Battery and battery manufacturing method
US7470487B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 4, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49114
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A battery having a bundle of electrodes and separator which is made by winding a positive-electrode plate and a negative-electrode plate together with a separator therebetween, one of the positive- and negative-electrode plates being electrically connected to a power collecting body, the power collecting body being provided in and welded to an outer package can, wherein a welding portion of the outer package can and the power collecting body comprises a first layer and a second layer which are stacked in a thickness direction of the outer package can at the welding portion, and the second layer is in contact with a surface of the first layer and includes crystal grains that are minuter than crystal grains included in the first layer.
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