for connecting with the shell, and covering and closing the opening; and a first insulating member, accommodated in the shell and adapted to isolate at least part of the main body portion from the shell, the first insulating member including a first insulating plate, and the first insulating plate being disposed on a side of the main body portion facing the cap assembly and being attached to the main body portion. The first insulating member can insulate at least part of the main body portion from the shell.

Abstract: Examples of the present application relate to a battery cell, a manufacturing method and a manufacturing system thereof, a battery, and a powered device. The battery cell includes: a shell, where the shell has a wall portion; an electrode assembly accommodated in the shell; and a pressure relief mechanism. The pressure relief mechanism is provided on the wall portion, the pressure relief mechanism includes a weak portion, a body portion, and a connecting portion. The weak portion is configured to be damaged when pressure inside the shell reaches a threshold so as to relieve the pressure. The body portion is located in a region defined by the weak portion. The connecting portion is located on an outer side of the weak portion and configured to connect the wall portion.

Abstract: An end cap assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical device are provided. The end cap assembly is applicable to a battery cell. The end cap assembly includes: an end cap body; a pressure relief component, connected to the end cap body, where a first through-hole configured to inject an electrolytic solution is made on the pressure relief component, and the pressure relief component is configured to be actuated when an internal pressure of the battery cell reaches a threshold, so as to release the internal pressure of the battery cell; and a closing component, detachably disposed on the pressure relief component, where the closing component is configured to close the first through-hole.

Abstract: Described is a pressure relief mechanism, a battery cell, a battery, an electric apparatus, and a manufacturing method thereof. A pressure relief mechanism is provided on a housing plate of a battery cell and includes: a connecting portion, where the connecting portion is located at an outer peripheral region of the pressure relief mechanism and is configured to connect the housing plate; a first part, where an end of the first part is connected to the connecting portion, and another end protrudes obliquely toward an interior of the battery cell; a weak portion, where the weak portion is provided at the protruding end of the first part; and a second part, where an outer edge region of the second part is connected to the weak portion, and the outer edge region extends obliquely away from the interior of the battery cell.

Abstract: An ultrasound-assisted simulated digestion method of a milk protein active peptide and an application thereof in health foods, pertaining to the technical field of intensive processing of dairy products and preparation of health foods. The method firstly employs ultrasonic pretreatment of casein and ?-lactoglobulin, followed by enzymatic hydrolysis with a protease to prepare casein and ?-lactoglobulin polypeptide, and traces the activity of the polypeptide by simulating gastrointestinal digestion, and then simulates absorption by intestinal epithelial cells with Caco-2 cells, to characterize a highly active milk protein polypeptide digested by the gastrointestinal tract and absorbed by the Caco-2 cells simulating absorption by the inner wall of the small intestine. The method has identified five such highly active milk protein polypeptides.

Abstract: An ultrasound-assisted simulated digestion method of a milk protein active peptide and an application thereof in health foods, pertaining to the technical field of intensive processing of dairy products and preparation of health foods. The method firstly employs ultrasonic pretreatment of casein and ?-lactoglobulin, followed by enzymatic hydrolysis with a protease to prepare casein and ?-lactoglobulin polypeptide, and traces the activity of the polypeptide by simulating gastrointestinal digestion, and then simulates absorption by intestinal epithelial cells with Caco-2 cells, to characterize a highly active milk protein polypeptide digested by the gastrointestinal tract and absorbed by the Caco-2 cells simulating absorption by the inner wall of the small intestine. The method has identified five such highly active milk protein polypeptides.