Battery Feedthrough Assembly With Riveted Clamping for Stable Sealing

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Solution Overview

Problem

The thermal effect of welding the feedthrough assembly to the housing assembly in battery units causes significant changes in local stress, reducing the sealing performance of the battery unit.

Innovation Solution

A battery unit design that uses a first washer with gasket portions and a rivet to create a clamping force for securing the feedthrough assembly without welding, incorporating insulators and additional washers to prevent rotation and ensure sealing, thereby maintaining stress stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If the feedthrough assembly is fastened to the housing assembly by welding, then the connection strength is improved, but the local stress of the housing assembly changes greatly due to thermal effect, reducing sealing performance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection strengthVSAvoidsealing performance
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the welding process (thermal-mechanical system) with a mechanical fastening system consisting of a clamp, fastening bolt, and fastening nut. This substitution eliminates thermal effects while maintaining connection strength through pure mechanical forces, thereby preserving the sealing performance of the housing assembly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a clamp as an intermediary component between the feedthrough assembly and the housing assembly. The clamp distributes the fastening forces over a larger area, preventing localized stress concentration that would compromise sealing. The intermediary structure transforms point loads into distributed loads, protecting the housing assembly from stress-induced sealing failures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Stability of the object's composition

If welding is used to fasten the feedthrough assembly, then the structural integrity is improved, but the sealing performance deteriorates due to thermal effects on local stress

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural integrityVSAvoidsealing performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent substitutes the welding process with a mechanical fastening system using a clamp and fastening bolt. This replacement maintains structural integrity through mechanical interlocking and clamping forces while avoiding thermal effects that disrupt the housing assembly's stress distribution and compromise sealing performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The clamp serves as an intermediary that distributes fastening forces across a broader area of the housing assembly. This distribution prevents localized stress concentrations that would otherwise occur with direct fastening, thereby maintaining both structural integrity and sealing performance without thermal interference.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The clamping mechanism effectively prevents stress changes due to thermal effects, enhancing the sealing performance of the battery unit.

Implementation Method 1

The rivet includes a shaft portion, an end portion, and a limiting portion, where the shaft portion sequentially runs through the first gasket portion, the connecting portion, and the second gasket portion

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMechanical Fastening: Mechanical Fastener

Implementation Method 2

the end portion and the limiting portion are configured to press the first gasket portion and the second gasket portion to seal the through hole

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCompression: Compression

Implementation Method 3

the battery unit further includes an insulator, where the insulator is disposed between the second gasket portion and the limiting portion

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectrical Insulation: Thermal Insulation

Implementation Method 4

The clamping mechanism effectively prevents stress changes due to thermal effects, enhancing the sealing performance of the battery unit

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectStress Stabilization:

Data Source

PatentUS12597659B2Battery unit and feedthrough assembly
Publication Date: 2026.04.07 NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LTD
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AI summary

A battery unit includes a housing assembly; an electrode assembly; a conductive plate; and a feedthrough assembly including a first washer and a rivet. The first washer includes a first gasket portion accommodated in the housing assembly, a second gasket portion disposed on an outer surface of the housing assembly, and a connecting portion connecting the first gasket portion and the second gasket portion. The housing is provided with a through hole for the connecting portion to run through. The rivet runs through and abuts against the first gasket portion, the connecting portion, and the second gasket portion to seal the through hole. The first washer and the rivet are mounted to the housing assembly via a clamping force applied to the first gasket portion and the second gasket portion after the rivet is riveted and deforms and a counterforce of the housing assembly.